Coming from YouTube growth tools
For each tool: what you did there, where it is in Shotread and whether it works today, in the order of the work: plan, make, review, publish, measure, grow and run the agency.
What each status means
- Works in Shotread
- Checked in Shotread and works.
- Works with your own account
- Works when you connect your own account or key with that provider. The line under it names the account.
- Waits
- Needs an approval or a provider Shotread does not have yet. The line under it names which. Until then the screen in Shotread says why.
- Partly built
- Part of it works. The line under it says what is missing.
- Not built yet
- Shotread does not do this today.
- Not verified yet
- Not part of the last check, so this page makes no claim about it.
Coming from vidIQ
Works in Shotread: 21 Works with your own account: 6 Waits for an approval or provider: 4 Partly built: 12 Not built yet: 2
In the app, Move from another tool has a vidIQ preset for bringing your data in.
Plan 23 features
| What you did in vidIQ | Where it is in Shotread | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Competitor sets and watchlists per client (add channel by handle, URL or id) | Research | Works in Shotread |
| Outlier videos across a watchlist (views vs channel median multiple, age, CSV export, save) | Research, Outliers | Partly built Missing: more than each channel's latest 50 uploads, filters for Shorts, duration, date range, views or language. |
| Keyword research with search volume and difficulty | Research | Not built yet Not built: no YouTube search volume or difficulty score. |
| Topic gaps (competitor topics the client has not covered) | Research, Gaps | Works in Shotread |
| Upload, outlier and velocity alerts on watched channels | Research, Watch; Notifications | Works in Shotread |
| Niche trend alerts and trending formats (not tied to a list) | Research | Not built yet Not built: no trend provider for niche formats. |
| Research grouped Discover, Audience, Demand, Packaging, Watch, Saved with Ideas prominent | Research | Works in Shotread |
| Keyword explorer: top 25 YouTube results, relative competition band with method and inputs, related terms, question phrasings, CSV | Research, Keywords | Partly built Missing: YouTube search volume or a 0 to 100 score; on Shotread's shared key 20 searches per workspace a day. |
| Keyword trend alerts (new videos in 48 h above a views-per-hour threshold) | Research, Keywords; Research, Alerts | Works in Shotread |
| Trending / most viewed chart by region and category | Research, Trending | Partly built Missing: general trending (YouTube's chart now returns music, movies and gaming only, and the tab does not say so). |
| Video inspector: public stats, average and recent views per hour, engagement, tags with copy, channel keywords, multiple vs channel median, embed code, Analyze in Shotread | Research, Video inspector | Works in Shotread |
| Channel scorecard: upload streak, public milestones reached and next, top and latest uploads | Research, Video inspector, Channel | Works in Shotread |
| Metadata checklist (YouTube limits and rules plus labelled guidelines, advertiser-friendly word review); N of M passed, no score | Research, Metadata check; Inspector; Extension on Studio | Works in Shotread |
| Browser extension for Chrome and Edge: a panel on YouTube watch, Shorts and channel pages; save to Shotread research; analyze in Shotread; a metadata check in YouTube Studio | Browser extension; Research, Browser extension | Partly built Missing: a panel on search results, outlier badges on feed thumbnails, store listings. |
| Embed code builder (start time; privacy-enhanced; captions; loop) | Research, Video inspector | Works in Shotread |
| Your own YouTube key, kept only in your browser and locked with a passphrase you can export; the own-key tools read YouTube straight from your browser | Research, Your YouTube key | Works with your own account Works with the member's own YouTube Data API key, kept only in their browser (Google Cloud project needed). |
| Ranked tag positions (search position of a video per tag; top 50 or 100) with a quota estimate before running | Research, Tag ranking | Works with your own account Works with the member's own YouTube key in the browser; refused on the shared key; not stored. |
