Free minutes every month, where shortshort gives 30 once
quso.ai (75 min), Descript (60 min), Gling (60 min), OpusClip (60 min), Reap (60 min), Vizard (60 min), 2short (30 min), Spikes Studio (30 min) and Wisecut (30 min) give free minutes every month; shortshort gives 30 minutes once, at sign-up. Each of these monthly allowances is at least as large as shortshort's one-time gift. Someone whose monthly volume stays within one of these free allowances pays nothing there each month; shortshort's 30 minutes are given once, and after they are used every minute is paid. Free plans come with their own limits, such as watermarks or a lower export resolution; each tool's compare page lists them. Not counted, because their own pages say downloads on the free plan are locked or need a paid plan: Choppity (60 min a month, "Free exports carry a Choppity watermark / downloads locked").
Sources: quso.ai/pricing, descript.com/pricing, gling.ai/pricing, opus.pro/pricing, reap.video/pricing, vizard.ai/pricing, 2short.ai/pricing, spikes.studio/pricing, wisecut.ai/pricing, choppity.com/pricing.
More free minutes to start with at WayinVideo and Flowjin
WayinVideo (100 min once) and Flowjin (60 min once) give more free minutes to start with than shortshort, which gives 30 minutes once, at sign-up. Free plans and trials come with their own limits, such as watermarks or a time limit; each tool's compare page lists them.
Sources: wayin.ai/pricing, flowjin.com/pricing.
Ssemble is cheaper per minute at the entry price
Ssemble Pro: $15 a month for 30 credits × 20 min = 600 min, $0.025, about €0.022 per minute, against €0.025 on shortshort Starter (€12 for 480 minutes, before VAT), about 11% less. The compare pages call a gap under 15% between two currencies a tie, because the rate moves. Each video is counted in whole blocks of 20 minutes: their help centre gives "10-minute video = 1 credit" and "45-minute video = 3 credits". Expert and Business include bonus credits.
Sources: ssemble.com/pricing.
WayinVideo is cheaper per minute at the entry price
WayinVideo Starter: $13.99 a month for 500 credits × 1 min, $0.028, about €0.025 per minute, against €0.025 on shortshort Starter (€12 for 480 minutes, before VAT), about 1% less. The compare pages call a gap under 15% between two currencies a tie, because the rate moves. The pricing page opens on yearly billing, where Starter and Pro show a first-year price; the monthly prices are used here.
Sources: wayin.ai/pricing.
Larger plans elsewhere undercut Starter and Creator
2short Premium ($0.017, about €0.015), Descript Creator ($0.019, about €0.017), Ssemble Business ($0.02, about €0.018), Ssemble Expert ($0.021, about €0.019), 2short Pro ($0.022, about €0.02), WayinVideo Scale ($0.023, about €0.021), WayinVideo Pro ($0.027, about €0.024), Descript Business ($0.027, about €0.024), Gling Elite ($0.017 in a dollar the site does not name) and Gling Pro ($0.022 in a dollar the site does not name) cost less per minute than shortshort Starter (€0.025), and 2short Premium, Descript Creator, Ssemble Business and Gling Elite less than Creator (€0.018). None of the tiers read goes below the Studio plan (€0.013), but that rate means paying €79 a month before VAT.
Sources: 2short.ai/pricing, descript.com/pricing, ssemble.com/pricing, wayin.ai/pricing, gling.ai/pricing.
Yearly billing is not compared here, and others discount it more
This index uses monthly prices. Billed yearly, shortshort saves 20%; the pricing pages of Ssemble (up to 60%), Flowjin (50%), Gling (50%), OpusClip (up to 50%), Vizard (50%), Reap (up to 40%), Choppity (30%) and Wisecut (up to 30%) give larger yearly discounts. A yearly comparison can reorder the table.
Sources: help.ssemble.com/docs/billing/how-credits-work, flowjin.com/pricing, gling.ai/pricing, opus.pro/pricing, vizard.ai/pricing, reap.video/pricing, choppity.com/pricing, wisecut.ai/pricing.
Tools that charge per clip or per video are not ranked
AutoShorts, Klap, SendShort, Submagic and Zubtitle charge per clip, per video or per short, so their price per minute depends on how long your videos are and how many clips you make. This index does not rank them, so it does not say shortshort is cheaper than them.
Sources: autoshorts.app/en/pricing, klap.app/pricing, sendshort.ai/pricing, submagic.co/pricing, zubtitle.com/pricing.
