2short.ai and ViralSplice both turn long YouTube videos into vertical Shorts, but they charge for different things. 2short.ai counts the minutes of AI video analysis you use each month, so a longer source video costs more of your allowance. ViralSplice counts jobs, so one long video counts as one job no matter how many clips come out of it. This post compares them on price alone, using only prices listed on each tool’s own site today.
2short.ai prices, plan by plan
2short.ai lists four plans, all shown as monthly prices, with no yearly option on the pricing page. Every plan gives full access to all features, and the plans mainly differ in how much AI video analysis you get each month. The plans are:
- Starter: $0 a month, with 30 minutes of AI video analyzing a month, and the ability to view and export already generated short clips
- Lite: $9.90 a month, with everything in Starter plus 5 hours of AI video analyzing a month, 60 minutes of fast server-side exports a month, video imports from Google Drive and public URLs, and no ads
- Pro: $19.90 a month, the most popular plan, with everything in Lite plus 15 hours of AI video analyzing a month and unlimited fast server-side exports
- Premium: $49.90 a month, with everything in Pro plus 50 hours of AI video analyzing a month, priority support, and access to the newest beta features
Prices as listed on 2short.ai pricing page, November 2026.
ViralSplice prices, plan by plan
ViralSplice lists a free tier and one Pro plan with three ways to pay:
- Free: $0, with 5 jobs a day, uploads up to 500 MB, videos up to 20 minutes, and clips carry a Made with ViralSplice watermark
- Pro: $9 a month, or $90 a year, or $120 for lifetime access, with 50 jobs a day, 1 GB uploads, 60-minute videos, no watermark, and a priority queue
Prices confirmed on the ViralSplice pricing page, November 2026.
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What the price gap means in a year
Because 2short.ai shows monthly prices only, a year of each plan costs twelve times the monthly price. Lite costs $118.80 a year, Pro costs $238.80 a year, and Premium costs $598.80 a year. A year of ViralSplice Pro costs $90 on yearly billing, or $108 paying month to month, and the $120 lifetime payment covers all future years with no renewal. So one year of 2short.ai Pro costs more than two and a half years of ViralSplice Pro on yearly billing, and the ViralSplice lifetime price is about half of one year of 2short.ai Pro. The closest match is the cheapest paid plan on each side: 2short.ai Lite at $9.90 a month against ViralSplice Pro at $9 a month. For that similar price, 2short.ai gives you 5 hours of analysis a month, while ViralSplice gives you 50 jobs a day, each video up to 60 minutes long. 2short.ai charges by the minute of analysis, so long source videos eat your allowance fast. ViralSplice charges by the job, so a two-hour podcast costs the same as a ten-minute video.
Which tool fits which creator
2short.ai fits creators who work mostly with YouTube videos that already have captions, and who want server-side exports and Google Drive imports in the same tool. Its per-minute model suits creators who process a predictable number of hours each month. ViralSplice fits solo creators and small channels that want a simple price, a free tier for trying it out, and a lifetime option instead of another monthly subscription. If your main need is turning a long video into captioned vertical Shorts without watching an analysis-minutes meter, ViralSplice Pro at $9 a month answers it at a lower price than even the cheapest 2short.ai paid plan. Check both pricing pages before you buy, because prices can change.
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