The best AI clipping tools for podcasts in 2026
The best AI clipping tool for a video podcast keeps whoever's talking in a vertical frame, takes the whole episode in one go and hands back clips you can post as they are. For that, we rank Clyper first: paste the episode's YouTube link or upload it, and every clip comes back cut to whole sentences, framed on the host or the guest as they speak and captioned word by word. We make Clyper, so weigh that. Below, the tools podcasters most often weigh against it, ranked for podcasts from each tool's own pricing pages and help centers, which its comparison links.
By the Clyper team · Updated · 12 tools, each checked on its own site
The short answer
- Best for podcasts:
- Clyper. It takes the episode's YouTube link or file, up to 4 hours, and gives up to 30 clips, each cut to whole sentences, framed on whoever's talking (switching to the guest when they answer), captioned in 50+ languages and given a hook score, with no watermark on any plan. Why Clyper
- Runner-up:
- Vizard. It follows who's speaking on every plan, takes videos up to 10 hours on paid plans and has a free plan, and you set each clip's length and finish it in its editor. See Vizard
- If you record in Riverside:
- Riverside's Magic Clips work on what's in its studio, and its layouts use the separate track it records for each person. See Riverside
- For editing whole episodes:
- Descript, where you edit the episode by editing its transcript, with a clip tool in the same app. It works from uploaded files, not YouTube links. See Descript
- For audio-only shows:
- Kapwing's clip maker takes audio-only podcasts too. Clyper works from video; for an audio episode, Clyper's free audiogram maker turns it into a video with a waveform and captions. See Kapwing
The ranking at a glance
| # | Tool | Speaker framing | Longest video | Captions | You pay for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clyper | Follows whoever's talking and switches between speakers, on every plan | Up to 4 hours at a time; a longer video a part at a time | Word by word, in 50+ languages, in 5 animated styles or your own (Pro) | Minutes of video |
| 2 | Vizard | Auto reframe on every plan, following who's speaking | Up to 10 hours on paid plans (1 hour free) | Caption templates; transcribes 40 languages and translates into 128 | Minutes of video |
| 3 | Choppity | 9:16, 1:1 or 16:9, tracking the active speaker, with split screens for several speakers | Up to 3 hours a video, per its help center | Animated captions you can edit and style, with custom fonts, in 97 languages | Hours of video |
| 4 | Klap | AI reframe with active speaker detection, plus split-screen, screen and gaming layouts | Up to 3 hours on paid plans | Animated captions in 52 languages | Clips |
| 5 | quso.ai | Face and speaker tracking to 9:16, with 9 layouts for speakers and screens (CutMagic, on paid plans) | Up to 5 hours, says its help center, though its AI Clips page says 75 minutes; AI clips need 3 minutes or more | Animated word-level captions in 50+ languages; its help center lists 20+ languages and accents for AI Clips | Minutes of video |
| 6 | OpusClip | Auto reframe on every plan; tracking of moving subjects on Pro | Up to 10 hours | Animated caption templates, in 20+ languages | Minutes of video |
| 7 | Reap | Face tracking (in beta) and speaker detection on paid plans, with Fill, Fit and Split layouts | Uploads from 1 minute to 3 hours | 50+ animated presets, word by word, in 100+ languages | Hours of video |
| 8 | Riverside | Reframes to vertical; its layouts use a separate track for each person it records, and an upload is one track unless it can be split by speaker | None listed on its pricing and feature pages | Animated captions you style yourself; transcription in 100+ languages | A subscription |
| 9 | Descript | 9:16 layouts; Center active speaker (in beta) keeps whoever's talking in frame | No limit listed for Create clips; your monthly media hours apply | Dynamic captions; transcription in 25+ languages | Hours of media |
| 10 | Kapwing | 9:16 by default, or 4:5 or 16:9 if you ask; Speaker Focus resizes videos to keep the speakers in frame | At least 10 minutes; links up to 120 minutes, longer videos as uploaded files | Subtitles and a title on each clip by default; restyle them in its editor, translate them or dub into 40+ languages | AI credits |
| 11 | Ssemble | Follows the face of whoever's speaking, falling back to Fit when it can't find one; a sports mode follows the ball | Clipped in 20-minute parts, a credit each; uploads 1 to 30 minutes | Word by word, with translation; its pricing page says over 30 languages, some tool pages more | Videos, 20 minutes a credit |
| 12 | Castmagic | 9:16, 1:1, 4:5 or 16:9; its pages don't describe keeping the speaker in frame | Full-length recordings; no limit listed | Karaoke captions in Classic, Highlight or Pop; transcription in 60+ languages, with translation | A subscription |
Each tool's row is from its comparison with Clyper, as its own site gave it on the date checked; its plans, prices and sources are there, linked below.
