The best AI tools to clip podcasts in 2026
For podcasts, pick by where you record and how many people are on camera. Riverside Magic Clips and Descript are the easy choice if you already record or edit there; ClipPod is built for episodes and many languages; OpusClip, Vizard and Klap are general clippers with free tiers or trials; shitShorts is built for two or three people on one wide camera, with a 9:16 frame that follows whoever is talking and split tiles for back-and-forths, from $0 (about 15 clips a month) or $10 a month. We make shitShorts; prices were checked in October 2026
Free plan: about 15 clips a month (300 credits) · no card needed
By the shitShorts team · Published · We make shitShorts, one of the tools mentioned here
What makes podcast clipping harder than other video
Most video podcasts are filmed wide: two or three people, one or two cameras, a 16:9 frame. A clipper that simply crops the centre to 9:16 shows a microphone and half a face. The test that separates podcast clippers is whether the vertical frame cuts to whoever is speaking, and what it does when two people talk over each other
Podcast moments also need context checks. A great line that refers back to 'what you said earlier' falls flat for someone scrolling. Good clippers judge whether a moment opens with a hook and makes sense on its own, not just whether it is loud
| Tool | Free option | Paid from | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| shitShorts (ours) | Free plan: 300 credits a month, about 15 clips, 720p with watermark | $10 a month (Clipper: about 50 clips, 1080p, no watermark) | Multi-person podcasts and interviews, sports, editing each clip on a timeline |
| OpusClip | Free plan | $15 a month (Starter), Pro $29 | An established all-round clipper with a free plan |
| Klap | 1 free video | $14 to $94 a month, billed yearly | Turning long videos into TikToks, Reels and Shorts, billed yearly |
| Munch | No free plan; 7-day trial | $38 a month | Repurposing long videos on a paid plan (check their site for current features) |
| Vizard | Free plan: 60 minutes a month, 720p exports, 3-day storage | Creator plan, credit-based (about $14.50 a month billed yearly per review sites; check their pricing page) | A web-based clipper with a free monthly allowance |
| Riverside (Magic Clips) | Free plan, Magic Clips included | $29 a month (Pro; $24 billed yearly) | Podcasts already recorded on Riverside |
| ClipPod | 1 hour of episodes a month (2 in the first month), end card | ₹869 a month (Starter: 13 hours) | Podcast episodes, many languages |
| Quso (vidyo.ai) | 75 credits (about 75 minutes) a month, 720p, watermark | $29 a month ($14.50 billed yearly) | Clipping plus a scheduler on higher plans |
| Descript (clips) | Free plan: 60 media minutes a month, limited clips, 720p | $24 a month (Hobbyist; $16 billed yearly) | People who already edit in Descript |
The tools, briefly
Riverside Magic Clips: clips generated from recordings made on Riverside, with a free plan and Pro at $29 a month. Best if your show already records there, since there is no export and upload step
Descript: clip suggestions inside a text-based editor, free with 60 media minutes a month, Hobbyist at $24 a month. Best if you already edit episodes in Descript
ClipPod: made for podcast episodes, with a small free allowance each month and support for many languages
OpusClip, Vizard and Klap: general-purpose clippers that work on podcasts too. OpusClip and Vizard have ongoing free plans; Klap gives one free video. Quso (formerly vidyo.ai) adds a scheduler on higher plans, and Munch is paid with a 7-day trial
shitShorts: built for multi-person shows. It matches voices to faces, follows the active speaker in the 9:16 frame, switches to split tiles when two people share a moment, adds word-level animated captions and schedules posts to eight networks. Every clip opens in a browser timeline for fixes
How to test them on your show
Take one real episode with at least two people on a wide shot and run it through two or three free tiers on the same day. Count how many clips you would post without changes, check whether the frame followed the speaker on each, and try one fix in each tool: a misspelled guest name, a trimmed ending, a moved crop. The tool that gives the most postable clips for the least fixing is the right one for your show
Audio-only shows have no faces to follow, so speaker framing does not matter; judge on moment selection and captions instead
Compare AI clippers
- shitShorts vs OpusClip
- shitShorts vs Submagic
- shitShorts vs Captions
- shitShorts vs ChopCast
- shitShorts vs Klap
- shitShorts vs Munch
- shitShorts vs 2short.ai
- shitShorts vs OpenShorts
- shitShorts vs Vizard
- shitShorts vs Riverside Magic Clips
- shitShorts vs Descript
- shitShorts vs CapCut
- shitShorts vs ClipPod
- shitShorts vs LunarClip
- shitShorts vs SendShort
- shitShorts vs Quso
- shitShorts vs StoryShort
Questions people ask
Updated October 2026