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Reap's API comes with Creator and Studio: Creator is $16.99 a month for 10 hours, $0.028 a minute, or $0.017 billed yearly. clipsdk bills $0.03 per source minute, per second, with no plan.
Reap API alternative: clipsdk at $0.03 a minute
Reap asks for the clip count inside a prompt and does not retry webhooks; clipsdk takes 1 to 20 clips as a field and tries each signed webhook 5 times.
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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
Reap or clipsdk: who each fits
Pick Reap when
- You start from YouTube: Reap's API takes a YouTube URL, and its app also imports Twitch, X and Vimeo.
- You want clips up to 3 minutes, captions in 100+ languages or dubbing in 80+.
- You want an MCP server you sign in to with OAuth, on every plan; ours takes an API key header instead.
- Your volume is steady: at full use, Creator is $0.028 a minute monthly and $0.017 billed yearly.
Pick clipsdk when
- You want to pay per minute with no plan: $0.03 per source minute, billed per second, $1 free.
- You want the clip count as a field:
clipsfrom 1 to 20, lengths from 10 to 90 s. - You want a
webhook_urlon each request, signed with HMAC-SHA256 and tried 5 times. - Your files are WebM or MKV as well as MP4 and MOV.
Reap API and clipsdk side by side
| Reap API | clipsdk | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Creator: $16.99 a month for 10 hours, or $119.88 a year | $0.03 per source minute, $0.02 past 2,000 in a UTC month |
| Per minute at full use | $0.028 monthly, $0.017 billed yearly | $0.03, billed per second |
| Free to start | 1 hour a month, 720p, watermark, no API | $1 of credit, about 33 minutes, no watermark |
| What you send | A YouTube URL or an upload | An upload or a direct file URL |
| Source limits | MP4 or MOV, up to 3 hours and 10 GB | MP4, MOV, WebM or MKV, up to 3 hours and 5 GB |
| Clip count | Asked for in the prompt, a preview feature | clips 1 to 20 |
| Webhooks | Set in the dashboard, no automatic retries, off after 5 failures in a row | webhook_url per request, signed, 5 attempts |
Source: Reap pricing and API docs, checked 7 November 2026
Moving a Reap request to clipsdk
Field by field, from Reap's create-clips to POST /v1/clips.
| Reap | clipsdk |
|---|---|
sourceUrl or uploadId | video_url: a direct file URL, or the one POST /v1/uploads gives you |
A clip count in prompt | clips, plus an optional prompt for what to look for |
clipDurations | min_seconds and max_seconds |
exportOrientation | aspect: 9:16, 1:1, 4:5 or 16:9 |
captionsPreset | captions: bold, karaoke, minimal or false |
| Dashboard webhook | webhook_url on each request |
The same kind of job on clipsdk
We ran this request on a NASA podcast just under 10 minutes long, asking for up to 4 clips about keeping Mars free of Earth microbes, and got all 4 back.
At $0.03 a minute that job costs $0.29. Try it opens New clips with the same video and settings.
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/rocket-ranch-podcast.mp4",
"clips": 4,
"aspect": "9:16",
"captions": "bold",
"prompt": "moments about keeping Mars free of Earth microbes"
}'Price per minute
Reap's API comes with Creator and Studio. Creator is $16.99 a month for 10 hours, or $9.99 a month billed yearly ($119.88), and Studio is $45 a month for 20 hours, or $29 a month billed yearly. Used in full, Creator works out to $0.028 a minute monthly and $0.017 yearly.
clipsdk has no plan: $0.03 per source minute, $0.02 past 2,000 minutes in a UTC month, billed per second, with $1 of free credit to start. Minutes you don't send cost nothing, and no clip carries a watermark.
Sending video and getting clips back
Reap's create-clips takes a YouTube URL in sourceUrl or an uploadId, MP4 or MOV up to 3 hours and 10 GB. You set length ranges in clipDurations, and the number of clips goes in the prompt, a preview feature of up to 1,000 characters.
clipsdk takes an upload or a direct file URL (MP4, MOV, WebM or MKV) up to 3 hours and 5 GB; page links such as YouTube are refused. You set 1 to 20 clips and a length range from 10 to 90 seconds as fields, plus an optional prompt of up to 500 characters. Clips come back reframed on the speaker with captions burned in, SRT, VTT and a 0 to 100 score.
Webhooks and limits
Reap's webhooks are set in the dashboard, 1 on Creator and 5 on Studio, and each one gets every project. Failed deliveries are not retried, and a webhook is turned off after 5 failures in a row. The API allows 10 project creations a minute per key, and 3 projects at once on Creator or 10 on Studio.
clipsdk takes a webhook_url on each request and signs the body with HMAC-SHA256 (how to verify). It tries 5 times: at once, then 10 s, 1 min, 5 min and 30 min after each failure. You can run 3 jobs at once and 200 a day.
Questions, answered
Can I try either API for free?
Reap's API needs Creator or Studio; its Free plan has 1 hour a month at 720p with a watermark, and its MCP server works on every plan. clipsdk starts every account with $1 of credit, about 33 minutes through the API, with no watermark.
How do I set the number of clips?
On clipsdk you set clips from 1 to 20 as a field, and a job returns up to that many. On Reap you ask for a count inside the prompt, which is a preview feature.
Can clipsdk pull videos from YouTube like Reap?
No. clipsdk takes an upload or a direct link to an MP4, MOV, WebM or MKV file, up to 3 hours and 5 GB. Reap's API takes a YouTube URL or an upload.
What happens when my server misses a webhook?
Reap does not retry, and turns the webhook off after 5 failures in a row. clipsdk tries 5 times: at once, then 10 s, 1 min, 5 min and 30 min after each failure.
Keep reading
- clipsdk vs Vizard for developersVizard's API needs a paid plan: $0.048 a minute monthly, $0.024 yearly. clipsdk: $0.03 a minute, no plan, uploads, signed webhooks.
- clipsdk vs Ssemble for developersSsemble 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 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.
- Turn every podcast episode into a week of shortsUpload 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.
- clipsdk vs Spikes Studio for developersSpikes 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 Submagic: $0.03 a minute against $0.10 to $0.23Submagic 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.
Sources
- Reap pricing, checked 7 November 2026
- Reap API: create clips, checked 7 November 2026
- Reap API: introduction and rate limits, checked 7 November 2026
- Reap API: webhooks, checked 7 November 2026
- Reap docs and MCP server, checked 7 November 2026
- Reap MCP, checked 7 November 2026
- clipsdk API reference, checked 7 November 2026
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