VideoTube
Verified Oct 15, 2026 ActiveCuts long uploads into vertical shorts with captions, silence removal and a viral score
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Freemium
Signup grants 100 credits and each generated video costs 10 or more; purchased credits expire 365 days after purchase. The plan cards on the pricing page did not render to a non-JavaScript client on 15 October 2026 (only 'Free', 'Upgrade' and a 30% badge), so no pack or subscription price could be confirmed; the FAQ now refers to subscriptions and a sliding refund (full within 24 hours if under 10% of credits used, within 72 hours if under 5%, none after).
Use tool ↗About VideoTube
VideoTube takes a long recording or a YouTube link and returns short vertical clips for TikTok, YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels. It picks the moments itself, scores each clip for engagement potential, adds animated subtitles, strips silence and filler words, reframes to vertical and can drop in B-roll, and the same account is pitched as an all-in-one video and shorts creation platform with further generators. Payment is a credit balance: new accounts get 100 credits, each video costs at least 10, purchased credits last 365 days, and refunds taper off within 72 hours of purchase depending on how many credits were used. The footer names VideoTube, Inc. and the terms cite California law; no address is given.
- Platforms
- Web
- API
- Not confirmed
- Last verified
- Oct 15, 2026
Verified sources
- Home page: AI highlight detection, viral score, smart captions, auto reframe, silence and filler removal, AI B-roll; upload or YouTube link; targets TikTok, YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels; no API or models named (15 October 2026)videotube.ai ↗
- Pricing page FAQ: 100 credits on registration, at least 10 credits per generated video, purchased credits expire after 365 days, refund tiers at 24 and 72 hours, 'cancel my subscription' wording; plan cards and pack prices not rendered to a non-JS client; footer ©2026 VideoTube, Inc. (15 October 2026)videotube.ai ↗
- Terms of service: governed by the laws of the State of California, United States; no legal address given (15 October 2026)videotube.ai ↗
Is VideoTube legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- Domain registered
- Nov 18, 2024 (1 year ago)Registry record (RDAP), registrar GoDaddy.com, LLC, looked up Sep 6, 2026
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Google Trust Services, valid until Nov 28, 2026Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 15, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 15, 2026The site answered
- Operated by
- VideoTube, Inc.Our research, card verified Oct 15, 2026
Pros & cons of VideoTube
VideoTube covers the standard repurposing chain and prices it in credits rather than seats, which suits people who clip in bursts. The bundled generators are a grab-bag pointing at other vendors' models. The vendor tells you almost nothing about itself, and the credit cost per video makes real throughput more expensive than the headline pack suggests.
Pros
- Highlight detection, viral scoring, animated captions, silence removal and auto-reframe in one pass
- 100 free credits on signup and clip generation without a card
- Purchased credits stay valid for 365 days
- A refund window of up to 72 hours, scaled by how many credits were used
Cons
- At 10-plus credits a video, a small pack covers only a few dozen short clips
- Pack prices no longer render without JavaScript, so the cost cannot be compared before signing in
- The extra generators are thin wrappers around third-party models
- Only a company name and California governing law are disclosed, with no address or team
Best for
- Creators who clip occasionally and hate monthly subscriptions
- Podcasters pulling vertical highlights from long episodes
- People who want captions and reframing without installing software
Not for
- High-volume teams clipping daily, where credits get costly
- Anyone who needs a named vendor and contract for procurement
Watch out: The pricing page's plan cards did not render on 15 October 2026, and the FAQ now talks about 'subscriptions' with a sliding refund window (full refund only if under 10% of credits are used within 24 hours, under 5% within 72 hours, nothing after). Check the actual pack or plan price in the signed-in checkout before buying.
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