1. Opus Clip: per source minute (1 credit = 1 minute uploaded). Free 60 credits/month, Starter $15/month (150 credits), Pro $29/month (300 credits, or $14.50/month annually). Virality scoring is genuinely useful. 2. Vizard: also per source minute. Free 60 minutes/month at 720p, paid Creator from about $29/month. Built-in scheduler is the differentiator. 3. Qlip.ai: AI clipping with strong caption styling. Compare its per-minute rate against your actual upload volume before committing. 4. Submagic: per-output pricing on some tiers, which flips the math. Cheap for long videos that yield few clips, expensive for clip-dense content. 5. 2short.ai: faces-and-speech tracking for talking-head content. Niche, but good at its niche. Sources: FFmpeg, HandBrake The comparison that matters: your monthly source minutes against each tool's meter. A podcaster uploading four hours a month lives in a different pricing universe than someone clipping one webinar. Run your real numbers before you subscribe.
