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StoryCut vs 2short: Clips From Any Video, Not Just YouTube

2short turns YouTube videos into Shorts for little money. StoryCut takes your uploads and Twitch, Kick, Google Drive and Dropbox links too, scores every clip from 0 to 100, stacks a gaming facecam over the game and finishes each clip with your edit style. Here is what each one does and what it costs.

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Updated November 10, 2026

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StoryCut vs 2short: the short answer

Verdict

Pick 2short if you only clip YouTube videos and want the lowest price per hour: Pro gives 15 hours a month for $19.90/mo, with no watermark on any plan.

Pick StoryCut for everything around the clip: uploads and Twitch, Kick, Google Drive and Dropbox links, a 0 to 100 score on every clip, a gaming facecam layout, 1,000+ caption styles, your edit style with zooms, sound effects and music, eye contact correction, auto import, an API, and yearly billing.

Price of 10 hours of video

StoryCut Pro: $19/mo for 10 hours, or $14/mo billed yearly. 2short Pro is $19.90/mo for 15 hours of analysis, billed monthly only; Lite is $9.90/mo for 5 hours. Per hour, 2short costs less: $1.33 on Pro, against $1.90 on StoryCut Pro ($1.40 billed yearly).

Links you can paste

StoryCut takes a YouTube link, a Twitch or Kick past broadcast, a Google Drive or Dropbox link, or an upload, on every plan, free included. A run takes up to 150 minutes of a video (30 on Free), from any part of a longer one.

2short takes YouTube links, plus Google Drive and public video links on its paid plans; it has no file upload and takes no Twitch or Kick links.

What every clip gets

StoryCut returns 3 to 12 vertical clips a video, each with a 0 to 100 virality score, framing that follows the speaker (a split screen for two people, the facecam on top of the game for streams), captions in your style and a headline on its first seconds.

2short ranks clips by virality potential and highlights the top 3 without showing a score; it keeps the face centred, adds captions in 26 languages in 6 subtitle styles, emojis and your logo, in vertical, square or horizontal.

Your style on every clip

On StoryCut Pro, one of 18 edit styles adds zooms, sound effects on key words and one music track to every clip of a run, and B-roll to the 3 best; eye contact correction covers 10 videos a month.

We found no B-roll, music, sound effects, zooms or eye contact on 2short’s site; it adds AI help to write titles, descriptions and scripts.

StoryCut

Web app • AI clips and a full editor

StoryCut is an AI clip maker for long videos.

Paste a YouTube link, a Twitch or Kick past broadcast, a Google Drive or Dropbox link, or upload a file: it reads the whole transcript and returns 3 to 12 vertical clips, each with a 0 to 100 virality score, framing that follows the person speaking, captions and a headline.

Gaming streams get the facecam stacked over the gameplay, and paid plans can clip new uploads from YouTube channels by themselves. Every clip opens in an editor with 1,000+ caption styles; on Pro your edit style adds zooms, sound effects and music to every clip of a run, and B-roll to the best ones.

Eye contact correction, a REST API with webhooks and a Claude and ChatGPT connector are built in.

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2short

Web • YouTube videos to Shorts

2short.ai turns YouTube videos into Shorts. Paste a link and its AI picks the moments, ranked by virality potential, keeps the face centred and adds animated captions in 26 languages, with emojis and your logo, in vertical, square or horizontal.

Plans differ mainly by hours of analysis: 5 on Lite ($9.90/mo), 15 on Pro ($19.90/mo), 50 on Premium ($49.90/mo), billed monthly, with 1080p exports and no watermark on every plan. Paid plans also import Google Drive and public video links, and it writes titles, descriptions and scripts with AI.

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StoryCut vs 2short: feature comparison

StoryCut and 2short compared on clipping, the video each plan clips, prices, watermarks, resolution, links and uploads, scores, framing, gaming streams, captions, editing, eye contact, automation and posting
Feature	StoryCut	2short
AI clipping	Yes, 3–12 clips a video, every plan	Yes, every plan
Video a month	Free: 1 video (any 30 min of it); Starter 3 hours, Pro 10 hours, Business 30 hours	Free: 30 min; Lite 5 h, Pro 15 h, Premium 50 h¹
Entry paid plan	Starter: $9/mo, or $7/mo billed yearly	Lite: $9.90/mo, billed monthly only
10 hours of video a month	Pro: $19/mo, or $14/mo billed yearly	Pro: $19.90/mo (15 hours)
Watermark	Free plan only (720p)	None, on every plan
Max resolution	4K 60fps (Business)	1080p
Links and uploads	YouTube, Twitch, Kick, Google Drive, Dropbox and uploads	YouTube; Drive and video links on paid plans; no uploads
Virality score	Yes, 0–100 on every clip	Ranked, no score shown
Speaker framing	Yes, follows the speaker; split screen for two people	Yes, face tracking
Gaming facecam layout	Yes, found and stacked for you	No
Captions	1,000+ styles, 49 languages	6 styles, 26 languages
Edit style on every clip	Yes, 18 edit styles (zooms, sound effects, music; B-roll on the 3 best; Pro)	No
Eye contact correction	Yes, Pro (10/mo) and Business; free 20 s preview	No
Auto import from YouTube	Yes, every paid plan (Starter 1 channel, Pro 3 channels, Business 10 channels)	No
API and MCP connector	Yes	No
Posting	Coming soon: download and post for now	No: download, or open on YouTube
Clip shapes	9:16	Vertical, square, horizontal
Terms and company	Terms, privacy policy and contact page published	Privacy policy only; no company name or refund terms on its site

Notes

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Video a month · 2short 2short’s pricing card gives the free plan 30 minutes a month; the closing panel of the same page says 15.

