Originally published at https://kuponaut.com/blog/how-to-turn-long-videos-into-clips-with-klap/, where prices and plan details are kept up to date.
Klap takes a long recording, such as a podcast episode, interview or livestream, and cuts it into vertical clips with automatic reframing and captions. The useful question is not how many clips it makes but how many you can post after a short review.
Before you start: footage rights and a free first run
Use only recordings you own or have permission to edit. Klap's terms say you are responsible for having the rights to any content you submit, and a subscription does not change that. For a podcast with guests, that usually means your own episodes or ones where the guest agreed to be clipped.
Klap's tool pages say you can create one video free without a credit card, and that Klap does not add watermarks, including on the free plan. The pricing page lists only paid plans, so check what the sign-up screen offers on the day. Pick a representative episode for the free run rather than your best one, so you see typical results.
Step 1: upload a file or paste a link
Start a new project and either paste a video link or upload a file. Klap lists YouTube, Vimeo, Twitch, Google Drive, Dailymotion and Facebook among the links it can import, and MP4, MOV, AVI, MKV, WMV and FLV among the file formats. With a YouTube link you do not need to download and re-upload the video yourself.
Klap says a single upload can be up to 4 hours long, which covers most podcast episodes and many livestreams. Your plan also limits how many source videos you can process each month and how long each one can be, so check the current plan details before you queue a long backlog.
Step 2: choose the settings before you generate
Klap's own walkthrough for YouTube Shorts sets a few options before generating: the format (Shorts), a target duration for each clip, the language of the video (English by default), reframing from 16:9 to 9:16, the dimensions (Portrait is recommended, with Square and Landscape also offered) and auto-generated captions. Klap also says you can adjust the target number of clips and the clip length.
Set the language to the language actually spoken, because captions are built from the transcript. Klap says captions are available in 52 languages. If you are aiming at YouTube Shorts, keep the duration within what the platform accepts; Klap's guide uses a one-minute setting. Klap also describes custom prompts, where you ask in plain English for particular moments, such as every time a guest explains a pricing mistake. Then click Generate Shorts. Klap says processing takes from a few seconds to a couple of minutes depending on the video.
Step 3: review the clips, starting with the Virality Score
Klap returns a batch of clips, each with a Virality Score from 0 to 100, and lists the higher-scoring clips first. Treat the score as a sorting aid, not a verdict. Klap's own pages describe it as being based largely on hook strength in the opening seconds, which does not tell you whether a clip is accurate or makes sense out of context.
Watch each candidate with the sound on and ask three questions: does it start on a clear hook, does it end on a complete thought, and would the speaker be comfortable with it standing alone? Discard clips that cut someone off mid-argument or depend on earlier context. The number of clips you keep at this stage is the figure to use when you judge whether a plan is worth paying for.
Step 4: fix reframing, captions and timing in the editor
Open a clip with Edit. Klap's editor lets you trim pauses and filler, crop to adjust framing, and change captions, including timing, font, size and colour, or add your own text. There is also a transcript editor, so you can tighten a clip by editing the words rather than dragging the timeline.
Reframing is handled by what Klap calls AI Reframe 2, which converts horizontal video to vertical and follows the active speaker or the main point of interest. For podcasts with several people on screen, Klap applies split-screen or 3- and 4-screen layouts. Check the framing at the moment speakers change, since that is where automatic tracking most often needs a manual crop.
Read every caption against the audio. Klap advertises high caption accuracy, but names, brand terms and technical words are the usual errors, and a wrong name on screen is more visible than a slightly slow cut. If you publish for a brand, Klap describes a brand kit for a logo, colours and caption style, and caption templates so clips look consistent.
Step 5: export, publish or schedule
When a clip is ready, you can use Download HD to save it, or export several clips in one batch. To publish from Klap itself, connect your YouTube, Instagram or TikTok account. On the Exports page, the Post option under a clip's thumbnail opens the Publish page, where you add a title, description and hashtags.
Choose Schedule to pick a date, time and time zone from the calendar, then Confirm. Scheduled posts appear in the Scheduled tab on the Exports page, and you can reschedule by opening the video, changing the time and confirming again. Scheduling a week of clips at once is the main time saving for a weekly podcast.
Credits, limits and what Klap costs
Klap says credits scale with video length, and each plan sets a monthly clip allowance: 100 clips on Basic, 300 on Pro and 1,000 on Pro+. On 16 October 2026 klap.app listed Basic at $29 a month, Pro at $59 and Pro+ at $189 on monthly billing. Billed yearly, the monthly equivalents were $14, $39 and $94, which is $168, $468 and $1,128 a year before tax.
The Klap API has its own usage-based pricing for input, short generation and exports, separate from the app subscription. Klap's terms allow a refund request before the end of the first month if you are not satisfied; on yearly plans a full refund is only available in that first month, with limited partial refunds for unused months after that.
Klap vs alternatives
Opus Clip is the most direct rival. Klap's comparison page, dated 13 May 2026, claims 4K export against Opus Clip's 1080p, 52 caption languages against 5, and the full editor included on every plan, but these are the vendor's own claims. We have not run a new side-by-side test. The fair method is to put the same licensed episode through both tools and count the clips you would publish and the caption corrections each one needs.
WayinVideo is another option we compare with Klap, and Zeemo is worth a look if you mainly need captions rather than clipping. Our Klap vs Opus Clip and WayinVideo vs Klap pages set out the current plan differences.
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