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Comparison, checked 2026-09-27

Crayo alternative (2026): GhostShorts and Crayo compared on price and formats

Crayo and GhostShorts both make Reddit story, fake text and clipping videos. Crayo's Hobby plan is $13.33 a month billed yearly, and its monthly-billing price is not shown on its pricing page. GhostShorts Starter is $19.99 a month for 30 videos, with no free plan but a free preview of your own input. Neither lists auto-posting.

Try a free step on your own story

The facts

Input
Text you supply or footage you upload: a story, a topic, an article URL, a written conversation, or a video file, depending on the template.
Output
One 1080x1920 MP4 at 30 fps, downloaded from your library.
Render time
About a minute. Measured on production over the 60 days to 2026-09-24: p50 61 seconds, p90 99 seconds, across all templates.
Free step
No free plan. Most templates show a free preview of your own input first, with no card. Split Screen has none.
Price
Starter is $19.99 a month and includes 30 videos. Prices on this page were checked 2026-09-27.
Auto-posting
None. GhostShorts does not post or schedule. You download the MP4 and post it yourself.
API and MCP
Yes, for four templates: reddit_story, fake_text_message, quiz_video and article_video, on the REST API and the MCP server.

One real example

14 seconds

What went in

Template
Reddit Story.
Title
I made my friend fail med school
Story
The creator's own text, about a roommate called Justin, two years of shared sleepless nights, and the week of exams that went wrong.
Voice
One AI voice, picked from the voice list in the wizard.
Background
Minecraft parkour, from the background library.

The title above is the card the video renders. The story summary is read from the captions in this clip, not from a saved draft.

Prices, side by side

Last verified 2026-09-27

USD before tax, read from each tool's own pricing page on 2026-09-27unless the footnote says otherwise. Prices change; check the tool's site before you pay. A number we could not confirm is not printed.

ToolCheapest published planFree tierAuto-postingAPI or MCP
CrayoThe tool this page compares againstHobby $13.33/mo (per month, billed yearly; $160 a year; the monthly-billing price is not shown)[1]Also: Clipper $27.25/mo billed yearly ($327 a year), Pro $55.33/mo billed yearly ($664 a year)None, per third-party reviews (no free plan or trial in 2026)Not listed on the pricing page"Developer API" listed; no MCP found
GhostShortsStarter $19.99/mo (monthly billing)[2]Also: Starter $16.66/mo on annual, Creator+ $39.99/mo, GhostMode $79.99/mo, Credit pack $9.99 one-timeNo free plan. Most templates have a free preview of your own input, with no card.No. It does not post or schedule; you download the MP4.Yes: REST API and MCP server, for four templates (Reddit story, text messages, quiz, article).
RevidHobby $39/mo (monthly billing; includes no AI credits)[3]Also: Growth $39/mo (promo price, shown crossed out from $99), Ultra $199/moTrial: the first video, no credit card requiredYes: TikTok, Instagram and YouTube on Growth and above; Auto-Mode schedulesYes: API, MCP and CLI on Growth and above
Faceless.soStarter $24/mo (monthly billing; pricing page figure; the homepage says "from $29/mo")[4]Also: Growth $49/mo, Influencer $107/mo, Ultra $166/moFree to sign up; what the free account includes is not confirmedYes: YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Threads and X, with "Unlimited Series"Homepage lists a REST API, a hosted MCP server (27 tools) and a CLI; the pricing page lists API access on Ultra only
  1. [1] Crayo: read from the tool's own page, read 2026-09-27. Source: crayo.ai/pricing.
  2. [2] GhostShorts: read from the tool's own page, read 2026-09-27. Source: ghostshorts.com/pricing.
  3. [3] Revid: read from the tool's own page, read 2026-09-27. Source: www.revid.ai/pricing.
  4. [4] Faceless.so: read from the tool's own page, read 2026-09-27. Source: faceless.so/pricing.

Where each tool fits, and where it does not

One line each, from the tool's own pages. GhostShorts is held to the same standard, so its row says what it does not do.

ToolWhere it fitsWhere it does not fit
CrayoReddit story, fake text, clipping, subtitles, AI voice and images, and face swap in one tool, with a "Developer API" listed.The headline prices are billed yearly and the monthly-billing price is not shown. Auto-posting is not listed. Third-party reviews say there is no free plan or trial and no refunds.
GhostShortsFixed templates including Reddit story, text messages, quiz, split screen, clipping, article to video and horror story, a free preview of your own input on most, and a REST API plus MCP server for four templates.It does not auto-post or schedule, there is no face swap or voice cloning, there is no free plan, and the app interface is English only.
RevidAuto-posts to TikTok, Instagram and YouTube on Growth and above, with API, MCP and CLI on the same plan.Hobby ($39 a month) includes no AI credits, and Growth at $39 a month is a promo price, shown crossed out from $99.
Faceless.soAuto-posts to seven platforms across 28 niches, including Reddit stories and fake text drama.Its pages disagree on the entry price ($24 a month on the pricing page, "from $29/mo" on the homepage) and list API access on Ultra only.

What Crayo users complain about

Quoted from Crayo on Trustpilot, rated 3.0/5 from 191 reviews when read on 2026-09-27. These are individual reviews, not a test we ran.

How we picked

This page compares GhostShorts with Crayo, plus two tools that cover what neither of them lists: auto-posting (Revid, Faceless.so). For more options, see the AutoShorts alternatives and Faceless.so alternatives pages.

Every price was read from the tool's own pricing page on 2026-09-27. Crayo's monthly-billing prices are not shown there, so only the yearly-billed figures appear. We did not test output quality or speed and nothing here is a ranking. GhostShorts is our product.

Crayo alternative: questions

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Crayo's pricing page, read 2026-09-27, shows Hobby at $13.33 a month, Clipper at $27.25 a month and Pro at $55.33 a month, all billed yearly ($160, $327 and $664 a year). The monthly-billing prices are not shown, so we do not publish them.
Not at the entry level on yearly billing. Crayo Hobby is $13.33 a month billed yearly; GhostShorts Starter is $16.66 a month billed yearly, or $19.99 month to month, for 30 videos. The plans meter different things (Crayo in credits and export hours, GhostShorts in videos), so compare against what you plan to make.
Third-party reviews from 2026 say it has neither, and the pricing page lists no free plan. GhostShorts has no free plan either, but most templates show a free preview of your own input before you pay.
Face swap. Crayo also tracks connected social accounts per plan. GhostShorts has no face swap, no voice cloning and no avatars.
Quiz, article to video, horror story and explained video templates, which Crayo's pricing page does not list, a free preview of your own input on most templates, and an MCP server alongside the REST API. Crayo lists a "Developer API" but we found no MCP server.
Neither lists auto-posting. GhostShorts gives you an MP4 to post yourself. If you want posting handled, Revid (Growth and above) and Faceless.so list it.
Yes. GhostShorts has an API and an MCP server. Connect it to Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT (via API) or n8n and ask for a video; see ghostshorts.com/developers.
API and MCP

Make this from ChatGPT, Claude or Cursor

The same template runs through the GhostShorts API and MCP server. Connect it once and ask your assistant for a video; it comes back as a finished MP4 on the same plan and credits.

claude mcp add --transport http ghostshorts https://api.ghostshorts.com/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer <your API key>"

This template is available as reddit_story on the API. Plain-text guide for agents

Link straight in: ghostshorts.com/reddit-story?title=…&story=…

Developer docsSet up the connector