shortshort cuts one long video into vertical shorts chosen to end where the sentence ends, frames the face with automatic zooms, and costs €0.025 per minute of video before VAT, less than a third of the price per minute of OpusClip. Unused credits roll over and never expire, even after cancelling; the 30 welcome credits are given once. Below, side by side with OpusClip (also written Opus Clip): the numbers first, then 18 criteria with a check or a cross, then the plans of both.
30 free credits, no cardUp to 2 GB per videoMP4 · 9:16 or 4:5
shortshort turns one long video of up to 2 GB into 9:16 shorts chosen to end where the sentence ends, framed on the face on screen with automatic zooms, captioned word by word, for €0.025 per minute of source video before VAT, less than a third of the price per minute of OpusClip. 30 minutes are free, no card.
OpusClip turns long videos into shorts and publishes them to social platforms. It may fit better for bigger files, longer videos, a crop that follows whoever is speaking; the table below says where, with the source.
Facts checked against the product on . Prices before VAT.
Four things the product does by design; the table below checks the rest, both ways.
€0.025 per minute here, before VAT: €12 a month for 480 minutes on Starter. $0.10 per minute at OpusClip: $15 a month, Starter. Priced per minute of source, not per short: 1 short or 5 cost the same on Starter, up to 20 per video on the Studio plan.
The AI reads the whole transcript and picks complete, quotable passages, chosen to open and close on a sentence rather than on a timer; the end of each short is checked against the transcript.
The 9:16 crop follows the face on screen and adds automatic zooms between x1.0 and x1.6; slides and wide shots stay whole. Framing is automatic; cuts, title and captions stay editable.
Drop the file, choose how many shorts and how long, check the proposals, export the MP4s. No timeline, no template to configure.
One line per criterion, the same shape on both sides. The OpusClip column is derived from OpusClip's own site: the number after a cell points to the source, and the exact wording is under the table.
| Criterion | shortshort | OpusClip |
|---|---|---|
| Getting the video in | ||
| Longest video | Set by the 2 GB file size, 12 hours at mostOne file of up to 2 GB and at most 12 hours, on every plan; below that, how many hours fit in 2 GB depends on the bitrate. | 10 h per video [1]Local files must be no more than 10 GB and up to 10 hours long. |
| Largest file | 2 GB per fileMP4, MOV or WebM. | 10 GB, 30 GB on Pro and Business [2]Free and Starter accept local videos up to 10 GB; Pro and Business accept up to 30 GB per video plus public mp4 URLs. |
| How the video gets in | File upload or a YouTube linkMP4, MOV or WebM from your disk, or a public or unlisted YouTube link of your own, downloaded on our servers at up to 720p with its audio. | Upload or link, YouTube, Drive, Zoom, Vimeo and more [3]Free imports YouTube links and local files; Starter adds Google Drive, Vimeo, Zoom, Rumble and StreamYard; Pro and Business get the full list plus public mp4 URLs. |
| What comes out | ||
| Crop follows the face | Follows the face, zooms x1.0 to x1.6The 9:16 crop follows the face with automatic zooms; slides, screens and wide shots stay whole; framing is set automatically. | Yes, auto reframe on all plans [2]Active speaker is identified from voice and motion cues; custom reframing from Starter up, moving object tracking on Pro and Business only. |
| Automatic captions | Word by word, 4 stylesSpotlight, Impact, Karaoke, Minimal; timed on the audio; SRT import and export. | Yes, animated captions in 20+ languages [2]All plans get animated caption templates with auto emoji and keyword highlights; Free captions carry a watermark; custom fonts are Pro and Business only. |
| Aspect ratios | 9:16, or 4:5 for the Instagram feedChosen at export for the whole series; a 4:5 export tracks the face again for that frame. No 1:1 or 16:9. | 9:16 only, plus 1:1 and 16:9 on Pro [2]Free and Starter render 9:16 only; Pro and Business add 1:1 and 16:9, and the editor help article also lists 4:5. |
| Export | MP4 1080 × 1920 or 1080 × 1350, 30 fpsH.264, rendered on our servers on every plan: 1080 × 1920 in 9:16, 1080 × 1350 in 4:5. | 1080p on Free, 4K on Business [2]Starter and Pro export at the highest resolution available; the pricing table puts 4K download on Business only while the help center allows 4K export on Pro. |
| Editing and export | ||
| Manual editor | Yes, on the AI proposals, with a free accountClips and their bounds, title, description, caption words and caption style of each AI proposal; the editor and the MP4 export need a free account. | Yes from Starter, none on Free [2]Text and timeline-based editing on Starter, Pro and Business; the Free card says no editing. |
