A Revid AI alternative for faceless Shorts on a smaller budget
Short.now AI Shorts turns an idea or your text into a narrated, captioned Short with AI images or stock clips. It starts free and paid plans start at $6.99/month. Revid's paid plans start at $39/month and include generative AI video.
Revid AI is a credit-based video platform: you create videos from text or links, remix viral videos, use AI video models (its pricing page lists Seedance 2.5, up to 4K), avatars and face swaps, and publish to TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and X. That breadth is its strength, and it is priced for it. Short.now AI Shorts does one job: a faceless story, fact or explainer Short built from scenes, each with an AI image (slow zoom or pan), a stock clip or your own media, an AI voice and word-by-word captions. It does not generate moving AI footage. If that format is what you post, Short.now costs less and includes AI clipping for long videos on the same plan. Short.now is not affiliated with Revid.
Short.now vs Revid AI: side by side
| Feature | Short.now | Revid AI |
|---|---|---|
| Free to try | 3 AI Shorts/month (watermark), no card | Free credits on sign-up, no card |
| Starting paid price | $6.99/month | $39/month |
| How usage is counted | AI Shorts per month (10 on Starter) | AI credits (2,000/month on Growth) |
| Idea or text to faceless Short | Yes | Yes |
| Generative AI video models | No | Yes (Seedance 2.5 and more) |
| Avatars and face swaps | No | Yes |
| AI voices | 22 voices, or describe your own | Voiceovers in 70+ languages; voice cloning on Ultra |
| Auto-posting | TikTok, YouTube, Instagram (Creator and Pro) | TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, X (Growth) |
Why creators switch to Short.now
Lower starting price
Short.now Starter is $6.99/month for 10 AI Shorts a month. Revid's paid plans start at $39/month. If your videos are narrated scenes rather than generated footage, you pay for less than you use.
A plan count you can read
Short.now counts AI Shorts per month, not credits per second, so you know how many videos you get before you start.
Clipping on the same plan
The same subscription turns long videos, podcasts and streams into captioned vertical clips. Faceless Shorts and clips from your own videos sit in one editor and one schedule.
Your script, read as written
Paste your own text and the voiceover reads it word for word; AI only splits it into scenes. Or let AI write the script and edit every line.
Frequently asked questions
Yes, if you make faceless story, fact or explainer Shorts from AI images, stock clips and a voiceover. If you need generative AI video, avatars or face swaps, Revid covers those and Short.now does not.
Revid's pricing page lists paid plans from $39/month, with 2,000 AI credits on Growth. Short.now's paid plans are $6.99, $14.99 and $29.99 a month with 10, 30 and 80 AI Shorts. Prices change, so check both pricing pages before you buy.
Short.now's free plan includes 3 AI Shorts a month, up to 45 seconds, with a watermark. Revid gives new accounts free credits to try it; its pricing page does not list a free plan.
Yes, on Creator and Pro: Short.now schedules and posts to TikTok, YouTube and Instagram. Revid also lists X.
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Start from an idea or your own text. The free plan includes 3 AI Shorts a month with a watermark.
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