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Everything you need to ship your first demo.
How recording works, what the AI does to your footage, and what each plan includes.
Getting started
Perfect Demo turns one rough screen recording into a finished demo video. The whole flow is four steps, and you only do the first one.
- 1
Record
Walk through your product the way you would for a colleague. Mistakes, pauses, and stray clicks are fine. You are showing, not performing.
- 2
Perfect Demo reads it
The recording is transcribed and watched: what you clicked, what you meant, and which parts of the screen carry the point.
- 3
It gets rebuilt
Glitches and dead air come out, the cursor is smoothed, the key actions are zoomed, the script is rewritten for clarity, and the narration is generated in a studio-quality voice.
- 4
Publish it
You get a finished video back with its own share link and embed code, ready to send to a prospect, drop into your docs, or put in front of a new customer.
Recording your demo
The raw recording is the only input the AI has, so it is worth getting right, but "right" is a lot looser than you would expect.
Say what you are doing as you do it. The AI rewrites the words, but it needs your intent to work from.
Do not restart when you slip. A stumble costs you nothing; the cleanup pass removes it.
Move at a natural pace. There is no need to exaggerate slow, careful mouse movement.
Keep the walkthrough inside your per-recording limit. Longer flows are better split into a few focused demos.
What the AI does
Every recording runs through the same pipeline. This is the work you would otherwise be doing by hand in an editor.
Cleanup
Glitches, stutters, lag, and dead air are cut out automatically.
Auto-animation
Mouse paths are smoothed, clicks are animated cleanly, and the view zooms in on key UI actions.
Script rewrite
Your narration is transcribed and rewritten so it reads clearly instead of like a first take.
Narration
The rewritten script is voiced in a studio-quality AI voice and synced back to the footage.
Reviewing & sharing
When the pipeline finishes you get a polished demo video back. Watch it through, and if something is off, regenerate it rather than reaching for an editor; the point is that the raw recording stays the only thing you ever have to redo.
Every finished demo gets its own share page, and anyone you send the link to can watch it without creating an account. You can also embed it in your marketing site, your documentation, or your product with a single snippet. One recording covers a lot of ground: the same walkthrough backs a product demo, a sales walkthrough, an onboarding video, a release video, or a support answer.
Not available yet
Coming soonThe output today is video, plus its transcript and captions. These formats are in development and cannot be produced yet:
- Guides and documentation — The same walkthrough as a written document, one screenshot per step, ready to paste into your help center.
- Any language — The same demo generated in the languages your customers actually buy in, without recording it again.
- Personalised versions — One version per account from a single take, carrying their name, their brand, and their use case.
Plans & limits
Plans differ on two things: how many recording minutes you get (monthly on paid plans, a one-time credit on Free), and how long any single recording can be.
| Plan | Minutes / month | Max per recording | Price / user / month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | 5 minutes (one-time credit) | 5 minutes | $0 |
| Starter | 20 minutes | 7 minutes | $20 |
| Pro | 50 minutes | 12 minutes | $40 |
| Custom | Custom | Custom | Talk to us |
Yearly billing takes 20% off every paid plan. See full pricing
API access
The import flow and the entire AI pipeline are available as an authenticated HTTP API, the same one the app itself runs on. There is no single "video in, video out" call; you drive a demo through four steps.
What it is
A resource-oriented HTTP API around your demos. Everything the dashboard does has an endpoint behind it: import footage, run the AI pipeline, watch progress, fetch the finished video.
Why use it
Automate demo production instead of clicking through the app: batch-process a library of recordings, regenerate product tours from CI, or embed Perfect Demo into your own workflows.
When to reach for it
Whenever you already have MP4 footage or the workflow is machine-driven: bulk imports, per-customer demo variants, scheduled rebuilds. For a one-off recording, the app is still the fastest path.
Where it lives
On the same deployment that serves the app. Every path below is relative to your Perfect Demo app URL. This marketing site is not the API host.
How the flow works
- 1
Import a video
POST /api/demos/import-local
Upload an MP4 as multipart form data, or register a file already pushed to storage via a presigned PUT. Creates the demo and charges recording minutes at import (1 credit = 1 minute, rounded up). MP4 only, up to 1 GB and 60 minutes.
- 2
Run the AI pipeline
POST /api/demos/:id/process
Queues the full pipeline: transcription, storyboard, narration, retiming, zooms, render, QA. Checkpointed: re-posting a failed demo resumes from the last completed stage instead of starting over.
- 3
Watch progress
GET /api/demos/:id/progress
Poll this for a snapshot of the current stage, or hold open /progress/stream for Server-Sent Events, one event per pipeline stage transition.
- 4
Fetch the result
GET /api/demos/:id
Returns the demo record, including status and finalVideoUrl once the render completes. The video file itself is served through the app's /api/uploads/… paths.
How to authenticate
Every endpoint requires authentication: either the app's session cookie (browser flows) or an Authorization: Bearer <access-token> header, the same mechanism the Chrome extension uses. There is no API-key scheme yet, demos can only be processed by their owner, and the import and process endpoints are strictly rate limited. Recording minutes are charged once at import and reprocessing never re-charges.
Example
# 1. Import a recording (returns demoId) curl -X POST "$APP_URL/api/demos/import-local" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN" \ -F [email protected] \ -F title="Onboarding demo" \ -F duration=213 # 2. Run the AI pipeline on it curl -X POST "$APP_URL/api/demos/$DEMO_ID/process" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN" # 3. Follow progress (SSE) curl -N "$APP_URL/api/demos/$DEMO_ID/progress/stream" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN"
Supporting endpoints
| Endpoint | Purpose |
|---|---|
| POST /api/uploads/presign | Presigned PUT URL for direct-to-storage uploads (pairs with import's register mode) |
| POST /api/demos/:id/cancel | Cancel an in-flight processing run |
| GET /api/demos/:id/process | Processing status and timing for a demo |
| GET /api/me | Current user and remaining credit balance |
FAQ
Do I need any video editing experience?
No. If you can record your screen, you can produce a finished demo. There is no timeline to learn and no editing software to install.
Do I have to record my own voiceover?
No. Talk through the walkthrough however you like; the AI transcribes it, cleans up the wording, and generates the narration for you.
What happens if I make a mistake mid-recording?
Keep going. Recovering from a mistake on camera is normal, and the cleanup pass removes the fumble rather than making you re-record.
Can I get a written guide, another language, or personalized versions?
Not yet. Written step-by-step guides with screenshots, multilingual output, and per-customer personalized versions are all in development and are not available today. The current output is a demo video, plus its transcript and captions.
What counts against my recording minutes?
The length of the raw recordings you upload. On paid plans, minutes reset at the start of each billing period; the Free plan's 5 minutes are a one-time credit.
Can I get more minutes than the Pro plan includes?
Yes. The Custom plan is built around your team's volume and per-recording limits. Reach out and we'll size it with you.
Can I use Perfect Demo without the dashboard?
Yes. Import, processing, progress, and the finished video are all exposed over an authenticated HTTP API. See the API access section above for the full flow.