Long videos and audio in.
Viral shorts out.
Drop in a podcast, stream or interview. Cheap Clipping finds the moments worth posting and turns them into captioned, vertical clips for Shorts, TikTok and Reels.
2 free hours every month · no card needed
episode-142-full.mp4
Audio-only podcast? You're covered too.
Paste your episode page, Apple Podcasts or RSS link, or upload the MP3. We make audiogram clips with your cover art and captions.
Made for anything with talking
From one long video to a week of shorts
Drop in a long video
Upload a file or paste a link. Uploads stay on your device the whole time.
AI finds the best moments
Hooks, hot takes and punchlines, each with a virality score and a reason why.
Download ready-to-post shorts
1080×1920 clips with animated captions and framing that follows the speaker.
It knows which moments people share
We read every word and pick moments that hook in the first three seconds, make sense on their own and land a payoff.
- ✓A 0–100 virality score and a reason for every pick
- ✓“Find clips about pricing” to get just those moments Creator
- ✓Trim any clip word by word on the transcript
- ✓Newsletter, show notes and quote graphics from every episode
Captions that keep people watching
Word-by-word captions are burned straight into every clip. Pick a style, fix any word, add a hook for the first three seconds.
- ✓Bold Pop, Karaoke, Boxed and Minimal styles
- ✓Edit any word the transcript got wrong
- ✓Works in 50+ languages
- ✓Your own background music, dipped under speech Creator
1080 × 1920 · 9:16
Ready for Shorts, TikTok and Reels
Always framed for vertical
We find the speaker and keep them centred as the clip turns 9:16. Slides and screen recordings get the whole frame on a soft blur.
- ✓Face tracking with smooth, steady movement
- ✓Fit + blur for slides and screen shares
- ✓Drag to reframe any clip by hand
Episode 42 · 3 clips found
Audiograms at 1080 × 1920
No video? No problem.
Paste your episode page, Apple Podcasts or RSS link, or upload the MP3. We turn your best moments into audiograms: your cover art, moving sound bars and big animated captions.
- ✓Works with Buzzsprout, Apple Podcasts, RSS feeds and your own site
- ✓Cover art and show name filled in for you
- ✓Colour presets, or your brand colours Brand colours on Creator
5 moments found · narrating
Voice: Charon (US) · captions synced
No talking? Let AI narrate it
Gameplay, a movie scene, a screen recording: any footage. AI finds the moments worth a clip, writes an explainer-style script, and a natural AI voice reads it with captions to match. You can add a voice-over to any clip, even one with talking.
- ✓AI picks the best moments, even in videos with no talking
- ✓30 natural voices in US and UK English
- ✓Edit the script and the voice follows in seconds
- ✓Keep the video's own sound underneath, or mute it Creator
Processed on your device
Only the words are analysed by our AI
Your files never leave your device
Other tools make you upload gigabytes. We do the heavy lifting in your browser, which is faster for you and why we can charge $5.
- ✓No waiting for huge uploads
- ✓Clips you've opened load instantly next time
- ✓Nothing to delete afterwards
- ✓Exports straight to your downloads
Everything the big clippers do. Without the big bill.
AI clip picking, animated captions and auto reframing, for a fraction of what other clipping tools charge.
~1 min
to clip an hour-long video
1080p
vertical exports on every plan
$5
a month for 10 hours of video
What podcasters say
“Wow man, that's really cool and definitely a time saver. 2 of the 3 were especially good because it captured my analysis and not just the play by play.”
Early user
“Just tried it with a spotify link and it actually worked, was bracing for the usual "we couldn't process this" nonsense”
Early user
“Great way to find pieces that need to be cleaned up in the edits… I love the NO one - #3. It frames it perfectly.”
Early user
“Pretty good. The second one was perfect!”
Early user
“I really like this.”
Early user
Pro-level clips. Pocket-money price.
Start free. Upgrade when you're posting every day.
Free
For trying Cheap Clipping on a video or episode.
$0 / month
Free forever. No card needed.