| Niche scan: sample of recent videos for up to 5 terms, views per hour, multiple of sample median, outliers, uploads per day | Research, Niche scan | Partly built Missing: a corpus search (this is a sample); one term on the shared key. |
| Google web search volume, labelled, from the agency's own Google Ads, Keywords Everywhere or DataForSEO account; cost shown before the call | Research, Search volume | Works with your own account Works with the agency's own Google Ads, Keywords Everywhere or DataForSEO account: Google web volume, labelled, cost shown first. |
| YouTube search terms that brought views to a client's own channel (top 25) | Research, Search volume | Waits Waits for Google verification of the YouTube Analytics link. |
| Channel history: 30 days of daily public readings (older ones deleted, deleted channels removed), the full history of the client's own channels, and room for a licensed data provider | Research, Channel history | Partly built Missing: full history for owned channels (waits for the YouTube Analytics link), a licensed history provider. |
| The browser extension in the Chrome Web Store, Microsoft Edge Add-ons and Firefox Add-ons, plus a zip to load it yourself | Research, Browser extension | Waits Waits for the owner to submit to the Chrome Web Store, Edge Add-ons and Firefox AMO and their review. |
| Formats, Audience/Comments tabs and revenue calculator in the real Research screen | Research, Formats, Comments, Revenue | Works in Shotread |
Make 14 features
| What you did in vidIQ | Where it is in Shotread | Status |
|---|---|---|
| AI video idea generator from client and niche data | AI, Ideas | Works in Shotread |
| AI title and description generator | AI, Titles | Works in Shotread |
| Title and thumbnail A/B testing on YouTube | Thumbnail editor; Content item packaging | Partly built Missing: running or rotating the test (done in YouTube Studio, the result is typed in). |
| Conversational AI coach over channel data | AI, Coach | Partly built Missing: channel analytics until the client links YouTube Analytics (waits for Google), public competitor data. |
| Auto clipping long video into Shorts/Reels candidates | AI, Clips | Partly built Missing: rendering the clips, vertical reframe and captions (candidates are not sent to the editor). |
| Thumbnail design editor with layers, brand templates, AI edit operations and versions | Thumbnail editor | Works in Shotread |
| AI ops: erase/inpaint, object replacement, background replacement, sketch-guided, reference-guided variation, upscale (2K/4K output where the model offers it); output lands as a new layer | Thumbnail editor, AI | Works with your own account Works with the customer's own Gemini key: erase, replace, background, sketch and reference variations, upscale; Shotread charges nothing. |
| AI ops on Shotread credits (Quick Mode) | Thumbnail editor, AI (Shotread credits option); AI, Edit | Works in Shotread |
| Face swap only with recorded consent (who, when, statement, scope); never for a person recorded as not consenting; revocable | Thumbnail editor, AI | Works with your own account Works with the customer's own Gemini key, only with recorded consent; refused for someone not consenting or after revocation. |
| Title and thumbnail promise check | Thumbnail editor, Checks | Works with your own account Works with the customer's own Gemini key only; disabled with the reason without one. |
| Title and description translations | AI, Translate | Partly built Missing: applying translations in YouTube (each language is pasted into Studio by hand). |
| In-context idea, title and script generation in Studio | Studio | Works in Shotread |
| Per-cut YouTube publish workspace: description drafting with evidence, chapters editor, end screen and cards plan, after-publish checklist | A video, Publish | Works in Shotread |
| Winning packaging pattern library: winners of finished title and thumbnail tests grouped by title formula and by the thumbnail traits recorded per variant, head-to-head record, Avoid, confidence from sample size, evidence per test, optional niche comparison with Research title patterns | Packaging, Patterns; A video, Packaging, History and patterns | Works in Shotread |
Publish 1 feature
| What you did in vidIQ | Where it is in Shotread | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Pinned-comment plan per video (community) | Community, Pinned comments; A video, Publish, Pinned comment tab | Works in Shotread |
