Best tools for YouTube Shorts creators

Ranking at 30 video min per month

1. 1OpusClipStarter planCheapest

   $15/mo

   ₩20,800

   Picks the moments most likely to go viral from long YouTube videos and podcasts and automatically turns them into captioned, vertically reframed short-form clips.

   Includes 150 video min, free plan Free available. 150 credits/month, monthly billing only, watermark removed, virality score, 1 brand template

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2. 2FlikiStandard plan

   $28/mo

   ₩38,800

   A text-to-video tool that turns scripts, blog posts, and PPTs into videos with AI voices and stock footage. Supports 80+ languages, making it a good fit for multilingual content creators.

   Includes 180 credits, free plan Free available. Per-user price (25% off with annual billing). 2,160 credits/year (about 180/month). Per the official calculator, uploaded and stock footage costs 0.5 credit per minute; generating AI avatars or AI clips uses additional credits. 1080p, videos up to 15 minutes, 1,000 voices, 1 voice clone, 1 brand kit, 50 publishes/month

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3. 3PictoryStarter plan

   $29/mo

   ₩40,200

   Automatically edits scripts, blog URLs, and long videos into marketing and training videos using stock footage and AI voices, aimed at marketers and L&D teams.

   Includes 200 video min, no free plan. 2,400 minutes of video processing per year (200 minutes/month equivalent), 1 user, 5GB, 720 minutes/year of ElevenLabs voices, 1,200 AI credits/year (100/month on monthly billing), no watermark. No free plan — only a 14-day free trial (3 projects)

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4. 4ElaiCreator plan

   $59/mo

   ₩81,800

   An AI avatar presenter video tool for corporate training and L&D that turns text into video, converting PPT files and URLs directly into videos.

   Includes 15 video min, free plan Free available. 15 minutes/month (deducted on render), 1 seat, $2 per additional minute, $276/year

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5. 5ColossyanProfessional plan

   $89/mo

   ₩123,400

   L&D-focused tool for creating corporate training and onboarding videos and SCORM courses with AI avatars, with support for interactive quizzes and automatic translation.

   Includes 30 video min, free plan Starter available. $59/month billed annually (shown as -34%). Monthly billing price not listed on the official page — roughly $89 when back-calculated from the discount rate. NEO 30 min/month + NEO2 10 min/month, up to 3 editors (additional members $30/month), 5 SCORM exports/month, video length 30 min on monthly and 50 min on annual billing. Unused minutes do not roll over.

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Excluded (not convertible): CapCut, Descript, Hailuo AI, HeyGen, invideo AI, Kling AI, Luma Dream Machine, Pika, VEED, Vidu. Credit cost varies by model with no official conversion.