Priced by the minute, not by the short
€0.05 per minute on Starter, whatever the number of shorts. 60 minutes are free at sign-up, no card.
GLING ALTERNATIVE
shortshort vs Gling.
shortshort cuts one long video into vertical shorts that end where the sentence ends, frames the face with automatic zooms, and costs €0.05 per minute of video. Below: the numbers first, then 18 criteria with a check or a cross, then the plans of both.
60 free credits, no cardUp to 3 hours per videoMP4 · 1080 × 1920
shortshort vs Gling: the short answer
shortshort turns one video of up to 3 hours into 9:16 shorts that end where the sentence ends, framed on the face on screen with automatic emphasis zooms, captioned word by word, for €0.05 per minute of source video. 60 minutes are free, no card.
Gling edits talking-head videos by removing silences and bad takes, and makes clips. It may fit better for B-roll, music, titles; the table below says where, with the source.
- Price per minute of video
- €0.05 here, 0.03 at Gling
- Free plan
- Permanent on both sides
- Longest video
- 3 h per video here; Gling's site does not say
- Largest file
- 2 GB per file here; Gling'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 keeps complete, quotable passages: a short opens and closes on a sentence, never mid-thought.
Framing that follows the face, with motion
The 9:16 crop tracks the face on screen and adds emphasis 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 Gling column is derived from Gling's own site: the number after a cell points to the source, and the exact wording is under the table.
Reading note. Gling is built for removing silences and bad takes in talking-head videos; clip generation came later.
| Criterion | shortshort | Gling |
|---|---|---|
| Getting the video in | ||
| Longest video | 3 h per videoOne file of up to 3 hours, on every plan. | 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 onlyNo YouTube or Drive link import; the file leaves your disk. | Upload audio or video, web app or desktop app [1]Several files per project, listed codecs only; a separate feature turns a pasted blog, X or LinkedIn link into a talking video. No YouTube or Drive import. |
| What comes out | ||
| Crop follows the speaker | Face and scene trackingThe 9:16 crop moves with the speaker; slides and wide shots stay full frame; framing set automatically. | Not stated on their siteAuto framing is described only as auto zoom on key moments, with no claim that the crop follows a speaker or a face. |
| Automatic captions | Word by word, 4 stylesSpotlight, Impact, Karaoke, Minimal; timed on the audio; SRT import. | Yes, on every plan, with SRT export [1]AI captions and subtitle export from Free up; speech accepted in 24 listed languages, with no caption style, font or animation preset stated. |
| Aspect ratios | 9:16 only | Not stated on their siteHorizontal and vertical uploads are accepted, but no output ratio is stated anywhere. |
| Export | MP4 1080 × 1920, 30 fpsH.264, rendered in the browser or on the server on Creator and Studio. | Not stated on their site |
| Editing and export | ||
| Manual editor | Yes, free, no account neededBounds, caption words, caption style and title. | Yes, text based trimmer and timeline [2]Edit the transcript to change the video, remove clips from the timeline, and adjust zoom levels after the AI pass. |
| Brand presets | One preset, Studio planCaption colour and font, preselected on every new video. | Not stated on their site |
| Edit export | JSON edit plan, Studio planFor rendering on your own server; no Premiere or DaVinci export. | XML to Premiere, Final Cut and Resolve, paid only [1]Included on Plus, Pro and Elite, not on Free; multicam exports only to Resolve or Final Cut, otherwise cameras must be synced before upload. |
| Extras | ||
| Translation or dubbing | Not offeredCaptions are in the language spoken in the video. | Not stated on their site |
| 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-rolls, on Plus, Pro and Elite only [3]A b-roll generator adds clips matched to the theme of the video; Free is excluded, and no stock music or title overlay is stated. |
| Publishes to social | Download and post yourselfOne MP4 per short, or one ZIP with every short with and without captions; nothing is published from the studio. | 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 | 60 credits, no cardPermanent: up to 3 shorts per video, watermarked, exports join the public community. | Yes, 1 hour a month with watermarked exports [1]Free gives 1 hour of AI edited media a month; exports carry a watermark, and AI b-rolls, audio enhancement and NLE export are excluded. |
| How you pay | 1 credit = 1 minute of videoWhatever the number of shorts. Plans from 12 EUR a month for 240 minutes. | Four tiers, monthly or annual, quota in hours [1]Free, Plus, Pro and Elite; the quota is hours of AI edited media per month, tradable against words of video generated from a link. |
- 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 Gling 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
- File upload, in a web app and a desktop app. FAQ 05: "Gling supports both audio and video files. You can upload multiple files to ths same project. We support. upload horizontal or vertical videos. At the moment we only support the following codecs: aac, h264, mp3, opus, pcm_s16le, pcm_f32le, pcm_u8, vorbis, vp8, vp9, and av1." The homepage step one is "Upload Your Raw Recording" and adds "We support video and audio files for voiceover integration." Every "Start for Free" button points at the web app https://app.gling.ai/app, while /desktop offers "Download for Windows" and "Download for MacOS"; their own help article treats both as normal, asking users to say "Whether you use Gling on the web or in the desktop app". Separately, a "Generate video from any link" feature takes a URL, its input field labelled "Enter X (twitter)/LinkedIn or any blog link", with an "or Upload file" alternative; the same widget is what sits on /ai-viral-video-clipping. No YouTube, Dropbox or Google Drive IMPORT is stated anywhere; the only mention of Google or YouTube is as a sign-in method, in the help article. [1]
- Crop follows the speaker
- Not stated on their site.
