2Short vs OpusClip (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, 2Short and OpusClip share a 2.2 GPA, both have a free plan, and 2Short starts cheaper, at $9.90 a month against $14.50 a month.
Checked Oct 6, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
They get the same grade on all five counts.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
2Short
AI tool that cuts long YouTube videos into short clips
OpusClip
AI tool that cuts long videos into captioned short clips
Which one is for you
Pick 2Short if
- Fits if you cut shorts from podcasts or commentary
- Works for creators who start from YouTube links
Look elsewhere if
- Too light for editing from scratch, as it cuts clips from long videos
- Skip it if your videos have no captions or little speech, as it needs captions and suits spoken content
- Tight if you stay free, as Starter gives 30 minutes of analysis a month
- Watch out: the pricing page says 30 free minutes but its closing banner says 15
Pick OpusClip if
- Fits if you're a podcaster or streamer cutting long recordings into short clips
- Works for posting the same clips to several social platforms on a schedule, on Pro
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a general video editor, as it's built around cutting long videos into shorts
- Tight if you're staying free, because clips are watermarked, can't be edited and stop exporting after 3 days
- Pricey if you want Pro month to month, at $29 against $14.50 a month billed annually
- Watch out: Starter at $15 is monthly only, stuck at 9:16 with no scheduler, and Pro's 300 credits are 300 source minutes
- Not for you if you're on Android or want a desktop app, and the editor wants Chrome, not Safari 18.2 or later
How we grade them
| 2.2GPA2ShortFair | 2.2GPAOpusClipFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CLite is $9.90 a month, just above the category's cheapest quarter. | CStarter is $15 a month, monthly only. Pro is $14.50 on the year or $29 by the month. Both sit in the upper half of this category's normal range, where the middle is $10, and a credit is a minute of source video, so 300 credits isn't much. |
| Free plan and trial | CStarter is free with 30 minutes of AI analysis a month, which you will hit. | CFree forever with 60 credits a month, auto reframe and AI captions, but clips are watermarked, you can't edit them, and after 3 days you can't export them either. The card-free trial of Pro features doesn't say how long it lasts. |
| Features | CIt finds clips, tracks faces and adds subtitles and aspect ratios, a narrow job it does completely. | CIt does the clipping job fully: AI picks the moments, captions them in 20+ languages, reframes with object tracking and schedules the posts. But it's a narrow slice of video work, and Free and Starter are stuck at 9:16 with no scheduler below Pro. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record, and you pick and tune clips yourself. | CNo store rating on record. Handing it a link is easy enough, but you connect social accounts, learn a text-and-timeline editor, and the help centre tells you to use Chrome and warns of crashes in Safari 18.2 and later. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, but it takes YouTube links and Google Drive. | BWeb plus an iOS app, posting to YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and LinkedIn, with an editing API, an MCP connector, Zapier and XML export to Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve. No Android and no desktop app. |
| Best for | cutting long YouTube videos into shorts | turning long videos into short clips |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: 2Short and OpusClip. How we grade
Price against what you get
2Short starts at $9.90 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. OpusClip starts at $14.50 a month and scores 2.3.
They score the same, and 2Short starts $4.60 a month lower. Of the other screen recording and video tools on the chart, 17 score higher than 2Short for less, and 25 score higher than OpusClip for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- OpusClip also covers transcription.
At a glance
| 2Short | OpusClip | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $9.90 per month | $14.50 per month for Pro, billed annually ($174); Starter is $15 monthly |
| Free plan | Starter plan: 30 minutes of AI video analysis per month, with full access to features. | Free forever plan: 60 credits a month, clips rendered at up to 1080p with a watermark, auto reframe and AI captions. No editing, and clips cannot be exported after 3 days. |
| Free trial | None listed | Free trial of core Pro features, no credit card required; length not stated and exports are watermarked |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Made by | 2short.ai | Opusclip Inc. |
| Price read from | 2short.ai | opus.pro |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Oct 6, 2026 |
Worth knowing
2Short
- The FAQ says it only processes videos that have captions, which YouTube generates for most videos.
