OpusClip vs reap

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

reap

Two things separate it from the crowded clipper field: prompt-first clipping, where you say what to look for instead of trusting a virality score, and romanized-script subtitles that almost nobody else supports. API, CLI and MCP access mean it can sit inside a pipeline rather than being another tab. The catch is the hour-based metering — 10 hours a month goes fast on a weekly podcast — and credits that expire after 13 months.

Pros

• +Prompt-first clipping picks moments by topic or intent, not just a highlight heuristic
• +Dubbing in 80+ languages and subtitles in 100+ including Hinglish, Romanized Urdu and Arabizi
• +Speaker tracking keeps multi-person panels framed through auto-reframe to 9:16 or 1:1
• +API, CLI and MCP access is included on the paid tiers, not gated to enterprise

Cons

• −Metered in source hours per month, so long-form libraries burn the allowance fast
• −Purchased credits expire 13 months after purchase
• −Free tier watermarks output at 720p and deletes projects after 7 days
• −Multi-video merge is still in private beta

Is OpusClip cheaper than reap?

On published entry prices, OpusClip starts lower — $15/mo against $24/mo for reap. Entry price is the lowest paid plan as we last verified it; what each plan includes differs.

Does OpusClip or reap have a free tier?

Both: OpusClip has a free tier, and reap has a free tier.

Which has a public API, OpusClip or reap?

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