Short.ai alternative

For your own recordings,
a Short.ai alternative

Short.ai is built around generating faceless videos from scripts, and caps uploads at 300 MB. If what you have is your own hour-long recording, KiroClip Lite takes it, up to 12 GB. Your first video is free, no card.

Start free, 1 videoSee how it works

No card required for your first video.

New customers pay $7.20 for their first month of Lite 10, then $12/mo. One per customer, limited time.

Can Short.ai clip my own long video?

Only within a 300 MB upload, rising to 500 MB on the $60 plan, and its plans are built around faceless video generation with auto caption measured in minutes. An hour of 1080p footage is comfortably past 300 MB. KiroClip Lite scales the upload with the plan, up to 12 GB.

Side by side

How they stack up

Short.aiKiroClip Lite
Upload size (max)300 MB12 GB
Built forFaceless video from scriptsClipping your recordings
Entry plan, billed monthlyNot published$12
Counted asCreditsOne credit per 1-3 source hours, ten clips
Video length (max)Not published10 hours
Clips per video (max)Not publishedUp to 100
Free tier without a cardNot published1 video
Captions burned inYesYes
Auto vertical reframingYesYes

Plans and limits read from each vendor’s published pages. Pricing changes without notice.

Figures here are the ongoing price. A new customer's first month of Lite 10 is $7.20, then $12/mo. One per customer, limited time.

Real clips generated from long videos. Captions and vertical reframing done automatically.

How it works

Three steps, zero editing

01
Use the free video first

720p with a small corner mark, which is enough to judge what it chose and how it cut.

02
Compare the choices, not the polish

Polish is easy to match. Choosing the right thirty seconds is not.

03
Upgrade only if the choices were right

Paid plans remove the mark and produce up to 1080p, and they do not change the judgement.

FAQ

Questions, answered

What is Short.ai’s upload limit?

300 MB on the Basic and Pro plans and 500 MB on Enterprise, per their pricing page. An hour of 1080p footage is usually well past that. KiroClip Lite allows 4 GB per hour of the plan’s length cap, up to 12 GB on the top plan.

Is Short.ai a clipping tool?

Its plans are sold around faceless video creation from scripts, with auto caption measured in minutes, rather than around finding clips inside a long recording. KiroClip Lite does only the second job.

How much does Short.ai cost?

$19, $30 and $60 a month, quoted billed yearly on their pricing page. KiroClip Lite is $12, $36 or $60 a month, paid monthly.

How good do the clips look?

Up to 1080p on paid plans, in solo or split screen, with no watermark. The free video renders at 720p with a small watermark.

What can I see without paying?

Yes. The first video needs no card, so you can put the same recording through both and compare the shorts before moving anything.

Try it as your Short.ai alternative

Upload the raw recording, not a compressed cut of it. The first video is free, no card.

Try KiroClip Lite free