OpusClip Pricing 2026: Credits, Free Plan & Every Tier Explained

Short version: OpusClip has a free plan, and the paid plans are listed at $15 (Starter) and $29 (Pro) per month, with a custom Business tier. But the number that actually decides your bill isn't the sticker price; it's credits. Every plan meters how many minutes of video you can process each month, and the credit rules have some fine print worth understanding before you subscribe.

Prices and limits were verified on OpusClip's pricing page and help center on August 20, 2026. Confirm on their site before you buy.

OpusClip pricing at a glance

One honesty note: OpusClip's public pricing page shows those headline prices without spelling out the monthly-versus-annual split; the annual rate appears in the in-app checkout. Their help center confirms both cycles exist, because credit expiry differs between them (more below).

How OpusClip credits actually work

This is the part most pricing writeups skip, and it's where the real cost lives. From OpusClip's own help center:

• 1 credit = 1 minute of the video you import, not the clips you keep. Process a 60-minute podcast episode and you've spent 60 credits, even if you only use two of the clips it generates.
• Rounding: videos under a minute round up to 1 credit; partial minutes on longer videos round down.
• Credits expire. On a monthly plan, paid credits last 60 days. On a yearly plan, your credits are valid for 12 months.
• You can't buy credits alone. If you run out, OpusClip sells additional packs that bundle 300 more monthly credits together with extra seats, rather than a simple credit top-up.
• Posting to X costs a credit per post, a small but easy-to-miss extra meter.
• The workaround: the "Processing timeframe" slider lets you submit only part of a video, so you don't burn credits on the sections you never intended to clip.

The practical math: a weekly one-hour show uses about 240 to 260 credits a month. That's under Pro's 300 but well over Starter's 150, which is how a "$15 tool" quietly becomes a $29 one.

Is OpusClip free?

Yes, genuinely free forever, with three real limits. You get 60 processing minutes a month, imports from local files and YouTube only, and basic AI clipping that works from spoken words alone (the smarter clipping that reads visuals, sound and emotion is paid). Exported clips carry a watermark on the caption templates, render up to 1080p, and are only downloadable for 3 days.

The free plan is a real trial of the clipping quality on a short video. It is not a plan you can run a weekly show on: one hour-long episode uses your entire month of credits.

Each OpusClip plan, explained

Free ($0)

60 minutes of processing a month, local and YouTube imports, spoken-word clipping, watermarked captions, 3-day download window. Enough to judge whether the clips are good; not enough to publish consistently.

Starter ($15/month)

150 processing minutes, watermark removed, and the meaningful upgrade: advanced AI clipping that uses visual objects, sound and emotion rather than just the transcript, plus the virality score, reprompting to refine results, and imports from Google Drive, Zoom, Vimeo, Rumble and StreamYard with auto-import from verified YouTube channels. Right for someone clipping two or three shorter videos a week.

Pro ($29/month)

300 processing minutes a month (3,600 a year on annual billing), plus the production extras: AI image and stock B-roll, AI voice-over, video upscaling, text overlays, a 30-day export window at the highest available resolution, and direct posting to YouTube Shorts, TikTok and Instagram with generated titles, descriptions and hashtags. This is the plan a weekly long-form show actually needs, purely on credit math.

Business (custom)

Custom credits, seats and team workflow via sales.

Where OpusClip's costs actually hide

• Credits meter the upload, not the output. You pay for every minute processed, including the 55 minutes that didn't contain a viral moment. Use the timeframe slider aggressively.
• Credit expiry punishes irregular publishing. Monthly-plan credits die after 60 days, so a slow month doesn't bank minutes for a busy one unless you're on annual.
• Top-ups are packs, not credits. Outgrowing your allowance means a bundled credits-plus-seats pack or a tier jump, not a $5 top-up.
• Storage and export windows are short. Clips and media expire from your workspace on a timer; if you don't download or post promptly, you re-process and spend again.

Which OpusClip plan should you pick?

• Testing whether AI clipping works on your content: Free.
• Two or three short videos a week, under ~35 minutes of total upload: Starter.
• A weekly hour-long show, or anything where you clip long recordings: Pro, and annual billing if you'll stick with it, for the 12-month credit validity alone.
• A team clipping for multiple brands: Business.

Is OpusClip worth the price?

For pure clipping, mostly yes. OpusClip is the best-known tool in its category for a reason: the clip selection is genuinely good, the virality score is a useful sorting signal, and $29 a month is fair for a weekly show if clips are all you need.

That last clause is the real question. Clips are one asset. The same recording also needs show notes, a blog post, a newsletter section and social captions, and OpusClip produces none of those. If you're paying $29 for clips and still writing everything else by hand (or paying a second tool), the per-recording cost is higher than it looks.

That's the gap Castmagic fills: upload the recording once and get the transcript, show notes, blog draft, social posts, newsletter copy and clips in one pass, from $21/month billed annually. OpusClip's specialized clipping features (virality scoring, genre-aware reframing) are stronger for clips alone; Castmagic covers the whole publishing workflow from one upload. Which one wins depends on whether clips are your entire output or one piece of it.

OpusClip pricing vs the alternatives

Entry-level paid plans, as of August 2026:

For the full breakdown of each, see our best OpusClip alternatives.

OpusClip pricing FAQ

How much does OpusClip cost?

OpusClip lists Starter at $15 a month with 150 processing minutes and Pro at $29 a month with 300 processing minutes (3,600 a year on annual billing). There's a free plan with 60 minutes a month and a custom Business tier.

Is OpusClip free?

Yes. The Free plan includes 60 processing minutes a month with imports from local files and YouTube, basic spoken-word clipping, watermarked caption templates, and a 3-day download window for exports.

How do OpusClip credits work?

One credit equals one minute of the video you import, regardless of how many clips you keep. Videos under a minute round up; partial minutes round down. Posting to X also costs 1 credit per post.

Do OpusClip credits roll over?

Not indefinitely. On monthly plans, paid credits expire after 60 days; on yearly plans, credits stay valid for 12 months.

What happens when I run out of OpusClip credits?

You can't buy credits on their own. OpusClip sells additional packs that add 300 monthly credits bundled with extra seats, or you upgrade tiers. The "Processing timeframe" slider helps stretch credits by processing only part of a video.

Does OpusClip have an annual discount?

OpusClip supports annual billing (annual-plan credits are issued for the year, e.g. 3,600 on Pro), but the public pricing page shows headline monthly figures; the annual rate appears at checkout. Check there before assuming either number.