Videos longer or heavier than shortshort takes
shortshort takes one file of up to 2 GB. OpusClip (10 GB, 30 GB on Pro and up; 10 h per video), Vizard (1 GB free, 30 GB on paid; 10 h per video on paid plans), Klap (4 h per upload), Submagic (10 GB via API, 3,000 MB in app), Reap (10 GB on Creator and Studio), quso.ai (5 GB free, 15 GB on paid plans; 5 h per video), Choppity (4 GB, other pages say 5 or 10), Descript (1 GB free, 50 GB on Business) and WayinVideo (10 GB, 30 GB on Pro and Scale) accept more, according to their own sites.
Sources: opus.pro/pricing, help.opus.pro/docs/article/video-length, vizard.ai/pricing, klap.app/tools/video-to-shorts-converter, care.submagic.co/en/article/what-is-the-size-and-video-length-limit-for-each-video-in-submagic-gl84of, docs.reap.video/help-center/how-to-create-viral-clips, quso.ai/help/video-import-source, quso.ai/help/video-length-types, help.choppity.com/articles/7590915-maximum-file-size-and-video-length-limits-per-plan, descript.com/pricing, wayin.ai/pricing.
If you need square or landscape exports
shortshort: it exports 9:16, or 4:5 for the Instagram feed; there is no 1:1 or 16:9 export. What their own sites say: OpusClip, 9:16 only, plus 1:1 and 16:9 on Pro; Vizard, 9:16, 1:1, 4:5 and 16:9; Klap, 9:16, 1:1 and 16:9; Submagic, 9:16, 4:5, 1:1, 16:9 or original; Reap, 9:16, 16:9, 1:1 and 4:5 on paid plans; 2short, Vertical, square and horizontal; quso.ai, 16:9, 9:16 and 1:1; Choppity, 9:16, 1:1 and 16:9; Descript, 9:16 and 1:1 presets, more layouts available; Picsart, 9:16, 16:9, 1:1 or original; WayinVideo, 9:16, 16:9, 1:1 and 4:5 on every plan.
Sources: opus.pro/pricing, docs.vizard.ai/docs/advanced, klap.app/tools/podcast-clip-maker, submagic.co/features/auto-video-editor, docs.reap.video/help-center/how-to-create-viral-clips, 2short.ai, quso.ai/pricing, choppity.com, help.descript.com/repurpose/create-clips-from-your-content, picsart.com/video-clipping, wayin.ai/pricing.
If you need the crop to follow whoever is speaking
shortshort: the crop follows the most visible face on screen; it does not tell who is speaking. What their own sites say: OpusClip, Active speaker is identified from voice and motion cues; Klap, Yes, AI Reframe follows the active speaker; Reap, Auto speaker detection and tracking is ticked for Creator, Studio and Enterprise and dashed for Free, and it only applies when the clip is cropped; Ssemble, Auto layout centres the speaking face and falls back to Fit when no face is found, and a sports mode follows the ball instead of faces; quso.ai, Face and speaker tracking keep the subject centered in 9:16; Choppity, Yes, detects who is talking and switches focus; Descript, Center Active Speaker, limited on Free; WayinVideo, Yes, AI Reframe follows faces and speakers.
Sources: opus.pro/pricing, klap.app/tools/ai-clip-maker, docs.reap.video/help-center/face-tracking, help.ssemble.com/docs/make-clips/advanced-editing-features, quso.ai/features, choppity.com/features/automated-tracking, descript.com/pricing, wayin.ai/tools/ai-reframe.
If you need to set the crop by hand
shortshort: framing is automatic, with no manual framing controls. What their own sites say: OpusClip, custom reframing from Starter up, moving object tracking on Pro and Business only; Klap, Yes, editor with reframing, captions, templates; Submagic, Automatic subject centering for portrait videos with manual override; 2short, Yes, advanced editing and cropping tools; Choppity, you can add multiple crop boxes, split scenes or fine-tune the framing manually; WayinVideo, trimming, reframing, subtitles and text use no credits.
Sources: opus.pro/pricing, klap.app/tools/long-video-to-short-video-converter, submagic.co/ai-clip-maker, 2short.ai, choppity.com/features/automated-tracking, wayin.ai/pricing.
If you need translation or dubbing
shortshort: not offered. What their own sites say: OpusClip, Dubbing on Pro and Business only; Vizard, Subtitle translation on paid plans, dubbing via Agent; Klap, Yes, captions in 52 languages plus audio translation; Submagic, Translated subtitles only, no dubbing; Reap, Paid plans only, dubbing in 80+ languages; Ssemble, Translated captions yes, dubbing no; quso.ai, Caption translation in 100+ languages, no dubbing; Descript, Captions in 61 languages, dubbing in 30; Picsart, Not in the Clipper; a dubbing model on the platform; WayinVideo, Subtitle translation yes, dubbing no.
