ViCut vs Kutly
Both make long faceless YouTube videos from a prompt or your voiceover. Kutly goes up to 30 minutes with motion design; ViCut goes up to 35 minutes with licensed footage you review shot by shot.
Choose ViCut if…
- You publish 8–35 minute documentaries for YouTube
- You need real footage with a source and licence you can credit
- You want to check and swap every shot before a credit is spent on render
Choose Kutly if…
- You want motion design mixed into the edit
- Your videos stay between 8 and 30 minutes
- You want editing-only minutes for footage you already have
ViCut and Kutly compared
| Feature | ViCut | Kutly |
|---|---|---|
| Made for | Long faceless YouTube documentaries | Long videos from one prompt |
| Video length | 8–35 min | 8–30 min |
| Visuals | Licensed stock and archives: Wikimedia Commons, Openverse, Pexels, Pixabay, USGS maps | Motion design + curated footage |
| Footage licences and credits | Source on every shot; news-site photos marked as not licensed, one click swaps them; credits in the YouTube pack | Not listed |
| Review every shot before render | Yes | Not listed |
| Your own voiceover | Yes | Yes |
| AI voices and languages | 36 voices · English, Spanish, German | AI voices · languages not listed |
| Export | 1080p MP4, SRT subtitles, YouTube pack | 1080p |
| Price from | $25/mo | $29/mo |
| Per finished minute | $0.42–0.45 | $0.48–0.50 |
| Free plan | No | Not listed |
- ViCut
- Long faceless YouTube documentaries
- Kutly
- Long videos from one prompt
- ViCut
- 8–35 min
- Kutly
- 8–30 min
- ViCut
- Licensed stock and archives: Wikimedia Commons, Openverse, Pexels, Pixabay, USGS maps
- Kutly
- Motion design + curated footage
- ViCut
- Source on every shot; news-site photos marked as not licensed, one click swaps them; credits in the YouTube pack
- Kutly
- Not listed
- ViCut
- Yes
- Kutly
- Not listed
- ViCut
- Yes
- Kutly
- Yes
- ViCut
- 36 voices · English, Spanish, German
- Kutly
- AI voices · languages not listed
- ViCut
- 1080p MP4, SRT subtitles, YouTube pack
- Kutly
- 1080p
- ViCut
- $25/mo
- Kutly
- $29/mo
- ViCut
- $0.42–0.45
- Kutly
- $0.48–0.50
- ViCut
- No
- Kutly
- Not listed
Three things that set them apart
Length: a documentary, not a clip.
ViCut plans chapters, narration and footage for a video of 8 to 35 minutes, and the YouTube pack includes chapter timestamps for the description.
Kutly lists 8 to 30 minutes.
Footage you can publish.
Every shot comes from Wikimedia Commons, Openverse, Pexels, Pixabay or USGS historical maps and keeps its source and licence.
The YouTube pack lists the credits, ready to paste into the description.
You approve every shot.
The storyboard shows every scene before render, with alternative shots for each one. Scenes that need a look are marked for review.
Nothing is spent on rendering until you press Render.
What a month costs
Monthly billing, US dollars, list prices checked October 19, 2026.
Where Kutly is better
If these matter more to your channel, Kutly is the better pick.
- Motion design. Kutly mixes motion design with curated footage.
- Editing-only minutes. More minutes when you bring your own footage: 75 instead of 60 on Starter.
Switching from Kutly
Paste your script or upload your voiceover
Bring the script you wrote or the narration you recorded. ViCut splits it into scenes.
Review the storyboard
Check every scene, swap shots, music or style. Nothing is spent on render yet.
Render and download
Get the MP4 and the YouTube pack: subtitles, thumbnails, title, description with chapters and credits.
Questions about this comparison
Is ViCut cheaper than Kutly?
ViCut lists $0.42–0.45 per finished minute on monthly plans; Kutly lists $0.48–0.50. For 80 minutes a month, ViCut Creator is $55 and Kutly Creator is $99.
Where does the footage come from?
ViCut uses Wikimedia Commons, Openverse, Pexels, Pixabay and USGS historical maps, with the source and licence on every shot. Kutly describes its visuals as motion design and curated footage and doesn’t list sources on its pricing page.
Can I use my own voiceover?
Yes, in both. Upload your recording and ViCut builds the storyboard around it.
Can I monetize videos made with ViCut?
Each video is a new edit with a script, narration and footage chosen for your topic, and every shot keeps its source. YouTube reviews channels, not tools, so your own angle matters. Nobody can promise monetization.