Measure 6 features
| What you did in vidIQ | Where it is in Shotread | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Title pattern analysis and word lift in outlier titles | A project, Patterns | Works in Shotread |
| Public channel audit (uploads per week, median views, engagement per 1k, timing grid) | A project, Channel audit; Research | Works in Shotread |
| Owned-channel analytics in the audit (impressions, CTR, watch time, traffic sources) | A project, Channel audit; A client, Audit; Operations desk, Channel and AI visibility | Waits Waits for Google verification of the YouTube Analytics scopes (until then only admins and test users can connect). |
| YouTube playlists: gaps, suggested placement, uncovered topics, order, saved rules | A client, Channel, Channel growth, Playlists; Workflow, YouTube bulk edit | Partly built Missing: making the changes from Shotread (adding to a playlist, reordering waits for Google's youtube.force-ssl verification). |
| Channel page audit: trailer, sections, banner, About, keywords, handle, playlists, recent uploads; links and featured video as manual checks; Studio handoff | A client, Channel, Channel growth, Channel page | Works in Shotread |
| Owned-channel device, geography, subscribed status and RPM | A client, Channel, Channel growth, Audience | Waits Waits for Google verification of the YouTube Analytics scopes; the client's channel page says it is not switched on yet. |
Run the agency 1 feature
| What you did in vidIQ | Where it is in Shotread | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Move from another tool: import its files or pull through its API, saved column mappings, a dry run before anything is written, undo an import in one step, and a record of every import | Move from another tool; An import; Settings, Import | Partly built Missing: importers for most review tools (only Frame.io, and its versions are links back to Frame.io), Wrike, Scoro and Notion; Modash brings creators only; real export columns not checked for every preset. |
Coming from TubeBuddy
Works in Shotread: 17 Works with your own account: 6 Waits for an approval or provider: 3 Partly built: 8 Not built yet: 1
In the app, Move from another tool has a TubeBuddy preset for bringing your data in.
Plan 14 features
| What you did in TubeBuddy | Where it is in Shotread | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Competitor sets and watchlists per client (add channel by handle, URL or id) | Research | Works in Shotread |
| Keyword research with search volume and difficulty | Research | Not built yet Not built: no YouTube search volume or difficulty score. |
| Search rank tracking for a video or keyword | Research, Rank tracking | Partly built Missing: checks on a schedule (need Shotread's shared key or a rank data provider). |
| Topic gaps (competitor topics the client has not covered) | Research, Gaps | Works in Shotread |
| Upload, outlier and velocity alerts on watched channels | Research, Watch; Notifications | Works in Shotread |
| Research grouped Discover, Audience, Demand, Packaging, Watch, Saved with Ideas prominent | Research | Works in Shotread |
| Keyword explorer: top 25 YouTube results, relative competition band with method and inputs, related terms, question phrasings, CSV | Research, Keywords | Partly built Missing: YouTube search volume or a 0 to 100 score; on Shotread's shared key 20 searches per workspace a day. |
| Video inspector: public stats, average and recent views per hour, engagement, tags with copy, channel keywords, multiple vs channel median, embed code, Analyze in Shotread | Research, Video inspector | Works in Shotread |
| Metadata checklist (YouTube limits and rules plus labelled guidelines, advertiser-friendly word review); N of M passed, no score | Research, Metadata check; Inspector; Extension on Studio | Works in Shotread |
| Browser extension for Chrome and Edge: a panel on YouTube watch, Shorts and channel pages; save to Shotread research; analyze in Shotread; a metadata check in YouTube Studio | Browser extension; Research, Browser extension | Partly built Missing: a panel on search results, outlier badges on feed thumbnails, store listings. |
