Short AI review (2026): is the free plan enough?
Faceless video generator with captions, auto clips and scheduling
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Short AI report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for faceless short videos for TikTok and YouTube
Short AI makes faceless short videos with AI scripts, captions and auto clipping, and posts them to TikTok, YouTube, Instagram and Facebook. Plans start at $19 a month billed yearly and are measured in monthly credits. The free tier is advertised but its limits aren't on the pricing page.
Who Short AI is for
- 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
Who Short AI is not for
- 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
Why Short AI gets a 2.2
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for money$19 a month billed yearly, which sits in the dearer quarter of AI image and video tools ($15 and up) without reaching the dearest tenth. Monthly prices weren't shown.
- CFree plan and trialThe site presents itself as a free video generator, but the pricing page gives no limits for the free tier.
- CFeaturesFaceless video, auto captions, auto clip, scripts and posting to four networks. Credits decide how many videos you get: 40 on Basic.
- CEase of useNo rating on record. You pick a video type and make it, with accounts to connect for posting.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb, with posting to TikTok, YouTube, Instagram and Facebook. No app or API is listed.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Short AI's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Short AI's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 63 of the 168 other AI image and video generators we grade, and level with 42.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 75 of 168) and worst on features (C, above 6).
Its paid plans start at $19 a month, against a middle price of $11.88 for the category: 89 of the 120 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 41 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 169 AI image and video generators we grade, cut by the letter each got. Short AI’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 16 of 168, level with 103
- CFree plan and trialAbove 53 of 168, level with 94
- CFeaturesAbove 6 of 168, level with 97
- CEase of useAbove 12 of 168, level with 106
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 75 of 168, level with 88
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 123 AI image and video generators. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Short AI, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Short AI you would be making a video model, which you can rent by the second but not make. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It costs $228 a year.
What you could not
- A video model, which you can rent by the second but not make.
- A video editor.
- A voice model, which you can rent by the minute but not make.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
What this rests on. Short AI’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Short AI?
Short AI creates faceless short videos for TikTok and YouTube, with AI scripts, captions, auto clipping and posting to TikTok, YouTube, Instagram and Facebook. It also lists image and video model pages such as Veo 3.1 and Kling. Plans are sold by monthly credits.
Worth knowing
- 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.
Key features
- 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.
Short AI pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Short AI has a free plan, and paid plans start at $19 per month, billed yearly.
- Starts at
- $19 per month, billed yearly
- Free plan
- The site presents itself as a free AI video generator, but the pricing page does not list the free tier's limits.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | $19per 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 | $30per 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 | $60per 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. |
Read from short.ai on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Short AI before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountSave up to 15% with yearly billing
The pricing page advertises up to 15% off for yearly billing.
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Common questions
Does Short AI have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Short AI is listed for Web.
Does Short AI have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Short AI is listed for Web.
Is Short AI open source?
Short AI is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.