How much does Opus Pro cost?

$29/month, or $14.50/month billed yearly ($174 a year), for 300 credits a month, 2 seats, 100 GB of storage, AI B-roll, Premiere and DaVinci export and limited API access. Checked October 2026.

The website of OpusClip, the AI video clipping tool made by OpusClip Inc. "Opus Pro" is also the name of its mid plan.

Do I need Opus Pro or is Starter enough?

Starter is $15/month, monthly only, for 150 credits (minutes of source video). If you import more than 150 minutes a month, or want B-roll, seats or the API, Pro is the plan priced for you, and billed yearly it is cheaper than Starter.

Is there a cheaper way to do what Opus Pro does?

Yes, two: OpenShorts self-hosted is free under MIT with no cap (you supply your own machine and a free-tier Gemini key), and OpenShorts Cloud is $12/month for 100 minutes with no watermark, with API and MCP usage drawn from the same balance.

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Opus Pro: the plan, the price, and when it is the wrong buy

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

"Opus Pro" means two things in searches: opus.pro, the website of the OpusClip clipping tool, and Pro, its mid plan. This page covers both.

The Pro plan costs $29/month, or $14.50/month billed yearly ($174 a year), for 300 credits a month (one per minute of source video), 2 seats, AI B-roll, Premiere and DaVinci export and limited API access. Starter is $15/month for 150 credits and is sold monthly only.

OpenShorts self-hosted does the same job for $0 with no cap, and the flat hosted plan is $12/month for 100 minutes with no watermark.

Opus Pro$29/moOr $14.50/mo billed yearly ($174)

Credits300/mo1 per source minute, 2 seats

Starter$15/mo150 minutes, monthly billing only

The quirkPro < StarterYearly Pro costs less than monthly Starter

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What is opus.pro?

opus.pro is the website of OpusClip, the AI clipping tool made by OpusClip Inc. Typing "opus pro" lands most people on the product rather than on the plan, so it is worth saying plainly: the site and the clipper are the same thing, and Pro is also the name of its mid plan. For what the product does, see Opus AI explained.

What the Opus Pro plan includes

Plan	What it includes
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

Checked 2026-10-05 on the vendor's public pricing page.

What changes from Starter to Pro: twice the credits, 2 seats (up to 4 with extra packs), 100 GB of storage, AI B-roll, export to Premiere and DaVinci, more aspect ratios and limited API access. The pricing quirk is the yearly discount: Starter is monthly only, so Pro billed yearly, at $14.50/month, is cheaper than Starter and gives twice the credits. It only stops being the better deal if you cannot commit to a year.

Do you need Pro? Price your own usage

Set the minutes of source video you import in a month. At 150 or fewer, Starter covers it; above that, Pro is the plan, and yearly billing halves it.

Minutes of source video you clip a month 240 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$29/mo · Pro

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.

Who the Pro plan is priced for

Opus bills one credit per minute of video imported, not per clip exported. A weekly 60-minute show is roughly 260 source minutes a month, which fits inside Pro and does not fit inside Starter. A creator posting one 20-minute video a week uses about 90 minutes, which Starter covers. The plan is priced for volume of input, so the honest question is how many minutes you import, not how many clips you publish.

What OpenShorts costs for the same job

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.

Self-hosted has no meter at all, so a 90-minute interview and a 9-minute one cost the same: nothing. Hosted is a flat minute balance with no per-call or per-clip charge, and API and MCP usage draws from the same balance as the dashboard.

What you give up: the caption-style library. Opus Clip's presets are more numerous and more polished than ours, and if animated captions are the product you are selling, that is a reason to stay. What you gain: the code is MIT and auditable, and the source video can stay on your machine.

Common questions

How much does Opus Pro cost?: $29/month, or $14.50/month billed yearly ($174 a year), for 300 credits a month, 2 seats, 100 GB of storage, AI B-roll, Premiere and DaVinci export and limited API access. Checked October 2026.
What is opus.pro?: The website of OpusClip, the AI video clipping tool made by OpusClip Inc. "Opus Pro" is also the name of its mid plan.
Do I need Opus Pro or is Starter enough?: Starter is $15/month, monthly only, for 150 credits (minutes of source video). If you import more than 150 minutes a month, or want B-roll, seats or the API, Pro is the plan priced for you, and billed yearly it is cheaper than Starter.
Is there a cheaper way to do what Opus Pro does?: Yes, two: OpenShorts self-hosted is free under MIT with no cap (you supply your own machine and a free-tier Gemini key), and OpenShorts Cloud is $12/month for 100 minutes with no watermark, with API and MCP usage drawn from the same balance.

Sources

OpusClip plans checked 2026-10-05 on opus.pro/pricing.
OpenShorts pricing and pipeline in the project source at github.com/mutonby/openshorts.

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