Castmagic vs OpusClip

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors.

The short answer

Cheaper paid plan: OpusClip — $15/mo vs $19/mo for Castmagic
Free plan: Only OpusClip (Castmagic has paid plans only)
Public API: Both have one
Best fit: Castmagic: Weekly podcasters who want show notes, timestamps and social posts without a producer · OpusClip: Podcasters and streamers mining long episodes for social clips
Trust score: About even — Castmagic 88, OpusClip 91

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

CastmagicTurns recorded audio and video into transcripts and written content

OpusClipTurns long videos into vertical short clips

Side by side

Fact	Castmagic	OpusClip
Category	Podcast Tools	Short-form & Clip Repurposing
Pricing model	Paid	Freemium
Starts at	$19/mo	$15/mo
Public API	Yes	Yes
Trust score	88 / 100	91 / 100
Platforms	Web, API	Web, API
Company	Magic Studio LLC	Opus Clip
Launched	2022	2023
Last verified	Oct 15, 2026	Oct 16, 2026

What our research says

Castmagic

Good value if you publish weekly and need one recording turned into five assets; if all you want is an accurate transcript, Whisper or a cheap transcription service does that for a fraction of the price. The value sits entirely in the generated content, not the transcript.

Pros

Imports from YouTube, TikTok, Zoom, Loom, RSS and more, so you rarely export files by hand
Editable prompts and reusable templates rather than fixed output formats
API access from the $48/month tier upward
Extra transcription hours can be bought without changing plan

Cons

Hobby tier has no API and caps you at 30 hours, 3 spaces and 3 seats
Monthly billing costs roughly 30% more than the advertised figures
Team includes 5 seats and charges +$19/mo for each extra
The step from Team ($139/mo) to Business (from $699/mo) has nothing in between

OpusClip

The default choice for turning a podcast or webinar into shorts, provided you accept that a human still has to reject a good share of the clips it picks. Pro now costs half as much on annual billing, which makes it the plan to compare against rivals; the free tier is for judging quality, not for publishing.

Pros

Reframing and animated captions are good enough to post without touch-up
Clip score gives a usable first-pass ordering of candidates
Free tier is a real plan, not a trial, so output quality is checkable first
Pro exports to Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve and costs $14.50 a month on annual billing

Cons

Free exports carry a watermark, allow no editing and stop being exportable after three days
Clip selection still needs manual review; the score is a hint, not a verdict
Starter is monthly-only, so the annual discount applies only from Pro up
Full API access and custom integrations sit behind quote-only Business; Pro gets limited API access

Which one fits

Choose Castmagic if you need

Weekly podcasters who want show notes, timestamps and social posts without a producer
Marketing teams recycling webinars and customer interviews into campaign content
Agencies running several client shows in separate spaces
Teams that want an LLM pointed at an entire back-catalogue via MCP

Choose OpusClip if you need

Podcasters and streamers mining long episodes for social clips
Marketing teams repurposing webinars and conference talks into vertical video
Creators who want captions, reframing and scheduling in a single pass