Opus Clip
ClipAnything genuinely reads any video genre for the moment you want, and ships MCP + API access from the $29/mo tier — but it bills by source-video minutes, not output clips, so a 90-minute podcast burns your month's allowance on one export or fifteen.
Element scores
Strengths
ClipAnything's multimodal understanding (visual + audio + sentiment) genuinely works on any genre, not just talking-head podcasts, and the developer story — native MCP connector, 6+ SDKs, public OpenAPI — is unusually generous for a $29/mo tier.
Honest dings
The credit system bills by source-video minutes, not output clips, so a 90-minute podcast burns a month's Starter allowance whether you export one clip or fifteen; independent reviews put it at 3-4x pricier per video than per-video competitors. AgentOpus, the full autonomous video-production agent, is still 'the next bet,' not a shipped product.
Sources
Every audit lists the research it rests on — transparency and traceability are the product. Tools evolve: each audit is a snapshot of its audit date, and re-audits supersede older versions (kept below for reference).
- opus.pro/pricing — Official pricing grid: Free/Starter $15/Pro $29/Business custom; confirms MCP connector + Video/Scheduler API ship from Pro up, not Business-only (accessed 2026-07-17)
- opus.pro/about — Official: 16M+ creators and businesses, 440M+ clips created, 160B+ views as of Dec 2025; Mountain View HQ (accessed 2026-07-17)
- opus.pro/api — Official: native MCP server (one-line install in Claude/Cursor/Cline/Continue), 6+ SDKs, public OpenAPI + llms.txt (accessed 2026-07-17)
- help.opus.pro/api-reference/overview — Official API docs: API access restricted to Pro (Beta), Max and Business plans; concurrency + monthly caps (accessed 2026-07-17)
- developers.googleblog.com/opusclip-achieves-30-perc… — Official Google Developers Blog: ClipAnything's multimodal understanding is powered by Gemini 1.5 Flash (accessed 2026-07-17)
- techfundingnews.com/opusclip-grabs-20m-for-ai-power… — $20M Series B led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 (March 2025); 10M users / 172M clips / 57B views at that point (accessed 2026-07-17)
- opus.pro/blog/opusclip-celebrates-30m-in-funding-an… — Official: $30M total funding incl. Series A (Aug 2024), 6M users at launch of ClipAnything (accessed 2026-07-17)
- businessinsider.com/opusclip-softbank-vision-fund-2… — Reported $215M valuation on the SoftBank Series B (linked from OpusClip's own newsroom) (accessed 2026-07-17)
- eesel.ai/blog/opusclip-pricing — Independent breakdown of Pro-tier features: 300 min, AI B-Roll, 6-platform scheduling, XML export to Premiere/DaVinci (accessed 2026-07-17)
- ssemble.com/blog/opus-clip-review-2026 — Independent critical review: per-minute credit system criticized as 3-4x pricier per video than per-video-billed alternatives (accessed 2026-07-17)
- github.com/opus-pro — Official GitHub org: AgentOpus described as 'the next bet' (still early), opus-skills CLI/Claude Code skill (accessed 2026-07-17)