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Is Opus Clip free?

Short answer

Opus Clip has a free tier, but it's metered in credits where roughly one credit equals one minute of uploaded video, and free exports carry Opus branding. Heavier use moves you onto a paid plan. If the free allowance is your binding constraint, compare it against other free tiers on source minutes rather than clip count.

The detail

Pricing in this category changes often enough that any specific number in an article is a liability — check the vendor's own pricing page before deciding. What's stable is the shape of the offer: a credit-metered free tier where credits map to input minutes, branding on free exports, and paid plans that lift both.

The comparison that matters isn't 'is it free' but 'how far does the free tier get my actual content'. Work out your monthly source minutes first — episodes per month times average length — then check which free tiers cover it. A creator posting one 20-minute video a week needs ~80 minutes a month; someone clipping two 90-minute podcasts needs 360.

Nova exists in the same category and its free tier is 60 source minutes a month with no card required, with a small Nova badge on free exports that any paid plan removes. That's more generous than some free tiers and less than others — the honest answer is that it depends on your volume.

One thing worth checking on any tool regardless of price: how it reframes multi-speaker footage. That's where output quality diverges most, and it's not visible on a pricing page.

Follow-up questions

Does the Opus Clip free plan add a watermark?

Free exports carry Opus branding. Removing it requires a paid plan. This is standard across the category — most free tiers brand their output somehow.

What counts as a credit?

Broadly, one minute of uploaded video. This is why long-form creators burn through free tiers quickly: metering is on input length, not on how many clips you keep.

Is there a genuinely free alternative?

Several tools offer persistent free tiers, including Nova at 60 source minutes a month with no card. Compare on source minutes and watermark policy, since those are what actually differ.

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