Use cases
8 use cases for one clip API, from podcasts to sermons. Each runs a real request on a real video and shows the clip it returned, and every one costs $0.03 per source minute, $0.02 past 2,000.
Video clipping API use cases
Pick the page that matches your video: a 3-minute sermon costs $0.09 and a 10-minute stream $0.30, every clip included up to 1080p60 and 20 Mb/s.
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Every use case
| Use case | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Build an AI clipping app | Build your own clipping app on one API: ranking, reframe and captions in one call, signed webhooks back, your UI and your prices. |
| Clip every conference session the same day | Upload each conference session as it ends and get up to 20 ranked vertical clips per talk. A 40 minute keynote costs ~$1.20, with 3 jobs at once and 200 jobs a day. |
| Clipping agencies | Every client's long videos through one API: a key per client, signed webhooks and ranked clips your clippers can post. |
| Cut every lesson and webinar into teaser clips | Upload a lesson or webinar and get up to 20 ranked teaser clips with minimal captions and SRT files. A 45 minute lesson costs ~$1.35 and a 90 minute webinar ~$2.70. |
| Sermons | Every Sunday sermon into captioned vertical clips: send the file, steer the ranker to the message, get clips reframed to the preacher. |
| Turn every podcast episode into a week of shorts | Upload a podcast episode and get up to 20 vertical clips, each scored 0 to 100 with a reason, reframed to the speaker and captioned. A 60 minute episode costs ~$1.80. |
| Turn hours of stream VOD into ranked highlight clips | Upload a stream VOD of up to 3 hours and get up to 20 ranked highlight clips with captions. A full 3 hour VOD costs ~$5.40, and longer streams split into two jobs. |
| Whop clipping | Clip Content Rewards campaign videos without code: ranked 9:16 clips, captions burned in, no watermark and a post caption for each. |
Pick the page closest to your videos
Start from who is talking and how the video was shot. Each page uses a demo video like yours, sends one request with settings that suit it, and shows the clip that came back with its score.
- Two or more people at a table: podcasts
- One speaker on a stage or at a pulpit: talks and sermons
- Long, loose and live: livestreams
- Slides and a teacher: courses and webinars
- Clipping for others: clipping agencies and Whop clipping
- Your own product on top: build an AI clipping app
Same request, price and limits
Every use case is the same call. You send an upload or a direct link to the file, up to 3 hours and 5 GB, and get up to 20 ranked clips back, each with an MP4, a poster, SRT and VTT files, a title, a post caption and a score from 0 to 100. Page links like YouTube or Twitch are refused.
What changes between pages is the settings: how many clips, how long, the aspect ratio, the caption preset, and a prompt of up to 500 characters that tells the ranker what to look for.
The price is the same everywhere: $0.03 per source minute, $0.02 past 2,000 minutes in a month, every clip included up to 1080p60 and 20 Mb/s. An account runs 3 jobs at once and 200 a day, with 20 GB of uploads a day. See pricing.
What it needs from your video
clipsdk ranks moments by what is said, so it needs speech. A video with no speech fails with NO_SPEECH, and a failed job costs nothing.
The speaker crop follows whoever is talking. It works best when each speaker has a clear shot of their own.
Questions, answered
What kinds of video does clipsdk clip best?
Video where people talk: podcasts, talks, streams, lessons and sermons. It ranks moments by what is said, so a video with no speech fails with `NO_SPEECH` and costs nothing.
Does each use case cost a different price?
No. Every use case costs $0.03 per source minute, and $0.02 past 2,000 minutes in a month. For a source up to 1080p60 and 20 Mb/s, asking for 1 clip or 20 costs the same.
Can I try a use case without writing code?
Yes. Try it on a page's request opens New clips in the dashboard with the same settings and the same demo video. New accounts get $1 free, 33 minutes.
Sources
- clipsdk API summary (llms.txt), checked 7 November 2026
Start free
Your back catalog is full of shorts
Your first $1 is free: 33 minutes of video, every clip included up to 1080p60 and 20 Mb/s.
