ShortsAIAn AI UGC video generator with lip-synced actors
Describe a product or paste its URL. ShortsAI writes a script, generates a lip-synced AI actor with a voiceover, and adds b-roll, subtitles and a hook overlay. Output is a 9:16 video ready for TikTok, Reels and Shorts.
Low Cost mode is about $0.65 per video and Premium about $2.00, billed by the generation providers under your own keys.
Videos are labelled as AI-generated where platforms require it, and the tool does not imitate real people.
What is a UGC video, and what makes an AI one?
UGC stands for user-generated content: the talking-to-camera, phone-shot style of ad that performs on TikTok and Reels because it looks like a recommendation rather than a commercial. Brands pay creators to make them. An AI UGC video generator produces the same format with a synthetic presenter, so a business can test ten angles in an afternoon instead of briefing ten creators.
How does ShortsAI generate a UGC video?
- Describe the business, or paste a website URL and let the AI read it.
- The script is written for 30 to 60 seconds of vertical video: a hook, the pitch, a call to action.
- Choose an AI actor from the gallery, or upload a photo to use as the presenter.
- The actor is generated with matched lip movement to an ElevenLabs voiceover, then b-roll, TikTok-style subtitles and a hook overlay are added.
- Preview, regenerate any part, then download or publish.
What does an AI UGC video cost?
The generation is done by fal.ai (video) and ElevenLabs (voice) and billed by them, not by ShortsAI. Low Cost mode comes to roughly $0.65 per finished video and Premium roughly $2.00, with the difference in actor realism and resolution. ShortsAI itself charges nothing; you connect your own fal.ai and ElevenLabs keys.
Who is it for?
The examples that work best are the ones people assume it cannot do: restaurants, local services, e-commerce products, coaches and courses, as well as apps and SaaS. The script model is given the business description, not a template, so a dentist and a Shopify store get different structures. Where it is weak is anything that needs the product physically handled on camera; b-roll can show it, but the actor cannot hold it.
Is it allowed on the platforms?
TikTok, Instagram and YouTube all permit AI-generated video and all require it to be disclosed in some form. ShortsAI marks the output as AI-generated, uses actors that are synthetic or supplied by you, and will not generate a likeness of a named real person. Read the current disclosure rules on each platform before running paid ads with the output; they change, and this page was last checked on 2026-08-26.
Common questions
- Can I use my own face as the AI actor?
- Yes. Upload a photo and the actor is generated from it with lip-sync to the voiceover.
- Does the AI write the script?
- Yes, from a description or a website URL. You can edit the script before the video is generated.
- How long does generation take?
- Usually a few minutes per video, most of it in the actor generation step at the provider.
- Is the UGC generator free?
- ShortsAI itself is free, but generating each video uses paid third-party APIs at roughly $0.65 to $2.00 per video.