Publishers

ViewMade's Starter plan costs 29 USD per month for 50 renders, which works out at 0.58 USD per Short as measured on 22 August 2026. This page explains what that arithmetic looks like when the person pressing the button is a publisher with an existing archive and a house style to protect.

What is actually different for you

Most tools in this category treat every user identically: a solo creator and a publishing desk get the same prompt box and the same output. For a publisher, three things change.

First, you already own an archive. ViewMade does not generate visuals with a video model. It pulls real archive footage, maps, and charts, so your Shorts can sit next to your existing editorial output without looking machine-made. Every render ships with a media credit file naming the source of each clip. When a reader, a rights holder, or your own legal desk asks where frame 14 came from, the answer is in the package, not in someone's memory.

Second, you have a house style. Seven embedded caption styles, five narration languages, and a fixed 1080x1920 vertical output mean the format decisions are made once and then repeat across every Short. The style survives staff turnover because it lives in the settings, not in one editor's habits.

Third, there is approval. You publish under a masthead. A media credit file per render means an editor can check sourcing before upload instead of after a complaint. ViewMade's YouTube access is read-only (youtube.readonly); it cannot upload, edit, delete, or comment on your channel. The token is discarded after import and no refresh token is stored. Your team stays the publishing gate.

The arithmetic

The Starter plan is monthly only, with no yearly option. At 29 USD per month for 50 renders, each finished Short costs 0.58 USD. If your desk publishes daily, 50 renders covers roughly six weeks of output before you need more capacity.

The Pro plan runs at 59 USD per month, or 29.5 USD per month on the yearly equivalent, which totals 354 USD per year and represents a 50 percent discount against the monthly rate. Pro includes 150 renders per month, which brings the cost per Short down to 0.20 USD. Pro also adds 10 AI children videos per month, a priority render queue, and API plus MCP access. API access matters for publishers because it lets the render step sit inside an existing content pipeline rather than beside it.

There is no free tier and no signup credit. Production starts after successful payment. An agency plan exists at custom pricing if volume exceeds what Pro covers.

What you get back

Each render returns a complete upload package:

1. A finished vertical documentary Short at 1080x1920.
2. Word-for-word subtitles, burned into the image, in one of seven styles.
3. Narration in one of five languages.
4. A title, description, and tags.
5. Background music.
6. Licensed real footage, not generated imagery.
7. The media credit file listing the source of every clip.
8. A cover image.

The interface itself is available in seven languages: English, Turkish, German, Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese.

The media credit file deserves emphasis. For a publisher, sourced material is not a nice-to-have. It is the difference between a Short that survives an inquiry and one that gets pulled. Every clip in every render carries its provenance in writing.

Where this is the wrong tool for you

If your team already has footage and needs to edit around a recording with maximum control, use Descript. Its Hobbyist plan costs 16 USD per person per month on the yearly rate or 24 USD monthly, and it produces watermark-free output. Descript edits what you supply; ViewMade builds from archive.

If your problem is a long back-catalogue of horizontal videos that should become Shorts, use Opus Clip. It finds clips inside long videos you have already made, has a free tier, and its Starter plan costs 15 USD per month with 150 credits, no card required for the trial. That workflow is closer to your actual bottleneck than topic-to-video generation.

If you want broad general-purpose generation from a prompt rather than documentary sourcing, InVideo fits better, though its plans are billed yearly: Plus at 17 USD per month equivalent, Max at 85 USD, Elite at 900 USD. ViewMade is built for real events with named sources. If sources do not matter to your output, pick one of the above.

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Frequently asked questions

Does ViewMade publish to our YouTube channel?

No. Access is limited to youtube.readonly. It cannot upload, edit, delete, or comment. The access token is discarded after import and no refresh token is kept.

Is the footage AI-generated?

No. Visuals come from real archives, maps, and charts. Each render includes a media credit file stating the source of every clip.

What does a Short cost?

Starter: 0.58 USD per render at 50 renders per month for 29 USD. Pro: 0.20 USD per render at 150 renders per month for 59 USD monthly or 29.5 USD monthly on the yearly plan. Figures measured 22 August 2026.

Can we match our existing visual identity?

Partly. Seven caption styles, five narration languages, and consistent 1080x1920 output let you fix a repeatable look. Full brand customisation beyond these options is not part of the current product.