Shortimize is often compared with short-form analytics tools, but it is built for companies paying UGC creators, not for monitoring competitors: they add the accounts of the creators they hire, track every video those creators post and pay them through Contra. Statly is built for agency owners, social media managers and growth operators who monitor the competitors and niches they don’t own, every day, and shows which of their videos beat their own account’s median.
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Choose Shortimize if you run a UGC or creator program and need to track and pay the creators you hire, with links into Mixpanel, Amplitude or PostHog. Choose Statly if you are an agency owner, social media manager or growth operator who monitors competitors rather than your own creators: every account you add is re-read daily across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and X, with 2,000 videos and 5 seats from €39 a month.
| Feature | Shortimize | Statly |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Tracking and paying the creators in your own UGC campaigns | Monitoring the competitors and niches you don’t own, every day |
| Platforms | TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook, plus Snapchat account analysis; the browser extension also lists X | Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and X |
| Outlier score | Outlier detection for view spikes; the threshold is not published | Views ÷ the account’s median views, on every video |
| Competitor research | Track any creator, competitor or brand account; a Competitor Tracking feature is listed as coming soon | Trend Finder ranks videos beating their account’s median across your niches |
| Data refresh | 24 hours on Launch, 12 hours on Scale; 1 hour and 4 hour add-ons | Every 24 hours, ready by a time you choose Faster refresh is coming soon. |
| Pricing model | Plans by videos stored: 1,000, 5,000 or unlimited on Enterprise | Plans by videos kept fresh: 2,000, 5,000 or 10,000 |
| Entry price | $99/month (Launch); yearly saves 20% | €39/month (Starter), or €390/year |
| Videos on the entry plan | 1,000, with a 3,000 option as an add-on | 2,000 |
| Price for 5,000 videos | $249/month (Scale) | €89/month (Scale) |
| Tracked accounts | Unlimited on every plan | No account limit on any paid plan |
| Team seats | 1 on Launch, 3 on Scale, unlimited on Enterprise | 5 on Starter, 10 on Scale, unlimited on Agency |
| Creator payments | Yes: payouts and tax forms with Contra | No |
| Integrations | Slack, Discord, Mixpanel, Amplitude, PostHog and webhooks | Telegram, Discord and Slack updates on paid plans |
| API and MCP | Add-on on Launch and Scale (price not published); included on Enterprise | Included on Scale (€89/month) and Agency |
| Browser extension | Chrome and Firefox: TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, Snapchat and X | Optional free Chrome extension for quick scans of Instagram, TikTok, X and Reddit profiles |
| White label | On Enterprise | No |
| Try it | 7-day free trial, cancel any time; card terms not stated | Free preview: 500 videos for 3 days, no card |
Shortimize is built around your own creators: you add the accounts in your UGC campaigns, it tracks every video they post and pays them, which is why it has a payment system. Statly is built around everyone else: the competitors and niches you want to learn from.
Shortimize and Statly both track short-form accounts, so Shortimize is often compared with short-form analytics tools. But it is built for companies paying UGC creators, not for monitoring competitors: add the accounts in your own campaign, track every video those creators post and pay them. Statly has no creator payouts on purpose, because it is not the middle man between companies and UGC creators. It is built for agency owners, social media managers and growth operators who monitor competitors and niches they do not own.
Statly does the reading every day. You decide what to make next.
Each account gets a baseline: its median views. A video’s outlier score is its views divided by that median, so a small account’s breakout is as visible as a big account’s.
Trend Finder shows what is growing fastest since the last daily scan, the top outliers and the top sounds across your niches. Save the winners to your Library with tags and folders.
No, it is not designed for that. Shortimize is often compared with short-form analytics tools, but it is built for companies paying UGC creators: they add the accounts in their own campaigns, track every video and pay those creators through Contra. It can track any public account, and its own homepage lists competitor tracking as coming soon. Statly is built to monitor the competitors and niches you do not own, every day.
Agency owners, social media managers and growth operators who monitor competitors and niches they do not own. Statly never posts, needs no logins and tracks any public account on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and X every day. It is not built to track or pay the creators in your own UGC campaigns.
Yes, if what you need is daily research on specific public accounts and their outliers. Statly scans every account you add every 24 hours and scores each video against its own account’s median. If you mainly run a UGC program and need creator payouts, faster refresh or product analytics integrations, Shortimize covers more of that.
Yes. Statly Starter is €39 a month with 2,000 videos and 5 seats, and Shortimize Launch is $99 a month with 1,000 videos and 1 seat. For 5,000 videos, Statly Scale is €89 a month with 10 seats, API and MCP, while Shortimize Scale is $249 a month with 3 seats and API as an add-on.
Statly covers Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and X. Shortimize covers TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook, offers Snapchat account analysis, and its browser extension also lists Snapchat and X.
Shortimize, on higher plans: Launch refreshes every 24 hours, Scale every 12 hours, and 1 hour or 4 hour refresh is sold as an add-on. Statly re-reads every account every 24 hours, ready by a local time you choose. Faster refresh is coming soon.
No, on purpose. Statly is not the middle man between companies and UGC creators, so it has no payouts. Shortimize offers creator payments and tax forms through Contra, because it is built to track and pay the creators in your own campaigns.
Yes. Shortimize offers a 7-day free trial; it does not state whether a card is needed. Statly has a free preview: 500 videos from as many accounts as you like, scanned daily for 3 days, with no card.
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