AI assistants and search decision
iutu.be
A small technical user can implement the core generators and an extension (multi-week effort), but reproducing the product polish, user base, and ongoing tuning/analytics is nontrivial; a focused replacement for the main workflow is realistic.
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Not priced
No pricing page we fetched carried a figure, so there is nothing to compare against. The build side is still real.
$100one-off44 h to build
$20/mo4 h/mo upkeep
No published price to break even against.
Open-source builds that already do this
Every project below is open source and already does this job today. Fork one, self-host it, or take the parts you need - the build prompt further down assumes an empty file, and this is the shortcut past that. Licences differ; check the one on each card before you ship. All iutu.be alternatives, with the arithmetic →
What a replacement has to do
- Enter a topic/keyword → call an LLM to generate SEO titles/tags/descriptions and scores → display suggestions in UI and allow copy/apply; Chrome extension injects Enhance buttons into YouTube Studio to apply suggestions in-place.
What it still won’t have
- Polish and UX tweaks accumulated from thousands of users and testimonials
- Ongoing model/prompt tuning and A/B testing at scale
- Instant trust/reputation and user acquisition channels
- Hosted analytics/telemetry and cross-tool account handling
What remains hard
- Product polish and ongoing maintenance
First-year cost
No published price
iutu.be does not publish a price we could read, so there is nothing to compare against. What building costs is below.
Money you would actually spend
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What you would spend
What we assumed
The verdict above measures whether you could build it. This one is only about money.
Runnable build prompt
Build a minimal self-hosted replacement for iutu.be using Node.js + Express for backend, PostgreSQL for minimal persistence (user accounts and entitlement), React for a single-page frontend, and a Chrome extension built with plain JS manifest v3. Core features in scope: (1) prompt templates and LLM integration endpoints (OpenAI-compatible API) that produce titles, tags, descriptions and an SEO score; (2) web UI to enter topic/keywords, display 10 title suggestions, 25 tags, description drafts, and SEO score with copy buttons; (3) Chrome extension that injects "Enhance" buttons into YouTube Studio fields and calls the backend to fill fields; (4) one-time Stripe checkout flow that toggles an entitlement flag; (5) basic logging and admin route to view usage. Out of scope: advanced analytics dashboards, multi-model training, large-scale A/B testing, and paid marketing. Require error handling for network/LLM failures, rate-limiting, input validation, and automated tests covering API endpoints and the extension injection flow.
How we checked
How the score was reached
- Partly verdict base52
- An open-source build was found+5
- 4 cited sources+3
- Price verified on pricing page+3
- Evidence score63
The base comes from the verdict. Everything under it is a check that either happened or did not, and each one is a fact frozen in this record rather than a judgement made at render time - so the same evidence always produces the same number.
How scoring works →Cited sources · 4
Every page the run actually retrieved.
- official productiutu.be Home
- official pricingiutu.be Pricing
- open sourceaingdesk/AingDesk
- open sourceszczyglis-dev/py-gpt
Integrity checks
What held up, and what did not.
