Opus Clip vs Submagic
Cheapest paid tier each vendor publishes. Free plans are listed above; tiers priced on request are not plotted because there is no figure to plot.
Where they differ
Only on Submagic
- Lower entry price: $12/mo against $15/mo
- Translation
- Sound effects
- Workflow automation
From the pricing tiers and capability tags we track. A capability missing on one side means we have not recorded it there, not that the tool cannot do it.
At a glance
Opus Clip and Submagic both appear in this directory's video listings. Prices below were read from the vendors' own pages, most recently on October 26, 2026. Paid plans start at $15/mo on Opus Clip and $12/mo on Submagic. We track ai agents on Opus Clip and translation on Submagic; both cover speech to text and video editing. No score and no winner: the facts do the picking.
Capability tags are factual labels we assign when a tool is added; they describe what a tool does, not how well it does it.
Checked against the vendors. Written from each vendor's own site and last re-checked there: Opus Clip on October 26, 2026 · Submagic on October 19, 2026. Vendors change pricing and features without notice, so confirm anything that decides your purchase on the vendor's page.
Opus Clip
AI video platform for clipping long videos into shorts
Opus Clip is an AI video platform used by over sixteen million creators that turns long-form videos into viral short clips with a single click. It features AI clipping, animated captions, and multi-platform scheduling across social networks.
Submagic
Edit shorts faster with AI
Submagic is an AI-powered video editor that automatically adds captions, removes silences, inserts B-roll, and repurposes long videos into shorts. It supports exports up to 4K at 60 frames per second and includes social media scheduling tools.
Also in video
A tool we have an affiliate relationship with. It is not part of the comparison above and we are not calling it the better pick.
- Recording remote podcasts with separate audio and video tracks
- Editing video interviews by directly editing auto-generated transcripts
- Generating short promotional clips and social media assets with AI
Opus Clip and Submagic in action
Each vendor's own walkthrough, from its homepage or official YouTube channel. We don't make these videos and we don't rate them.
Opus Clip
Submagic
Key features
Opus Clip
- Turns long-form video into high-quality viral short clips
- Agent Opus handles research, scripting, motion graphics, and voiceover from a single prompt
- Native MCP server exposes twenty-nine tools for developer and AI agent automation
- Automated social media scheduling and publishing across multiple platforms
Submagic
- AI auto captions in 123 languages
- Magic clips for repurposing long videos into shorts
- AI removal of silences and bad takes
- Direct social media scheduling and publishing
- AI avatars and B-roll generation
What each one does well
Opus Clip
- ✓ Repurposing long podcasts and interviews into short social media clips
- ✓ Automating video pipelines using AI agents and MCP servers
- ✓ Generating faceless and explainer videos from text prompts
Submagic
- ✓ Repurposing long-form videos into viral shorts
- ✓ Generating auto-captions in 123 languages
- ✓ Removing silences and bad takes from footage
People also ask
Which is cheaper, Opus Clip or Submagic?
Submagic is cheaper: paid plans start at $15/mo for Opus Clip and $12/mo for Submagic.
Does Opus Clip or Submagic have a free plan?
Opus Clip has a free plan, and Submagic publishes no free plan.
What is the difference between Opus Clip and Submagic?
Opus Clip and Submagic are both tracked for speech-to-text, video-editing. Of the capabilities they do not share, only Opus Clip is tracked for ai-agents, developer-api, transcription, video-generation, and only Submagic is tracked for translation, sound-effects, workflow-automation.
How much do Opus Clip and Submagic cost?
Opus Clip: free plan, then $15/mo. Submagic: from $12/mo.
Answers are generated from the tracked plans and capability tags shown above, so they move when the vendors' pages do.
Full fact sheets, FAQs, and discussion links: Opus Clip · Submagic · all video tools