OpusClip — The clearest value in this group — provided you notice that Pro billed annually costs less than Starter.
Short answer: OpusClip takes long video — podcasts, streams, webinars — and cuts it into short vertical clips with captions, reframing and a virality score. Pricing has an oddity worth catching before you buy: Starter is $15 a month and available on monthly billing only, while Pro is $29 monthly or $14.50 a month billed annually ($174 a year). The better plan billed annually is cheaper than the lesser plan. The free tier gives 60 credits a month but watermarks output and, critically, stops clips being exportable after three days.
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Verdict at a glance
Overall rating: 4.0/5 ★★★★☆
Standout: ⭐ It genuinely saves the work it claims to. Feed in an hour-long podcast and OpusClip returns ranked, captioned, reframed vertical clips with a virality score — the manual equivalent is hours of scrubbing, and the output is close enough to publishable to matter.
Watch out: ⚠️ On the free plan, clips stop being exportable after three days and media storage expires in the same window. Free-tier output is not a library you can come back to; it is a demo with a countdown.
OpusClip rates 4.0, the highest in this Day 27 group, because it solves a specific expensive problem well and prices it competitively — as long as you read the plan table rather than the plan names. The core capability is real: AI clipping with a virality score, animated captions in 20-plus languages, auto-reframing with object tracking, B-roll, and direct posting or scheduling to YouTube Shorts, TikTok and Instagram Reels. Pro adds a two-seat team workspace, export to Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve, an MCP connector and limited API access, which is more integration surface than anything else in this comparison offers. The pricing has one trap and one quirk. The trap is the free tier, where clips expire after three days — fine as a trial, disastrous if mistaken for storage. The quirk is that Starter at $15 is monthly-only, so Pro billed annually at $14.50 undercuts it while including substantially more. If you intend to use OpusClip for a year, Starter is almost never the right purchase.
Quick facts
| Attribute | Detail |
|---|---|
| Ideal user | Podcasters, streamers and marketers repurposing long video |
| Learning curve | ⭐ Low — upload, and clips come back ranked |
| Setup time | Minutes |
| Free trial | ⭐ Free plan plus a no-credit-card trial |
| Free tier | 60 credits/mo · ⚠️ watermark · ⚠️ clips expire after 3 days |
| Pricing | ⭐ Pro $14.50/mo billed annually ($174/yr) · $29 monthly |
| Starter quirk | ⚠️ $15/mo, monthly billing only — dearer than annual Pro |
| Key limit | ⚠️ Pro tops out at 4 users across credit packs |
Overview
OpusClip is a repurposing tool rather than a generator. You give it a long video — a podcast episode, a stream, a webinar, a talk — and it identifies the segments most likely to perform, cuts them into short vertical clips, adds animated captions, reframes the shot to follow the speaker, and scores each clip for virality. Paid tiers add AI B-roll powered by what OpusClip calls Agent Opus, speech cleanup that removes fillers and pauses, video dubbing, AI voice-over and direct publishing to YouTube Shorts, TikTok and Instagram Reels.
The plans are Free, Starter, Pro and Business, and the shape of them rewards attention. Free gives 60 credits a month, clips up to 1080p, auto-reframe and AI captions, but watermarks the output, permits no editing, and stops clips being exportable after three days — media storage expires on the same schedule. Starter is $15 a month with 150 credits, watermark removal, one brand template and filler and silence removal; OpusClip states Starter is available on monthly billing only. Pro is $29 a month, or $14.50 a month billed annually at $174 a year, and provides 3,600 credits per year available instantly, a two-seat team workspace, two brand templates and six social connections.
That annual arrangement produces the pricing quirk worth planning around: because Starter has no annual option, Pro billed annually costs $14.50 a month against Starter’s $15, while including AI B-roll, Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve export, multiple aspect ratios, a social scheduler, custom fonts, speech enhancement, video dubbing, limited API access and an MCP connector. Pro is also sold in packs — from one up to fifteen — which scale credits, seats up to four users, and social connections. Business is custom, adding priority processing, dedicated storage, full API and custom integrations, an MSA and a dedicated Slack channel.
