Priced by the minute of source
€0.025 per minute on Starter, before VAT, whatever the number of shorts, up to 20 per video on the Studio plan. $0.033 per minute at 2short ($9.90 a month, Lite); the pricing section below puts both side by side.
COMPARISON
2short alternative: shortshort vs 2short.
shortshort cuts one long video into vertical shorts chosen to end where the sentence ends, frames the face with automatic zooms, and costs €0.025 per minute of video before VAT. Below, side by side with 2short (also written 2short.ai): the numbers first, then 18 criteria with a check or a cross, then the plans of both.
30 free credits, no cardUp to 2 GB per videoMP4 · 9:16 or 4:5
shortshort vs 2short: the short answer
shortshort turns one long video of up to 2 GB into 9:16 shorts chosen to end where the sentence ends, framed on the face on screen with automatic zooms, captioned word by word, for €0.025 per minute of source video before VAT. 30 minutes are free, no card.
2short.ai makes Shorts, TikToks and Reels from a YouTube link. It may fit better for square or landscape exports, a crop you set by hand; the table below says where, with the source.
- Price per minute of video
- €0.025 here, $0.033 at 2short
- Largest file
- 2 GB per file here; 2short's site does not say
Facts checked against the product on . Prices before VAT.
Why shortshort
Four things the product does by design; the table below checks the rest, both ways.
Cuts that finish the sentence
The AI reads the whole transcript and picks complete, quotable passages, chosen to open and close on a sentence rather than on a timer; the end of each short is checked against the transcript.
Framing that follows the face, with motion
The 9:16 crop follows the face on screen and adds automatic zooms between x1.0 and x1.6; slides and wide shots stay whole. Framing is automatic; cuts, title and captions stay editable.
One page, nothing to learn
Drop the file, choose how many shorts and how long, check the proposals, export the MP4s. No timeline, no template to configure.
18 criteria, side by side
One line per criterion, the same shape on both sides. The 2short column is derived from 2short's own site: the number after a cell points to the source, and the exact wording is under the table.
Reading note. 2short.ai works from a YouTube link and, per its own FAQ, only on videos that already have captions.
| Criterion | shortshort | 2short |
|---|---|---|
| Getting the video in | ||
| Longest video | Set by the 2 GB file size, 12 hours at mostOne file of up to 2 GB and at most 12 hours, on every plan; below that, how many hours fit in 2 GB depends on the bitrate. | Not stated on their site |
| Largest file | 2 GB per fileMP4, MOV or WebM. | Not stated on their site |
| How the video gets in | File upload or a YouTube linkMP4, MOV or WebM from your disk, or a public or unlisted YouTube link of your own, downloaded on our servers at up to 720p with its audio. | YouTube link; Drive and public URLs from Lite [1]Paste a YouTube link; Google Drive and public URL imports are listed on Lite and above; direct file upload is not stated. |
| What comes out | ||
| Crop follows the face | Follows the face, zooms x1.0 to x1.6The 9:16 crop follows the face with automatic zooms; slides, screens and wide shots stay whole; framing is set automatically. | Yes, facial tracking keeps speaker centered [1]Center stage facial tracking keeps the subject centered; described as available on all plans. |
| Automatic captions | Word by word, 4 stylesSpotlight, Impact, Karaoke, Minimal; timed on the audio; SRT import and export. | Yes, one-click animated subtitles [1]Number of subtitle templates and word-level highlighting are not stated. |
| Aspect ratios | 9:16, or 4:5 for the Instagram feedChosen at export for the whole series; a 4:5 export tracks the face again for that frame. No 1:1 or 16:9. | Vertical, square and horizontal [1] |
| Export | MP4 1080 × 1920 or 1080 × 1350, 30 fpsH.264, rendered on our servers on every plan: 1080 × 1920 in 9:16, 1080 × 1350 in 4:5. | 1080p, no watermark [1]Unlimited high-quality exports without watermarks; fast server-side exports are 60 min a month on Lite and unlimited from Pro. |
| Editing and export | ||
| Manual editor | Yes, on the AI proposals, with a free accountClips and their bounds, title, description, caption words and caption style of each AI proposal; the editor and the MP4 export need a free account. | Yes, advanced editing and cropping tools [1]Advanced editing and cropping options for when automatic face tracking is not enough; available on all plans. |
| Brand presets | One preset, Studio planCaption colour and font, preselected on every new video. | Yes, brand presets with logos and overlays [1]Add brand logos and overlays to exported videos; described as available on all plans. |
| Edit export | JSON edit plan on every planThe studio exports the plan of the open short on every plan; the Studio plan adds the plan of every saved short from My projects. | Not stated on their site |
| Extras | ||
| Translation or dubbing | Not offeredCaptions in the language spoken, transcribed by OpenAI's whisper-1 (98 languages according to OpenAI); nothing is translated or dubbed. | Not stated on their siteThe FAQ lists 26 supported analysis languages but says nothing about translated captions or dubbing. |
| Virality score | None, by designThe AI keeps complete, quotable sentences; you choose what goes out. | Not stated on their site |
| B-roll, music, titles | None addedThe short is your video, reframed and captioned. | Not stated on their site |
| Publishes to social | YouTube on a calendar, TikTok in early accessConnect a YouTube channel, pick a day and time per short or auto-fill the calendar. TikTok is in early access. One MP4 per short, or a ZIP, for the rest. | Not stated on their site |
| Team and price | ||
| Team seats | One account, one login | Not stated on their site |
| API | None | Not stated on their site |
| Free plan | 30 credits once, no cardThe account never expires; the 30 credits are given once, not every month. Up to 3 shorts per video, watermarked, exports join the public community. | Free Starter, 30 min of analysis a month [2]Full access to all features; the same page's bottom CTA says 15 minutes instead of 30, and No ads is listed only from Lite up. |
| How you pay | 1 credit = 1 minute of videoWhatever the number of shorts. Plans from 12 EUR a month for 480 minutes, before VAT. Unused credits roll over and never expire, even after cancelling. | Subscription tiered by analysis hours a month [2]Free 30 min, Lite 5 h, Pro 15 h, Premium 50 h of AI video analysis a month; Lite caps fast server-side exports at 60 min a month, unlimited from Pro. |
- Offered
- On some plans, or with a limit
- Not offered
- A fact, not a yes or no
- Not stated on their site
The exact wording of each 2short cell, as read on their site
- Longest video
- Not stated on their site.
