Vivu review
A focused multimodal video search tool with free access, API support, and MCP.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
Vivu is an AI video search product for locating specific moments in uploaded or connected video libraries. Plain-language queries can search spoken content, transcripts, on-screen text, objects, and actions, making it relevant to solo users and small to mid-market teams working with customer videos, marketing footage, robotics recordings, or other collections. Results provide timecoded moments and source video references, while video indexing organizes material into projects.
Pricing is straightforward. The Free plan costs $0 per month and includes a personal workspace plus the web app and Vivu connector for an AI workflow. Premium costs $30 per month and adds expanded workspace capacity while retaining the web app and connector. The product also lists API access, giving developers a route to build video search into software rather than relying only on the browser experience. The available deployment options include cloud, browser extension, and web access.
Vivu’s strongest distinction is its multimodal search workflow. Fast search is designed for direct candidate retrieval, while precise search refines the request and returns asynchronous results. The MCP connector extends the search experience into AI workflows, and timecoded references make results easier to trace back to source footage. The trade-off is scope: Vivu identifies relevant moments but does not edit or generate video, and the indexed-video allowance is 3 hours. Choose it for searchable video evidence and API-enabled workflows; choose another tool if the primary need is video creation or a larger indexed library.
Vivu pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Searches spoken content, on-screen text, objects, and actions
- Returns timecoded moments with source video references
- Offers web, API, and MCP access for AI workflows
- Where it doesn't
- Indexed-video allowance is 3 hours
- Precise search can return results asynchronously
- Focuses on finding clips rather than editing or generating video
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