Spikes Studio
Let’s be honest—editing videos is exhausting. You spend hours recording, and then twice that trying to turn it into something people will actually watch. That’s where Spikes Studio comes in. It’s an AI-powered video editing tool that helps you quickly turn your long-form content (like podcasts, streams, interviews, or tutorials) into short, social-ready clips for TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts.
I haven’t personally used Spikes Studio yet, but I’ve explored the features and it’s seriously promising for creators who want to work smarter, not harder.
What Is Spikes Studio?
Spikes Studio uses AI trained on millions of videos to automatically find the most interesting, high-retention moments in your long videos. It then helps you edit them into attention-grabbing shorts—with captions, emojis, zoom-ins, and everything else that makes scroll-stopping content.
It’s especially useful if you:
- Run a podcast and want more discoverability
- Post interviews or webinars and need engaging highlights
- Just don’t have the time (or budget) for manual editing
Key Features
AI-Powered Clip Finder
The AI digs through your videos and automatically selects moments that are likely to go viral. You don’t need to mark timestamps or rewatch hours of footage.
Vertical Video Editing
It reformats clips into mobile-friendly 9:16 videos with auto-cropping, smart zooms, and animated captions that highlight keywords.
Content Intelligence
It doesn’t just edit—it thinks. Spikes Studio analyzes trends and formats your clips to match what’s working on TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and Reels.
Easy Organization
Your projects are stored neatly in the cloud, so you can keep your podcast episodes, interviews, or streams organized and accessible from anywhere.
Auto-Publish & Scheduler
It supports direct publishing or scheduling to YouTube, TikTok, LinkedIn, and more—saving you even more time.
Pricing Plans
Basic Plan – Free
- 30 minutes per year
- 720p export quality
- Watermarked videos
- Auto-captions
- Basic editor
- No credit card required
Perfect for testing the platform without any commitment.
PRO+ Plan – $32.99/month (billed monthly)
- 300 minutes per month (just $0.10 per min with flexible credits)
- 1080p export
- No watermark
- Animated captions
- AI B-roll
- GIFs & animations
- Video transcription
- Pay with PayPal
Great for serious creators and small teams who want full access.
Enterprise Plan – $115.99/month (billed monthly)
- 1200 minutes per month (only $0.09 per min with flexible credits)
- 1080p export
- Custom templates
- Fast processing speed
- Unlimited cloud storage
- Dedicated account manager
- API access available on request
Best suited for agencies, production teams, or creators scaling up fast.
Why It Stood Out to Me
As someone who creates content regularly, I know how hard it is to keep up with posting short clips everywhere. Tools like Spikes Studio remove the bottleneck—especially if you’re a solo creator or a small team without an editor.
It’s not just “AI editing”—it’s AI strategy baked into your workflow.
Pros & Cons
Pros:
- Saves hours of manual editing
- Beginner-friendly UI with smart defaults
- Edits and formats for multiple platforms
- Reasonable pricing for the features
Cons:
- Requires internet (cloud-based editor)
- AI clipping isn’t 100% perfect—you might still tweak a few clips
- No mobile app yet (desktop-focused)
Final Thoughts
If you’re sitting on a backlog of long-form content and wishing you had the time (or energy) to turn it into shorts, Spikes Studio is worth trying. It’s one of those tools that helps you scale your content without needing a full production team.
The future of content is short, fast, and AI-assisted—and Spikes Studio fits right in.
