Comparisons
clipsdk is $0.03 per source minute with no plan and $1 free to start. These 13 comparisons set it next to other clipping tools on price per minute, inputs, clip counts, webhooks and limits, from each vendor's own pages.
Video clipping API comparisons
Each page checks a rival's plans and API docs against clipsdk's $0.03 a minute and 1 to 20 clips per call.
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Every comparison
| Page | What it covers |
|---|---|
| clipsdk vs Choppity for developers | Choppity's API starts on Creator at $32 a month for 300 minutes, about $0.11 a minute. clipsdk: $0.03 a minute, no plan, rendered clips in one job. |
| clipsdk vs Klap for developers | Klap bills $0.44 per video plus $0.80 per finished short. clipsdk bills $0.03 per source minute with every clip included up to 1080p60 and 20 Mb/s: ~$1.80 for a 60 minute video. |
| clipsdk vs OpusClip for developers | clipsdk 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. |
| clipsdk vs Reap for developers | Reap's API needs Creator or Studio: $0.028 a minute monthly, $0.017 yearly. clipsdk: $0.03 a minute, no plan, signed webhooks with retries. |
| clipsdk vs Spikes Studio for developers | Spikes Studio's API Pro is $350 a month for 5,000 minutes, $0.07 a minute. clipsdk: $0.03 a minute, no plan, self-serve keys, signed webhooks. |
| clipsdk vs Ssemble for developers | Ssemble bills 1 credit per request of up to 20 minutes, $0.01 a minute on Pro, billed yearly. clipsdk: $0.03 a minute, whole videos, no plan. |
| clipsdk vs Submagic: $0.03 a minute against $0.10 to $0.23 | Submagic sells plans from $19 a month, API minutes at $0.10 to $0.23 and a separate Magic Clips subscription for clipping. clipsdk bills $0.03 per source minute with every clip included up to 1080p60 and 20 Mb/s: ~$1.80 for a 60 minute video, sources up to 3 hours. |
| clipsdk vs Vizard for developers | Vizard's API needs a paid plan: $0.048 a minute monthly, $0.024 yearly. clipsdk: $0.03 a minute, no plan, uploads, signed webhooks. |
| OpenShorts vs clipsdk | Self-host OpenShorts free, use its paid Cloud from $12 a month, or call clipsdk at $0.03 a source minute with nothing to run. |
| OpusClip vs Choppity | OpusClip and Choppity compared for clipping by API: per-minute prices, links, previews, renders and webhooks, plus $0.03 a minute. |
| OpusClip vs Submagic | OpusClip and Submagic compared for clipping by API: billing, links, clip lengths and webhooks, plus $0.03 a source minute with no plan. |
| OpusClip vs Vizard | OpusClip and Vizard compared for clipping by API: $29 plans, per-minute prices, caps and webhooks, plus $0.03 a minute with no plan. |
| WayinVideo API vs clipsdk | WayinVideo takes YouTube and Twitch links and sells API units at about $0.04 to $0.07 a source minute. clipsdk takes files at $0.03 a source minute. |
How the prices compare
Each page takes the rival's prices from its own pricing page and API docs on the date shown. A per-minute figure divides a plan's price by the minutes it includes, so it assumes you use every minute.
On monthly plans at full use, Vizard Creator works out to $0.048 a minute, Choppity Creator about $0.11 and Spikes Studio's API Pro $0.07, while Reap Creator ($0.028) comes in below our $0.03. Billed yearly, Ssemble Pro with full 20-minute windows works out to $0.01, Reap Creator to $0.017 and Vizard Creator to $0.024; Choppity ($0.075) and Spikes Studio ($0.056) stay above $0.03. On their own pages, OpusClip works out to about $0.097 a minute and Submagic from $0.10, while Klap bills $0.44 per video plus $0.80 per finished short.
clipsdk sells no plans and no prepaid years: $0.03 per source minute, $0.02 past 2,000 minutes in a UTC month, billed per second, and $1 of free credit, about 33 minutes.
What stays the same on our side
You send an upload or a direct file URL (MP4, MOV, WebM or MKV) up to 3 hours and 5 GB, with an optional prompt of up to 500 characters, and get 1 to 20 clips of 10 to 90 seconds. Each is reframed on the speaker in 9:16, 1:1, 4:5 or 16:9, with one of 3 caption presets burned in and no watermark, plus a poster, SRT, VTT and a 0 to 100 score with a reason.
Results come back on a webhook_url signed with HMAC-SHA256 and tried 5 times, or from GET /v1/jobs/{id}, and agents can run the same jobs through our MCP server. Files stay up for 7 days, and you can run 3 jobs at once and 200 a day. See pricing for the full rate card.
Questions, answered
Can I pass a YouTube link to the clipsdk API?
No. Page links such as YouTube or TikTok are refused. Send a direct link to an MP4, MOV, WebM or MKV file, or upload it, up to 3 hours and 5 GB.
Do any rivals cost less per minute than clipsdk?
Yes, if you use every minute you pay for. Monthly, Reap Creator ($0.028 a minute) comes in below our $0.03; billed yearly, so do Ssemble Pro ($0.01), Reap Creator ($0.017) and Vizard Creator ($0.024). clipsdk has no plan and bills per second of the video you send.
How do clipsdk webhooks work?
Add a webhook_url to the request and we POST the finished job to it, signed with HMAC-SHA256 in the Clipsdk-Signature header. We try 5 times: at once, then 10 s, 1 min, 5 min and 30 min after each failure.
How does billing work without a plan?
You pay $0.03 per source minute, billed per second, and $0.02 past 2,000 minutes in a UTC month. New accounts get $1 of free credit, about 33 minutes of video.
Sources
- Vizard pricing, checked 7 November 2026
- Reap pricing, checked 7 November 2026
- Choppity pricing, checked 7 November 2026
- Ssemble pricing, checked 7 November 2026
- Spikes Studio API pricing, checked 7 November 2026
- clipsdk API reference, checked 7 November 2026
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