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AI clip makers compared: 33 tools by price per minute.
shortshort turns one long video of up to 2 GB into 9:16 shorts cut on complete sentences, at 1 credit per minute, 30 free. Each page below sets it beside one tool on 18 criteria: the shortshort column from the product, the other column quoted and dated from that tool's own site, and where each fits better. The alternatives lists gather the alternatives to OpusClip, Vizard, Klap and Submagic, one table each.
30 free credits, no cardUp to 2 GB per video18 criteria per pageEach site read between 16 and 24 October 2026
AI clip tools compared on price per minute, longest video and free plan
The figures each page leads with, one line per tool, cheapest per minute first. Each tool's figures come from its own site, read on the date in the last column; its page quotes the wording and links every source. Every listed monthly plan of the 16 tools that sell by the minute, not only the cheapest, is in the price per minute index, with the data as CSV and JSON.
| Tool | Cheapest paid plan | Price per minute | Longest video | Largest file | Free plan | Read on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ssemble | 15 USD a month, Pro, on monthly billing | $0.025, about €0.022 30 credits of 20 min, 600 min a month | 30 min upload; longer by link | 1 GB per upload | No free plan; free preview clips, download needs a plan | 16 October 2026 |
| WayinVideo | $13.99 a month, Starter | $0.028, about €0.025 500 credits, 1 per source minute | Over 10 h, no cap stated | 10 GB, 30 GB on Pro and Scale | 100 credits once, 720p, clips export for 3 days | 16 October 2026 |
| shortshort (this site) | €12 a month before VAT, Starter | €0.025 480 minutes a month | Set by the 2 GB file size, 12 hours at most | 2 GB per file | 30 credits once, no card, no monthly refill | 24 October 2026, from the product |
| Reap | $16.99 a month, Creator ($9.99 billed yearly) | $0.028, about €0.025 10 h of clipping a month | 3 h for AI clipping | 10 GB on Creator and Studio | Free forever, 1 h a month, watermarked 720p | 16 October 2026 |
| 2short | $9.90 a month, Lite | $0.033, about €0.029 5 h of analysis a month | Not stated | Not stated | Free Starter plan, 30 min of analysis a month | 16 October 2026 |
| Descript | $24 a month, Hobbyist ($16 billed yearly) | $0.04, about €0.036 600 minutes a month (10 hours) | Not stated | 1 GB free, 50 GB on Business | Free, 60 min a month, 720p, 100 AI credits once | 16 October 2026 |
| Vizard | $29 a month, Creator | $0.048, about €0.043 600 minutes a month | 10 h per video on paid plans | 1 GB free, 30 GB on paid | Free plan, 60 credits a month, watermark, 720p | 16 October 2026 |
| Clip.fm | $10 a month, Starter | $0.067, about €0.059 150 minutes a month | Not stated | 10 GB per file | No free plan, trial only (7 or 14 days) | 16 October 2026 |
| OpusClip | $15 a month, Starter | $0.10, about €0.089 150 minutes a month | 10 h per video | 10 GB, 30 GB on Pro and up | Free forever, 60 min a month, watermark, 3-day export | 16 October 2026 |
| Flowjin | $19 a month, Starter ($9.50 billed yearly) | $0.13, about €0.113 150 minutes a month | 3 h per video | 1 GB per upload | $0 plan with a one-time 60 min credit, watermarked | 16 October 2026 |
| Choppity | $24 a month, Starter | $0.13, about €0.119 180 minutes a month (3 h) | 3 h per file | 4 GB, other pages say 5 or 10 | Free plan, 1 h a month, exports locked or watermarked | 24 October 2026 |
| Munch | $68 a month, Essential | $0.14, about €0.121 500 repurposing minutes a month | Not stated | Not stated | 7-day free trial on every paid plan, no free plan shown | 16 October 2026 |
| quso.ai | $29 a month, Lite | $0.29, about €0.258 100 credits, about 100 minutes a month | 5 h per video | 5 GB free, 15 GB on paid plans | Free plan in some countries, 75 credits a month, 720p | 16 October 2026 |
| Wisecut | $19 a month, Starter editing-only | $0.32, about €0.282 60 minutes a month | Not stated | 4 GB, 5 GB on Professional | Always free, 30 min a month at 480p | 16 October 2026 |
| AutoShorts | $6.99 one time for 10 credits, no subscription | Not stated 10 credits, not minutes of video | 90 min with a pack | 2.5 GB with a pack | Trial: 3 credits, watermarked, 15 min, 720p | 16 October 2026 |
