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Clipkiln
Crowle, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
What it is
Clipkiln is a web tool for turning long-form video into short vertical clips and creating narrated videos from a topic, prompt, or script. For repurposing, it analyzes spoken words to find moments, then adds captions and hooks, reframes the video, and can include B-roll. Candidate clips are scored on hook, emotional arousal, payoff, shareability, standalone clarity, and conversation trigger. Users can combine up to 12 clips into a compilation with a title band. The idea-to-video workflow creates a narrated vertical video with captions and a background. Users can connect TikTok, YouTube, and Google Drive to publish or deliver finished clips. Clipkiln also offers an MCP connector for Claude and ChatGPT, but it is not a general-purpose API for services such as Zapier, Make, or n8n. Its spoken-word analysis cannot determine what people look like or what appears on screen. The Free plan includes 30 minutes per month and watermarked clips; Base costs £4.99 a month, and Pro costs £14.99 a month with a seven-day free trial. Uploads and associated clips are deleted five days after the user last touched them; saved clips remain until deleted or account closure.
For and against
For
- Turns long-form video into captioned vertical clips.
- Can create narrated videos from a topic, prompt, or script.
- Scores candidate clips using six listed factors.
- Connects with TikTok, YouTube, and Google Drive.
Against
- Free clips include a watermark.
- Free plan provides 30 minutes per month.
- Spoken-word analysis cannot interpret on-screen visuals.
- Clipkiln is not a general-purpose API for automation services.
The verdict
Clipkiln combines spoken-content clip selection with a separate narrated-video workflow and social publishing connections. Note the free-plan watermark and the stated limits of its spoken-word analysis before choosing it.
Who it suits
Clipkiln may suit podcasters, creators, story channels, businesses, and agencies making short vertical videos from longer content or prompts. Its publishing connections cover TikTok, YouTube, and Google Drive.
Plans and prices
Free
30 minutes/month · watermarked clips · 512 MB/upload · up to 10 saved clips
Read 30 Sep 2026 · clipkiln.com
Base
400 minutes/month · no watermark · 1.5 GB/upload · up to 50 saved clips
Read 30 Sep 2026 · clipkiln.com
Pro
1,200 minutes/month · unattended daily automation · sharper vertical clips up to 4K · 4 GB/upload
Read 30 Sep 2026 · clipkiln.com
On the record
- AI assistant integrations
- Clipkiln provides an MCP connector for Claude and ChatGPT; its page says it is not a general-purpose API for services such as Zapier, Make, or n8n.clipkiln.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- AI data handling
- The privacy policy says video transcription and rendering run on Clipkiln's own machine, while transcript text is sent to its AI provider with a do-not-collect policy request.clipkiln.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Automation
- Daily unattended automation is a Pro feature and can process queued videos, create compilations, or generate story videos.clipkiln.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Compilation limit
- Compilations can join up to 12 clips into one video with a title band.clipkiln.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Idea to video
- Users can provide a topic, prompt, or script to create a narrated vertical video with captions and a background.clipkiln.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Intended users
- The site lists podcasters, creators, story channels, businesses, and agencies as audiences for the product.clipkiln.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Maker
- The privacy policy identifies Charles Benjamin Towe, trading as Clipkiln, and gives a Worcestershire, United Kingdom address.clipkiln.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Processing scope
- The MCP page says Clipkiln reads spoken words to find moments and cannot determine what people look like or what appears on screen.clipkiln.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Publishing integrations
- Users can connect TikTok, YouTube, and Google Drive to post or deliver finished clips.clipkiln.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Security
- The privacy policy states passwords are bcrypt-hashed, connected social tokens and entered AI provider keys are encrypted at rest, the service uses HTTPS, and file access requires login.clipkiln.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Support
- Users can send bug reports, ideas, or feedback through the contact form; an email address is optional for direct replies.clipkiln.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Video repurposing
- Clipkiln analyzes long-form video and selects moments to turn into short vertical clips with captions, hooks, reframing, and optional B-roll.clipkiln.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Video retention
- The privacy policy says uploads and their associated clips are deleted five days after the user last touched them; saved clips remain until deleted or account closure.clipkiln.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Virality scoring
- Clipkiln scores candidate clips using six factors: hook, emotional arousal, payoff, shareability, standalone clarity, and conversation trigger.clipkiln.com · read 30 Sep 2026
