How does OpusClip pricing actually work?

OpusClip prices on a per-credit subscription model. Free gives 60 credits per month with watermark and a 3-day export window. Starter at $15 per month gives 150 credits and removes the watermark. Pro at $29 monthly or $14.50 per month annual ($174 upfront once) gives 3,600 credits per year, two seats, two brand templates, AI B-roll, and exports to Adobe and DaVinci. Business is custom and unlocks API plus a dedicated Slack channel. One credit roughly equals one minute of source video processed, but AI B-roll consumes credits at multipliers.

What are the hidden costs of OpusClip?

Three line items most pricing pages downplay. First, the Pro annual rate of $14.50 per month is billed $174 upfront once, not monthly. Second, AI B-roll consumes credits at higher multipliers, so a 60-second branded clip can burn 4 to 6 credits instead of 1. Third, brand template caps and seat caps push agencies and multi-show podcast networks into Business tier conversations where pricing is opaque.

What does it cost to switch from OpusClip to a managed agency?

Switching cost is zero on the OpusClip side. The platform is month-to-month even on Pro annual once the year completes. The real cost of switching is operational: you stop running the tool yourself and hand the brief to a managed lane. FORKOFF runs a $500 sandbox tier so brands can validate the qualified-view ledger before committing to a retainer.

Who is OpusClip best for?

Solo clippers and small in-house teams who want to operate the tool themselves. Founders clipping their own podcast back catalog, agencies running 1 to 3 shows on a flat tool budget, and clippers who already know which beats to lift. OpusClip ships software well. The buyer who picks it owns the editorial choices and the qualification work.

Who is FORKOFF best for?

Brands buying outcomes, not software seats. Protocols, AI startups, consumer apps, and podcast networks that need a managed agency to brief the show, vet the clippers, qualify each view against watch-time, policy, geo, and traffic-validity gates, and produce a per-view audit ledger. FORKOFF is the lane for buyers who don't want to run the tool themselves.

Can FORKOFF run on top of an existing OpusClip workflow?

Yes. The qualification engine and the qualified-view ledger layer on top of any clipping pipeline. Brands keep their existing editing tools and gain the brand-side qualification plus reporting layer. The lane shift is operational, not tooling-led.

What is a qualified view?

A view that passes four checks set by the campaign brief: watch duration, policy compliance, geo consistency, and traffic validity. If any layer rejects it, the view is logged with a reason code and excluded from both spend and payout. Brands pay only on the views that clear all four gates.

OpusClip pricing · 2026

OpusClip pricing in 2026 · what brands actually pay

Free, Starter $15, Pro $29 monthly or $14.50 annual, Business custom. Plus the hidden costs and the managed-outcome alternative priced on qualified views, not credit packs.

▸ As of 2026-05-07Verify the numbers on opus.pro/pricing. FORKOFF re-validates every 30 days.

Apply now · $500 sandbox

Talk to a strategist

$15-29/mo

Sticker range

60-3,600

Credits/yr

AI walls

Hidden cost

Software you run · costs scale with output.

02 ·Plans at a glance

Cheapest paid plan, top published tier, hidden cost callout.

$15/mo

Cheapest paid plan

Starter · 150 credits, watermark removed, solo seat

$174/yr

Top published tier

Pro annual · 3,600 credits, 2 seats, AI B-roll, Adobe + DaVinci export

Custom

Hidden cost callout

Business floor unspecified · sales call required for API plus dedicated Slack

03 ·Pricing tiers

Every published OpusClip plan, side by side.

Free

Quota. 60 credits/mo

Watermark · 3-day export window · 1080p only

Best for · Trial

Starter

$15

Quota. 150 credits/mo

Watermark removed · 1 brand template · solo seat

Best for · Solo clipper

Pro

$29

Annual: $14.50/mo (billed $174 once annually)

Quota. 3,600 credits/yr

2 seats · 2 brand templates · AI B-roll · Adobe and DaVinci export

Best for · Small team

Business

Custom

Quota. Custom credit packs

API · dedicated Slack · MSA · priority processing

Best for · Enterprise

Plan	Monthly	Annual	Quota	Key gating feature
Free	$0	n/a	60 credits/mo	Watermark · 3-day export window · 1080p only
Starter	$15	n/a	150 credits/mo	Watermark removed · 1 brand template · solo seat
Pro	$29	$14.50/mo (billed $174 once annually)	3,600 credits/yr	2 seats · 2 brand templates · AI B-roll · Adobe and DaVinci export
Business	Custom	n/a	Custom credit packs	API · dedicated Slack · MSA · priority processing

As of 2026-05-07 · verify on opus.pro/pricing

04 ·Hidden costs

Where the published price misses real spend.

Pro annual is billed $174 upfront once, not monthly. The $14.50 sticker is amortised across 12 months.
AI B-roll consumes credits at multipliers. A single 60-second branded clip can burn 4 to 6 credits, not 1.
Brand template caps and seat caps push agencies and multi-show podcast networks into Business tier conversations where pricing is opaque.
Free tier watermark plus the 3-day export window makes Free unusable for any branded campaign. Switching off Free is the only path to ship clean creative.

05 ·Real-customer spend

What brands actually pay across tier bands.

