Priced by the minute, not by the short
€0.025 per minute on Starter, before VAT, whatever the number of shorts. 30 minutes are free at sign-up, no card.
COMPARISON
SendShort alternative: shortshort vs SendShort.
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 SendShort: 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 SendShort: 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.
SendShort is an AI shorts creator that turns long videos into captioned shorts and also runs from AI assistants. It may fit better for a crop that follows whoever is speaking, square or landscape exports, translation or dubbing; the table below says where, with the source.
- Price per minute of video
- €0.025 here, $29 a month, Professional ($19 Starter cannot clip long videos) at SendShort
- Free plan
- 30 credits once here; SendShort's site does not say
- Largest file
- 2 GB per file here; SendShort'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 SendShort column is derived from SendShort's own site: the number after a cell points to the source, and the exact wording is under the table.
Reading note. SendShort sells a number of shorts a month, not minutes of source, and also makes faceless videos and slideshows. Its pricing page opens on yearly billing; monthly prices are read from the Monthly toggle.
| Criterion | shortshort | SendShort |
|---|---|---|
| Getting the video in | ||
| Longest video | Set by the 2 GB file sizeOne file of up to 2 GB, on every plan; how many hours fit depends on the bitrate. | Not stated on their siteTheir plans cap the length of each short, 90 s to 10 min, not the length of the source video. |
| 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. | File upload or a YouTube link [1] [2]Upload a file or paste a YouTube link; the API also takes a file URL. Accepted file formats are not 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. | Yes, centers the face of whoever speaks [3] [1] [4]With several people on screen it says it knows who is speaking and centers that face; it also zooms on key speakers. |
| Automatic captions | Word by word, 4 stylesSpotlight, Impact, Karaoke, Minimal; timed on the audio; SRT import and export. | Yes, word by word, 100+ languages [5] [1]Animated caption styles, 3 custom themes on Starter and unlimited above, claimed 98%+ accuracy; SRT export from Professional. |
| 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; 1:1 and 16:9 on Business [5] [1]Shorts render at 1080x1920 by default; converting to 1:1 or 16:9 is a Business feature on the pricing table. |
| 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, 2K or 4K at 60 fps, by plan [5] [1]1080p at 30 fps on Starter, 2K at 30 fps on Professional, 4K at 60 fps on Business. |
| 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, timeline editor on every plan [5] [1]Full editor with timeline, fonts and hooks on every plan. |
| Brand presets | One preset, Studio planCaption colour and font, preselected on every new video. | Yes, caption themes and a brand kit [1]3 custom caption themes on Starter, unlimited from Professional; a saved brand kit of fonts, caption style and colors. |
| 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. | Caption translation, dubbing on the API page only [5] [1] [2]Captions auto-translate into 100+ languages from Professional; only the API page mentions dubbing. |
| Virality score | None, by designThe AI keeps complete, quotable sentences; you choose what goes out. | Moments scored, no per-clip score described [1]The AI scores every moment for retention and returns the clips worth posting; no score shown per clip is described on their site. |
| B-roll, music, titles | None addedThe short is your video, reframed and captioned. | Yes, auto B-roll, sound effects, voice-over [5] [1]B-roll and sound effect library on every plan; auto B-roll, AI hook title and AI voice-over from Professional. |
| 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, schedules to TikTok and YouTube [5]Scheduler and content calendar on every plan with unlimited social accounts; no other platform is named. |
| Team and price | ||
| Team seats | One account, one login | Not stated on their siteBusiness is described as built for teams, but no seat or member count is published. |
| API | None | Yes, REST API and MCP connector [2] [5] [6]The pricing page puts the API and AI Agent on Professional, the API page on Business; a project starts from a link or a file. |
| 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 trial per the pricing FAQ, other pages say free [5] [2] [3]No free plan on the pricing page and no free trial per its FAQ, only a refund within 24 hours; their API and clip maker pages still say free, with no allowance 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. | Shorts per month: 20, 50 or unlimited [5]Each finished clip counts as one short, so a 60 minute podcast cut into 8 clips uses 8; unlimited means 100+ a month under fair use. |
