Checked 30 September 2026

Free OpusClip alternatives: what each free plan really gives

OpusClip’s free plan gives you 60 minutes of video a month, and every clip carries its watermark. If you are looking for something free instead, this is what the other clippers’ free plans let you actually take away: how much video, whether you can export, and whether your clip comes out stamped.

Plainly, first: we make Shorts by Slice, and it is not free to download from. You can bring in up to 3 videos and find and edit the clips with no card; downloading starts a 3-day trial with a card, then it costs $14.99 a month. Nothing is ever stamped on the video. Compared from published pricing, limits, features and user reviews, checked 30 September 2026. We did not test the others hands-on.

Shorts by Slice turns a long podcast or stream into captioned vertical clips. $14.99 a month. Up to 3 videos free with no card; downloading starts a 3-day trial.

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Every free plan, side by side

Tool	What the free plan gives	Can you export?	Watermark	The catch
OpusClip	60 minutes of source video a month (60 credits)	Yes, at 1080p, within 3 days	Yes	One hour of video a month, and every clip carries its watermark.
Vizard	60 credits a month; uploads up to 60 minutes and 1GB	Yes, at 720p, up to 10 minutes long; files kept 3 days	Yes	720p and a watermark. The best-reviewed tool here, so a fair place to try the idea.
Klap	One video, no card	Yes	None, per its tool page	One video in total, so it is a trial rather than a plan.
Choppity	1 hour of AI analysis a month; projects kept 3 days	Its plan table shows none on Free	Its own pages disagree	You can see what it finds in an hour of video, but the plan table shows no exports.
Riverside	2 hours of recording, once; Magic Clips included	Yes, at 720p	Yes	Built around recording in Riverside. The 2 hours are a one-off, not monthly.
Descript	60 media minutes a month, 100 AI credits once; clip-making marked "Limited"	Yes, at 720p	Not stated for Free (its paid plans say watermark-free)	A full editor more than a clipper, and the AI credits do not refill.
Eklipse	Scan a recent stream and preview the moments	No: exporting needs Premium	None on Premium	A preview, not a free plan.
StreamLadder	The clip editor, converter and downloader	Yes, for clips you edit by hand	None on basic editing; Starter features on Free add one	No AI clipping on Free: ClipGPT is on Creator, £23 a month.
Submagic	No free plan; you can try it without a card	Not on a free plan	None, on any tier	Long videos need the Magic Clips add-on, $19 a month, on top of a plan.
Shorts by Slice	Up to 3 videos with no card: find and edit the clips	Downloading starts a 3-day trial, with a card	Never, trial included	Cancel within the 3 days and you pay nothing; then $14.99 a month.

Read from each vendor’s pricing page and help centre on 30 September 2026. StreamLadder’s price is in pounds because we read it from the UK. Scroll the table sideways on a phone.

Which one, for what

To try AI clipping without paying, Vizard’s free plan is the fairest test: 60 credits a month from the best-reviewed tool we compared, at 720p and with a watermark.

For one clean clip with no watermark, Klap’s free video.
For a stream you only want to edit by hand, StreamLadder’s free editor.
To see what a clipper finds before paying, Choppity’s free hour, knowing the plan table shows no exports.
If you record in Riverside already, its free plan includes Magic Clips on the recording you make there.
If you cut long episodes every week, no free plan will carry you: they stop at about an hour a month. That is where a flat price beats a free one.

Where Slice fits, and where it does not

Slice is for the last case in that list. It takes an episode or stream up to 3 hours long, finds the clips, and lets you export a dozen at once with one email and one zip. There is no cap on videos, and nothing is ever stamped on the video. It costs $14.99 a month or $149 a year. You can try it on up to 3 videos with no card; downloading starts a 3-day trial with a card.

Where it loses to the free plans above: there is no free tier to download from, it does not post or schedule, and its caption fonts cover Latin scripts and Hebrew only.

Free Slice tools, no sign-up

Crop a video to vertical in your browser: drag the crop or use a blurred fill, and download an MP4. Nothing is uploaded.
YouTube Shorts safe-zone checker: see what the buttons and caption will cover before you post.
Free transcription: one recording a day, up to 90 minutes, in English, as TXT, SRT and VTT.

None of these finds clips for you. They are the free parts of the job.

Or do it inside ChatGPT

If you were going to paste your episode into ChatGPT anyway, there is a way to get the clips there. Add Slice to ChatGPT once, attach the video in a chat and type “@Slice turn this video into short clips”. Slice lists the moments it found with their lengths and opening lines; reply with the numbers you want and you get download links for vertical clips with captions and a hook title. Clips need a Slice plan or the free trial, the same as on the website.

Can ChatGPT make clips from my video? has a real run from upload to finished files. The full steps are in how to make podcast clips with ChatGPT, and adding Slice takes a couple of minutes with the setup guide.

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Questions

Is there a free alternative to OpusClip?

Not one that is free in the way people hope. Klap's free plan is one video with no watermark, per its tool page. Vizard's free plan gives 60 credits a month at 720p with a watermark. Choppity's free tier analyses an hour a month, but its plan table shows no exports. OpusClip's own free plan is 60 minutes a month, watermarked. Checked 30 September 2026.

Which free AI clipper has no watermark?

Klap, per its tool page, for its one free video. StreamLadder's free editor adds none on basic editing, but it has no AI clipping on the free plan. OpusClip, Vizard and Riverside watermark on their free plans. Choppity's pages disagree with each other.

Is Shorts by Slice free?

Not to download from. You can bring in up to 3 videos with no card and find and edit the clips. Downloading starts a 3-day trial with a card; cancel before it ends and you pay nothing. After that it is $14.99 a month or $149 a year. Some of Slice's smaller tools are free with no sign-up: cropping a video to vertical in your browser, a YouTube Shorts safe-zone checker, and transcription of one recording a day up to 90 minutes.

What is the cheapest paid OpusClip alternative?

Billed yearly, Ssemble is $6 a month, with segments capped at 20 minutes. Klap Basic is $14 a month billed yearly for 100 clips, and Choppity Starter $14 for 3 hours of analysis. Slice is $149 a year with no cap on videos. OpusClip Pro billed yearly is $14.50 a month for 300 minutes. Checked 30 September 2026.

How did you compare these free plans?

Compared from published pricing, limits, features and user reviews, checked 30 September 2026. We read each vendor's pricing page and help centre. We did not test the other tools hands-on, and free plans change often, so check before you rely on one. We make Slice.