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, less than half the price per minute of Clip.fm. Below, side by side with Clip.fm: 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 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, less than half the price per minute of Clip.fm. 30 minutes are free, no card.
Clip.fm turns podcasts into short clips for social media. It may fit better for bigger files, square or landscape exports, virality score; the table below says where, with the source.
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Four things the product does by design; the table below checks the rest, both ways.
€0.025 per minute here, before VAT: €12 a month for 480 minutes on Starter. $0.067 per minute at Clip.fm: $10 a month, Starter. Priced per minute of source, not per short: 1 short or 5 cost the same on Starter, up to 20 per video on the Studio plan.
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.
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.
Drop the file, choose how many shorts and how long, check the proposals, export the MP4s. No timeline, no template to configure.
One line per criterion, the same shape on both sides. The Clip.fm column is derived from Clip.fm's own site: the number after a cell points to the source, and the exact wording is under the table.
Reading note. Their pricing page opens on yearly billing; plan prices are read from the page's own plan data.
| Criterion | shortshort | Clip.fm |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | 10 GB per file [1]Home page says it handles files up to 10 GB. |
| 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. | Upload MP4, MOV, AVI; links not stated [1]Drag and drop or batch upload; YouTube links and cloud drives are not stated, though the API code sample takes a video URL. |
| 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. | Auto-Resize only; face tracking not stated [2]AI Scene Detection spots speaker changes and Auto-Resize fits platform presets, but following the face or active speaker is not stated. |
| Automatic captions | Word by word, 4 stylesSpotlight, Impact, Karaoke, Minimal; timed on the audio; SRT import and export. | Yes, auto and animated captions [1]Caption styles can be customised in the editor; template count 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. | 9:16, 16:9, 1:1 via platform presets [1]Presets for TikTok, Instagram and YouTube 9:16, X 16:9, LinkedIn 1:1; vertical, square and horizontal clips from one source. |
| 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. | Up to 1080p export on Starter and Pro [3]Every Starter and Pro tier lists up to 1080p rendering; Business states no resolution; the home page says uploads up to 4K. |
| 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, clip editing studio [4]Adjust caption styles, change clip dimensions and create extra clips manually; clips can run past 60 seconds. |
| Brand presets | One preset, Studio planCaption colour and font, preselected on every new video. | Yes, custom templates and branding [4]Custom Templates checked in its comparison table; Business adds custom branding options; agencies page offers white label. |
| 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 site |
| Virality score | None, by designThe AI keeps complete, quotable sentences; you choose what goes out. | Yes, Virality Score [1]Listed with Emotion Detection and Hook Analysis among the AI analysis features. |
| 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 siteThe automated clips channels page does not claim publishing or scheduling to social platforms. |
| Team and price | ||
| Team seats | One account, one login | Yes, team collaboration, seat count not stated [5]Agencies page says manage unlimited client accounts from one dashboard with team collaboration; seats per plan are not stated. |
| API | None | Yes, on request; listed on Business plan [6]REST API at api.clip.fm/v1/clips with SDKs; access is requested, and API access and integrations appear on the Business plan. |
| 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. | No free plan, trial only (7 or 14 days) [3]Pricing FAQ says a 14-day free trial on Starter; buttons and Terms say 7-day; watermark on trial exports not stated. |
| 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 metered in minutes a month [3]Starter 150 min, Pro slider from 300 to 1,500 min, Business unlimited at a custom price; monthly or yearly billing. |
Their pages can change after that date; the table does not update itself.
Clip.fm plans as listed on clip.fm/pricing, read on 16 October 2026 [3]. By the minute of source video: $0.067 per minute on Clip.fm's cheapest plan ($10 a month, Starter, 150 minutes a month), against €0.025 per minute on shortshort Starter, before VAT. Every plan, per minute, in the price index.
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.
shortshort for the price per minute, the cuts and the framing; Clip.fm when you need bigger files or square or landscape exports. Both lists come from the table.
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.
Three things the table can only name. The passage, the frame and the captions below are illustrations; the community shows the real thing.
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
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.
Spotlight, one of the four caption styles. Impact, Karaoke and Minimal use the same word timing.
Only as a trial. Clip.fm's own site offers a trial rather than a lasting free plan. On Clip.fm: no free plan, trial only (7 or 14 days). Pricing FAQ says a 14-day free trial on Starter; buttons and Terms say 7-day; watermark on trial exports not stated (their own site, read on 16 October 2026).
Clip.fm's pricing page lists 7 plans. On Clip.fm: Starter, $10 a month (150 minutes of processing a month); Pro, 300 minutes, $18 a month, $9 a month billed yearly (300 minutes of processing a month); Pro, 600 minutes, $36 a month, $18 a month billed yearly (600 minutes of processing a month); Pro, 900 minutes, $54 a month, $27 a month billed yearly (900 minutes of processing a month); Pro, 1,200 minutes, $72 a month, $36 a month billed yearly (1,200 minutes of processing a month); Pro, 1,500 minutes, $90 a month, $45 a month billed yearly (1,500 minutes of processing a month); Business, Custom (Unlimited video processing) (their own site, read on 16 October 2026). They are listed on this page under "Clip.fm pricing (checked 16 October 2026)". By the minute of source video, that is $0.067 per minute on Clip.fm's cheapest plan ($10 a month, Starter), 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.
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.
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. Clip.fm may fit better if you need bigger files, square or landscape exports and virality score, 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 Clip.fm.
shortshort times every word on the audio, in one of four styles (Spotlight, Impact, Karaoke, Minimal), with SRT import and export. On Clip.fm: yes, auto and animated captions (their own site, read on 16 October 2026).
Yes. The 30 free credits cover 30 minutes of video, with up to 3 shorts per video, no card needed. Your upload and drafts stay private until you export: an exported short is published to the community with its full source video and the transcript of the short, unless your account is set to keep it out, which every paid plan can do.
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.