- 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 SendShort 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 or YouTube link: "Upload your video (it could be a file or a YouTube link)"; API: "a YouTube link, a client upload, or a file already sitting in your bucket"; accepted file formats not stated [1] [2]
- Crop follows the face
- Yes: "If your video has multiple people, SendShort will know who is speaking and will show their face in the middle of the frame."; homepage: "with the speaker tracked and centered in every frame" [3] [1] [4]
- Automatic captions
- "Auto Captions in 100+ languages", "Viral Animated Caption Styles"; caption themes "3" on Starter, "Unlimited" above; homepage: "Word-by-word animated captions in your brand style, 98%+ accurate across 100+ languages"; "Captions as SRT" from Professional [5] [1]
- Aspect ratios
- 9:16 by default ("Shorts render vertically at 1080x1920 by default"); "Convert to 9:16, 1:1 and 16:9" on Business only (pricing table row "Convert to 9:16, 1:1, 16:9" not included on Starter and Professional); homepage: "9:16, 1:1 and 16:9 exports in a single pass" [5] [1]
- Export
- "1080p · 30 fps" (Starter), "2K · 30 fps" (Professional), "4K · 60 fps" (Business); homepage FAQ: "Every clip exports at the resolution it came in at, up to 4K, with 30 and 60fps supported." [5] [1]
- Manual editor
- Yes: "Full Editor: timeline, fonts, hooks" on every plan; homepage: "Timeline, hooks, fonts and brand kits when you want manual control." [5] [1]
- Brand presets
- "3 Custom Caption Themes" on Starter, "Unlimited Caption Themes" from Professional; homepage: "Save their brand kit" ("Fonts, caption style and colors, reused on every render."); "Timeline, hooks, fonts and brand kits when you want manual control." [1]
- Edit export
- Not stated on their site.
- Translation or dubbing
- Caption translation from Professional ("Auto-translate Captions"); homepage: "Translate and re-caption your shorts into 100+ languages without re-recording"; dubbing appears only on their API page: "Dub and re-caption into 100 plus languages inside the same request" [5] [1] [2]
- Virality score
- Moments are scored, but no score per clip is described: "SendShort watches the full recording, scores every moment for retention, and hands you the clips worth posting" [1]
- B-roll, music, titles
- Yes: "B-roll & Sound Effect Library" on every plan; from Professional: "Auto B-roll", "Your own Fonts, B-roll, Music and Images", "AI Hook Title", "AI Voice-over"; homepage: B-roll, zooms and sound effects placed "where attention dips" [5] [1]
- Publishes to social
- Yes, TikTok and YouTube: "Scheduler for TikTok & YouTube", "Content Calendar", "Unlimited Social Accounts" on every plan; FAQ: "The scheduler posts to TikTok and YouTube." [5]
- Team seats
- Not stated on their site.
- API
- Yes: REST API ("POST /v1/projects" with an "x-api-key") and an MCP connector ("Every endpoint is also exposed over MCP"); the plan differs by page: pricing lists "AI Agent for Claude, ChatGPT and Grok Bot, plus API" on Professional, the API page says "API and AI Agent are included on Business." and the AI Agent page "The AI Agent and API are included on the Professional and Business plan." [2] [5] [6]
- Free plan
- Contradictory: the pricing page shows no free tier among the plan cards and its FAQ answers "Is there a free trial?" with "Not at the moment. If SendShort isn't right for you, ask for a refund within 24 hours of paying."; other pages still say it starts free: API page "Everything else starts free.", clip maker page "SendShort's cheapest pricing plan is... Free!"; no free allowance is stated anywhere (the pricing page HTML still holds "Start it out with 3 free videos. No credit card required", but that line is hidden from visitors) [5] [2] [3]
- How you pay
- Shorts per month, not minutes: "Import 20 shorts monthly" (Starter), "Import 50 shorts monthly" (Professional), "Import Unlimited monthly" (Business); FAQ: "Each finished clip you create or import counts as one. A 60-minute podcast that becomes 8 clips uses 8 shorts."; "Monthly limits reset every month"; unlimited "means 100+ shorts a month, subject to fair use"; the page opens on "Yearly (-20%)" [5]
Sources for the SendShort column, read on 16 October 2026
Their pages can change after that date; the table does not update itself.
SendShort pricing (checked 16 October 2026)
SendShort plans as listed on sendshort.ai/pricing, read on 16 October 2026 [5]. SendShort's cheapest plan is $29 a month, Professional ($19 Starter cannot clip long videos): 50 shorts a month, not minutes, 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.
