# MakeViral vs the alternatives

> Honest comparisons between MakeViral and other AI short video tools, each with real prices, the date we checked them, and where each tool wins.

Canonical: https://www.makeviral.ai/alternatives
Updated: 2026-10-23
Publisher: MakeViral (https://www.makeviral.ai)

Every comparison lists their real prices with the date we checked them, says where they win, and links the page we read the price on.

## Comparisons

- [Higgsfield Content Factory Alternative: MakeViral vs Content Factory (2026)](https://www.makeviral.ai/alternatives/higgsfield-content-factory): Higgsfield Content Factory vs MakeViral, checked October 23, 2026: formats, lengths, scene editing, the trend behind it and an honest table. Then make one. (Higgsfield Content Factory price checked 2026-10-23: No Content Factory price is listed (October 23, 2026). It runs on Higgsfield plan credits, with plans from $15 a month.)
- [Higgsfield Genjutsu Alternative: MakeViral vs Genjutsu (2026)](https://www.makeviral.ai/alternatives/higgsfield-genjutsu): Higgsfield Genjutsu vs MakeViral, checked October 21, 2026: real credit prices, clip limits, sound and an honest table. Compare both, then swap a clip. (Higgsfield Genjutsu price checked 2026-10-21: Plans, monthly: Starter $15 for 200 credits (no free Genjutsu generations listed), Plus $49 for 1,000 credits and Ultra $129 for 3,000 credits ($250 for 6,000, $375 for 9,000), each with 2 free Genjutsu generations at 720p. Billed annually: $15, $39 and $99 a month, with 3 free Genjutsu generations on Plus and Ultra. A Genjutsu clip of 15 seconds is 40 credits at 480p, 104 at 720p and 144 at 1080p (Higgsfield blog). No price for 10 seconds is listed. Prices exclude VAT.)
- [Crayo AI Alternative: MakeViral vs Crayo (2026)](https://www.makeviral.ai/alternatives/crayo-ai): Crayo AI vs MakeViral, checked September 15, 2026: real prices, an honest feature table, and where each tool wins. Compare both and pick yours. (Crayo AI price checked 2026-09-15: From $19/mo (Hobby, billed monthly) or $13/mo billed yearly at $160. Clipper $39/mo. Pro $79/mo. No free plan listed. No refunds.)
- [OpusClip Alternative: MakeViral vs OpusClip (2026)](https://www.makeviral.ai/alternatives/opus-clip): OpusClip clips long videos. MakeViral creates originals. Real prices checked September 15, 2026, an honest table, and where each one wins. (OpusClip price checked 2026-09-15: Free $0/mo (60 credits, watermark, 3-day export window). Starter $15/mo (150 credits, monthly only). Pro $29/mo, or $14.50/mo billed annually at $174 for 3,600 credits a year. Business is custom.)
- [AutoShorts.ai Alternative: MakeViral vs AutoShorts (2026)](https://www.makeviral.ai/alternatives/autoshorts-ai): An honest AutoShorts.ai alternative: real prices checked September 15, 2026, cost per video, and what auto-posting actually costs you. Compare both. (AutoShorts.ai price checked 2026-09-15: Starter $19/mo (posts 3x a week, 27 motion credits). Daily $39/mo (1 post a day, 62 credits). Hardcore $69/mo (2 posts a day, 124 credits). 1 series on every plan. Free plan temporarily suspended. No refunds.)
- [Submagic Alternative: MakeViral vs Submagic (2026)](https://www.makeviral.ai/alternatives/submagic): Submagic captions and clips the video you shot. MakeViral generates the video. Real prices checked September 15, 2026 and an honest table. (Submagic price checked 2026-09-15: Starter $19/mo (45 credits = 15 videos, 2 min max). Pro $39/mo (120 credits = 40 videos, 5 min). Business $69/mo (300 credits = 100 videos, 30 min). Billed yearly: $12, $23 and $41/mo. No watermark on any plan.)
- [InVideo AI Alternative: MakeViral vs InVideo (2026)](https://www.makeviral.ai/alternatives/invideo-ai): An honest InVideo AI alternative for faceless shorts: real prices and credit costs checked September 15, 2026, and where each tool wins. (InVideo AI price checked 2026-09-15: Basic $9 per seat/mo billed annually for 190 credits. Pro $30/mo, or $25 billed annually, for 1,000 credits. Ultra $80/mo, or $60 billed annually, for 3,000 credits. Enterprise is custom. No free plan listed.)
- [Arcads AI Alternative: MakeViral vs Arcads (2026)](https://www.makeviral.ai/alternatives/arcads-ai): Arcads AI vs MakeViral, checked September 17, 2026: Arcads hides its price, MakeViral publishes every one. Compare the two, then pick yours. (Arcads AI price checked 2026-09-17: https://www.arcads.ai/pricing returned HTTP 404 on September 17, 2026, and so did arcads.ai/pricing, /plans and app.arcads.ai/pricing. Their 280-URL sitemap lists no pricing page and the Wayback CDX index holds no capture of one. You must create an account to see a number. Third-party write-ups list $110 a month for Starter and $220 for Creator, with a sales-quoted Pro tier. Those are secondary sources, not Arcads, and we could not verify them.)
- [Creatify AI Alternative: MakeViral vs Creatify (2026)](https://www.makeviral.ai/alternatives/creatify): Creatify AI vs MakeViral, checked September 17, 2026: real plan prices, an honest feature table, and cost per ad. Compare both, then pick yours. (Creatify AI price checked 2026-09-17: A $0 plan with 10 credits a month and watermarked exports. Starter $39/mo for 100 credits. Pro $99/mo for 300 credits, with 500, 1,000, 2,000 and 5,000 options whose prices are not shown. Enterprise is quoted. An annual discount is advertised, but the annual figures render client side and are absent from the page HTML, so we could not verify them. There is an API, with no published price.)
- [MakeUGC Alternative: MakeViral vs MakeUGC (2026)](https://www.makeviral.ai/alternatives/makeugc): MakeUGC vs MakeViral, checked September 17, 2026: real plan prices, the $1 trial explained, and an honest feature table. Compare both, then pick yours. (MakeUGC price checked 2026-09-17: Start up $59/mo, or $29/mo billed annually, 500 credits. Growth $79/mo, or $39/mo annually, 1,000 credits. Pro $149/mo, or $79/mo annually, 2,000 credits, with 3,000 and 5,000 steps whose prices are not shown. Enterprise is quoted. Separate API plans: API Starter $99/mo, or $50/mo annually, and API Pro $299/mo, or $150/mo annually. No zero-dollar plan; the entry is a $1 trial, 72 hours on monthly and 24 hours on annual. The page carried heavy discount labels on the day we checked, so what you see may differ.)