OpusClip is an AI clipping tool that turns long-form video — podcasts, webinars, livestreams — into short, social-ready clips, scoring each one for predicted virality and adding AI captions before scheduling them out to social platforms. It's built for creators, podcasters and marketing teams who want to repurpose long recordings into short-form content without manually re-cutting and captioning every clip, and it runs on a freemium model with a genuine free plan.
Who builds it
OpusClip (opus.pro) is a dedicated AI clipping and repurposing platform: you upload or link a long video, and the platform's AI finds clip-worthy moments, cuts them to a chosen length, ranks them with a virality score, and applies animated captions automatically. Beyond clipping, it includes scheduling tools so clips can be pushed to social channels directly from the platform.
Core features
- Clipping by spoken words, so the AI finds moments based on what's being said rather than just scene changes.
- Virality scoring on generated clips to help prioritize which ones to publish first.
- Animated caption templates, watermarked on the Free plan and watermark-free from the Starter plan ($15/month) up.
- Selectable clip-length ranges — from under a minute up to 10–15 minutes — for repurposing longer segments, not just short hooks.
- Social scheduling to publish clips directly from the platform.
- Video Editing API, but gated to the Business tier rather than included in every paid plan.
Pricing
OpusClip is freemium:
- Free ($0/month): clips marked 'with watermark', up to 1080p rendered output, and a 3-day access window on generated clips.
- Starter ($15/month): watermark-free video export, the platform's highest available resolution, and a 30-day access window on clips.
- Pro and Business: higher tiers add more processing volume and, on Business specifically, API and integration access (Video Editing API, Scheduler API, MCP connector, CMS and Zapier integrations).
Because OpusClip prices around clip volume and access windows rather than a flat per-video fee, cost scales with how many long videos you repurpose per month and how long you need generated clips to stay accessible.
Who it's for
OpusClip suits podcasters, YouTubers, webinar hosts and marketing teams who regularly turn long recordings into short clips for TikTok, Reels and Shorts and don't want to hand-edit each one. The Free plan is enough to test clip quality and captioning at 1080p, though clips carry a watermark and expire after 3 days; Starter removes the watermark and extends clip access to 30 days for a modest monthly cost. Teams that want to pull OpusClip's clipping pipeline into their own tools should note the API is a Business-tier feature, not included on Free, Starter or Pro.