OpusClip vs Submagic

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

Submagic

The quickest route from a talking-head recording to captioned vertical clips, and the caption styling is what people actually pay for. If you already cut in Premiere or DaVinci, their built-in speech-to-text plus one saved template gets you most of the way for nothing.

Pros

• +caption presets track short-form trends rather than looking like generic subtitle burn-in
• +transcript-based trimming is far faster than scrubbing a timeline
• +every paid tier includes some API minutes, so the pipeline can be automated
• +4K/60fps export at the top tier, which most caption tools cap below

Cons

• −quotas count finished videos (3 credits each), not minutes, so short clips waste allowance
• −clip-length ceilings of 2 minutes on Starter and 5 on Pro rule out most podcast episodes
• −Starter and Pro include only 10 API minutes a month; 100 needs the $69 Business tier
• −no free plan is listed on the pricing page, only a 'try for free' signup

Is OpusClip cheaper than Submagic?

They charge in different units, so there is no like-for-like answer: OpusClip starts at $15/mo, Submagic at $19/seat/mo. Entry price is the lowest paid plan as we last verified it.

Does OpusClip or Submagic have a free tier?

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

Which has a public API, OpusClip or Submagic?

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