| Your own YouTube key, kept only in your browser and locked with a passphrase you can export; the own-key tools read YouTube straight from your browser | Research, Your YouTube key | Works with your own account Works with the member's own YouTube Data API key, kept only in their browser (Google Cloud project needed). |
| Ranked tag positions (search position of a video per tag; top 50 or 100) with a quota estimate before running | Research, Tag ranking | Works with your own account Works with the member's own YouTube key in the browser; refused on the shared key; not stored. |
| Google web search volume, labelled, from the agency's own Google Ads, Keywords Everywhere or DataForSEO account; cost shown before the call | Research, Search volume | Works with your own account Works with the agency's own Google Ads, Keywords Everywhere or DataForSEO account: Google web volume, labelled, cost shown first. |
| The browser extension in the Chrome Web Store, Microsoft Edge Add-ons and Firefox Add-ons, plus a zip to load it yourself | Research, Browser extension | Waits Waits for the owner to submit to the Chrome Web Store, Edge Add-ons and Firefox AMO and their review. |
Make 13 features
| What you did in TubeBuddy | Where it is in Shotread | Status |
|---|---|---|
| AI video idea generator from client and niche data | AI, Ideas | Works in Shotread |
| AI title and description generator | AI, Titles | Works in Shotread |
| Title and thumbnail A/B testing on YouTube | Thumbnail editor; Content item packaging | Partly built Missing: running or rotating the test (done in YouTube Studio, the result is typed in). |
| Bulk metadata editing (titles, tags, descriptions, end screens, cards) | Workflow, YouTube bulk edit; Studio deep links for end screens and cards | Waits Waits for Google verification of youtube.force-ssl. |
| Audience psychographics and comment mining | AI, Comments | Partly built Missing: mining competitor or niche comments. |
| Thumbnail design editor with layers, brand templates, AI edit operations and versions | Thumbnail editor | Works in Shotread |
| AI ops: erase/inpaint, object replacement, background replacement, sketch-guided, reference-guided variation, upscale (2K/4K output where the model offers it); output lands as a new layer | Thumbnail editor, AI | Works with your own account Works with the customer's own Gemini key: erase, replace, background, sketch and reference variations, upscale; Shotread charges nothing. |
| AI ops on Shotread credits (Quick Mode) | Thumbnail editor, AI (Shotread credits option); AI, Edit | Works in Shotread |
| Face swap only with recorded consent (who, when, statement, scope); never for a person recorded as not consenting; revocable | Thumbnail editor, AI | Works with your own account Works with the customer's own Gemini key, only with recorded consent; refused for someone not consenting or after revocation. |
| Title and thumbnail promise check | Thumbnail editor, Checks | Works with your own account Works with the customer's own Gemini key only; disabled with the reason without one. |
| In-context idea, title and script generation in Studio | Studio | Works in Shotread |
| Per-cut YouTube publish workspace: description drafting with evidence, chapters editor, end screen and cards plan, after-publish checklist | A video, Publish | Works in Shotread |
| Winning packaging pattern library: winners of finished title and thumbnail tests grouped by title formula and by the thumbnail traits recorded per variant, head-to-head record, Avoid, confidence from sample size, evidence per test, optional niche comparison with Research title patterns | Packaging, Patterns; A video, Packaging, History and patterns | Works in Shotread |
Publish 1 feature
| What you did in TubeBuddy | Where it is in Shotread | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Pinned-comment plan per video (community) | Community, Pinned comments; A video, Publish, Pinned comment tab | Works in Shotread |
Measure 6 features
| What you did in TubeBuddy | Where it is in Shotread | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Title pattern analysis and word lift in outlier titles | A project, Patterns | Works in Shotread |
| Public channel audit (uploads per week, median views, engagement per 1k, timing grid) | A project, Channel audit; Research | Works in Shotread |
| Owned-channel analytics in the audit (impressions, CTR, watch time, traffic sources) | A project, Channel audit; A client, Audit; Operations desk, Channel and AI visibility | Waits Waits for Google verification of the YouTube Analytics scopes (until then only admins and test users can connect). |
