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About Shorts Generator
What is Shorts Generator?
Shorts Generator is an AI-powered video creation tool designed for TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and Instagram Reels. It analyzes your audio—whether from a long video, song, podcast, or script—to create short vertical videos with word-accurate captions that sync to the beat and energy of the audio. Instead of manually cutting clips and adding text, it automates the entire process: it detects highlights, generates captions, and ranks the best moments for you.
What problem does it solve?
Creating engaging short-form video content is time-consuming and often requires editing skills. Shorts Generator eliminates the manual work of cutting clips, syncing captions, and designing visuals. It reads the audio first, scores every word for emphasis, and renders a pack of caption-driven verticals that land on the beat—so your content looks polished and professional without hours of editing.
Who is it for?
Shorts Generator is ideal for content creators, social media managers, podcasters, musicians, and marketers who want to repurpose long-form content into shareable shorts. It's also great for storytellers and fiction writers who need AI-generated visuals to accompany narration. However, it is not designed for users who need complex multi-track video editing or who prefer fully manual control over every frame.
Real-world use cases
Drop a song and get a pack of beat-synced lyric videos. Clip a podcast episode into 20–30 highlight clips with captions. Turn an hour of streaming into a dozen verticals with hooks and punchlines. Use AI visuals for narrated fiction or essays when you don't have camera footage—all with consistent caption styles and readable typography.
Key features
- Word-accurate captions — Built for sung vocals and speech, with emphasis scoring that highlights the right words.
- Beat-snapped entrances — Text animations land on the beat grid, so captions feel timed, not templated.
- 17 caption styles — Pick from styles like Big Ink, Whisper→Scream, Scalpel Karaoke, and more for a unique look.
- Automated clip detection — The engine finds hooks, drops, and quotable lines, then cuts and ranks a full pack of verticals.
- Batch export — Download a zip of 20–30 verticals plus an 8-second loop for Spotify Canvas.
- AI visuals — Generate cinematic scenes and characters when you don't have footage, with color grading to keep text readable.
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Shorts Generator Pricing
Shorts Generator pricing: from $20/mo.
For comparison: the median starting price in AI Image & Video is $15/month, measured across 215 tools we track. See the full SaaS Pricing Index →
Hobby
For users just starting out. $20/month includes 100 credits. Images from 1 credit, avatar videos from 25 credits, voice clones from 30 credits, and text/speech at 1 credit per 100 chars.
Standard
Our most popular plan. $50/month includes 500 credits. Images from 1 credit, avatar videos from 25 credits, voice clones from 30 credits, and text/speech at 1 credit per 100 chars.
Professional
For elite users. $100/month includes 1,000 credits. Images from 1 credit, avatar videos from 25 credits, voice clones from 30 credits, and text/speech at 1 credit per 100 chars.
Free to start — no credit card required, and credits never expire.
