Compare · checked 26 October 2026
Both find the moments in a long video and turn them into captioned clips. Opus Clip does it on its servers, after you upload. Kime does it on your own computer, free, and your video never leaves it.
At a glance
Never uploaded
Kime finds the clips on your own computer.
Opus ClipYour video is uploaded to its web app
No watermark
Free on your computer, with nothing stamped on.
Opus ClipA watermark on the free plan
No credits to count
Long files cost the same as short ones: nothing.
Opus Clip1 credit per minute of video imported
Nothing expires
What it makes sits in a folder on your computer.
Opus ClipFree projects expire after 3 days
Side by side
What each one does with your video, what it costs, and what it keeps. OpusClip's side is taken from its own pricing page and help centre.
| What | Kime | Opus Clip |
|---|---|---|
| Where it runs | Kime has the edgeOn your computerOn your computer. Your video is never uploaded. | In the cloudIn OpusClip's web app. Your video is uploaded to it. |
| Price | Kime has the edgeFreeFree on your computer. Kime AI is an optional monthly subscription, priced at public release. | Free, then $15 to $29 a monthFree; Starter $15 a month; Pro $29 a month, or $14.50 a month billed annually; Business custom. |
| How use is counted | Kime has the edgeNot countedIt isn't, on your computer. Kime AI has a monthly allowance in hours of video. | Credits per minute1 credit per minute of video imported. Free 60 credits a month, Starter 150, Pro 300. Monthly credits expire after 60 days. |
| Watermark | Kime has the edgeNoneNone. | On the free planOn the free plan. |
| File size and length | Kime has the edgeNo capNo cap: Kime reads the file where it sits. | 10GB to 30GB, 10 hoursUp to 10GB per video on Free and Starter, 30GB on Pro; up to 10 hours long. |
| How long you keep it | Kime has the edgeFor goodFor good. It's in a folder on your computer. | 3 to 30 daysFree projects expire after 3 days, Starter and Pro after 30, then can't be recovered. Pro can save to 100GB of cloud storage. |
| Shapes | Kime has the edge9:16, 1:1, 16:9, free9:16, 1:1 and 16:9, free. | 1:1 and 16:9 on Pro9:16 on Free and Starter; Pro adds 1:1 and 16:9. |
| Speaker-following crop | EvenYesYes. | EvenYesYes: Auto Reframe tracks the active speaker. |
| Captions | EvenWord by word, + .srtWord by word, five styles, with an .srt beside every clip. | EvenAI captions, emojiAI captions with emoji and keyword highlighting. |
| Footage with no talking | EvenHighlight cuts tooYes. Kime finds moments from movement, faces, sound and light, and makes highlight cuts as well as clips. | EvenClipAnything, it saysOpusClip says ClipAnything understands videos with little to no dialogue. |
| Your content and AI training | Kime has the edgeNever sent, never trained onYour video is never sent. With AI on, Kime sends the words it heard and a few small snapshots; our AI provider doesn't train on them. | May train on your dataOpusClip says it may use your data, stripped of personal details, to improve its AI models; not for enterprise customers. |
| Posting | EvenFive platformsTo YouTube, Instagram, a Facebook Page and LinkedIn; to TikTok as a draft. | EvenAuto-posting, schedulerAuto-posting to YouTube Shorts, TikTok and Instagram Reels from Starter; a scheduler on Pro. |
| Available | Private testingIn private testing, Windows and Mac. | Opus Clip has the edgeNowNow, in a browser. |
Nothing here under that filter.
Who has the edge on each row is our call, made from each side's own pages. Turn on the detail to see exactly what each one says.
Sources, checked 26 October 2026: opus.pro/pricing, and OpusClip's help centre on credits, video length, saving projects, face tracking and data training. Prices are in US dollars as shown to a US visitor, and vary by country.
Which one fits
Choose Kime if
Choose Opus Clip if
Made by Kime
Every clip and cut here came out of Kime, from openly licensed footage.
Podcast
8 clips from a 27:29 episode, cropped to the speaker, with word-by-word captions.
Action
29 files and five minutes in, a 45-second cut and 8 stills out, with the AI off.
On your computer
Kime finds the moments itself, on your own computer. No upload, no queue, no account and no credits counted per minute. It works on a plane. Turn the AI on for a file and it sees the words Kime heard and a few small snapshots, never your audio or your video.
Yes, for turning a long video into captioned clips. The difference is where it happens: Kime finds the clips and makes them on your own computer, so your video is never uploaded, and it is free there, with no watermark and no credits.
No. Your video stays on your computer. If you turn on Kime AI for a file, Kime sends the words it heard and a few small snapshots to the AI, never the audio or the video.
Yes. Everything Kime does on your computer is free: finding clips, captions, the editor, highlight cuts and stills. Kime AI is an optional monthly subscription, priced at public release.
No. There is no watermark, and what Kime makes is saved in a folder on your computer, so nothing expires.
Kime is in private testing on Windows and Mac. Email hello@kime.video and we will write once, when it is out.
Kime is in private testing on Windows and Mac. Everything it does on your computer is free, and your video stays there.
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