| YouTube playlists: gaps, suggested placement, uncovered topics, order, saved rules | A client, Channel, Channel growth, Playlists; Workflow, YouTube bulk edit | Partly built Missing: making the changes from Shotread (adding to a playlist, reordering waits for Google's youtube.force-ssl verification). |
| Channel page audit: trailer, sections, banner, About, keywords, handle, playlists, recent uploads; links and featured video as manual checks; Studio handoff | A client, Channel, Channel growth, Channel page | Works in Shotread |
| Back-catalog refresh opportunities (older videos above the median views per day, search share for owned channels, refresh suggestions) | A client, Channel, Channel growth, Back catalog | Partly built Missing: owned search share and 28-day views until the client links YouTube Analytics. |
Run the agency 1 feature
| What you did in TubeBuddy | Where it is in Shotread | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Move from another tool: import its files or pull through its API, saved column mappings, a dry run before anything is written, undo an import in one step, and a record of every import | Move from another tool; An import; Settings, Import | Partly built Missing: importers for most review tools (only Frame.io, and its versions are links back to Frame.io), Wrike, Scoro and Notion; Modash brings creators only; real export columns not checked for every preset. |
Coming from 1of10
Works in Shotread: 10 Works with your own account: 3 Partly built: 5 Not built yet: 2
In the app, Move from another tool has a 1of10 preset for bringing your data in.
Plan 7 features
| What you did in 1of10 | Where it is in Shotread | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Competitor sets and watchlists per client (add channel by handle, URL or id) | Research | Works in Shotread |
| Outlier videos across a watchlist (views vs channel median multiple, age, CSV export, save) | Research, Outliers | Partly built Missing: more than each channel's latest 50 uploads, filters for Shorts, duration, date range, views or language. |
| Niche-wide outlier search across all of YouTube (keyword or niche, not a saved list) | Research, Niche search | Partly built Missing: an outlier database of all of YouTube (licensed data set). |
| Thumbnail search across all of YouTube by style or topic | Research | Not built yet Not built: no thumbnail search across YouTube and no provider to connect. |
| Niche trend alerts and trending formats (not tied to a list) | Research | Not built yet Not built: no trend provider for niche formats. |
| Niche scan: sample of recent videos for up to 5 terms, views per hour, multiple of sample median, outliers, uploads per day | Research, Niche scan | Partly built Missing: a corpus search (this is a sample); one term on the shared key. |
| Formats, Audience/Comments tabs and revenue calculator in the real Research screen | Research, Formats, Comments, Revenue | Works in Shotread |
Make 9 features
| What you did in 1of10 | Where it is in Shotread | Status |
|---|---|---|
| AI video idea generator from client and niche data | AI, Ideas | Works in Shotread |
| AI title and description generator | AI, Titles | Works in Shotread |
| Auto clipping long video into Shorts/Reels candidates | AI, Clips | Partly built Missing: rendering the clips, vertical reframe and captions (candidates are not sent to the editor). |
| Thumbnail design editor with layers, brand templates, AI edit operations and versions | Thumbnail editor | Works in Shotread |
| AI ops: erase/inpaint, object replacement, background replacement, sketch-guided, reference-guided variation, upscale (2K/4K output where the model offers it); output lands as a new layer | Thumbnail editor, AI | Works with your own account Works with the customer's own Gemini key: erase, replace, background, sketch and reference variations, upscale; Shotread charges nothing. |
| AI ops on Shotread credits (Quick Mode) | Thumbnail editor, AI (Shotread credits option); AI, Edit | Works in Shotread |
| Face swap only with recorded consent (who, when, statement, scope); never for a person recorded as not consenting; revocable | Thumbnail editor, AI | Works with your own account Works with the customer's own Gemini key, only with recorded consent; refused for someone not consenting or after revocation. |
