COMPARISON · FACELESS CHANNEL AUTOPILOT
Both run faceless channels on a schedule. The difference is where the AI bill goes, how much of the pipeline you can see, and whether you can host it yourself.
Facts about AutoShorts.ai were read from their own site on 19 September 2026. Plans and prices change — check theirs before deciding.
AutoShorts.ai is the simpler way to put one faceless series on autopilot. VideoPost AI is for running the same thing at a cost you control, with the research and review stages visible and the option to host it yourself.
WHAT AUTOSHORTS.AI IS GOOD AT
AutoShorts.ai is built around a single idea done well: pick a topic, pick a style, and it creates and posts a video series on a fixed cadence. Its plans are named after how often you post, which makes the product genuinely easy to buy and understand.
SIDE BY SIDE
Their column describes what their own pages say the product does.
| VideoPost AI | AutoShorts.ai | |
|---|---|---|
| What you pay for AI | Bring your own provider keys. AI usage is billed to you by OpenRouter, OpenAI, Gemini, Anthropic or ElevenLabs at their price, not resold as credits. | Included in the plan, metered as motion and image credits. Plans are tied to posting frequency rather than to AI spend. |
| Output limit | Set by your plan limits and your own provider spend, not by a fixed posting cadence. | The plan sets the cadence: the published tiers post three times a week, once a day, or twice a day, for one series each. |
| Where it runs | Cloud, or self-hosted on your own server with a lifetime licence. Docker, Railway, a VPS or the desktop app. | A hosted service. There is no self-hosted or on-premise option. |
| Research before writing | Trend research, verified facts, script, scene plan, narration, captions, music, render, review and publishing in one project. | A topic or a custom prompt begins the series; there is no separate research stage to inspect. |
| Review before publishing | Originality, factual grounding, visual relevance and duration are checked before a video can be published. | Videos can be previewed and edited before they post. |
| Publishing | Scheduled publishing to connected YouTube, TikTok and Instagram channels, with a review gate before anything goes out. | Auto-posts to connected channels on the plan cadence. |
| Cost visibility | Every AI call is recorded with its real cost, per video and per provider. | Credit balances rather than per-video cost in currency. |
Pricing on 19 September 2026: AutoShorts.ai published Starter at $19, Daily at $39 and Hardcore at $69 per month, each covering one series at a fixed posting cadence, with its free tier marked as temporarily paused. VideoPost AI publishes its own plans on the pricing page, and because you connect your own AI keys, what you spend on models is billed to you by the provider rather than resold.
QUESTIONS
For running a faceless series to a schedule, yes — that is what both do. The working difference is that you connect your own AI provider keys, so the cost of each video appears on your provider bill rather than inside a credit allowance, and you can inspect and reject the research and script stages before anything renders.
It depends entirely on volume and on which models you choose. A plan with AI included is simpler to predict; bringing your own keys is usually cheaper at higher volume and can be close to nothing in Free mode, because you are paying the model provider directly rather than a margin on credits. VideoPost AI records the real cost of every call so you can check this against your own numbers rather than take our word for it.
There is no import. You would recreate the series as a project in VideoPost AI and reconnect the same YouTube, TikTok or Instagram channel. Videos already published stay where they are, on your channel, and are unaffected.
TONIGHT COULD BE THE FIRST NIGHT
Bring your own key, start on the free models, and let VideoPost AI make and post the videos.
