Opus Clip pricing: Free, Starter and Pro explained, with the cost per source minute
Both products charge one credit per source minute, so the real question is how many credits a plan holds and what else the plan includes.
On a monthly bill GPT-Video costs less per source minute than every paid Opus Clip plan: $0.076 on Starter and $0.061 on Creator, against $0.10 and $0.097. Opus Clip pricing is a free plan with 60 credits, Starter at $15 and Pro at $29 a month, or $174 a year. Billed yearly, Pro is about $0.048 a minute, less than our Starter or Creator.
The short answer
Opus Clip and GPT-Video use the same unit: one credit for one minute of the video you bring in. That removes the usual trick of comparing a clip count against a minute count, and leaves a simpler question. How many credits does each plan hold, and what does the plan include around them?
On a monthly bill GPT-Video is cheaper per source minute at every tier. On a yearly bill Opus Clip Pro costs less per minute than our Starter and Creator plans, and only Studio goes lower. Opus Clip also has a permanent free plan and a scheduler, neither of which we have. What we give a new account is free access, a one-time 50 credits for 14 days.
What Opus Clip costs
| Plan | Price | Credits | What it adds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 60 a month | Clips up to 1080p in 9:16 only, a watermark on the captions, no editor, downloads expire after 3 days |
| Starter | $15 a month | 150 a month | The editor, captions in 20+ languages, no watermark, auto posting, one brand template. Monthly billing only |
| Pro | $29 a month | 300 a month per pack | Other aspect ratios, a social scheduler, Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve export, B-roll, team seats, API access, dubbing |
| Pro, yearly | $174 a year | 3,600 up front | The same features, valid for 12 months |
| Business | Custom | Custom | Priority processing, unlimited seats, single sign-on, 4K scheduling |
New accounts also get a seven-day trial of Pro with 90 processing minutes and no card. Trial exports carry a watermark, and trial users cannot post, schedule or download in 4K.
How the credits behave
A credit is a source minute, and the rounding is worth a look. Anything shorter than a minute is charged one credit, and the leftover seconds of a longer video are dropped, so 4.5 minutes costs 4. Processing can be restricted to a stretch of the video, which spares credits when only part of a long recording matters.
The expiry rules matter more than the rounding. Credits from a monthly plan stay usable for 60 days, so a quiet month does not waste them. Yearly credits last 12 months. Sending a clip to X costs 3 credits for each X account, taken from the same allowance and refunded when the post fails or you delete it before it goes out.
One limit is worth knowing before you plan a big month. Pro comes in packs of 300 credits and the page offers a selector for more, but we could not find what an extra pack costs anywhere in the page text, so a buyer with heavy volume has to ask.
What clips cost on GPT-Video
| Plan | Price | Credits | Per source minute |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $19 a month | 250 | $0.076 |
| Creator | $49 a month | 800 | $0.061 |
| Studio | $199 a month | 6,000 | $0.033 |
Standard quality charges one credit per minute of source. Draft charges 0.5 and Maximum charges 2.5, which lets you try ideas cheaply and render the keepers with care. Credits stay tied to the month that issued them, and 500 extra credits cost $25. Annual billing charges ten months for twelve. The edits you request use no credits, because only source minutes are billed.
GPT-Video has no permanent free plan. Once the email on a new account is confirmed, it receives free access: 50 credits, a 14-day deadline to use them, no card, and a limited number of places. It does not renew, and buying a plan ends it.
The numbers side by side
Opus Clip Starter works out at $0.10 per source minute and Pro at $0.097 when paid monthly, so every GPT-Video tier is cheaper on a monthly basis. Opus Clip Pro billed yearly comes to about $0.048, which is lower than our Starter and Creator and sits between Creator and Studio.
So the ranking depends on how you pay and how much you clip. Monthly buyers get more minutes per dollar with GPT-Video. Yearly buyers of Opus Clip Pro get the lowest price for a moderate volume. Very heavy users with ten hours or more a month have to ask Opus Clip for a quote on extra packs, while Creator and Studio have published prices.
