How does Submagic pricing actually work?

Submagic prices per member per month with a yearly discount of 41%. Starter is $19/month or $12/month yearly with 15 videos per month capped at 2 minutes each. Pro is $39 or $23 yearly with 40 videos at 5 minutes max. Business + API is $69 or $41 yearly with 100 videos at 30 minutes plus API. Custom plans handle enterprise. Magic Clips is a $19/month add-on for OpusClip-style long-form-to-shorts.

What are the hidden costs of Submagic?

Three line items. First, per-member pricing means a 3-clipper team is 3x the sticker price, not 1x. Second, video caps are tied to count AND length, so Starter at 15 videos × 2 min is 30 minutes/month total processing ceiling. Third, AI credits gate premium features and 3 credits on Starter runs out in week one of any branded campaign. Magic Clips for long-form-to-shorts is a separate add-on, not in any base tier.

What does it cost to switch from Submagic?

Switching cost on Submagic's side is zero. Subscriptions are month-to-month. The lane-shift cost is operational: brands stop running the editing tool seat-by-seat and hand the brief to FORKOFF's managed lane. The $500 14-day sandbox runs against the same source so brands validate the qualified-view ledger before retainer.

Who is Submagic best for?

Solo creators and small in-house teams who want premium captions, B-roll, and per-seat editing software. Strong fit for podcasters captioning their own catalog, freelancers shipping branded short-form, and brands operating a single-seat workflow.

Who is FORKOFF best for?

Brands buying outcomes, not editing seats. Protocols, AI startups, consumer apps, and podcast networks that need a managed agency to brief the show, vet the clippers, qualify each view, and produce a treasury-defensible audit ledger. FORKOFF is the lane for buyers paying on qualified views, not on video caps.

Can FORKOFF run on top of an existing Submagic workflow?

Yes. The qualification engine and qualified-view ledger layer on top of any clipping pipeline. Brands keep the editing tool and gain the brand-side qualification plus reporting layer.

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.

Submagic pricing · 2026

Submagic pricing in 2026 · plans, video caps, and credit walls

Starter $19, Pro $39, Business $69 per member with yearly 41% discount, plus Magic Clips add-on and the managed-outcome alternative priced on qualified views.

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$9.99-30

Sticker /mo

Caps

Video count + length

Magic Clips

Add-on upsell

Caps stack · Magic Clips upsells · output cost compounds.

02 ·Plans at a glance

What brands actually pay across tier bands.

$12/mo

Cheapest paid plan

Starter yearly · 15 videos × 2 min cap

$41/mo

Top published tier

Business + API yearly · 100 videos × 30 min cap

Per-member

Hidden cost

3-clipper Pro yearly is $69/mo, not $23

03 ·Submagic pricing tiers

Every published tier, side by side.

Starter

$19/member

Annual: $12/member yearly (41% off)

Quota. 15 videos/mo (max 2 min)

3 AI credits · 1080p · 30 FPS · no watermark

Best for · Solo clipper

Pro

$39/member

Annual: $23/member yearly

Quota. 40 videos/mo (max 5 min)

6 AI credits · premium captions · 3 custom templates · 2K export

Best for · Small team

Business + API

$69/member

Annual: $41/member yearly

Quota. 100 videos/mo (max 30 min)