| Brand presets | One preset, Studio planCaption colour and font, preselected on every new video. | 1 template, 2 to 4 on Pro [2]Free and Starter get 1 template; Pro gets 2 with one pack and 4 from two packs; Business gets a custom solution. |
| Edit export | JSON edit plan on every planThe studio exports the plan of the open short on every plan; the Studio plan adds the plan of every saved short from My projects. | XML for Premiere and DaVinci, Pro and up [2]Export gives an .xml and an .srt file, one short at a time; the help center says it is exclusively for Pro plan users. |
| Extras | ||
| Translation or dubbing | Not offeredCaptions in the language spoken, transcribed by OpenAI's whisper-1 (98 languages according to OpenAI); nothing is translated or dubbed. | Dubbing on Pro and Business only [2]Transcription covers 20+ languages on all plans; dubbing into 25 languages with a clone of your voice is Pro and Business only, at 10 credits a minute. |
| Virality score | None, by designThe AI keeps complete, quotable sentences; you choose what goes out. | Yes from Starter up, not on Free [2]Clips are ranked 0 to 99 by their ability to go viral; Free plan users cannot see the score. |
| B-roll, music, titles | None addedThe short is your video, reframed and captioned. | Yes from Starter, none on Free [2]Starter gets 3 AI image and 3 stock B-roll clips a month; Pro and Business get 50 AI image clips a day, unlimited stock, and AI video B-roll. |
| Publishes to social | YouTube on a calendar, TikTok in early accessConnect a YouTube channel, pick a day and time per short or auto-fill the calendar. TikTok is in early access. One MP4 per short, or a ZIP, for the rest. | Yes from Starter, scheduler on Pro [2]Starter posts to YouTube Shorts, TikTok and IG Reels; Pro adds a scheduler, X, LinkedIn, Facebook, Pinterest, Threads and Bluesky; an X post costs 3 credits. |
| Team and price | ||
| Team seats | One account, one login | Pro and Business only, 2 seats on Pro [2]Pro workspace has 2 users per pack up to 4 users; Business is unlimited, with sub-teams; member permissions are marked coming soon. |
| API | None | Limited on Pro, API and custom integrations on Business [2]Pro gets Video Editing API, Scheduler API, MCP connector and Zapier up to 300 credits a month; Business adds custom and CMS integrations. |
| Free plan | 30 credits once, no cardThe account never expires; the 30 credits are given once, not every month. Up to 3 shorts per video, watermarked, exports join the public community. | Free forever, 60 min a month, watermark, 3-day export [2]Clips render up to 1080p in 9:16 only, no editor, no virality score, no posting, and clips stop being exportable after 3 days. |
| How you pay | 1 credit = 1 minute of videoWhatever the number of shorts. Plans from 12 EUR a month for 480 minutes, before VAT. Unused credits roll over and never expire, even after cancelling. | Monthly credits, 1 credit = 1 minute [2]Credits roll over one more month, two on yearly Pro. Pro sells up to 5 packs monthly or 15 yearly, plus credit top-ups; their help pages differ on yearly credit timing. |
Their pages can change after that date; the table does not update itself.
OpusClip plans as listed on opus.pro/pricing, read on 16 October 2026 [2]. By the minute of source video: $0.10 per minute on OpusClip's cheapest plan ($15 a month, Starter, 150 minutes a month), against €0.025 per minute on shortshort Starter, before VAT. Every plan, per minute, in the price index.
Prices before VAT, from the product. Annual billing: Starter €115 a year, Creator €278 a year, Studio €758 a year. Full detail on the pricing page.
shortshort for the price per minute and the cuts; OpusClip when you need bigger files or longer videos. Both lists come from the table.
A published transformation from the community: the original on top, the shorts it became below. Click one to see it next to the original video.
3 of 6 shorts shown · The Override That Saved Humanity · watch it in the community, with the transcript of each short
Demo footage: Tears of Steel © Blender Foundation, licensed CC BY 3.0. Cut, cropped and captioned by shortshort.
Three things the table can only name. The passage, the frame and the captions below are illustrations; the community shows the real thing.
The reason most clips fail is that they stop before the idea lands, and a viewer who never hears the end of the sentence has no reason to share it. ✂ mid-sentence
The reason most clips fail is that they stop before the idea lands, and a viewer who never hears the end of the sentence has no reason to share it. ✂ on the full stop
Same passage, same 30-second target. shortshort keeps going to the end of the sentence, 37 seconds here, which is inside the 25% margin it allows.
Spotlight, one of the four caption styles. Impact, Karaoke and Minimal use the same word timing.
