Yes, Opus Clip has a free plan, and you can use it every month. As of 19 October 2026, OpusClip's pricing page lists a "Free forever" plan at $0 with 60 credits a month, rendered clips up to 1080p, auto reframe, and AI captions with emoji and keyword highlights. The same card lists the catches: "Has watermark", "No editing", and "After 3 days, the clips will no longer be exportable." Removing the watermark starts with the Starter plan at $15 a month.
Credits are the number to understand. OpusClip's help center says processing costs 1 credit per minute of the original video imported, so 60 free credits cover about an hour of source video a month, however many clips come out of it. Below is what each plan includes, what the free trial adds, and when a different tool fits better.
What OpusClip's own pages say (19 October 2026)
| Question | What OpusClip says | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Is there a free plan? | Yes, "Free forever" at $0 with 60 credits a month | Pricing page |
| What is a credit? | 1 credit per minute of the original video imported | Help: how credits work |
| Watermark on free? | "Has watermark" | Pricing page and help |
| Can I edit on free? | "No editing" | Pricing page |
| How long can I export? | Clips stop being exportable after 3 days | Pricing page |
| Free export quality | Up to 1080p rendered clips | Pricing page |
| Is there a free trial? | Yes, a Pro trial that turns into Free Forever after 7 days | Help: free trial |
| Does the trial remove the watermark? | No, trial exports include the OpusClip watermark | Help: features not in the trial |
| Cheapest plan without a watermark | Starter, $15 a month, monthly billing only | Pricing page |
| Longest upload | 10 GB and up to 10 hours per local file | Help: local file uploads |
How credits work
OpusClip's help article on credits uses a simple example: a 30-minute video uses 30 credits. Videos shorter than a minute round up to 1 credit, and partial minutes on longer videos round down, so a 4.5-minute video costs 4. If you only want part of a long recording, the "Processing timeframe" slider limits the charge to that part.
Two details matter on paid plans. Credits on a monthly plan expire after 60 days, which the help page describes as rolling over for one extra month. Posting a clip to X costs 3 credits per clip for each X account.
In practice, the free plan suits someone with about one hour of source video a month who wants to see what clips the AI finds. A weekly hour-long show needs 240 to 300 credits a month, depending on whether the month has four or five episodes, which is more than Starter's 150.
What the free plan includes, and what it leaves out
The help center's plan page lists the free plan as 60 processing minutes a month, AI captions with emojis and keyword highlighter, importing from YouTube and local files, and 1 brand template. The comparison table on the pricing page shows what is missing on free:
- The editor, for text and timeline edits
- The virality score on each clip
- Watermark-free export
- Aspect ratios other than 9:16
- Posting or scheduling to social accounts
- Storage beyond 3 days
The two pages describe free-plan sources differently. The help center lists YouTube links and local files, while the pricing table's free column lists local video up to 10 GB. If you plan to paste YouTube links, try one on the free plan before you build a routine around it.
Caption languages are a different set from CapsAI's. OpusClip's language page says it supports over 25 languages, with most beyond English, German, Spanish, French and Portuguese marked as beta. Hindi and the other Indian languages are not among the ones it names.
The free trial
New accounts can start a Pro trial. The help center says it "will automatically convert to a Free Forever Account after 7 days" and cannot be paused. The trial opens most Pro features, but the help center's list of trial exclusions starts with the watermark: "Videos exported during the trial will include the OpusClip watermark." Trial users also cannot post to social media, download in 4K, or reprocess a video for a credit refund. The trial is for judging the clipping, not for clean exports. OpusClip's watermark article adds that upgrading removes the watermark from earlier Free and trial projects.
Paid plans (19 October 2026)
| Plan | Price | Credits | What it adds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 60 a month | 1080p clips with a watermark, no editing, 3-day export window |
| Starter | $15 a month, monthly only | 150 a month | No watermark, the editor, posting to YouTube, TikTok and Instagram |
| Pro | $29 a month, or $14.50 a month billed $174 yearly | 300 a month per pack | 9:16, 1:1 and 16:9, export to Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve, 2 seats, 100 GB storage |
| Business | Custom | Custom | API, priority processing, dedicated support |
The pricing page advertises savings of up to 50% with annual billing, which only applies to Pro, since Starter is monthly only.
What Opus Clip costs per hour of video
Because a credit is a minute of source video, each plan has a cost per hour of recording you feed in. The help center's plan page puts yearly Pro at 3,600 processing minutes a year.
| Plan | Price | Source video covered | Cost per hour of source video |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 60 minutes a month | $0, with a watermark |
| Starter | $15 a month | 150 minutes a month | $6.00 |
| Pro, monthly | $29 a month | 300 minutes a month | $5.80 |
| Pro, yearly | $174 a year | 3,600 minutes a year | $2.90 |
Those figures assume you use every credit. Credits on a monthly plan expire after 60 days, so a quiet month raises the real cost. The charge is per hour of source, not per clip, and OpusClip does not promise a number of clips per hour.
A caption pack is priced on a different basis. CapsAI's packs charge for the minutes of video you caption, not for a long source: $9 covers 60 minutes of captions. The two jobs differ. Opus picks clips out of a long recording; a caption pack captions video you have already cut.
Is Opus Clip worth it?
It depends on what you start from. If you have long recordings and want one tool to pick the moments, reframe them and caption them, Starter at $15 a month is the cheapest way to get those clips without a watermark, and the free plan lets you judge the AI's picks first. If you clip a weekly show, the credit maths decides it: 150 credits is 2.5 hours of source video a month.
It is less of a fit if your videos are already short. A monthly plan to caption a 60-second clip you edited yourself pays for clipping you will not use. The Opus Clip alternative comparison covers switching in more detail.
Alternatives, including Smart-Clips
CapsAI has its own long-to-short tool, Smart-Clips. You upload an MP4 or MOV of up to 120 minutes, and it finds moments, scores each one, reframes them to vertical 9:16 and can burn in simple white captions. There is no YouTube link import, so you upload the file. Smart-Clips uses its own minute balance, shown in your workspace and deducted for the full length of the recording. To restyle a clip, open it in the caption editor, where styled captions use caption minutes for each clip's length. If you want a long recording captioned in full rather than clipped, how to caption a long video compares the routes.
Captions are sold differently from Opus: one-time packs of $4 for 20 minutes, $9 for 60 and $19 for 180 (₹49, ₹99 and ₹299 in India; €4, €9 and €19 in the euro area), with nothing to renew. There are 3 free minutes to start, and watermark-free export comes with every paid pack. Captions cover 11 spoken languages, English and 10 Indian languages including Hinglish, with no translation and no SRT download.
For another clip tool's free plan in the same format, see is Submagic free.
How to check Opus Clip's free plan yourself
- Sign up and note whether the account starts on the Pro trial or on Free.
- Process one recording and compare the credits used with its length.
- Export one clip and look for the watermark.
- Note the date, because free-plan clips stop being exportable after 3 days.
- Try a YouTube link as well as a local file, since OpusClip's pages describe the free plan's sources differently.
What to do next
If 60 minutes a month covers your recordings and a watermark is fine while you test, start on the free plan and upgrade only if the clips earn it. If your videos are already short and you only need captions on them, the pricing page shows the one-time packs in your currency, and the 3 free minutes are enough to judge a draft.