CutGPT vs OpusClip
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OpusClip is an AI clipping tool for the web, iPhone and Android that finds short clips in a long video, then captions and reframes them. It suits podcasters and creators with long videos who want many short clips, virality scores and scheduled posting to TikTok, Reels and YouTube Shorts.
CutGPT vs OpusClip at a glance
The OpusClip column comes from OpusClip's own pages as they stood on October 14, 2026. Where something isn't stated there, we say so.
| Feature | CutGPT | OpusClip |
|---|---|---|
| Made for | Talking-head videos for creators who sell on TikTok Shop and other short-form apps. | Turning long videos into short clips for TikTok, Reels and YouTube Shorts. |
| Platforms | A web app for desktop browsers (a recent Chrome or Edge is recommended; Safari needs version 26 or later) and an iPhone app. Edits don't sync between them. | Web, iPhone and Android. |
| Removes retakes automatically | Yes. If you say a line again within the next few phrases, CutGPT keeps the last take. Say “wait” or “let me start over”, and it cuts that and the attempt before it. | On Pro. Remove Bad Takes flags retakes, restarts and self-corrections for you to review, then remove one by one or all at once. |
| Removes ums and pauses | Yes. It cuts fillers like um, uh, erm and hmm, and trims longer silences down to a breath. Choose a Snappy or Natural cut pace. | On Starter and up. Speech Cleanup removes fillers and pauses, and you set how long a pause must be (0.5 seconds by default). |
| Auto captions | Yes, in four styles: Pop, Karaoke, Boxed and Minimal. Up to 3 words per caption; you can move, resize and fix any word. | Yes. Animated captions in 20+ languages, with emoji and keyword highlights. |
| Long videos to short clips | CutGPT turns one take into one edit. | Yes. AI clipping picks clips from a long video. Paid plans add a Virality Score, and Pro adds 1:1 and 16:9 as well as 9:16. |
| Manual editing | Web: a transcript editor and a timeline with a waveform. Click a word to cut it or bring it back, double-click to fix its caption, split, trim, delete and reorder clips, and undo any change. | Text and timeline editing on paid plans, plus export to Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve on Pro. The free plan has no editing. |
| Where editing happens | Web: in your browser, on your computer. Your video is never uploaded. iPhone: transcribed on your iPhone with Apple's on-device speech recognition (Apple's servers only as a fallback), and edits stay on the phone. | In OpusClip's web or mobile apps, after you upload a video (up to 10 GB on Free and Starter, 30 GB on Pro). |
| Free plan | 3 edits, no card. On the web, free edits are counted per browser. | 60 credits a month. Clips are up to 1080p with a watermark, can't be edited, and can't be exported after 3 days. |
| Price | Web Pro is coming soon: $1 for 3 days, then $49.99/month, or $99.99/year (83% off a year of monthly). iPhone Pro is billed by Apple after a 3-day free trial. | Starter: $15/month. Pro: $29/month, or $14.50/month billed annually (USD). |
What they cost
As of October 14, 2026, OpusClip lists Free ($0, 60 credits a month), Starter at $15/month (monthly only, 150 credits a month) and Pro at $29/month, or $14.50/month billed annually at $174 a year (300 credits a month), in USD. Business pricing is custom.
CutGPT: 3 edits free. Pro starts at $1 for 3 days, then $49.99/month, or $99.99/year paid yearly. In the iPhone app, Pro is billed by Apple.
Which one should you use?
OpusClip and CutGPT start from different footage. OpusClip looks for short clips inside a long video. CutGPT takes one take of you talking and cuts the mistakes out of it.
- Choose CutGPT if you film short talking videos in one take and want retakes, restarts, ums and dead air cut automatically, with captions, without uploading your video.
- Choose OpusClip if you have podcasts, interviews or other long videos to turn into many clips, want virality scores, reframing and scheduled posting, or work on Android.
How we keep this fair
We make CutGPT, so we've held this page to one rule: every claim about OpusClip comes from OpusClip's own site or a recent, named source, listed below. We don't quote reviews or guess at features. Products change often — if something here is out of date, email support@example.com and we'll fix it.
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