Bytecap
Verified Oct 16, 2026 ActiveCuts a long video or podcast into captioned vertical clips and publishes them on a schedule.
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Paid options from
- $15/mo
- Billing
- Monthly
Free plan gives 50 credits a month with watermarked exports. Starter is $15/month for 150 credits; Pro starts at $29/month for 300 credits (Pro 2 is $55 for 600) and scales by credit pack.
Use tool ↗About Bytecap
Bytecap takes a YouTube link or an upload and returns short vertical clips: it picks the moments, reframes 16:9 to 9:16 with subject tracking, writes word-level captions, drops in B-roll and motion graphics, generates a hook title and a thumbnail, then posts to your channels on a content calendar with analytics on the far side. There is also a faceless-video mode and an audio clipper for podcasts. Billing is credit-based — a free tier gives 50 credits a month with watermarked exports, Starter is $15 and the Pro packs scale by credit volume. It is a small operation: the footer credits Ali Mansour in Canada.
- Platforms
- Web
- API
- Not confirmed
- Last verified
- Oct 16, 2026
Verified sources
- Pricing page: Free $0 with 50 AI credits a month and watermarked exports, Starter $15/month with 150 credits, Pro 1 $29/month with 300 credits, Pro 2 $55/month with 600 credits (15 October 2026)bytecap.io ↗
- Site footer reads 'Made in Canada by Ali Mansour, © 2026 ByteCap' (15 October 2026)bytecap.io ↗
Is Bytecap legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Google Trust Services, valid until Dec 27, 2026Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 16, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 16, 2026The site answered
- Operated by
- ByteCap, CanadaOur research, card verified Oct 15, 2026
Pros & cons of Bytecap
Covers the whole loop from long recording to scheduled post, which is more than most clippers attempt — captions, reframe, B-roll, thumbnail and publishing sit in one workspace instead of four tools. Credits are the constraint: 150 a month on Starter goes quickly once B-roll and 4K exports are involved, and there is no API to script around it.
Pros
- Clipping, auto-reframe, word-level captions, B-roll and thumbnails in one pass
- Publishes and schedules directly to connected social channels with analytics
- Free tier is usable for evaluation, at 50 credits a month with watermarks
- 4K/60fps export, custom fonts and templates on Pro
Cons
- No public API
- Credit accounting is opaque until you read the comparison table
- Free exports carry a watermark
- One-person operation, so support and roadmap depend on a single maintainer
Best for
- Podcasters turning episodes into weekly shorts
- Solo creators who post daily across TikTok, Reels and Shorts
- Small agencies handling a handful of client channels
Not for
- Teams that need programmatic access or an API
- Anyone wanting fine manual control over every cut
Watch out: The Pro tier is a family of credit packs from $29 to well above it, so the advertised price is the floor, not the plan.
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