StoryShort AI Alternatives: 4 Cheaper Ways to Run a Faceless Channel (2026)
We build one of the tools below. The prices are what each vendor published in July 2026, and where StoryShort is the better product we have said so.
What StoryShort AI costs
| Plan | Price | Series | Credits | Videos |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $39/mo | 1 | 400 | ~25 to 40 |
| Growth | $69/mo | 2 | 1,200 | ~80 to 120 |
| Influencer | $129/mo | 3 | 2,400 | ~160 to 240 |
| Ultra | $199/mo | 4 | 5,000 | ~330 to 500 |
Yearly is two months free. Every tier auto-posts, removes the watermark, and lets you download. Long-form video and UGC ads appear only on Influencer and above.
Credits vary by what you make: a short video built from AI images runs 8 to 20 credits, an ASMR video about 50, an AI movie about 110, a talking-avatar video 270 or more. The published estimate is honest about that range, which is more than most credit-based tools manage.
Where it is strong. The video-type range is the real product. If you want short faceless videos and long-form uploads and UGC-style ads out of one subscription, StoryShort covers more ground than anything else in this comparison. The credit table is unusually transparent.
Where people look elsewhere. The entry price. $39 is the lowest StoryShort tier and it buys one series, which is what several competitors sell for $19 to $20. And the credit ranges swing widely: "25 to 40 videos" is a 60 percent spread, so the number of posts you get depends on choices you make later.
1. PassiveShorts
Ours. $19 per series a month posts three times a week on days you choose. $39 per series a month posts once a day. Yearly charges 10 months instead of 12. Up to 10 series at once, each with its own topic, channel, and schedule.
There are no credits. A series posts on its schedule, and the bill does not move because you picked a different visual style. Both plans carry the same features: auto-posting to YouTube and TikTok, 19 visual styles, six caption presets you can customize down to fonts and outlines and word highlights, natural AI voices, five ready-made topics plus a custom topic. Publish public, private, or to your TikTok drafts for approval. Full commercial rights, 7-day money-back guarantee.
One thing sits outside the rhythm: paste a script you wrote and it builds and posts that single video, without a series wrapped around it. It comes out of the same monthly video allowance rather than a separate balance, so the bill still does not move.
Pick it if you want a predictable bill and a fixed posting rhythm. At $39 you get a daily series where StoryShort's $39 gets you 400 credits to manage.
Do not pick it if you want long-form video, UGC ads, or talking avatars. We make short faceless videos and nothing else. StoryShort's Influencer tier does things we simply do not do.
2. AutoShorts.ai
$19 a month for three posts a week, $39 for daily, $69 for twice a day, one series per plan. Yearly is two months free. Auto-posts to TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram, with voice cloning and an edit-and-preview step.
Pick it if you want Instagram or you want to approve videos before they go out. Its $19 entry undercuts StoryShort by twenty dollars for a comparable short-video workflow.
Do not pick it if you need several series at once, since every tier is capped at one.
3. Faceless.video
$20 a month for 30 credits and one social account. $35 for 60 credits and unlimited accounts. $59 for 120, $149 for 350. Annual saves 30 percent. Unused credits roll over, and top-ups run $0.60 to $0.80 a credit.
Pick it if your posting is irregular. Rollover is the feature StoryShort does not have, and it is the difference between a slow month costing you nothing and costing you the whole allowance.
Do not pick it if you want the extra video formats. This is short faceless video and little else.
4. ShortsFaceless
$19 a month for up to 30 videos, $29 for up to 60, with every feature in both tiers: 40+ voices, 10+ languages, no watermark, HD downloads, custom image uploads, and unlimited regeneration of scripts, images, and voiceovers. Publishes to YouTube only.
Pick it if you want to fix what the model got wrong without paying for the retry. On credit systems like StoryShort's, a regeneration costs you credits. Here it does not.
Do not pick it if TikTok matters, because it is not supported.
Side by side
| Entry | What that buys | Series at entry | Long-form / UGC | Affiliate commission | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| StoryShort AI | $39/mo | 400 credits, ~25-40 videos | 1 | On $129+ tiers | 30% for life, $100 minimum payout |
| PassiveShorts | $19/mo | 3 posts a week | 1, up to 10 | No | 30% for life |
| AutoShorts.ai | $19/mo | 3 posts a week | 1 | No | 30% for life |
| Faceless.video | $20/mo | 30 rolling credits | Credit-based | No | Page is offline |
| ShortsFaceless | $19/mo | 30 videos | Video-based | No | 30% of subscription revenue |
Affiliate rates are as published in August 2026. StoryShort matches the 30 percent but holds your earnings until they reach $100, where ours pays out at $30.
How to choose
If you only want short faceless videos, StoryShort is the most expensive way to get them. Four tools here start at $19 to $20 for the same job, and the extra twenty dollars is buying capability you are not using.
If you want the format range, StoryShort is the right answer and none of the alternatives replace it. Long-form and UGC in one subscription is a genuinely different offer, and paying $129 for it is cheaper than assembling it from three tools.
If you are unsure, the tell is whether you have ever wanted to post something longer than 60 seconds. If not, buy the cheaper tool.
For a short-video channel that posts to YouTube and TikTok on a fixed schedule with no credits to track, PassiveShorts starts at $19 and takes an evening to set up. Pick a topic or write your own, pick a voice and a look, pick your days, and it writes, voices, captions, and publishes on its own.
Related comparisons
- AutoShorts.ai Alternatives — the same job starting at $19
- Faceless.video Alternatives — credits that carry into next month
- Why Faceless Video Tools Sell You Credits (And What It Costs You) — what credit pricing costs you
- Topview AI Alternatives — model access without the publishing