ClipNow

The core of the product is moment selection. ClipNow reads the transcript and the audio signal, then scores candidate segments for hook strength, completeness, and pacing before cutting them into individual files. You get a batch of candidates instead of one long export, and you can throw away the weak ones. For long-form video to shorts work, that first pass is where most of the time savings come from.

Horizontal footage gets cropped to 9:16 for TikTok, Reels, and Shorts, and the crop window follows the speaker's face as they move. On a single-camera podcast setup the result usually looks deliberate. On wide shots with several people in frame, the crop can hop between faces, so check each clip before you post.

Captions are generated automatically and burned into the video, with a claimed accuracy rate of 99 percent for clear speech. Several animation styles are included, and the count depends on your plan, ranging from three styles on the entry tier to ten on the top one. You can edit the text line by line, which matters when names and technical terms get misheard.

The caption engine covers the major languages, so footage recorded in Spanish or German can ship with matching subtitles instead of English ones. That opens up cross-market posting from a single source recording. Quality tracks how clean the audio is, and heavy accents still need a manual pass.

Output quality scales with the plan. The entry tier renders at 1080p with a 1GB upload ceiling, the middle tier goes to 1440p and 2GB, and the business tier reaches 4K with 4GB. If you shoot in 4K and want to keep it, budget for the top plan rather than assuming the base one will do.

Everything happens in the browser: upload or paste a link, wait for processing, edit captions, download. There's no desktop install, no plugin, and no render queue to manage locally. Processing takes around five minutes on a typical upload, longer on hour-plus recordings.