Best AI for YouTube Shorts
Shorts reward volume. The fastest route is turning videos you already have into vertical clips, then polishing captions. These four cover clipping, editing, captions and transcript-based cleanup.
Opus Clip
Built to repurpose long videos into Shorts, TikToks and Reels automatically: the quickest way to get many clips out of one upload.
Turns long videos or streams into viral-style short clips automatically.
Visit Opus Clip ↗CapCut
For hands-on editing: captions, cuts and trends-style edits for short vertical video.
Easy video editor with auto-captions and templates for short clips.
Visit CapCut ↗Submagic
Automatic animated captions, zooms and b-roll for a finished vertical clip. Useful when captions are the main polish your Shorts need.
Adds viral-style animated captions, zooms and b-roll to short vertical videos automatically.
Visit Submagic ↗Descript
Edit the video by editing its transcript, plus automatic captions. Handy when your Shorts are talking-head clips.
Edit video and podcasts by editing the transcript like a doc.
Visit Descript ↗Prices as listed in our data; "Check site" means we haven't verified current pricing. Updated 2026-10-14.
Frequently asked questions
Can AI make a Short from a long YouTube video?
Yes. Repurposing a long video into short clips is exactly what Opus Clip is listed for here (free plan; Starter $15/mo).
Is there a free option?
Opus Clip, Descript list a free plan in our data.
Which pick is easiest to start with?
Opus Clip, CapCut, Submagic, Descript are rated Easy.
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