Seven AI clipping tools that turn long videos into Shorts, Reels, and TikToks, ranked: OpusClip, Vizard, Klap, Submagic, Descript, Eklipse, and quso.ai, with clip selection, reframing, posting, and prices.
OpusClip is the best AI clipping tool for most creators: it scores clips for viral potential, lets you ask for specific moments in plain language, and takes videos up to 10 hours long.
Vizard offers similar features for less, at $14.50 a month billed yearly, with 4K exports, a posting calendar, and API access on paid plans.
Klap charges per clip instead of per minute of video, which makes costs easy to predict.
Eklipse is built for gaming streams and recognizes in-game moments like multi-kills, across more than 3,000 games, that general clippers miss.
Nearly every free plan adds a watermark, so plan on paying if you're posting clips publicly.
An AI clipping tool takes a long video, like a podcast episode, a livestream, or a webinar, and cuts it into short vertical clips for TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts. It transcribes the video, looks for moments with a strong hook or a complete thought, and often gives each clip a score for how likely it is to perform. Then it reframes the shot to 9:16 so the active speaker's always in frame, and adds animated captions. The better tools let you search for a topic or moment in plain language, edit the clips afterward, and schedule them straight to your social accounts. None of them picks perfectly, so you'll still want to review the clips before you post.
We looked at how well each tool picks clips, prompt-based search, reframing and speaker tracking, captions and editing control, maximum video length and supported sources, posting and scheduling, the free plan, and the price for a typical creator's monthly volume.
Tool | Best for | Starting price |
|---|---|---|
OpusClip | Best overall | Free; Starter $15/mo |
Vizard | Value and teams | Free; Creator $14.50/mo billed yearly |
Klap | Predictable per-clip pricing | Basic $14/mo billed yearly |
Submagic | Caption-heavy, polished edits | Starter $12/mo billed yearly |
Descript | Podcasters who edit full episodes | Free; Hobbyist $16/mo billed yearly |
Eklipse | Gaming streams | About $15/mo billed yearly |
quso.ai | Clipping plus scheduling | Free; Lite $29/mo |
OpusClip is the best-known AI clipping tool, built to turn long talking videos into short vertical clips.
What works: Its Virality Score rates each clip from 0 to 99 on its hook, flow, value, and how well it fits current trends, and ClipAnything lets you describe the moment you want, such as a specific question or reaction, and finds it using what's said and what's on screen. It reframes automatically with speaker and object tracking, including layouts for screen shares and gameplay, and adds animated captions in more than 20 languages. It takes videos up to 10 hours long from YouTube, Google Drive, Zoom, and, on Pro, Twitch, Riverside, and many other sources. The free plan includes 60 minutes of processing a month, Starter costs $15 a month and removes the watermark, and Pro, at $14.50 a month billed yearly, adds a scheduler and export to Adobe Premiere and DaVinci Resolve.
What doesn't: Free clips are watermarked, can't be edited, and expire after three days, and the Virality Score is a paid feature.
Best for: Podcasters and YouTubers who want the strongest clip picks.
Vizard is an AI clipping and editing tool that ranks clips by viral potential and posts them from a built-in calendar.
What works: Vizard finds the strongest moments, centers the active speaker, and adds captions, emojis, and B-roll, and it can pull up to 40 clips from a one-hour video. It accepts links from YouTube, Google Drive, Loom, Twitch, and TikTok, and paid plans take videos up to 10 hours long and export in 4K. A content calendar on paid plans schedules and publishes clips, and paid plans include API access. The free plan gives you 60 minutes a month, and Creator costs $14.50 a month billed yearly or $29 monthly.
What doesn't: The free plan exports at 720p with a watermark, and brand kits need the more expensive Business plan.
Best for: Teams and agencies that want strong clipping and scheduling at a lower price.
Klap is a clipping tool that turns a YouTube link or upload into ready-to-post shorts in one step.
