What is the best AI video clipper for YouTube Shorts?
Pick OpusClip for broad imports. Pick Vizard for a full editor. Pick Klap for scheduled sharing. Pick Submagic for 123-language captions. Pick Choppity for text editing. Pick Eklipse for livestream imports. Pick Clypse for auto-clipping and 1080p vertical exports.
How they compare
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Verdict
Pick the tool that matches your source workflow
Pick OpusClip if you need broad imports including Apple Podcast, YouTube, Google Drive, Vimeo, Zoom, Twitch, and local uploads, plus automatic clipping, animated captions in 20+ languages, editing, and API integration. Pick Vizard if caption translation to over 100 languages matters. Pick Eklipse if your workflow centers on Twitch, YouTube Live, or Kick and gaming content across 1,000+ games. Pick Clypse if you want imports from Twitch, Kick, YouTube, and Rumble, automatic clipping, a built-in editor, and 1080p vertical MP4 exports. Do not pick Clypse if you need caption translation, videos over 6 hours, or more than one free video, two free downloads, and watermark-free free exports.
Why look beyond OpusClip?
Pick OpusClip if you need imports from Apple Podcast, YouTube, Google Drive, Vimeo, Zoom, Twitch, Facebook, LinkedIn, X, Dropbox, Riverside, Loom, Frame.io, StreamYard, Kick, Medal.tv, public MP4 URLs, or local uploads. It also offers AI captions with emojis and keyword highlighting, AI reframing with subject tracking, an editor, and API access on Business. Look beyond OpusClip if its free-plan restrictions disrupt your review process: the Free Forever plan provides 60 processing minutes per month, watermarked videos, and clips that stop being exportable after 3 days. The pricing page also lists up to 1080p rendered clips for Free. Pick Clypse if you want sources from Twitch, Kick, YouTube, or Rumble and 1080p vertical exports. Its free plan allows one full video, up to 2 free downloads, and watermarked downloads. Pro removes the watermark and keeps clips from expiring.
The options
Each tool, in short
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Clypse
Clypse turns Twitch, Kick, YouTube, Rumble, and uploaded videos into vertical clips with automatic reframing.
Clypse Pro is USD 9.99/month when billed annually.
Imports Twitch, Kick, YouTube, Rumble, and file uploads.
Automatically reframes clips to 9:16 and keeps the face or action in frame.
Pro includes scheduling and posting to TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and Instagram Reels.
Pro exports without a watermark, and clips never expire.
The free plan allows one full video, two free downloads, and adds a watermark.
Captions are available in the spoken language, but caption translation is not available.
Best for:
Streamers and creators who want Twitch, Kick, YouTube, Rumble, or file inputs with vertical reframing and direct social publishing.
Verdict:
Pick Clypse if you want stream imports, vertical reframing, and direct posting to TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and Instagram Reels.
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OpusClip
Broad imports, AI clipping, editing, and a two-seat Pro workflow for creators repurposing long videos.
Pro is USD 14.50/month when billed annually.
Imports YouTube, podcasts, livestream platforms, cloud storage, local video, and public MP4 URLs.
Pro includes a two-seat team workflow for collaboration and creative-project management.
AI auto-clipping, a built-in editor, and resizing for 16:9, 1:1, and 9:16 formats support a Shorts workflow.
Pro includes social-media scheduling.
The free plan has 60 credits per month, watermarked clips, and clips become unexportable after 3 days.
The free plan renders clips up to 1080p.
The Starter plan is monthly only and costs USD 15/month billed monthly.
Best for:
Creators needing a broad import ecosystem plus collaboration and a two-seat Pro workflow.
Verdict:
Pick OpusClip if you need broad source imports and collaboration in a two-seat Pro workflow.
3
Vizard
A full video editor with auto-clipping, translated captions, and scheduled social posts.
Creator is USD 14.50/month when billed annually.
Full access to the video editor is available on the free plan.
Captions can be translated to over 100 languages.
Creator includes scheduled social posts.
Auto-clipping can turn a long video into 30+ clips in one click.
The free plan has 60 credits per month.
The free plan has 3-day storage.
Free-plan exports are limited to 720p and 10 minutes.
Best for:
Creators and teams that prioritize a full editor, caption translation, and scheduled social posts.
Verdict:
Pick Vizard if editing control, caption translation to over 100 languages, and scheduled social posts matter more than a simpler clipping workflow.
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Submagic
Submagic combines caption styles in 123 languages with text-based trimming for Shorts editing.
Starter is USD 12/month when billed annually.
Caption styles are available in 123 languages with stated 99% accuracy.
Starter includes text-based trimming.
Paid Starter exports have no watermark.
Submagic supports auto clipping, YouTube imports, and Shorts publishing.
Starter includes 3 AI Credits per month.
Starter supports 15 videos per month.
Starter export resolution is 1080p.
Best for:
Caption-heavy multilingual Shorts that benefit from text-based trimming and watermark-free paid exports.
Verdict:
Pick Submagic if multilingual captions and text-based trimming matter more than higher Starter export resolution or monthly volume.
5
Eklipse
Gaming-focused clipping with Twitch, YouTube Live, and Kick imports, plus auto-clipping and reframing.
Premium is USD 14.99/month when billed annually.
Supports Twitch, YouTube Live, and Kick imports.
Supports 1,000+ games.
Premium exports reach up to 1080p 60fps.
Includes a built-in editor for trimming, captions, templates, and highlights.
The free plan allows 3 clips per stream.
Export and download requires Premium.
Best for:
Gaming streamers who want Twitch, YouTube Live, and Kick inputs with game-focused clipping and 1080p 60fps paid exports.
As of August 26, 2026, Clypse had delivered 37,993 clips to users, providing a first-party usage signal for completed output.
Our own data.
How we checked this
We assessed source imports, clipping and editing workflow, captions, vertical formatting, export quality, publishing, free-plan restrictions, and paid-plan value. We read each product’s official pricing and plan pages as available on September 3, 2026, and matched each comparison with the same plan tier and billing period. Clypse pricing and limits come from our own product and billing data, including Free, Pro, and Studio plans observed that day. We checked prices, credits, clip allowances, import limits, watermarks, and download restrictions against those plan details. Attributes without support on a product’s pricing or plan pages were left out rather than inferred, so recommendations reflect stated limits and dated pricing.
Sources
16 sources, all read Sep 3, 2026. Footnotes on the page link here.
Test one long video with Clypse’s free plan, which includes 30 credits, enough for one video, with no card required, one full video, up to 2 free downloads, and watermarked exports.