Is Opus AI the same as Opus Clip?

Yes. OpusClip is the product, OpusClip Inc. the company and opus.pro the site; "Opus AI" is the shorter name people search. The same company also makes Agent Opus, a separate AI video agent whose paid credits are shared with OpusClip.

There is a free plan: 60 minutes of source video a month with watermarked exports, no editing, and a 3-day window to export. There is also a 7-day Pro trial with no credit card. Paid plans start at $15/month. OpenShorts self-hosted is free with no watermark and no cap.

An AI video agent from the makers of OpusClip, at agent.opus.pro, with its own Free, Pro and Max plans. Free comes with a one-time grant of 60 credits; Pro includes 300 credits a month and Max 1,500. Paid credits can be spent in either product.

Does Opus AI have an open source alternative?

Yes. OpenShorts is MIT-licensed, self-hostable with Docker, and covers the same core job: AI moment detection, face-tracked 9:16 reframing and word-level burned-in subtitles, plus dubbing into 30+ languages with your own ElevenLabs key.

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Opus AI: what the tool at opus.pro is, and what it costs

By the OpenShorts team· Published 2026-09-17· Updated 2026-10-05

"Opus AI" is how a large share of people search for OpusClip, the AI clipping tool at opus.pro made by OpusClip Inc. The same company also makes Agent Opus, a separate AI video agent, and the paid credits work in both.

OpusClip costs $15/month at entry, billed in credits per minute of source video rather than per clip. Its free plan gives 60 credits a month with watermarked exports, and there is a 7-day Pro trial.

OpenShorts does the same core job (moment detection, 9:16 reframing, word-level subtitles) and differs on two axes that matter: it is MIT-licensed and self-hostable, and it prices in flat minutes rather than per-minute credits.

Made byOpusClip Inc.At opus.pro; also makes Agent Opus

Free plan60 min/moWatermarked; plus a 7-day Pro trial

Paid from$15/moStarter; Pro $14.50/mo billed yearly

Max source10 hours25+ languages, most in beta

Try it Paste a link, get vertical clips

Your first video free up to 60 minutes, then 20 free minutes a month, no credit card. Or self-host it free under MIT.

Get free clips

Is Opus AI the same thing as Opus Clip?

Yes, in almost every search. The clipping product is OpusClip, the company is OpusClip Inc., and the site is opus.pro; "Opus AI" is the shorter name people type. The same company runs a second product under the Opus name, Agent Opus (agent.opus.pro), an AI video agent with its own Free, Pro and Max plans. Paid credits work in both, so if you pay for one you can spend in the other.

A third Opus

"Opus" is also the name of an Anthropic language model. That is a different thing entirely and has nothing to do with video clipping. This page is about the video tools at opus.pro.

What OpusClip does

It takes a long video, finds the segments worth keeping, cuts them, reframes them and burns in animated captions. The features its users cite:

ClipAnything, which picks moments from visual, audio and sentiment cues, so it works on footage with little dialogue, and takes a prompt for what to look for.
ReframeAnything (alpha), which tracks a subject and reframes to 9:16, 1:1 or 16:9.
A virality score from 0 to 99 built from hook, flow, value and trend, shown on paid plans only.
Animated captions in 20+ languages, AI B-roll, dubbing, a scheduler, and an API on Pro and Business.

It is cloud only: there is no self-hosted edition and no source to read. It accepts sources up to 10 hours long.

How the workflow compares

Opus AI (OpusClip)

Upload a file or paste a YouTube link
ClipAnything proposes clips with a virality score
Choose the clips worth keeping
Adjust captions, B-roll and framing
Export, or schedule to connected accounts

OpenShorts

Paste a YouTube link or upload
Word-level transcript and scene cuts
Gemini scores and picks 3 to 15 moments
Reframed: face tracking, two speakers, screen + presenter
Captions and hook burned in, posted or sent by webhook

What Opus AI costs

Checked 2026-10-05 on the vendor's public pricing and help pages.

