Short-form clippers · 2026

Best short-form video clippers for agencies 19 tools ranked by verified data

Data checked Oct 14, 2026 against the vendors' own pages. How we verify

We scored 19 short-form video clippers for agencies with the same 8-criterion scorecard; 19 have enough verified data to be ranked.

Only tools listed for agencies are included.

Vizard ranks first with 98/100, followed by AutoVOD (97) and Subscut (96).

The lowest starting price among ranked tools (the least you can pay for a paid plan, for one user or account) is captionrich's: $6 per month billed yearly on the Pro plan.

The ranking

Score is 0-100 over the criteria with verified data; coverage is the share of the scorecard those criteria carry. Each price links its source.
Best short-form video clippers for agencies
#ToolScoreCoverageFrom, billed monthlyFrom, billed yearlyFree planPlatformsChecked
1Vizard98/10075%5 of 8 criteriaFreeFreeYes, 60 credits per month–Oct 14, 2026
2AutoVOD97/10065%4 of 8 criteria$7.99/moNot offeredYes, 20 credits per month2Oct 14, 2026
3Subscut96/10075%5 of 8 criteria$9/mo$7.50/moYes–Oct 14, 2026
42short.ai95/10075%5 of 8 criteria$9.90/moNot offeredYes1Oct 14, 2026
5captionrich94/10065%4 of 8 criteriaNot offered$6/moYes–Oct 14, 2026
6Opus Clip82/10075%5 of 8 criteria$15/mo$14.50/moYes, 60 credits per month3Oct 14, 2026
7proclips72/10085%6 of 8 criteria$15/mo$14.50/moYes1Oct 14, 2026
8Reap70/10080%6 of 8 criteria$24/mo$9.99/moYes6Oct 14, 2026
9Wisecut70/10075%5 of 8 criteriaNot offered$23.25/moYes, 30 credits per month4Oct 14, 2026
10Choppity69/100100%8 of 8 criteria$24/mo$16.80/moYes, 1 user3Oct 14, 2026
11VClip66/10065%4 of 8 criteriaNot offered$15/moYes, 10 credits per month–Oct 14, 2026
12Autoclip66/10085%6 of 8 criteria$19.99/moNot offeredNo6Oct 14, 2026
13Vibeclipper66/10075%5 of 8 criteriaNot offered$10/moNo4Oct 14, 2026
14Taja AI63/10080%6 of 8 criteria$19.99/mo$15.99/moNo6Oct 14, 2026
15Spikes Studio60/10075%5 of 8 criteria$32.99/mo$14.09/moYes, 30 video minutes per month5Oct 14, 2026
16BlitzReels60/10090%7 of 8 criteriaNot offered$29/moNo1Oct 14, 2026
17Submagic57/10075%5 of 8 criteria$19/moNot offeredNo1Oct 14, 2026
18Capnivo44/10075%5 of 8 criteria$29/moNot offeredNo–Oct 14, 2026
19GetClip21/10065%4 of 8 criteria$39/moNot offeredNo–Oct 14, 2026

Each value links the vendor page it was read from (hover for the check date). Coverage is the share of the scorecard's weight with verified data, and "N of M criteria" how many criteria the score is based on; a tool is ranked at 60% or more.

– = not published by the vendor, or not verified yet.

Why each one ranks where it does

The two criteria each tool scores best on, with the numbers behind them.
  1. 1. Vizard 98/100

    AI tool that cuts long videos into short clips with captions and vertical reframing, and includes a text-based video editor.

    • Entry price (100/100): Free: the pricing page lists no paid plan
    • Free plan or trial (100/100): Free plan (Free)

    Vizard reviewPricing

    Vizard homepage (screenshot)
    Homepage captured Oct 14, 2026
  2. 2. AutoVOD 97/100

    Service that downloads live-stream VODs, uses AI to clip and caption them, and schedules the resulting clips to YouTube and TikTok.

    • Entry price (100/100): $7.99/month billed monthly on Basic (scored on the monthly price)
    • Free plan or trial (100/100): Free plan (Free)

    From $7.99 per month billed monthly on the Basic plan.

    AutoVOD reviewPricing

  3. 3. Subscut 96/100

    AI clipping tool that finds moments in long uploaded videos and outputs captioned vertical short clips.

    • Free plan or trial (100/100): Free plan
    • Verified features (100/100): 4 of 8 tracked features verified: ai clip selection, automatic captions, auto reframe to vertical, no watermark on paid plans

    From $7.50 per month billed yearly on the Yearly plan.

    Subscut reviewPricing

  4. 4. 2short.ai 95/100

    AI tool that extracts highlights from long videos and turns them into short clips with face tracking, animated subtitles and brand overlays.

    • Free plan or trial (100/100): Free plan (Starter)
    • Verified features (100/100): 5 of 8 tracked features verified: ai clip selection, automatic captions, auto reframe to vertical, brand kit, no watermark on paid plans

    From $9.90 per month billed monthly on the Lite plan.

    2short.ai reviewPricing

  5. 5. captionrich 94/100

    Browser-based AI video editor that edits by transcript, adds captions and B-roll, and can cut long videos into short clips.

    • Entry price (100/100): $6/month billed annually on Pro; no monthly-billed price published (scored against annual-billed prices)
    • Free plan or trial (100/100): Free plan (Free)

    From $6 per month billed yearly on the Pro plan.

    captionrich reviewPricing

  6. 6. Opus Clip 82/100

    AI video tool that cuts long videos into short clips with captions and reframing, and can schedule posts to social platforms.

