Mosaic vs OpusClip

Mosaic

Mosaic is the rare AI video tool built for repetition rather than for one clip: a workflow you assemble once, trigger from a Drive folder, and let run over every new file. Per-tile credit rates are published down to the minute, which makes cost modelling possible. The catch is that those rates vary by two orders of magnitude — background removal costs 300 credits a minute against 6 for colour correction — so a plan's headline credit count says almost nothing until you know your tile mix.

Pros

• +Workflows trigger from Google Drive, S3, Dropbox or YouTube and post to social
• +Per-tile credit rates are published per input minute, so costs can be modelled
• +Exports to Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro and DaVinci Resolve
• +HTTP API with webhooks plus an installable skill for coding agents
• +SOC2 Type 2 and GDPR compliance stated across all plans

Cons

• −No free tier — the entry plan is $40/month on an annual commitment
• −Tile rates vary hugely, so credit counts are hard to translate into output
• −Admin dashboard, RBAC and audit logs are enterprise-only
• −Credits do not roll over between months

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

Is Mosaic cheaper than OpusClip?

On published entry prices, OpusClip starts lower — $15/mo against $40/mo for Mosaic. Entry price is the lowest paid plan as we last verified it; what each plan includes differs.

Does Mosaic or OpusClip have a free tier?

OpusClip has a free tier; Mosaic has paid plans only.

Which has a public API, Mosaic or OpusClip?

Both ship a public API, so either can be built on; the fact table above shows the platforms each one runs on.