Sources: opus.pro/pricing, vizard.ai/tools/video-translator, klap.app/tools/video-to-shorts-converter, submagic.co/features/ai-video-translator, reap.video/pricing, ssemble.com, quso.ai/alternatives/captions-ai-alternative, descript.com/pricing, picsart.com/pricing, intercom.help/wayinvideo/en/articles/17214012-subtitle-translation-vs-voice-translation-and-dubbing.
If you need a virality score
shortshort: none, by design. What their own sites say: OpusClip, Yes from Starter up, not on Free; Vizard, Yes, viral score from 0 to 10 per clip; Klap, Yes, 0 to 100 score on every clip; Submagic, Yes, AI identifies moments with high virality score; Reap, Paid plans only, scored 0 to 10; Ssemble, Yes, a 0 to 100 viral score; quso.ai, Yes, each clip scored 75 to 99; Choppity, Yes, composite viral score plus hook score; Descript, No score stated; AI picks likely viral moments; Picsart, Yes, a score out of 100 per clip; WayinVideo, Yes, a score on every clip.
Sources: opus.pro/pricing, docs.vizard.ai/docs/retrieve-video-clips, klap.app/tools/ai-clip-maker, submagic.co/features/magic-clips, docs.reap.video/api-reference/get-project-clips, help.ssemble.com/docs/automations/choosing-the-right-clip-settings, quso.ai/help/virality-scrore, help.choppity.com/articles/1679666-viral-score-hooks-and-how-clips-are-ranked, descript.com/clips, picsart.com/ai-video-clipping, wayin.ai/pricing.
If you need B-roll, music or titles added
shortshort: none added. What their own sites say: OpusClip, Yes from Starter, none on Free; Vizard, Yes, AI B-rolls on all plans; Klap, Yes, auto B-roll and B-roll layers in the editor; Submagic, Yes, auto b-roll plus stock audio; Reap, Paid plans only, stock footage and overlays; Ssemble, Yes, b-roll, music, effects, hooks and CTA; quso.ai, Yes, stock, uploads and AI-generated b-roll; Choppity, Manual B-roll upload, AI generated where available; Descript, Yes, Quick Design adds B-roll, limited on Free; Picsart, Opening titles and AI covers, no B-roll stated; WayinVideo, Yes, AI B-roll, music and hooks from Pro.
Sources: opus.pro/pricing, vizard.ai/pricing, klap.app/alternatives/opus-clip, submagic.co/features/b-roll, reap.video/pricing, help.ssemble.com/docs/make-clips/advanced-editing-features, quso.ai/help/editor/add-broll-to-video, help.choppity.com/articles/4469932-adding-b-roll-videos-to-a-clip, descript.com/pricing, picsart.com/video-clipping, wayin.ai/pricing.
If you need team seats
shortshort: one account, one login. What their own sites say: OpusClip, Pro and Business only, 2 seats on Pro; Vizard, Business only, $10 per extra seat monthly; Klap, Yes, workspaces with roles, on paid plans; Submagic, 1 user Starter, 3 Pro, unlimited Business; Reap, Studio and up, 3 users, 1 seat on Creator; quso.ai, Paid plans, up to 4 seats at $9 a month each; Choppity, Team plan, unlimited seats; Descript, Up to 3 on Creator, 5 on Business; Picsart, Yes, team seats with roles; WayinVideo, Scale only, 4 seats.
Sources: opus.pro/pricing, vizard.ai/pricing, klap.app/tools/ai-video-clipping-tool, submagic.co/pricing, reap.video/pricing, quso.ai/help/add-team-members, choppity.com/pricing, descript.com/pricing, support.picsart.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002232017-What-types-of-subscriptions-does-Picsart-offer, wayin.ai/pricing.
If you need an API
shortshort: none. What their own sites say: OpusClip, Limited on Pro, API and custom integrations on Business; Vizard, Creator and Business only; Klap, Yes, usage-based Video API; Submagic, Yes, 10 min a month, 100 on Business; Reap, REST API on paid plans, MCP also on Free; Ssemble, Yes, REST API from the cheapest plan; Choppity, Yes, public REST API from Creator plan up; Descript, Paid plans only; also MCP, CLI and Zapier; Picsart, Generation API, no clipping endpoint described; WayinVideo, Yes, pay-as-you-go API from $10.
Sources: opus.pro/pricing, vizard.ai/pricing, docs.klap.app/pricing, submagic.co/api, docs.reap.video/api-reference/1_introduction, ssemble.com/docs, choppity.com/api, descript.com/api, picsart.com/api-platform, wayin.ai/api.