2 hours of video or audio a month
About 2–4 podcast episodes
- Videos and episodes up to 2 hours
- Small watermark on downloads
Includes
- AI finds your best moments and scores them
- Video clips, or audiograms for audio-only podcasts
- Animated captions in 7 styles, with keyword highlights and emoji
- Auto-reframe that follows the speaker's face
- Download in 9:16, 4:5 or 1:1 at 1080p
- Trim on a timeline or by editing the transcript
- Import from YouTube, Facebook, Twitch and Vimeo links
- Unlimited clips and downloads
- Download the full transcript (TXT)
- Post 3 clips a month straight to YouTube
Creator
For creators posting a few times a week.
$5 / month
Billed monthly. Cancel anytime.
10 hours of video or audio a month
About 10–20 podcast episodes · $0.50 per hour of video
- Videos and episodes up to 3 hours
- No watermark
Everything in Free, plus
- No watermark on any download
- Find moments: ask for clips about any topic
- Brand kit: your logo, font and colour on every clip
- Background music: your own track, dipped under speech
- Narrate any video: AI writes the script, an AI voice reads it
- Subtitle files for the whole episode (SRT, VTT)
- Longer videos and episodes, up to 3 hours
- Unlimited YouTube posts, scheduled to your own posting times
Pro
For daily posters and small teams.
$12 / month
Billed monthly. Cancel anytime.
40 hours of video or audio a month
About 40–80 podcast episodes · $0.30 per hour of video
- Videos and episodes up to 5 hours
- No watermark
Everything in Creator, plus
- 4× Creator's hours, at the lowest price per hour
- Finish on any device: clips you open (YouTube or your own uploads) are saved in the cloud for 2 days
- Longer videos and episodes, up to 5 hours
- Post to up to 3 YouTube channels
Hours are the length of the videos and episodes you bring in. A 45-minute podcast uses 45 minutes, however many clips you make or download. Hours reset at the start of each month. Prices in USD. Your full video stays on your device: only the sound is sent to us to find your best moments.
Questions, answered
Is Cheap Clipping really $5 a month?
Yes. The Creator plan is $5/month, or $48 a year, for 10 hours of video or audio every month. We keep it cheap by doing the heavy video work in your browser instead of on expensive servers.
Do you upload my whole file?
No. Your full video never leaves your device. We pull out the audio in your browser and send only that to our AI to find the best moments, and your browser keeps the file so it opens instantly next time. On Pro, the clips you open are also saved to the cloud for 2 days so you can finish them on another device. You can turn that off for any video.
Can I import from YouTube instead of uploading?
Yes. Paste a YouTube, Facebook, Twitch or Vimeo link to a video you own or have permission to clip. We fetch only the audio to find your clips, then just the short sections you preview and export. Each one is saved in your browser after it first loads, so when you come back to a project your clips open instantly.
Does it work for audio-only podcasts?
Yes. Paste an episode page, an Apple Podcasts link or your RSS feed, or upload the MP3, M4A or WAV. We find the best moments and turn them into audiograms with your cover art, moving sound bars and animated captions. Spotify doesn't allow downloads, so for Spotify shows paste the Apple or RSS link instead.
What kinds of videos and podcasts work best?
Anything with talking: podcasts, interviews, livestreams, webinars, lectures, sermons, coaching calls and vlogs. Clips are picked from what is said, so speech-heavy videos give the best results.
Can I use videos with no talking, like gameplay or movie scenes?
Yes, on Creator and Pro. Choose Narrate it with an AI voice: the AI finds the best moments, writes a script for each, and one of 30 natural voices reads it with captions to match. You can edit the script, pick the voice, and keep or mute the video's own sound.
Which platforms are the clips for?
Clips export as 1080×1920 vertical MP4s with burned-in captions, ready for YouTube Shorts, TikTok, Instagram Reels, Facebook Reels and LinkedIn.
Can I edit the clips the AI picks?
Yes. Trim any clip by dragging on the transcript, fix caption words, change the caption style and framing, or select any part of the transcript to make your own clip.
Is there a free plan?
Yes. The free plan gives you 2 hours of video or audio a month with full 1080×1920 exports and a small watermark. No card needed.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. Cancel from your account whenever you like and you keep access until the end of the period you paid for.
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