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clipsdk vs Klap

Klap has more editing options and an editor you can embed. clipsdk costs less as soon as you want more than one short per 27 minutes of video, because every clip is included in $0.03 per source minute.

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Klap prices checked 26 October 2026 on the Klap API docs and pricing page.

One 60 minute video1:00:00

Klap API

~$4.44

Video input$0.44
5 shorts × $0.32~$1.60
5 exports × $0.48~$2.40

clipsdk

~$1.80

60 min × $0.03~$1.80
5 finished clipsincluded

clipsdk is ~$2.64 less for this video

Price

Per minute against per short

Klap charges for each step of the job, so its bill grows with every short you export. clipsdk charges for the length of the video and nothing else.

clipsdk

$0.03per source minute

Every clip included, 1 or 20. No fee per short and no export fee.

$0.02 a minute past 2,000 in a calendar month
First $1 free, 33 minutes of video
A 60 minute video costs ~$1.80 with any number of clips

Klap

$0.44 + $0.80per video, plus per short

Klap bills each step: $0.44 per video input, $0.32 per generated short and $0.48 per export.

30 minutes with 5 shorts: ~$0.148 a source minute
60 minutes with 10 shorts: ~$0.141 a source minute
3 hours with 5 shorts: ~$0.025 a source minute

One 60 minute video, by number of shorts

Klap at $0.44 per video plus $0.80 per finished short. clipsdk bills the minutes, so its bar stays put.

A worked month

40 one hour episodes a month, 10 shorts each

clipsdk bills 2,400 minutes, with the minutes past 2,000 at $0.02. Klap bills 40 inputs, 400 shorts and 400 exports.

clipsdk: ~$68.00
Klap: ~$337.60
Difference: ~$269.60 less a month

API access

API access and caps

Klap prices each step of the job on its own. clipsdk prices the minutes and hands back finished files.

Klap API

Pay per step

Three charges per short
$0.44 per video, then $0.32 to generate each short and $0.48 to export it.
An export step per short
Generate the shorts, list them, then start and poll an export for each one you want as a file.
Sources up to 5 hours
From a public URL, S3 or GCS, or a YouTube link.
Clips up to 180 seconds
Set a min, max and target length, and a target and max clip count.

clipsdk API

Every account

One charge per video
$0.03 per source minute. Every clip and every file is included.
Finished files, no export step
MP4, poster, SRT and VTT for every clip, announced by a webhook signed with Clipsdk-Signature.
Sources up to 3 hours
Up to 5 GB, by upload or direct file URL.
3 jobs at once
And 200 a day. Up to 20 clips a job, 10 to 90 seconds each.

Fair verdict

What each one does better

Klap is a full product with an editor. clipsdk is an API and nothing else. Pick the one that matches who does the clipping.

Choose Klap when

Your users edit clips themselves, in an editor you embed in your app
You need captions in many languages, or translated captions
You want emojis, intro titles or silence removal in the edit
You want clips longer than 90 seconds, up to 180
You take only a few shorts from long videos, where per short pricing comes out lower
You start from YouTube links, or want ready Zapier, Make, n8n or MCP integrations

Choose clipsdk when

You want many clips per video, because the price doesn't change with the count
You want finished files from one job, with no export round trip
You want a bill you can predict from the minutes alone
You want a score from 0 to 100 and a one-line reason for every clip
You want a signed webhook when the job is done

Side by side

clipsdk and Klap, line by line

clipsdk compared with Klap, prices checked 26 October 2026
	clipsdk	Klap
Pricing model	Per source minute, every clip included	Per video, per short and per export
60 min video, 5 shorts	~$1.80	~$4.44
60 min video, 20 shorts	~$1.80	~$16.44
3 hour video, 5 shorts	~$5.40	~$4.44
Longest source	3 hours, 5 GB	5 hours
Video input	Upload or direct file URL	Public URL, S3, GCS or YouTube link
Clip length	10 to 90 seconds	Up to 180 seconds
Clip scores	0 to 100 with a one-line reason	A virality score per short
Getting the files	In the job result	Export each short, then poll it
Editor for your users	None, API only	Embeddable editor

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Migration

Moving from Klap

Most fields map one to one. There is no export step: when the job succeeds, every clip already has a finished MP4, SRT and VTT.

KlapPOST api.klap.app/v2/tasks/video-to-shorts

{
  "source_video_url": "https://cdn.example.com/off-script-112.mp4",
  "language": "en",
  "max_clip_count": 10,
  "min_duration": 20,
  "max_duration": 60,
  "editing_options": {
    "captions": true,
    "reframe": true
  }
}

clipsdkPOST api.clipsdk.com/v1/clips

{
  "video_url": "https://cdn.example.com/off-script-112.mp4",
  "language": "en",
  "clips": 10,
  "min_seconds": 20,
  "max_seconds": 60,
  "captions": "bold",
  "reframe": "auto",
  "webhook_url": "https://example.com/hooks/clipsdk"
}

Field by field

source_video_urlvideo_url: A direct file URL or an upload. No YouTube links.
max_clip_countclips: Up to 20, 5 by default.
min_duration, max_durationmin_seconds, max_seconds: 10 to 90 seconds.
editing_options.captionscaptions: bold, karaoke, minimal, or false for none.
editing_options.reframereframe: auto follows the speaker. center and none also work.
virality_scorescore, reason: 0 to 100, plus a one-line reason for the pick.

clipsdk has no translate_to, emojis, intro_title or remove_silences. If you rely on those, or on clips longer than 90 seconds, keep Klap for that part.

Calls you make

Klap, 5 steps

POST /tasks/video-to-shorts
Poll GET /tasks/{id}
GET /projects/{folder_id}
POST an export per short
Poll each export for its src_url

clipsdk, 2 steps

POST /v1/clips
Get the webhook with every finished clip

Header on every clipsdk call

Authorization: Bearer $CLIPSDK_KEY

FAQ

clipsdk vs Klap, answered

Is clipsdk cheaper than Klap?

In most cases. Klap bills $0.44 per video, $0.32 per short and $0.48 per export, so a 60 minute video with 5 finished shorts costs ~$4.44. On clipsdk the same video costs ~$1.80 with every clip included. Klap comes out lower when you take few shorts from a long video: 3 hours with 5 shorts is ~$4.44 on Klap and ~$5.40 on clipsdk.

Why is there no single per minute price for Klap?

Because Klap doesn't bill by the minute. Its cost per source minute depends on the video length and the number of shorts: ~$0.148 for 30 minutes with 5 shorts, ~$0.141 for 60 minutes with 10. clipsdk is $0.03 whatever the count.

Do I need to export clips from clipsdk?

No. When the job succeeds, every clip already has a finished MP4, a poster frame, SRT and VTT captions, a title, a score and a reason. There is no export call and no export fee.

Can my users edit clips in clipsdk?

No. clipsdk has no editor; it returns finished files. If your users need to adjust clips inside your app, the Klap embeddable editor is built for that.

Does clipsdk take YouTube links like Klap?

No. clipsdk takes uploads and direct file URLs, with sources up to 3 hours and 5 GB. Klap accepts YouTube links and sources up to 5 hours.

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Your first $1 is free: 33 minutes of video, with every clip included.

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