- Automatic captions
- Yes. Listed as "AI Captions" and "Generate subtitles (Export as .SRT)" on every plan including Free. FAQ 06: "Absolutely. Just click export and choose the .srt option." /quality-content adds "Our AI will help you by highlighting the best places in the video to apply captions", and /video-caption-generator pitches them for social: "Add captions to YouTube, TikTok, or social media videos." FAQ 08 on languages: "The interface of the app is in English, but you can upload files that contain speech in any of the following languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Russian, Italian, Dutch, Hebrew, Ukrainian, Russian, Hindi, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Czech, Polish, Slovak, Hungarian, Greek, Arabic, Chinese, Korean and Japanese." (the list repeats Russian twice, as published). No caption style, font, animation or karaoke preset is described on any of the 120 non-blog pages - the words font, karaoke and animat- return zero matches. [1]
- Aspect ratios
- Not stated on their site.
- Export
- Not stated on their site.
- Manual editor
- Yes. Homepage step two: "Review your AI-edited video with ease and refine manually by adjusting parts of the text or removing clips from the timeline. Enjoy creative control with Gling's intuitive editing features." The main manual tool is the "AI Text-Based Video Trimmer", described on https://www.gling.ai/save-time and https://www.gling.ai/desktop as "Simply edit the transcript text to make changes to your video effortlessly. The edits automatically reflect in your video". Zoom is adjustable too, per https://www.gling.ai/zoom-in: "Adjust zoom levels easily to suit your video. Whether you need a subtle zoom or a dramatic close-up". The framing "AI Features minimum Manual Editing" appears on /desktop, /save-time and /ai-viral-video-clipping, not only on /desktop. [2]
- Brand presets
- Not stated on their site.
- Edit export
- Yes, and it is a headline capability. Plan feature: "XML to Premiere/Final Cut Pro/Resolve", ticked on Plus, Pro and Elite and dashed out on Free. Homepage step three: "We seamlessly integrate with popular editors like Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve, and Adobe Premiere. Alternatively, export directly to MP4 or MP3 media files, accompanied by captions in SRT format." FAQ 10 narrows it for multicam: "We support a multiple-camera workflow, but only if you aim to export your file to either DaVinci Resolve or Final Cut Pro. If you want to export to Premiere or as an MP3/MP4 file, you'll have to sync the cameras before uploading the synced file to Gling", and FAQ 11 says the same for a separate microphone track. [1]
- Translation or dubbing
- Not stated on their site.
- Virality score
- Not stated on their site.
- B-roll, music, titles
- Yes, b-roll. "AI B-rolls" is a plan feature, ticked on Plus, Pro and Elite and marked with the grey dash on Free. The dedicated page says "Make your video edits pop with Gling's B-Roll Generator", "Gling's AI generates a tailored B-roll that fits your video's theme perfectly" and "Generate and apply cinematic B-roll clips in seconds". The viral clipping page promises clips "with captions, b-rolls, zoom effects and more!". No stock music library and no title or text overlay feature is stated - "stock" and "music" return zero matches across the non-blog pages. [3]
- Publishes to social
- Not stated on their site.
- Team seats
- Not stated on their site.
- API
- Not stated on their site.
