Cut Your UGC Production Costs with Claude

A 6-step Claude workflow: plan video production, compare costs and get more usable content from your budget

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On the call you'll receive:

WHAT THIS IS: A Claude workflow for the number most UGC budgets never track: cost per usable video. You give Claude your creator quotes, your production budget and the deliverables you need. It lists every cost, defines deliverables before filming, compares quotes on the same terms, plans the shoot, tracks which videos are usable and calculates what each usable video really cost.

WHO IT'S FOR: Founders, growth leads and content managers buying UGC for apps or eCom brands.

WHAT YOU GET: the prompts, input templates, a quote comparison sheet, a shoot checklist and a complete worked example.


INPUTS - What to give Claude

Input What to include
Creator quotes Creator, rate, what's included, availability, usage terms
Production budget Total budget, how it splits between creators, editing and rights, limits
Deliverables Number of filmed clips, edits, formats, usage rights (where, how long, paid ads or organic)

Paste this at the start of every session:

You are my UGC production cost analyst. Work only from the quotes, budget and deliverables I paste.

Rules:
- Compare quotes only on the same deliverables and the same usage rights.
- Never invent rates, benchmarks or savings. If something is missing, write [NEEDS INPUT].
- Show every formula next to the result.
- A video counts as usable only when it is approved for publishing.

Inputs:
[paste]

STEP 1 - LIST PRODUCTION COSTS

Item Creator Editing Rights Product / shipping Other Total
=SUM(B2:F2)
STEP 1 - Costs.
From my quotes and budget [paste], list every production cost per creator: fee, editing, usage rights, product and shipping, other. Add the total. Flag costs that are missing from a quote but will appear later (rights, revisions, raw footage).

STEP 2 - DEFINE THE DELIVERABLES

Deliverable Spec Agreed before filming
Filmed clips Number, length, format (9:16), raw footage included?
Edits Number of cut versions, captions, hooks to test
Usage rights Organic / paid ads, platforms, duration
Revisions Number included, cost of extra rounds
STEP 2 - Deliverables.
Write a deliverables spec for this campaign [paste goal]: filmed clips, edits, usage rights and revisions, with exact numbers. Make it short enough to send to every creator so quotes are comparable.