MakeRoll vs 2short.ai
The honest 2short.ai alternative.
2short.ai is the cheapest way to have a YouTube video analysed for clips: $9.90 a month for five hours of analysis. It is also the one page on this site where the headline price per minute is not ours, so this comparison is about what those minutes actually buy. 2short meters fast exports separately (60 minutes a month on Lite) and is built around YouTube links. MakeRoll never meters an export, and the editor is the whole point.
| MakeRoll | 2short.ai | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest paid plan | €15/mo · 600 min | $9.90/mo · 5 hrs analysed · 60 min of fast exports |
| Price per source minute | €0.025 | ~$0.033 |
| Free plan | 1 video up to 1 hr / mo, full AI + editor, 720p, kept 7 days | 30 min of analysis / mo |
| Watermark on paid plans | Never, on any paid plan | No |
| Your files if you cancel | Kept a week after you cancel; anything you exported is yours for good | Not stated on their pricing page |
| AI clipping | Included in every plan | Included |
2short.ai figures from their public pricing pages as of August 2026.
Why people switch
Exporting is never metered
2short’s Lite plan analyses five hours a month but includes 60 minutes of fast server-side exports; past that you wait or move up a tier. On MakeRoll, editing and exporting are unlimited and free on every paid plan: credits buy source minutes, once.
An editor, not a clip suggester
2short proposes clips and lets you nudge them. MakeRoll is an editor: the transcript is the timeline, cuts ripple through the edit, captions are word-accurate and restyleable, and what you preview is exactly what renders.
Not only YouTube
2short is built around YouTube links. MakeRoll takes a YouTube URL or a file you upload (a webinar recording, a Zoom export, footage that was never posted anywhere), and treats all of them the same way.
Where 2short.ai is ahead
On raw analysis minutes 2short is cheaper than we are: $19.90 for fifteen hours works out around $0.022 a minute against our €0.025, and its free tier asks for no card either. If your workflow is “paste a YouTube link, take the suggested clips, post them”, it does that for less money.