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CliphiOpusClip alternative: Cliphi vs OpusClip (2026)
OpusClip charges by the minute you upload and its credits expire. Cliphi charges for what you process and render, includes every feature on every plan, and keeps your credits. Every number below comes from the vendors' own pages.
Prices checked September 14, 2026
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At a glance
60-min video, 10 clips
Cliphi
$0.69
OpusClip
$6.00
Cliphi Starter vs OpusClip Starter. OpusClip Pro billed yearly: $3.89.
Unused credits
Cliphi
Never expire
OpusClip
Gone in 60 days
OpusClip monthly plans; 12 months on yearly.
Entry plan output
Cliphi
9:16, 1:1, 16:9
OpusClip
9:16 only
OpusClip adds 16:9 and 1:1, plus X, Facebook and scheduling, on Pro.
The short answer
Most people searching for an OpusClip alternative hit the same three walls: monthly credits that expire after 60 days, a bill that runs on upload length rather than on the clips you keep, and a Starter plan that posts to only three platforms in one aspect ratio. Cliphi removes all three. OpusClip still wins if your workflow needs AI B-roll or a Premiere or DaVinci timeline export.
Pick Cliphi if
- You publish several clips per video and want the bill tied to output, not upload length.
- You want credits that never expire, on any plan.
- You clip livestreams while they are live, or record reactions over clips.
- You want 9:16, 1:1 and 16:9 on the entry plan, not only on Pro.
Pick OpusClip if
- You rely on AI B-roll insertion.
- You finish clips in Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve and need a timeline export.
- You need a team workspace (OpusClip Pro allows up to four users).
Why people leave OpusClip
Read from OpusClip's own help center and pricing page. The complaints are about the meter and the timers, not about the clips.
Credits expire
Monthly-plan credits expire 60 days after they are issued, yearly credits after 12 months, and credits left after a cancellation keep their original date. A quiet month cannot bank credits for a busy one.
Projects are deleted
Free-plan projects expire 3 days after creation, Starter and Pro projects after 30, and expired projects cannot be recovered. Pro users can keep them by paying for cloud storage. Cliphi stores projects for 30 days too, so this one only separates the tools on OpusClip's Free tier.
The entry plans are boxed in
Free and Starter post to YouTube, TikTok and Instagram only; X, Facebook, LinkedIn and scheduling start at Pro. Only Pro can output 16:9 and 1:1 alongside 9:16.
Starter is monthly-only and dear
$15 for 150 minutes is 10 cents per uploaded minute, whether or not any clip from that minute is worth posting. There is no yearly price for Starter.
Long streams eat the plan
One credit per imported minute means a single 6-hour stream is 360 credits, more than Pro's 300 a month, before a clip exists. Real-time clipping is not on the plan list.
Reviews say the same
On Trustpilot as of September 14, 2026, OpusClip scores 4.0 from 491 reviews with 20 percent one-star; the recurring themes are support response time, upload failures and credits that expire.
Cliphi vs OpusClip, feature by feature
CliphivsOpusClipEvery OpusClip cell read on its own site on September 14, 2026.
Price
Entry paid plan
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OpusClip
Popular plan
Cliphi
OpusClip
What a credit buys
Cliphi
OpusClip
Unused credits
Cliphi
OpusClip
Project retention
Cliphi
OpusClip
Output
Aspect ratios
Cliphi
OpusClip
Publish to
Cliphi
OpusClip
Scheduling
Cliphi
OpusClip
Watermark-free exports
Cliphi
OpusClip
Export resolution
Cliphi
OpusClip
Transcription languages
Cliphi
OpusClip
Only on one side
Clip a livestream while it is live
Cliphi
OpusClip
Record a reaction over a clip
Cliphi
OpusClip
Royalty-free music library
Cliphi
OpusClip
API
Cliphi
OpusClip
AI B-roll
Cliphi
OpusClip
Export to Premiere Pro or DaVinci
Cliphi
OpusClip
Team workspace
Cliphi
OpusClip
What you get on Cliphi instead
Credits that do not expire
OpusClip's help center: monthly-plan credits expire after 60 days, yearly after 12 months, and credits left after a cancellation keep their original expiry. Cliphi credits roll over indefinitely and survive cancelling.
Every feature, every plan
On OpusClip, 16:9 and 1:1 output, posting to X and Facebook, scheduling, Premiere export and team seats all start at Pro. Cliphi's $4.99 plan renders the same clips as the $29.99 one.
Six platforms on every plan
Cliphi publishes to YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Threads and X from the clip card on the $4.99 plan, with the post copy written. On OpusClip, X, Facebook, LinkedIn and scheduling start at Pro.
Livestreams and reactions
Paste a live YouTube, Twitch or Kick stream and clips arrive before it ends. Record your face or voice over any clip. Neither is on OpusClip's plan list.
What switching to Cliphi looks like
- 1
Paste the same video you would give OpusClip
A YouTube link, a Twitch or Kick VOD, a podcast episode, or an upload. Livestreams work while they are still live.
- 2
Pick from the moments Cliphi found
Every moment comes back scored, framed to the speaker, captioned and set to music. You choose which ones to render, so credits go to clips you will actually post.
- 3
Download or publish
Save the finished clips or push them to YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Threads or X from inside Cliphi. Post copy and hashtags are written for you.
