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Zebracat
Faceless short-form videos built for TikTok, Reels and Shorts volume
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Facts checked · Nov 2026 — the pricing, free-plan and watermark facts on this page were checked against Zebracat's official pages. See how we verify and the listing changelog.
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Our verdict
A shorts factory with a marketer's priorities: text in, captioned vertical video out, priced by the year in minutes — excellent at volume for TikTok, Reels and Shorts, and not pretending to be anything else.
Zebracat at a glance
| Starting price | Free plan available; paid plans from $23/month billed annually |
| Pricing type | Freemium |
| Free plan | Yes |
| Category | Faceless YouTube Tools |
What Zebracat really costs
Zebracat's pricing is refreshingly legible: you buy finished minutes per year. Cat Mode on annual billing is $23/month — $276 a year — for 120 minutes of video a year, which works out at $2.30 per finished minute. Super Cat ($59/month billed annually, $708 a year) covers 360 minutes at about $1.97 per minute, and Unlimited Cat removes the minute meter altogether for $119/month billed annually. Annual billing saves 40% against the monthly prices on every paid tier.
The cards below use Cat Mode, the entry tier. Because the allowance is annual, a 'retake' does not cost money directly — it costs minutes from the same yearly pot, which is why the honest way to read the multipliers is as minutes consumed per finished minute you publish.
$2.30
per finished minute on annual Cat Mode — published as generated
$4.60
per finished minute if each published minute takes two generated minutes
$6.90
per finished minute at three generated minutes per published minute
Derivation: Cat Mode billed annually is $23/month ($276/year) for 120 minutes of video per year per Zebracat's pricing page, so $276 ÷ 120 = $2.30 per minute. Super Cat works out at about $1.97/minute ($708 ÷ 360). Figures from Zebracat's official pricing page, checked Nov 2026.
What is Zebracat?
Zebracat turns text into short vertical videos for TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts. Give it a prompt or a script and it assembles AI visuals, a voiceover, captions and music into a faceless short, using templates tuned for social marketing rather than general editing. It exists for one workflow repeated often: a marketer or creator who needs a steady stream of short videos and does not want to film, record or edit any of them by hand.
Everything about the product follows that focus. Plans are measured in minutes of video per year, the editor trades deep control for speed, and the top tier simply removes the minute limit. The honest limits follow too: this is not where you make a considered ten-minute YouTube video, and a Zebracat short looks like what it is — a well-made template production. For accounts that grow on posting volume, that is the correct trade, and Zebracat is unusually upfront about its pricing for it.
How Zebracat works
- 1Start on the free plan described on Zebracat's pricing page — up to 5 videos, in 720p, up to 30 seconds each, with standard AI voices and no credit card required.
- 2Enter a prompt or paste a script for one short; give it a hook in the first line, because the format rewards it.
- 3Pick a marketing template and let Zebracat generate the visuals, voiceover and captions.
- 4Review the draft like an editor: swap visuals that miss the script's meaning, fix caption errors and check the voiceover's pronunciation.
- 5Export in the vertical format your platform needs and post it — then repeat, because the tool's economics reward a series, not a one-off.
- 6When the free allowance is out, choose a paid tier by minutes: how much finished short-form video you will actually publish in a year.
Core features
Text-to-short-video generation
Prompts or scripts become complete vertical shorts — visuals, voiceover, captions and pacing assembled for you, which is the entire job for faceless social content.
AI voiceover and captions
Generated narration means no recording setup, and captions are part of the standard output rather than an extra step — paid plans widen the voice choice beyond the free plan's standard voices.
Social aspect ratios and templates
Formats and marketing templates shaped for TikTok, Reels and Shorts, so the output is platform-shaped from the start instead of cropped as an afterthought.
Custom avatars on higher plans
According to Zebracat's pricing page, Super Cat and Unlimited Cat plans let you create custom avatars alongside the library presenters, for channels that want a recurring face.
Minutes-per-year plans
Paid tiers are denominated in finished minutes per year — 120 on Cat Mode, 360 on Super Cat and unlimited on Unlimited Cat — a unit a marketer can plan a content calendar against.
Enterprise tier
Above the self-serve plans, the pricing page lists custom Enterprise plans from $599/month with invoicing and wire transfer payment for larger teams.
The free plan — the full truth
Zebracat's own pricing page describes a free plan, and it is specific: up to 5 videos in total, standard AI voices, 720p quality and a maximum of 30 seconds per video, with no credit card required to sign up. That is a genuine test of the full prompt-to-post workflow — enough to learn whether template shorts fit your account before any money moves. The free tier described here comes from Zebracat's pricing page, checked Nov 2026, and our listing now records it.
Five short videos is a sample, not a channel. The paid tiers are bought in minutes per year, and the free plan's 720p ceiling and standard voices mark the quality jump a subscription buys. We have not verified watermark or commercial-use terms for Zebracat's free output, so treat free videos as auditions for the tool — publish your serious series from a paid plan.
