For side hustlers

Start a video clipping side hustle.

You don't need editing experience or expensive software in 2026 — just a video worth clipping and a tool that does the hard part for you. Here's how people are turning long-form content into short clips as a real side income, and how to start free.

Get FREE clips →

No credit card · Cancel anytime · 90 free credits on signup

90
free credits to start
$0
to try it, no card
< 5 min
per 30-min video
01

Find a video worth clipping

A podcast episode, a stream VOD, a long interview — anything with a few genuinely good moments buried in it. You don't need to own the channel to clip for someone else as a service.

02

Let CitrusClip find the clips

Paste the link. CitrusClip transcribes it, finds the moments most likely to perform, adds captions, and reframes them for whatever platform you're posting to.

03

Post, and repeat

Post the highest-scored clips yourself, or deliver them to a client. Either way, the actual editing work that used to take hours is already done.

No experience required

Everything you need to start, nothing you need to already know

This is built so the AI does the part that normally takes editing skill — you're deciding what to post, not learning a timeline.

No editing software to learn

No Premiere, no CapCut timeline, no keyboard shortcuts to memorize. Paste a video link and CitrusClip does the finding, cutting, and captioning for you.

A score tells you what's actually good

New to this? You don't have to guess which moment is worth posting — every clip gets a 0–100% virality score based on retention and narrative arc.

Free enough to actually test the idea

90 free credits before you pay anything — enough to clip a couple of real videos and see actual output before deciding if this is worth pursuing.

One source, every platform

The same upload reframes for TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and Instagram Reels — post the same clip everywhere without re-editing it three times.

Take on more than one channel at once

Once you're comfortable, nothing stops you from clipping for multiple creators or running a few faceless pages in parallel — credits are priced on video minutes, not per client.

Room to grow into the harder stuff

AI hooks, curse-word blurring, brand kits, scheduling — the tools that separate a hobby from something that actually pays are there when you're ready for them.

What CitrusClip does

Four AI tools.
One upload.

Every clip ships reframed, captioned, and sorted by virality — not a rough cut you have to fix yourself.

Virality scoring

Hook detection that actually picks hooks.

Scores every moment on retention signal, narrative arc, and platform fit. Clips at 90%+ rise to the top.

Virality · 47-min upload54 clips found
0:0023:3647:12
90%+ viral
55–89%
<55%
Auto-reframe

Auto-reframe with subject tracking.

Follows the speaker across every cut. 16:9 in, 9:16 out — no cropped foreheads.

96%

The moment they all stopped talking

87%

Three sentences that changed everything

74%

Nobody expected this answer

Captions

Animated captions.

Six battle-tested caption styles. Highlights the words that matter.

and that's when I
REALIZED
everything had changed
Vertical output

Native 9:16 output for every platform.

TikTok, YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels — every clip ships in the format that performs. One upload, ready everywhere.

TikTok
YouTube Shorts
Instagram Reels
LinkedIn
Twitter/X

Why CitrusClip

Built around your content,
not our convenience.

Generous where it counts. Fast where it matters. Honest about everything.

Smart virality scoring

Every clip rated 0–100% on retention signals, narrative arc, and platform fit. Post the 90%+ ones first.

No lock-in

Download all your clips at any time. No platform restrictions. Cancel whenever — no questions asked.

Transparent pricing

Pay for video length, not clip count. 30 credits = 30 minutes = 30+ clips. Always.

Built for long-form

Podcasters, YouTubers, streamers, webinar hosts. If you make long videos, CitrusClip handles the short-form.

Starting out costs $0 — 90 free credits, no card. When you're ready, Starter is $9.50/mo, about 37% less than OpusClip's $15/mo.

Pricing

Start free. Scale when ready.

1 credit = 1 minute of source video. Credits reset monthly (Annual plan unlocks all credits instantly).

Free

$0/ forever
  • 90 credits/mo · uploads up to 30 min
  • AI Clipping with virality scoring
  • AI Captions — 3 caption styles
  • Watermarked clips
  • 720p export
  • No credit top-ups

Starter

$9.50/ month

No annual plan — same price

  • 200 credits/mo · uploads up to 150 min · monthly only
  • Everything in Free, plus:
  • No watermark
  • All caption styles + emoji captions
  • AI Hook — viral opening line burned in
  • AI Thumbnail
  • Blur curse words
  • Processing timeframe — clip a section, not the full video
  • Include specific moments — prompt-guided clipping
  • 1 Brand Kit
  • 1080p export
  • Credit top-ups ($0.07/credit)
Most Popular
Save $48/year (19%)

Pro Annual

$21 / mo
$16.99/ month, billed $203.88/yr

4,800 credits available instantly

  • 400 credits/mo · 4,800 credits/yr on annual · uploads up to 220 min
  • Everything in Starter, plus:
  • Citrus Agent — virality prediction, hook feedback, applies edits and reprocesses
  • Scheduling — YouTube Shorts now, TikTok + Reels coming
  • AI Reframe
  • 5 Brand Kits
  • 4K export
  • Priority processing queue
  • Citrus Team — 2 seats, shared workspace
  • API access + MCP connector (Claude, and other MCP clients)

Business

Custom pricing for teams that need unlimited scale, dedicated support, and enterprise SLAs.

Everything in Pro, plus:Custom credit volume + custom upload lengthCitrus Team — custom seats, shared brand kits, shared credit poolSSO, dedicated support, custom contract
⚡

How credits work — charged by video length, not clip count

→1 credit = 1 minute of source video
·Upload a 30-minute podcast → 30 credits deducted
·CitrusClip generates 30–50 clips from that video
·You paid 30 credits. You got 30–50 clips.
Credits roll over 1 month · Annual plan credits unlock instantly (not month-by-month)

Frequently asked questions

No — a lot of people who clip for a living never post under their own name at all. Two common paths: run your own repost/faceless pages and monetize through platform payouts and affiliate links, or clip for other creators directly for a flat fee or a share of results. CitrusClip works the same way either way.

Already clipping and want a tool built for volume? See CitrusClip for clippers or check the full feature list.

Get started free

One upload.
Thirty clips.

No credit card. No commitment. Paste a link and see exactly what CitrusClip finds — for free.

90free credits
to start — no card needed
< 5minutes
to process a 30-min video
30+clips
from a single upload

No credit card · Cancel anytime · 90 free credits on signup

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