Reelsta vs Crayo
Crayo and Reelsta get shortlisted together, but they are not the same kind of product — and they are not even quoted on the same billing basis, which is why most comparisons of the two report Crayo's prices incorrectly.
The short answer
The honest headline is that these two barely overlap. Crayo is an editing studio for a defined set of viral clip formats; Reelsta is an always-on channel that produces and publishes original faceless videos without you touching them.
Judging on price is where people go wrong, because they compare Crayo's $13 annual rate with Reelsta's $19 monthly one. Line them up correctly and it is $19 / $39 / $69 against $19 / $39 / $79 — Reelsta metering finished, published videos, Crayo metering credits, minutes and storage.
If you want a channel that posts daily to TikTok, Instagram and YouTube on its own, that is what Reelsta is built for. If you want Reddit or fake-text clips styled on demand, Crayo is the more direct fit — and if unattended publishing decides it for you, ask Crayo, because its pricing page does not address it either way.
Side by side
| Feature | Reelsta | Crayo |
|---|---|---|
| Core model | Generates original faceless videos and posts them on a schedule | Clip and edit formats: fake texts, Reddit, split-screen, streamer, auto clip, subtitles |
| What the plan meters | Cadence — 3 videos/week, 1/day or 2/day | Capacity — workflow credits, export minutes, voiceover minutes, images, storage |
| Entry tier (month-to-month) | $19/mo Hobby — 3 videos per week | $19/mo Hobby — 50 workflow credits/mo, 40 min export |
| Middle tier (month-to-month) | $39/mo Daily — 1 video per day | $39/mo Clipper — 150 workflow credits/mo, 2 hrs export |
| Top tier (month-to-month) | $69/mo Pro — 2 videos per day | $79/mo Pro — 250 workflow credits/mo, 4 hrs export |
| What the pricing page shows on load | Monthly prices ($19 / $39 / $69) | Annual rates ($13 / $27 / $55 per month, billed yearly) |
| Published annual pricing | Yearly plan advertised, amounts not printed on the page | Yes — $160 / $327 / $664 per year |
| Auto-posting to social platforms | Yes — TikTok, Instagram and YouTube, on schedule | No publishing destinations documented on its pricing page |
| Social account analytics | Not advertised on the pricing page | Social tracker accounts: 1 / 3 / 10 by tier |
| Published cost per video | $1.46 / $1.30 / $1.15 by tier | Not derivable — credits per video not published |
| Running several channels | Extra series sold as a paid add-on | No series concept — limits are credits, minutes and storage |
Where Reelsta wins
- Reelsta publishes for you. Its pricing page states "Auto-posting to TikTok, Instagram & YouTube" and "New videos created automatically on schedule". Crayo's pricing page documents no publishing destinations at all.
- You supply a niche, not material. Crayo's published formats are clip- and edit-oriented; Reelsta writes the script, narrates it, generates the visuals and burns in the captions from scratch.
- Output you can plan around: 3 videos a week, 1 a day or 2 a day. Crayo's allowance is 50, 150 or 250 workflow credits a month, and its page never states how many credits a finished video consumes.
- A published cost per video — $1.46, $1.30 and $1.15 by tier. The equivalent figure cannot be worked out for Crayo from anything it publishes.
- Cheaper at the top: Reelsta Pro is $69 a month against Crayo Pro at $79, month-to-month against month-to-month. The entry and middle tiers land identically, at $19 and $39.
The longer version
Crayo is a clip-and-edit studio. Its published output formats are fake-texts videos, Reddit videos, split-screen, streamer videos, auto clip and quick subtitles. Reelsta is a content engine: set a niche once and it produces original faceless videos on a schedule, then posts them to TikTok, Instagram and YouTube.
That difference shows up in what each plan meters: Crayo sells capacity, Reelsta sells cadence. Everything below was checked against both pricing pages on 6 August 2026.
