OpusClip
4.4
OpusClip takes a long video, finds the segments likely to work standalone, reframes them vertically with the speaker tracked, and burns in captions. It automates the mechanical part of short-form repurposing, which is what stops most teams from doing it at all.
- Commercial use OK
- Free tier
- Pricing
- $15/mo
- Free tier
- Free tier
- Commercial use
- Permitted
- Japanese UI
- Not confirmed
- Enterprise contract
- Not confirmed
What it is good for
- Turning webinars, podcasts and talks into short-form clips
- Teams publishing to TikTok, Reels and Shorts on a schedule
- Getting a back catalogue of long video into circulation
- Marketing teams without a video editor
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Selection, reframing and captioning in one pass
- Speaker tracking keeps the subject in frame when reframing
- Scores clips so there is a starting order to review
- Free tier to test on your own footage
Trade-offs
- Clip selection needs human review; the scoring is a hint
- Japanese captions need checking, especially proper nouns
- Credit-metered, so volume costs money
Editors' review
Automates the boring half of short-form repurposing
The reason teams sit on hours of unused long video is the tedium: finding the good minute, reframing it vertical, keeping the speaker in shot, adding captions. OpusClip does all four, which changes repurposing from a project into a routine.
Treat the clip scoring as a shortlist rather than a verdict. It is good at finding self-contained segments and poor at knowing which one matters to your audience — reviewing ten suggestions is still far faster than scrubbing an hour.
Japanese captions are the thing to check. Accuracy is decent but proper nouns and product names need a pass before anything is published.
Verdict
Worth it the moment you have long video and no editor. Budget a few minutes of review per clip.
Compiled from official documentation and public sources, with our own editorial judgement. We do not publish figures we cannot source.