15 AI credits · 4K 60FPS · 10 custom templates · 100 API min/mo

Best for · Branded teams

Custom Plan

Custom

Quota. Custom

Dedicated support · enterprise needs

Best for · Enterprise

Magic Clips add-on

$19

Annual: $12 yearly

Quota. Unlimited clips from long-form

Standalone add-on for any tier

Best for · Long-form add-on

Standalone API

$75 to $1,000

Quota. 500 to 10,000 minutes

$0.10 to $0.15/min · API-only without seat

Best for · API-only

Plan	Monthly	Annual	Quota	Key gate
Starter	$19/member	$12/member yearly (41% off)	15 videos/mo (max 2 min)	3 AI credits · 1080p · 30 FPS · no watermark
Pro	$39/member	$23/member yearly	40 videos/mo (max 5 min)	6 AI credits · premium captions · 3 custom templates · 2K export
Business + API	$69/member	$41/member yearly	100 videos/mo (max 30 min)	15 AI credits · 4K 60FPS · 10 custom templates · 100 API min/mo
Custom Plan	Custom	n/a	Custom	Dedicated support · enterprise needs
Magic Clips add-on	$19	$12 yearly	Unlimited clips from long-form	Standalone add-on for any tier
Standalone API	$75 to $1,000	n/a	500 to 10,000 minutes	$0.10 to $0.15/min · API-only without seat

As of 2026-05-07 · verify on submagic.co/pricing

04 ·Hidden costs

Where the published price misses real spend.

▸ 01Per-member pricing means a 3-clipper team on Pro yearly is $23 × 3 = $69/mo, not $23
▸ 02Video caps tied to length AND count · Starter at 15 videos × 2 min = 30 min/mo total processing ceiling
▸ 03AI credits gate premium features · 3 credits on Starter runs out in week 1 of any branded campaign
▸ 04Magic Clips for OpusClip-style long-form-to-shorts is a $19/mo add-on, not in any base tier
▸ 05API standalone ($75 to $1K/mo) does NOT include a seat tier · API + workspace requires both subscriptions

05 ·Real-spend benchmark

Sticker vs real spend on Submagic.

Review-derived · cross-checked against G2, Trustpilot, and Reddit

$39/mo

Most-picked plan

Pro is modal across G2 sentiment for branded teams

40 videos

Pro monthly cap

Brands shipping daily clips hit cap by mid-month

Per-member

Team pricing model

3-person team on Pro yearly is $69/mo not $23

$228+

Real Pro yearly cost

3 members × $76/yr × 3 = $69/mo billed annually

Sources · G2, Trustpilot, Reddit aggregates

Caps stack. Magic Clips upsells. Output cost compounds.

06 ·Lane shift

Submagic is editing software with a video cap. FORKOFF is a managed campaign with a qualified-view denominator.

Submagic prices per member per month with a video count cap. FORKOFF prices per qualified view with no cap on spend efficiency. Brands buying outcomes pick FORKOFF. Solo creators or in-house teams who edit their own clips pick Submagic.

▸ Audit-ready ledger · per-view reason codes

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

07 ·Comparison

FORKOFF vs Submagic · 4-row read.

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Feature	FORKOFF Clippingoutcome-priced agency	SubmagicAI captioning + clipping tool
Pricing denominator	$0.003 per qualified view (CPQV)	Per-member monthly subscription · video cap + AI credit ceiling
Operating model	Managed agency · vetted clippers, brief-to-ledger run by strategist	Self-serve editing tool · brand operates per seat
Output ceiling	No fixed cap · qualified views invoiced at $0.003 each	Hard caps · 15 to 100 videos/month per tier with length limits
Audit trail	Per-view ledger · clip, clipper, geo, watch-duration, policy, reason code	Dashboard counts · no qualification layer

08 ·Pros / cons

What works · what doesn't.

What works

✓Caption polish. Premium captions plus B-roll suggestions are best-in-class for solo seats.
✓Yearly discount real. 41% off the monthly sticker if your team commits to the full year.
✓Watermark-free entry. Starter at $19 already removes the watermark, unlike most freemium clipping tools.
✓4K 60FPS on Business. Business + API hits the bar for high-res branded export at $69 per member.

What doesn't

×Per-member pricing. 3-clipper team on Pro yearly is $69 per month, not $23, multiplier surprises buyers.
×Stacked caps. Video count plus length caps mean Starter ships 30 minutes per month total processing.
×AI credit walls. 3 credits on Starter runs out in week 1 of any branded campaign needing premium features.
×Magic Clips add-on. Long-form-to-shorts is a separate $19 per month upsell, not in any base tier.

