Descript vs Opus Clip
Descript and Opus Clip are both video AI tools, tracked here on price, platforms, integrations, and capabilities. Every figure below is read from the vendor's own pages and dated. No score and no winner: the facts do the picking.
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.
Descript
AI-powered video and audio editing, transcription, and screen recording
Descript is an AI-powered media editor for video, audio, and podcasts. It enables users to edit media by editing its automatically generated transcript. The platform also includes screen recording and transcription services.
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.
At a glance
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Checked against the vendors. Written from each vendor's own site and last re-checked there: Descript on August 31, 2026 · Opus Clip on August 31, 2026. Vendors change pricing and features without notice, so confirm anything that decides your purchase on the vendor's page.
Also in video
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- 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
Key features
Descript
- Text-based video and audio editing
- Automatic transcription services
- AI voice generation (Overdub)
- Integrated screen recording
- Studio Sound audio enhancement
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
What each one does well
Descript
- ✓ Podcasters producing episodes
- ✓ Video creators streamlining edits
- ✓ Content producers needing transcription
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
People also ask
Which is cheaper, Descript or Opus Clip?
Opus Clip. Paid plans start at $24/mo for Descript and $15/mo for Opus Clip.
Does Descript or Opus Clip have a free plan?
Both. Descript and Opus Clip each publish a free plan.
What is the difference between Descript and Opus Clip?
Both are tracked for video-editing, transcription. Of the capabilities they do not share, only Descript is tracked for audio-editing, screen-recording, voice-cloning, and only Opus Clip is tracked for ai-agents, developer-api, speech-to-text, video-generation.
How much do Descript and Opus Clip cost?
Descript: free plan, then $24/mo. Opus Clip: free plan, then $15/mo.
Answers are generated from the tracked plans and capability tags shown above, so they move when the vendors' pages do.
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