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Free, no sign-up and no watermark: upload a video up to 10 minutes and 500 MB and get 3 ranked vertical clips with burned-in captions. Sign in for $1 of free credit, 3 hour videos and up to 20 clips.
Free AI clip maker: no watermark, no sign-up
A 10-minute podcast episode comes back as 3 vertical clips in under 2 minutes, each one following the speaker and ranked by how well it stands on its own.
Make 3 clips from your video
Runs on clipsdk servers
Settings
No sign-up, no watermark.
Your file goes to clipsdk servers, the same engine as the API cuts it into clips, and the upload and clips are deleted 24 hours later.
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The free clip maker next to an account
The free tool runs the same engine as the API, with limits that keep it free for everyone.
| Free clip maker | clipsdk account | |
|---|---|---|
| Video length | Up to 10 minutes | Up to 3 hours |
| File size | Up to 500 MB | Up to 5 GB |
| Video quality | Up to 1080p and 60 fps | Larger and faster video too, see pricing |
| Clips per video | 3, up to 60 s each | 1 to 20, 10 to 90 s each |
| Captions | Bold, karaoke, minimal or none | Bold, karaoke, minimal or none |
| Runs | 3 a day per network | 200 jobs a day |
| Files kept | 24 hours | 7 days |
| Price | Free, no sign-up | $0.03 per source minute, the first $1 free |
| Watermark | None | None |
New accounts get $1 of free credit, 33 minutes of video.
The same job through the API
Every result in the tool comes with the same job as a curl command. This is the request behind the clip shown here: 3 clips of up to 60 seconds with bold captions, the most the free tool makes.
With an API key the same call takes videos up to 3 hours, returns up to 20 clips, and can call your webhook when the job is done. The episode, just under 10 minutes, costs $0.29 at $0.03 per source minute.
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/rocket-ranch-podcast.mp4",
"clips": 3,
"max_seconds": 60,
"aspect": "9:16",
"reframe": "auto",
"captions": "bold"
}'How the free clip maker works
Pick a file and the page checks it before anything uploads: MP4, MOV, WebM or MKV, up to 500 MB, 10 minutes and 1080p. Our server checks the frame rate, up to 60 fps, after the upload. When your browser can't read a video's details, like an HEVC .mov in Chrome, the upload goes ahead and our server checks the file instead.
The file goes straight to storage. The engine transcribes it, a model picks the moments that stand on their own, and each one is cut and rendered as a 1080x1920 vertical clip that follows the speaker, with captions burned in. A 10-minute episode came back as 3 clips in under 2 minutes.
You can keep the page open while it works or come back to it: the run's link stays in the address bar, so a refresh picks it up where it left off.
How to read the scores
Every clip has a score from 0 to 100 and a one-line reason. From 80 to 100, a stranger scrolling past would stop and watch to the end, so post it as is. From 50 to 79 it works but leans on some context. Under 50 means the video had little that stands alone.
The podcast clips above scored 92, 85 and 82. The top one, Why they call it the 7 Minutes of Terror, opens on that name and pays it off with the engineering behind a Mars landing.
Why there is a daily limit
Every run uses real compute, so the free tool allows 3 runs a day per network, and it pauses for everyone once the day's budget is spent. Both reset at midnight UTC.
When your free runs are used up, sign in. New accounts get $1 of free credit, about 33 minutes of video at $0.03 a minute, with no watermark on any clip.
Questions, answered
Is the AI clip maker really free?
Yes. No sign-up, no card and no watermark. You get 3 runs a day per network, each on a video up to 10 minutes. When those are used up, sign in for $1 of free credit.
Does it add a watermark?
No. Clips come back at 1080x1920 with burned-in captions and nothing else on the frame. Clips made with an account have no watermark either.
Can I paste a YouTube or Twitch link?
No. The free tool takes uploads only. With an account, the API also takes a direct link to a video file, but never YouTube, Twitch or other page links.
How long are my video and clips kept?
24 hours. Then the upload and the clips are deleted and the run's link stops working, so download the clips you want to keep.
What do I get when I sign in?
Videos up to 3 hours and 5 GB, up to 20 clips per video, files kept 7 days, the API, and $1 of free credit to start.
Keep reading
- Clip finderPaste a transcript or drop an SRT or VTT file and get the best moments with titles, scores, reasons and start and end times.
- Moment ranking: the best parts of a long video, scored 0 to 100clipsdk scores every moment of a long video 0 to 100 on hook, complete thought and payoff, and returns up to 20 ranked clips of 10 to 90 seconds, each with a one-line reason.
- Animated captions, burned in word by wordBurn word-by-word captions into every clip in one of 3 presets: bold, karaoke or minimal. Or set captions to false for clean clips with SRT and VTT files. $0.03 per source minute.
- 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.
- Twitch clip to TikTok converterTurn a Twitch clip you downloaded into a 1080x1920 video with your facecam on top and the gameplay below. Free, in your browser.
- Video splitterCut one video into 2 to 100 equal parts, or parts of a set length, right in your browser. Free, and nothing is uploaded.
Sources
- Rocket Ranch podcast on the NASA Image and Video Library, public domain, checked 7 November 2026
- clipsdk API summary (llms.txt), checked 7 November 2026
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