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11 AI clipping tools ranked on price per minute, free plan, watermark and API. Plans run from $0.01 a minute at best (Ssemble, yearly) to about $0.14 (Munch Studio, monthly); clipsdk is $0.03 with no plan and no watermark.
The 11 best AI clipping tools in 2026
For an app you paste links into, start with Vizard: 600 minutes for $29, where OpusClip gives 300. For your own files or an app you are building, clipsdk cuts ranked clips for $0.03 a minute with no plan.
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$0.03per source minute
- Every clip included, up to 1080p60 and 20 Mb/s
- $1 free to start, 33 minutes of video
- Prepaid credit, no subscription
11 AI clipping tools, ranked
Prices come from each vendor's own pricing page; per minute is the plan price over its minutes.
clipsdk
An API: upload a file or send a file URL, get ranked 9:16 clips with speaker reframe and captions. YouTube links are refused.
- Price
- $0.03 a source minute, no plan. $1 free credit, no watermark.
- Best for
- Apps and pipelines with their own files
Vizard
OpusClip's workflow with twice the minutes: YouTube, Drive and Twitch links, up to 100 clips per video.
- Price
- Creator $29 for 600 minutes = $0.048 a minute; $174 a year for 7,200 = $0.024.
- Best for
- Pasting links at half OpusClip's rate
OpusClip
Takes links from YouTube, Zoom, Twitch, Apple Podcasts and more. API on Pro (Beta) and up, 15 hours a month.
- Price
- Pro $29 for 300 minutes = $0.097 a minute; $174 a year for 3,600 = $0.048.
- Best for
- Clipping from many link sources
Reap
Cheaper per minute than clipsdk, monthly or yearly. Takes YouTube links; API on paid plans.
- Price
- Creator $16.99 for 600 minutes = $0.028 a minute; $119.88 a year = $0.017.
- Best for
- A small monthly bill
Klap
Sells clips, not minutes, and takes YouTube, Twitch and Drive links.
- Price
- Basic $29 for 100 clips = $0.29 a clip; $174 a year for 1,200 = about $0.15.
- Best for
- Long videos where you keep a few clips
Submagic
Caption-first, and no plan adds a watermark. Magic Clips takes a YouTube link or an upload.
- Price
- $19, $39 or $69 per member a month; $12, $23 or $41 yearly. API from $0.10 a minute.
- Best for
- Captioned clips with no watermark
Choppity
An editor with an API on Creator, plus signed webhooks that retry.
- Price
- Creator $32 for 300 minutes = about $0.11 a minute; $22.40 a month yearly = $0.075.
- Best for
- An editor plus automation
Ssemble
The lowest rate here if each request uses its full 20 minutes; one credit buys up to 12 shorts.
- Price
- Pro $72 a year for 360 credits = 7,200 minutes = $0.01 a minute at best.
- Best for
- Many videos of 20 minutes or less
Spikes Studio
An app with a free plan, plus an API in beta that takes YouTube, Drive or file links.
- Price
- PRO+ $32.99 for 300 minutes = $0.11 a minute; $14.09 a month yearly = $0.047. API $0.07.
- Best for
- An app now, an API later
quso.ai
Imports from YouTube, Vimeo, Twitch, Zoom, Drive and more on every plan. No public API.
- Price
- Growth $49 for 600 credits = $0.082 a minute, the same rate yearly.
- Best for
- Many link sources, no code
Munch Studio
Cuts uploaded webinars, podcasts and Zoom recordings into captioned clips, then schedules them. No API on its pricing page.
- Price
- Essential $68 for 500 minutes = about $0.14 a minute; $38 a month yearly = $0.076.
- Best for
- Clipping and scheduling in one place
11 AI clipping tools side by side
| Tool | Monthly | Yearly | Free plan | Links | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| clipsdk | $0.03, no plan | No yearly plan | $1 credit, no watermark | Upload or file URL | Yes |
| Vizard | $0.048 | $0.024 | 60 minutes, watermark | YouTube, Drive, Twitch | Paid plans |
| OpusClip | $0.097 | $0.048 | 60 minutes, watermark | YouTube, Zoom, Twitch | Pro (Beta) and up |
| Reap | $0.028 | $0.017 | 1 hour, watermark | YouTube | Paid plans |
| Klap | $0.29 a clip | About $0.15 a clip | 1 video, no download | YouTube, Twitch, Drive | Per video, short, export |
| Submagic | Plans from $19 | Plans from $12 | No watermark | YouTube | From $0.10 |
| Choppity | About $0.11 | $0.075 | 1 hour of analysis | Public video URL | Creator |
| Ssemble | Not confirmed | $0.01 at best | None listed | YouTube, file URL | Yes |
| Spikes Studio | $0.11 | $0.047 | 720p, watermark | YouTube, Drive, file URL | Beta, $0.07 |
| quso.ai | $0.082 | $0.082 | 75 credits, watermark | YouTube, Vimeo, Zoom | No |
| Munch Studio | About $0.14 | $0.076 | 7-day trial | Uploads | None found |
Monthly and yearly are per minute. Klap sells clips and Submagic sells plans. Ours: pricing.
The clipsdk request behind this page
We sent this request with a 10-minute NASA livestream, asking for 5 clips of 15 to 45 seconds with bold captions. It finished in just over 2 minutes, with scores from 90 down to 82. At $0.03 a minute that cost about $0.30; see pricing.
curl https://api.clipsdk.com/v1/clips \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $CLIPSDK_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"video_url": "https://api.clipsdk.com/f/lib/demo/silicon-valley-live-stream.mp4",
"clips": 5,
"min_seconds": 15,
"max_seconds": 45,
"aspect": "9:16",
"reframe": "auto",
"captions": "bold"
}'How we ranked them
clipsdk is our product. We ran it on a 10-minute NASA livestream for this page; every other row comes from the vendor's own pages.
Which one to pick
Pasting YouTube or Twitch links: Vizard, OpusClip, Reap or Klap; clipsdk refuses those links. Lowest yearly rate: Ssemble, Reap and Vizard, all under $0.03 a minute. Captions first: Submagic. Your own files or code: clipsdk at $0.03 a minute with no plan.
Questions, answered
What is the best AI clipping tool in 2026?
For an app you paste links into, Vizard: 600 minutes for $29 a month. For your own files or an app you are building, clipsdk at $0.03 a source minute with no plan.
Which AI clipping tools add a watermark?
The free plans of Vizard, OpusClip, Reap, Spikes Studio and quso.ai add one. Submagic adds none on any plan. clipsdk never adds one, and its $1 signup credit covers about 33 minutes of video.
Which AI clipping tools have an API?
clipsdk is an API first. Vizard and Reap have APIs on paid plans, OpusClip on Pro (Beta) and up, Choppity on Creator, and Ssemble has one. Spikes Studio's API is in beta. quso.ai has no public API.
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Sources
- Vizard pricing, checked 7 November 2026
- OpusClip pricing, checked 7 November 2026
- OpusClip API limits, checked 7 November 2026
- Reap pricing, checked 7 November 2026
- Klap pricing, checked 7 November 2026
- Submagic pricing, checked 7 November 2026
- Choppity pricing, checked 7 November 2026
- Ssemble pricing, checked 7 November 2026
- Spikes Studio pricing, checked 7 November 2026
- Spikes Studio API pricing, checked 7 November 2026
- quso.ai pricing, checked 7 November 2026
- Munch Studio pricing, checked 7 November 2026
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