Last updated: 2026-07-20
Shorz is a Windows AI video editor that auto-clips long footage into 300 short cuts and turns scripts, footage, or a photo into Shorts, avatars, podcasts.
Shorz is a Windows-only AI video production app built around four project types, auto-edit, text-to-video, talking avatar, and podcast, finished with automatic subtitles, B-roll, and thumbnails, and it ships an MCP endpoint that lets Claude or Cursor start a render job directly.
Shorz is a Windows desktop application built by Shorz AI, founded by Don Rando, that generates and edits video from a script, raw footage, or a single photo instead of a manual timeline. It packages auto-editing, text-to-video, talking-avatar, and AI-podcast production into one workspace so a single creator can output review videos, UGC ads, and Shorts without hiring an editor. Each project type in Shorz follows its own pipeline before landing in a shared finishing layer. Footage-first projects get automatic cut selection, script-first projects get AI-rendered visuals and narration, a single photo becomes a lip-synced spokesperson, and one audio file becomes a two-host video with captions already animated. From there every mode shares the same subtitle, B-roll, thumbnail, music, and multi-aspect export layer, so one idea publishes in landscape, portrait, and square without rebuilding the project. The tool targets faceless YouTube channel operators, short-form creators repurposing long recordings into Shorts and Reels, podcast hosts who want a video companion to an audio show, and affiliate or UGC marketers producing talking-head ad variants at volume. An MCP endpoint lets Claude, Cursor, and other agent clients kick off a render and pull back the finished file without opening the desktop app. The Windows app itself installs at no cost, with every workflow, effect, and export unlocked; the only spend is a one-time credit pack (Starter, Creator, or Studio) that never expires and is billed per generation rather than per month. Shorz runs on Windows only, with no Apple or browser-based client, and there are no free AI credits to sample the workflow before buying a pack.
One-time, non-expiring credit packs power every workflow: Starter at 19.90 euros, Creator at 99.90 euros (about 10,000 credits), and Studio at 199.90 euros. There is no subscription and no free AI credits; unused credits are refundable within 30 days of purchase.
Shorz skips monthly billing entirely: pick a one-time pack, Starter for 19.90 euros, Creator for 99.90 euros near 10,000 credits, or Studio for 199.90 euros, then spend credits per render instead of per month. Unused credits carry over with no expiration date, and Shorz refunds what you have not spent within 30 days of purchase.
Shorz does not offer free AI generation credits or a trial tier. The desktop app is free to download and includes every workflow, effect, and export, but any auto-edit, avatar, or podcast render draws down a paid credit pack.
Descript, CapCut, and Synthesia are the closest alternatives. Choose Descript for text-based long-form editing built around a transcript-first workflow, pick CapCut for fast, template-driven Shorts and Reels, and choose Synthesia when a corporate talking-avatar video matters more than auto-editing raw footage.
Descript edits by transcript and suits long-form podcast-to-video work, while Shorz is built around no-timeline generation: drop in a script, footage, or one photo and get a finished Short, avatar clip, or podcast cut without touching a transcript. Shorz also runs on non-expiring credits instead of Descript's tiered monthly subscription.
Download the Windows installer, roughly 1.6GB, from shorz.ai, sign in, and buy a credit pack to enable AI generation; setup takes about 10 to 20 minutes. Pick a project type, Auto Edit, Text-to-Video, Avatar, or Podcast, upload your script, footage, or photo, and Shorz renders a first draft.
Shorz is a Windows app that turns scripts, footage, or a single photo into 4 video formats: auto-edited clips, text-to-video, talking avatars, and AI podcasts.
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