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The WayinVideo API takes YouTube and Twitch links, returns clip times unless you ask it to render, and you poll for results. clipsdk takes files and renders every clip at 1080x1920 for $0.03 a source minute.
WayinVideo API alternative for video files: $0.03 a source minute, every clip rendered at 1080x1920
Pick WayinVideo when your sources are platform links or you need 4K exports and clips past 90 seconds; pick clipsdk when you send files and want a lower per-minute API price and signed webhooks.
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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
WayinVideo or clipsdk
Pick WayinVideo when
- Your sources are YouTube, Twitch, TikTok, Vimeo, Zoom or Kick links
- You need clips longer than 90 seconds, up to the 180 to 300 second preset
- You want clip times and titles first, then render only the clips you pick
- You want
UHD_4Kexports, AI hook text, or split screen and gameplay layouts - You also clip in the web app, where most plans cost less per minute than clipsdk
Pick clipsdk when
- Your videos are files: a direct URL or an upload up to 3 h and 5 GB
- You want every clip rendered at 1080x1920, with SRT and VTT, from one call
- You want a signed webhook instead of a polling loop
- You want the lower API price: $0.03 a source minute, against about $0.04 to $0.07 on WayinVideo's API packages
- You want to upload files without buying a plan first
The two APIs side by side
| Detail | WayinVideo API | clipsdk |
|---|---|---|
| API price | Prepaid API Units, 1 per input minute: $10 for 150 up to $1,800 for 50,000, about $0.04 to $0.07 a minute | $0.03 per source minute, $0.02 past 2,000 minutes a month |
| Plan needed | None for basic API access; local uploads need Starter or above | None, prepaid credit |
| Video input | YouTube, Twitch, TikTok, Zoom and other links, or uploads up to 5 GB | Direct file URL or upload, MP4, MOV, WebM or MKV, up to 3 h and 5 GB |
| Default output | Clip times, titles, descriptions, tags and a score; video only with enable_export | A rendered MP4, poster, SRT and VTT for every clip |
| Rendered size | SD_480 by default, up to UHD_4K | 1080x1920 for 9:16, also 1:1, 4:5 and 16:9 |
| Clip length | Presets from 0 to 30 up to 180 to 300 seconds | A range from 10 to 90 seconds |
| Captions | Off by default, style templates when on | bold by default, karaoke, minimal or none |
| Finished jobs | Poll the results endpoint; the docs list no webhook | Poll, or a webhook signed with Clipsdk-Signature |
| Limits | 15 requests a minute, 5 projects at once | 3 jobs at once, 200 a day |
| File links | Expire after 24 hours; ask again for a new one | Kept 7 days |
WayinVideo's web app runs on credits that can't pay for API calls. Most of its plans cost less per minute than clipsdk: Pro is $26.99 a month for 1,000 credits, about $0.027 a minute, or under 1 cent billed yearly.
Source: WayinVideo AI Clipping API docs, checked 7 November 2026
WayinVideo fields in a clipsdk request
The rendering switches drop out, because clipsdk always renders.
| WayinVideo | clipsdk |
|---|---|
video_url, a page link or an upload identity | video_url, a direct file URL or the one POST /v1/uploads returns |
target_duration: "DURATION_30_60" | min_seconds: 30, max_seconds: 60 |
limit | clips, 1 to 20 |
enable_export, resolution | Not needed: every clip is rendered, 1080x1920 for 9:16 |
enable_ai_reframe, ratio: "RATIO_9_16" | reframe: "auto", aspect: "9:16" |
enable_caption, cc_style_tpl | captions: bold, karaoke, minimal or false |
source_lang | language |
GET /api/v2/clips/results/{id} | GET /v1/jobs/{id}, or webhook_url |
The same job on clipsdk
We sent this request with a NASA podcast in the public domain, just under 10 minutes long. It asks for 3 clips of 30 to 60 seconds in 9:16, with speaker reframe and bold captions.
It finished in about 2 minutes and returned 3 rendered clips with their posters, SRT and VTT files. At $0.03 a minute it costs about $0.29.
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": 3,
"min_seconds": 30,
"max_seconds": 60,
"aspect": "9:16",
"reframe": "auto",
"captions": "bold",
"language": "en"
}'What you pay, and what you see before signing up
clipsdk's price is on the pricing page: $0.03 per source minute, billed per second, $0.02 past 2,000 minutes in a UTC month. You pay from prepaid credit with no plan. The first $1 is free, about 33 minutes, and failed jobs cost nothing.
WayinVideo's API runs on prepaid API Units, metered per minute of input video and rounded up to whole minutes. Packages run from $10 for 150 units to $1,800 for 50,000, so a source minute costs about $0.07 on the smallest and $0.036 on the largest. Its web app plans are public and most cost less per minute than clipsdk, but website credits can't pay for API calls.
Moving a WayinVideo request to clipsdk
clipsdk answers a YouTube, Twitch or TikTok link with a 400. Pass a direct file URL, or upload the file with POST /v1/uploads and pass the video_url it returns. MP4, MOV, WebM and MKV work, up to 3 hours and 5 GB, and uploads need no plan.
Swap target_duration for min_seconds and max_seconds, and drop the enable_ switches. Poll GET /v1/jobs/{id} like you poll WayinVideo's results, or pass webhook_url and get a signed POST when the job is done, with up to 5 delivery attempts.
Questions, answered
Can I send a YouTube or TikTok link to clipsdk like I do with WayinVideo?
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 or TikTok link with a 400. WayinVideo takes links from YouTube, Twitch, TikTok, Vimeo, Zoom, Kick, Facebook, Dailymotion and Rumble.
Does either API send a webhook when clips are ready?
clipsdk does: pass webhook_url and you get a POST signed with a Clipsdk-Signature header (HMAC-SHA256), with up to 5 delivery attempts. You can also poll the job. WayinVideo's AI Clipping docs list no webhook field; you poll the results endpoint, which shows partial clips while the job runs.
Is clipsdk cheaper than WayinVideo?
Against its API, yes. WayinVideo's API packages run from $10 for 150 units to $1,800 for 50,000, at 1 unit per source minute: about $0.04 to $0.07 a minute, against clipsdk's $0.03. Its web app plans cost less (Pro is about $0.027 a minute monthly and under 1 cent billed yearly), but website credits can't pay for API calls.
Keep reading
- 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 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.
- Upload a file to clipsdkUpload videos up to 5 GB and 3 hours: POST /v1/uploads returns a signed upload_url that works for 1 hour, you PUT the bytes, then pass video_url to POST /v1/clips.
- 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.
- 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 Choppity for developersChoppity'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.
Sources
- WayinVideo AI Clipping API, checked 7 November 2026
- WayinVideo API billing, checked 7 November 2026
- WayinVideo API rate limits, checked 7 November 2026
- WayinVideo Upload API, checked 7 November 2026
- WayinVideo Clips Export API, checked 7 November 2026
- WayinVideo pricing, checked 7 November 2026
- How WayinVideo plans work, checked 7 November 2026
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