▸ Pick FORKOFF when

You buy outcomes (qualified watch-through), not editing seats or video credits.
Your team is 3+ clippers and per-member pricing on Submagic triples on you.
You ship daily branded clips and the 40 to 100 video/mo cap kills throughput by mid-month.
Treasury or finance asks for a per-view ledger with reason codes on filtered traffic.

▸ Pick Submagic when

You're a solo clipper or single-seat in-house team operating your own pipeline.
Premium caption polish + B-roll suggestions are the unit of value you want.
You need 4K 60FPS export and your monthly volume sits inside the 100-video cap.
You don't need a per-view audit ledger and raw view counts are fine.

See the qualified-view ledger for yourself.

$500 sandbox. 14 days. Paid only on views that clear all four checks.

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Pricing the qualified view

Every published tier, side by side.

Starter

$19/member

Annual: $12/member yearly (41% off)

Quota. 15 videos/mo (max 2 min)

3 AI credits · 1080p · 30 FPS · no watermark

Best for · Solo clipper

Pro

$39/member

Annual: $23/member yearly

Quota. 40 videos/mo (max 5 min)

6 AI credits · premium captions · 3 custom templates · 2K export

Best for · Small team

Business + API

$69/member

Annual: $41/member yearly

Quota. 100 videos/mo (max 30 min)

15 AI credits · 4K 60FPS · 10 custom templates · 100 API min/mo

Best for · Branded teams

Custom Plan

Custom

Quota. Custom

Dedicated support · enterprise needs

Best for · Enterprise

Magic Clips add-on

$19

Annual: $12 yearly

Quota. Unlimited clips from long-form

Standalone add-on for any tier

Best for · Long-form add-on

Standalone API

$75 to $1,000

Quota. 500 to 10,000 minutes

$0.10 to $0.15/min · API-only without seat

Best for · API-only

Plan	Monthly	Annual	Quota	Key gate
Starter	$19/member	$12/member yearly (41% off)	15 videos/mo (max 2 min)	3 AI credits · 1080p · 30 FPS · no watermark
Pro	$39/member	$23/member yearly	40 videos/mo (max 5 min)	6 AI credits · premium captions · 3 custom templates · 2K export
Business + API	$69/member	$41/member yearly	100 videos/mo (max 30 min)	15 AI credits · 4K 60FPS · 10 custom templates · 100 API min/mo
Custom Plan	Custom	n/a	Custom	Dedicated support · enterprise needs
Magic Clips add-on	$19	$12 yearly	Unlimited clips from long-form	Standalone add-on for any tier
Standalone API	$75 to $1,000	n/a	500 to 10,000 minutes	$0.10 to $0.15/min · API-only without seat

As of 2026-05-07 · verify on submagic.co/pricing

Sticker vs real spend on Submagic.

Review-derived · cross-checked against G2, Trustpilot, and Reddit

$39/mo

Most-picked plan

Pro is modal across G2 sentiment for branded teams

40 videos

Pro monthly cap

Brands shipping daily clips hit cap by mid-month

Per-member

Team pricing model

3-person team on Pro yearly is $69/mo not $23

$228+

Real Pro yearly cost

3 members × $76/yr × 3 = $69/mo billed annually

Sources · G2, Trustpilot, Reddit aggregates

FORKOFF vs Submagic · 4-row read.

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Feature	FORKOFF Clippingoutcome-priced agency	SubmagicAI captioning + clipping tool
Pricing denominator	$0.003 per qualified view (CPQV)	Per-member monthly subscription · video cap + AI credit ceiling
Operating model	Managed agency · vetted clippers, brief-to-ledger run by strategist	Self-serve editing tool · brand operates per seat
Output ceiling	No fixed cap · qualified views invoiced at $0.003 each	Hard caps · 15 to 100 videos/month per tier with length limits
Audit trail	Per-view ledger · clip, clipper, geo, watch-duration, policy, reason code	Dashboard counts · no qualification layer