What OpusClip costs in 2026
From opus.pro/pricing and the help center, read on September 14, 2026. The credit rule is one credit per minute of imported video, partial minutes rounded down, and one credit per post to X.
| Plan | Price | Credits | Projects kept | Posts to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 60/mo, watermark | 3 days | YouTube, TikTok, Instagram |
| Starter | $15/mo, monthly only | 150/mo, expire in 60 days | 30 days | YouTube, TikTok, Instagram |
| Pro | $29/mo or $19.43/mo yearly ($233.16) | 300/mo, or 3,600/yr up front | 30 days, or cloud storage | Adds X, Facebook, LinkedIn; scheduling; 16:9 and 1:1 |
| Business | Custom | Custom | Custom | Custom |
Prices checked on September 14, 2026. OpusClip's blog (June 2026) says the API is included on the free trial and Pro; its help center still lists it under Business.
How Cliphi bills the same video
Cliphi charges one credit per minute of source video to process it, on any plan, and a quarter of a credit per second of finished clip to render it. You see every moment scored and framed before you render, so rendering credits only go to clips you will post. Every plan has every feature; plans differ only in monthly credits ($4.99 for 1,200, $9.99 for 2,500, $29.99 for 8,500 outside India). Unused credits roll into next month and stay in your account after a cancellation. One-time packs never expire.
A 60-minute podcast with ten 45-second clips is 60 credits to process and about 112 to render, so roughly 172 credits: about 69 cents on the $9.99 plan. The same hour is $6.00 of OpusClip Starter or $3.89 of Pro billed yearly, and that is before OpusClip's 60-day credit expiry costs you anything. Render 20 clips instead of 10 and Cliphi's number is about $1.14; the gap narrows and does not close. Here is what three common workloads cost each month.
| Monthly workload | Cliphi | OpusClip |
|---|---|---|
| Weekly 1-hour podcast, 10 clips each (240 source minutes, 40 clips) | 690 credits; the $4.99 plan covers it (about $2.76 at the Starter rate) | 240 minutes is above Starter's 150, so Pro: $29, or $19.43 billed yearly |
| Four 6-hour streams, 8 clips each (1,440 minutes, 32 clips) | 1,800 credits; the $9.99 plan covers it (about $7.19 used) | 1,440 minutes is above Pro's 300 a month; Business, custom price |
| Twenty 20-minute videos, 3 clips each (400 minutes, 60 clips) | 850 credits; the $4.99 plan covers it (about $3.40) | 400 minutes is above Pro's 300 a month; Pro yearly's 3,600 up front lasts about nine months |
Assumes 45-second clips (30 seconds for the daily case) with animated captions. Cliphi costs use the Starter rate of $9.99 for 2,500 credits. OpusClip figures use one credit per source minute. Checked September 14, 2026.
Where OpusClip is the better pick
If your edit depends on AI B-roll, OpusClip does that (three clips a month on Starter, more on Pro) and Cliphi does not. If you finish clips in Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve, OpusClip Pro exports a timeline and Cliphi exports a finished video. OpusClip Pro also has a team workspace for up to four users, 4K download, and a public API that its June 2026 blog posts say is included on the free trial and Pro. It is the larger, older product with a bigger template gallery. None of that is spin; it is on their pages and it is not on ours.
Where Cliphi is the better pick
Cliphi is built for people who post several clips per video and do not want a plan to decide what they can do. Every plan, from the $4.99 Explorer plan up, has speaker tracking, word-by-word captions, the music library, reactions, supercuts, publishing to six platforms and the agent API. Credits you do not use stay in your account. Livestreams are clipped while they are live, which is how the Kick to YouTube Shorts and Twitch to TikTok pages get used, and any clip can carry your camera or voice reaction on top.
How to switch from OpusClip
Because OpusClip deletes projects on a timer, do the first step before anything else.
- Download the OpusClip exports you still want. Starter and Pro projects are removed 30 days after creation; Free projects after 3 days.
- Paste the same source links into Cliphi. It processes from the original video, so there is nothing to export or migrate.
- Set your caption style, logo and colours once in Brand and presets; they apply to every clip after that.
- Connect the accounts you publish to (YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, X) so finished clips can go out from the clip card.
- Cancel OpusClip when its remaining credits are used, since they keep their expiry date after cancelling.
Which one should you pick
Pick Cliphi if you post several clips per video, want credits that keep, clip livestreams, make reaction content, or want a tool your AI assistant can drive. Pick OpusClip if B-roll, NLE export or a team workspace is part of the job. If your real requirement is 4K output or team seats and B-roll together, Vizard may fit better than either; if you take only a few clips from very long footage, Klap's per-clip pricing can be cheaper. The fastest test is the same in every case: paste one of your own videos and look at the clips that come back.
Made with Cliphi
Real clips, real reach, published to Instagram Reels, Facebook Reels, and YouTube Shorts.
How we checked: 7 sources, each read on the date shown
- OpusClip pricing pagechecked September 14, 2026
- OpusClip help center: how are credits consumedchecked September 14, 2026
- OpusClip help center: plans and creditschecked September 14, 2026
- OpusClip help center: saving your projectschecked September 14, 2026
- OpusClip API page and June 2026 API postschecked September 14, 2026
- OpusClip on Trustpilotchecked September 14, 2026
- Cliphi pricingchecked September 14, 2026
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