- Largest file
- Not stated on their site.
- How the video gets in
- YouTube video link ("copy your video link from YouTube and paste it into the 2short app"); "Import videos from Google Drive!" banner and "Video imports from Google Drive and public URLs" on Lite and above; direct file upload not stated [1]
- Crop follows the face
- "Center stage facial tracking": AI "uses facial tracking technology to automatically keep them at the center of the screen" [1]
- Automatic captions
- "One-click animated subtitles"; number of templates and word-level highlighting not stated [1]
- Aspect ratios
- "Support for vertical, square, and horizontal aspect ratios" [1]
- Export
- "1080p quality" ("Unlimited high-quality exports") [1]
- Manual editor
- "Advanced editing tools": "advanced editing and cropping options" for "when automatic face tracking isn't enough" [1]
- Brand presets
- "Brand presets": "Add brand logos and overlays to your exported videos" [1]
- Edit export
- Not stated on their site.
- Translation or dubbing
- Not stated on their site.
- Virality score
- Not stated on their site.
- B-roll, music, titles
- Not stated on their site.
- Publishes to social
- Not stated on their site.
- Team seats
- Not stated on their site.
- API
- Not stated on their site.
- Free plan
- Yes, "Starter" plan is "Free": "30 minutes of AI video analyzing per month", "View and export already generated short clips", "Full access to all features"; features section says "Say goodbye to watermarks and hello to 1080p quality" and "full access to all our features, regardless of your pricing plan"; "No ads" is listed only from Lite upward; bottom CTA on the same page says the free Starter plan gives "15 minutes of AI video analysis" [2]
- How you pay
- Monthly subscription tiered by "AI video analyzing per month" (30 min / 5 h / 15 h / 50 h); "Plans mainly vary in AI video analysis hours"; Lite additionally capped at "60 minutes of fast server-side exports per month" (unlimited from Pro) [2]
Sources for the 2short column, read on 16 October 2026
Their pages can change after that date; the table does not update itself.
2short pricing (checked 16 October 2026)
2short plans as listed on 2short.ai/pricing, read on 16 October 2026 [2]. By the minute of source video: $0.033 per minute on 2short's cheapest plan ($9.90 a month, Lite, 5 h of analysis a month), against €0.025 per minute on shortshort Starter, before VAT. Every plan, per minute, in the price index.
2short
- StarterFree30 min of AI video analysis a monthView and export already generated short clipsFull access to all featuresNo ads is listed only from Lite upPage bottom CTA says 15 min, pricing card says 30
- Lite$9.90 a month5 h of AI video analysis a monthEverything in Starter60 min of fast server-side exports a monthImports from Google Drive and public URLsNo ads
- Pro$19.90 a month15 h of AI video analysis a monthEverything in LiteUnlimited fast server-side exportsLabeled Most popular
- Premium$49.90 a month50 h of AI video analysis a monthEverything in ProPriority supportAccess to newest beta features
As written on their pricing page on 16 October 2026
- Starter: Free
- 30 minutes of AI video analyzing per month; view and export already generated short clips. "Full access to all features"; "No ads" is listed only from Lite up; the page's bottom CTA says the free Starter plan gives "15 minutes of AI video analysis" (inconsistent with the 30 minutes on the pricing card)
- Lite: USD 9.90/month (shown as "$9.90 /mo"; no yearly price displayed)
- Everything in Starter; 5 hours of AI video analyzing per month; 60 minutes of fast server-side exports per month. Video imports from Google Drive and public URLs; No ads
- Pro: USD 19.90/month (shown as "$19.90 /mo"; no yearly price displayed)
- Everything in Lite; 15 hours of AI video analyzing per month; unlimited fast server-side exports. Labeled "Most popular"
- Premium: USD 49.90/month (shown as "$49.90 /mo"; no yearly price displayed)
- Everything in Pro; 50 hours of AI video analyzing per month. Priority support and access to newest beta features
shortshort
- Free€0, no card30 welcome credits given once, 30 minutes of videoUp to 3 shorts per videoWatermarked exportExported shorts join the community
- Starter€12 a month480 min of video a month, 8 hoursUp to 5 shorts per videoNo watermarkOption to keep your exports out of the public community gallery
- Creator€29 a month1,600 min of video a month, 26 h 40Everything in StarterUp to 10 shorts per videoCredit top-ups of 400, 1,200 or 4,000 credits
- Studio€79 a month6,000 min of video a month, 100 hoursEverything in CreatorUp to 20 shorts per videoOne brand preset: your caption colors and font, preselected on every new video
Prices before VAT, from the product. Annual billing: Starter €115 a year, Creator €278 a year, Studio €758 a year. Full detail on the pricing page.