| Title and thumbnail promise check | Thumbnail editor, Checks | Works with your own account Works with the customer's own Gemini key only; disabled with the reason without one. |
| Winning packaging pattern library: winners of finished title and thumbnail tests grouped by title formula and by the thumbnail traits recorded per variant, head-to-head record, Avoid, confidence from sample size, evidence per test, optional niche comparison with Research title patterns | Packaging, Patterns; A video, Packaging, History and patterns | Works in Shotread |
Measure 2 features
| What you did in 1of10 | Where it is in Shotread | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Title pattern analysis and word lift in outlier titles | A project, Patterns | Works in Shotread |
| Thumbnail reference wall from a watchlist | A project, Patterns | Works in Shotread |
Run the agency 2 features
| What you did in 1of10 | Where it is in Shotread | Status |
|---|---|---|
| AI credits: the price shown before each run, a budget check, one charge per run and an automatic refund when a run fails | Platform, AI | Works in Shotread |
| Move from another tool: import its files or pull through its API, saved column mappings, a dry run before anything is written, undo an import in one step, and a record of every import | Move from another tool; An import; Settings, Import | Partly built Missing: importers for most review tools (only Frame.io, and its versions are links back to Frame.io), Wrike, Scoro and Notion; Modash brings creators only; real export columns not checked for every preset. |
Coming from OutlierKit
Works in Shotread: 5 Partly built: 6 Not built yet: 2
In the app, Move from another tool has a OutlierKit preset for bringing your data in.
Plan 7 features
| What you did in OutlierKit | Where it is in Shotread | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Competitor sets and watchlists per client (add channel by handle, URL or id) | Research | Works in Shotread |
| Outlier videos across a watchlist (views vs channel median multiple, age, CSV export, save) | Research, Outliers | Partly built Missing: more than each channel's latest 50 uploads, filters for Shorts, duration, date range, views or language. |
| Niche-wide outlier search across all of YouTube (keyword or niche, not a saved list) | Research, Niche search | Partly built Missing: an outlier database of all of YouTube (licensed data set). |
| Keyword research with search volume and difficulty | Research | Not built yet Not built: no YouTube search volume or difficulty score. |
| Topic gaps (competitor topics the client has not covered) | Research, Gaps | Works in Shotread |
| Sponsor intelligence (which sponsors run in a niche) | Research | Not built yet Not built: no sponsor data provider type; the tab says what it needs. |
| Niche scan: sample of recent videos for up to 5 terms, views per hour, multiple of sample median, outliers, uploads per day | Research, Niche scan | Partly built Missing: a corpus search (this is a sample); one term on the shared key. |
Make 4 features
| What you did in OutlierKit | Where it is in Shotread | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Audience psychographics and comment mining | AI, Comments | Partly built Missing: mining competitor or niche comments. |
| Multimodal analysis of a published video (hook, pacing, structure, findings with timecodes) attached to a client project | New analysis; A video | Works in Shotread |
| Hook score for the first 60 seconds | A video, Hook section of a video analysis | Partly built Missing: a hook score on its own page (that page is demo only). |
| Competitor video autopsy (why a competitor video worked) | AI, Autopsy | Works in Shotread |
Run the agency 2 features
| What you did in OutlierKit | Where it is in Shotread | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Research API and MCP server | Platform, API | Partly built Missing: write tools, competitor sets and live research tools in the workspace MCP server. |
| AI credits: the price shown before each run, a budget check, one charge per run and an automatic refund when a run fails | Platform, AI | Works in Shotread |
Coming from Retensis
Works in Shotread: 5 Partly built: 5
In the app, Move from another tool has a Retensis preset for bringing your data in.
