The best Opus Clip alternatives in 2026
The best Opus Clip alternative depends on what you're leaving for: Never if you want the clips plus the full edit and publishing loop; Submagic if you mostly want better-styled captions; Descript if you want hands-on editing control; Vizard-class tools if you only want cheaper clipping. Prices below verified 2026-09-04.
How we ranked these
By the job you're most likely leaving Opus Clip to get done — full pipeline first, specialist tools after — using each vendor's published pricing pages (captured and dated in our research file) and our own hands-on testing. We rank ourselves where we honestly believe we belong, and we say plainly where another tool is the better buy.
The list, ranked
01 Neverthat’s us
One raw file → edited video, clips, captions, thumbnail, and scheduled posts
The pick if clipping was never your whole problem. Never takes the same long recording and returns the edited long-form plus ranked clips, captions in a locked per-customer style, a thumbnail, and a filled posting calendar. Opus Clip added text and timeline-based editing on 2026-09-04; the calendar and the per-customer caption style are still the parts it leaves on your desk. $19/mo with your own Claude or ChatGPT via MCP doing the thinking.
Local $19/mo (bring your own AI via MCP) · Pro $79/mo · Agency $399/mo
02 Submagicrecommended
Styled AI captions and polish for short clips you already cut
The pick if what actually bothered you was caption quality. Submagic's caption styling is best-in-class, its Magic Clips add-on covers light clipping, and its Pro tier now publishes to TikTok, YouTube and Instagram. For caption-first creators it's a genuine, cheaper answer.
Free $0 (3 videos/mo) · Starter $12/member/mo billed yearly (save $84 ⇒ $19 monthly) · Pro $23 yearly (save $192 ⇒ $39 monthly) · Business+API $41 yearly (save $336 ⇒ $69 monthly) · Magic Clips add-on +$12 yearly / +$19 monthly · verified 2026-09-04 · best for: the best styled-caption pass in the category on clips you already cut
03 Descriptrecommended
A full editor you drive by editing the transcript — podcasts, video, multitrack
The pick if you're leaving automation itself — you want to see and control every cut. Text-based editing over a real multitrack timeline, strong AI assists, honest per-editor pricing. The best hands-on editor in this list by a distance.
Free $0 · Hobbyist $16/person/mo · Creator $24 · Business $50 billed annually; billed monthly the same tiers are $24 · $35 · $65 · Enterprise custom · verified 2026-09-04 · best for: hands-on text-based editing, podcasts and multitrack work
04 Vyra
Conversational AI editing over your raw footage, finished in a real timeline
The conversational option: describe your edit in chat — with Vyra's AI or your own Claude/ChatGPT — and refine the result in a real timeline. No published pricing (we checked 2026-09-04), and export is the endpoint, so bring your own posting routine.
Vyra does not publish pricing on its website (re-checked 2026-09-04 — /pricing returns 404). We don't quote prices we can't source. · verified 2026-09-04 · best for: conversational editing when you still want a timeline you control
05 VEED
Browser-based team video editing with subtitles, translation and AI tools
The browser team-editor route: strong subtitles and translation across 50+ languages, collaborative projects, and clip-friendly tools. Priced per user (EUR pricing shown at our capture) — worth a look for teams editing together rather than solo automation.
Creator €11/user/mo (billed yearly as €129) · Pro €23 (€278) · Studio €37 (€448) · Enterprise custom. EUR shown at capture — VEED geo-prices and published no USD figure we could source, so entryPriceUSD is deliberately absent. · verified 2026-09-04 · best for: browser-based team editing with strong subtitle and translation workflows
06 Captions
Mobile-first AI video: captioning, AI actors and generative video
Mobile-first and generative: strong phone captioning plus AI actors and generated video — things nothing else on this list does. If your workflow lives on a phone, it fits; note the $24.99 entry is the highest here.
Free tier listed in their comparison table · Max $24.99/mo (500 credits/mo) · Scale $69.99/mo (1,400 credits/mo) · Enterprise custom. Their page states prices are USD and reflect iOS plans only. · verified 2026-09-04 · best for: mobile-first captioning and AI-generated presenter videos
07 Kapwing
Collaborative browser editor for repurposing and subtitling team content
The collaborative utility belt: quick edits, generous auto-subtitling minutes, resizing, team workspaces. Less an Opus Clip replacement than a Swiss-army editor a social team keeps open all day.
Free $0 · Pro $16/member/mo billed annually ($24 monthly) · Business $50 ($64 monthly) · Enterprise custom · verified 2026-09-04 · best for: collaborative quick edits and subtitling for social teams
Read the transcript
The best Opus Clip alternatives in 2026 The best Opus Clip alternative depends on what you're leaving for: Never if you want the clips plus the full edit and publishing loop; Submagic if you mostly want better-styled captions; Descript if you want hands-on editing control; Vizard-class tools if you only want cheaper clipping. Prices below verified 2026-09-04.
Frequently asked questions
Why do people look for Opus Clip alternatives?
The common reasons we hear: wanting more of the long-form edit handled rather than only clipped, wanting captions that don't look templated, wanting scheduling beyond clip auto-post, or wanting a hands-on editor instead of an automatic one. Each reason points at a different tool below.
Is Opus Clip bad?
No — it's a strong clipping tool with a useful virality ranking, and if pure clipping is your job it may still be the right pick. An alternatives list is about fit, not verdicts. Our head-to-head is at Never vs. Opus Clip.
What should a switcher check before moving?
Three things: whether your long-form still needs separate editing after the tool runs, whether captions can carry your brand rather than a template, and where the files go when the tool is done — a scheduler you own, or your downloads folder.
Last verified 2026-09-04 · check Opus Clip’s current pricing yourself