ClipMaker
ClipMaker turns an existing YouTube video into short vertical clips for TikTok and Instagram. It detects chapters with AI, adds automatic captions, applies a reusable template and schedules the clips on connected social accounts.
What is ClipMaker?
ClipMaker is a web tool built around a single job: taking a YouTube video that already exists and turning it into short vertical clips for TikTok and Instagram. Rather than asking the user to pick moments, it applies classification algorithms to the content, extracts the video's chapters, and turns each chapter into a separate clip. Captions are then generated automatically, with the publisher claiming a 50% engagement gain from them, and a template chosen from a library or built by the user is applied to every clip so a channel keeps one visual identity.
The last step is distribution. Users connect their TikTok and Instagram accounts and clips are queued according to their own timing preferences; once a YouTube channel is connected, each new upload feeds the same pipeline. Entry into the product happens two ways, by uploading a video or connecting the channel, from an account created on the app subdomain. A lighter path needs no account at all: a form on the homepage takes a YouTube URL, an email address and a choice of destination, then returns the clips by email. That same form is where the publisher states plainly that the tool is still in beta.
Two very different offers sit side by side. The self-serve product runs on monthly video credits: a permanent free tier with 20 minutes a month, then paid tiers with larger allowances, longer maximum uploads and rollover of unused minutes. Alongside it, a done-for-you service sells editing, thumbnails, scheduling and even SEO articles at monthly rates an order of magnitude higher, with delivery deadlines and revision limits. A free side tool that generates YouTube video ideas sits on its own page.
What the site does not offer is equally telling: no API, no mobile app, no about page, no contact page and no readable terms of service. It is a Webflow site in English only, whose copy still argues about 2022 and whose pricing comparison table was left filled with placeholder text.
What it does
- Cut a long YouTube video into several short, ready-to-post clips
- Detect the chapters of a video with classification algorithms and turn each one into a clip
- Generate captions automatically on every clip
- Apply a reusable template so that all clips carry the same branding
- Schedule clips to TikTok and Instagram at chosen times
- Process every new video published on a connected YouTube channel
- Generate YouTube video ideas through a separate free tool
When to use ClipMaker / When not to
A quick filter to help you decide if ClipMaker is the right fit.
When to use ClipMaker
- Solo YouTube creators who want a TikTok and Instagram presence without editing every clip by hand
- Small businesses repurposing an existing video catalogue into short-form social content
- Social media managers who need a steady flow of vertical clips from long-form footage
- Podcasters and streamers whose long recordings already break down into natural chapters
- Teams on a tight budget, thanks to a permanent free tier and a 35 USD monthly entry point
When not to use ClipMaker
- Organisations with a compliance checklist: no terms of service, no named publisher, no GDPR statement
- Buyers who require a data processing agreement or a published subprocessor list before signing
- Developers looking for an API or a documented integration layer
- Mobile-first users, since there is no iOS or Android application
- Editors who need frame-level creative control rather than automatic chapter-based cutting
How to use ClipMaker
A typical end-to-end flow, from setup to results.
- Upload your YouTube video, or connect your YouTube channel
- Let ClipMaker extract the chapters of the video and turn each one into a clip
- Check the captions generated automatically on the clips
- Pick a template from the library, or apply your own, for a consistent look
- Connect the TikTok and Instagram accounts you want to publish to
- Set your timing preferences and let the scheduler post the clips
- To test first without an account, submit a YouTube URL and an email on the homepage form and receive the clips by email
- For regular use, create an account on the app subdomain or sign in
- Choose a plan: the starter tier is free, paid tiers are bought from the pricing page
- For help, write to the published contact address or book a slot on the calendar link
Pros & Cons
Pros
- The whole chain in one place: cutting, captions, templates and scheduling
- A permanent free tier of 20 minutes a month, with no credit card required
- One video can be tested without creating an account at all
- Unused minutes roll over, up to 300 or 1,200 depending on the plan
- Low paid entry point at 35 USD a month, or 294 USD a year
- Templates keep a channel visually consistent across every clip
- No installation, no code and no technical setup
Cons
- No readable terms of service: the terms page returns a 404 error
- The publisher is not identified, with no company name, no address and a single email
- A generic, generator-produced privacy policy that names a different domain and says nothing about uploaded videos
- Visible signs of neglect, from 2022-era copy to a pricing table left as placeholder text
- The product is announced as a beta, with trial clips delivered by email
- Auto-scheduling is reserved for the premium tier at 95 USD a month
- No API, no mobile app, and short upload limits on the lower tiers
Pricing & Plans
A permanent free plan is available, offering 20 minutes of video credit per month. The cheapest paid plan is PRO, at 35.00 USD per month, or 294 USD when billed annually.
- 20 min of video credit per month
- uploads up to 10 min per video
- up to 10 clips per video
- AI-generated clips
- auto captions
- email support
- rollover up to 300 min
- 150 min per month
- uploads up to 20 min per video
- rollover up to 300 min
- auto captions
- chat support
- 600 min per month
- uploads up to 20 min per video
- rollover up to 1
- 200 min
- chat support
- Auto Scheduler
- 20 min of video credit per month
- uploads up to 20 min per video
- 150 min per month
- uploads up to 60 min per video
- rollover up to 300 min
- chat support
- 600 min per month
- no upload limit
- rollover up to 1
- 200 min
- chat support
- Auto Scheduler
- one asset at a time
- unlimited video
- editing plus subtitles
- clips for TikTok
- Facebook and YouTube Shorts
- thumbnail creation
- two assets at a time
- everything in Creator plus custom templates
- SEO-optimised articles from videos
- scheduling handled for you
- 2 orders or revisions
- 1-2 working days turnaround
- priority support
- four assets at a time
- everything in startup plus a dedicated consultant
- 4 orders or revisions
- 1 working day turnaround
- 0-4 hour response time
Data, GDPR & hosting
A consolidated view of how ClipMaker handles your data.
