# Short-form clipping tools: which vendors AI models recommend (September 2026)

Source: Memetik Index, https://www.memetik.ai/index/short-form-clipping
Field: AI media. Edition: 2026-09. Run: 2026-09-02.
Method: 5 fixed buyer prompts sent once each to 10 current models (GPT-5.6 Sol, GPT-5.6 Terra, GPT-5.6 Luna, Claude Opus 5, Claude Sonnet 5, Claude Fable 5, Gemini 3.6 Flash, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Sonar Pro, Sonar Reasoning Pro) via their APIs with web search enabled. 50 answers. Answer share = fraction of answers naming the vendor. Named first = fraction where it was the first tracked vendor named.

**Opus Clip leads** with 96% answer share (named in 48 of 50 answers) and was named first in 72%. Descript follows at 74%. 14 vendors were named at least once.

## Answer share

| # | Vendor | Answer share | Named first | Mentions | Models |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Opus Clip | 96% | 72% | 48/50 | GPT-5.6 Sol, ChatGPT, GPT-5.6 Luna, Claude Opus 5, Claude, Claude Fable 5, Gemini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity, Sonar Reasoning Pro |
| 2 | Descript | 74% | 4% | 37/50 | GPT-5.6 Sol, ChatGPT, GPT-5.6 Luna, Claude Opus 5, Claude, Claude Fable 5, Gemini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity, Sonar Reasoning Pro |
| 3 | Vizard | 64% | 6% | 32/50 | GPT-5.6 Sol, ChatGPT, GPT-5.6 Luna, Claude Opus 5, Claude, Claude Fable 5, Gemini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity, Sonar Reasoning Pro |
| 4 | CapCut | 54% | 6% | 27/50 | GPT-5.6 Sol, GPT-5.6 Luna, Claude Opus 5, Claude, Claude Fable 5, Gemini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity, Sonar Reasoning Pro |
| 5 | Riverside | 50% | 2% | 25/50 | GPT-5.6 Sol, ChatGPT, GPT-5.6 Luna, Claude Opus 5, Claude, Claude Fable 5, Gemini, Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| 6 | Choppity | 38% | 10% | 19/50 | Claude Opus 5, Claude, Claude Fable 5, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity, Sonar Reasoning Pro |
| 7 | Klap | 26% | 0% | 13/50 | GPT-5.6 Sol, ChatGPT, GPT-5.6 Luna, Claude Opus 5, Claude Fable 5, Gemini, Perplexity |
| 8 | Submagic | 20% | 0% | 10/50 | GPT-5.6 Sol, Claude Opus 5, Claude Fable 5, Gemini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity |
| 9 | Captions | 18% | 0% | 9/50 | GPT-5.6 Sol, ChatGPT, GPT-5.6 Luna, Gemini, Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| 10 | Reap | 16% | 0% | 8/50 | Claude Opus 5, Claude, Claude Fable 5, Perplexity, Sonar Reasoning Pro |
| 11 | Quso | 16% | 0% | 8/50 | Claude Opus 5, Claude, Claude Fable 5, Gemini |
| 12 | Munch | 12% | 0% | 6/50 | GPT-5.6 Sol, GPT-5.6 Luna, Claude, Gemini |
| 13 | Kapwing | 6% | 0% | 3/50 | Claude, Claude Fable 5 |
| 14 | Veed | 2% | 0% | 1/50 | Claude |

## By model

- **GPT-5.6 Sol** (OpenAI, gpt-5.6-sol, 5 answers): Opus Clip 100%, Descript 100%, Vizard 80%, Riverside 60%, CapCut 40%
- **GPT-5.6 Terra** (OpenAI, gpt-5.6-terra, 5 answers): Opus Clip 100%, Riverside 60%, Descript 40%, Vizard 40%, Klap 40%
- **GPT-5.6 Luna** (OpenAI, gpt-5.6-luna, 5 answers): Opus Clip 100%, Descript 100%, CapCut 60%, Riverside 60%, Vizard 40%
- **Claude Opus 5** (Anthropic, claude-opus-5, 5 answers): Opus Clip 100%, Choppity 100%, Descript 80%, CapCut 80%, Vizard 60%
- **Claude Sonnet 5** (Anthropic, claude-sonnet-5, 5 answers): Opus Clip 80%, Descript 80%, CapCut 80%, Choppity 60%, Quso 60%
- **Claude Fable 5** (Anthropic, claude-fable-5, 5 answers): Opus Clip 100%, Vizard 100%, CapCut 80%, Choppity 80%, Descript 60%
- **Gemini 3.6 Flash** (Google, gemini-3.6-flash, 5 answers): Opus Clip 100%, Descript 80%, Vizard 80%, Riverside 80%, Submagic 60%
- **Gemini 3.5 Flash** (Google, gemini-3.5-flash, 5 answers): Opus Clip 100%, Riverside 100%, Descript 60%, Vizard 60%, Captions 60%
- **Sonar Pro** (Perplexity, sonar-pro, 5 answers): CapCut 100%, Opus Clip 80%, Descript 80%, Vizard 80%, Choppity 60%
- **Sonar Reasoning Pro** (Perplexity, sonar-reasoning-pro, 5 answers): Opus Clip 100%, Vizard 80%, Descript 60%, CapCut 60%, Choppity 60%

## Sources the models cited

- youtube.com: 117
- choppity.com: 95
- vizard.ai: 53
- capcut.com: 52
- ssemble.com: 52
- therundown.ai: 30
- opus.pro: 27
- ngram.com: 25
- reddit.com: 20
- airpost.ai: 15
- reap.video: 11
- quso.ai: 10
- vmaker.com: 8
- wayin.ai: 8
- heygen.com: 7

## Prompts

1. What is the best AI tool to turn long videos into short clips for a podcaster? Name specific products.
2. Which AI tool to turn long videos into short clips would you recommend to a podcaster in 2026?
3. Compare the top AI tool to turn long videos into short clips options right now.
4. I'm a podcaster and I need an AI tool to turn long videos into short clips. What should I use and why?
5. Best AI tool to turn long videos into short clips for TikTok and Reels?

## Tracked but never named

Podcastle, Crayo, 2short

Raw answers: https://www.memetik.ai/index/short-form-clipping (every answer published in full). Chart image: https://www.memetik.ai/charts/short-form-clipping.png. Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit "Memetik Index".