- Free plan
- Yes. FAQ 01: "Yes, you can use Gling to edit videos for free. However, in the free version your exported videos will include a watermark and you won't be able to export to Premiere, Final Cut or Resolve." The Free card gives "1 hour of AI edited media per month", "Unlimited video export with watermark" and "No Premium support", and its column marks AI B-rolls, Speech audio enhancement, XML export and Premium support as excluded. No credit card is needed to try it (FAQ 02). Caveat found on their own domain: the stale but indexed page https://www.gling.ai/homepage-alt describes the same Free tier as "Limited Access to AI Features" with "1 free video export with all premium features", which contradicts the watermark rule on /pricing. [1]
- How you pay
- Subscription in four tiers (Free, Plus, Pro, Elite), billed monthly or annually, with a toggle reading "Monthly" / "Annual - Save 50%". The quota is time of processed media per month, "hours of AI edited media", optionally traded against "words of generated video from link". FAQ 03 adds "The same limit applies if you purchase a yearly plan. Unused hours do not 'pass' from one month to the next." FAQ 02: "Nope. You'll only be asked for your payment information when purchasing a subscription." Annual prices are shown as per-month equivalents labelled "Paid annually"; no yearly total is ever printed. No currency is named anywhere on the page - only the "$" glyph, with no "USD" string and no currency switcher in the markup. "We support various Payment Methods" is illustrated with Visa, Mastercard and Amex logos only. [1]
Sources for the Gling column, read on 20 September 2026
Their pages can change after that date; the table does not update itself.
What a month costs
shortshort prices before VAT, from the product. Gling plans as listed on their pricing page [1].
shortshort
- Free€0, no card60 welcome credits, one hour of videoUp to 3 shorts per videoWatermarked exportExported shorts join the community
- Starter€12 a month240 min of video a month, 4 hoursUp to 5 shorts per videoNo watermarkPrivate exports: nothing posted to the public community gallery
- Creator€29 a month800 min of video a month, 13 h 20Everything in StarterUp to 10 shorts per videoRenders on our servers: close the tab and come back to finished shorts
- Studio€79 a month3,000 min of video a month, 50 hoursEverything in CreatorUp to 20 shorts per videoOne brand preset: your caption colors and font, preselected on every new video
Annual billing: Starter €115 a year, Creator €278 a year, Studio €758 a year. Full detail on the pricing page.
Gling
- Free$01 hour of AI edited media a monthUnlimited exports, all watermarkedNo XML export to Premiere, Final Cut or ResolveNo AI b-rolls or speech audio enhancementNo premium support
- Plus$20 a month, or $10 billed yearly10 hours of media, or 300 words from a linkUnlimited exports with no watermarkXML to Premiere, Final Cut Pro and ResolveAI b-rolls, audio enhancement and multicam editingNo premium support
- Pro$40 a month, or $20 billed yearly30 hours of media, or 900 words from a linkEverything in Plus, plus premium supportAll fifteen key features includedUnlimited exports with no watermark
- Elite$100 a month, or $50 billed yearly100 hours of media, or 2700 words from linkLargest quota, all fifteen features includedPremium support includedUnlimited exports with no watermark
As written on their pricing page
- Free: $0. The page prints a bare "$" with no currency code; "USD" appears nowhere in the HTML of any page, and no euro or pound sign appears either. Billing period is irrelevant at $0, but the annual table repeats the same $0 with the label "Paid annually".
- "1 hour of AI edited media per month", "Unlimited video export with watermark", "No Premium support". Eleven of the fifteen key-feature rows carry a green tick: Remove bad takes, Auto remove silences, Auto remove filler words, YouTube Title Generator, YouTube Chapters Generator, Next Video suggestions, AI Captions, Generate subtitles (Export as .SRT), Auto framing (Zoom in/out), Multicam editing, "Export as MP4 (with watermark)/MP3".. "Perfect for beginners to explore and learn." CONFIRMED by parsing the feature-item markup rather than the text: exactly four rows carry the grey dash (fill #D5D5D5) and are therefore NOT included - AI B-rolls, Speech audio enhancement, "XML to Premiere/Final Cut Pro/Resolve" and Premium support. Note the label is "AI B-rolls" with a non-breaking space, so a naive grep for "AI B-rolls" returns nothing. FAQ 01 agrees: "in the free version your exported videos will include a watermark and you won't be able to export to Premiere, Final Cut or Resolve." CONTRADICTION on their own domain: https://www.gling.ai/homepage-alt (title "Homepage-2", self-canonical, listed in sitemap.xml, not blocked by robots.txt) carries a different, three-tier table where Free reads "Limited Access to AI Features", "Up to 1 hour of media processed" and "1 free video export with all premium features" - i.e. one unwatermarked export, which /pricing denies.
