OpusClip
Tool · this deep dive is built from the official pages of the platform itself and of the tools that support it.
Overview
OpusClip is a tool that takes a long video and gives back short vertical clips. This is visible from the arrangement of its plans: on one side the sources of the original video are listed, on the other the platforms to which the finished item goes automatically (homepage, the pricing page).
The work is measured in notional units, which are spent on processing, and in the volume of the uploaded file. "Notional units" is our own designation: the tool gives no word of its own for them.
On the site there is a machine-readable index llms.txt — a file for reading by programs; on the date of the check it occupied 10,385 characters (our own measurement of the file, not an assertion by the tool) and contains a section "Key facts for AI assistants".
The interface language of the homepage is en-US. The hreflang markup on the site of the tool declares five language versions: German, English, Spanish, French and Portuguese.
Which platforms it works with
Here two different things need to be kept in mind, and the tool itself separates them.
Where it publishes. A line of the pricing table names three platforms: "Auto post to YouTube Shorts, TikTok, IG Reels, or download" (the pricing page). That is, YouTube Shorts, TikTok and Instagram Reels — or downloading the file.
On the homepage the same thing is said without a list: "publishes them to all social platforms in one click". The formulation is wider than the list, and it is worth leaning on the list: "all social platforms" is an advertising turn of phrase, while the three platforms named are a checkable assertion.
Where it takes the video from. The list of sources of the original material is longer and is given on the homepage word for word: "For Pro plan, we support videos from: …" — YouTube, Google Drive, Vimeo, Zoom, Rumble, Twitch, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Loom, Riverside, StreamYard and more.
These two lists must not be mixed. Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter here are places from which the video can be taken, not places to which the tool will publish it. And the list of sources is declared for the Pro plan, not for all the plans.
Pricing
There are four plans (the pricing page): Free — 0, Starter — 15, Pro — 29 USD a month, Business — on request.
The minimum paid price is 15 USD a month (the Starter plan).
The unit of charging is not indicated on the page: whether per user, per seat or per account does not follow from the source. The fact is marked as an absence of data.
What is free
There is a free plan, and its boundaries are described fairly precisely (the pricing page): 60 notional units a month, the import of local videos up to 10 GB and of video from YouTube, export with a watermark, the storage of media for 3 days.
Three of these four restrictions are not about volume but about the fitness of the result. A watermark on the output means that the free result carries the tool's mark. Storage for three days means that what has been made must be collected at once.
Restrictions
The consumption is counted in notional units: the free plan — 60 a month, Starter for 15 USD — 150 a month. The video input is limited to 10 GB per file (the pricing page).
A substantial caveat: the price of a unit in actions is not named on the page. How many clips will come out of 60 or of 150 units there is nothing by which to count — it is unknown how many units one processing costs. In the base this is the third such case after vidIQ and Later.
The storage of media on the free plan is 3 days. Export on it goes with a watermark.
The list of sources of the original video is declared for the Pro plan; what is available on the junior plans the page does not specify.
How you earn with it
A programme is announced: the OpusClip Affiliate Program (the page of the programme, the link is in the footer of the homepage). The terms are published separately — the text of the terms.
The rate is 25% of recurring commission for every new subscriber: "25% recurring commission … through the first year".
The term of the payouts is declared contradictorily on the page, and the contradiction we keep: it says both "through the first year" and "you'll keep getting paid as long as the person you refer remains subscribed". Two assertions on one page diverge; which of them applies the page does not explain.
The threshold of the first payout is 20 USD: "to receive your first commission, you need to earn a minimum of 20 USD commission". The method of payout is one — PayPal, in US dollars. They pay on the 15th of every month, and the processing takes 3–5 working days.
Any author may submit an application, and each one is considered. Two conditions are named outright: the promotion of OpusClip must be part of a regular content plan, and an account without activity for half a year is switched off. Paid advertising with affiliate links — both in search and in social networks — is forbidden.
What it will not do
To publish the finished item automatically anywhere at all the tool does not undertake: three destinations are named — YouTube Shorts, TikTok, Instagram Reels — and everything else will have to be downloaded and distributed by hand. The phrase about "all social platforms" from the homepage is not backed by a list.
Free of charge you will get neither a clean output (a watermark), nor time for reflection (storage for 3 days), nor more than 60 units a month.
A file heavier than 10 GB it will not accept as input.
A payout to a partner of less than 20 USD it will not make, and a way of receiving the money other than through PayPal it will not offer. To promote the programme with paid advertising is not permitted, and to abandon the promotion for half a year means to lose the account.
To count how far the notional units will go is impossible: the price of a unit in actions is named nowhere. This is the tool's chief uncheckable parameter — all the pricing numbers run up against an unknown rate.
The unit of charging is not indicated: for what exactly the 15 or 29 USD are taken — per person, per seat or per account — the page does not report.
The term of the affiliate payouts has not been established: the page contradicts itself. The lifetime of the click tag is not named at all.
Verified data
The checked data this deep dive rests on.
Platforms
YouTube Shorts, TikTok, IG Reels
A row of the pricing table: «Auto post to YouTube Shorts, TikTok, IG Reels, or download». The home page says the same thing without a list — «publishes them to all social platforms in one click»
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YouTube, Google Drive, Vimeo, Zoom, Rumble, Twitch, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Loom, Riverside, StreamYard and more
Verbatim: «For Pro plan, we support videos from: …». These are sources of the original video, not publishing platforms — not to be confused with the supported_platforms_publish entry
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How the money works here
Affiliate programme. yes: OpusClip Affiliate Program
a link in the home page footer
source, checked 2026-08-04
Commission. 25% recurring commission for each new subscriber during the first year
the wording of the page
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Payout minimum. to receive your first commission, you need to earn a minimum of 20 USD commission
the wording of the page
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How they pay. PayPal only, in US dollars; payouts on the 15th of each month, processing 3-5 business days
the wording of the page
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Who is admitted. any creator may submit an application, each one is reviewed; promoting OpusClip must be part of a regular content plan, an account with no activity for six months is switched off; paid advertising (in search and on social networks) with affiliate links is prohibited
the wordings of the page
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Where the terms are. https://www.opus.pro/affiliate-terms
the affiliate programme terms
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One-off or recurring. recurring: the page says both through the first year and you'll keep getting paid as long as the person you refer remains subscribed
two statements on one page diverge on the term of the payments
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Pricing
yes
Import of local videos up to 10 GB and from YouTube; export with a watermark; media stored for 3 days
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15 USD / month
The Starter plan
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Free 0; Starter 15; Pro 29 USD/month; Business on request
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Limits and restrictions
the free plan — 60 credits per month and a watermark on the output; Starter at 15 USD — 150 credits. Video input is capped at 10 GB per file
The page does not say what a credit buys in terms of actions — the third case after vidIQ and Later
source, checked 2026-07-28
Languages
the interface language of the home page: en-US
The language is taken from the markup attribute, the versions from hreflang
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de,en,es,fr,pt (5)
Source: the hreflang declaration on the service's website
source, checked 2026-07-27
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