Reelyze alternatives for short-form video
Short version: Silma reads your video frame by frame, scores the hook, names the second viewers drop off and checks your draft before you post, like Reelyze. It costs less at every paid tier, gives you one pool of credits instead of per-feature counts, tracks more competitor accounts per dollar, and never writes the script for you. You get the reason and the fix list; the hook stays yours.
Why pick Silma over Reelyze
It costs less at every tier. Lite is $9 against Reelyze Creator at $19. Starter is $29 against Pro at $49. Pro is $79 against Studio at $149.
One pool of credits, no per-feature caps. Reelyze sells a number of analyses a month. Silma gives you credits to spend however the week goes: a pre-check is 5, a full breakdown of a new reel is 12, a chat message is 1. A heavy research week followed by a quiet one draws from the same balance.
More competitor accounts for the money. Silma Starter tracks 5 accounts at $29, against 2 on Reelyze Creator. Silma Pro tracks 15 at $79, against up to 10 on Reelyze Pro. Tracked accounts are re-scanned every day, and you can trigger a scan on demand.
It leaves the writing to you. Reelyze’s Content Studio generates scripts, hooks and captions. Silma stops at the verdict and the ranked fix list on purpose. The people it is built for are not short of drafts, they are short of direction, and a machine’s draft in the way is one more thing to rewrite.
A person when you want one. Silma Studio is a strategist doing the work rather than software. Nothing on getreelyze.com offers an equivalent.
What you get in both
Both read the video itself rather than only its metrics, score the hook, explain drop-off with timestamps, check a draft before you post, rank posts against the account’s own median, track competitor accounts and give you an AI chat grounded in your own posts. On the core read, you are not giving anything up by choosing Silma.
Side by side
| Silma | Reelyze | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest paid plan | Lite $9/mo, 200 credits, 1 tracked account | Creator $19/mo, 20 analyses, 2 competitors |
| Middle tier | Starter $29/mo, 600 credits, 5 tracked accounts | Pro $49/mo, 60 analyses, up to 10 competitors |
| Top tier | Pro $79/mo, 1,500 credits, 15 tracked accounts | Studio $149/mo, 200 analyses, API |
| How usage is metered | One credit pool, no per-feature caps | Analyses per month, competitor cap by tier |
| Done-for-you strategy | Yes, Silma Studio | Not claimed |
| Frame-level video read | Yes | Yes |
| Hook scoring | Yes | Yes |
| Drop-off explained by timestamp | Yes | Yes |
| Score a draft before posting | Yes, Pre-Check | Yes |
| Ranked against the account’s own median | Yes | Yes |
| AI chat grounded in your own posts | Yes | Yes |
| Platforms | Instagram Reels, TikTok, YouTube Shorts | Instagram Reels, TikTok, YouTube Shorts |
| Writes scripts, hooks and captions | No, by design | Yes, Content Studio |
| Try before subscribing | No | $5 one-time Safe Try, or a 3-day trial |
| API / agent access | No | Yes |
Reelyze prices, plan limits and feature names from getreelyze.com, read 8 September 2026 and re-checked 23 September 2026, monthly billing. Silma prices from silma.app/pricing. “Not claimed” means we did not find it on their site, not that we tested for it.
When to choose Silma
- You write your own hooks and want the reason last week worked, not a machine’s draft.
- You want the same frame-level read and draft check for less, at every tier.
- Your usage is lumpy, and one credit pool suits you better than a fixed monthly analysis count.
- You track more accounts than you analyse: 15 on Silma Pro at $79.
- You want the option of handing the strategy to a person, through Silma Studio.
When Reelyze may fit better
- You want the script, hooks and captions generated for you.
- You want to try it for $5 before subscribing.
- You need API access.
Other tools people compare
Virlo is a social listening tool that now writes scripts too, compared here. Sandcastles is an outlier database with a script writer, compared here. Shortimize is a metrics dashboard for teams, compared here. Instagram Insights and TikTok Studio are free and worth using regardless; they show your own account after the fact, with no cross-account baseline and no pre-publish check.
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Questions
Is Silma a good Reelyze alternative?+
Yes. Silma does the same core job, reading a video frame by frame, scoring the hook, naming the drop points and checking your draft before you post, and it costs less at every paid tier: $9 against $19, $29 against $49, $79 against $149. The one thing it will not do is write your next script; Silma gives you the reason and the fix list and leaves the writing to you.
Which one is cheaper?+
Silma, at every paid tier: Lite $9 against Creator $19, Starter $29 against Pro $49, Pro $79 against Studio $149. Silma gives you one pool of credits to spend on anything, where a pre-check is 5 credits and a full breakdown of a new reel is 12; Reelyze counts analyses per month. Reelyze also sells a $5 one-time Safe Try with 5 analyses over 30 days.
How many competitor accounts can I track?+
On Silma, 1 on Lite, 5 on Starter and 15 on Pro, re-scanned every day. Reelyze lists 2 on Creator and up to 10 on Pro. So Silma Starter tracks more accounts than Reelyze Creator, and Silma Pro tracks more than Reelyze Pro.
Why does Silma refuse to write the script?+
Because the people it is built for already have taste and already make the video. Video editors, in-house social managers and agency teams are not short of drafts, they are short of direction. A tool that writes the hook for you has to be right about your audience, and a tool that tells you why last week’s post beat its baseline only has to be right about the evidence. Silma takes the second job: it is the brain, not the hands.
Do both rank posts against the account’s own median?+
Yes. Both rank a post by how far it beat the account’s own median rather than by raw views, which is the right way to find ideas worth copying. So the choice comes down to price, how usage is metered, and whether you want the tool to write for you.
Sources
- Reelyze pricing, plan limits, Safe Try, trial terms and feature names (AI Reel Analyzer, Content Studio, Reelyze Chat, drop-off explainer, competitor tracking, API and agent skill): getreelyze.com, read 8 September 2026 and re-checked 23 September 2026.
- Silma plan limits and credit costs: silma.app/pricing; method: competitor analysis, Pre-Check, Discover.
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