Crayo vs Riverside Magic Clips
As of October 9, 2026, Crayo is the better pick for clippers working from any podcast or interview, whatever recorded it: AutoClip takes a YouTube or TikTok link or a file, ranks the moments, reframes faces and charges one credit per finished clip, $19 a month for 250. Riverside Magic Clips is the better pick if you already record in Riverside, want a free tier with clipping, or need 4K and live streaming. The evidence is below.
Pick Crayo if
- You clip podcasts that were not recorded in Riverside: Crayo takes YouTube and TikTok links or a file upload up to 4 GB and 3 hours, and Magic Clips only runs on content recorded or uploaded inside Riverside.
- You want the strongest moments ranked before you cut: AutoClip and Find Viral Moments rank every moment with reasons, and Magic Clips shows no score or ranking.
- You want a face-aware camera on single-camera footage, 32 caption styles with keyword highlight in 56 spoken languages, a timeline editor and a 34-endpoint API on every plan, with 1080p exports and no watermark.
Pick Riverside Magic Clips if
- You need the recording studio: Riverside records 4K local multitrack and streams live to YouTube, Twitch, Facebook and LinkedIn. Crayo records nothing.
- You want a free tier with clipping: Riverside Free includes Magic Clips at 720p with a watermark. Crayo has no free plan and no trial.
- You want captions in 100+ languages, podcast hosting with analytics, mobile recording apps, or clips that spend no credits. Crayo transcribes 56 languages and charges 1 credit per clip.
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At a glance
| At a glance | Crayo | Riverside Magic Clips |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | Hobby $19/mo or $160/yr (about $13.33/mo) | Pro $29/mo; annual $24/mo ($288/yr) |
| What the entry plan buys | 250 clips (workflow credits), 2 hours of export, 25GB storage, the timeline editor and the API; also 30 voiceover minutes, 100 AI images and 1 tracked account | 15 hours of separate-track downloads a month, 4K, no watermark, 2,000 AI credits, Magic Clips, show notes, hosting and analytics |
| Metering unit | 1 workflow credit per finished clip, plus export minutes | Separate-track download hours per month plus AI credits for translation, AI B-roll and animated clips; Magic Clips need no credits |
| Free tier | None. Twelve free browser tools need no account and never upload the file. | Free plan: 2 hours of multitrack recording once, unlimited single-track, 720p with a watermark, Magic Clips included |
| Export resolution | Up to 1080p | 720p on Free, up to 4K on Pro and above |
| Auto clipping | IncludedAutoClip, 1 to 20 clips per run | IncludedMagic Clips, on Riverside recordings or uploads |
| Face-aware reframing | IncludedFace-aware camera track | PartialActive-speaker layouts in multicam recordings |
| Timeline editor on every plan | IncludedCamera, keyframes, zooms, speed ramps | IncludedEditing suite plus text-based editing, Free included |
| Native scheduling | Not includedDownload and post yourself | PartialSocial Scheduling listed, not tied to Magic Clips |
| Public API | Included34 endpoints on every plan | Not includedZapier integration only |
| Cancel in app | IncludedOne click in Settings | Not statedNot stated on the pricing page |
Riverside Magic Clips facts from riverside.com/pricing, checked Oct 8, 2026. Crayo facts from the live plan table at crayo.ai/pricing.
Pricing side by side
A worked example for a clipper's month, then every plan from both vendors. Riverside Magic Clips prices were checked Oct 8, 2026.
| A typical month | Crayo | Riverside Magic Clips |
|---|---|---|
| Plan needed | Hobby | Pro |
| Cost | $19/mo or about $13.33/mo yearly | $29/mo or $24/mo yearly ($288/yr) |
| Allowance used | 32 of 250 workflow credits and about 32 of 120 export minutes, from any YouTube or TikTok link or file | 4 of 15 separate-track download hours; the 32 Magic Clips spend none of the 2,000 AI credits |
| Note | Prices from the live plan table. Crayo does not record, so the episodes come from wherever you record them. | Only if all four episodes were recorded or uploaded in Riverside. Both tools can be used together: record in Riverside, clip in either. |
Scenario: One 60-minute source a week, eight clips each: 240 source minutes and 32 clips a month.
All Riverside Magic Clips plans (5)ShowHide
| Riverside Magic Clips plan | Monthly | Annual | What is metered | Includes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FreeThe 2 multitrack hours are a one-off allowance, not monthly. | $0 | n/a | 2 hours of multitrack recording once, unlimited single-track recording |
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| Pro | $29/mo | $24/mo ($288/yr) | 15 hours of separate-track downloads per month plus 2,000 AI credits |
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| Grow | $39/mo | $34/mo ($408/yr) | 20 hours of separate-track downloads per month plus AI credits |
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| WebinarAnnual total not listed: the page's FAQ says $99 to $79 per month, but the plan line repeats Grow's $408 annual figure, which looks like a copy error. | $99/mo | $79/mo | 25 hours of separate-track downloads per month plus AI credits |
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| Business | Custom | Custom | Unlimited separate-track downloads plus 12,000 AI credits |
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From riverside.com/pricing, checked Oct 8, 2026. Pricing page fetched directly on Oct 8, 2026. The official page served a staging banner saying the information may not be up to date and its plan cards rendered blank, so every figure (Free $0, Pro $29/mo or $24/mo billed $288 a year, Grow $39/mo or $34/mo billed $408 a year, Webinar $99/mo or $79/mo, Business custom with 12,000 credits, download-hour caps of 15/20/25) was read from the page's compare table and FAQ and cross-checked against the Oct 1, 2026 creatorstackclub review. The Webinar annual total is omitted because the page's plan line repeats Grow's $408 figure while its FAQ says $79 a month. A human browser check of the live plan cards is still needed. Magic Clips scope (https://riverside.com/magic-clips) and the Free plan's Magic Clips cap were read from Riverside's own pages; no numeric Magic Clips cap is published there.
All Crayo plans (3)ShowHide
| Crayo plan | Monthly | Yearly | Clips (credits) | Export | Storage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobby | $19/mo | $160/yr (about $13.33/mo) | 250 per month | 2 hours | 25GB |
| Clipper | $39/mo | $327/yr (about $27.25/mo) | 1,000 per month | 10 hours | 100GB |
| Pro | $79/mo | $664/yr (about $55.33/mo) | 3,000 per month | 30 hours | 500GB |
Read from the live plan table, the same source as crayo.ai/pricing. Credits reset each cycle and do not roll over; one-time top-up packs are separate.
Feature by feature
| Feature | Crayo | Riverside Magic Clips |
|---|---|---|
| Clipping | ||
| Long video to short clips | IncludedAutoClip, 1 to 20 clips per run | IncludedMagic Clips, on Riverside recordings or uploads |
| Moment ranking | IncludedVirality ranking in AutoClip and Find Viral Moments | Not includedNo score or ranking shown |
| Face-aware reframing | IncludedFace-aware camera track | PartialActive-speaker layouts in multicam recordings |
| Max source length | 3 hours or 4 GB per upload | Not statedNot stated on pricing or Magic Clips pages |
| