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. 30 minutes are free at sign-up, no card.
COMPARISON
Qlip alternative: shortshort vs Qlip.
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 Qlip (also known as Livestorm AI Studio): 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 Qlip: 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.
Qlip now points to Livestorm AI Studio, which turns webinar replays into clips. It may fit better for longer videos, 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, EUR 2,000 a year add-on, on top of a Pro or Enterprise plan at Qlip
- Largest file
- 2 GB per file here; Qlip'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 Qlip column is derived from Qlip's own site: the number after a cell points to the source, and the exact wording is under the table.
Reading note. Qlip no longer exists as a standalone product: qlip.ai redirects to Livestorm AI Studio, and this column describes that product, which never mentions the name Qlip.
| Criterion | shortshort | Qlip |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | 4 h per session on Pro, 12 h on Enterprise [1] [2]No explicit cap on footage analyzed with the add-on; sources are bounded by the Livestorm session limit, and the trial stops at 240 minutes processed. |
| 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. | Livestorm recordings only, no link input stated [2] [3]Works on live sessions, on-demand events and recordings uploaded into a Livestorm session; no YouTube link, other URL or cloud drive input is 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. | Manual speaker framing, no auto tracking stated [2]Clips report the unique speakers detected and the Video Layout tab lets you position speaker frames by hand; no automatic reframing or face tracking is stated. |
| Automatic captions | Word by word, 4 stylesSpotlight, Impact, Karaoke, Minimal; timed on the audio; SRT import and export. | Yes, auto captions editable word by word [2] [3]Burned-in subtitles editable in a Transcripts tab, caption styling via templates and SRT download; template count and word-level highlighting 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 [3] [2]Feature page lists vertical Shorts, square for LinkedIn and horizontal for YouTube; the help center Video Layout tab lists only vertical or square. |
| 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 MP4, plus MP3 and SRT [2]Each clip exports as a 1080p MP4 with an MP3 audio track and an SRT subtitles file. |
| 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, trim, cut and adjust clips [3] [2]Transcripts, Template and Video Layout tabs plus a timeline for trimming; the full recording can also be trimmed; more editing options are announced as coming soon. |
| Brand presets | One preset, Studio planCaption colour and font, preselected on every new video. | Yes, branded intro, outro and lower-thirds [2]A Template tab applies branded intro or outro frames, lower-thirds and distinct caption styling. |
| 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. | Chapter markers only, no XML or NLE export [2]Export Markers downloads the exact timestamps as chapter markers to import into your own editing tool; no XML, EDL, Premiere or DaVinci export is named. |
| 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. | 7 caption languages, no translation stated [3] [2]Captions and moment detection adapt to the webinar language, 7 at launch (English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch, Portuguese, Catalan); no translation or dubbing stated. |
| Virality score | None, by designThe AI keeps complete, quotable sentences; you choose what goes out. | Yes, quality score out of 100 [2]Clips are ranked by an internal quality score out of 100 that predicts how well the moment will perform on social media. |
| 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. | YouTube Shorts the only listed destination [2] [3]The help center lists YouTube Shorts as the only share destination; the feature page promises multi-channel publishing without naming channels; no scheduling stated. |
| Team and price | ||
| Team seats | One account, one login | Unlimited team members on Pro and Enterprise [1]Team members are not counted against attendee credits. |
| API | None | Livestorm platform API only, no clipping API [1]The API covers the webinar platform (a 100k extra monthly API calls add-on is sold); no clipping API is stated. |
| 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. | Trial only: 240 min processed or 30 days [2]No permanent free tier for the add-on; the trial ends at 4 hours of source recording processed or 30 days of access, whichever comes first. |
| 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. | Yearly add-on, EUR 2,000 a year, unlimited use [3] [1]An add-on to Livestorm Pro or Enterprise; the base plan is a yearly pack of attendee credits, EUR 2.50 per attendee at 400 credits, down to EUR 2.00 on larger packs. |
- 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 Qlip cell, as read on their site
- Longest video
- No explicit clip-source cap on the paid add-on ("no caps on ... the total minutes of footage analyzed"); source recordings are bounded by the webinar session cap, "Up to 4 hours/session" (Pro) and "Up to 12 hours/session" (Enterprise); the free trial stops at 240 minutes of source processed [1] [2]
- Largest file
- Not stated on their site.
