What it is
OpusClip takes a long video, such as a podcast, webinar, stream or YouTube video, finds the moments it judges most engaging and cuts them into short clips for TikTok, Reels and Shorts. It reframes to vertical while tracking speakers, adds animated captions with emoji and keyword highlights, writes titles and hashtags, and gives each clip a 'virality score'.
Billing is by source minute: one credit is one minute of uploaded video processed, however many clips come back. According to the help centre, Free includes 60 minutes a month, Starter 150 and Pro 300 (3,600 a year on annual billing); the pricing page itself does not show these numbers. Pro adds AI B-roll, dubbing, eye-contact correction, brand templates, export to Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve, a scheduler, an API and an MCP connector.
The free plan exports watermarked vertical clips only, and its media expires after three days.
Our review
OpusClip is best understood as a meter on your raw footage. Each credit is one minute of uploaded video, so a 60-minute podcast costs 60 credits whether it yields three clips or fifteen. Starter's 150 minutes for $15 and Pro's 300 for $29 both work out at roughly ten cents a minute. Those allowances appear in the help centre, not on the pricing page, which is why so many buyers think the plans are vaguer than they are.
The weak link is judgement. Users on Reddit and review sites report clips that start mid-sentence, end before the punchline or miss the moment a human editor would have picked. The virality score is a ranking aid with no published method behind it. Expect to review every clip and trim a share of them, which is still far quicker than scrubbing a 90-minute recording from scratch.
The API is more serious than most clipping tools offer, but on Pro it is labelled beta. It allows 15 hours of API video a month, 4 projects running at once and 30 requests a minute per key, and each API project costs at least 10 credits. Business raises concurrency to 50. Projects expire after 30 days unless auto-save is on, so a pipeline has to download what it wants to keep.
On data, the trust portal lists SOC 2 Type 2 and SOC 3, and the service runs on Google Cloud in the US. The privacy policy lets uploaded video be used to improve the product, and the only opt-out it describes from AI research and model development is for EU and EEA users, by email. For a brand clipping unreleased interviews, that clause deserves more attention than the virality score.
Where it earns its place
A two-person team publishing one 90-minute podcast episode a week
Turn each episode into a week of Shorts and Reels
Four episodes use about 360 credits a month, more than Pro's 300, so the team needs one extra Pro pack (300 more credits and 2 more seats). Every clip still gets a human pass for awkward starts and endings.
A developer at a video agency handling 20 client channels
Clip new uploads automatically and post them on a schedule
The API creates a project per video, returns clips by webhook and can schedule posts. On Pro it is capped at 15 hours a month, 4 concurrent projects and 30 requests a minute, and each project costs at least 10 credits; more than that needs Business.
The marketing manager at a 50-person B2B software company
Repurpose a monthly hour-long webinar for LinkedIn and YouTube
Starter's 150 minutes at $15 a month covers two webinars without a watermark, but only in 9:16. Square and landscape clips for LinkedIn need Pro at $29.
Before you commit
- Setup
- Paste a YouTube or MP4 link, or upload a file up to 10GB (30GB on Pro); the help centre supports videos up to 10 hours long.
- Integrations
- Pro adds direct posting and scheduling, Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve export, video editing and Scheduler APIs, an MCP connector and Zapier up to 300 credits a month; Business adds CMS integration and SSO.
- Data and privacy
- SOC 2 Type 2 and SOC 3 per the trust portal; hosted on Google Cloud in the US with OpenAI among sub-processors. No retention period is published, and uploads may be used to improve the product.
- Cost at scale
- Pro is $29 for 300 source minutes and 2 users; each extra pack adds 300 credits and 2 seats, up to 4 seats. The pack price is not on the pricing page, and teams beyond 4 users must move to custom Business pricing.
- Limits
- Free media expires after 3 days and Starter's after 29; API projects expire after 30 days unless auto-save is on. Videos longer than 10 hours may fail to process.
What's good
- Billing by source minute is simple to forecast once you know the allowances
- Speaker tracking and animated captions are good enough for most social posts
- Pro exports to Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve for a proper finish
- Real API with webhooks, scheduling and an MCP connector
- SOC 2 Type 2 and SOC 3 listed on the trust portal
What's not
- Clip choices often need trimming or replacing
- Credit allowances are in the help centre, not on the pricing page
- Privacy policy allows product-improvement use of uploads; opt-out stated only for EU and EEA users
- Starter exports 9:16 only; square and landscape need Pro
- API on Pro is beta and capped at 15 hours a month
Best for
Podcasters, streamers and video creators who want to repurpose long videos into short social clips.
Alternatives
OpusClip: common questions
- Is OpusClip worth it?
- OpusClip gives you a usable first cut for about ten cents per source minute, but a person still has to choose the clips, and its privacy policy does not rule out using your footage to improve its models. We rate it 4.0 out of 5.
- How much does OpusClip cost?
- Free (60 source minutes/month, watermarked, 3-day storage); Starter $15/month (150 minutes); Pro $29/month (300 minutes, the only plan with yearly billing); Business custom. 1 credit = 1 minute of uploaded video.
- What are the downsides of OpusClip?
- Clip choices often need trimming or replacing; credit allowances are in the help centre, not on the pricing page; privacy policy allows product-improvement use of uploads; opt-out stated only for EU and EEA users; starter exports 9:16 only; square and landscape need Pro; aPI on Pro is beta and capped at 15 hours a month.
- Who is OpusClip best for?
- Podcasters, streamers and video creators who want to repurpose long videos into short social clips.
- How much does OpusClip cost for a team or in production?
- Pro is $29 for 300 source minutes and 2 users; each extra pack adds 300 credits and 2 seats, up to 4 seats. The pack price is not on the pricing page, and teams beyond 4 users must move to custom Business pricing.
- Is OpusClip safe for company data?
- SOC 2 Type 2 and SOC 3 per the trust portal; hosted on Google Cloud in the US with OpenAI among sub-processors. No retention period is published, and uploads may be used to improve the product.
- What are the best OpusClip alternatives?
- The closest alternatives we have reviewed are Descript, CapCut and invideo AI.
Answers checked Oct 22, 2026.
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