Head-to-head comparison
OpusClip vs Submagic
OpusClip is the better fit when you start from a long recording and want the AI to find the clips. Submagic is the better fit when you already have a short video and want captions, zooms, B-roll and sound effects added fast, with caption support in far more languages. Submagic can also cut long videos with Magic Clips, but that is a side feature, while for OpusClip it is the whole product.
Facts checked on 2026-11-04 on each vendor's own site. ClipX is not affiliated with OpusClip or Submagic.
What is OpusClip?
OpusClip starts from the long video. You give it a podcast, webinar, vlog or stream, and it returns a set of vertical clips, each with a Virality Score on paid plans, animated captions and an automatic 9:16 reframe. Its help center says it supports sources up to 10 hours, and Pro accepts links from Twitch, Dropbox, TikTok, Instagram and many other platforms.
Around that core, OpusClip has added a full editing toolkit on paid plans: text and timeline editing, B-roll, voice-over, dubbing, speech clean-up and export to Premiere Pro. It keeps a Free plan with 60 credits a month and a watermark, and its Business tier adds SSO, a dedicated queue and custom credits for larger teams.
What is Submagic?
Submagic, which says more than 4 million users rely on it, started as a caption tool and is still best known for its animated caption templates. Its home page claims captions in 123 languages, and its editor adds AI auto-zoom, B-roll, transitions, sound effects, background music, silence and bad-take removal, eye contact correction and AI hook titles.
Submagic targets short videos first: its plans cap each video at 2 minutes on Starter, 5 on Pro and 30 on Business. For long recordings it offers Magic Clips, which takes a YouTube URL, an upload or a public Google Drive link and returns 20+ short clips. There is no free plan, only a free trial without a card, and its help center says there is no native mobile app.
OpusClip, Submagic and ClipX at a glance
| OpusClip | Submagic | ClipX | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free option | Free plan: 60 credits a month, watermark, no editing, 3-day export window | Free trial, no credit card; no ongoing free plan | Free plan that processes, edits and previews clips; export is a Pro feature |
| Monthly prices | Starter $15, Pro $29, Business custom | Starter $19, Pro $39, Business $69 (per member) | $4.99 for month one, $20 a month after |
| Yearly prices | Pro $14.5/month billed annually ($174); Starter is monthly only | Starter $12, Pro $23, Business $41 per member per month, billed yearly | Pro at $200 a year |
| Monthly usage included | 60 credits Free, 150 Starter, 300 Pro (1 credit = 1 minute of video) | 45 credits (about 15 videos) Starter, 120 (about 40) Pro, 300 (about 100) Business | No monthly video count: Pro has unlimited videos and exports |
| Max length per video | 10 hours | 2 min Starter, 5 min Pro, 30 min Business (plan table) | Up to 12 hours with Pro, taken in parts of 3 hours or less |
| Long video to clips | The core feature, with Virality Score from Starter and Prompt to clip on Pro | Magic Clips: YouTube URL, upload or Google Drive link, 20+ clips; 8 credits each | The core feature: ranked from the speech, with a gaming mode for streams |
| Captions | Animated captions in 20+ languages, emoji and keyword highlights | 123 languages claimed; Standard templates on Starter, Premium on Pro and Business | Per-word timing, a choice of styles, and you can correct any word |
| Editing extras | B-roll, music, voice-over, dubbing, eye contact, filler removal (by plan) | Auto-zoom, B-roll, sound effects, music, silence and bad-take removal, eye contact | Trim, word fixes, title, text, music, and a beep or silence over swear words |
| Export quality | Up to 1080p on Free; highest available on paid; 4K on Business | 1080p 30 FPS Starter; 2K Pro; 4K 60 FPS Business | 1080x1920 MP4; Pro exports carry no ClipX watermark |
| Direct publishing | YouTube Shorts, TikTok, Instagram from Starter; 9 networks and scheduler on Pro | From Pro: 1 profile per platform; Business: 3 profiles | YouTube Shorts (Pro); save the MP4 for TikTok and Reels |
| API | Video editing and scheduler APIs, MCP connector on Pro | 10 API minutes a month on Starter and Pro, 100 on Business; packs from $57/month | No public API |
| Mobile app | iOS app | None (help center) | Apps for iOS and Android |
Pricing and what the plans cover
As of November 4, 2026, Submagic costs $19, $39 or $69 per member a month on monthly billing, for Starter, Pro and Business. Yearly billing brings those to $12, $23 and $41 per member a month, or $144, $276 and $492 a year. Each plan gives a monthly credit balance: 45 on Starter, 120 on Pro and 300 on Business, which Submagic says equals about 15, 40 and 100 videos. Its help center says an upload costs 3 credits, AI captions are free, and Magic Clips cost 8 credits each.
OpusClip is $15 a month for Starter, which is sold monthly only, and $29 a month for Pro, or $174 a year. Business has custom pricing. Credits here measure source length, one credit per minute of video, so Starter covers about 2.5 hours a month and Pro about 5 hours.
The two meters reward different habits. A creator who edits 30 short talking clips a month fits inside Submagic Pro's 40-video limit and never touches long-form clipping. A creator who turns two 2-hour podcasts into clips each month needs about 240 OpusClip credits, which means the Pro plan. Submagic charges per member, so a team of three on yearly Pro pays three times $276.
Finding clips in long videos
This is where the two products differ most. OpusClip is built around it: set a timeframe and a clip length from 0-1 minute to 10-15 minutes, then let the AI rank the moments. Pro adds topic search, Prompt to clip and a model that also weighs visual objects, sound and emotion.
