OpusClip

OpusClip is the category leader in AI clipping for a simple reason: its highlight detection actually works. Feed it an hour of podcast, webinar or stream footage and it returns a ranked set of clips whose viral scores correlate surprisingly well with real performance, each with animated captions and AI Reframe keeping faces centered for vertical feeds. ClipAnything broke the talking-head ceiling — sports, vlogs and gaming footage now clip nearly as well — while 2026's Agent Opus adds AI-generated B-roll and OpusSearch resurfaces repostable gold from your archive. With scheduling and an API on top, one tool now runs the entire long-to-short pipeline, which is why 10 million creators and SoftBank's money are here. Two flags before you subscribe. First, billing: complaints about unwanted renewals and cancellation friction recur across review sites — cancel well ahead of renewal dates and screenshot confirmations. Second, quota math: processing minutes count what you upload, not what you export, and credits die monthly without rollover, so long-form uploaders should size plans carefully. Treat the auto-clips as strong drafts needing a human pass rather than finished posts, manage the subscription attentively, and OpusClip repays its price faster than nearly anything in a creator's stack.