- It works best on videos with spoken words, such as podcasts and commentary.
- The free plan's analysis allowance is 30 minutes a month on the pricing page, but the page's closing banner says 15 minutes.
OpusClip
- Free plan clips carry a watermark, cannot be edited and stop being exportable after 3 days.
- Only Pro can be billed annually; Starter is monthly only and has no social scheduler, team workspace or extra aspect ratios.
- Processing uses 1 credit per minute of source video, and a Pro team workspace tops out at 4 seats, reached with 2 packs.
- The mobile app is iOS only, and the help center recommends Chrome for the editor and warns of crashes in Safari 18.2 and later.
Key features
2Short
- Clip finding from long videos
- The AI reads a video's captions and pulls out moments to turn into short clips for Shorts, TikTok or Reels.
- Face tracking
- Keeps the active speaker centered in the frame when a clip is cropped to a new aspect ratio.
- Animated subtitles
- Adds animated subtitles to a clip in one click.
- Several aspect ratios
- Exports vertical, square or horizontal clips, with manual editing and cropping when automatic tracking is not enough.
- Brand presets
- Adds a logo or overlay to exported clips so they carry the same branding.
- Language support
- The FAQ lists about 26 supported languages, including English, German, Spanish, Japanese and Korean.
OpusClip
- ClipAnything
- An AI clipping model that finds moments in long videos of any genre, from podcasts to vlogs, gaming and sports. Paid plans give each clip a Virality Score.
- Animated captions
- Adds AI captions in more than 20 languages with emoji and keyword highlights. Custom fonts and speaker-based caption colors are not on the Free or Starter plans.
- AI Reframe
- Resizes a video for each platform and keeps moving subjects centered with object tracking. Free and Starter output 9:16 only; Pro adds 1:1 and 16:9.
- Editor
- Text and timeline-based editing with filler and silence removal, AI B-roll, voice-over and text overlays. The Free plan has no editing.
- Social posting and scheduler
- Starter posts to YouTube, TikTok and Instagram. Pro adds scheduling and X, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Threads and Bluesky; each post to X costs 3 credits.
- API, MCP and XML export
- A video editing API, a scheduler API, an MCP connector and a Zapier integration, with limited API access on Pro. Pro also exports projects as XML for Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve.
Plans
2Short
Starter$0
30 minutes of AI video analysis per month; view and export clips already generated.
Lite$9.90
per month
5 hours of analysis, 60 minutes of fast server-side exports, imports from Google Drive and public URLs, no ads.
Pro$19.90
per month
15 hours of analysis per month and unlimited fast server-side exports.
Premium$49.90
per month
50 hours of analysis per month, priority support and early access to beta features.
OpusClip
Free$0
60 credits a month, watermarked clips at up to 1080p, auto reframe and AI captions. No editing, and a 3-day export limit.
Starter$15
per month, billed monthly (no annual option)
150 credits a month, AI clipping with Virality Score, animated captions, the editor, 1 brand template and watermark-free export.
Pro$14.50
per month, billed annually ($174); $29 billed monthly
300 credits a month, a team workspace with 2 seats, AI B-roll, the social scheduler, three aspect ratios and export to Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve.
BusinessCustom
Custom credits, seats and social connections, priority processing, full API and custom integrations, dedicated storage and an MSA.
Ways to pay less
2Short
No public discounts listed.
OpusClip
- Annual discount
Save up to 50% with annual billing
The pricing page lists Pro at $14.50 a month when billed annually ($174) against $29 billed monthly. Starter is offered monthly only.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, 2Short or OpusClip?
As of Nov 13, 2026, 2Short is cheaper to start with: $9.90 a month, against $14.50 a month for OpusClip. 2Short starts at $9.90 per month, and OpusClip starts at $14.50 per month for Pro, billed annually ($174); Starter is $15 monthly.
Which has a free plan, 2Short or OpusClip?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both 2Short and OpusClip have a free plan.
Which platforms do 2Short and OpusClip run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only OpusClip lists an iOS app. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.