founders running AI UGC, would you pay $150/mo/account for posting ugc infrastructure, or $4k/mo for full done-for-you 10 ai ugc accounts?
hey guys, founder here. now building a startup because with HeyGen, Arcads, makeugc, Captions, and ten other tools, anyone can generate 100 pieces of UGC in an afternoon. The content problem is solved. Anyone with a laptop can spin up an AI avatar reading their script in 47 languages.
BUT here's the part nobody is talking abt. Generating content is easy but posting operations is brutal.
You need 10+ accounts warmed up without getting flagged. You need real devices (not emulators) that scroll, like, and pause like a human. You need geo-targeted setups by market. You need editors stitching hooks, captions, and CTAs daily across TikTok and IG Reels. You need someone watching analytics so you can iterate every week.
That's not a content problem. That's an infrastructure problem.
So we built a company to do this (will not promote as per rules) but need help on how we think abt this:
We're shipping two versions of the same infrastructure (real phones, 48+ geo regions, 200+ accounts under our roof today). The only difference is who creates the content.
DIY: $150/mo per account. You keep using HeyGen, Arcads, makeugc, whatever your stack already is. You hand us the content. We do everything else: create the accounts, host the devices, handle daily posting and engagement, run all geo-targeting. You review and approve what goes live. You own every account, every follower, every view.
DFY: $4k/mo for 10 accounts. We script, generate, edit, AND post end-to-end. You hop on a call once and watch the views roll in. Guarantee: 1M organic views in 90 days or money back.
Same infrastructure underneath but different level of involvement.
Now the proof. Our flagship is a weight-loss brand we've been running for the last 90 days:
Mar 31: 3.5M views/month
Apr 15: 6M
Apr 30: 11M+
3.2x efficiency in $ in 30 days paying the same amount. and across the full network we're at 100M+ views/month, 200+ AI UGC accounts running, under $1 CPM in health.
Here's where we are confused: we're scaling from $50k to $100k MRR this quarter and we have to pick where to pour engineering and ops hours next. DIY platform? or DFY agency?. Both work. but can't sprint on both at once.
Which version makes more sense for you, DIY or DFY?
If DFY: what would make $4k/mo a no-brainer? What would make you walk? an offer we were thinking of was 1m views in 90 days or money back.
If you've tested AI UGC before as an alternative to ads, how was it?
feedback pls!