Plan	What it includes
Free	60 credits a month (one credit is one minute of source video), exports up to 1080p with a watermark, no editing, clips must be exported within 3 days
Starter	$15/month, monthly billing only: 150 credits a month, no watermark, virality score, auto-posting to YouTube Shorts, TikTok and Instagram
Pro	$29/month, or $14.50/month billed yearly ($174/year): 300 credits a month, 2 seats, AI B-roll, Premiere and DaVinci export, limited API access
Business	Custom pricing: API and integrations, SSO, dedicated support

Opus Clip bills one credit per minute of the video you import, not per clip you export. A 60-minute podcast costs 60 credits whether it yields 5 clips or 20, so the effective price depends on your source length rather than your output. The full breakdown, including the trial and how a credit is rounded, is on the Opus Clip pricing page.

What you would pay for your own usage

Minutes of source video you clip a month 150 min

OpenShorts self-hostedyour machine, MIT$0/mo · Docker, no watermark, no cap
OpenShorts Cloudper source minute$29/mo · Creator
Opus Clip1 credit per source minute$15/mo · Starter

Cheapest published plan that covers that many minutes, per month. Prices checked 2026-10-05. Self-hosted needs Docker and your own Gemini key, whose free tier covers 1,500 requests a day.

Where OpenShorts differs

OpenShorts is MIT-licensed and can be self-hosted with Docker, so the source video never leaves your machine. Opus is cloud only.
OpenShorts self-hosted has no meter of any kind. Opus bills credits per minute of source imported, and monthly credits expire after 60 days.
OpenShorts Cloud starts at $12/month for 100 minutes with no watermark; the hosted free plan clips your first video free up to 60 minutes, then 20 minutes a month.
Opus has the larger caption-style library and a longer track record. If your clips live or die on animated caption design, that advantage is real.

What the open source alternative produces

Real OpenShorts output, not a mock-up. A two-person podcast: both speakers stacked in half-frames, captions on the seam where they cover nobody. Source: Turn the Tables with Dan and Shoshana Jordan, Heritage of Faith, CC BY.

What does OpenShorts cost?

OpenShorts comes in two editions and they are priced very differently, so it is worth being precise. OpenShorts (self-hosted) is free and open source under the MIT licence: Free and open source under MIT. You run it with Docker on your own machine and bring your own API keys. No watermark, no usage cap, no subscription. What it costs you is hardware and time: on a typical CPU an 8-minute video takes 5 to 8 minutes to process. OpenShorts Cloud is the hosted service: The same software with the compute and API keys covered. An NVIDIA GPU clips that same 8-minute video in about 50 seconds. Free plan: the first video is clipped whole up to 60 minutes, then 20 minutes a month, with a watermark and no credit card. Paid plans start at $12/month for 100 minutes with no watermark, up to $59/month.

Common questions

Is Opus AI the same as Opus Clip?: Yes. OpusClip is the product, OpusClip Inc. the company and opus.pro the site; "Opus AI" is the shorter name people search. The same company also makes Agent Opus, a separate AI video agent whose paid credits are shared with OpusClip.
Is Opus AI free?: There is a free plan: 60 minutes of source video a month with watermarked exports, no editing, and a 3-day window to export. There is also a 7-day Pro trial with no credit card. Paid plans start at $15/month. OpenShorts self-hosted is free with no watermark and no cap.
What is Agent Opus?: An AI video agent from the makers of OpusClip, at agent.opus.pro, with its own Free, Pro and Max plans. Free comes with a one-time grant of 60 credits; Pro includes 300 credits a month and Max 1,500. Paid credits can be spent in either product.
Does Opus AI have an open source alternative?: Yes. OpenShorts is MIT-licensed, self-hostable with Docker, and covers the same core job: AI moment detection, face-tracked 9:16 reframing and word-level burned-in subtitles, plus dubbing into 30+ languages with your own ElevenLabs key.

Sources

OpusClip plans, features and limits checked 2026-10-05 on opus.pro, opus.pro/pricing and help.opus.pro; Agent Opus credits on the Agent Opus credits FAQ.
OpenShorts pipeline in the project source at github.com/mutonby/openshorts.

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