OpusClip is the Descript alternative built to help you grow your social presence
The #1 AI video repurposing tool that does so much more. Generate and edit clips, schedule them on social, and analyze your growth. All in one place.
Over 5 million creators and businesses choose OpusClip to help them edit less and grow more on social media
What makes OpusClip a better choice than Descript?
Simply the best for AI video repurposing
OpusClip’s famous AI curation model makes it the best clipping tool on the market, bar none. If you care about both quality and quantity when turning your long videos into clips, OpusClip is in a category of its own.
Spend less time editing, not more
Descript provides lots of powerful editing features. But OpusClip does a lot more of the work for you. With OpusClip’s auto reframing, auto layouts, AI B-Roll and more, you’ll spend less time than ever editing your social shorts.
OpusClip isn’t a mere video editor. It's a social growth platform
OpusClip combines video repurposing, editing software, and social media calendar software all into one powerful solution. You can have it all.
OpusClip lets you spend more time growing your socials and less time editing
OpusClip is the only AI clipping tool that also includes features like autoposting to social media, a social media calendar feature, and actionable social analytics (coming soon!)
The best clips designed to perform on social
Our AI curation model is trained on thousands of viral social clips, so it knows the best moments to take from your long videos. That combined with our features like automatic captions, AI B-Roll, and more make OpusClip #1 at producing social-ready clips.
An editing experience that saves you time
Thanks to AI, OpusClip does a lot of the editing for you, including automatically reframing your clips, automatically adding captions and B-Roll, and more. And if you still need to make finer adjustments you can, with our new timeline-based editing interface.
Ready-to-post clips with just a click
In a few clicks, you can turn your long videos into short clips ready for every major platform. It has never been faster or easier to prepare your longform content for social media.
Post faster and grow faster with our Calendar feature
With our new Calendar feature, you can connect multiple social accounts on multiple platforms and keep your posting schedule full at all times. It's like having your own social media assistant.
OpusClip lets you transform your historical videos into shorts. Just like Grant Cardone's team, who use OpusClip to turn past videos into viral shorts, gaining hundreds of thousands, even millions of views daily.
Boost your social media presence by posting daily shorts. For instance, SaaStr, the leading SaaS community, doubled their YouTube subscribers in just two months by consistently sharing shorts.
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Turn your webinars into bite-sized content with OpusClip. Chili Piper, a leading lead conversion app, regularly posts on LinkedIn and YouTube to establish thought leadership, just like you can.
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Create product demo shorts to get more leads. Talkshop Live, the top online selling platform, uses OpusClip to turn long demos into short, engaging videos that attract more leads and drive sales.
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How OpusClip works
Import your long video from almost any source
Start by uploading your long video to OpusClip. We accept videos from 10+ sources, including local video files, YouTube and Google Drive links, Zoom recordings, and more.
Our AI starts clipping your video
Our industry-leading AI curation model begins scanning your video for extractabl clips for social media. Our model is able to consistently identify 25+ social-ready clips per 1 hour of long video.
Edit your clips however you see fit
With our editing UI, you can polish your clips as needed. This includes customizing your captions, adding AI B-Roll footage, removing filler words, and much more.
Share with the world using our Calendar feature
When your clips are ready, you can easily share them to the world using our quick autopost feature, or new Calendar feature. Social growth has never been easier.
Product comparison: OpusClip vs Descript
What people are saying about OpusClip versus Descript
Even Descript users choose OpusClip for their short video clipping and social media growth
The bottom line? Descript is great for more advanced editing tasks you may need to apply to your raw video files. But when it comes to creating clips and growing your social accounts, there's no replacement for OpusClip.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many clips is Descript able to produce versus OpusClip?
As of June 25th, as shown through multiple rounds of testing and Descript's own demo video, Descript is only able to surface a small handful of clips per long video (3 to 5 clips). OpusClip on the other hand can consistently produce between 20 or more clips per hourlong original video
Does Descript have any social media scheduling features like OpusClip?
No. While Descript is able to suggest things like social post titles and descriptions, you are still tasked with downloading your videos, uploading them to your social media platforms, and posting them. OpusClip is the only of the two that lets you directly post your videos to your social accounts.
Who should use OpusClip over Descript?
OpusClip is able to produce ready-to-post shorts faster and easier for you than Descript. On top of that, OpusClip provides with additional social growth features that Descript doesn't, for example an autopost feature and full social media calendar feature. The bottom line? OpusClip is a better fit for anyone who prioritizes their growth on social media.
That said, Descript provides a few advanced editing features that OpusClip does not. For example, eye contact adjustment and green screen backgrounds. So, if you have extremely advanced editing needs that take priority over your social media growth, Descript may be a better option.
What is OpusClip's Calendar feature?
No. While Descript is able to suggest things like social post titles and descriptions, you are still tasked with downloading your videos, uploading them to your social media platforms, and posting them. OpusClip is the only of the two that lets you directly post your videos to your social accounts.
Do OpusClip or Descript offer free trials of their paid plans?
With OpusClip, you get a 7 day free trial of our Pro Plan, no credit card needed! Descript does not offer a free trial of their paid plans, they only a basic free plan.