Our pick: the AI clipping tool built around people talking
Clyper
Best for
- Podcasters clipping their own show: a week of clips from each episode, with the host and guest framed as they talk.
- Clippers paid to clip podcasts: any public or unlisted YouTube link, with no channel check, and clips you can post as they arrive.
- Shows with a back catalog: Studio takes 10 episodes' links at once and works through them in turn.
Two people, one vertical frame
Each clip follows whoever's talking and switches when the other person answers, with no jitter in between.
Whole episodes, by link or file
Paste a YouTube link, a Google Drive or Dropbox link, or upload an MP4, MOV, WebM or MKV file up to 4 GB: from 1 minute to 4 hours, a longer episode a part at a time.
Moments that stand alone
Up to one clip for every 2 minutes, 30 at most, each 20 to 60 seconds and cut on whole sentences, so it makes sense to someone who's never heard the show.
Captions you can fix
Every word captioned in 50+ languages, in the episode's own language. Correct a guest's name or a misheard word in the editor before you download.
Try Clyper on a videoSee pricing
What it costs
A credit is a minute of video, so a plan is how much video you can clip in a month, however many clips it makes. A weekly hour-long episode is about 240 minutes of video a month: Pro's 600 credits a month cover it, for up to 300 clips.
Starter
$20/mo
200 minutes, about 100 clips
Pro
$19/mo yearly
600 minutes, about 300 clips
Studio
$48/mo yearly
2,000 minutes, about 1,000 clips
Also as 2× or 4×, for more of both
AI clipping tool
Vizard
Best for
Podcasters who want speaker framing on every plan, episodes up to 10 hours on paid plans, a free plan to start on, and posting to their social accounts from the same app.
Falls short for podcasters
Its help center lists 40 languages for transcription, and you set each clip's length, from under 30 seconds to 3 minutes, then refine it in its editor.
Why podcasters pick Clyper instead: Clyper cuts each clip from the line that hooks to the line that lands, on whole sentences, and captions it in 50+ languages, so it's ready to post as it arrives.
AI clipping and editing tool
Choppity
Best for
Podcasts with several people on screen: it tracks the active speaker, has split screens for several speakers, captions 97 languages, and adds a full editor and a scheduler.
Falls short for podcasters
Its help center caps YouTube imports at public videos up to 3 hours, it sets each clip up as a project in its editor, and its pricing page lists downloads from its first paid plan.
Why podcasters pick Clyper instead: Clyper takes public and unlisted YouTube links, clipping up to 4 hours at a time, and hands back clips ready to post, with no project to open.
AI clipping tool
Klap
Best for
Podcasters who want active speaker detection and split-screen layouts, captions in 52 languages, a virality score with its reasons, and scheduling from the same editor.
Falls short for podcasters
Its docs put the longest video on paid plans at 3 hours, and its plans are counted in clips, each one taken from a monthly allowance.
Why podcasters pick Clyper instead: Clyper counts minutes of video, not clips, so asking for more clips from an episode, up to 30, costs no more credits, and it clips up to 4 hours at a time.
AI clipping and scheduling tool
quso.ai
Best for
Shows that want clipping, editing and posting in one app, with face and speaker tracking and nine layouts for speakers and screens.
