Faceless Channel Automation Tool
A 22 August 2026 pricing check puts ViewMade's Starter plan at 29 USD a month for 50 renders, which works out to 0.58 USD per finished Short.
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A 22 August 2026 pricing check puts ViewMade's Starter plan at 29 USD a month for 50 renders, which works out to 0.58 USD per finished Short. This page explains what a faceless channel automation tool does, how it works, what it costs, and when it is the wrong choice for your channel.
What it does
The tool takes one topic and returns a finished vertical documentary Short: sourced research, script, voiceover, real archive footage, word-by-word subtitles, a cover image, and an upload package. It does not generate visuals with a video model. It pulls footage from real archives, maps, and charts instead. Each render ships with a media credits file naming the source of every clip.
One topic produces:
- A 1080x1920 vertical documentary Short with embedded subtitles
- A title, description, and tags ready for upload
- A media credits file listing the source of every clip
How it works
- Research. The tool researches the topic before writing anything. It builds a sourced evidence base, and no claim enters the script without a source behind it.
- Script. The script is written from that evidence base. Sentences are declarative, numbers lead where they exist, and nothing unsupported gets written.
- Voiceover and footage. The script is voiced in one of 5 supported languages, then matched to real archive footage, maps, and graphs rather than generated frames. Subtitles are burned into the image word by word, in one of 7 caption styles.
- Delivery. You receive the finished render plus its upload package. The package contains the title, description, tags, background music, licensed real footage, and the media credits file. Production starts after payment succeeds.
Where the footage comes from
This is the part that separates this tool from most of the category. Most tools in this space generate their visuals with a video model or pull generic stock clips. This tool sources real archive footage, maps, and charts, and it attaches a media credits file to every render naming where each clip came from. If your Short covers a historical event, a geographic story, or a documented case, the viewer sees actual material connected to it, not an approximation of it. That matters for two reasons. First, audiences watching documentary-style content notice fabricated imagery quickly, and comment sections call it out. Second, if you ever need to answer for a claim in a video, the credits file tells you exactly which clip came from where. Tools like InVideo and Revid generate their visuals, and Pictory draws from a stock library. None of them ship a per-clip source file. StoryShort uses web-sourced imagery and provides only partial sourcing. Real archive material with named sources is the narrow difference here, and it is the reason this page exists.
What it costs
There are two plans and no free tier. Registration credit is 0 USD, and production begins only after payment succeeds.
| Plan | Price | Renders | Per Short |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | 29 USD monthly | 50 per month | 0.58 USD |
| Pro | 59 USD monthly, or 29.5 USD monthly billed yearly at 354 USD total | 150 per month | 0.20 USD |
Starter is monthly only, with no annual plan. Pro carries a 50 percent discount on the annual commitment and adds 10 AI child videos per month, a priority render queue, and API plus MCP access. Agency pricing is custom. At Pro volume, a channel publishing 150 Shorts a month pays 0.20 USD per finished video.
When this is the wrong tool
Honest limits, because this tool fails three common jobs. First, if you already have footage and want to edit it, this is not an editor. Descript gives you the most control editing around a recording, CapCut edits scripts and clips you supply, and Submagic captions and polishes an existing clip. All three are better fits than this tool for that job. Second, if you want a presenter on camera without owning a camera, HeyGen exists for exactly that, and this tool does not do avatars. Third, if your topic has no archival footprint, meaning abstract concepts, fictional scenarios, or purely speculative subjects, there is no real footage to source, and the core advantage disappears. For those topics, a generation-first tool such as InVideo handles the job more directly. This tool is built for real events with a record, and outside that scope it is the wrong pick.
<!-- faq -->Frequently asked questions
How much does it cost per video?
Starter costs 29 USD a month for 50 renders, or 0.58 USD per Short as of the 22 August 2026 pricing check. Pro costs 59 USD monthly or 354 USD yearly, which brings the per-Short cost to 0.20 USD across 150 monthly renders. There is no free tier.
Is the footage AI-generated?
No. Visuals come from real archives, maps, and charts, not a video model. Every render includes a media credits file naming the source of each clip. This is the main structural difference from tools like Revid and AutoShorts, which generate their visuals.
Does it upload to my YouTube channel?
No. The YouTube connection requests read-only permission only, scoped to youtube.readonly. The access token is discarded after import and no refresh token is stored. The tool cannot upload, edit, delete, or comment on your channel. You download the package and publish it yourself.
What languages are supported?
Voiceover runs in 5 languages. The interface runs in 7: English, Turkish, German, Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese. Subtitles are embedded in the image and can be styled in 7 ways.
Can I run a whole channel hands-off with this?
Partially. One topic in produces a complete, publish-ready Short out, including title, description, tags, cover image, and music, so the production side is automated end to end. The publishing step stays manual by design, since the tool holds no write access to any channel. If you want scheduled automatic publishing, AutoShorts is built for scheduled, hands-off publishing from a topic, though it generates its visuals and provides no source credits.