Fil vs OpusClip
OpusClip turns a long video into shorts with captions, a virality score and a posting calendar. In Fil, Clips is one step on a canvas where the same video is also edited, extended and posted.
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The short answer
Of 12 lines, Fil is ahead on 4, OpusClip on 7, and they’re even on 1.
Pick OpusClip if
- Clipping is all you need, with a score and a calendar.
- Your videos have little talking, or you need an API.
Pick Fil if
- You make the long video too, and its shorts and thumbnails.
- You want new shots, voices and music in your edits.
OpusClip and Fil, line by line
Checked on 2026-10-26 against OpusClip’s own pages.
| What | OpusClip | Fil |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $15 alone, $29 for 2 seats: Starter $15 with 150 credits, monthly only; Pro $29 a month or $174 a year with 300 credits a month and 2 seats; Business custom (pricing) | $18 alone, from $30 a seat for teams: Starter $18 with 1,800 credits, Pro $30 a seat with 3,000 credits, Max $100 a seat with 10,000 credits; 20% off yearly ($14.40, $24 and $80 a month) |
| What clipping costs | 1 credit a minute: of the video you bring in, about $6 an hour at Starter’s $15 for 150 credits (help) (pricing) | About $2 an hour: Read is about 55 credits an hour of video, Clips about 140 for 10 clips; charged at cost |
| Finding clips | ClipAnything: any genre, even footage with little talking; prompt for a moment; clips up to 15 minutes (ClipAnything) | From what’s said: 5, 10 or 15 clips, each opening on its strongest line, ranked in head-to-head pairs |
| Score | Virality Score: 0 to 99 for every clip (help) | No score: clips are ranked against each other |
| Framing | 9:16, 1:1 and 16:9: with object tracking on Pro (pricing) | 9:16: cropped on the speaker’s face, stacked over a screen recording, or whole over a blurred copy |
| Editing | A clip editor: captions, B-roll, transitions, filler removal, eye contact, dubbing; XML to Premiere and Resolve on Pro (pricing) | A full editor: timeline, transitions, keyframes, captions with SRT and WebVTT, B-roll, chapters, pause and filler removal; edits up to an hour |
| Posting | A scheduler: a calendar for YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, X, TikTok, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Threads and Bluesky (calendar) (changelog) | Post now: to YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, X, Threads and LinkedIn; no scheduling yet |
| Free plan | 60 credits a month: a watermark, no editing, clips exportable for 3 days at up to 1080p (pricing) | Up to 1,000 credits a month: free, from daily check-ins, with every model; Free work is public and not for commercial use |
| Unused credits | Roll over 2 months on Pro: monthly credits expire after 60 days (pricing) (help) | Packs that never expire: 2,000 credits for $20 or 10,000 for $100; unused monthly credits roll over a month |
| New shots and sound | B-roll: AI image and stock B-roll; AI video B-roll from Agent Opus on Pro (pricing) | Generate them: 15 video and 13 image models, voiceovers and music on the same canvas |
| Bringing video in | About 19 sources: including YouTube, Zoom, Riverside, Loom and Frame.io (help) | Uploads and links: Dropbox, Drive and direct links; YouTube and Vimeo through Fil for Mac; up to 5 GB |
| For developers | An API: six SDKs and an MCP server; SOC 2 Type II (API) | MCP and ChatGPT: Claude Code, Codex and Cursor build and run whole canvases; no public REST API |
Posting to TikTok and YouTube works today. Both are still reviewing Fil’s app, so until they finish TikTok keeps Fil’s posts private and YouTube shows Google’s unverified-app screen when you connect.
Where Fil is different
Clips are one step, not the whole tool.
The same canvas reads the video, cuts the shorts and edits the long version: a timeline with transitions, keyframes, chapters and captions you can export as SRT or WebVTT, for edits up to an hour.
- Delete words from the transcript, and the cut follows
- Pauses and filler words gone in one go
- Graphics, B-roll and sound effects to insert
OpusClip: A clip editor, with XML out to Premiere and Resolve on Pro (pricing)
The pictures, made here too.
Make the thumbnail with GPT Image or Nano Banana, paint over what should change, then turn a still into the shot you’re missing with Kling, Seedance or Grok Imagine, and add a voiceover or music.
- Paint over a part of a picture to change only that
- The same credits pay for pictures, clips, voices and music
- A YouTube thumbnails workflow: your photo in four styles
OpusClip: AI image and stock B-roll; AI video B-roll on Pro (pricing)
Post it where your people are.
A post turns your clip into each platform’s shape, previews it as that platform shows it, and publishes it to the accounts you connect, from the canvas.
- YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, X, Threads and LinkedIn
- Each platform’s post edited on its own
- It posts when you press Post
OpusClip: A scheduler and calendar for nine platforms, which Fil doesn’t have yet (calendar)
Where OpusClip is better
- It’s built for this, at scale. OpusClip says 20M+ creators and businesses use it, and every part of it serves clipping. (home) (about)
- Clips without talking. ClipAnything works on vlogs, sports and gaming with little or no dialogue. Fil’s Clips work from what’s said: podcasts, interviews, talks and demos. (ClipAnything)
- A score and a calendar. A virality score on every clip, and a scheduler for nine platforms. Fil posts right away and has no scheduler yet. (help) (calendar)
- More shapes. Square and wide reframing with object tracking. Fil’s Clips are tall, 9:16. (pricing)
- More ways in and out. About 19 import sources, XML export to Premiere and Resolve, an API with SDKs, and SOC 2 Type II. (help) (API)
- Brand templates and extras. Saved caption and intro styles, eye contact correction and dubbing in the clip editor. (pricing)
Questions
Is Fil a good OpusClip alternative?
Yes, for talking videos like podcasts, interviews and demos, especially if you also edit the full video in Fil. For footage with little talking, a virality score or scheduled posts, OpusClip does more.
How much does clipping cost in Fil?
About 55 credits to read an hour of video and about 140 to cut 10 clips from it, so roughly $2. Each run shows its price before it starts. OpusClip charges a credit per minute you bring in: Pro is $29 a month for 300.
Does Fil add captions to clips?
Yes. Every clip gets captions timed to each word, and you can restyle them, fix any word, or download them as SRT or WebVTT.
Can Fil schedule posts?
Not yet. You can post a finished clip right away to YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, X, Threads or LinkedIn.
Can I bring in a YouTube video?
Yes, through Fil for Mac, which downloads it from your own computer. In the browser you can upload a file or use a Dropbox, Drive or direct link.
Can I use Fil today?
Fil is invite-only while it’s in beta. Sign in with Google and join the waitlist; invited friends of members get in sooner.
Sources
- opus.pro: What it does, user count
- opus.pro/pricing: Plans, credits, yearly price, rollover, features by plan
- How credits are used: A credit per minute, expiry
- ClipAnything: Genres, clip length, aspect ratios
- Virality Score: How clips are scored
- Supported sources: Where videos come from
- Calendar: Platforms for scheduling
- Changelog: Pinterest, Threads and Bluesky, 2026-09-28
- API: Endpoints, SDKs, MCP, SOC 2 Type II
- About: 20M+ users, as of September 2026