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OpusClip Pro costs $29 for 300 minutes and caps API use at 15 hours a month. Vizard Creator costs $29 for 600 minutes and returns up to 100 clips a video. clipsdk bills $0.03 a source minute with no plan.
OpusClip vs Vizard: 300 or 600 minutes for $29, and where a $0.03 pay-per-minute API fits
Pick OpusClip for its MCP server and signed webhooks, Vizard for the lowest price per minute billed yearly and up to 100 clips a video, and clipsdk when you send files and want no plan.
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Or one API call
$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
OpusClip or Vizard
Pick OpusClip when
- You pull videos from Zoom, Rumble, Riverside or Frame.io links
- You send many requests: 30 a minute per key, against 3 on Vizard Creator
- You want a Claude connector, or an MCP server with 37 tools
- You want signed webhooks, so you can verify each callback
- Your API use fits in 15 hours a month on Pro or Max
Pick Vizard when
- You want the lowest base price per minute of the three: $0.024 on Creator billed yearly
- You pass TikTok or Instagram links
- You want up to 100 clips a video, or clips up to 3 minutes long
- You want an AI headline hook, silence removal or
keywordsto steer topics - You build in n8n and want a ready template
OpusClip, Vizard and clipsdk side by side
| Detail | OpusClip | Vizard | clipsdk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price per source minute | $0.097 monthly, $0.048 yearly (Pro) | $0.048 monthly, $0.024 yearly (Creator) | $0.03, $0.02 past 2,000 minutes a month |
| API comes with | Pro (beta), Max and Business | Paid plans | Prepaid credit, no plan |
| Video input | YouTube, Zoom, Twitch and other links, or a public MP4 link; up to 10 h and 30 GB | Links or a remote file; uploads up to 600 minutes and 30 GB | Direct file URL or upload, up to 3 h and 5 GB |
| Clip count | No count field; you set durations, genre and keywords | Up to 100, set with maxClipNumber | 1 to 20, set with clips |
| Rate limits | 30 requests a minute, 4 projects at once | 3 a minute and 20 an hour on Creator | 3 jobs at once, 200 a day |
| Monthly API cap | 15 hours a month on Pro and Max | Your plan's credits | None, prepaid credit |
| Webhooks | Signed, HMAC-SHA256 | One URL per workspace, signing not documented | Signed, HMAC-SHA256, 5 attempts |
| Automation and agents | MCP server and Claude connector | n8n template | Hosted or local MCP server with 3 tools, OpenAPI spec, llms.txt |
Source: OpusClip API limits, checked 7 November 2026
The pay-per-minute option
We sent this request with a NASA speech in the public domain, just under 8 minutes long. It asks for 3 clips of 30 to 60 seconds in 9:16, with speaker reframe and minimal captions.
It finished in about 90 seconds with 3 rendered clips, each with a poster, SRT and VTT. At $0.03 a minute it costs about $0.24.
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/artemis-moon-speech.mp4",
"clips": 3,
"min_seconds": 30,
"max_seconds": 60,
"aspect": "9:16",
"reframe": "auto",
"captions": "minimal",
"language": "en"
}'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. The $15 Starter plan has no API, and API projects carry a 10-credit minimum.
Vizard Creator costs $29 a month for 600 credits, or $174 a year for 7,200: $0.048 a minute monthly and $0.024 yearly. Business is $39 a month or $234 a year. Both free plans add a watermark, and both APIs need a paid plan.
API limits, webhooks and agents
OpusClip allows 30 requests a minute per key and 4 projects at once on Pro and Max, 50 on Business. On Pro and Max, API use stops at 15 hours a month per workspace with a 403 API_MONTHLY_CAP_REACHED. Webhooks are signed with HMAC-SHA256, and there is an MCP server with 37 tools and a Claude connector with 29.
Vizard allows 3 requests a minute and 20 an hour on Creator, 10 and 60 on Business. You set one webhook URL for the workspace; its signing is not documented, and the docs also suggest polling every 30 seconds. maxClipNumber caps a video at up to 100 clips.
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. Vizard billed yearly costs less per minute; clipsdk fits when you would rather pay as you go. The first $1 is free, and failed jobs cost nothing. See pricing.
Questions, answered
Which costs less per minute, OpusClip or Vizard?
Vizard. Creator gives 600 credits for $29 a month against 300 on OpusClip Pro, so $0.048 a minute against $0.097. Billed yearly it is $0.024 against $0.048. clipsdk is $0.03 a source minute with no plan.
Does either API have a monthly cap?
OpusClip does on Pro and Max: 15 hours, or 900 credits, a month per workspace, then a 403 API_MONTHLY_CAP_REACHED. Vizard limits requests instead: 3 a minute and 20 an hour on Creator. clipsdk has no monthly cap; it runs 3 jobs at once and 200 a day.
Can I pass a YouTube or Drive link to clipsdk?
No. clipsdk takes a direct file URL or an upload in MP4, MOV, WebM or MKV, up to 3 hours and 5 GB, and answers a YouTube link with a 400. OpusClip and Vizard both take YouTube, Google Drive, Vimeo and Twitch links.
How do clip count and length controls differ?
Vizard's maxClipNumber caps a video at 1 to 100 clips, and preferLength picks a bucket from under 30 seconds to 3 minutes. clipsdk takes 1 to 20 clips, fewer when the video has fewer good moments, and a length range from 10 to 90 seconds.
Keep reading
- clipsdk vs OpusClip for developersclipsdk 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.
- OpusClip vs ChoppityOpusClip and Choppity compared for clipping by API: per-minute prices, links, previews, renders and webhooks, plus $0.03 a minute.
- OpusClip vs SubmagicOpusClip and Submagic compared for clipping by API: billing, links, clip lengths and webhooks, plus $0.03 a source minute with no plan.
- 10 video clipping APIs compared, $0.01 to $0.11 a minute10 APIs that turn long videos into vertical shorts, compared on price per source minute, how the API is sold, max source length, clips per video, captions, reframe, webhooks and rate limits. clipsdk is $0.03 a minute for files up to 3 hours.
- clipsdk webhooksclipsdk POSTs job.succeeded or job.failed to your HTTPS URL, signed with HMAC-SHA256. Reply 2xx within 15 s. 5 attempts: right away, then 10 s, 1 min, 5 min and 30 min after each failure.
- Clip every conference session the same dayUpload 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.
Sources
- OpusClip pricing, checked 7 November 2026
- OpusClip credits, checked 7 November 2026
- OpusClip API overview, checked 7 November 2026
- OpusClip API limits, checked 7 November 2026
- OpusClip webhooks, checked 7 November 2026
- OpusClip agent setup, checked 7 November 2026
- OpusClip create a project, checked 7 November 2026
- Vizard pricing, checked 7 November 2026
- Vizard API quickstart, checked 7 November 2026
- Vizard submit a video, checked 7 November 2026
- Vizard API, checked 7 November 2026
- clipsdk-mcp on GitHub, checked 7 November 2026
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