OpusClip
Drop in a long video; get back ready-to-post shorts with captions, hooks and a virality score.
AI turns podcasts and long videos into captioned Shorts/Reels/TikToks, ranked by predicted virality. Free minutes monthly.
- Pricing
- Free monthly minutes; paid plans for more minutes and no watermark
- Platforms
- Web
- Category
- AI & Clips
- Last reviewed
- September 21, 2026
What is OpusClip?
OpusClip automates the most tedious job in short-form content: watching your own long video to find the 30 seconds that work as a Short. Upload a podcast, stream VOD or talking-head video (or paste a link), and its AI finds self-contained moments, crops to vertical with face-tracking, burns in animated captions, adds an optional AI-generated hook, and scores each clip's viral potential. Ten clips come back while you make coffee.
The results are rough diamonds, not finished products — the AI sometimes picks a moment that needs a different start or end point, and captions need a proofread. But as a first pass that turns one long video into a week of shorts, it compresses an hour of scrubbing into minutes. Teams and prolific podcasters use it as their clipping pipeline's starting point.
The free plan gives a monthly allowance of upload minutes with watermark on exports — enough to test the workflow on a few videos and decide if it fits. Paid plans add minutes, remove the watermark and unlock extras like brand templates. At the time of writing it remains the best-known tool in the AI-clipping category, with several capable competitors.
Key features
- AI moment detection from long videos or links
- Auto vertical reframe with speaker tracking
- Animated captions burned in, editable
- Virality score ranking for each generated clip
- AI hooks and B-roll suggestions on some plans
- Direct export presets for Shorts, Reels and TikTok
Free plan & limits
Free monthly upload minutes with watermarked exports. Paid tiers add minutes, remove watermark, add brand kits and higher resolutions. Processing happens in OpusClip's cloud — don't upload confidential footage.
Who is it best for?
Podcasters, streamers and long-form YouTubers who want a short-form presence without hiring a clipping editor.
Frequently asked questions
Does the free version watermark clips?
Yes — free exports carry an OpusClip watermark; paid plans remove it. The free tier is best treated as a genuine trial of your workflow.
Can I monetize videos made with OpusClip?
Clips from your own content are yours to monetize. As with any editing tool, the content rights are what matter — you must own the source video.
How accurate is the AI clipping?
Good enough to replace the search phase, not the judgment phase. Expect to adjust start/end points, fix caption typos and reject some picks — it is a first-pass tool.