Falls short for podcasters
Its speaker layouts (CutMagic) are on paid plans, its AI Clips page and help center give different longest videos, 75 minutes and 5 hours, and its help center lists 20+ languages and accents for AI Clips.
Why podcasters pick Clyper instead: Clyper frames whoever's talking on every plan, clips up to 4 hours at a time and captions 50+ languages.
AI clipping tool
OpusClip
Best for
Podcasters clipping their own channel who like to finish each clip with B-roll, templates and filler-word removal, on episodes up to 10 hours.
Falls short for podcasters
Its help center says adding a YouTube link asks you to confirm the channel is yours, which gets in the way when you clip someone else's show, its captions cover 20+ languages, and it tracks moving subjects on Pro.
Why podcasters pick Clyper instead: Clyper takes any public or unlisted YouTube link with no channel check, and follows whoever's talking on every plan.
Clyper vs OpusClip, in fullOpusClip alternativesOpusClip pricing
AI video editor with clipping
Reap
Best for
Podcasters who want clips, dubbing, translated subtitles, audiograms and scheduling in one editor, with captions in 100+ languages and a free plan to start.
Falls short for podcasters
Its face tracking is in beta, there's no setting for how many clips you get, its uploads stop at 3 hours, and its virality score is on paid plans only.
Why podcasters pick Clyper instead: On Clyper you choose how many clips, up to 30, each framed on whoever's talking and given a hook score, on every plan.
Recording studio with an AI clip maker
Riverside
Best for
Podcasters who record remote guests in Riverside, each on their own track, and want clips made where they recorded, on every plan from Free.
Falls short for podcasters
Its layouts start from the separate tracks it records, so an episode recorded elsewhere comes in as one track unless it can be split by speaker, and its Free plan exports at 720p with a watermark.
Why podcasters pick Clyper instead: Clyper frames whoever's talking in any recording, from its YouTube link or file, and exports every clip without a watermark on any plan.
Video and podcast editor
Descript
Best for
Podcasters who edit full episodes by editing the transcript and work on them as a team, with a clip tool inside the same app.
Falls short for podcasters
It brings in files from your computer, Zoom or Google Drive rather than YouTube links, its help center lists keeping the active speaker in frame as a beta, and it transcribes 25+ languages.
Why podcasters pick Clyper instead: Clyper starts from the episode's YouTube link and frames every clip on whoever's talking, switching when the other person answers, with nothing to set up.
Online video editor
Kapwing
Best for
Teams that edit as well as clip, and audio-only shows: its clip maker takes audio-only podcasts, and Speaker Focus keeps the speakers in frame in video ones.
Falls short for podcasters
Its help center caps links at 2 hours, so a longer episode is a download and an upload, and by default its clip maker suggests 3 to 5 clips to finish in its editor.
Why podcasters pick Clyper instead: Clyper takes YouTube links, clipping up to 4 hours at a time, and makes as many clips as you choose, up to 30, each ready to post.
AI clipping and scheduling tool
Ssemble
Best for
Talking-head shows that want a score on each clip and posting to TikTok, YouTube and Instagram on a schedule, or automatically for each new upload.
Falls short for podcasters
It clips a long episode in 20-minute parts, a credit each, its uploads stop at 30 minutes, and its pricing page says its captions cover over 30 languages.
Why podcasters pick Clyper instead: Clyper reads up to 4 hours at a time as one episode, takes uploads of the same length, and captions 50+ languages.
Content repurposing tool
Castmagic
Best for
Podcasters whose main need is the writing around each episode, like show notes, newsletters and posts, with audiograms for audio-only shows and clips from the same transcript.
Falls short for podcasters
Nothing is rendered until you pick it, from the moments it flags or a stretch of transcript you highlight, and its pages list no score for a clip and don't say the frame follows the speaker.
Why podcasters pick Clyper instead: Clyper makes up to 30 clips an episode for you, each framed on whoever's talking, captioned word by word and given a hook score, ready to post.
