MakeShorts turns YouTube videos into short clips with AI cropping, subtitles and captions. Free plan; paid plans start at $6/month billed annually.
Researched and fact-checked by Bartu Cavusoglu · Updated October 26, 2026
MakeShorts is a web-based AI service that turns long YouTube videos into short clips for YouTube Shorts, TikTok, and Reels. The company describes its core promise as a one-click process that makes video shorts faster than manual editing.
It is operated by Xynth Labs Pvt Ltd and focuses on speech-based content. The product handles clip selection, vertical cropping, subtitles, and social captions in one workflow, so a creator does not need a separate editor for each step.
Users start by importing a video through a YouTube link. The AI then detects engaging subjects in the video and generates clips that keep the original context and structure. The company says its models were trained on large amounts of video material, so the results resemble clips cut by human editors.
After selection, smart cropping with face detection reframes landscape footage into vertical format and keeps the main speaker visible. Automatic subtitles and captions are added. Processing time depends on video length and the number of shorts requested, from a few minutes up to an hour.
The main features are AI clipping, autofocus cropping, AI subtitling, and AI social captions. The captioning feature produces descriptions and hashtags intended to help discovery on social platforms. Subtitles also help viewers who watch without sound.
MakeShorts lists 33 language and dialect options, including several English, Chinese, French, and Portuguese variants. Plus and Pro plans add logo support, and all plans allow unlimited output shorts, with limits applying only to the input video.
MakeShorts is an AI tool that turns YouTube videos into short clips for YouTube Shorts, TikTok, and Reels. It selects engaging moments, crops landscape video into vertical format, and adds subtitles and social captions.
MakeShorts has a free plan at $0 per month and three paid plans: Lite at $6/month, Plus at $9.75/month, and Pro at $19.75/month. These are billed annually at $72, $117, and $237 per year. The site lists higher monthly prices of $12, $39, and $79 before discounts.
Yes. The Free plan includes 30 credits per month, auto captions, and auto reframe/crop, with videos up to 15 minutes. Exports carry a watermark, are low quality, and expire after 3 days. The site says no credit card is required to try it.
According to the FAQ, MakeShorts currently supports importing videos only through YouTube links. Direct video uploads are not available at this time, though the company says it is working on expanding its features.
The company says video podcasts fit best, and that its models work with many speech-focused videos such as lectures, interviews, and webinars.
No. MakeShorts allows unlimited shorts creation. Limits apply to the input videos, including the number of videos and total upload minutes, which vary by plan.
Processing time depends on the length of the source video and the number of shorts requested. The FAQ says it typically takes a few minutes for shorter videos and up to an hour for longer content.
The site lists 33 language and dialect options, including English variants, Chinese, French, German, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tamil, Thai, and Turkish.