- How the video gets in
- Livestorm sessions only: "AI Studio works on any session recorded in Livestorm, including Live sessions, On-demand events, and Uploaded recordings"; "No exports, no third-party clipping tool, no re-uploading"; no YouTube link, other URL or cloud drive input stated [2] [3]
- Crop follows the face
- Speaker detection per clip ("total number of unique speakers detected in that segment") and manual speaker-frame positioning in the Video Layout tab; no automatic reframing or face tracking stated [2]
- Automatic captions
- Clips are "auto-titled and captioned" with burned-in subtitles editable "word by word" in a Transcripts tab; a Template tab offers "distinct caption styling"; SRT download; template count and word-level highlighting not stated [2] [3]
- Aspect ratios
- "change the aspect ratio to fit any channel (vertical Shorts, square for LinkedIn, horizontal for YouTube)" (the help center's Video Layout tab lists only "vertical or square") [3] [2]
- Export
- "MP4 video (1080p)", with an MP3 audio track and an SRT subtitles file [2]
- Manual editor
- Yes: "AI Studio lets you edit your full webinar recording manually, for example to trim the beginning or end"; the AI Studio editor lets you "trim, cut, and adjust it as you wish"; help center describes Transcripts, Template and Video Layout tabs plus a timeline for trimming; "More editing options are coming soon!" [3] [2]
- Brand presets
- Template tab: "apply branded intro or outro frames, lower-thirds, and distinct caption styling" [2]
- Edit export
- Chapter-marker export only: "Export Markers: Click this to download the exact timestamps as chapter markers", "ideal if you want to import them into your own video editing tool for further manual tweaks"; no XML, EDL, Premiere or DaVinci export named [2]
- Translation or dubbing
- No translation or dubbing stated; "AI Studio works in 7 languages at launch: English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch, Portuguese and Catalan. Both the captions and the moment detection adapt to the language of your webinar." Subtitles and titles are produced in the detected source language [3] [2]
- Virality score
- Yes: clips are "ranked by an internal quality score (out of 100)"; "The higher the score, the more confident AI Studio is that the moment will perform well on social media." (e.g. 99/100) [2]
- B-roll, music, titles
- Not stated on their site.
- Publishes to social
- Direct sharing to one listed destination: "YouTube (Shorts): Export directly to your channel"; the feature page adds "Multi-channel publishing" ("share it straight to your channels") without naming other channels, illustrated by a clip published to LinkedIn; TikTok and Instagram not listed; no scheduling stated [2] [3]
- Team seats
- "Unlimited team members" on Pro and Enterprise; "Team members are not counted" in attendee credits [1]
- API
- Livestorm platform API only, no clipping API stated: add-on "100k Extra Monthly API Calls", "Develop native integration with Livestorm through our powerful APIs and webhooks" [1]
- Free plan
- No permanent free tier for the add-on; a free trial ends at whichever comes first: "4 hours (240 minutes) of total source recording processed, OR ... 30 days of active feature access"; watermark not mentioned [2]
- How you pay
- Yearly add-on with unlimited use: "AI Studio is an add-on for Pro and Enterprise plans. It costs €2,000 per year, billed annually, with unlimited use." The base Livestorm plan is sold as a yearly pack of attendee credits ("€2.50 / attendee" at the default 400 credits, down to EUR 2.00 on packs of 4,000 or more) [3] [1]
Sources for the Qlip column, read on 16 October 2026
Their pages can change after that date; the table does not update itself.
Qlip pricing (checked 16 October 2026)
Qlip plans as listed on livestorm.co/pricing, read on 16 October 2026 [1]. Qlip's cheapest plan is EUR 2,000 a year add-on, on top of a Pro or Enterprise plan: Unlimited footage, no minute cap, so its price per minute cannot be compared with shortshort's €0.025 per minute, before VAT. Every plan, per minute, in the price index.