How we ranked them
- Keeps each speaker in frame A podcast is people talking, filmed wide. Tools that follow whoever's talking and switch between them, on every plan, ranked above tools that crop to the middle, keep speaker tracking for a higher plan or mark it as a beta.
- Takes the whole episode Episodes run an hour or two, and longer. We looked at the longest video each tool's pages give, and whether it takes the episode's YouTube link or needs a download and an upload first.
- Clips ready to post Clips that start and end on whole thoughts, framed and captioned when they arrive, ranked above clips you finish one by one in an editor.
- Captions in the show's language We counted the languages each tool's pages list for its clips' captions. No tool publishes an accuracy figure you can compare, so try any of them on an episode with your guests' names in it.
- A score, and audio-only shows A score on each clip tells you which to post first. And some shows are audio only: we noted which tools clip audio, and which, Clyper included, need video.
Every tool ranked for clippers: the best AI clipping tools. Every tool side by side, with prices: Clyper vs the other clipping tools. What Clyper costs for the hours you clip: the AI clipping cost calculator.
More on this from Clyper
From people clipping with Clyper
$1,200/mo
“Didn’t touch editing software once. Just dropped links in, posted what it spit out.”
Jordan MackeyFaceless clipper90 sec/clip
“Went from an hour per clip to under 2 minutes. Still can’t believe it.”
Hom NurkilSolo creator9 clients
“Tripled our client load without hiring anyone. Clyper is basically a second team.”
Dan ReyesLowkey Media
Questions
What is the best AI clipping tool for podcasts?
For a video podcast, Clyper, and we make it, so weigh that. It follows whoever's talking and switches to the guest when they answer, takes the episode's YouTube link or file up to 4 hours long, and gives up to 30 clips, each cut to whole sentences, captioned in 50+ languages and scored, with no watermark on any plan. Vizard is the runner-up; Riverside suits shows recorded in Riverside, and Descript shows edited by transcript.
Which AI clipping tool handles two people on camera?
Clyper follows whoever's talking and cuts to the other person when they answer, keeping them together when they sit close enough to fit, on every plan. Choppity has split screens for several speakers, Klap and quso.ai have speaker layouts, Vizard follows who's speaking, and Riverside's layouts use the separate track it records for each person. To stack two people in one frame yourself, Clyper's free split screen video maker does it.
Can AI clip an audio-only podcast?
Some tools can: Kapwing's clip maker takes audio-only podcasts, and Castmagic and Reap make audiograms. Clyper works from video. For an audio episode, Clyper's free audiogram maker turns it into a video, with its cover, a waveform that moves with the sound and captions from the speech.
How many clips should I get from one episode?
An hour-long episode usually has 5 to 10 moments that work on their own: stories, strong opinions, surprising answers. On Clyper you choose how many you want, up to one for every 2 minutes of video and 30 at most, and the cost is the same, since a credit is a minute of video.
Do I need a YouTube link, or can I upload the episode?
Either. Clyper takes any public or unlisted YouTube link, a Google Drive or Dropbox link, or an MP4, MOV, WebM or MKV file up to 4 GB, from 1 minute to 4 hours long.
Is there a free AI clipping tool for podcasts?
Vizard, Reap, Kapwing and Riverside have free plans that make AI clips, mostly at 720p or with a watermark, and Choppity's free plan makes clips though its pricing page lists downloads from its first paid plan. Clyper has no free plan: Starter is $20 a month with no commitment and no watermark, so a month is enough to try it on your own episodes.
About this ranking
We make Clyper, and we ranked it first. What this page says about each other tool comes from that tool's own site, checked between October 10, 2026 and October 30, 2026; each comparison lists its sources and prices. Tools change, so check before you buy. The other tools' names and logos are trademarks of their owners, shown to identify their products; Clyper isn't affiliated with them.
Clip your next episode
Paste the episode's YouTube link. Clyper finds the moments that stand alone, frames whoever's talking and captions every word: up to 30 clips, ready to post.
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