Review-derived · sourced from G2, Reddit, OpusClip help threads

$174/yr

Most-picked plan

Pro annual is the modal selection across G2 sentiment

~50 clips/mo

Pro real output

Per Reddit and OpusClip help-thread reports

12 to 20%

Avg overage rate

Brands hit credit cap by month 2 to 3 and tier-up

Custom

Business floor unspecified

Expect $500 plus per month equivalent on category benchmark

Software you pay for. Credits you burn. No qualified denominator.

06 ·Lane shift

OpusClip is software you run. FORKOFF is a campaign someone runs for you.

OpusClip charges per credit pack. FORKOFF charges per qualified view. Different lane, different unit of spend. If you want to clip your own catalog yourself, OpusClip is a fine tool. If you want a managed agency that briefs the show, picks the clippers, and only invoices on views that pass watch-time, policy, geo, and traffic-validity gates, FORKOFF is the lane. Buyers comparing the tool against managed alternatives should read the full opusclip review and the cross-operator ranking at best clipping agency.

▸ Audit-ready ledger · per-view reason codes

Every qualified view comes with the receipt your finance team needs.

07 ·The denominator gap

FORKOFF vs OpusClip · pricing by line item.

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Feature	FORKOFF Clippingmanaged-outcome lane	OpusClipAI clipping tool
Pricing denominator	$0.003 per qualified view (CPQV) · only views that pass four checks	Per-credit pack subscription · seat license plus credit ceiling
Who's accountable	FORKOFF strategist · brief-to-live, qualified-view ledger, single point of contact	You operate the tool · OpusClip ships software, you ship clips
Audit trail	Per-view ledger · clip, clipper, geo, watch-duration, policy verdict, reason code	Dashboard view counts · no per-view qualification audit trail
Brief-to-live	Under 48 hours on the sandbox tier · $500 14-day pilot	Self-serve · depends on your editing throughput

08 ·Pros / cons

What works · what doesn't.

What works

✓Fast cheap entry. Starter at $15 unlocks watermark-free clipping with a usable monthly credit floor.
✓AI B-roll on Pro. Generative B-roll plus Adobe and DaVinci export hits the bar most solo clippers want.
✓Annual discount real. Pro annual amortises to $14.50 per month if your team will use the year.
✓Self-serve tooling. No sales call to start, month-to-month even on Pro annual once the term completes.

What doesn't

×AI credit walls. Branded clips with B-roll burn 4 to 6 credits per 60s, not 1, so output cost compounds.
×No qualification layer. Raw view counts only, no per-view watch-time or policy gate, no audit-ready receipt.
×Brand template caps. Pro tops at 2 templates and 2 seats, agencies running multiple shows hit the wall fast.
×Business tier opaque. API plus dedicated Slack require a sales call with no published price floor.

▸ Pick FORKOFF when

You need a per-view audit ledger reconciled against MMP or treasury reporting.
You buy outcomes (qualified watch-through), not credit packs.
You want a managed strategist briefing the show across a vetted clipper roster.
You want filtered traffic excluded from billing with a documented reason code.

▸ Pick OpusClip when

You operate the editing tool yourself and want to clip your own podcast back catalog.
You optimise on raw view counts and DIY the qualification step.
You prefer a flat per-credit subscription over an outcome-priced ledger.
You don't need an audit-ready receipt or treasury-defensible reporting.

Stop paying for credit packs. Pay for qualified views.

$500 sandbox. 14 days. Paid only on views that clear all four checks. Audit-ready ledger from day one.

Apply now · $500 sandbox

Talk to a strategist

Pricing the qualified view

OpusClip pricing in 2026 · what brands actually pay

Free, Starter $15, Pro $29 monthly or $14.50 annual, Business custom. Plus the hidden costs and the managed-outcome alternative priced on qualified views, not credit packs.

▸ As of 2026-05-07Verify the numbers on opus.pro/pricing. FORKOFF re-validates every 30 days.

Plan

Monthly

Annual

Quota

Key gating feature

Free

n/a

60 credits/mo

Watermark · 3-day export window · 1080p only

Starter

$15

n/a

150 credits/mo

Watermark removed · 1 brand template · solo seat

Pro

$29

$14.50/mo (billed $174 once annually)

3,600 credits/yr

2 seats · 2 brand templates · AI B-roll · Adobe and DaVinci export

Business

Custom

n/a

Custom credit packs

API · dedicated Slack · MSA · priority processing

Where the published price misses real spend.

Pro annual is billed $174 upfront once, not monthly. The $14.50 sticker is amortised across 12 months.

AI B-roll consumes credits at multipliers. A single 60-second branded clip can burn 4 to 6 credits, not 1.

Brand template caps and seat caps push agencies and multi-show podcast networks into Business tier conversations where pricing is opaque.

Free tier watermark plus the 3-day export window makes Free unusable for any branded campaign. Switching off Free is the only path to ship clean creative.

OpusClip is software you run. FORKOFF is a campaign someone runs for you.

Feature

FORKOFF Clippingmanaged-outcome lane

OpusClipAI clipping tool

Pricing denominator

$0.003 per qualified view (CPQV) · only views that pass four checks

Per-credit pack subscription · seat license plus credit ceiling

Who's accountable

FORKOFF strategist · brief-to-live, qualified-view ledger, single point of contact

You operate the tool · OpusClip ships software, you ship clips

Audit trail

Per-view ledger · clip, clipper, geo, watch-duration, policy verdict, reason code

Dashboard view counts · no per-view qualification audit trail

Brief-to-live

Under 48 hours on the sandbox tier · $500 14-day pilot

Self-serve · depends on your editing throughput