Key features
- AI clipping with virality score — ranked segments rather than arbitrary cuts
- Animated captions in 20+ languages — with emoji and keyword highlighting
- AI reframe with object tracking — ⭐ tracking and genre models on paid tiers
- AI B-roll via Agent Opus — image, video and stock, Pro tier
- Speech cleanup — filler and pause removal from Starter, bad-take removal on Pro
- Multiple aspect ratios — 9:16 on free and Starter, plus 1:1 and 16:9 on Pro
- Export to Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve — ⭐ Pro tier
- MCP connector and limited API — ⭐ Pro tier
- Social scheduler and multi-profile posting — Pro tier
- Video dubbing and AI voice-over — dubbing on Pro, voice-over 20/day
Pricing (as of 2026-10-01)
Model: credit-metered plans sold in packs; annual billing only on Pro and above · Free tier: 60 credits a month, ⚠️ watermarked and non-exportable after three days · Entry paid: $14.50/mo billed annually (Pro)
| Plan | Price | Includes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 60 credits per month · clips up to 1080p · auto reframe · AI captions with emoji and keyword highlighter · ⚠️ watermark · ⚠️ no editing · ⚠️ clips not exportable after 3 days · storage expires after 3 days |
| Starter | $15/mo — ⚠️ monthly billing only | 150 credits per month · AI clipping with virality score · captions in 20+ languages · auto post to YouTube Shorts, TikTok and IG Reels · editor · 1 brand template · filler and silence removal · ⭐ watermark removed · storage expires after 29 days |
| Pro | ⭐ $14.50/mo billed annually ($174/yr) · $29 monthly | 3,600 credits per year available instantly · team workspace with 2 seats (up to 4 across packs) · 2 brand templates · 6 social connections · AI B-roll · export to Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve · 9:16, 1:1 and 16:9 · social scheduler · custom fonts · speech enhancement · limited API · MCP connector · video dubbing · 100GB storage |
| Business | Custom pricing and packs | Priority project processing · customised credits, seats and social connections · tailored brand assets, fonts and vocabulary · dedicated storage · full API and custom integrations · MSA · priority support with a dedicated Slack channel · enterprise-level security |
⭐ Pro billed annually costs $14.50 a month against Starter’s $15, and Starter has no annual option. For anyone committing to a year, Pro is both cheaper and substantially better equipped — B-roll, editing-suite export, extra aspect ratios, a scheduler, API and MCP access. Starter only makes sense for genuinely short-term monthly use.
⚠️ Free-tier clips stop being exportable after three days, and media storage expires on the same schedule. Anything you make on the free plan and do not download immediately is gone. Treat it as a trial rather than a tier you can sit on.
⚠️ Pro’s credits are granted per year rather than per month — 3,600 available instantly — which is flexible for bursty work but means a heavy first quarter can leave the rest of the year short.
⚠️ Seats are capped even on Pro: two users per pack, up to four users across packs. Larger teams need Business, which is custom-priced, and sub-teams and member permissions are Business-only.
⭐ Both paid tiers offer a free trial with no credit card required, so the three-day export limit on the free plan can be sidestepped when evaluating properly.