A month of ten hours
A creator with ten hours of footage needs 600 credits on either service, since both count one credit per source minute. On Opus Clip that is two packs of Pro at least, because one pack holds 300, and the second pack is where the missing price matters. On GPT-Video it is Creator at $49, which holds 800 credits and leaves 200 spare, so the whole month has a number you can read before you buy.
If the same footage is explored at Draft quality first, the first pass uses 300 credits and fits inside Creator with room to render the best clips again at full quality.
What the price does not show
Opus Clip includes a scheduler, an API and exports to editing software, and it can post for you. GPT-Video ends at the finished file, with no publishing. REST endpoints that Studio and Creator accounts can call and an MCP connector let a script or an assistant find and export clips. If those extras are why you would pay, the price comparison is already settled in Opus Clip's favour. The full comparison with Opus Clip covers the features, and the price list shows what each of our plans includes. For other clippers priced against each other, see the cheapest AI clipping tools and the Opus Clip alternatives.
The verdict
Which one to pay for
Choose Opus Clip if
- You want a permanent free plan, which holds 60 credits a month, or a Pro trial that needs no card.
- You pay once a year, because Pro at $174 comes to $14.50 a month and the whole year of credits arrives at purchase.
- You want posting and scheduling inside the same product, with a social scheduler on Pro.
- You need an API, Zapier or an export to Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve.
Choose GPT-Video if
- You work with more footage than one pack covers and want a published price for it, since Creator is $49 for 800 credits.
- You want Draft quality to cost half a credit per minute, so trying ideas is cheaper than finishing them.
- You are happy to take the finished file and post it yourself.
- You prefer to change a clip by writing a sentence to Editor Assistant.
Prices and features on this page were read from each product's own public pages on 4 October 2026. Prices move; if something is out of date, it is a mistake and not a tactic.
Questions
How much does Opus Clip cost per month?
Starter is $15 a month and Pro is $29 a month when billed monthly, and the Free plan costs nothing. Pro billed yearly is $174, which is $14.50 a month. Starter is only offered monthly, and Business is custom and quoted by sales.
Is Opus Clip free?
Partly. The Free plan gives 60 credits a month, clips up to 1080p in 9:16 only, a watermark on the captions, no editor and downloads that stop working after 3 days. New accounts also get a seven-day Pro trial with 90 processing minutes and no card, and trial exports carry a watermark.
How much is Opus Clip for a year?
Pro billed yearly is $174, which is $14.50 a month, and the full year of 3,600 credits arrives at purchase and stays valid for 12 months. Starter is offered monthly only, so it has no yearly price on the pricing page, and Business is custom.
What does one Opus Clip credit buy?
One credit is one minute of the source video you import, with a one-credit minimum. A partial minute is rounded down, so a video of 4.5 minutes costs 4 credits. Posting to X costs 3 extra credits per clip.
Do unused Opus Clip credits expire?
On monthly plans, credits expire after 60 days, which gives one extra month to use them. On yearly plans the full year of credits arrives at purchase and stays valid for 12 months, and cancelling does not extend them.
What does Opus Clip cost per source minute?
Opus Clip Starter works out at $0.10 a minute and Pro at $0.097 monthly, or about $0.048 when billed yearly. GPT-Video is $0.076 on Starter, $0.061 on Creator and $0.033 on Studio.
Is there a cheaper alternative to Opus Clip?
It depends on how you pay. Billed monthly, GPT-Video is cheaper per source minute than every paid Opus Clip plan, but Pro billed yearly is about $0.048 a minute, below our Starter and Creator. The Opus Clip alternatives page compares other clippers on entry price and on what each credit counts.
Can GPT-Video handle a ten hour month?
Ten hours is 600 source minutes, which needs Creator at $49 and leaves 200 credits spare at Standard quality. Opus Clip Pro includes 300 credits per pack, and the price of extra packs is not shown on its pricing page. Before buying, a new GPT-Video account can test about 50 minutes on its free access, which lasts 14 days.
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