Which AI Clipper for Your Podcast → Shorts
You already have an episode. This page picks a clipper from the constraint that actually blocks you: video or audio-only, what you can spend, burned-in captions, more than one speaker, and whether clips should post themselves. It is not a ranked top 10, and it is not the editing workflow.
Start here
Four forks. Each one names a primary and one alternative, with the reason in plain language. Opus Clip and Vizard are one fork, not the whole page. The steps after you pick a tool live on podcast → Reels with AI.
Video episode, and a person approves before it posts
Primary: Opus Clip
You have camera video (a file or a YouTube link) and you want candidates you still review. The pricing page shows Free $0, Starter $15/mo, Pro $29/mo. Help: 1 credit per source minute; Free Forever is 60 processing minutes a month; Starter is 150; Pro is 300 a month. Social posting starts on Starter (YouTube, TikTok, Instagram). Scheduling is a Pro row. Free exports are watermarked and expire in 3 days. Apple Podcast links are listed on Pro. A local MP3 was not documented.
Alternative: Vizard
Same job — review, then post — if you want the editor after the clip pass. Help and the pricing page both say 1 credit = 1 minute. Free is 60 credits, a watermark, 720p, and projects that expire in 3 days. Paid rows say “from 600” credits, and the Creator card lists schedule social posts. The dollar sticker did not render in the pricing HTML on this check. Check vendor before you treat any “about $29” figure as current.
Side-by-side on metering, not on this page: Opus vs Vizard vs Klap.
The file is audio-only
Primary: Videotto
Their podcast blog says MP4, MOV, MP3, and WAV up to 5GB, and that audio-only files become audiogram-style clips with captions. The same post says you cannot try it before paying. Pricing: Pro $20/mo or $12/mo annual (2,400 credits/year, also shown as 200 a month and 200 source minutes); Plus $95/mo or $57/mo annual. No free card on that page. “Auto Posting to Socials” is on the Pro card; the blog still describes a review before you publish. Do not read that as unattended posting.
Alternative: turn it into video, then leave this fork
Klap’s podcast page says audio-only is the wrong product, and that a camera episode (they name Riverside, StreamYard, and Zencastr as recorders, not as clippers we scored) is the input they accept. Vizard’s help center says audio uploads are not supported, even though its podcast marketing page says you can upload audio — believe the help center until a file processes. Once you have a video file, use the first fork. We did not review a separate audiogram app.
More than one speaker, or a remote guest who must stay in frame
Primary: Klap
Their podcast page is explicit: camera-on-speaker video, not audio-only; split-screen, three- and four-screen, and picture-in-picture; captions with speaker labels; direct publish to TikTok, Reels, and Shorts. “1 video free,” no card, and they say clips are not watermarked. Pricing, yearly view selected: Basic 100 clips at $14/mo billed yearly, Pro 300 at $39/mo billed yearly, Pro+ 1,000 at $94/mo billed yearly. A separate monthly dollar amount was not on that view. Check vendor on the Monthly toggle. You still start from an upload. This is not a channel that posts while you sleep.
Alternative: Cliphi
The pricing page lists smart speaker tracking, animated captions, 9:16 / 1:1 / 16:9, no watermarks, and post and schedule to YouTube on every plan. You choose which moments to render. The for-AI brief (it says “as of September 2026”) lists Explorer $4.99 / 1,200 credits, Starter $9.99 / 2,500, Pro $29.99 / 8,500 outside India, and tells you to cite the pricing page for current numbers. That pricing page did not include dollar amounts in the HTML we received. Check vendor. Help says you start with some free credits; it does not say how many. Audio-only was not listed as a source.
Opus lists moving-object tracking on Pro and Business, not on Free or Starter, and speaker-colored captions on Business only. That is a different claim from a multi-host layout. Deeper on the two smaller tools: Cliphi vs Videotto.
Clips should post with no approval step
Primary: EasySlice
Only if the episode is already a new YouTube upload. The homepage says it watches the channel and auto-posts to TikTok, Instagram, YouTube Shorts, and Facebook. The FAQ says nobody reviews the clip before it posts. Trial: 1 channel, 1 platform, 1 clip. Annual prices: Single Slice $149.99/yr, shown as $12.49/mo (10 clips, 1 channel); Half Pie $299.99/yr, shown as $24.99/mo (30 clips, 3 channels); Full Pie $599.99/yr, shown as $49.99/mo (100 clips, 5 channels). A Monthly toggle is labeled; the month-to-month sticker was not in that annual text. Check vendor. Do not treat $12.49 as a cancel-anytime monthly charge.