The verdict: 2short or shortshort
shortshort for the cuts and the framing; 2short when you need square or landscape exports or a crop you set by hand. Both lists come from the table.
Where shortshort comes out ahead
- Cuts on complete sentencesEach short is cut on word boundaries and aims for the end of a sentence, with a 25% margin around the target length; the ending is checked against the transcript.
- Framing that follows the face, with automatic zoomsFace and scene tracking move the 9:16 crop; automatic zooms between x1.0 and x1.6; slides and wide shots stay whole.
- One page, nothing to learnDrop, choose the count and the length, check, export. No timeline or template to set up.
- A public before-and-after galleryEach short next to the video it came from, with the transcript of each short, so the result can be judged before trying.
Where 2short may fit better
What shortshort produces, on a real video
A published transformation from the community: the original on top, the shorts it became below. Click one to see it next to the original video.
3 of 6 shorts shown · The Override That Saved Humanity · watch it in the community, with the transcript of each short
Demo footage: Tears of Steel © Blender Foundation, licensed CC BY 3.0. Cut, cropped and captioned by shortshort.
How shortshort cuts, frames and captions
Three things the table can only name. The passage, the frame and the captions below are illustrations; the community shows the real thing.
1 · The cut ends on the sentence
Cut at the target
The reason most clips fail is that they stop before the idea lands, and a viewer who never hears the end of the sentence has no reason to share it. ✂ mid-sentence
Cut at the sentence
The reason most clips fail is that they stop before the idea lands, and a viewer who never hears the end of the sentence has no reason to share it. ✂ on the full stop
Same passage, same 30-second target. shortshort keeps going to the end of the sentence, 37 seconds here, which is inside the 25% margin it allows.
2 · The 9:16 crop follows the face on screen
3 · Captions timed word by word
Spotlight, one of the four caption styles. Impact, Karaoke and Minimal use the same word timing.
2short alternative: questions people ask
Is 2short free?
Yes. 2short's own site lists a lasting free plan. On 2short: Free Starter, 30 min of analysis a month. Full access to all features; the same page's bottom CTA says 15 minutes instead of 30, and No ads is listed only from Lite up (their own site, read on 16 October 2026).
How much does 2short cost?
2short's pricing page lists 4 plans. On 2short: Starter, Free (30 min of AI video analysis a month); Lite, $9.90 a month (5 h of AI video analysis a month); Pro, $19.90 a month (15 h of AI video analysis a month); Premium, $49.90 a month (50 h of AI video analysis a month) (their own site, read on 16 October 2026). They are listed on this page under "2short pricing (checked 16 October 2026)". By the minute of source video, that is $0.033 per minute on 2short's cheapest plan ($9.90 a month, Lite), against €0.025 per minute on shortshort Starter, before VAT. shortshort charges 1 credit per minute of source video, whatever the number of shorts: Starter is 12 EUR a month for 480 credits, Creator 29 EUR for 1,600 and the Studio plan 79 EUR for 6,000, before VAT, and every account starts with 30 free credits, given once.
What is a free alternative to 2short?
shortshort can be tried for free: 30 credits given once at sign-up, no card, which cover 30 minutes of video, with up to 3 shorts per video and a small watermark on the export. Your upload stays private until you export; exported shorts join the public community gallery by default. It is a one-time allowance, not free minutes every month: the tools that give free minutes every month are listed, with the limits of their free plans, in the price per minute index.
Is shortshort a good 2short alternative?
It depends on what you need. shortshort turns one long video of up to 2 GB into vertical shorts, 3 per video on the Free plan and up to 20 on the Studio plan, cut on complete sentences, framed on the face on screen and captioned word by word in one of four styles. 2short may fit better if you need square or landscape exports and a crop you set by hand, according to its own site. If the job is cutting long talks into shorts, try it with the 30 free credits and compare the result with what you get from 2short.
How do captions compare between 2short and shortshort?
shortshort times every word on the audio, in one of four styles (Spotlight, Impact, Karaoke, Minimal), with SRT import and export. On 2short: yes, one-click animated subtitles (their own site, read on 16 October 2026).
Cuts that finish the sentence, at a price by the minute.
The fastest comparison is your own video: 30 minutes are free, no card. Your upload stays private until you export; exported shorts join the community with their source video by default, and any paid plan can keep them out.