invideo vs Short AI (2026): which should you pick?

Pick invideo if

• Fits if you shoot your own footage and want an agent to make the cuts
• Works for small groups who edit one video together, up to 5 seats on Starter

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you pay monthly: yearly prices are shown as 50% off with no end date, and monthly is double, $20 a seat for Starter
• Tight if you stay on Starter, whose 400 credits make about 15 Seedance 2 Fast videos and leave out Seedance 2.5
• Watch out: generation is billed at each model's list price, so a Veo 3.1 4K clip costs far more than a Kling one
• Watch out: plan credits reset monthly even on yearly plans and don't roll over, and the free allowance isn't stated
• Not for you if you might want a refund, as it's 7 days and only if nothing was generated or downloaded

Pick Short AI if

• Fits if you run a faceless channel and want scripts, captions and posting in one place
• Works for people who clip long videos and add captions by the minute

Look elsewhere if

• Watch out: the free tier's limits are not on the pricing page
• Tight if you post daily: Basic's 1,600 credits is up to 40 faceless videos a month
• Watch out: uploads stop at 300MB on Basic and Pro
• Skip it if you want monthly billing, as only the yearly view was read
• Not for you if you want an API, as none is listed

invideo

• Starter and Plus are shown at 50% off on annual billing, with no end date given; monthly billing doubles their cost.
• Plan credits reset monthly, even on annual plans, and do not roll over; extra credits last up to 12 months or until the subscription ends.
• Refunds are given only within 7 days and only if nothing was generated or downloaded in that billing period.
• Manual timeline editing and exports do not use credits; generation is billed per model at the provider's list price, so a Veo 3.1 4K clip costs far more than a Kling one.

Short AI

• The pricing page was read with its yearly view; the monthly-billing prices were not shown.
• Credits set how many videos a plan makes, and uploads are capped at 300MB on Basic and Pro.
• The page labels a Channel Plan tab separately from the Creation Plan; only the Creation Plan was read.
• The Free tier's limits are not on the pricing page.

invideo

Editing agent on a real timeline

Describe an edit in plain words and the agent applies it to every shot on a multitrack timeline, from cutting pauses to matching the look; you can take over at any frame.

Searchable footage memory

The editing agent watches and logs every uploaded clip, so a moment can be found by describing it rather than scrubbing.

Agents & Models

Generate video and images with Seedance, Veo, Kling, Sora, Nano Banana, Ideogram and others, plus ElevenLabs voices, music and voice cloning.

Multiplayer editing

Several people edit one project at once with live cursors and comments on the timeline.

Script and storyboard

Write a script with an AI co-writer and turn it into a shot-by-shot plan before generating anything.

Bring your own agent

Connect Claude, ChatGPT Codex or Grok to the editor through invideo's MCP so they trim, grade and mix on your timeline.

Short AI

Faceless video

Generates story, Reddit, dialogue and text-message style videos at roughly 20 to 30 credits each.

Auto captions

Captions cost 30 credits a minute of video.

Auto clip

Clips cost 20 credits a minute.

Posting

Publishes to TikTok, YouTube, Instagram and Facebook.

AI scripts

Every plan includes unlimited AI script generation.

invideo

• Starter$10

  per seat / month for 400 credits, billed annually ($20 monthly)

  About 160 Nano Banana Pro images or 15 Seedance 2 Fast videos; timeline editor, multiplayer for up to 5 seats, no Seedance 2.5.

• Plus$30

  per seat / month for 2,000 credits, billed annually ($60 monthly)

  About 800 Nano Banana Pro images or 52 Seedance 2 videos; all models and agents, up to 10 seats and 10 free guest seats.

• Max$250

  per seat / month for 8,000 credits, billed annually or monthly

  About 3,200 Nano Banana Pro images or 210 Seedance 2 videos, the lowest cost per credit and up to 20 seats. 10,000 credits cost $300 and 15,000 $450.

• Team$79

  per seat / month for 1,600 credits, billed monthly

  Team plan for agencies and small teams, up to 30 seats, with UGC ads and 400 GB of storage per seat. Yearly price not read.

• Scale$215

  per seat / month for 4,000 credits, billed monthly

  Business plan for growing creative teams, up to 30 seats and 1,000 GB of storage per seat. Yearly price not read.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Custom credits per seat and volume discounts per model, with SOC 2 terms, single sign-on and indemnification.

Short AI

• Basic$19

  per month, billed yearly

  1,600 credits a month (up to 40 faceless videos or 53 minutes of auto captions), 300MB uploads and basic voices.

• Pro$30

  per month, billed yearly

  3,600 credits a month (up to 90 faceless videos or 120 minutes of auto captions), 300MB uploads and basic plus pro voices.

• Enterprise$60

  per month, billed yearly

  7,200 credits a month (up to 180 faceless videos or 240 minutes of auto captions), 500MB uploads and basic plus pro voices.

invideo

• Annual discount

  50% off with annual billing

  The pricing page marks annual plans 50% off: Starter is $10 a seat a month instead of $20 and Plus $30 instead of $60. Max costs the same either way.

Short AI

• Annual discount

  Save up to 15% with yearly billing

  The pricing page advertises up to 15% off for yearly billing.