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 a quarter of the price per minute of Flowjin. Below, side by side with Flowjin: 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 a quarter of the price per minute of Flowjin. 30 minutes are free, no card.
Flowjin drafts captioned clips and platform posts from media files, for brands. It may fit better for a crop that follows whoever is speaking, square or landscape exports, a crop you set by hand; 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. $0.13 per minute at Flowjin: $19 a month, Starter ($9.50 billed yearly). 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 Flowjin column is derived from Flowjin's own site: the number after a cell points to the source, and the exact wording is under the table.
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| Criterion | shortshort | Flowjin |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | 3 h per video [1]Maximum duration of 3 hours (180 minutes) for video and audio files, whether uploaded or imported from a link. |
| Largest file | 2 GB per fileMP4, MOV or WebM. | 1 GB per upload [2]1 GB per direct upload, available on all plans. |
| 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 up to 1 GB, links from 50+ platforms, cloud drives [2]Links from YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Zoom, Vimeo, podcast hosts and more; Google Drive, Dropbox, Box and OneDrive; every source on all plans. |
| 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, smart crop and speaker tracking [3]Auto reframe is included on all plans. |
| Automatic captions | Word by word, 4 stylesSpotlight, Impact, Karaoke, Minimal; timed on the audio; SRT import and export. | Yes, auto captions on all plans [4]Branded captions with custom font, size, position, highlighted word color and saved presets; subtitles and transcripts can be downloaded separately. |
| 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, and 1:1 for audio only [5]All three ratios are available on every plan. |
| 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. | 720p, 1080p on Creator only [5]Free and Starter render at 720p; Full HD 1080p export is Creator only. |
| 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, transcript and timeline editor on all plans [6]Transcript-based trimming and keyword search, caption edits, scene layouts and crop, shapes, logos, B-roll, animated titles and lower thirds. |
| Brand presets | One preset, Studio planCaption colour and font, preselected on every new video. | Starter and Creator only [5]Save custom templates is not included on Free; caption styles can also be saved as reusable presets. |
| 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 help center lists 7 supported languages; translation and dubbing are not mentioned. |
| 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. | AI B-roll on Creator only [5]AI B-roll suggestions are not on Free or Starter; the editor also offers manual B-roll from a stock library, animated titles and lower thirds. |
| 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. | Yes, LinkedIn, X, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook [7]Publish or schedule; Free is LinkedIn only, Creator gets up to 30 X posts a month, Starter X access is shown inconsistently; TikTok not listed. |
| Team and price | ||
| Team seats | One account, one login | Not stated on their site |
| API | None | Not stated on their siteThe help center documents no public API. |
| 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. | One-time 60 min credit, watermarked, 720p [5]Free plan at $0 gives 60 minutes once, up to 5 clip exports, LinkedIn scheduling only and projects that expire after 5 days. |
| 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 by minutes processed, 50% off yearly [5]Free is a one-time 60 minute credit; unused paid credits roll over one month only; Creator can be bought as several packs that multiply minutes and price. |
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Flowjin plans as listed on flowjin.com/pricing, read on 16 October 2026 [5]. By the minute of source video: $0.13 per minute on Flowjin's cheapest plan ($19 a month, Starter ($9.50 billed yearly), 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 and the cuts; Flowjin when you need a crop that follows whoever is speaking 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 once. Flowjin gives a one-time free allowance rather than a monthly free plan, according to its own site. On Flowjin: One-time 60 min credit, watermarked, 720p. Free plan at $0 gives 60 minutes once, up to 5 clip exports, LinkedIn scheduling only and projects that expire after 5 days (their own site, read on 16 October 2026).
Flowjin's pricing page lists 3 plans. On Flowjin: Free (60 minutes once, does not refill); Starter, $19 a month, $9.50 billed yearly (150 minutes a month); Creator, $29 a month, $14.50 billed yearly (5 h (300 min) a month per pack) (their own site, read on 16 October 2026). They are listed on this page under "Flowjin pricing (checked 16 October 2026)". By the minute of source video, that is $0.13 per minute on Flowjin's cheapest plan ($19 a month, Starter ($9.50 billed yearly)), 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. Flowjin may fit better if you need a crop that follows whoever is speaking, 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 Flowjin.
On shortshort, one file of up to 2 GB and at most 12 hours on every plan; the file size is what usually limits, and how many hours fit depends on the bitrate. On Flowjin: 3 h per video. Maximum duration of 3 hours (180 minutes) for video and audio files, whether uploaded or imported from a link (their own site, read on 16 October 2026).
shortshort times every word on the audio, in one of four styles (Spotlight, Impact, Karaoke, Minimal), with SRT import and export. On Flowjin: yes, auto captions on all plans (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.