| CapCut | EUR 23.99 a month, Pro, as shown in France | Not stated Minutes per plan not published | Under 3 h per video | Under 10 GB per video | Free plan; long video minutes shown after sign-in | 16 October 2026 |
| Captions | $24.99 a month, Max, first plan with Clips | Not stated 500 credits a month, minutes not stated | 3 h for Clips, 60 min import | 10 GB for Clips | Permanent, but their pages disagree on its credits | 16 October 2026 |
| Castmagic | $29 a month, Hobby, billed monthly | Not stated 30 h library total, not per month | No stated limit per file | 10 GB, 1 GB in the browser | No free tier listed, plans start at $29 a month | 16 October 2026 |
| Chopcast | Not stated | Not stated | No limit stated, 2 h advised | Not stated | Free to use badge, no allowance stated | 16 October 2026 |
| Clips AI | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | 16 October 2026 |
| ContentFries | $39 a month, Creator; packs from $4 one-time | Not stated 650 credits a month, minutes not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Free plan: 50 credits a month, 150 signup credits | 16 October 2026 |
| Dumme | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | 16 October 2026 |
| Eklipse | $24.99 a month, Premium | Not stated No monthly minutes, capped at 12 h a day | Under 5 h a VOD, 4 h an upload | 10 GB per uploaded VOD | No free tier; free account, a preview scan, browser tools | 24 October 2026 |
| Gling | $20 a month, Plus ($10 billed yearly; no currency code on the site) | Not stated 10 hours of AI edited media | Not stated | Not stated | Free plan, 1 hour a month, watermarked exports | 16 October 2026 |
| Kapwing | $24 per member a month, Pro ($16 billed yearly) | Not stated 1,000 credits a month, not minutes | Uploads over 2 h if under 6 GB | 6 GB paid, 2 GB or 250 MB free | Permanent free plan, watermarked exports | 16 October 2026 |
| Klap | $29 a month, Basic | Not stated 100 clips a month, not minutes | 4 h per upload | 2 GB, no limit via URL | One free video, no credit card required | 24 October 2026 |
| Picsart | EUR 12.99 a month, Pro, as shown in France | Not stated Credits per minute not published | No maximum stated | Not stated | Free account; Clipper credits not stated | 16 October 2026 |
| Qlip | EUR 2,000 a year add-on, on top of a Pro or Enterprise plan | Not stated Unlimited footage, no minute cap | 4 h on Pro, 12 h on Enterprise | Not stated | Free trial: 240 min processed or 30 days | 16 October 2026 |
| Riverside | $35 a month, Pro ($24 billed yearly) | Not stated Unlimited recording, 15 h uploads/month | 4 h per uploaded file | 25 GB per upload | Yes, but hidden on the pricing page today | 16 October 2026 |
| SendShort | $29 a month, Professional ($19 Starter cannot clip long videos) | Not stated 50 shorts a month, not minutes | Not stated | Not stated | No trial per the pricing FAQ, other pages say free | 16 October 2026 |
| Spikes Studio | $32.99 a month, PRO+ (no currency code on the site) | Not stated 300 minutes a month | Not stated | Not stated | Free Basic plan, watermark, 720p, no card needed | 16 October 2026 |
| Submagic | $38 a month: $19 Starter plus $19 Magic Clips add-on | Not stated 10 Magic Clips uploads a month | 2 h per video for Magic Clips | 10 GB via API, 3,000 MB in app | Free trial, 3 short videos, watermark until you subscribe | 16 October 2026 |
| VEED | EUR 22 per user a month, Creator, as shown in France | Not stated No minute cap, 500 credits a month | Up to 3 h of speech | 1 GB free, no cap on paid | Lasting free tier, watermark, AI editing tools try once | 16 October 2026 |
| Zubtitle | $19 a month, Guru (USD named only in their app) | Not stated 10 videos a month, up to 30 min | 30 min in the app, 20 on site | 4 GB in the app, 1 GB on site | Free forever, 2 videos a month, watermarked 720p | 16 October 2026 |
Price per minute: the monthly list price of the cheapest paid plan that cuts a long video into shorts, divided by the minutes of source video it covers each month; other currencies converted at the ECB reference rate of 16 October 2026 (1 USD = €0.889) to sort the table. Not stated: the tool's site does not say it; for the price per minute, its plan does not give both a monthly quota of minutes and a named currency, and the line under the cell says what it gives instead. shortshort prices before VAT.
The fastest comparison is a video.
Drop one, get up to 3 shorts on the free plan and up to 20 on the Studio plan, and judge the result yourself. 30 free credits, no card.