Run every client's short form video from one place, without the editor hours
An agency selling short form video sells a number of finished videos per client per month, and every one of them starts as a raw recording someone has to cut, caption, cover and export. RealTake does that first pass and most of the second, in each client's brand kit, so the number you sell stops being capped by the hours you have.
RealTake is the AI for short form video that agencies use to deliver client volume without adding editor hours: raw client footage in, finished videos in the client's brand out, batched and scheduled from one place.
- A Director does the first passCuts, captions, b-roll from the client's own library, motion graphics and sound, planned before anything is assembled.
- Every client in their own brandProjects per client, a brand kit per client, styles refreshed weekly from what is working on social.
- Batch, approve, scheduleReview a batch in the Studio, then schedule to LinkedIn, TikTok, Instagram and YouTube. A team member can upload and review using your account.
Empire is built for teams and agencies running volume. Every feature on every plan.
Three clients, forty videos, one Tuesday.
The agency whose retainers are capped by editor hours
A social, content or editing agency with a handful of clients on short form retainers, a small team, and a founder who still opens the editor when a deadline slips.
Shoot days, revision rounds, a client who wants it “more like the other guy”, a freelancer who went quiet. Every new client adds editor hours in a straight line, so growth means hiring before the margin arrives.
Short form is the retainer every client wants and the one hardest to deliver at margin. The agency that can promise finished, on-brand videos in days instead of weeks wins the pitch and keeps the account.
What has been stopping you
Four things agency founders tell us, in roughly this order.
“Every new client is an editor we have not hired yet.”
Output scales with hours. Add a client and you add a freelancer at a typical $50 to 150 a video, or a hire you cannot justify until the retainer is signed.
“The first pass eats the week. The creative gets whatever is left.”
Trimming, captioning, assembling. The part that makes a video good comes after the part that makes it exist, and the second part is where the hours go.
“Client A's videos cannot look like client B's.”
A template library makes every account look like the same account. Brands notice, and so do their followers.
“Revisions live in four Slack threads and an email.”
Client feedback comes in scattered, the editor interprets it, the export goes out, and the client finds one more caption to change.
Client footage in. On-brand, finished, scheduled videos out.
The first pass is planned, not performed
Before anything is assembled, a Director plans each video: hook, pacing, style, where b-roll and camera moves go. Then it builds it. The hours you spent on trimming and assembly go back to the creative.
Finished to approval quality
Smart cuts, word-level captions, b-roll from the client's library, 200+ motion graphics for every number and list, sound effects and ducked music. Every cut labeled and reversible. Rendering runs in the cloud while your team does something else.
Projects per client, brand kit per client
Each client lives in its own project with its own brand kit. Styles are built from the formats working on social this week, so a client's feed looks current, not templated.
Their footage, pulled in when they mention it
Upload a client's product shots, location footage and demos to their library once. Clips are indexed by what is in them and placed when the client says the word. Licensed stock and AI-generated visuals fill the gaps, approved before they run.
One review screen per video
The whole edit sits on one timeline in the Studio: captions, titles, graphics, b-roll, sound. Fix the caption, swap the clip, move the title, press Continue. Changes before render cost nothing; a re-render of a finished video costs a fraction.
Editor's notes you can forward
Every finished video comes with a breakdown of what was changed, time saved, a score for hook, content and pacing, and one thing to try next time. It reads like the note your senior editor would have written.
Batch a month, schedule the month
Upload a client's shoot in one go, review the batch, then schedule to LinkedIn, TikTok, Instagram and YouTube from RealTake. A team member can upload and review using your account, and Clips turns a client's podcast or webinar into finished clips from one recording.
Empire is the volume plan
Around 107 to 213 finished videos a month on Empire, every feature included, cost shown before each render, failed renders never charged, an email before any renewal.
The review your client would have done, done once
The whole edit on one timeline: captions, titles, graphics, b-roll, video, filters and sound. Trim, reorder, move, resize, per-word caption editing, a camera-move gallery, stock search and the client's library in one side panel.
- Changes before render cost nothing
- Restore any cut, swap any clip, fix any word
- Press Continue when it is right
What to film this week
Six videos to ask every client to film on the next shoot day. Each one is easy to get from a nervous speaker and worth watching when it lands.
The question customers ask most
The client answers it as they would on a call. The easiest take to get, and the one that gets saved and sent.
One mistake they see every week
A common error in the client's field and what they recommend instead. Opinion travels.
Their process in three steps
Have them say each step aloud. Spoken lists become on-screen step trackers.
What it costs, and why
A plain explanation of how the client prices their work. Numbers you say become numbers on screen.
Something they changed their mind about
A short opinion with a clear before and after. Hooks itself.
A walk through one product or service
Pair the take with the client's own footage from the library; it appears when they mention it.
Six clients, six looks, one workflow
Cuts, captions, title, b-roll, graphics and sound on every one, each in its own brand kit.
How an agency runs it
Shoot
One shoot day per client. Have them talk straight through; restarts are fine.
Upload to the client's project
Batch the day's recordings into that client's project with their brand kit. A team member can do this in your account.
Review the batch
Open each video in the Studio, fix what needs fixing, press Continue. Editor's notes come with every one.
Schedule the month
LinkedIn, TikTok, Instagram and YouTube from RealTake, or download the files for the client's own posting.
Put one client's shoot day through it.
Free plan: 5 watermarked videos a month. No credit card.
Which plan an agency needs
Authority at $99 a month, or $59 billed yearly, covers around 38 to 76 finished videos, enough for two or three retainers at a video a day each. Empire at $249, or $149 billed yearly, is built for teams and agencies running volume: around 107 to 213 finished videos a month. Every plan has every feature, including Clips, posting and scheduling; you see the cost of a video before it is made; failed renders are never charged; and you get an email before any renewal. Full details on the pricing page.
FAQs
What is the best AI tool for short form video for agencies?
Can a team member run it without me?
Can each client have their own look?
Can it cut a client's podcast or webinar into clips?
Does RealTake post to the clients' accounts?
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For agencies
Best AI tool for short form video for agencies: RealTake turns a raw phone video into a finished, posted video in minutes. Why other tools fall short, Oct 2026.
Read →Social media agency vs RealTake
Boutique social media agencies run $5K to $10K a month, on contracts, with day-long turnarounds. RealTake finishes and posts your video in minutes, from $49.
Read →The Studio
The RealTake Studio shows the whole AI edit on one screen. Restore cuts, fix captions, swap b-roll, move any element, then press Continue to render.
Read →The next retainer does not need the next hire.
Put one client's footage through it today.
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