Alternative: Opus Clip Starter, if you must approve first
Starter is $15/mo on the pricing page, with social posting and a watermark-free export, and you still pick the clips. Use this when a guest aside or a muted-mic stretch must not ship. EasySlice’s own FAQ is the opposite promise. Compare those two jobs on EasySlice vs Opus Clip.
Budget and burned-in captions
Budget changes which fork you can actually start. Captions are advertised on every tool below; the gotcha is the watermark, the speaker label, or the plan that unlocks them. Verify on the vendor site.
Free / trial
Opus Free: 60 minutes, watermark, 3-day export. Vizard Free: 60 credits, watermark, 3-day expiry, 720p. Klap: one video, and they say no watermark. EasySlice: one clip. CapCut’s clip page claims a free, no-watermark highlight path; the pricing page shows Free at USD 0 and says displayed prices are reference only. Cliphi’s free-credit count: check vendor. Videotto: no free plan on the pages we read.
About $15–30
Verified in this band: Opus Starter $15/mo and Pro $29/mo; Klap Basic $14/mo billed yearly; EasySlice Single Slice and Half Pie on the annual bill ($12.49 and $24.99 a month equivalent); Videotto Pro $20/mo or $12/mo annual. Cliphi’s $9.99 and $29.99 figures are the September 2026 for-AI brief, not a price we could read on the pricing page. Vizard’s dollar amount: check vendor, so it is not placed in this band.
Flexible
Klap Pro and Pro+ ($39 and $94 a month, yearly view), EasySlice Full Pie ($49.99/mo equivalent on the annual bill), Videotto Plus ($95/mo or $57/mo annual), and Opus Business (custom). CapCut’s pricing page shows Ultra next to USD 79, and a USD 12.49 figure on the same screen without a clear plan label. Check vendor and sign in; the page says reference prices are not the final charge.
If burned-in captions are required: Opus puts AI captions on Free and watermarks animated templates there; speaker-colored captions are a Business row. Klap advertises speaker labels. Cliphi lists animated captions on every plan. EasySlice lists AI captions on the paid plans above. Videotto’s blog says captions are generated with the clip. CapCut’s clip page says you generate captions and edit them before export. None of that was a test we ran in the product.
Comparison, facts only
Read October 28, 2026 (Asia/Shanghai) from the vendor pages linked at the bottom. No scores. Check vendor means that cell did not show a number we could cite. Verify on the vendor site before you pay.
| Tool | Source type | Free-tier gotcha | Metering | Captions | Auto-post |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opus Clip | Local video and YouTube on Free. Apple Podcast links on Pro. Local audio: not documented. | 60 min/mo, watermark, 3-day MP4 export, storage expires in 3 days, 9:16 only. | 1 credit per source minute. Starter $15/mo (150 min). Pro $29/mo (300 min). Annual sticker: check vendor. | AI captions on Free. Speaker-colored captions: Business only, on the pricing matrix. | Posting off on Free, on from Starter. Scheduler is Pro. You still choose clips. |
| Vizard | Video. Help says audio is not supported. A marketing page says audio upload works. Check vendor with one file. | 60 credits, watermark, 720p, projects expire in 3 days. | 1 credit = 1 minute. Paid rows: from 600 credits. Dollar price: check vendor. | Podcast page advertises auto captions and translation. | Creator card lists schedule social posts. Not a YouTube channel watcher. |
| Klap | Video with a camera on the speaker. Audio-only: their page says no. | 1 video free. They say no watermark, including on that video. Not a monthly pool. | Yearly view: 100 / 300 / 1,000 clips at $14 / $39 / $94 per month, billed yearly. Monthly dollars: check vendor. | Podcast page: animated captions with speaker labels. | Direct publish from an upload you start. Not hands-off channel posting. |
| CapCut | Podcast video, on the long-video-to-shorts page. Audio-only: not documented there. | That page claims a free path without watermarks. Confirm the file you export. | Not per clip or per minute. Pro shown as USD 19.99, reference only. Ultra: check vendor. | Generate captions, then edit them before export. | Export or share. Not unattended posting. |
| EasySlice | New YouTube uploads. Not a local audio uploader. | Trial: 1 channel, 1 platform, 1 clip. No time limit stated. | Annual: $149.99 / $299.99 / $599.99 a year (10 / 30 / 100 clips). Month-to-month: check vendor. | AI captions listed on those plans. | Posts to four platforms. FAQ: no approval step. |
