Findable vs. Vidalytics
Updated October 2026
Both start from the same truth: AI does not watch your videos. It reads the text around them. If that text is missing, thin, or wrong, your best answers never show up when a buyer asks ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, or Perplexity a question.
Where the two differ is what they do about it. Vidalytics adds a short summary to your video page that only machines can see. Findable rebuilds the full text layer of your video library, in the open, and then measures whether AI actually starts citing you. This page lays out the differences side by side, including when Vidalytics is the better choice.
The short version
Vidalytics is a video player built for sales videos and funnels. Its AI-Optimized Embed feature writes a 200 to 300 word summary and chapter markers for each video once it reaches 100 plays, then places that text in the embed code where viewers cannot see it. It is designed to keep your offer and pricing out of AI answers.
Findable is a service for brands with libraries of educational videos, webinars, and how-tos, most often on YouTube. We put a corrected, full transcript, rewritten titles and descriptions, and topic-named chapters on every video, reviewed by a person before anything goes live. Then we measure how often AI cites you for the questions your buyers actually ask.
Side by side
| Findable | Vidalytics AI-Optimized Embed | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A done-for-you retrofit and measurement service | A setting inside a video hosting player |
| Where your video lives | YouTube, plus watch pages on your own site | Vidalytics player, embedded on your own pages |
| What AI gets to read | The full corrected transcript, a question-style title, an answer-first description, topic-named chapters, and VideoObject schema | A 200 to 300 word AI summary and chapter markers |
| Who can see it | Everyone. Viewers and AI read the same text. | Machines only. Viewers do not see the summary. |
| Accuracy check | A person reviews every transcript, with a glossary of your names, products, and terms | AI-generated, editable by hand in the embed code |
| When it starts | Day one, on every video in scope, including your back catalog | After a video reaches 100 plays |
| Scope | Your whole library, ranked by which videos can answer the most valuable buyer questions | One video at a time, on pages using their player |
| Hiding sales content | Not the focus. We work on content meant to teach and answer. | Core feature. You set where the pitch starts, and nothing after it is summarized. |
| Proof it worked | Citation Share: how often AI names you for a fixed bank of buyer questions, measured before and after | No measurement included |
| Built for | Marketing teams with large libraries of educational and webinar content | Direct-response marketers running sales videos, funnels, and demos |
| Pricing | Free Findability Score. Paid plans start at $1,500 a month. | Included in Vidalytics plans. Plans start at $24 a month, with the AI features on higher tiers. |
Vidalytics details come from its public help center, blog, pricing page, and launch video as of October 2026. If something has changed, tell us and we will update this page.
Five differences that matter
1. A summary is not the answer
A 200 to 300 word summary tells AI what a video is about. A full transcript gives it the actual answer, in your words, with the details that make it worth citing. When a buyer asks a specific question, AI looks for the passage that answers it. A summary of a 40-minute webinar has room for the main points, but not the specific answers inside it.
2. Hidden text is a bet on the rules
Vidalytics describes its summary as injected invisibly: search engines and AI can read it, but viewers cannot. Google's structured data guidelines ask that markup describe content that is actually visible on the page. Findable publishes text that people and machines both read, so there is nothing to undo if search engines change how they treat hidden content.
3. AI-written text needs a human check
Automatic transcripts get proper names wrong more than anything else: people, companies, products, places. In our testing, fixing proper names is more than half the time spent cleaning up a transcript. If a summary is written from a flawed transcript, the errors carry straight through. Every Findable transcript is checked by a person against a glossary built from your own website and materials.
4. Most video that answers buyer questions is on YouTube
AI engines cite YouTube heavily, and that is where most brands keep their educational content. Vidalytics works on videos hosted in its own player. If your answers live on YouTube, AI-Optimized Embed never touches them. (More on what AI actually cites from video, and on whether AI can watch video at all.)
5. You should be able to see whether it worked
"Your page just starts showing up" is a promise. Citation Share is a measurement. We run a fixed bank of real buyer questions across ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude, record who gets cited, fix your videos, and run the same questions again. You see the before and after, question by question. Here is how we measure AI visibility.
When Vidalytics is the better fit
We would rather point you to the right tool than sell you the wrong one. Vidalytics is likely a better fit if:
- Your video is mainly a sales letter or funnel video, and your goal is conversions on your own landing pages.
- Keeping your offer and pricing out of AI answers matters more than getting your content cited.
- You have a handful of videos, not a library, and want a setting you can switch on rather than a service.
- You already host on Vidalytics for its testing and conversion features.
When Findable is the better fit
- You have dozens or hundreds of YouTube videos full of good answers: webinars, how-tos, explainers, interviews.
- Your organic traffic is slipping, and leadership is asking what you are doing about AI.
- You want the work done for you, with a person checking accuracy, not another setting to manage.
- You need to show results with numbers, not just activity.
The two can also work together. If you run sales videos on Vidalytics and keep your educational library on YouTube, they solve different problems.
Frequently asked questions
Does AI watch videos?
Not when it searches. AI search tools read the text connected to a video: the title, description, transcript, chapters, and the page it sits on. That text decides whether your video gets cited.
Is Vidalytics' AI-Optimized Embed bad?
No. It is a reasonable feature for sales videos on pages you control, and it solves a real problem for direct-response marketers who do not want their offer exposed. It is built for a different job than Findable.
Can I do what Findable does myself?
Yes. Anyone can upload a corrected transcript, rewrite titles and descriptions, add chapters, and build watch pages with VideoObject schema. In our testing it takes about 20 hands-on minutes per long-form video when the process is tight. Most teams with a large library do not have those hours, and few have a way to measure whether it worked.
Do I need to change video hosts to use Findable?
No. We work with your existing YouTube channel and your current website.
How long before AI starts citing my videos?
AI engines take time to re-crawl and re-index changes, which is why we measure Citation Share as a baseline and then every quarter rather than promising overnight results.
See where your videos stand
The free Findability Score shows how readable your YouTube channel is to AI, video by video. No login, no access to your account, and it runs on any public channel.