Captions vs Opus Clip
Updated Jun 28, 2026 · pricing verified for both tools
Captions wins for shooting and editing talking-head video at $9.99/mo; Opus Clip wins for repurposing long recordings into short clips at $15/mo. They are not really substitutes: Captions is a mobile-first creation app with AI avatars (its Mirage model), a chat-based editor, dubbing, and eye-contact correction, while Opus Clip is a web tool that slices a 60-minute upload into 10-20 vertical clips ranked by a predicted virality score. Pick Captions to make video from scratch on a phone; pick Opus Clip to mine existing long-form content. Many creators run both — Captions to produce, Opus Clip to repurpose.
- Captions starts at
- $9.99/mo
- Opus Clip starts at
- $15/mo
- Captions free tier
- Yes
- Opus Clip free tier
- Yes
Both prices were verified against the official pricing pages on Jun 20, 2026.
Side by side
| Dimension | Captions | Opus Clip |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ✓ Free tier; Pro $9.99/mo; Max $24.99/mo (500 credits); Scale $69.99–$279.99/mo | Free tier; Starter $15/mo (150 min); Pro $29/mo (300 min); Business custom |
| Free tier | Basic editing, captions in 100+ languages, 1 template; no credit card; no generative credits | 60 processing minutes/month, 1080p exports with watermark, 3-day retention; no credit card |
| Core workflow | Create and edit talking-head video from scratch via chat-based AI editor, with dubbing and noise cleanup | Repurpose existing long videos into short vertical clips; no from-scratch creation |
| AI avatars | ✓ AI avatars via in-house Mirage model generating full performances; custom AI actors on Max ($24.99/mo) | No AI avatars — works only from your own existing footage |
| Clip repurposing | No long-to-short clip pipeline or virality ranking | ✓ ClipAnything cuts a 60-min video into 10-20 clips ranked by a virality score; auto-posting on Pro ($29/mo) |
| Platforms | ✓ Web, desktop, iOS and Android mobile, plus API | Web and API only; no mobile or desktop app |
| API access | Mirage API in invite-only beta for talking-head generation | ✓ Full API (editing, scheduler, CMS, Zapier) on custom Business plan |
Pricing, verified
Captions
FREEMIUM| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Free | Free |
| Pro | $9.99/mo |
| Max | $24.99/mo |
| Scale 1x | $69.99/mo |
| Scale 2x | $139.99/mo |
| Scale 4x | $279.99/mo |
| Enterprise | Custom |
Opus Clip
FREEMIUM| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Free | Free |
| Starter | $15/mo |
| Pro | $29/mo |
| Business | Custom |
When to pick Captions
- You shoot talking-head video on a phone and want AI to do the editing — Captions has iOS and Android apps plus a chat-based editor, eye-contact correction, filler-word removal, and noise cleanup that Opus Clip does not offer.
- You need AI avatars or dubbing — the Mirage model generates talking-head video as a full performance, and Captions dubs into 30+ languages, neither of which Opus Clip can do since it only works from your existing footage.
- You want the cheaper entry point for editing — Pro is $9.99/month versus Opus Clip’s $15/month Starter, and the free tier covers basic editing and captions in 100+ languages with no credit card.
When to pick Opus Clip
- You already record long-form video — podcasts, webinars, or YouTube uploads — and want it auto-cut into short clips; ClipAnything turns a 60-minute episode into 10-20 captioned vertical clips, a workflow Captions has no equivalent for.
- You want predicted-performance triage and auto-posting — every clip gets a virality score, and the $29/month Pro plan auto-posts to TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and Instagram on a schedule.
- You want a full programmatic API now rather than an invite-only beta — Opus Clip’s Business plan exposes editing, scheduler, CMS, and Zapier access, while Captions’ Mirage API is still gated behind a beta waitlist.
Bottom line
Captions and Opus Clip both sit in ai-video and both have free tiers, but they solve opposite halves of the short-form pipeline. Captions is a mobile-first creation app: you shoot talking-head footage, and AI edits it, adds captions in 100+ languages, dubs it, fixes eye contact, and can even generate the speaker as a Mirage AI avatar — starting at $9.99/month, rising to the credit-based Max tier at $24.99/month. Opus Clip never creates video; it repurposes long recordings you already have into ranked vertical clips, starting at $15/month for 150 processing minutes and $29/month for 300 plus auto-posting. If your bottleneck is producing talking-head content, pick Captions; if it is squeezing clips out of existing long-form video at volume, pick Opus Clip. Plenty of creators pay for both and lose nothing by doing so.
Frequently asked questions
Is Captions better than Opus Clip?
Captions wins for shooting and editing talking-head video at $9.99/mo; Opus Clip wins for repurposing long recordings into short clips at $15/mo. They are not really substitutes: Captions is a mobile-first creation app with AI avatars (its Mirage model), a chat-based editor, dubbing, and eye-contact correction, while Opus Clip is a web tool that slices a 60-minute upload into 10-20 vertical clips ranked by a predicted virality score. Pick Captions to make video from scratch on a phone; pick Opus Clip to mine existing long-form content. Many creators run both — Captions to produce, Opus Clip to repurpose. Updated Jun 28, 2026.
Is Captions cheaper than Opus Clip?
Yes — Captions starts at $9.99/mo versus $15/mo for Opus Clip. Both prices were verified against the official pricing pages on Jun 20, 2026.
Do Captions and Opus Clip have free tiers?
Yes — both do. Captions has a free tier (the Free plan). Opus Clip has a free tier (the Free plan).
Can I use Captions and Opus Clip on mobile or via an API?
Captions runs on the web, desktop, mobile and offers an API. Opus Clip runs on the web and offers an API.