Ratings breakdown
| Criterion | Score | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Ease Of Use | 4.5/5 | ⭐ Upload and receive ranked, captioned, reframed clips |
| Features | 4.5/5 | ⭐ The deepest toolkit here, including editing-suite export and MCP |
| Value | 4.0/5 | ⭐ Pro at $14.50 annually is strong; ⚠️ Starter is a trap |
| Support | 3.5/5 | Intercom chat on Pro; dedicated Slack channel at Business |
Pros
- ⭐ Pro billed annually at $14.50/mo undercuts Starter while including far more
- ⭐ Virality scoring makes clip selection a ranked decision rather than a guess
- ⭐ Export to Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve — real pipeline integration
- MCP connector and limited API on Pro, unusual at this price
- Animated captions in 20+ languages with emoji and keyword highlighting
- Auto-reframe with object tracking and genre-specific models
- Direct posting and scheduling to YouTube Shorts, TikTok and Instagram Reels
- Free trial on paid tiers with no credit card required
Cons
- ⚠️ Free-plan clips expire and become non-exportable after three days
- ⚠️ Starter is monthly-only and costs more than annual Pro
- ⚠️ Pro credits are annual, so heavy early use can exhaust the year
- ⚠️ Seats cap at four users on Pro; larger teams need custom Business pricing
- Free tier watermarks output and permits no editing at all
- SSO, SLM and sub-teams are Business-only
- Starter’s media storage expires after 29 days
Who it’s for
- Podcasters and streamers turning long episodes into short-form clips
- Marketing teams repurposing webinars and talks for social
- Creators posting daily to Shorts, TikTok and Reels from longer source material
- Editors who want AI-selected clips exported into Premiere Pro or Resolve
Who it’s not for
- Anyone needing to generate new footage rather than cut existing video
- Teams larger than four, who must negotiate Business pricing
- Buyers relying on the free tier as storage, given the three-day expiry
- Organisations requiring SSO or sub-team permissions below Business
Best use cases
- Turning a weekly podcast episode into a month of short-form posts
- Cutting conference talks and webinars into shareable highlight clips
- Reframing 16:9 source footage to 9:16 with the speaker tracked automatically
- Scheduling a week of clips across multiple social profiles in one pass
- Handing AI-selected clips to an editor via Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve export
Integrations
OpusClip has the strongest integration story in this Day 27 group, and it is the main reason it outscores its neighbours. Pro includes export to Adobe Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve, which means AI-selected clips can enter a professional edit rather than terminating in a download; a social scheduler with six connections and multi-profile posting to YouTube Shorts, TikTok and Instagram Reels; a Zapier integration covering up to 300 credits a month; limited API access; and an MCP connector, so an AI assistant can drive the tool directly. Business extends this to a full video-editing API, a scheduler API, CMS integration and custom integrations. By contrast Pika, Suno and Murf’s Studio product publish little or no connector surface, and Luma’s route is its own API. If OpusClip needs to sit inside an existing content pipeline rather than beside it, that is achievable at the $14.50 annual Pro rate.
How it compares
| OpusClip | Pika | Luma | Murf AI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price | $14.50/mo billed annually (Pro) | ⭐ $8/mo billed yearly (Standard) | ⚠️ $25/mo billed yearly (Plus) | $19/mo billed yearly (Creator) |
| Free tier | ⚠️ 60 credits, watermark, 3-day expiry | ⭐ 80 monthly credits, 480p only | ⚠️ None published | 10 projects, 10 min, no downloads |
| Working tier | $29/mo Pro monthly | $28/mo Pro yearly | $75/mo Pro yearly | $66/mo Business yearly |
| Team seats | ⭐ 2, up to 4 across packs | ⚠️ Single account | Team tier, contact-only | ⚠️ 1 editor on every published plan |
| Pipeline export | ⭐ Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve | ⚠️ Download only | API | Canva, PowerPoint, Slides |
| MCP / API | ⭐ MCP connector and API on Pro | API listed, not on pricing page | API | Separate API product line |
| Best fit | Long video into short clips | Short AI video clips and effects | Multi-model video and image platform | AI voiceover studio |
All figures are vendor-published and verified on 2026-09-07. OpusClip’s Starter tier is excluded from the entry-price row because it is monthly-only at $15 and therefore dearer than annual Pro.
Alternatives
OpusClip’s competition is other repurposing tools rather than the generators alongside it here — Pika, Luma, Suno and Murf all create new media, while OpusClip mines what you already have. Luma is the nearest overlap if what you actually need is to generate B-roll rather than find it, and its reframe and upscale utilities cover some of the same ground at a much higher entry price. Synthesia is worth weighing if the underlying goal is producing short presenter-led video from scratch rather than cutting existing recordings. Canva handles the lightweight end of social editing where AI clip selection is not the bottleneck. The honest positioning is that OpusClip does something the others do not: if you have a back catalogue of long video and no time to cut it, nothing else in this comparison addresses that, and $174 a year is a low price for the hours it removes.