Make 8 features
| What you did in Retensis | Where it is in Shotread | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Multimodal analysis of a published video (hook, pacing, structure, findings with timecodes) attached to a client project | New analysis; A video | Works in Shotread |
| Pre-publish retention prediction on an unpublished file (second-by-second drop-off) | AI, Retention predict | Partly built Missing: second-by-second prediction (about one point per 5 percent of the video), comparison with the real curve later. |
| Hook score for the first 60 seconds | A video, Hook section of a video analysis | Partly built Missing: a hook score on its own page (that page is demo only). |
| Competitor video autopsy (why a competitor video worked) | AI, Autopsy | Works in Shotread |
| Version delta: which scenes changed between two cuts and the predicted effect | A video, Versions; A review, AI and layers | Partly built Missing: audio changes, per-pixel highlight on video. |
| Ad creative analysis (paid social video) | AI, Ad creative | Works in Shotread |
| Script and hook generation and coaching | AI, Script | Works in Shotread |
| Platform-specific checks (YouTube long form, Shorts, Reels, TikTok) and an ad-placement lens on a cut | A video | Partly built Missing: ranking by measured retention until the client links YouTube Analytics (scene boundaries only without it). |
Measure 2 features
| What you did in Retensis | Where it is in Shotread | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cross-video pattern memory per client (recurring mistakes and wins) | A client, Memory | Partly built Missing: learning patterns automatically from the library (people curate memory; automatic mining exists per project as IVR-001). |
| Multi-video footage pattern miner: recurring hooks, opening shots, scene length, cut rate, B-roll, on-screen text, people in the first seconds, CTA across a project's analysed videos, each pattern citing its videos | A project, Patterns | Works in Shotread |
Coming from ViewStats
Works in Shotread: 5 Partly built: 2 Not built yet: 2
In the app, Move from another tool has a ViewStats preset for bringing your data in.
Plan 8 features
| What you did in ViewStats | Where it is in Shotread | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Competitor sets and watchlists per client (add channel by handle, URL or id) | Research | Works in Shotread |
| Outlier videos across a watchlist (views vs channel median multiple, age, CSV export, save) | Research, Outliers | Partly built Missing: more than each channel's latest 50 uploads, filters for Shorts, duration, date range, views or language. |
| Niche-wide outlier search across all of YouTube (keyword or niche, not a saved list) | Research, Niche search | Partly built Missing: an outlier database of all of YouTube (licensed data set). |
| Thumbnail search across all of YouTube by style or topic | Research | Not built yet Not built: no thumbnail search across YouTube and no provider to connect. |
| Upload, outlier and velocity alerts on watched channels | Research, Watch; Notifications | Works in Shotread |
| Sponsor intelligence (which sponsors run in a niche) | Research | Not built yet Not built: no sponsor data provider type; the tab says what it needs. |
| Keyword trend alerts (new videos in 48 h above a views-per-hour threshold) | Research, Keywords; Research, Alerts | Works in Shotread |
| Formats, Audience/Comments tabs and revenue calculator in the real Research screen | Research, Formats, Comments, Revenue | Works in Shotread |
Measure 1 feature
| What you did in ViewStats | Where it is in Shotread | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Thumbnail reference wall from a watchlist | A project, Patterns | Works in Shotread |
Coming from Satura
Works in Shotread: 3 Works with your own account: 1 Partly built: 2 Not built yet: 1
In the app, Move from another tool has a Satura preset for bringing your data in.
Make 6 features
| What you did in Satura | Where it is in Shotread | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Auto clipping long video into Shorts/Reels candidates | AI, Clips | Partly built Missing: rendering the clips, vertical reframe and captions (candidates are not sent to the editor). |
| Non-destructive lightweight edit list (trim, dead air, overlays, chapters) with editor brief export | A video, Edit | Works in Shotread |
| Thumbnail design editor with layers, brand templates, AI edit operations and versions | Thumbnail editor | Works in Shotread |
| AI translation, captions and dubbing of delivered video | AI, Transcribe; AI, Translate; Video editor | Partly built Missing: one-step dubbing (done by hand with editor voices per language). |
| In-context idea, title and script generation in Studio | Studio | Works in Shotread |
| AI video generation with your own provider key or on Shotread credits | AI, Video generation | Works with your own account Works with the agency's own Runway, Luma or Kling key (checked on a test copy of each service; the key is stored only with an Owner or Admin's consent). |
Across Shotread 1 feature
| What you did in Satura | Where it is in Shotread | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Short-form virality metrics (swipe ratio, share rate, consistency) | No single page | Not built yet Not built: no swipe ratio, share rate or consistency metrics; they would also need TikTok and Meta analytics approval. |
Coming from YouTube Studio
Works in Shotread: 1 Waits for an approval or provider: 4 Partly built: 2
In the app, Move from another tool has a YouTube Studio preset for bringing your data in.
