Shorts Generator vs MakeShorts
Shorts Generator creates vertical shorts from a text idea or prompt, while MakeShorts repurposes existing long videos (paste a YouTube link) into captioned shorts. MakeShorts offers a free plan ($0 per month, 30 credits per month, watermarked low-quality exports that expire in 3 days); its paid Lite tier is $12 per month billed monthly, or $6 per month billed annually ($72 per year) — the two billing views must not be merged into a single monthly figure (directory record, 2026-11-04, $ amounts with no currency named). Shorts Generator's paid price was not verified on its official homepage or pricing page reviewed 2026-11-02 (the pricing fetch returned the app shell with no plan amounts), so its old ~$20/month figure is not used here. Pick by input: prompt-to-short versus long-video-to-short. We did not run a hands-on test on either tool, so no quality winner is declared.
| Decision point | Shorts Generator | MakeShorts AI |
|---|---|---|
| Best suited to | Creators making and posting short videos to TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram | Creators who want YouTube videos turned into viral short clips fast, with autofocus cropping, subtitles and captions. |
| Plans and cost | No tier amount was verified on the official homepage or pricing page reviewed on 2026-11-02; the pricing fetch returned the app shell with a 25% off first purchase banner but no plan amounts. The site mentions starting creating free, but no paid tier price was verified in this review. Recheck official pricing before purchase. | Free $0 per month with 30 credits per month, auto captions and auto reframe/crop, up to 15 minutes per video, with a watermark and low-quality exports; paid amounts are shown in $ without a named currency and in two views that must not be merged (Lite $12, Plus $39, Pro $79 per month monthly, against $6, $9.75, $19.75 per month billed annually at $72, $117, $237 per year), so no paid-tier charge fact is recorded. |
| Limitations | The pricing page fetch returned the homepage app shell with no amounts, so no tier amount was verified; posting and model quality must be tested in the product. | Free exports carry a watermark and are low quality with no editing tools, and free clips expire in 3 days. |
Use the same input
A creator wants a daily stream of Shorts without filming anything new.
What a successful result must preserve
Input type (prompt versus existing video), caption and reframe automation, output volume, and price.
Evidence and test status
Spec-to-spec comparison of each vendor's published features and pricing. MakeShorts' figures follow the 2026-11-04 record with billing views kept separate; Shorts Generator's price is unverified in the 2026-11-02 review. We did not run a hands-on test on either tool; no quality winner is declared.
- Shorts Generator — Official homepage ↗ (reviewed 2026-11-02), Official pricing page ↗ (reviewed 2026-11-02)
- MakeShorts AI — MakeShorts homepage ↗ (reviewed 2026-11-04), MakeShorts pricing ↗ (reviewed 2026-11-04)