# 2Short review (2026): is the free plan enough? > AI tool that cuts long YouTube videos into short clips Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. 2Short takes a long video, usually pasted in as a YouTube link, and picks out moments to turn into vertical, square or horizontal short clips. Clips get face tracking and animated subtitles. Every plan has the same features; the plans differ in how many hours of video the AI analyzes each month. - **Category:** Screen Recording & Video - **Made by:** 2short.ai - **Website:** https://2short.ai - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Too light for editing from scratch, as it cuts clips from long videos. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, 2Short has a free plan, and paid plans start at $9.90 per month. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Starter plan: 30 minutes of AI video analysis per month, with full access to features. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Starter | $0 | 30 minutes of AI video analysis per month; view and export clips already generated. | | Lite | $9.90 per month | 5 hours of analysis, 60 minutes of fast server-side exports, imports from Google Drive and public URLs, no ads. | | Pro | $19.90 per month | 15 hours of analysis per month and unlimited fast server-side exports. | | Premium | $49.90 per month | 50 hours of analysis per month, priority support and early access to beta features. | Read from https://2short.ai/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with 2Short before buying. ## Key features - **Clip finding from long videos:** The AI reads a video's captions and pulls out moments to turn into short clips for Shorts, TikTok or Reels. - **Face tracking:** Keeps the active speaker centered in the frame when a clip is cropped to a new aspect ratio. - **Animated subtitles:** Adds animated subtitles to a clip in one click. - **Several aspect ratios:** Exports vertical, square or horizontal clips, with manual editing and cropping when automatic tracking is not enough. - **Brand presets:** Adds a logo or overlay to exported clips so they carry the same branding. - **Language support:** The FAQ lists about 26 supported languages, including English, German, Spanish, Japanese and Korean. ## Good for - Podcasters and talking-head YouTubers repurposing long episodes - Creators who want a first pass of clips without editing from scratch - Agencies that need branded short clips from client videos ## Worth knowing - The FAQ says it only processes videos that have captions, which YouTube generates for most videos. - It works best on videos with spoken words, such as podcasts and commentary. - The free plan's analysis allowance is 30 minutes a month on the pricing page, but the page's closing banner says 15 minutes. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. 2short finds clips in long YouTube videos and turns them into short vertical videos with captions. It only works on videos that have captions, suits spoken content best, and the free allowance is stated two ways. - **Value for money: C.** Lite is $9.90 a month, just above the category's cheapest quarter. - **Free plan and trial: C.** Starter is free with 30 minutes of AI analysis a month, which you will hit. - **Features: C.** It finds clips, tracks faces and adds subtitles and aspect ratios, a narrow job it does completely. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record, and you pick and tune clips yourself. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, but it takes YouTube links and Google Drive. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from 2short's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among screen recording and video tools - 2Short's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 42 of the 133 other screen recording and video tools we grade, and level with 23. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 67 of 133) and worst on features (C, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $9.90 a month, against a middle price of $12.25 for the category: 31 of the 88 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 17 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/video ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace 2Short you would be making a video editor. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 68 of the 133 other screen recording and video tools grade higher. It costs $118.80 a year. - You could not: A video editor. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with YouTube, Google Drive **Tags:** Video editing, AI features ## Alternatives - [OpusClip](https://toolgpa.com/tools/opusclip): AI tool that cuts long videos into captioned short clips. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/2short-vs-opusclip) - [Vizard](https://toolgpa.com/tools/vizard): AI tool that cuts long videos into short social clips. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/2short-vs-vizard) - [Klap](https://toolgpa.com/tools/klap): AI tool that cuts long videos into vertical short clips. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/2short-vs-klap) - [Submagic](https://toolgpa.com/tools/submagic): AI editor that adds captions, B-roll and cuts to short videos. 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