Crayo vs OpusClip Comparison 2026
Crayo assembles a short from a prompt, voiceover and visuals included, from $13 a month billed yearly. OpusClip watches a long video, finds the moments worth posting, reframes them vertically and captions them, with a watermarked free plan and $15 a month to remove it. Generating against clipping, and your source material picks the winner.
At a glance
- Crayo starts cheaper, at $13.
- Only OpusClip has a free tier.
Side by side
Crayo | OpusClip | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $13 | From $15 |
| Pricing model (they differ) | Paid subscription | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier (they differ) | No | Yes |
| Billing | Not stated | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | Not stated | None |
| API | Not stated |
Crayo
Short videos assembled from a prompt
Crayo builds short-form videos from a script or an idea, generating the voiceover, the captions and the background footage in one pass rather than asking for source material first. Every plan includes every tool and the tiers differ only in how much gets made. Credits, export minutes, voiceover minutes and image counts are metered separately. Anybody clipping an existing long video is better served by a tool built for that, because this generates rather than cuts.
Our note
Match the tier to export minutes rather than to workflow credits, because 40 minutes is about a dozen shorts and that is the number that runs out first. Posting daily puts you on Clipper immediately, so treat Hobby as a way to find out whether the output is worth posting at all.
OpusClip
One long video into captioned vertical clips
OpusClip picks moments from a long recording, reframes them vertically and adds captions. The selections are decent rather than inspired, so treat the output as a first pass. It saves hours on a weekly show.
Our note
Why people weigh these two
- OpusClip instead of Crayo
- OpusClip works the other half of the category, carving one long video into captioned vertical clips, free tier then $15; Crayo generates the footage instead of needing it.
- Crayo instead of OpusClip
- Crayo assembles a short video from a text prompt rather than clipping an existing recording, building something new instead of cutting down what you filmed.
Which one should you pick
If you publish a long show, OpusClip is the one to buy, and you can test it for nothing since the free plan is the trial. The selections are a decent first pass rather than good taste, so budget time to discard half of them, and do not let it post to a channel unattended. Compare credit allowances rather than headline prices, because a long weekly show burns through one faster than expected.
Crayo is for channels with no footage at all. Every tier carries the whole toolset and they differ only in output, so pick on export minutes: 40 on Hobby is roughly a dozen shorts, and posting daily means Clipper at $27 from the start. There is no free tier, which makes OpusClip the cheaper way to find out whether automated short-form suits you at all.
Common questions
- Which can I try without paying?
- OpusClip. Its free plan produces clips with a watermark and doubles as the trial. Crayo has no free tier.
- Do I need my own footage?
- For OpusClip, yes, and ideally something long. Crayo generates the video instead, which is why it suits faceless channels with nothing filmed.
- What number should I compare on each?
- Allowance rather than price. OpusClip meters credits against footage pushed through; Crayo meters export minutes, and 40 minutes is about a dozen shorts a month.
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