One tool records professional-grade interviews; the other assumes you already recorded them and turns them into shorts.
TL;DR
Opus Clip starts where Riverside finishes: hand it video you already have and it cuts vertical clips with virality scoring — 60 free credits a month, Starter $15, Pro $29 monthly or $14.50 a month on the $174 annual plan with 300 credits. Riverside records the source material: remote interviews up to 4K video and 48 kHz audio with separate tracks, text-based editing and Magic Clips, at $24 a month for Pro billed yearly ($288 a year) after a 14-day free trial. Choose Opus for repurposing existing footage; choose Riverside when the recording itself has to sound like a studio.
Opus Clip's plans are built around credits. The free tier gives 60 credits a month for 1080p renders with a watermark; Starter costs $15 a month with 150 credits and is sold on monthly billing only; Pro costs $29 a month, or $14.50 a month on the $174 annual plan, with 300 credits, a two-seat workspace, AI B-Roll, six social account connections and auto-posting to Shorts, Reels and TikTok. Filler and silence removal, animated captions in 20+ languages and a virality score come standard, and unused Pro credits roll over for two months.
Riverside is a recording studio first: up to 4K video, 48 kHz audio with separate tracks per participant, a teleprompter, unlimited text-based editing, unlimited transcriptions and Magic clips with show notes, plus podcast hosting and analytics on Pro. The plan card prices Pro at $24 a month billed yearly ($288 a year) with month-to-month shown at $35, Grow at $34 yearly, Webinar at $79 yearly (up to 100 registrants) and Business on quote with up to 10,000 registrants, SSO, SOC2/ISO27001 compliance and a dedicated CSM. Core AI features — Magic Clips, Magic Audio and the AI Co-Creator — need no credits, while translation, AI B-roll and animated clips draw on a pool that starts with 2,000 free credits on Pro.
| Feature | Opus Clip | Riverside |
|---|---|---|
| Entry paid price | Starter $15/month (monthly billing only) | Pro $24/month billed yearly ($288/year) |
| Annual option | Pro $14.50/month ($174/year, 300 credits) | Grow $34/month yearly ($408/year); Webinar $79/month yearly |
| Free option | 60 credits a month, 1080p, watermarked | 14-day free trial of the full plan |
| What it does | Auto-cuts existing long video into vertical clips with scoring | Records remote interviews up to 4K/48 kHz, then edits and clips them |
| AI credits | Credits are the meter: 60, 150 or 300 a month | Core AI (Magic Clips, Magic Audio, Co-Creator) needs no credits; 2,000 free credits start on Pro |
| Capacity limits | 300 credits a month on Pro; packs sold beyond | Webinar plan: up to 100 registrants; Business: up to 10,000 |
| Team and compliance | Pro includes a two-seat workspace | Business adds multiple producers, SSO, SOC2/ISO27001 and a dedicated CSM |
| Pricing consistency | Single price list on opus.pro | Plan card shows $35 month-to-month for Pro while the FAQ quotes $29 |
Pick Opus Clip if
You have recordings, streams or podcasts and need weekly shorts: Opus returns scored, captioned, auto-posted clips, free for 60 credits a month and $174 a year on Pro. Riverside would add a recording product that solves a problem you do not have.
Pick Riverside if
Separate tracks per participant, 4K and 48 kHz capture, a teleprompter and unlimited transcriptions start at $24 a month billed yearly, and Magic Clips provides the clipping workflow inside the same subscription. Owning the pipeline from microphone to post keeps one bill and one project file.
We collected no independent reviews, ratings or user quotations for Opus Clip or Riverside in this run. Prices come from opus.pro and riverside.fm pricing pages fetched October 2, 2026; Riverside's plan card and FAQ disagree on the month-to-month Pro rate, and both figures are reported above rather than silently reconciled.
Partly. Riverside records and edits source material and includes Magic Clips for repurposing, while Opus Clip only processes video you already have. If the bottleneck is recording quality, Opus solves nothing; if the bottleneck is clipping volume, Opus is the specialized tool.
Opus Clip Pro: $14.50 times 12, or $174 billed annually. Riverside Pro: $24 times 12, or $288 billed yearly. Opus Starter at $15 a month ($180 a year) is the cheaper paid entry on either side.
Riverside's plan cards show Pro at $35 month-to-month and $24 billed yearly ($288 a year), while the FAQ on the same page says Pro drops from $29 to $24 a month. The annual figure of $24 is consistent across both, so confirm the month-to-month rate at checkout.
For Magic Clips, Magic Audio and the AI Co-Creator, no — Riverside lists those as credit-free. AI translation, AI B-roll and animated clips draw on credits, and Pro accounts start with 2,000 free credits (Business accounts with 12,000).
No. Opus Clip's plans process existing footage — the tiers sell credits, not recording hours. Riverside's Pro plan includes recording, transcription, editing, Magic Clips and podcast hosting in one subscription.
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