    • Free plan or trial (100/100): Free plan (Free)
    • Verified features (100/100): 8 of 8 tracked features verified: ai clip selection, automatic captions, auto reframe to vertical, virality score, publish or schedule to social networks, brand kit, no watermark on paid plans, team access

    From $15 per month billed monthly on the Starter plan.

    Opus Clip reviewPricing

  7. 7. proclips 72/100

    AI video clipper that turns long videos into captioned vertical clips with virality scores and can schedule and auto-post them to YouTube Shorts.

    • Free plan or trial (100/100): Free plan
    • Verified features (100/100): 7 of 8 tracked features verified: ai clip selection, automatic captions, auto reframe to vertical, virality score, publish or schedule to social networks, brand kit, no watermark on paid plans

    From $15 per month billed monthly on the Starter plan.

    proclips reviewPricing

  8. 8. Reap 70/100

    AI video editor that turns long videos into clips with animated captions, dubbing and subtitles, with an API, CLI and MCP for automation.

    • Free plan or trial (100/100): Free plan (Free)
    • Verified features (100/100): 8 of 8 tracked features verified: ai clip selection, automatic captions, auto reframe to vertical, virality score, publish or schedule to social networks, brand kit, no watermark on paid plans, team access

    From $24 per month billed monthly ($9.99 billed yearly) on the Creator plan.

    Reap reviewPricing

  9. 9. Wisecut 70/100

    AI video editor that cuts long videos into short clips, adds captions and reframing, and schedules posts to social channels.

    • Free plan or trial (100/100): Free plan (Free)
    • Verified features (100/100): 5 of 8 tracked features verified: ai clip selection, automatic captions, auto reframe to vertical, publish or schedule to social networks, no watermark on paid plans

    From $23.25 per month billed yearly on the Starter+ plan.

    Wisecut reviewPricing

  10. 10. Choppity 69/100

    AI video editor that clips long videos and podcasts into short captioned vertical clips, with a content planner, calendar and social scheduler.

    • Free plan or trial (100/100): Free plan (Free)
    • Verified features (100/100): 6 of 8 tracked features verified: ai clip selection, automatic captions, auto reframe to vertical, publish or schedule to social networks, brand kit, team access

    From $24 per month billed monthly ($16.80 billed yearly) on the Starter plan.

    Choppity reviewPricing

How we picked

Every one of these short-form video clippers is scored by the same 8 criteria (scorecard v1). Each criterion gives 0 to 100 from the vendor's published data; the total is the weighted average. A criterion without verified data is left out and the other weights are re-normalised. A tool with under 60% of the weight covered is listed as not ranked, and so is a tool with no verified price and fewer than 2 verified features (“needs a verified price”); each score shows how many criteria it is based on. The core criteria are the same in every category; the category criteria are specific to short-form video clippers. Nobody gets custom weights, including our own products.

Scorecard criteria and weights
CriterionWeightTypeWhat we measure
Entry price25%CorePrice per month of the cheapest paid plan, against the prices of other short-form video clippers on the same billing basis (monthly-billed prices against monthly, annual-billed against annual).Log scale. Billed monthly: $8.08/month or less = 100, $32.31 or more = 0. Only billed annually: $6.60/month or less = 100, $26.41 or more = 0. Only free plans = 100. Usage-priced and one-time plans are not scored.
Free plan or trial15%CoreWhether you can use the tool before paying: a free plan, or failing that a free trial, as shown on the vendor's pricing page.Free plan = 100. No free plan but a free trial = 60. The pricing page lists plans but shows neither = 0. No plans read = not scored.
Pricing transparency10%CoreHow much of the pricing is public: the share of plans with a published price ("contact sales" counts against), and whether there are at least 3 published tiers.80 x (plans with a public price / plans listed) + 20 x (public plans, up to 3) / 3. No plans read = not scored.
Verified features15%CoreHow many of the 8 features we track for this category the vendor's own pages verifiably show (ai clip selection, automatic captions, auto reframe to vertical, virality score, publish or schedule to social networks, brand kit, no watermark on paid plans, team access). This counts verified features only: a tool that documents less scores lower here, and only here.Linear: verified features / 4 (half the tracked list) x 100, capped at 100. No tracked feature verified = not scored.
API, integrations and export10%CoreWhether a public API exists, how many integrations the vendor states, and whether the vendor documents a way to export your data.Average of the parts with data: public API yes = 100, no = 0; integrations on a log scale (100 or more = 100); a documented data export = 100. None verified = not scored.
Platform coverage10%CategoryHow many of the 15 social platforms we track the vendor says the tool supports.Linear: platforms / 10 x 100, capped at 100. No verified platform list = not scored.
Storage10%CategoryGB of storage included on the cheapest paid plan that states a limit.Log scale: 100 or more (or unlimited) = 100. No stated limit = not scored.
Cost per user (team of 3)5%CategoryMonthly price per user for a team of 3, on the cheapest paid plan that is priced per seat or states room for at least 3 users.Log scale: $5 per user or less = 100, $88 or more = 0. Plans that do not state a user limit are not used. No such plan = not scored.

Sources are vendor pricing pages, docs and changelogs, each with the date we checked it. We did not test these tools hands-on unless a listing says so. Full formulas: methodology.

Questions, answered from the data

What is the best short-form video clipper for agencies?

Vizard, with 98/100 on our scorecard; AutoVOD is second with 97/100.

What is the cheapest short-form video clipper for agencies?

By entry price among ranked tools, captionrich: $6 per month billed yearly on the Pro plan.

Which of these have a free plan?

12 of the 19 tools have a free plan; the highest-ranked is Vizard.

How did you rank these short-form video clippers?

Each tool gets 0 to 100 per criterion from its published pricing, limits and features; the total is the weighted average over the criteria with verified data. Tools with under 60% of the weight covered are not ranked.