People make videos with ChatGPT plus a stack of plugins. Here is what that stack takes, next to one app that does the whole job.
ChatGPT is a general chat AI. You ask, and it writes: post ideas, captions, scripts and hooks. It can make images too. Its plans run from a no-cost tier with limits, through Go at $8 a month in the US and Plus at $20 a month, to Pro from $100 a month. For writing, that is very good value.
VEXI (formerly Social Realtr) is an AI content studio that runs social media for entrepreneurs and creators. You describe what you want and it makes the posts, videos, designs and captions, then schedules and publishes them. Plans start at $199 a month, and every plan starts with a 15-day trial.
The difference is what happens after the words. With a chat AI you copy the text out, film or find the footage, cut it in an editor, add music and captions, pull stock clips, then load it all into a scheduler, or wire in plugins to do some of that. You are the one stitching it together. VEXI is service as software: you ask once, and the post comes back written, designed, edited and scheduled. VEXI costs more than ChatGPT: plans are $199, $399 or $599 a month. What you pay for is the work you no longer do.
ChatGPT writes the script and the caption. Filming, cutting, B-roll, music and on-screen captions happen in another app, and you do them.
VEXI edits the video for you: cuts, B-roll, music and captions. How deep the edit goes depends on your plan's mode, and anything you ask for wins.
ChatGPT does not post to Instagram or TikTok on its own. Third-party apps can connect it to a scheduler, which is one more account, one more setup and one more bill.
VEXI schedules and posts to your connected accounts itself.
A chat answers when you ask. Planning a week of posts and getting each one out on time is still on you.
VEXI Autopilot runs your week ahead: it writes, cuts and posts, and can wait for your approval on everything.
The Trustpilot profile for ChatGPT's maker is unclaimed and rated 1.3. Some reviewers report billing questions answered only by automated replies and usage limits that run out faster than expected.
A strong general chat AI and a cheap way to get words and pictures. It does not edit your footage or run your posting. For that you add an editor, a scheduler and stock footage, and do the stitching yourself.
$20/mo (Plus)One app: you ask, and it writes, designs, edits the video and posts it. Autopilot runs your week ahead.
$199/moChatGPT can write the script, the caption and a shot list, and it can make images. Cutting your footage, adding B-roll, music and captions, and exporting a finished video happen in a separate editor.
Not on its own. Third-party apps can connect ChatGPT to a scheduler. VEXI posts to your connected accounts itself, on a schedule or on Autopilot.
Priced monthly on each tool's own page: ChatGPT Plus $20 for the script, ElevenLabs Creator $22 for the voice, HeyGen Creator $29 for an avatar, CapCut Pro $19.99 for the edit, Canva Pro $18 for the cover and Buffer $15 to schedule comes to about $124 a month across six subscriptions. A leaner stack of ChatGPT Plus, ElevenLabs Starter $6, CapCut Pro and Buffer is about $61. Both are cheaper than VEXI. What you pay VEXI for is the work in between: the prompts, moving files, the edit, the checking and the posting.
As a subscription, yes: ChatGPT Plus is $20 a month. The rest of the stack is the real cost: an editor, a scheduler, stock footage and the hours to join them up. VEXI puts the making and the posting in one plan.
The Trustpilot profile for ChatGPT's maker is unclaimed and rated 1.3. Some reviewers report billing questions answered only by automated replies, accounts closed with little explanation, and usage limits that drain fast.
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