Everygen audit · 01

Context

What the product is, how it was audited, and how it is put together.

What Everygen is#

  • Formerly Viewmax, a YouTube Shorts tool, renamed Everygen to cover video, image, voice and editing.
  • A credit-based creative suite: Wizard (agent), Video and Image generators, Ads, Director, Clone, AI Editing, plus 11 utility tools.
  • Models sold: Seedance, Kling, MiniMax, Grok Imagine, Gemini Omni, Nano Banana, GPT Image.
  • Plans: Starter $24, Pro $49, Creator $139 a month ($9 / $19 / $49 billed annually). An MCP server for Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor.
  • Audience: faceless-Shorts creators, UGC and ad makers, clippers. The Learn tab is a YouTube channel about making money with AI Shorts.

How it was audited#

  • 10 Nov 2026, Chrome, desktop viewport 1456 × 814 plus 388 px mobile.
  • A free account created 9 Nov 2026: no plan, 0 purchased and 0 bonus credits (read from /api/me).
  • Every sidebar, Tools-menu, Home and footer route was opened. Every picker and modal reachable without credits was opened.
  • Performance read in the page: Navigation and Resource Timing, LCP, CLS, long tasks, JS heap, console errors.
  • Not reachable on this account: generation results, the video editor, project pages, the checkout. No credits were spent and nothing was bought.

One product, five page shells#

Each shell moves the navigation, the account entry and the upgrade button. Users relearn the app every time they switch tools.

  1. Shell 1

    Home shell

    Global sidebar with Home, Wizard, AI Editing, generators, Tools, MCP and Library. Rebrand banner on top.

    Used by: Home, Account, Prompt Library, AI Editing, Content Machine

  2. Shell 2

    Wizard shell

    The sidebar is replaced by Home ←, New chat, Assets and Chats. No Upgrade.

    Used by: Wizard, Assets

  3. Shell 3

    Generator shell

    Back, New generation, All videos and Projects. Mode chip under the composer.

    Used by: Video and Image generators, Shorts, Ads, Director, Clone

  4. Shell 4

    Utility shell

    A top bar with the tool name and a second account pill, then SEO copy below the tool.

    Used by: Scriptwriter, Voiceover, Voice Changer, Downloader, Captions, Caption Remover, Ideation, Learn, MCP

  5. Shell 5

    Stepper shell

    "1/3 Setup" with a Previous/Next footer.

    Used by: AI Ad Cloner

24 doors into 6 capabilities#

Every way into each capability that the audit found. Two of them lead nowhere.

  • 6Clone
    • Home hero card
    • Home tool grid
    • Home Clone banner
    • Tools › Clone
    • Video Generator mode
    • Search
  • 5Ads
    • Tools › Ads
    • Video Generator mode
    • AI Ad Cloner
    • AI Ad Templatedead
    • Home "Ads that sell"
  • 4Editing
    • AI Editing (sidebar)
    • Content Machine
    • Video Generator › Edit video
    • Tools › Video Editordead
  • 3Director
    • Home hero card
    • Tools › Director
    • Video Generator mode
  • 3Wizard
    • Sidebar
    • Home prompt box
    • Home hero card
  • 3Shorts
    • Tools › Shorts
    • Video Generator mode
    • Home "Shorts that go viral"