Pricing
Opus Clip pricing explained in credits, not slogans
Free cost calculator · no signup · then $199 lifetime license
Published 9 September 2026. Modified 9 September 2026.
Opus Clip sells credits. Public pages in 2026 describe Starter around $15/month and Pro around $29/month with hundreds of processing minutes (Pro often listed at 300 minutes, with an annual discount near $14.50/month). One credit maps to about one minute of source. Always open opus.pro/pricing before you budget; this paragraph is a snapshot from September 2026.
Worked example
One 60-minute podcast per week is about 240 minutes per month. That fits inside a 300-minute Pro wallet with room, until you recut or clip extras. Twelve months of Pro at $29 is $348, or about $174 if you actually get the annual rate. Clippingli is $199 plus OpenAI. A weekly hour of speech at public OpenAI list prices is usually well under a dollar, plus a small text bill. Use the calculator for your volume.
When Opus is cheaper
If you clip two 20-minute videos a month and never want to install software, a Starter cloud plan can be cheaper in year one than $199.
When the desk is cheaper
If you clip hours every week, year two of credits is another invoice. The lifetime license is not. Run the free calculator with your minutes.
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