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Both turn an idea, a blog post or a script into a social video and schedule it to your channels. Zebracat covers 170+ languages, voice clones and custom avatars; ShortFast starts lower, counts in credits and gives each channel a fixed style from 27.
Zebracat and ShortFast overlap closely. Both take an idea, a script or existing text and produce a finished social video with voice, captions and visuals, and both can schedule the result to your channels. Zebracat's own pages describe a full loop from finding what performs in your niche to editing and publishing.
Zebracat is the better pick if you need voices in many languages (it lists 170+), voice clones and custom avatars, video translation, or a refund window: it refunds in full within 7 days if you have not downloaded a video. ShortFast is the better pick if you want to start at $19, want a fixed illustrated style per channel such as stick figures, whiteboard or claymation, want dozens of videos a month on the entry plan, or want an API without an Enterprise contract.
Side by side
| Dimension | ShortFast | Zebracat |
|---|---|---|
| Starting point | A topic, a prompt or a script, for one video or an automated series. | An idea, text, a blog post or audio; it can also connect to your website. |
| Visuals | 27 styles: licensed stock footage, AI video, or AI images in a fixed art style. AI presenters for UGC-style video. | Stock clips, generative AI video (credits) and AI avatars; custom avatars from Super Cat. |
| Voice and language | 40+ narration voices. No voice cloning. | AI voices in 170+ languages; 5 voice clones a month on Super Cat, 10 on Unlimited Cat; translation into 25+ languages. |
| Publishing | Automatic posting to TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts on a schedule. | Scheduling to your social channels after you approve each video. |
| Videos per plan | Credits: about 80 stock-footage or 40 AI art-style videos on Starter (typical). | 15 videos a month on Cat Mode, 40 on Super Cat, unlimited on Unlimited Cat, plus generative AI credits. |
| Refunds | At ShortFast's discretion, per its terms; the $1 three-day trial lets you test first. | Full refund within 7 days if you haven't downloaded a video. |
| Developer access | REST API, webhooks and an MCP server on every plan. | API on the Enterprise plan ($599+ a month). |
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ShortFast and Zebracat plans
Prices from each vendor's pricing page, checked
| Plan | Monthly | Billed yearly, per month | Includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| ShortFast Starter | $19 | $15 | 1,000 credits: about 80 stock-footage or 40 AI art-style videos (typical) |
| ShortFast Pro | $39 | $31 | 5,000 credits; 3 automations and accounts |
| ShortFast Advanced | $99 | $79 | 10,000 credits; 6 automations and accounts |
| Zebracat Cat Mode | $39 | $23 | 15 videos, 350 generative AI credits a month |
| Zebracat Super Cat | $99 | $59 | 40 videos, 1,400 credits, 5 custom avatars, 5 voice clones |
| Zebracat Unlimited Cat | $199 | $119 | Unlimited videos, 3,600 credits, 10 custom avatars, 10 voice clones |
Zebracat's page shows the yearly price with the monthly one struck through; Enterprise starts at $599 a month. ShortFast counts are typical, not limits.
Sources: ShortFast pricing · Zebracat pricing
Zebracat describes a complete workflow: it can analyse what performs in your niche, turn ideas, text, blog posts or audio into edited videos, and schedule approved videos to your social channels. Its strengths are language and personalisation: AI voices in 170+ languages, translation into 25+ languages, and from the Super Cat plan, custom avatars and voice clones.
ShortFast concentrates on short-form channels. You set a theme, a style and a schedule, and each automation writes, renders and posts a new video to TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts in your audience's timezone. Every video uses one of 27 styles, from licensed documentary footage to stick figures, whiteboard, anime or claymation, so a channel keeps one recognisable look, and UGC-style videos use a lip-synced AI presenter.
Zebracat counts videos: 15 a month on Cat Mode at $39, 40 on Super Cat at $99, and unlimited on Unlimited Cat at $199, each with a pool of generative AI credits for AI video scenes. Billed yearly they are $23, $59 and $119 a month. It offers a full refund within 7 days if you have not downloaded a video.
ShortFast counts credits: Starter is $19 for 1,000, Pro $39 for 5,000 and Advanced $99 for 10,000. A typical stock-footage short uses about 12 credits and an AI art-style one about 25, so even Starter covers far more than 15 videos; fully animated videos use about 464, so if every scene must be AI video, compare carefully.
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Another text-to-video suite with many languages.
Learn moreComparisonAn AI editor and generator, compared.
Learn moreBlogOne tool per job, with prices and licence limits.
Learn moreVideo stylesStick figures, anime, claymation, documentary footage and more.
Learn moreGuideHow a scheduled Shorts pipeline works end to end.
Learn moreThree days of full access. If Zebracat suits you better, that's a useful thing to find out cheaply.