OpusClip

Category: AI Video

Long video into short clips, with 27 MCP tools.

OpusClip takes long-form video and cuts it into short vertical clips, scoring each for likely performance, adding animated captions, reframing to keep the speaker centred, and publishing to social platforms. It has added an AI producer and agent layer, dubbing, thumbnail generation and brand vocabulary so names and jargon transcribe correctly. There is a first-party MCP server with twenty-seven tools listed in Claude's connector directory, though free accounts can authenticate but not call tools, and there is a hard monthly cap per workspace. Credits are consumed per minute of source video and expire after sixty days.

Our verdict

The best clipping tool available and the virality scoring is more useful than it sounds, because it saves you watching a two-hour recording to find the good bits. Auto-reframing and animated captions are reliable. The MCP server with twenty-seven tools is a substantial implementation. Two things to know. The free tier is non-commercial by contract and clips expire after three days, so treat it as a demo rather than a plan. More significantly, their own documentation on AI dubbing states plainly that there is no training step, no consent recording and no voice library, meaning voice cloning happens silently from the source audio with only a contractual warranty between you and a cloned voice. If you are dubbing anyone other than yourself, that is your risk to manage. Hosting is US-only, there is no published customer data processing agreement, and no UK representative is named, which is a gap for UK buyers.

Best for: Podcasters, webinar hosts and anyone sitting on long recordings who needs a steady supply of short social clips.

Pros

  • The best long-to-short clipping available, with useful virality scoring
  • First-party MCP server with twenty-seven tools in Claude's connector directory
  • Auto-reframing keeps the speaker centred reliably
  • Brand vocabulary makes names and jargon transcribe correctly
  • Publishes directly to social platforms
  • Dubbing and thumbnail generation included

Cons

  • Their own docs state dubbing has no consent recording step, so voice cloning is silent
  • If you dub anyone other than yourself, that risk is entirely yours
  • The free tier is non-commercial by contract and clips expire after three days
  • US hosting only, with no published customer DPA and no UK representative named
  • Credits expire after sixty days
  • No VAT number field at checkout, awkward for UK VAT-registered buyers

Pricing: Free, then from $15/mo (Freemium)

Rating: 4/5