- Plus: $20 /mon when the toggle is on "Monthly"; $10 /mon in the "Annual - Save 50%" table, where the card adds the words "Paid annually". The $10 is a per-month equivalent: the page never shows a yearly total, and never names a currency beyond "$".
- "10 hours of AI edited media or 300 words of generated video from link or combination of both per month", "Unlimited video export (no watermark)", "No Premium support". Fourteen of fifteen key features ticked - everything except Premium support, so AI B-rolls, Speech audio enhancement, Multicam editing, "Export as MP4/MP3" and "XML to Premiere/Final Cut Pro/Resolve" are all included.. Labelled "Most popular". The monthly card reads "Designed for light users with a limited number of videos produced monthly"; the annual card drops the word "light" and reads "Designed for users with a limited number of videos produced monthly". FAQ 03: "The Plus plan is limited to 10 hours of footage that can be uploaded to Gling each month." Tick/dash pattern identical in the monthly and annual tables (verified from the markup, both copies).
- Pro: $40 /mon when the toggle is on "Monthly"; $20 /mon "Paid annually" (per-month equivalent, no yearly total shown, currency not named).
- "30 hours of AI edited media or 900 words of generated video from link or combination of both per month", "Unlimited video export (no watermark)", "Including Premium support". All fifteen key features ticked.. Monthly card: "Advanced capabilities tailored for those who demand the highest level of performance." The annual card uses a shorter line, "Advanced capabilities tailored for those who demand more." FAQ 03: "This limit is raised to 30 hours in the Pro plan."
- Elite: $100 /mon when the toggle is on "Monthly"; $50 /mon "Paid annually" (per-month equivalent, no yearly total shown, currency not named).
- "100 hours of AI edited media or 2700 words of generated video from link or combination of both per month", "Unlimited video export (no watermark)", "Including Premium support". All fifteen key features ticked.. Monthly card: "Advanced capabilities tailored for those who demand the highest level of performance." The annual card reads "For those who demand the highest level of performance." The FAQ on the same page stops at Pro and never states the Elite limit, which appears only on the plan card. Elite does not exist at all on /homepage-alt, whose stale table has only Free, Plus and Pro.
The verdict
shortshort for the price per minute, the cuts and the framing; Gling when you need B-roll, music, titles. Both lists come from the table.
Where shortshort comes out ahead
- Cuts on complete sentencesEach short opens and closes on a sentence boundary, with a 25% margin around the target length; nothing ends mid-thought.
- Framing that follows the face, with emphasis zoomsFace and scene tracking move the 9:16 crop; zooms between x1.0 and x1.6 add motion; 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 free manual editor, no account neededBounds, caption words, caption style and title; the MP4 export works without signing in.
- A public before-and-after galleryEach short next to the video it came from, with the transcript, so the result can be judged before trying.
Where Gling may fit better
- B-roll, music, titles [3]AI b-rolls, on Plus, Pro and Elite only. A b-roll generator adds clips matched to the theme of the video; Free is excluded, and no stock music or title overlay is stated.
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 with its transcript.
3 of 10 shorts shown · The Sun Doesn't Stop for Anyone · watch it in the community, with the transcript
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 speaker
3 · Captions timed word by word
Spotlight, one of the four caption styles. Impact, Karaoke and Minimal use the same word timing.
shortshort in 55 seconds
The whole flow, from the drop to the MP4, in one silent video with captions in the picture.
55 seconds, no sound, captions in the picture.
Questions people ask
Is shortshort a good Gling alternative?
It depends on what you need. shortshort turns one video of up to 3 hours into vertical shorts, 3 per video on the free plan and up to 20 on Studio, cut on complete sentences, framed on the speaker and captioned word by word in one of four styles. If that is the job, try it with the 60 free credits and compare the result with what you get from Gling.
How does shortshort pricing compare with Gling?
shortshort charges 1 credit per minute of source video, whatever the number of shorts. Starter is 12 EUR for 240 credits, Creator 29 EUR for 800 and Studio 79 EUR for 3,000, and every account starts with 60 free credits. Gling's own plans, as written on their pricing page, are listed on this page under "What a month costs".
Can I try shortshort before leaving Gling?
Yes. The 60 free credits cover a one-hour video with up to 3 shorts, no card needed. Your source video stays private; only the shorts you export join the community, and every paid plan lets you keep them out of it.
Cuts that finish the sentence, at a price by the minute.
The fastest comparison is your own video: 60 minutes are free, no card. Your source video stays yours; the shorts you export join the community, and any paid plan keeps them out of it.