ReelMint vs OpenShorts

OpenShorts pricing in 2026, and what the same clip costs in ReelMint

OpenShorts is an open-source AI clip generator that turns long videos into vertical 9:16 clips, available as a hosted Cloud service or free to self-host under the MIT licence. Below: both tools' published prices, one clip costed the same way for each, and what each does after the video exists. OpenShorts figures were read from its pricing page on 3 November 2026.

	ReelMint	OpenShorts
Cheapest paid plan	$9.99/month · 800 credits · Lite, every AI model	$12/month · Starter
One 10-second clip, cheapest paid plan	≈ $0.75 on Lite (60 credits) · ≈ $0.67 on Starter	not shown: OpenShorts bills by the minute of source video you upload, not per generated clip; its AI UGC actor videos are listed at about $0.65 (low cost) to $2.00 (premium) each, a different product from a generated 10-second scene
Plan with no restrictions	Private Studio: $999/month, 110,000 credits, up to 10 creations at a time, your own private studio	Not shown on the pricing page
Price shown before you generate	Yes, on the button, per render	Credits deducted; see plan page
Free to try	Free example creations with no card; then every AI model from $9.99/month, no restrictions on which model	Cloud: the first video clipped whole up to 60 minutes, then 20 minutes a month, watermarked, no card. Self-hosted: $0 with no cap, on your own hardware and API keys.
Posts the video to your channels	TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, X	Yes. Direct publishing to TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts from the Cloud dashboard; self-hosted needs your own setup.
Bots that generate and post on a schedule	Yes, Bot Studio, on every plan	No
Choice of video models	Kling, Wan, Seedance, Veo and more, priced per model	Own model(s)
Talking photo, voice clone, anime, character swap	All included	See notable limits below

Clip cost = plan price ÷ credits it includes × credits one 10-second clip takes, on each tool's cheapest paid plan. OpenShorts: not shown: OpenShorts bills by the minute of source video you upload, not per generated clip; its AI UGC actor videos are listed at about $0.65 (low cost) to $2.00 (premium) each, a different product from a generated 10-second scene. ReelMint: $9.99 ÷ 800 credits × 60 credits on Lite ($29 ÷ 2,600 on Starter). Source for OpenShorts: www.openshorts.app/pricing.

When OpenShorts is the better pick

Developers and podcasters who want a long-to-short clipper they can run on their own machine for free, or a cheap hosted plan billed by the minute of source video. Being open source and self-hostable is something no other tool here offers.

When ReelMint is

When the video is a means to a post, and when the budget is small. $9.99 a month buys about 13 ten-second clips with every AI model open to you; ReelMint prices each render before you click, lets you pick the model per job, and then publishes to TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, X from the same screen, or hands the whole loop to a bot that posts every day. When you want nothing in the way at all, Private Studio is $999 a month for 110,000 credits and a studio of your own.

OpenShorts plans as published

Plan	Monthly	Includes
Free	$0	Cloud: the first video clipped whole up to 60 minutes, then 20 minutes a month, watermarked, no card. Self-hosted: $0 with no cap, on your own hardware and API keys.
Starter	$12	100 minutes of source video a month, no watermark ($120 a year billed yearly).
Creator	$29	300 minutes a month ($290 a year).
Pro	$59	750 minutes a month ($590 a year).

Open source (MIT): the only tool compared here you can run yourself for free.
Billed by minutes of source video, so the cost depends on how much footage you feed it, not on how many clips come out.
A clipper and UGC-ad maker, not a text-to-video generator with a choice of models.

ReelMint plans

Plan	Monthly	Includes
Lite	$9.99	800 credits a month, every AI model, publishing to 5 networks and Bot Studio included. About 13 ten-second clips at default rates.
Starter	$29	2,600 credits a month (about 43 clips), a lower price per credit; Creator, Studio and Agency continue up to 56,300 credits at $499.
Private Studio	$999	No restrictions: 110,000 credits a month (about 1,833 clips), up to 10 creations at a time on every Wan and Seedream model, inside a private studio of your own. $9,990 a year.

Every plan is charged on subscribe; one-time credit packs top up an active plan. Full table on the pricing page; every model's per-clip price is on the models page.

No restrictions

Private Studio: a ReelMint of your own

$999 a month, or $9,990 a year, for 110,000 credits every month (about 1,833 ten-second clips), up to 10 creations at a time on every Wan and Seedream model, in a private studio linked to your reel-mint.com account.

See Private Studio All plans from $9.99

Questions

OpenShorts or ReelMint?

OpenShorts if you have long videos to cut into Shorts and like the option of self-hosting. ReelMint if you need new video made from a prompt, a picture or a character, on the model you choose, and then posted or scheduled to five networks from the same screen.

How much does OpenShorts cost?

On its pricing page (read 3 November 2026): self-hosted is free; Cloud is free for 20 minutes a month with a watermark, then Starter $12 (100 minutes), Creator $29 (300 minutes) and Pro $59 (750 minutes) a month, about 17% less billed yearly.

Does ReelMint cut long videos into clips?

No. ReelMint generates new clips and films and publishes them; its Video Edit trims, stitches and adds audio, but it does not find the highlights in a podcast. For that, a clipper like OpenShorts is the right tool.

What is the cheapest way to start on ReelMint?

Lite: $9.99 a month for 800 credits, billed monthly, with every AI model available (Seedance 2.5, Kling 3.0, Wan 3.0, Veo 3.1 and the rest), and the price of every render shown on the button before you click. 800 credits is about 13 ten-second clips at default rates, and publishing to TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and X is included. Starter ($29 for 2,600 credits) lowers the per-credit price when you make more.

What is the Private Studio plan?

The plan with no restrictions: $999 a month (or $9,990 a year) for 110,000 credits a month, up to 10 creations at a time, on every Wan and Seedream model, inside a private ReelMint studio of your own that is linked to your reel-mint.com account and spends its credits. It is for teams and creators who generate all day and want nothing in the way; the full description is on the Private Studio page.

Make the same clip in ReelMint

Lite is $9.99 a month for 800 credits with every AI model, enough to render about 13 clips and see the price on the button yourself. Every plan is charged on subscribe and unlocks every model from day one.

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