Turn long videos into shorts worth posting.
Paste a link or upload a file. YTShorts.ai transcribes the whole thing, ranks every moment in it, and hands you finished vertical clips — cut, reframed to 9:16 and captioned — best one first.
50 credits a month on the free plan. No card, no trial clock.
Real output from the pipeline — not mockups.
There is no editing step in the middle.
- 1
Paste a link or upload a file
A YouTube URL, a stream VOD, a webinar recording, a raw episode — anything with someone talking in it.
- 2
It transcribes and ranks every moment
The whole video is transcribed, then scored segment by segment for how well each one would stand on its own.
- 3
You get finished vertical clips
Reframed to 9:16, captioned word-by-word, ranked best-first. Download what's worth posting.
Pick a plan, or don’t.
Full pricing and credit mathsFree
A real, usable plan — not a locked demo.
$0/mo
Free forever
- 50 credits every month
- 1 GB storage · clips kept 7 days
- Source videos up to 30 minutes
- Up to 2 clips per Extract job
- Basic voices
- Watermarked exports
Pro
Most popularFor anyone publishing every week.
$3.99/mo
billed yearly · $7.99/mo month-to-month
- 500 credits every month
- 5 GB storage · clips kept 30 days
- No limit on source video length
- Up to 10 clips per Extract job
- Studio voices, plus voice cloning
- No watermark
Max
Best valueFor volume work and client turnaround.
$7.99/mo
billed yearly · $15.99/mo month-to-month
- 1000 credits every month
- 10 GB storage · clips kept 30 days
- No limit on source video length
- Up to 10 clips per Extract job
- Every voice engine unlocked
- No watermark
- Priority processing
The same job as Opus Clip, for a third of the price.
Opus Clip is the larger, more built-out platform, and there are things it does that we don’t yet. Here is the part we’re confident about.
| Feature | YTShorts.ai | Opus Clip |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | 50 credits/mo, 1 GB storage, up to 2 clips per job, watermarked | 60 min/mo, 1080p, watermarked, 3-day export limit |
| Cheapest paid plan | Pro: $7.99/mo, or $3.99/mo billed yearly | Starter: $15/mo (monthly only) |
| Top paid plan | Max: $15.99/mo, or $7.99/mo billed yearly | Pro: $29/mo, or $14.50/mo billed yearly |
| Storage included | 1 / 5 / 10 GB by plan | Not called out as a separate allowance |
Questions worth asking first.
What do I actually get back from one long video?
A set of vertical 9:16 clips, ranked best-first, each already cut, reframed and captioned word-by-word. You pick which ones are worth posting — there is no editing step in between.
How long does a job take?
Longer than a page load and shorter than an editor. Transcription, ranking and rendering are real work on real hardware, so a job runs for minutes rather than seconds. The app shows you which stage it is on the whole time instead of a spinner.
Do I need to install anything?
No. Everything runs in the browser at app.ytshorts.ai. There is also a command-line version of the same pipeline for developers who would rather run it on their own machine with their own API keys.
Is the free plan actually usable?
Yes — it is the full product, not a locked demo. All four tools are available on Free. What you trade is a watermark on exports, 50 credits a month, source videos capped at 30 minutes, and up to 2 clips per Extract job.
What is a credit?
One job costs credits based on how long its source video is — counted per 5 minutes, rounded up — and which tool you ran. Higher plans get more credits each month and pay fewer credits for the exact same video.
How long do you keep my clips?
Rendered clips stay in your library for 7 days on Free and 30 days on Pro and Max, then are deleted automatically. You can delete anything yourself at any time, and your uploaded voice clones are never swept.
Does it work if my video isn't in English?
Yes. Transcription auto-detects the language, and you can force a specific one if you would rather. Captions can also be translated into another language before they are burned in.
What if my podcast is audio-only?
Add Voiceover and Add Captions both work from audio alone, so an audio-first show can still produce captioned, watchable shorts without a camera setup.
Guides for your use case
How this fits the way you actually work.
- Turn a podcast into shortsPodcasters & interview shows
- Repurpose webinars into clipsMarketers & businesses
- Video repurposing for agenciesAgencies & freelance editors
- Turn YouTube videos into shortsYouTubers repurposing long uploads
- Turn stream VODs into clipsTwitch & YouTube clippers
- YTShorts.ai vs Opus ClipSee how we compare
Four tools. One credit balance.
Every plan can run every tool. What changes is how many credits the same five minutes of video costs you.
- Extract Shorts
Ranks every moment in a long video and cuts the best ones to 9:16.
Free10creditsPro7creditsMax5credits - Smart Short
One short covering a whole video's arc, stitched from moments across it.
Free6creditsPro5creditsMax3credits - Add Captions
Burns word-by-word animated captions onto a clip you already have.
Free4creditsPro3creditsMax2credits - AI Voiceover
Narrates a clip in a natural voice and captions the narration to match.
Free4creditsPro3creditsMax2credits
Per 5 minutes of source video, rounded up, minimum one block. Voice cloning adds a flat 3 or 6 credits per voiceover job.
Your next upload already has its shorts in it.
The free plan has enough credits to run a real video through, watermark and all, before you decide anything.
Start free