OpusClip in 2026: the AI clipper that works while you sleep

Feed it a long video, get back a week of Shorts: AI finds the moments, captions them, and queues them up.

Quick answer: I like OpusClip because it does the part of short-form content I hate: finding the moments.

Our Verdict

I like OpusClip because it does the part of short-form content I hate: finding the moments. Its clip picks are not perfect, and the free tier expires so fast it barely counts as free, but Starter at $15 is the cheapest way to turn a weekly podcast into daily shorts. Pay for it only if you actually publish; nobody needs 300 credits sitting idle.

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Pricing shown below is approximate and may have changed — always confirm on the official site.

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🚀 Key Features

AI curation finds the strongest hooks and stitches them into vertical shorts
Animated captions at over 99% accuracy in 20+ languages, with keyword highlights
AI Virality Score rates each clip so you post the winners first
ClipAnything model clips any genre (vlogs, gaming, sports, interviews) and takes natural-language prompts
One-click scheduling to YouTube Shorts, TikTok, Instagram Reels, and LinkedIn

💰 Pricing

Plan	Details
Plan	Free (~$0/mo): 60 credits/month, watermarked clips, export within 3 days
Starter (~$15/mo, monthly only): 150 credits/month, no watermark, editor, 30	day exports
Pro (~$29/mo or ~$14.50/mo billed yearly): 300 credits/month, all aspect ratios, AI B	roll, scheduler, team workspace, API
Plan	Business (~custom): unlimited credits and seats, SSO, dedicated support

from $15/mo (approximate) A free tier is available if you want to try before you pay.

👍👎 Pros & Cons

✅ What we like

The 7-day Pro trial (90 minutes, no card) is enough to test it properly before paying
Best-in-class auto-captions and speaker-aware reframing save hours of manual editing
Virality Score genuinely helps you pick which clips deserve posting first
Imports straight from YouTube, Drive, Zoom, and Vimeo, then posts to four platforms

🤔 What could be better

The free plan is more of a trial than a tool: watermarked clips you must export within 3 days
Credits burn at 1 minute of source video per credit, so long podcasts eat through plans fast
Free tier is 9:16 only with no editor, so you cannot fix a clip the AI cuts badly
The AI's clip choices can miss context, and finetuning them needs a paid plan

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Is OpusClip free?

Yes. New users get a 7-day free trial of the Pro plan with 90 minutes of processing, no credit card required. After that, the free-forever plan gives 60 credits (60 minutes of source video) a month, but clips carry a watermark and expire after 3 days.

How do OpusClip credits work?

One credit processes one minute of source video, no matter how many clips come out of it. Free gets 60 credits a month, Starter 150, and Pro 300. On Pro billed yearly, a minute of processing costs under 5 cents.

Is OpusClip Starter worth $15 a month?

If you publish shorts weekly, yes. Starter removes the watermark and the 3-day expiry, opens the editor so you can fix bad cuts, and auto-imports from your verified YouTube account. It is monthly-only billing, though, so there is no annual discount.

How is OpusClip different from editing clips myself in CapCut?

CapCut is the better editor; OpusClip is the better scout. You paste a long video and OpusClip finds the moments worth clipping, scores their viral potential, and captions them. Most creators clip in OpusClip, then export to Premiere or DaVinci for finishing touches.