| Cliphi | Uploaded video and links (YouTube, Twitch, Kick, and others on the for-AI brief). Audio-only: not listed. | Help: some free credits. Amount: check vendor. Pricing page: no watermarks on plans. | Dollar sticker: check vendor. For-AI brief (Sept 2026) lists $4.99 / $9.99 / $29.99 outside India and says to re-open pricing. Credit rates on that brief disagree with the vaguer help page. | Animated captions listed on every plan. | Post and schedule. You choose moments before render. Not a no-approval watcher. |
| Videotto | Blog: video files, plus MP3/WAV as audiogram-style clips, up to 5GB. | No free plan on the pricing page. Blog: you cannot try it before paying. | Pro $20/mo or $12/mo annual. Plus $95 or $57 annual. Same page shows 2,400 credits/year and 200 credits/month. | Blog: captions generated with the clip. | Pro card lists auto posting. Blog still has a review step. Not EasySlice. |
Dollar math across billing units: AI clipper pricing. Watermarks and expiry: free AI clippers.
When CapCut alone is enough
Stay in CapCut
You already know the moment, the episode is short enough to scrub, or the budget is $0 and your time is the currency. The long-video-to-shorts page describes AI highlights from a podcast video, a 16:9 to 9:16 crop with subject tracking, and captions you edit before export. That is a clip assist inside an editor. Longer argument: CapCut vs AI clippers.
Use a dedicated clipper
The episode is an hour or more and you want many candidates without scrubbing the timeline. Or the block is multi-speaker framing, an audiogram from an MP3, or posting from the same product. CapCut does not replace those constraints. A dedicated clipper also does not replace taste: you still reject clips that only make sense inside the episode. The how-to for that pass is podcast → Reels, not a second checklist here.
Use the picker, then the how-to
The homepage form applies the same constraints in the browser and returns two or three tools. This page is the readable version of that decision. After the tool is chosen, the episode workflow — import, which moments to keep, reframing, export clocks — is the other URL. Do not look for those steps here.
Also: Opus Clip alternatives if the bill is the only reason you are leaving Opus · EasySlice trial · Cliphi review · Videotto review.
FAQ
Is this the podcast-to-Shorts tutorial?
No. Podcast → Reels with AI is the workflow. This page only decides which clipper matches the constraint. A normal YouTube upload that is not a podcast episode belongs on YouTube → Shorts.
What if I only have an MP3?
Videotto’s blog is the page that describes audiogram-style clips from MP3 or WAV, on a paid plan. Klap says no. Vizard’s help center says no, and its marketing page says yes. Opus documents Apple Podcast links on Pro and local video on Free; a local audio file was not confirmed. If the upload fails, the decision changes to “make a video first,” not to a second how-to.
Should I just pick Opus or Vizard?
Only on the first fork: video, and you will approve clips before they post. Audio-only, multi-host layouts, and no-approval posting are different products. The triangle compare is Opus vs Vizard vs Klap.
Why are some prices “check vendor”?
Vizard’s pricing HTML showed $0 placeholders where the dollar amount should be. Cliphi’s pricing page listed features and no dollars; the for-AI brief is dated September 2026 and tells you to use the pricing page. Klap’s Monthly toggle and EasySlice’s Monthly toggle did not expose a second set of numbers in the yearly text. CapCut says sign in for the final price, and Ultra is labeled with two different USD figures on the same page. We do not fill those cells from memory or from other blogs.
Sources checked October 28, 2026
Public pages only. Asia/Shanghai date. Plans change; open the vendor page before you pay. Verify on the vendor site.
- Opus Clip: opus.pro/pricing, plans and credits, how credits are consumed, watermark
- Vizard: vizard.ai/pricing, free plan, credits, audio uploads, podcast editor
- Klap: klap.app/pricing, podcast clip maker
- CapCut: long video to shorts, pricing (reference prices; sign in for the final amount)
- EasySlice: easyslice.ai
- Cliphi: cliphi.com/pricing, for-ai brief, how credits work
- Videotto: videotto.com/pricing, podcast blog