Yes. OpusClip's own site lists a lasting free plan. On OpusClip: Free forever, 60 min a month, watermark, 3-day export. Clips render up to 1080p in 9:16 only, no editor, no virality score, no posting, and clips stop being exportable after 3 days (their own site, read on 16 October 2026).
OpusClip's pricing page lists 4 plans. On OpusClip: Free, $0 a month, free forever (60 credits a month, 1 credit = 1 minute); Starter, $15 a month, monthly only (150 credits a month); Pro, $29 a month, or $174 a year ($14.5/mo) (300 credits a month per pack); Business, Custom (Customized credits, seats and social accounts) (their own site, read on 16 October 2026). They are listed on this page under "OpusClip pricing (checked 16 October 2026)". By the minute of source video, that is $0.10 per minute on OpusClip's cheapest plan ($15 a month, Starter), against €0.025 per minute on shortshort Starter, before VAT. shortshort charges 1 credit per minute of source video, whatever the number of shorts: Starter is 12 EUR a month for 480 credits, Creator 29 EUR for 1,600 and the Studio plan 79 EUR for 6,000, before VAT, and every account starts with 30 free credits, given once.
It depends on the job. On OpusClip: $15 a month, Starter, 150 minutes a month (their own site, read on 16 October 2026). By the minute of source video, that is $0.10 per minute on OpusClip's cheapest plan, against €0.025 per minute on shortshort Starter, before VAT, whatever the number of shorts. OpusClip may be worth its price if you need bigger files, longer videos and a crop that follows whoever is speaking, according to its own site. shortshort has no virality score: its "What to look for" setting takes Auto, one of 7 presets (funny moments, key insights, stories and anecdotes, strong opinions, emotional moments, tips and how-to or quotable lines) or your own description of up to 200 characters; the AI favors those moments, while duration and complete sentences still come first. To compare both on your own video, start with the 30 free credits.
On OpusClip: Monthly credits, 1 credit = 1 minute. Credits roll over one more month, two on yearly Pro. Pro sells up to 5 packs monthly or 15 yearly, plus credit top-ups; their help pages differ on yearly credit timing (their own site, read on 16 October 2026). On shortshort, 1 credit is 1 minute of source video whatever the number of shorts, each video rounded up to the next minute, and unused credits roll over and never expire, even after cancelling. To see what your monthly volume costs on each, use the calculator of the price per minute index.
Yes, according to its own help center. On OpusClip: "Upgrading from a monthly Starter or Pro plan to a yearly plan provides cheaper credits with a 12 month expiration, compared to the 60 day limit on monthly plans" (their help center, read on 24 October 2026). Its pricing page adds "Unused credits will rollover for one more month" (read on 16 October 2026). On shortshort, unused credits roll over and never expire, even after cancelling; the 30 welcome credits are given once.
shortshort can be tried for free: 30 credits given once at sign-up, no card, which cover 30 minutes of video, with up to 3 shorts per video and a small watermark on the export. Your upload stays private until you export; exported shorts join the public community gallery by default. It is a one-time allowance, not free minutes every month: the tools that give free minutes every month are listed, with the limits of their free plans, in the price per minute index.
It depends on what you need. shortshort turns one long video of up to 2 GB into vertical shorts, 3 per video on the Free plan and up to 20 on the Studio plan, cut on complete sentences, framed on the face on screen and captioned word by word in one of four styles. OpusClip may fit better if you need bigger files, longer videos and a crop that follows whoever is speaking, according to its own site. If the job is cutting long talks into shorts, try it with the 30 free credits and compare the result with what you get from OpusClip.
On shortshort, one file of up to 2 GB and at most 12 hours on every plan; the file size is what usually limits, and how many hours fit depends on the bitrate. On OpusClip: 10 h per video. Local files must be no more than 10 GB and up to 10 hours long (their own site, read on 16 October 2026).
shortshort times every word on the audio, in one of four styles (Spotlight, Impact, Karaoke, Minimal), with SRT import and export. On OpusClip: yes, animated captions in 20+ languages (their own site, read on 16 October 2026).
On shortshort, a YouTube import takes the link of your own public or unlisted YouTube video, downloaded on our servers at up to 720p with its audio. It needs a free account. Private, age-restricted and live videos cannot be imported, and YouTube sometimes refuses downloads from servers: if an import fails, upload the file instead. A file upload takes MP4, MOV or WebM up to 2 GB and does not go through YouTube. On OpusClip: upload or link, YouTube, Drive, Zoom, Vimeo and more (their own site, read on 16 October 2026).
The fastest comparison is your own video: 30 minutes are free, no card. Your upload stays private until you export; exported shorts join the community with their source video by default, and any paid plan can keep them out.