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OpusClip Pro gives 300 minutes for $29 a month, with API use capped at 15 hours. Choppity Creator gives 300 minutes for $32, with clips rendered one by one. clipsdk bills $0.03 a source minute.

OpusClip vs Choppity: 300 minutes for $29 or $32, and where a $0.03 pay-per-minute API fits

Pick OpusClip for more link sources and the lower price per minute, Choppity to preview clips before you render them, and clipsdk when you send files and want no plan.

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$0.03per source minute

  • Every clip included, up to 1080p60 and 20 Mb/s
  • $1 free to start, 33 minutes of video
  • Prepaid credit, no subscription
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OpusClip or Choppity

Pick OpusClip when

  • You want the lower price per minute: $0.097 monthly or $0.048 yearly, against about $0.11 and $0.075
  • You pass Zoom, Twitch, Vimeo or Riverside links, not only YouTube
  • You have files over 8 GB: OpusClip takes up to 30 GB
  • You want an MCP server with 37 tools and a Claude connector

Pick Choppity when

  • You want to watch previews, then render only the clips you keep
  • You want to set the clip count with clip_count
  • You want webhooks that are signed and retried with backoff

OpusClip, Choppity and clipsdk side by side

OpusClip, Choppity and clipsdk side by side
DetailOpusClipChoppityclipsdk
Price per source minute$0.097 monthly, $0.048 yearly (Pro)About $0.11 monthly, $0.075 yearly (Creator)$0.03, $0.02 past 2,000 minutes a month
API comes withPro (beta), Max and BusinessCreator and upPrepaid credit, no plan
Video inputYouTube, Zoom, Twitch and other links, or a public MP4 link; up to 10 h and 30 GBA YouTube link or a file URL up to 8 GB, or an upload up to 5 GBDirect file URL or upload, up to 3 h and 5 GB
Clip countNo count fieldSet with clip_count1 to 20, set with clips
Rendered clipsEach clip has a preview and an export linkPreviews first, then one render call per clipEvery clip rendered in the same job
Rate limits30 requests a minute per key, 4 projects at once60 requests a minute per team3 jobs at once, 200 a day
WebhooksSigned, HMAC-SHA256Signed, retried with backoffSigned, HMAC-SHA256, 5 attempts
AgentsMCP server and Claude connectorRemote MCP for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and moreHosted or local MCP server with 3 tools, OpenAPI spec, llms.txt

Source: Choppity clips API, checked 7 November 2026

The pay-per-minute option

We sent this request with a NASA lesson in the public domain, just over 4 minutes long. It asks for 2 clips of 20 to 45 seconds in 9:16, with speaker reframe and bold captions.

It finished in about a minute with both clips rendered, no second call. At $0.03 a minute it costs about $0.13.

POST/v1/clipsTry it
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/thermal-energy-lesson.mp4",
    "clips": 2,
    "min_seconds": 20,
    "max_seconds": 45,
    "aspect": "9:16",
    "reframe": "auto",
    "captions": "bold",
    "language": "en"
  }'
The top clip from this run: "How Astronauts Stay Cool in Space", 33 seconds, score 85.clip-1.mp4clip-1.jpgclip-1.srtclip-1.vtt

Price per minute and what the plan buys

OpusClip Pro costs $29 a month for 300 credits, or $174 a year for 3,600. A credit is a minute of source video, so that is $0.097 a minute monthly and $0.048 yearly. API use on Pro and Max stops at 15 hours a month, and each API project costs at least 10 credits.

Choppity Creator costs $32 a month, or $22.40 a month billed yearly, for 5 hours of AI video analysis: about $0.11 a minute monthly and $0.075 yearly. Creator is the first plan with API access; Starter at $24 has none. Full renders also use rendering minutes from your plan.

How a clip job runs

OpusClip takes a link from YouTube, Zoom, Twitch, Vimeo, Riverside and more, or a public MP4 link, up to 10 hours and 30 GB. You set clip durations, a genre and topic keywords; there is no field for the number of clips. It allows 30 requests a minute per key and signs webhooks with HMAC-SHA256.

Choppity takes a YouTube link, a file URL up to 8 GB or an upload up to 5 GB, and returns clips as one-hour, low-resolution previews. You then render each clip you want with its own call. It allows 60 requests a minute per team, and its signed webhooks retry with backoff.

Where a pay-per-minute API fits

clipsdk has no plan and no monthly cap on minutes. You pay $0.03 per source minute from prepaid credit, billed per second, and $0.02 past 2,000 minutes in a UTC month. One job returns every clip rendered, with a poster, SRT and VTT. The first $1 is free, and failed jobs cost nothing. See pricing.

Questions, answered

Which costs less per minute, OpusClip or Choppity?

OpusClip. Pro gives 300 credits for $29 a month, $0.097 a minute, against about $0.11 on Choppity Creator at $32. Billed yearly it is $0.048 against $0.075. clipsdk is $0.03 a source minute with no plan.

Do both APIs take YouTube links?

Yes. Choppity takes a YouTube link or a direct file URL, and answers a web page link with a 400. OpusClip also takes Zoom, Twitch, Vimeo, Riverside and other links. clipsdk takes a direct file URL or an upload only, and answers a YouTube link with a 400.

Do I get rendered MP4s from one call?

Not from Choppity: a job returns low-resolution previews, and each clip you keep needs a render call that uses rendering minutes. clipsdk renders every clip in the same job, as a 1080x1920 MP4 for 9:16 with a poster, SRT and VTT, kept for 7 days.

Which webhooks are safer to rely on?

Choppity signs each delivery and retries failures with backoff. OpusClip signs with HMAC-SHA256 but does not document retries. clipsdk signs with HMAC-SHA256 and makes up to 5 attempts, and you can also poll the job.

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