Captions vs OpusClip

Captions

• Creators posting short talking-head videos to TikTok, Instagram and YouTube Shorts
• Marketers producing ad variations with AI actors instead of filming
• People who want captions and translated subtitles added automatically

OpusClip

• Podcasters and streamers cutting long recordings into short clips
• Creators who post the same clips to several social platforms
• Teams automating clipping through an API, MCP or Zapier

Captions

• There is no Mac or Windows app: on a computer it runs in the browser, and projects are stored on the device and do not sync between devices.
• The Android app is Captions Lite, a manual editor. Its $4.99 Lite plan works only on Android; iOS and web need a separate subscription.
• AI Edit, the chat-based editor, Clips and AI Twins start on Max at $24.99 a month, and Prompt to Video uses 16 credits for every 6 seconds.
• The pricing page says its prices reflect iOS plans and lists no yearly prices; Basic and Lite appear only in the help center.

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.

Captions

AI Edit

Pick an editing style and the app cuts scenes and adds B-roll, zooms, transitions, music and captions. It handles clips of up to 2 minutes on iOS and 1 minute on the web.

Chat-based editor

Type the change you want and the editor applies it. Each message uses 2 credits and each action taken 1 credit, with more for generated media.

Captions, translation and dubbing

Generates captions in 100+ styles, translates subtitles into 100+ languages and dubs video into 30+ languages with a clone of the speaker's voice.

AI avatars and AI Twin

Generates a talking-head video from a script using a built-in AI actor or a digital twin of yourself. The Max plan allows up to 30 AI Twins.

Clips

Turns one long video into a batch of short clips that are ready to post. Clips is included from the Max plan.

Eye contact, denoise and trimming

Corrects eye contact, removes background noise and cuts pauses and filler words. On Android, eye contact and denoise need the Lite plan.

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.

Captions

• Free$0

  Basic manual editing with one caption template and watermark-free exports. 60 to 200 lifetime credits that do not refresh.

• Lite$4.99

  per month, Android only

  Manual editing on Android with dubbing, caption styles, teleprompter, eye contact and denoise. Cannot be used on iOS or the web.

• Basic$9.99

  per month, or $64.99 per year on the US App Store

  200 credits a month, with captions and dubbing, script generator, teleprompter, eye contact, denoise and Reddit to Video.

• Max$24.99

  per month, billed monthly

  500 credits a month, AI Edit, the chat-based editor, Clips, up to 30 AI Twins and generated B-roll, music and images.

• Frontier$69.99

  per month, billed monthly

  1,400 credits a month and faster generation. Frontier 2x is $139.99 with 2,800 credits and Frontier 4x is $279.99 with 5,600.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Bulk credit discounts, custom seat options, account management, onboarding and training-data exclusion.

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.

Captions

• Annual discount

  Discount on yearly subscriptions

  The help center says yearly subscriptions are discounted against 12 months of monthly billing. The US App Store lists Basic at $64.99 a year against $9.99 a month.

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.