An AutoShorts.ai alternative with no monthly plan
Autopilot series, or reviewed videos you own the tool for
AutoShorts.ai is built for hands-off channels. You create a Series around a topic, pick a schedule, connect TikTok, YouTube or Instagram, and it makes and posts a new short on that schedule. Videos are made from AI images in a chosen art style, and motion credits can animate them. Your plan sets how often it posts.
TallyReel covers much of the same ground from the other direction. It is a desktop app you pay $49 for once. It plans a whole series from one theme, writes each script, waits for your approval, then builds the videos on your computer with stock footage, voiceover, captions and music. The included Post Pro schedules them to 15 networks. The difference is mostly about control, video length and how you want to pay.
Updated 29 September 2026 · by Danish, who makes TallyReel · AutoShorts.ai prices checked 29 September 2026 on their pricing page
What it costs over time
After 12 months
After 24 months
$19 a month: AutoShorts.ai Starter, billed monthly, as listed on 29 September 2026. TallyReel is $49 at launch and $79 after, paid once either way. Taxes aside.
Side by side
| Feature | TallyReel | AutoShorts.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $49 once ($79 after launch) | Starter $19, Daily $39, Hardcore $69 a month; yearly billing advertised as 2 months free |
| How many videos | Unlimited. Plan up to 50 at once | Starter posts 3 times a week, Daily once a day, Hardcore twice a day, each for 1 Series |
| Where it runs | Desktop app for Apple silicon Macs and 64-bit Windows 10 or 11 | Browser, and it runs on its servers |
| Trying it | 3 free videos with a small "Made with TallyReel" mark | Free plan with 1 video, temporarily paused on the site |
| Review step | Nothing renders until you approve the script | You can preview and edit before a video posts |
| Visuals | Pexels stock video (free key you add) plus your own photos and clips | AI images in many art styles; motion credits animate them (27 on Starter) |
| Video length | Shorts, plus 16:9 YouTube videos of 3 to 15 minutes with chapters | Short form only, up to about 90 seconds |
| Languages | 9 English voices, plus Hindi and Urdu voices | About 30 languages listed, cloned voices on paid plans |
| Auto-posting | 15 networks, including TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Threads, X and Pinterest | TikTok, YouTube and Instagram |
| Watermark | None after purchase | No watermark on listed plans |
| Resolution | 9:16 and 16:9 | HD listed on every plan |
Where AutoShorts.ai is better
- It is truly hands-off. Once a Series is set up, it keeps making and posting without you opening anything.
- It runs on its servers, so there's nothing to install and no computer requirement.
- It supports about 30 languages for narration, far more than TallyReel's English, Hindi and Urdu voices.
- Its art styles give each channel a distinct illustrated look that stock footage can't match.
Where TallyReel is better
- The price doesn't depend on how often you post. Posting twice a day costs the same $49 as posting once a week.
- It makes long YouTube videos of 3 to 15 minutes with chapters, which AutoShorts.ai says it doesn't offer yet.
- You approve every script before anything is built, so your channel never posts a video you haven't seen.
- Scheduling reaches 15 networks, not 3, and a single license can run as many series as you like.
Pick AutoShorts.ai if
- You want a channel that runs itself and you don't want to review each video.
- You narrate in a language TallyReel doesn't have a voice for, or you want an illustrated look.
Pick TallyReel if
- You want to read each script before it goes out, and fix a hook when it's weak.
- You want Shorts and long YouTube videos, several series, and one fixed price.
The cost over a year
AutoShorts.ai Starter is $19 a month and posts three times a week to one Series. Over a year that's $228 on monthly billing, and about two months less on yearly billing. Posting daily on the Daily plan is $39 a month, or $468 a year. Twice a day on Hardcore is $69 a month, or $828 a year. Each of those covers one Series.
TallyReel is $49 once at the launch price. You can run several series across several channels without the price moving. If you choose to write scripts with your own AI key, that service bills you, usually a few cents a video; the on-device writer is free.
What switching looks like
A Series in AutoShorts.ai maps closely to a planned series in TallyReel. Type the same topic, set how many videos you want, up to 50 at once, and TallyReel writes a script for each. Read through them, edit the weak ones, and approve the batch.
Rendering happens on your computer. A Short takes about 1.5 minutes on an M-series Mac. Then connect your channels in Post and set the posting times. Posting runs from the server, so you can close the laptop once the week is queued.
- Keep your AutoShorts.ai plan until the TallyReel queue is a week or two ahead.
- Pick one of TallyReel's 13 templates to keep a consistent look.
- Add your own photos and clips to the media folder if your niche is thin on Pexels.
Where TallyReel falls short
It isn't fully autopilot: you approve scripts, and your computer has to render the videos. It needs an M1 or newer Mac or 64-bit Windows 10 or 11 with 16 GB of memory recommended, and there's no browser or phone version for making videos. Voices cover English, Hindi and Urdu only. It doesn't generate illustrated images, so visuals depend on what Pexels has.
Questions
Is TallyReel cheaper than AutoShorts.ai?
After three months, yes. TallyReel is $49 once. AutoShorts.ai Starter is $19 a month, as listed on autoshorts.ai on 2026-09-29.
Can TallyReel post automatically like AutoShorts.ai?
Yes, once you've approved the videos. Post Pro schedules them to 15 networks and posts from the server.
Can TallyReel make videos longer than 90 seconds?
Yes. It makes 16:9 YouTube videos of 3 to 15 minutes with chapters, as well as vertical Shorts.
Does AutoShorts.ai have a free plan?
Its site lists a free plan for 1 video but says it is temporarily paused. TallyReel lets you make 3 free videos with a small mark.
Does TallyReel work on a Chromebook?
No. Making videos needs the desktop app on an Apple silicon Mac or 64-bit Windows 10 or 11.
Pick one. Make it tonight.
Type the idea into TallyReel, read the script, and it makes the video on your own computer. Your first 3 are free.