GDPR overview
There is no GDPR mention anywhere on the site. Searching the whole collected corpus returns no occurrence of GDPR, CCPA or data protection, no data protection officer, no Article 27 representative and no dedicated privacy contact. The published privacy policy deals only with the marketing site: log files (IP address, browser, internet service provider, timestamps, referring pages), cookies, Google's DoubleClick DART cookie and advertising partners. The only user right it describes is disabling cookies in the browser; there is nothing on access, rectification, erasure or portability, no legal basis, no retention period and no international transfer clause. Consent is presented as implied by using the site. The document states it was produced with an online privacy policy generator, and it names a different domain than the one it sits on.
Who owns the data?
Nothing on the site answers this question. The terms page is unreachable and returns a 404 error, so no contract governs who owns an uploaded video or the clips generated from it. The privacy policy, the only legal document published, covers the marketing site alone: log files, cookies and advertising partners. It grants the publisher no licence over customer content, but it gives the user no assurance either. The publisher itself is unnamed, with no legal entity, no postal address and a single contact mailbox. Anyone uploading footage they do not fully own should read this silence as an unresolved risk rather than as a permission.
Reuse rights
No published document states what a user may do with the clips ClipMaker produces. There is no licence grant, no attribution requirement, no watermark clause and no restriction on commercial use, but no explicit permission either, because the terms page cannot be reached. In practice the product is built around publishing: the site invites users to connect their own TikTok and Instagram accounts and push clips to them, and result pages can be made public through a shareable editing link, as four example pages on the homepage show. That is best read as the intended use rather than as a contractual right.
Hosting summary
The site publishes nothing about hosting: no country, no region, no provider, no jurisdiction, no subprocessor list and no data processing agreement. What can be observed from outside concerns the marketing site only: the domain resolves to 137.184.226.70, an address operated by DigitalOcean and geolocated in Santa Clara, United States. That is an observation about the web server, not a statement by the publisher, and it says nothing about where uploaded videos are stored or processed. The site is built with Webflow and serves its images from Webflow's asset domain, while the product runs on a separate app subdomain whose hosting is documented nowhere. Anyone with a data residency requirement should treat this point as unanswered and ask the publisher directly.
Things to keep in mind
Risks and trade-offs to weigh before adopting ClipMaker.
- No enforceable terms: nothing guarantees ownership of the clips, service availability or cancellation conditions
- The company behind the tool is unknown, with no legal name, no address and one email
- The privacy policy is a generated document pointing at a different domain, a strong sign it was never reviewed
- Nothing is published about how long uploaded videos are kept, where they are stored or how to delete them
- Connecting TikTok, Instagram and YouTube hands publishing rights to an unidentified third party
- Automated posting can push clips out of context and dilute the editorial quality an audience expects
- A beta that looks unmaintained carries a real risk of interruption, with no API or export to fall back on
Setup & Integrations
Technical difficulty
Very low. Nothing to install, no code and no API key: everything happens in the browser. The shortest path asks only for a YouTube URL and an email address on the homepage form, with no account at all. For regular use, an account is created on the app subdomain. The one slightly technical step is connecting the YouTube, TikTok and Instagram accounts needed for automatic publishing. There is no documentation, help centre or tutorial, so anything unusual has to go through email or a booked call.
Deployment
Integrations
Behind ClipMaker
Resources
All the official URLs gathered for verification and reference.
Frequently asked questions
What does ClipMaker actually do?
How does it decide where to cut?
Can I try it without paying?
What is the cheapest paid plan?
Is automatic scheduling included in every plan?
Which platforms can clips be published to?
Is there an API or a mobile app?
Are terms of service available?
What state is the product in?
How do I reach the team?
Should you pick ClipMaker?
ClipMaker does one thing and says so clearly: it takes long-form YouTube material and returns short clips ready for TikTok and Instagram, captions included, with scheduling at the end of the chain. For a solo creator or a small team sitting on a back catalogue of videos, the proposition is easy to test, since the free tier is permanent, one video can be processed without opening an account, and the first paid step is modest.
The reservations are not about the feature list but about everything around it. No terms of service can be read, no company is named, no address is published, and the only legal document on the site is a generic privacy policy that was generated automatically, refers to a different domain, and says nothing about the videos users upload, how long they are kept or where they are stored. For an individual experimenting at no cost, that may be acceptable. For an organisation that has to document its processors, it is disqualifying.
Signs of maintenance are thin as well. The copy still argues that TikTok will be the most popular platform in 2022, the pricing page carries a comparison table left in placeholder text, robots.txt and sitemap.xml are both missing, and the publisher describes the tool as a beta in which trial clips arrive by email. The domain was registered in July 2022 and first archived two days later, so the product has had time to mature and visibly has not.
Read it, then, as a low-cost experiment rather than as infrastructure: worth a free run to see whether automatic chapter-based cutting suits your footage, but not a place to move a content pipeline that matters without written answers on ownership, retention and the identity of the company behind it.
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