- • Free plan: up to 5 videos total, per the pricing page — a sample, not an allowance that renews
- • Free videos are capped at 30 seconds and 720p, with standard AI voices
- • Watermark and commercial terms for free output are not verified in our data
- • Paid plans ration by minutes per year (120 on Cat Mode) — heavy months borrow from quiet ones
- • Long-form video is outside the product's design entirely
Zebracat pricing plans
| Plan | Price | Credits included | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Up to 5 videos total, 720p, maximum 30 seconds per video, standard AI voices | Testing the prompt-to-post workflow before paying |
| Cat Mode | $23/month billed annually ($39 billed monthly) | 120 minutes of video per year | Solo creators and small brands starting a steady shorts schedule |
| Super Cat | $59/month billed annually ($99 billed monthly) | 360 minutes of video per year; adds custom avatars | Marketers publishing several shorts a week across platforms |
| Unlimited Cat | $119/month billed annually ($199 billed monthly) | Unlimited video minutes; custom avatars included | High-volume faceless channels and teams that would outrun a minute cap |
Plan names, prices and minute allowances are from Zebracat's official pricing page (its pricing FAQ), checked Nov 2026. Annual billing saves 40% on every paid plan; custom Enterprise plans are listed from $599/month. Note: Zebracat previously presented as a paid-only product; its pricing page now describes the free plan shown above, and our listing has been updated to match.
Pros
- + Built for exactly one job — faceless shorts — and fast at it
- + Unusually clear pricing: minutes per year, with a 40% annual saving
- + Free plan tests the real workflow with no credit card
- + Voiceover and captions are generated as part of the standard flow
- + An unlimited tier exists for channels that outgrow minute caps
Cons
- − Short-form only — long-form YouTube is outside its design
- − Template production has a creative ceiling a full editor does not
- − Minutes-per-year rationing punishes bursty publishing on lower tiers
- − The free plan's five videos run out in a single testing session
- − Our listing and its pricing page currently disagree on whether a free plan exists — the pricing page is the newer source
Best for
- ✓ Marketers producing faceless TikTok, Reels and Shorts content at volume
- ✓ Solo creators running a themed shorts channel without filming
- ✓ Small brands that need a predictable yearly video allowance
Not ideal for
- ✕ Long-form YouTube or documentary-style work
- ✕ Creators who want frame-level editing control over every cut
- ✕ One-off videos — the value only appears across a publishing schedule
Zebracat alternatives
See all alternatives →InVideo AI is the first alternative in this category and the better pick when some of your videos need to be long-form — it builds fuller videos from prompts as well as shorts. Pictory suits creators turning scripts and articles into faceless videos with stock footage, a more editorial route. Fliki is worth comparing for script-to-video with a strong voiceover focus. Choose Zebracat when the calendar is all shorts, all vertical, all the time — it is the specialist, and the others are generalists.
InVideo AI
InVideo AI generates a full video from a single prompt — writing the script, adding voiceover, stock or generated visuals, captions and music. It is one of the most used tools for faceless YouTube channels because the first draft arrives almost complete and can then be edited with simple text commands.
Pictory
Pictory converts a script, blog post or long video into a short narrated video by matching stock visuals to each line of text. It is popular with marketers and faceless channels that repurpose written content into video with minimal editing skill.
Fliki converts text into videos with AI narration from a large voice library, matched stock visuals and captions. It is aimed at creators and marketers who want narrated videos in many languages without recording anything themselves.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Zebracat free?
Zebracat's pricing page describes a free plan: up to 5 videos, 720p, up to 30 seconds each, with standard AI voices and no credit card required. It is a test allowance; ongoing publishing needs a paid plan. (Our directory listing still classifies it as paid-only — the pricing page is the newer source.)
How much does Zebracat cost per video?
Plans buy minutes per year. On annual Cat Mode ($276/year for 120 minutes) a finished minute costs $2.30, so a 30-second short costs about $1.15 in allowance if published as generated. Super Cat brings the minute cost down to roughly $1.97.
What is Zebracat for?
Making faceless short-form videos for TikTok, Reels and YouTube Shorts from text — AI visuals, voiceover and captions included, tuned for marketing volume.
Does Zebracat make long videos?
No — its focus is short-form; even its plan structure is built around short vertical output. For long-form faceless videos, a tool like InVideo AI is a better fit.
Do I need to record a voiceover for Zebracat?
No. AI voiceover is generated as part of the workflow; the free plan includes standard AI voices, and paid plans widen the choice.
Zebracat or InVideo AI?
Zebracat is the shorts specialist — vertical, templated, priced in minutes per year. InVideo AI is the broader tool, covering longer videos from prompts too. If your calendar mixes formats, InVideo; if it is shorts only, Zebracat.