Comparison
AutoShorts alternatives for a faceless series
AutoShorts.ai is built to create a faceless series and post it for you. A useful alternative depends on whether you want generated images on a frequency, or licensed stock on a clock you set. GhostViral AI is the stock-and-clock option: you approve the script, stock is matched to each sentence, and a paid Calendar can post or wait.
The short answer
If the job is hands-off posting of a topic series, AutoShorts, Revid, Faceless.video and Faceless.so all describe scheduled publishing on their own sites. If the job is real footage of real things, with a watermark-free export only after you pay and a human check before the first posts, start with GhostViral AI. Make the same 30-second script in two products before you move a channel.
Prices and plan limits below were copied from each company's public page. AutoShorts.ai, Revid, Faceless.video and Faceless.so were read on 29 October 2026. InVideo, Pictory and Fliki were read on 10 October 2026. Confirm on the vendor's page before you buy. GhostViral AI publishes this page.
What AutoShorts.ai says about itself
On 29 October 2026 the AutoShorts.ai homepage described a series flow: choose a topic or a custom prompt, preview and edit the script, title, images or music, then connect channels and let it post. The page title presents it as a faceless video generator for TikTok and YouTube. A button says you can try it free with no credit card. The pricing table's Free row is $0, creates 1 video, includes 1 series and 0 motion credits, and is marked temporarily paused.
Paid rows on that same table: Starter is $19 per month, posts 3 times a week, 1 series, 27 motion credits. Daily is $39 per month, posts once a day, 1 series, 62 motion credits. Hardcore is $69 per month, posts twice a day, 1 series, 124 motion credits. Each paid row lists auto-post, edit and preview, HD, background music, voice cloning and no watermark. The page does not state, in the text we could read, which stock library or image model the pictures come from. We do not guess.
Side by side
Read across a row. Empty-sounding cells are facts the public page did not give us, not a score of zero.
Prices and plan limits below were copied from each company's public page. AutoShorts.ai, Revid, Faceless.video and Faceless.so were read on 29 October 2026. InVideo, Pictory and Fliki were read on 10 October 2026. Confirm on the vendor's page before you buy. GhostViral AI publishes this page.
| Tool | Starts from | Visuals, as stated | Free access, as stated | Entry paid plan | Scheduled posting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AutoShorts.ai | A series topic or custom prompt | Homepage describes editing images. It does not name a stock library in the text we read. | Homepage offers a no-card try. The Free plan row is marked temporarily paused and creates 1 video. | $19/month, 3 posts a week, 1 series, 27 motion credits, no watermark | Yes. Frequency is part of the plan name: 3 times a week, once a day, or twice a day. |
| GhostViral AI | Topic or your script | Licensed stock only. No AI video, faces or avatars. | 60 credits, no card. Free exports carry a watermark. | Starter is $4.99 per week for 150 credits. Standard is $14.99 per month for 500 credits. Pro is $29.99 per month for 1,200 credits. Creator starts at $49 per month for 2,500 to 20,000 credits. | Yes, on paid plans, to YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and X, with approval or automatic. |
| Revid | Prompt, script, link, product page, audio or PDF, per its FAQ | FAQ says it can generate or source visuals. Pricing lists AI video models, avatars and face swaps. | Sign up without a card. New accounts get free credits. The page does not state how many. | Growth $39/month, or $32/month billed yearly, for 2,000 AI credits | Yes. One-click publish to TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and X, plus Auto-Mode workers. |
| Faceless.video | A niche, then AI-generated drafts you can edit | Not named as stock or generated on the pages we read. We do not infer it. | Homepage has a try-a-free-video section. Pricing page does not state a no-card credit grant. | Starter $20/month, 30 credits, up to 15 videos, 1 social account | Yes, to TikTok, YouTube or Instagram. FAQ says you cannot pick the exact time, only how often. |
| Faceless.so | A script or series, per its llms.txt | Described as visuals, without a library name on the llms.txt we read. | Signing up is free. Rendering uses credits from a paid plan. No free credit count was stated. | Starter $29/month, or $24/month billed yearly, 500 credits | Yes, to YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Threads and X. |
Where GhostViral AI is the alternative
New accounts get 60 free credits with no card. Free exports carry a watermark. Paid plans export without it. Starter is $4.99 per week for 150 credits. Standard is $14.99 per month for 500 credits. Pro is $29.99 per month for 1,200 credits. Creator starts at $49 per month for 2,500 to 20,000 credits. A 30-second Fast AI video costs 15 credits. Each post from the app costs 2 credits per platform. Downloading the MP4 and uploading it yourself costs nothing extra.
On a paid plan the Calendar makes a new video on the days and times you set and posts it to the YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and X accounts you pick, or holds it until you approve it. You can run 3 plans at a time, save up to 20, post at up to 3 times a day, and keep the day to 3 videos in total. A plan can include up to 6 accounts and up to 3 extra languages, each rendered as its own video. Weekly plans run up to 180 days.
Choose it over a frequency-based series tool when you care which sentence gets which clip, when you want 16:9 videos as well as Shorts, or when you want the post to wait until you have watched it. Do not choose it when you want voice cloning as a headline feature, a drawn character, or generated scenes. AutoShorts lists voice cloning on its paid rows. GhostViral AI uses an AI voice library or a recording you upload. It does not advertise voice cloning.
Related: YouTube Shorts automation · GhostViral AI vs Revid · GhostViral AI vs Faceless.so
A fair test
Write one 30-second explanation. Note an acceptable shot for each sentence. Make it in AutoShorts if the free creation path is available, and in GhostViral AI with the trial credits. Watch both muted. Count sentences whose picture is wrong. Then read the posting screen and see whether you can name the hour.
- Same script, same length, phone playback.
- Write down the visual source the product actually used.
- Check watermark, resolution and whether you can swap one scene.
- Check whether the schedule is a clock time or only a frequency.
- Decide after the exports, not after the homepage.
Questions
What is the closest AutoShorts alternative if I want real footage?
GhostViral AI. It uses licensed stock matched to each sentence and can post on a Calendar. It does not generate AI video. Confirm the current AutoShorts visual source on their site, because their homepage did not name a library when we read it.
Is AutoShorts free?
The homepage invites a no-card try. The pricing table's Free row, read on 29 October 2026, creates 1 video and is marked temporarily paused. Paid plans on that table start at $19 per month.
Does GhostViral AI post as often as an AutoShorts Daily plan?
You set the days and up to three times a day. A day holds three videos in total across plans. That can be daily. Credits are charged per video, not as a flat post count.
Which alternative posts to the most platforms?
Faceless.so's own llms.txt lists YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Threads and X. GhostViral AI posts to YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and X. AutoShorts' homepage presents TikTok and YouTube. We did not treat social-profile icons as a posting list.