Plan 1 feature
| What you did in YouTube Studio | Where it is in Shotread | Status |
|---|---|---|
| YouTube search terms that brought views to a client's own channel (top 25) | Research, Search volume | Waits Waits for Google verification of the YouTube Analytics link. |
Make 4 features
| What you did in YouTube Studio | Where it is in Shotread | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Title and thumbnail A/B testing on YouTube | Thumbnail editor; Content item packaging | Partly built Missing: running or rotating the test (done in YouTube Studio, the result is typed in). |
| Conversational AI coach over channel data | AI, Coach | Partly built Missing: channel analytics until the client links YouTube Analytics (waits for Google), public competitor data. |
| Retention curve of a published video from owner analytics with drop-off markers | A video, Retention section | Waits Waits for Google verification of Shotread's own YouTube Analytics client. |
| AI draft feedback on pacing and structure before publishing | AI, Draft feedback | Works in Shotread |
Measure 2 features
| What you did in YouTube Studio | Where it is in Shotread | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Owned-channel analytics in the audit (impressions, CTR, watch time, traffic sources) | A project, Channel audit; A client, Audit; Operations desk, Channel and AI visibility | Waits Waits for Google verification of the YouTube Analytics scopes (until then only admins and test users can connect). |
| Owned-channel device, geography, subscribed status and RPM | A client, Channel, Channel growth, Audience | Waits Waits for Google verification of the YouTube Analytics scopes; the client's channel page says it is not switched on yet. |
Coming from Retti
Works in Shotread: 2 Waits for an approval or provider: 1 Partly built: 1
In the app, Move from another tool has a Retti preset for bringing your data in.
Make 4 features
| What you did in Retti | Where it is in Shotread | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Multimodal analysis of a published video (hook, pacing, structure, findings with timecodes) attached to a client project | New analysis; A video | Works in Shotread |
| Retention curve of a published video from owner analytics with drop-off markers | A video, Retention section | Waits Waits for Google verification of Shotread's own YouTube Analytics client. |
| Hook score for the first 60 seconds | A video, Hook section of a video analysis | Partly built Missing: a hook score on its own page (that page is demo only). |
| Script and hook generation and coaching | AI, Script | Works in Shotread |
Coming from Retention Rabbit
Works in Shotread: 1 Waits for an approval or provider: 1 Partly built: 1
In the app, Move from another tool has a Retention Rabbit preset for bringing your data in.
Make 3 features
| What you did in Retention Rabbit | Where it is in Shotread | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Multimodal analysis of a published video (hook, pacing, structure, findings with timecodes) attached to a client project | New analysis; A video | Works in Shotread |
| Pre-publish retention prediction on an unpublished file (second-by-second drop-off) | AI, Retention predict | Partly built Missing: second-by-second prediction (about one point per 5 percent of the video), comparison with the real curve later. |
| Retention curve of a published video from owner analytics with drop-off markers | A video, Retention section | Waits Waits for Google verification of Shotread's own YouTube Analytics client. |
From Shotread's feature ledger. The other tools' features were read from their official pages between 2026-10-07 and 2026-10-13, and those tools may have changed since. Each status was checked in Shotread between 2026-10-31 and 2026-11-01; a feature that was not part of that check says Not verified yet. Product names are trademarks of their owners; Shotread is not affiliated with or endorsed by them.
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