Checked on November 10, 2026 from each product’s public pages.Sources4

2short pricing2short.ai
2short FAQ2short.ai
2short privacy policy2short.ai
StoryCut pricingstorycut.com

Pros and cons

StoryCut

Pros

Uploads and Twitch, Kick, Google Drive and Dropbox links on every plan
A 0 to 100 virality score on every clip
A gaming facecam layout, edit styles, sound effects and eye contact correction
Yearly billing: Pro is $14/mo billed yearly for 10 hours a month
An API, a Claude and ChatGPT connector, and auto import from YouTube channels

Cons

Costs more per hour than 2short on monthly billing
Free exports carry a watermark; 2short’s have none
The free plan uses 30 minutes of one video a month
Posting to YouTube and TikTok is coming soon
Clips are 9:16 only

2short

Pros

A low price per hour: $1.33 on Pro
No watermark on any plan
Vertical, square and horizontal clips
AI help for titles, descriptions and scripts
Simple: paste a YouTube link and go

Cons

No file uploads, and no Twitch or Kick links
No visible clip score, B-roll, sound effects, zooms or eye contact
1080p at most, and monthly billing only
Free plan: ads between the results and a queue for exports
No company name, terms or refund policy on its site

Pricing

Price comparison: StoryCut vs 2short

StoryCut

Free

$0No credit card

3 videos at a time
720p export with watermark
Videos up to 4 min
AI captions, caption styles and transitions
1 long video per month into AI clips

Starter

$9/mo$7/mo billed yearly

20 videos at a time
1080p export, no watermark
Videos up to 7 min
AI captions, caption styles and transitions
AI clips: 3 hours of video a month (up to 10 videos)
Auto import from 1 YouTube channel
StoryCut API and webhooks

Pro

$19/mo$14/mo billed yearly

50 videos at a time
2K export, no watermark
Videos up to 10 min
AI eye contact (10 videos/month), Auto Edit with 18 edit styles, auto sound effects, magic zoom, silence, filler-word and retake removal, clean audio, AI music, dubbing
AI clips: 10 hours of video a month (up to 30 videos)
Auto import from 3 YouTube channels
StoryCut API and webhooks

Business

$49/mo$39/mo billed yearly

100 videos at a time
4K 60fps export, no watermark
Videos up to 30 min
Everything in Pro + unlimited AI eye contact + priority rendering
5 team members
AI clips: 30 hours of video a month (up to 60 videos)
Auto import from 10 YouTube channels
StoryCut API and webhooks

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2short

Starter

$0Free plan

30 minutes of AI analysis a month
Ads between the results
Exports wait in a queue

Lite

$9.90/moBilled monthly only

5 hours of analysis a month
60 min of fast exports
Google Drive and video link imports, no ads

Pro

$19.90/moBilled monthly only

15 hours of analysis a month
Unlimited fast exports

Premium

$49.90/moBilled monthly only

50 hours of analysis a month
Priority support, beta features

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Checked on November 10, 2026 from each product’s public pages.Sources2

2short pricing2short.ai
StoryCut pricingstorycut.com

Which should you choose?

Pick 2short if your clips all come from YouTube videos, you post them as they come out, and the lowest price per hour matters most: it is simple, it adds no watermark, and Pro covers 15 hours a month for $19.90/mo.

Pick StoryCut if your videos live anywhere else too (a file on your computer, a Twitch or Kick stream, a Drive or Dropbox folder), if you want a score to sort clips by, or if each clip should leave finished: styled captions, a headline, zooms, sound effects, music, B-roll and eye contact correction. StoryCut also runs by itself on new YouTube uploads and from your own code or AI assistant.

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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does 2short.ai cost?

2short Lite is $9.90/mo for 5 hours of AI analysis a month, Pro $19.90/mo for 15 hours and Premium $49.90/mo for 50 hours, billed monthly; its site shows no yearly prices (checked on November 10, 2026). The free plan gives 30 minutes a month on its pricing card.

Is 2short.ai free?

Yes, its Starter plan is free: 30 minutes of AI analysis a month on its pricing card (15 in another place on the same page), with ads between the results and a queue before exports. StoryCut’s free plan turns 1 long video a month into clips (any 30 minutes of it), from a link or an upload, exported in 720p with a watermark.

Is 2short cheaper than StoryCut?

Per hour of video, yes: $1.98 an hour on 2short Lite and $1.33 on Pro, against $3.00 on StoryCut Starter and $1.90 on Pro ($1.40 billed yearly). StoryCut costs more because it does more: uploads and stream links, a score on every clip, a gaming layout, edit styles, sound effects and eye contact.

Can 2short clip a video I upload, or a Twitch stream?

No. 2short takes YouTube links, and Google Drive or public video links on its paid plans, but no file upload and no Twitch or Kick links. StoryCut takes uploads and YouTube, Twitch, Kick, Google Drive and Dropbox links on every plan.

Does 2short add a watermark?

No, on any plan, and it exports 1080p. StoryCut’s free plan adds a watermark in 720p; paid plans export without one, up to 4K 60fps on Business.

Does 2short have a virality score?

2short ranks clips by virality potential and highlights the best 3, but it doesn’t show a score. StoryCut gives every clip a 0 to 100 virality score and sorts them by it.

Who makes 2short.ai?

2short’s site doesn’t name a company and publishes no terms or refund policy; its privacy policy, last updated in February 2023, says data is stored on servers in the European Union. Read it before you pay.