Opus Clip vs Captions (captions.ai): they are not the same product
Opus Clip exists to break a long recording into short clips. Captions, at captions.ai, is mainly an AI video app: captioning, AI actors and avatars, dubbing into other languages and lipsync, with a Clips feature bolted alongside. Captions is cheaper at the entry level, around $10 a month against Opus Clip's roughly $15, and it is solving a different problem. Pick Opus Clip if you have an hour of podcast. Pick Captions if you are producing short videos from scratch and want AI to do the heavy lifting on the footage itself.
The short comparison
| Opus Clip | Captions | |
|---|---|---|
| Core job | Find and cut moments from long video | Generate, caption and dub short video |
| Entry price | About $15/mo | About $10/mo |
| Free tier | About 60 processing min/mo, watermarked | Yes, with generative features locked |
| Long video to clips | The whole product | A Clips feature alongside everything else |
| AI avatars and actors | No | Yes, on the higher tiers |
| Dubbing and lipsync | Dubbing available on eligible plans | Yes, a headline feature |
| Billing model | Processing credits by tier | Monthly credits on the higher tiers |
What Captions is really for
Captions started as a captioning app and grew into a video generation studio. The features people pay for are AI actors and avatars that deliver a script you type, dubbing that translates your video into another language while matching the lips, teleprompter recording, and caption styling across a very wide range of languages. Its plans run roughly $10 a month for the tier that removes watermarking constraints and unlocks the caption template library, about $25 a month for the tier with monthly AI credits and the avatar and lipsync features, and a set of higher scale tiers from roughly $70 upward for heavier credit use.
Where Opus Clip wins
Everything about long-form. If your input is a 70-minute podcast, Opus Clip is built end to end for that: ClipAnything reads the whole recording and proposes self-contained moments, the virality score orders your review queue, auto-reframe crops wide two-person footage to vertical and follows whoever is talking, and the scheduler on the higher tier posts the approved clips. Captions has a Clips feature and it is one item on a long menu rather than the reason the product exists.
Where to investigate Captions
Captions documents editing existing footage, generating avatar video and translation features. Consider that workflow when you need those outputs, then check the current plan. OpusClip also offers dubbing on eligible plans, so translation alone is not evidence that only one product fits.
Price side by side
Verified in August 2026 and rounded. Captions publishes annual pricing at a discount, and the exact per-month annual figures were not clearly stated, so treat the monthly numbers as the reliable ones.
| Plan level | Opus Clip | Captions |
|---|---|---|
| Free | About 60 processing min/mo, watermark | Yes, basic editing and captions, generative features locked |
| Entry paid | About $15/mo | About $10/mo, caption templates unlocked |
| Mid tier | About $29/mo, scheduler and team | About $25/mo, AI credits, avatars and lipsync |
| Higher | Custom, contact sales | Scale tiers from roughly $70/mo upward |
Which one should you pick
- You record long podcasts or webinars: Opus Clip
- You want to publish short-form without filming: Captions
- You publish in several languages and want dubbing: Captions
- You want clips posted for you from inside the tool: Opus Clip's higher tier
- You want both: they are cheap enough to run together, and that is two logins and two workflows in a week that is already tight
The honest warning about AI presenters
For a coach or a podcaster, the thing you are selling is you: your face, your voice, your way of explaining something. An AI avatar delivering your script scales output and it also removes the exact thing that makes a stranger trust you enough to book a call. Use generated video for the parts of your content where a presenter is decoration. Keep your own face on the parts that are meant to build a relationship.
When a managed service makes sense
Software can select moments, add captions and publish clips. A managed service is useful when you want someone accountable for the brief, editorial decisions, revisions and the publishing schedule. Brandboost offers that service. Choose it based on the work you want to delegate and relevant examples, rather than assuming a human editor will always outperform a tool.
FAQ
Is Captions.ai the same kind of tool as Opus Clip?
No. Opus Clip is built to cut long recordings into short clips. Captions is an AI video app centred on captioning, AI actors and avatars, dubbing and lipsync, with a Clips feature alongside. They overlap on captioning and very little else.
How much does Captions cost?
Roughly $10 a month for the entry paid tier, about $25 a month for the tier with monthly AI credits plus avatars and lipsync, and scale tiers from roughly $70 upward. There is a free plan with the generative features locked. Annual billing is discounted.
Can Captions turn a long video into clips?
Captions documents a clip-creation feature. Compare supported source length, generated edits and reframing on the same recording rather than assuming a dedicated clipper always does more useful work.
Does Captions add a watermark?
Its watermark policy differs by plan and by export type and the public sources are not consistent, so check on signup before you plan to post anything made on the free tier.