Crayo vs Opus Clip

On 23 August 2026, Crayo's entry plan cost $13 per month on annual billing while Opus Clip's Starter cost $15 per month, and the two tools do fundamentally different jobs: Crayo builds new shorts from an existing upload with subtitles, AI voiceover and gameplay background, while Opus Clip finds clips inside a long video you already made.

Choose Crayo if you have raw footage or gameplay and want finished shorts with subtitles and voiceover added automatically.

Choose Opus Clip if you already publish long videos and want the best moments pulled out as clips.

Choose neither if you want a tool that researches a topic and produces a documentary-style short from real footage with sources named.

What each one does

Crayo takes an existing upload and turns it into short-form output. Its stated job is clipping: it adds subtitles, generates an AI voiceover, and places your material over a gameplay background. The visuals come from what you supply plus gameplay footage. It is built for people producing faceless shorts at volume from source material they already have.

Opus Clip works on long videos you already made. Its job is finding clips inside them: you upload or link a full video, and it identifies segments worth publishing as shorts. It supplies no visuals of its own; everything comes from whatever you supply. It is built for podcasters, streamers and long-form creators repurposing one recording into many.

Side by side

	Crayo	Opus Clip
What it makes	Clipped shorts from an existing upload, with subtitles, AI voiceover and gameplay background	Clips found inside a long video you already made
Where the pictures come from	User upload plus gameplay footage	Whatever you supply
Names its sources	No	Not applicable
Entry price	$13/month (annual billing, measured 23 August 2026)	$0 free tier, $15/month Starter (monthly billing, measured 23 August 2026)
What it does not do	Does not find clips for you in a long back catalog	Does not add generated voiceover or gameplay backgrounds

Where Crayo wins

You record gameplay and want to post daily without editing. Crayo's pipeline is designed exactly for this: upload once, get subtitles, an AI voiceover and a gameplay background layered in, and export a finished short. Opus Clip would only segment that same recording; it would not produce a voiced, subtitled vertical cut.

You are testing faceless channels and need volume cheaply. At $13 per month on annual billing (23 August 2026 measurement), Crayo's Hobby tier costs less than most tools in this category, and its Clipper tier at $27 per month adds 150 credits per month and 2 hours of export time.

Your source material has no natural speech worth keeping. If you want a fresh narration over the footage rather than the original audio, Crayo's built-in AI voiceover covers that step. Opus Clip keeps the audio of the original recording.

Where Opus Clip wins

You run a podcast or long-form channel and want more output from work you already did. One hour-long episode can yield multiple clips through Opus Clip, each drawn from moments the tool selects. Crayo would treat that same episode as raw input but does not perform the clip-finding job.

You want to try before paying. Opus Clip has a free tier at $0, and the pricing page states the free trial requires no card (measured 23 August 2026). Crayo's cheapest paid tier starts at $160 billed yearly, so there is no equivalent zero-cost way to test it.

You need higher-volume plans. Opus Clip's Pro plan is $29 per month, below Crayo's top Pro tier at $55 per month equivalent on annual billing, and Opus Clip also lists a custom Business plan for teams whose needs exceed fixed tiers.

What neither of them does

Neither tool creates a video about a topic you name. Both start from footage that already exists: Crayo reworks your upload into a clipped short, and Opus Clip extracts clips from your long video. Neither produces original visuals from an archive or library, and neither names the sources behind any imagery. If your workflow begins with an idea instead of a file, both stop at the first step. Neither schedules posts across platforms either; the output is a file you download and publish yourself.

If neither fits

ViewMade turns a topic into a finished vertical documentary short using real archive footage, maps and charts, ships a media credit file naming every clip's source, and asks YouTube only for read-only access. ViewMade does not clip existing uploads.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Crayo better than Opus Clip?

They do different jobs. Crayo turns an existing upload into finished shorts with subtitles, AI voiceover and gameplay background. Opus Clip finds clips inside a long video you already made. Pick by where your bottleneck sits: production polish favors Crayo, repurposing long recordings favors Opus Clip.

How much do Crayo and Opus Clip cost?

Measured on 23 August 2026: Crayo's Hobby plan is $13 per month equivalent, billed annually at $160 per year, with Clipper at $27 and Pro at $55 per month equivalent on annual billing. Opus Clip offers a $0 free tier, Starter at $15 per month and Pro at $29 per month, listed as monthly prices. Crayo's monthly-only rates were not shown in that billing state.

Can I use both together?

Yes. A common pattern is uploading a long recording to Opus Clip to locate the strongest segments, then running selected segments through Crayo to add subtitles, voiceover and a gameplay background before posting.

Which one is cheaper to start with?

Opus Clip, because its free tier costs $0 and needs no card. Among paid plans, Crayo's Hobby tier at $13 per month (annual billing) undercuts Opus Clip's Starter at $15 per month, but it requires paying $160 upfront per year.

Do either of them generate the video content itself?

No. Crayo works from user uploads plus gameplay footage, and Opus Clip works from whatever you supply. Neither generates original scenes from a prompt, and neither draws on a licensed archive with named sources.