Qlip
- Livestorm AI Studio (add-on)EUR 2,000 a year, billed annuallyUnlimited sessions, minutes and clipsAdd-on for Pro and Enterprise plans onlyPrivate beta, activated via CSM or sales7 languages at launch1080p MP4 plus MP3 and SRT files
- Pro (base Livestorm plan)EUR 2.50 to 2.00 per attendee, yearlyYearly pack of attendee credits, 400 defaultUp to 4 hours per sessionUnlimited events, recording and team members3000 live attendees per eventAI Studio clipping is a separate paid add-on
- Enterprise (base Livestorm plan)CustomCustom, contact salesUp to 12 hours per sessionEnterprise integrations and custom analyticsDedicated success, multilingual support and SLAAI Studio clipping is a separate paid add-on
As written on their pricing page on 16 October 2026
- Livestorm AI Studio (add-on): EUR 2,000/year, billed annually; no monthly price shown
- "Unlimited": "no caps on the number of sessions you can process, the total minutes of footage analyzed, or the number of social clips you can generate". Add-on for Pro and Enterprise plans only, activated via CSM or sales; "Livestorm AI Studio is currently in beta" (help center), "Private beta starts in July" (feature page); 7 languages at launch; output is 1080p MP4 plus MP3 and SRT; no watermark stated
- Pro (base Livestorm plan): EUR 2.50 / attendee at the default 400 credits, sold as a yearly pack of attendee credits; the credit slider lowers the rate on larger packs (EUR 2.40 at 1,000 credits, 2.30 at 1,500, 2.15 at 2,500, 2.00 at 4,000 and 5,000); no monthly price shown
- "Up to 4 hours/session", "Unlimited events and recording", "Unlimited team members", "3000 / event" maximum live attendees; "1 attendee credit is used for each unique participant, per session, over a 12-month period. Team members are not counted.". Webinar platform plan; AI Studio clipping is a separate paid add-on; "No credit card needed" for the trial
- Enterprise (base Livestorm plan): Custom ("Contact sales")
- "All Pro features +", "Up to 12 hours/session", "Access to Enterprise Integrations", "Custom analytics", "Dedicated Customer Success", "VIP multilingual support & SLA". AI Studio clipping remains a separate paid add-on
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: Qlip or shortshort
shortshort for the cuts and the framing; Qlip when you need longer videos or square or landscape exports. 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 Qlip may fit better
- Longer videos [1] [2]4 h on Pro, 12 h on Enterprise, where shortshort is limited by its 2 GB file size. No explicit cap on footage analyzed with the add-on; sources are bounded by the Livestorm session limit, and the trial stops at 240 minutes processed.
- Square or landscape exports [3] [2]Vertical, square and horizontal. Feature page lists vertical Shorts, square for LinkedIn and horizontal for YouTube; the help center Video Layout tab lists only vertical or square.
- A crop you set by hand [2]Clips report the unique speakers detected and the Video Layout tab lets you position speaker frames by hand
- Translation or dubbing [3] [2]7 caption languages, no translation stated. Captions and moment detection adapt to the webinar language, 7 at launch (English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch, Portuguese, Catalan); no translation or dubbing stated.
- Virality score [2]Yes, quality score out of 100. Clips are ranked by an internal quality score out of 100 that predicts how well the moment will perform on social media.
- Team seats [1]Unlimited team members on Pro and Enterprise. Team members are not counted against attendee credits.
- API [1]Livestorm platform API only, no clipping API. The API covers the webinar platform (a 100k extra monthly API calls add-on is sold); no clipping API 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 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.
Qlip alternative: questions people ask
Is Qlip free?
Only as a trial. Qlip's own site offers a trial rather than a lasting free plan. On Qlip: Trial only: 240 min processed or 30 days. No permanent free tier for the add-on; the trial ends at 4 hours of source recording processed or 30 days of access, whichever comes first (their own site, read on 16 October 2026).
How much does Qlip cost?
Qlip's pricing page lists 3 plans. On Qlip: Livestorm AI Studio (add-on), EUR 2,000 a year, billed annually (Unlimited sessions, minutes and clips); Pro (base Livestorm plan), EUR 2.50 to 2.00 per attendee, yearly (Yearly pack of attendee credits, 400 default); Enterprise (base Livestorm plan), Custom (Custom, contact sales) (their own site, read on 16 October 2026). They are listed on this page under "Qlip pricing (checked 16 October 2026)". Qlip's cheapest plan is EUR 2,000 a year add-on, on top of a Pro or Enterprise plan: Unlimited footage, no minute cap, so its price per minute cannot be compared. 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 Qlip?
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 Qlip 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. Qlip may fit better if you need longer videos, 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 Qlip.
How long can a video be on Qlip and on shortshort?
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 Qlip: 4 h per session on Pro, 12 h on Enterprise. No explicit cap on footage analyzed with the add-on; sources are bounded by the Livestorm session limit, and the trial stops at 240 minutes processed (their own site, read on 16 October 2026).
How do captions compare between Qlip and shortshort?
shortshort times every word on the audio, in one of four styles (Spotlight, Impact, Karaoke, Minimal), with SRT import and export. On Qlip: yes, auto captions editable word by word (their own site, read on 16 October 2026).
Can I try shortshort before leaving Qlip?
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.
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.