What works: Klap picks topics, scores clips for viral potential, and reframes them with AI Reframe 2, which handles split-screen, screencast, and gaming layouts. Captions come in 52 languages, and you can schedule clips to TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, and LinkedIn with unlimited connected accounts. Plans are priced by the number of clips you make each month rather than minutes of video, starting at 100 clips for $14 a month billed yearly or $29 monthly.
What doesn't: The free plan covers one video, and you can't download or post anything without paying.
Best for: Creators who want simple, predictable costs.
Submagic is best known for animated captions, and its Magic Clips feature turns long videos into shorts.
What works: Magic Clips, an add-on subscription on top of a regular plan, finds high-potential moments in a YouTube link or upload, then adds Submagic's styled captions in 123 languages, auto-zooms, and B-roll, so clips come out closer to finished than with most clippers. Paid plans have no watermark, and Starter costs $12 a month billed yearly or $19 monthly.
What doesn't: Magic Clips costs extra as an add-on, auto-zooms need the Pro plan, and there's no free plan, only a free trial.
Best for: Creators who want eye-catching captions and quick polish on every clip.
Descript is a video and podcast editor that works through a text transcript, and it can cut clips from the same project.
What works: Its AI co-editor, Underlord, picks moments for clips and applies editable layouts and captions, so you can go from a full edited episode to social clips without changing apps. Because Descript edits by text, trimming a clip is as easy as deleting words. The free plan includes one media hour a month, and Hobbyist costs $16 a month billed yearly or $24 monthly, with 10 media hours and 1080p exports.
What doesn't: Its clip selection is less advanced than dedicated clippers, and there's no built-in scheduler for posting.
Best for: Podcasters and video editors who already edit their full episodes in Descript.
Eklipse is an AI clipping tool made for gamers and streamers.
What works: Instead of relying on speech, Eklipse watches the game itself, recognizing kill feeds, multi-kills, and clutch moments across more than 3,000 games, and turns them into vertical clips with facecam layouts. An April 2026 independent comparison concluded it beats OpusClip on gaming streams, while OpusClip is better for talk-heavy videos. Premium costs $24.99 a month, or $179.99 a year, about $15 a month.
What doesn't: Eklipse dropped its free clipping plan in June 2026, so you can only preview a couple of clips before paying.
Best for: Twitch and YouTube gaming streamers.
quso.ai, formerly Vidyo.ai, is a clipping tool with a built-in social media scheduler.
What works: It cuts long videos into shorts with captions and reframing, then schedules them to seven platforms from one place on its Essential plan. The free plan includes 75 minutes, and Lite costs $29 a month or $174 billed yearly, with brand kits on the Growth plan.
What doesn't: Free clips export at 720p with a watermark, and scheduling to every platform needs the $39 Essential plan.
Best for: Social media managers who want clipping and posting in one tool.
Riverside's Magic Clips is included on its free plan, with a watermark, so it's worth trying if you already record there. StreamLadder's ClipGPT, on its $27-a-month Creator plan, finds up to 30 clips per Twitch or Kick stream and adds facecam framing, and its basic editor is free. CapCut's long video to shorts tool picks highlights automatically, though some of its AI features have moved behind its Pro plan.
OpusClip, for most creators. It scores clips for viral potential, finds specific moments from a plain-language prompt, and handles videos up to 10 hours long. Vizard is the better value for teams, and Eklipse is the pick for gaming streams.
Yes, with limits. OpusClip and Vizard give you 60 free minutes a month, quso.ai gives you 75, and Riverside includes Magic Clips on its free plan, but free clips carry a watermark on all of them.
Yes. OpusClip, Vizard, Klap, and quso.ai can schedule and publish clips to TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and Instagram Reels on paid plans, so you don't need a separate scheduler.
OpusClip and Vizard's paid plans take videos up to 10 hours long, which covers most podcasts and livestreams.
General clippers work best on speech, so they'll often miss gameplay highlights. Eklipse recognizes in-game moments, and StreamLadder's ClipGPT is built for Twitch and Kick streams.