Submagic's Magic Clips takes a YouTube URL, an uploaded file or a public Google Drive link and, according to its help center, returns 20+ clips in 10 to 25 minutes, each scored for virality. Submagic does not list a maximum source length for Magic Clips on its feature page. Its plan table caps each video at 2, 5 or 30 minutes, and the page does not say whether that cap also covers sources sent to Magic Clips, so test a full-length episode during the trial before you commit.
Captions and styling
Captions are Submagic's home ground. It claims 123 languages, offers Standard caption templates on Starter and Premium templates on Pro and Business, and lets Business build 10 custom templates with a custom words dictionary for names and brand terms. AI captions do not cost credits.
OpusClip lists animated captions in 20+ languages, with emoji and keyword highlights on every plan, 1 brand template on Free and Starter, and up to 4 on Pro with 2 uploaded fonts. Pro also censors curse words from a default list. For an English channel both are strong; for a less common language, Submagic claims much wider coverage.
Editing tools
Both have moved into full AI editing, and the lists overlap: B-roll, music, sound effects, filler or silence removal, eye contact correction. Submagic adds auto-zooms and audio clean-up on Pro, Storyblocks B-roll, audio and movie clips from Pro, and AI actors for videos without filming. OpusClip adds voice-over, dubbing, AI video upscaling, speech enhancement and export to Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve.
Export quality differs by plan. Submagic exports 1080p at 30 FPS on Starter, adds 2K on Pro and 4K at 60 FPS on Business. OpusClip renders up to 1080p on Free and the highest available resolution on paid plans, with 4K scheduling and download on Business.
Publishing and API
OpusClip lets Starter post to YouTube Shorts, TikTok and Instagram, and Pro adds Facebook, LinkedIn, X, Pinterest, Threads and Bluesky with a scheduler. Submagic's publishing starts on Pro, with 1 profile per platform and post analytics; Business gets 3 profiles per platform.
Submagic includes 10 API minutes a month on Starter and Pro and 100 on Business, and sells more from $57 a month for 250 minutes. OpusClip offers a video editing API, a scheduler API and an MCP connector from Pro.
Which one should you pick?
You turn long podcasts or webinars into many short clips
Pick: OpusClip
Clipping long sources is its main job, with sources up to 10 hours and controls for timeframe, length and topic.
You already film short videos and want them captioned and polished
Pick: Submagic
Caption templates, auto-zoom, B-roll and sound effects are its core, and captions cost no credits.
You publish in many languages
Pick: Submagic
Submagic claims captions in 123 languages; OpusClip lists 20+.
You want to keep using a tool without paying
Pick: OpusClip
OpusClip has a Free plan with 60 credits a month. Submagic offers a trial only.
You edit from your phone
Pick: OpusClip
OpusClip has an iOS app. Submagic's help center says it has no native mobile app.
If you clip streams: ClipX
ClipX sits closer to OpusClip than to Submagic: it starts from a long video and finds the clips. It is tuned for streamers. Paste a Twitch VOD (twitch.tv/videos/...), a Kick VOD, a YouTube video or live replay, or a Vimeo link, and ClipX ranks moments from the speech and reactions, then cuts 9:16 clips with word-timed captions you can correct. It cannot open a live broadcast; paste the VOD once the stream ends.
A free plan lets you process, edit and preview; to export, you need Pro. Pro costs $4.99 in the first month, then $20 a month or $200 a year.
- Streams of up to 12 hours on Pro: pick a part of up to 3 hours, and paste the link again for the next one.
- A Gaming / stream mode, on by itself for Twitch VODs in a game category and YouTube Gaming videos: the players' voices count more than the game's announcer, and each clip keeps the setup and the reaction.
- Six layouts, including Facecam + Video for webcam-over-gameplay and Full Fit + Title for the whole 16:9 frame with a title above.
- Autopilot for YouTube channels, which clips each new upload.
- What ClipX does not have: an API, or direct posting beyond YouTube Shorts.
Free plan to try it: process, edit and preview. Exports need Pro, $4.99 for the first month, then $20/month.
Common questions about OpusClip vs Submagic
Is OpusClip cheaper than Submagic?
On monthly billing, yes: OpusClip Starter is $15 and Pro is $29, against $19 and $39 for Submagic. On yearly billing Submagic Starter is $12 a month, below OpusClip Pro at $14.5. The two count usage differently, so compare by minutes of source video for OpusClip and by videos for Submagic.
Does OpusClip or Submagic have a free plan?
OpusClip does: 60 credits a month, a watermark, no editing and a 3-day export window. Submagic has a free trial with no credit card, but no plan that stays free.
Which is better for podcasts?
For finding clips in full episodes, OpusClip, since that is what it is built for. For polishing clips you have already cut, with captions, zooms and B-roll, Submagic. Some creators use one to find clips and the other to style them.
Does either one work with Twitch streams?
OpusClip lists Twitch as an import source on Pro and accepts videos up to 10 hours. Submagic's Magic Clips names YouTube URLs, uploads and Google Drive links; Twitch is not in that list.
What are Submagic Magic Clips?
Magic Clips is Submagic's long-to-short feature. You paste a YouTube URL or upload a file, and it returns 20+ scored clips in about 10 to 25 minutes. Submagic's help center says Magic Clips cost 8 credits each.
Where does ClipX fit next to OpusClip and Submagic?
ClipX is a long-video clipper like OpusClip, built for Twitch, Kick and YouTube streams, with gaming selection rules and Pro streams up to 12 hours in 3-hour parts. It has no API and publishes directly only to YouTube Shorts.
Sources
Prices and features as each vendor's site showed them on 2026-11-04. Plans change, so check the vendor's page before you buy.