Which one fits you
Choose Reelsta if…
- You want a faceless channel that runs itself — original videos generated and auto-posted to TikTok, Instagram and YouTube on a schedule.
- You have no footage to work from and no interest in editing anything.
- You want a predictable posting cadence and a known cost per finished video.
- You are publishing to all three major short-form platforms rather than collecting exports.
Choose Crayo if…
- You specifically want fake-texts, Reddit, split-screen or streamer clip formats.
- Your output is bursty, so a monthly credit pool fits better than a fixed daily cadence.
- You want analytics tracking across several social accounts (up to 10 on Pro).
- You want a published annual price and will commit for a year to take the roughly 30% discount.
What each one costs
Checked 6 August 2026. Crayo's pricing page defaults to annual billing — the toggle ships pre-selected beside "Annual Discount / Save 30%" — so the figures shown on load ($13, $27 and $55 "per month") are annual-billing rates, not month-to-month prices. The small print gives the real commitment: billed yearly at $160, $327 and $664. Those per-month figures are rounded down, too: $160 divided by 12 is $13.33, not $13. Crayo's genuine month-to-month prices are $19, $39 and $79, and they are not rendered in the served page at all — we read them from Crayo's own pricing bundle, linked below. The 30% discount claim checks out at all three tiers. Reelsta's page defaults the other way: prices shown are monthly ($19 / $39 / $69), currently reduced from a $27 / $56 / $99 list under a seasonal promotion, billed monthly and cancellable any time.
Common questions
Is Crayo $13 or $19 a month?
Both, depending on how you pay. $13 is the annual-billing rate Crayo's page displays by default, because the toggle ships pre-selected on "Annual Discount / Save 30%". Month-to-month, Hobby is $19. The $13 is also rounded down: the actual commitment is $160 a year, or $13.33 a month. Clipper and Pro follow the same pattern — $27 and $55 shown, $39 and $79 if you pay monthly.
Does Crayo auto-post to TikTok and Instagram the way Reelsta does?
Reelsta does: its pricing page states "Auto-posting to TikTok, Instagram & YouTube". For Crayo we cannot say either way, and we will not guess. Its pricing page names no publishing destinations. The only social row is "Social tracker accounts", which reads as analytics rather than publishing, and its YouTube and TikTok downloader is an input tool for pulling source footage, not an output channel. If unattended posting is your deciding factor, confirm it with Crayo directly.
Crayo Hobby and Reelsta Hobby are both $19 — what actually differs?
Same tier name, same month-to-month price, a completely different unit of value. Crayo's $19 buys 50 workflow credits a month plus 40 minutes of export, 30 voiceover minutes, 100 AI images, 25GB of storage and tracking for one social account. Reelsta's $19 buys 3 finished videos a week, generated end-to-end and auto-posted to TikTok, Instagram and YouTube.
How many videos does a Crayo workflow credit make?
Crayo publishes the allowance — 50, 150 and 250 credits a month — but not the consumption rate per finished video, so a like-for-like per-video cost cannot be calculated from published information. Budget by capacity instead. Reelsta publishes the other number directly: $1.46, $1.30 and $1.15 per video across its three tiers.
Which is cheaper over a full year?
Crayo publishes its annual totals: $160, $327 and $664. Reelsta advertises a yearly option but computes the amounts in the browser and never prints them, so we will not quote a Reelsta annual figure here. The only apples-to-apples comparison available today is month-to-month: $19 / $39 / $69 against $19 / $39 / $79.
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Create your first videoCrayo details checked 2026-08-06 against their own site. Companies change pricing and features without notice. Sources: Crayo pricing page (annual rates, credit allowances, social tracker accounts, output formats) · Crayo pricing bundle (month-to-month prices: Hobby $19, Clipper $39, Pro $79) · Reelsta pricing page (monthly tiers, per-video cost, auto-posting and schedule claims). Crayo is a trademark of its respective owner; this page is not affiliated with or endorsed by Crayo.