OpusClip review

Pricing

Free tier; Starter $15/mo (monthly billing only); Pro $29/mo. Annual billing advertised at up to 50% off.

What that buys: 150 credits/month on Starter. Export quality: up to 4k on paid tiers.

Figures above were read fromOpus Pro's pricing pageon 28 July 2026. These vendors change prices and credit allowances often, and some run long-running promotions, so confirm the current rate before subscribing.

Where it is strong

• The broadest feature set of any clipping tool here, including scheduling and auto-posting
• Clips arrive with a virality score, which is a useful first filter when you have 30 of them
• A free tier that is enough to judge whether the clip selection suits your material

Where it falls short

• The $15 Starter tier cannot be billed annually, so it never gets the advertised discount
• 150 credits a month goes fast if your source videos are long
• Clip selection still needs a human pass; the top-scored clip is not reliably the best one

Verdict

OpusClip is the sensible default: it does the most, and the free tier lets you test it against your own footage before paying. The credit allowance, rather than the price, is what will decide whether it works for you.

Who it is for

Best for someone clipping regularly from a podcast or livestream who wants selection, captions, and posting in one place. If you only need captions on clips you have already cut, Submagic is cheaper for that job. If you want to edit the full video too, Descript is the better buy.

Best for: The default first choice for turning long videos into shorts, with the largest feature set. Main weakness: credits disappear quickly on long uploads, and the cheapest paid tier cannot be billed annually.

Compare with

• Submagic, styled, high-retention captions rather than clip-finding
• Vizard, the most usable free tier, and the cheapest genuine entry point if the promotion holds
• Klap, anyone who wants to budget by number of clips rather than decode credits
• See all 6 tools side by side

Before you subscribe

This is a recurring business expense, so be clear what you expect it to earn. If the plan is to monetize clips of other people's content, read the constraints first: reposting footage without permission is a copyright problem, and YouTube applies its repetitious and reused content policies to Shorts monetization. Our guide toAI side hustles that actually make money covers the real monetization thresholds, andtax planning for the self-employedcovers what to set aside once you are earning.