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OpusClip
AI video clipping tool from San Francisco that turns long videos into captioned vertical shorts, scores each clip for viral potential, and posts to social channels.
Creators, podcasters, and marketing teams that publish long-form video every week and want a steady stream of short clips without an editor.
Editors who want frame-level control of every cut, or teams producing scripted short-form video from scratch.
Verdict
OpusClip is an AI video repurposing company in San Francisco, California, founded in 2022 by Young Zhao, Jay Wu, and Grace Wang. Its tool takes a long video, picks out short highlights, scores them with a Virality Score, reframes them for vertical screens, and adds captions in more than 20 languages. Creators and brands use it to keep short-form channels supplied from the long videos they already make.
Score Breakdown
How OpusClip scores in the categories that matter to its buyers.
Pricing
OpusClip publishes plan prices. Credits are metered by minutes of uploaded video.
| Plan | Price | What stands out |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 / month | 60 credits a month; free-plan clips expire after three days |
| Starter | $15 / month | 150 credits a month; monthly billing only |
| Pro | $29 / month, or $14.50 / month billed $174 a year | 300 credits a month, two seats, credits roll over for two months |
| Business | Custom | Custom credits, team seats, and social account connections |
The Field at a Glance
How OpusClip compares with other AI video repurposing vendors we reviewed, by Overall Score and relative typical engagement cost.
OpusClip scores 7.9 in AI video repurposing, ahead of Klap (7.5), Munch (7.5), and Vizard (7.5). Relative cost lands lower for this subcategory.
Use-case matrix
| Use case | Fit | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Podcast and interview clips | Strong | Highlight detection and speaker reframing are core. |
| Animated captions | Strong | Captions run in 20+ languages. |
| Scheduling to social channels | Strong | Auto-posts to YouTube Shorts, TikTok, and Instagram Reels. |
| Teams and brand templates | Mixed | Seats and templates scale with paid tiers. |
| Frame-accurate editing | Weak | The editor is lighter than a full NLE. |
| Scripted short-form production | Weak | Built to repurpose existing long videos. |
Who it’s for
Good fit
- Podcasters and YouTubers
- B2B marketing teams with webinars
- Agencies clipping for several creators
Poor fit
- Film editors
- Teams with no long-form video
- Buyers needing on-premises tools
Review Excerpts
Below are excerpts from public reviews. Our team scoured public reviews, forums, and chat rooms to get a balanced view of customers' experience with this company. Paid reviews and pay-for-play sites such as Clutch were excluded.
“It used to take days to create clips. Now it takes us minutes to create them.”
“We love YT shorts' massive reach but hate its revenue - that's why we use OpusClip to bring the cost down.”
On the free plan, clips expire after three days, and the $15 Starter plan bills monthly only. Regular users end up on Pro to keep clips and get rollover credits.
Company Facts
Key Leadership
Young Zhao
Co-founder and CEO
Methodology
This page is an independent evaluation of OpusClip for buyers comparing options in ai video repurposing. AI Industry Reviews accepts no sponsorships, advertising, or pay-for-placement fees. OpusClip did not pay for this review.
What we scored
The headline number is an Overall Score on a 0-10 scale. Eight criteria sit under it in two groups.
- Buyer outcomes (for ai video repurposing)
- Clip selection quality
- Captions and reframing
- Ease of use
- Editing control
- Company & commercial
- Innovation & product leadership
- Project management & communication
- Pricing
- Contract fairness
Pricing measures whether the price looks fair for the value delivered, including packaging and renewal friction that show up in real buying cycles.
Score Composition
| Input | Weight | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Reviews | 40% | A proprietary read of what practitioners say about likes, complaints, and day-to-day use, including public review sites, forums, and private chat rooms. Paid reviews and pay-for-play sites such as Clutch are out of scope. |
| Product | 35% | Hands-on look at screens and workflows. |
| Pricing | 15% | Whether the price looks fair for what you get. |
| Docs & training | 10% | Docs, tutorials, and training material. |
How we balanced the evidence
The Overall Score is the simple average of the eight criteria. Recommendation language follows that score and the fit pattern described above.
Scope
OpusClip is graded here as ai video repurposing. Criteria scores can move as more review volume and product checks are added.