SendShort
- Starter$19 a month, $15 on yearly billing20 shorts a month, 90 s eachNo long video to shorts on this planCaptions in 100+ languages, 3 themesScheduler for TikTok and YouTube1080p, no watermark
- Professional$29 a month, $23 on yearly billing50 shorts a month, 3 min eachLong video to shorts, AI picks momentsAuto B-roll, voice-over, caption translationAI Agent and API, per the pricing pageUp to 2K, SRT captions
- Business$59 a month, $47 on yearly billingUnlimited, 100+ shorts under fair useClips up to 10 minutes4K at 60 fpsConvert to 9:16, 1:1 and 16:910 automated series
As written on their pricing page on 16 October 2026
- Starter: USD 19/month billed monthly; USD 15/month on yearly billing ("Yearly (-20%)", badge "20% OFF"; no yearly total shown)
- "Import 20 shorts monthly", "90 s per short". "Long Videos to Shorts with AI" and "AI Agents & API" listed under "Locked Features"; "Auto Captions in 100+ languages", "3 Custom Caption Themes"; "TikTok Slideshows, 10 a week"; "Faceless Videos from a prompt, 3 a week"; "Scheduler for TikTok & YouTube"; "Unlimited Social Accounts"; "1080p, no watermark"
- Professional: USD 29/month billed monthly; USD 23/month on yearly billing (badge "23% OFF")
- "Import 50 shorts monthly", "3 min per short". Marked "MOST POPULAR"; "Long Video → Shorts, AI picks the best moments"; "AI Agent for Claude, ChatGPT and Grok Bot, plus API"; "Auto B-roll"; "AI Voice-over"; "Auto-translate Captions"; "Up to 2K, Captions as SRT"; comparison table row "Convert to 9:16, 1:1, 16:9" not included; automated series "2"
- Business: USD 59/month billed monthly; USD 47/month on yearly billing (badge "30% OFF")
- "Import Unlimited monthly" (FAQ: "100+ shorts a month, subject to fair use"), "10 min per short". "Built for teams and high-volume repurposing"; "Unlimited Long to Shorts"; "4K at 60 fps"; "Convert to 9:16, 1:1 and 16:9"; "10 Automated Series"
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: SendShort or shortshort
shortshort for the cuts; SendShort when you need a crop that follows whoever is speaking 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.
- 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 SendShort may fit better
- A crop that follows whoever is speaking [3] [1] [4]Yes, centers the face of whoever speaks. With several people on screen it says it knows who is speaking and centers that face; it also zooms on key speakers.
- Square or landscape exports [5] [1]9:16; 1:1 and 16:9 on Business. Shorts render at 1080x1920 by default; converting to 1:1 or 16:9 is a Business feature on the pricing table.
- Translation or dubbing [5] [1] [2]Caption translation, dubbing on the API page only. Captions auto-translate into 100+ languages from Professional; only the API page mentions dubbing.
- Virality score [1]Moments scored, no per-clip score described. The AI scores every moment for retention and returns the clips worth posting; no score shown per clip is described on their site.
- B-roll, music, titles [5] [1]Yes, auto B-roll, sound effects, voice-over. B-roll and sound effect library on every plan; auto B-roll, AI hook title and AI voice-over from Professional.
- API [2] [5] [6]Yes, REST API and MCP connector. The pricing page puts the API and AI Agent on Professional, the API page on Business; a project starts from a link or a file.
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.
SendShort alternative: questions people ask
How much does SendShort cost?
SendShort's pricing page lists 3 plans. On SendShort: Starter, $19 a month, $15 on yearly billing (20 shorts a month, 90 s each); Professional, $29 a month, $23 on yearly billing (50 shorts a month, 3 min each); Business, $59 a month, $47 on yearly billing (Unlimited, 100+ shorts under fair use) (their own site, read on 16 October 2026). They are listed on this page under "SendShort pricing (checked 16 October 2026)". SendShort's cheapest plan is $29 a month, Professional ($19 Starter cannot clip long videos): 50 shorts a month, not minutes, 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 SendShort?
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 SendShort 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. SendShort may fit better if you need a crop that follows whoever is speaking, square or landscape exports and translation or dubbing, 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 SendShort.
How do captions compare between SendShort and shortshort?
shortshort times every word on the audio, in one of four styles (Spotlight, Impact, Karaoke, Minimal), with SRT import and export. On SendShort: yes, word by word, 100+ languages (their own site, read on 16 October 2026).
Can I try shortshort before leaving SendShort?
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.