An OpusClip alternative for full edits, not just clips
OpusClip is a web app built for one job: it takes a long video, finds the moments most likely to perform, and turns them into captioned short clips with a virality score. octuedit is a full AI video editor for Mac: you describe any edit, from cutting a podcast episode to making a vertical clip of one moment, and your own Claude Code or Codex builds it on a real timeline you can adjust. OpusClip processes your uploads in its cloud and is sold monthly, with a free plan that adds a watermark, Starter at $15 a month and Pro at $29 a month. octuedit keeps footage on your Mac and costs $99 once.
Updated 26 October 2026 · By Shivank Goura, co-founder of octuedit
| octuedit | OpusClip | |
|---|---|---|
| Platform | Native Mac app, macOS 13 or later, Apple silicon and Intel | Web app |
| What it does | Any edit you describe: cuts, captions, zooms, reframing, music, titles, vertical versions | Finds highlights in long videos and turns them into short clips with a virality score |
| How you edit | Describe the edit in chat; it cuts on a real timeline you can still trim, drag and split by hand | Automatic clipping, then light edits in its editor (none on the free plan) |
| Your footage | Stays on your Mac; no octuedit server receives it. Your own agent sees your requests and its work on the project (file names, transcript lines it reads), plus a few frames per clip for search unless you switch that off | Uploaded to OpusClip for processing |
| Price | $99 once, lifetime license with updates, 14 day refund | Free with watermark and 60 credits a month; Starter $15 a month; Pro $29 a month, less with yearly billing |
| Export | MP4, MOV (ProRes) and WebM in 1080p or 4K, and GIF, in 16:9, 9:16, 1:1 or 4:5; SRT and WebVTT captions; YouTube chapters; project files for Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro and DaVinci Resolve | Rendered clips up to 1080p on Free; XML for Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve on Pro and Business |
OpusClip details are taken from its public website as of October 2026 and may have changed since. Sources: opus.pro/pricing.
Which should you choose?
Choose octuedit if you want to edit the video itself, not just pull clips out of it. You describe any edit, such as cutting pauses, adding captions and music, punching in on key lines or making a 9:16 version of one moment, and your own Claude Code or Codex builds it on a timeline you can keep adjusting. Footage stays on your Mac and the price is $99 once. OpusClip is excellent at its narrower job: upload a long podcast or stream and it picks the highlights, cuts them into captioned shorts and scores how likely each is to perform. It runs in the browser and is sold monthly, with a watermarked free plan, Starter at $15 a month and Pro at $29 a month, where Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve export also lives. Choose OpusClip if you publish many clips a week from long recordings and want the picking done for you. Many creators could use both: OpusClip to find moments, octuedit to make the full edit.
When is octuedit the better pick?
Pick octuedit if you want to make the whole video, not only pull clips from it, or if you want to say exactly which moment to cut and how.
- You want to make the whole video, not only pull clips from it
- You want to say exactly which moment to cut and how
- You'd rather keep footage on your Mac than upload it
- You want to pay once
When is OpusClip the better pick?
Pick OpusClip if you publish many clips from long podcasts or streams and want highlights picked automatically, or if you want a virality score on each clip.
- You publish many clips from long podcasts or streams and want highlights picked automatically
- You want a virality score on each clip
- You work in a browser on any computer
Questions
Is octuedit an OpusClip alternative?
It covers a different but overlapping job. OpusClip automatically finds and cuts highlights from long videos. octuedit edits any video you describe, including vertical clips of the moments you pick, keeps footage on your Mac and costs $99 once.
Can octuedit make short clips from a podcast?
Yes. Ask for something like "make a 45 second vertical clip of the part about pricing, with captions" and your agent cuts it on the timeline, reframed to 9:16. OpusClip is built to find many highlights automatically; with octuedit you choose them by asking.
How much is OpusClip compared to octuedit?
OpusClip has a free plan with a watermark, Starter at $15 a month and Pro at $29 a month, with a discount for yearly billing. octuedit is $99 once with updates included.