Highlightly vs PassiveShorts

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Highlightly compared with PassiveShorts
Detail	Highlightly	PassiveShorts
What it does	Turn articles, PDFs, and transcripts into source-backed social media graphics and captions	AI faceless video generator that auto-posts to YouTube and TikTok
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Pricing model	Freemium	Not given
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	Basic: $19/month for 3 posts per week. Pro: $39/month for 1 post per day. Yearly billing offers 2 months free. Pricing is per series; users can run up to 10 series simultaneously.
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	Auto-post to YouTube and TikTok on schedule 19 visual styles from photorealistic to anime and claymation AI-generated scripts and voiceovers Custom caption styles with fonts and animations Review videos before publishing or post as private Create slideshows from uploaded or generated images Run up to 10 video series simultaneously Custom topic creation for video content
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	Fully automated video generation and publishing with no editing or manual uploads required Full commercial rights to generated videos with no licensing fees 7-day automatic refund based on unused video allowance No face or recording required—completely faceless channel operation
Free plan	Not given	Not given
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Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	16 −1 (down) since last check	17 +1 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	21	5
Citation Flow (Majestic)	20	26
Referring domains (Majestic)	85	52

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