Recent changes
As verified on 2026-09-07, OpusClip’s published plans are Free, Starter at $15 a month on monthly billing only, Pro at $29 a month or $14.50 a month billed annually at $174 a year, and custom Business. Pro grants 3,600 credits per year available instantly, a team workspace with two seats expandable to four users across credit packs, two brand templates and six social account connections; it is sold in packs from one to fifteen with larger volumes directed to contact the company. Free remains 60 credits a month with watermarked output, no editing, and clips that stop being exportable after three days, with media storage expiring on the same schedule; Starter’s media storage expires after 29 days. Pro currently includes AI B-roll powered by Agent Opus, video dubbing, AI video upscaling, speech enhancement at 10 uses a day, AI voice-over at 20 a day, an MCP connector, limited API access and a Zapier integration covering up to 300 credits a month. SSO, software licence management, sub-teams and member permissions remain Business-only.
Frequently asked questions
How much does OpusClip cost?
Free is $0 with 60 credits a month. Starter is $15 a month and available on monthly billing only. Pro is $29 a month, or $14.50 a month billed annually at $174 a year, and includes 3,600 credits per year granted instantly. Business is custom-priced. Both paid tiers offer a free trial with no credit card required.
Is Starter or Pro better value?
Pro, in almost every case where you intend to use OpusClip for a year. Because Starter has no annual option, Pro billed annually works out at $14.50 a month against Starter’s $15 — cheaper, while adding AI B-roll, export to Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve, extra aspect ratios, a social scheduler, custom fonts, video dubbing, API access and an MCP connector. Starter only makes sense for short-term monthly use.
What happens to clips on the free plan?
They expire. OpusClip states that after three days, free-plan clips are no longer exportable, and free-tier media storage expires on the same three-day schedule. Output is also watermarked and no editing is available. The free plan is a demonstration with a countdown rather than a tier you can accumulate work in — download anything you want to keep immediately.
How do OpusClip’s credits work?
Free and Starter grant credits monthly — 60 and 150 respectively. Pro grants 3,600 credits per year, available instantly rather than metered out month by month. That suits bursty work such as clipping a back catalogue in one sitting, but it also means a heavy first few months can leave you short later in the year. Pro is sold in packs from one to fifteen, which scale credits, seats and social connections together.
How many people can use OpusClip?
Pro includes a team workspace with two seats, expandable to a maximum of four users by adding credit packs. Beyond that you need Business, which offers customised seats along with sub-teams and member permissions — both of which are Business-only features. Free and Starter include no team workspace or member seats at all.
Can OpusClip export into a proper editing suite?
Yes, from Pro upward. It exports to Adobe Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve, which means AI-selected clips can be handed to an editor rather than finishing as a downloaded file. Pro also includes bulk export, shareable project links and export at the highest available resolution with no time limit, against Starter’s 30-day export window and the free plan’s three days.
Does OpusClip have an API or MCP connector?
Pro includes limited API access, a scheduler API, an MCP connector and a Zapier integration covering up to 300 credits a month — a notable amount of integration surface at $14.50 a month billed annually. Business extends this to a full video-editing API, CMS integration and custom integrations. The MCP connector in particular means an AI assistant can drive clipping directly, which none of the other tools reviewed alongside it offers at this price.
Sources
- OpusClip — official pricing page and full plan comparison
- OpusClip — plan feature matrix covering exports, seats and storage
- Pika — official pricing page
- Luma — official plans and pricing
- Murf AI — official pricing page
Compiled from public sources; last verified 2026-10-01. Pricing is subject to change — verify with the vendor. Ratings reflect editorial opinion based on documented capabilities, published pricing, and aggregated user reviews. DigiJaws does not accept payment for review placement or rating.
OpusClip Review (4/5): Pricing & Verdict (2026). DigiJaws, 2026. https://digijaws.com/reviews/opus-clip-review/