A Descript alternative for shorts from long videos.
Descript is a full video and podcast editor with a free plan. Clipsy does one job for podcasters and coaches: it turns a long video into captioned shorts, with Paper and Tier List edits and a caption check before render.
Clipsy vs Descript at a glance
| Clipsy | Descript | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | No. 7 days for $1 | Yes, 60 minutes of media a month, 720p export with a watermark |
| Entry paid plan | $19 a month, 200 minutes | Hobbyist, $24 a month or $16 billed yearly, 10 hours of media |
| Next plan | $39 a month, 500 minutes | Creator, $35 a month or $24 billed yearly, 30 hours of media |
| Main job | Captioned shorts from long videos | Full video and podcast editor. You edit the video by editing the text |
| Short clips | Picked, cut and captioned for you | Create Clips tool inside the editor, on Hobbyist and above |
| Edit styles | Clips plus Paper and Tier List edits | You build the look yourself in the editor, with AI tools |
| Built for | Podcasters and coaches | Creators, marketers and teams that make video and podcasts |
When Descript is the better pick
If you need to edit the full episode as well as the shorts, Descript is a strong choice. It is a complete editor. You cut a recording by deleting words in the transcript. It records your screen and records remote guests. It has a free plan, and paid plans give many hours of media each month. The Creator plan exports in 4K and has seats for a small team.
When Clipsy is the better pick
If your long video is already finished and you only want shorts from it. You upload the video. Clipsy transcribes it, picks strong moments, cuts pauses and filler words, and adds word-by-word captions. The clips come out in 1080p with no watermark. See how it turns podcasts into shorts.
Clipsy also makes Paper and Tier List edits. A Paper edit mixes your face with clean paper-card scenes that show key words. A Tier List edit puts an S A B C board over you, and items drop into tiers as you name them. You check and fix the caption words before an edit renders.
Other alternatives
OpusClip, Vizard and Submagic are worth a look too. See our OpusClip, Vizard and Submagic comparisons.
Try it on your next episode.
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