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OpusClip Pro is $29 a month for 300 minutes, about $0.10 a minute, and its free plan adds a watermark. clipsdk charges $0.03 per source minute with no plan. These 10 alternatives are ranked on price per minute, free plan, links and API.
The 10 best OpusClip alternatives in 2026
For most OpusClip users the closest swap is Vizard: it takes the same kinds of links and gives 600 minutes for the same $29. If you have the video files, clipsdk cuts ranked clips for $0.03 a minute with no plan.
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10 OpusClip alternatives, ranked
Prices come from each vendor's own pricing page; per minute is the plan price over its minutes.
clipsdk
An API: send an upload or 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
- Your own files, or clipping from code
Vizard
The closest swap: YouTube, Drive, Vimeo and Twitch links, up to 100 clips per video, and an API on paid plans.
- Price
- Creator $29 for 600 minutes = $0.048 a minute; $174 a year for 7,200 = $0.024.
- Best for
- The OpusClip workflow at half the rate
Reap
Cheaper per minute than OpusClip and than clipsdk, monthly or yearly. It takes YouTube links and has an API on paid plans.
- Price
- Creator $16.99 for 10 hours = $0.028 a minute; $119.88 a year = $0.017.
- Best for
- A small bill for YouTube clipping
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 5 hours = about $0.11 a minute; $22.40 a month yearly = $0.075.
- Best for
- An editor plus webhooks
Ssemble
The lowest rate here if each request uses its full 20 minutes. One credit buys up to 12 shorts from a YouTube or file URL.
- 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
Descript
A full editor where Create Clips finds the best moments. YouTube import is off, so you upload.
- Price
- Hobbyist $24 for 10 media hours = $0.04 a minute; $16 a month yearly = $0.027.
- Best for
- Editing the show and its clips
Riverside
A recording studio with Magic Clips: record or upload, then pick highlights, topics or a focus speaker.
- Price
- Pro $29 a month, or $24 a month yearly. Magic Clips included, not sold per minute.
- Best for
- Podcasts recorded in Riverside
OpenShorts
MIT open source with about 7,500 GitHub stars. Self-host it free with no cap or watermark; the cloud takes YouTube and Twitch links.
- Price
- Self-hosted $0 plus servers. Cloud $12 for 100 minutes = $0.12 a minute; $120 a year = $0.10.
- Best for
- Running it yourself
OpusClip and the 10 alternatives side by side
| Tool | Monthly | Yearly | Free plan | Links | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpusClip | $0.097 | $0.048 | 60 minutes, watermark | YouTube, Zoom, Twitch | Pro (Beta) and up |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Descript | $0.04 | $0.027 | Watermark | Upload, YouTube import off | Yes |
| Riverside | Pro $29 | Pro $24 | 720p, watermark | Record or upload | MCP on Grow |
| OpenShorts | Cloud $0.12 | Cloud $0.10 | Self-host free, cloud watermark | YouTube, Twitch | REST and MCP |
Monthly and yearly are per minute. Klap sells clips; Submagic and Riverside sell plans. Ours: pricing.
The clipsdk request behind this page
We sent this request with a NASA speech just under 8 minutes long and got 5 ranked clips with karaoke captions in about a minute and a half. At $0.03 a minute that cost about $0.24; see pricing. Try it opens New clips with the same video.
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/artemis-moon-speech.mp4",
"clips": 5,
"aspect": "9:16",
"reframe": "auto",
"captions": "karaoke"
}'Free OpusClip alternatives without a watermark
Most free plans add a watermark too: Vizard, Reap, Descript, Riverside and the OpenShorts cloud. Klap's trial has no download. Two routes give clean files for $0: self-host OpenShorts, or spend clipsdk's $1 signup credit, about 33 minutes of video.
How to pick one
Pasting YouTube or Twitch links: Vizard, Reap or Klap; clipsdk refuses those links. Your own files: clipsdk at $0.03 a minute with no plan. Lowest yearly rate: Ssemble, Reap or Vizard. A full editor: Descript or Riverside.
Questions, answered
What is the best OpusClip alternative?
For app users, Vizard: the same kinds of links and 600 minutes for $29 a month instead of 300. For your own files, clipsdk: $0.03 a source minute, no plan, no watermark.
Is there a free OpusClip alternative without a watermark?
Self-hosted OpenShorts is free under the MIT license and adds no watermark. clipsdk gives $1 of credit at signup, about 33 minutes of video, and never adds a watermark.
Which OpusClip alternative is cheapest?
On yearly plans, Ssemble at about $0.01 a minute when each request uses its full 20 minutes, then Reap at $0.017 and Vizard at $0.024. Without a yearly plan, Reap is $0.028 and clipsdk $0.03.
Keep reading
- clipsdk vs OpusClip for developersclipsdk costs $0.03 per source minute with no monthly cap. OpusClip is about $0.097 on Pro credits, with a 15 hour monthly API cap. Prices, limits and a migration guide.
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- Speaker reframe: 16:9 to 9:16 that follows whoever is talkingReframe wide video to 9:16 (1080x1920), 1:1, 4:5 or 16:9. Auto mode tracks faces and cuts to whoever is talking; center and none are one field away. $0.03 per source minute.
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Sources
- OpusClip pricing, checked 7 November 2026
- OpusClip API limits, checked 7 November 2026
- Vizard pricing, 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
- Descript clips and free plan, checked 7 November 2026
- Riverside pricing, checked 7 November 2026
- OpenShorts pricing, checked 7 November 2026
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