Highlightly vs Instories

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Highlightly compared with Instories
Detail	Highlightly	Instories
What it does	Turn articles, PDFs, and transcripts into source-backed social media graphics and captions	AI-powered platform for creating animated stories and social videos
Stage	Not given	Established
Founded	Not given	2018
Based in	Not given	CY
Pricing model	Freemium	Freemium
Pricing	Free plan with 20 credits. Pro: $15/month with 200 credits/month. Creator: $39/month with 800 credits/month. Agency: $99/month with 3,000 credits/month. Annual billing saves 20%. Source ingestion costs 6 credits for Faithful Extract, 8 for Clean Rewrite, 10 for Research Brief. Article search costs 2	Free tier available with limited features; paid plans available for additional features and capabilities
Key features	Extract quotes, stats, and hooks from articles, PDFs, and transcripts Multi-format input: article URLs, PDFs, DOCX, PPTX, YouTube transcripts, text paste, and article search Pre-filled quote cards, stat cards, carousels, and screenshots Brand kit application across all assets Multiple export ratios for different platforms Platform-specific captions for LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and Reddit Screenshot capture, slicing, and annotation LinkedIn carousel sequence builder Session auto-save and cloud sync AI-powered carousel and graphic generation	Over 300 stylish templates for stories, reels, shorts, and posts AI video generation with text-to-video scenes AI voiceover and auto-synced subtitles Auto-branding with logo, fonts, and colors AI script generator for business videos Team collaboration and commenting features Stock library with business-ready footage and icons Image generator and AI shorts creation Remove background tool Multi-format video export for social platforms
What makes it different	Real quotes and stats extracted from actual sources with no hallucination Source-backed extraction preserves attribution and credibility One source becomes a full content kit in under 60 seconds Automatic brand consistency applied across all assets Ready-to-edit templates reduce design time from 2 hours to seconds	Daily trend reviews and content categories updated twice a week Virality Score to estimate post performance potential All-in-one platform combining design, AI, and business tools Used by 15 million users creating 30 million videos monthly
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	16 −1 (down) since last check	44 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	21	5
Citation Flow (Majestic)	20	27
Referring domains (Majestic)	85	262

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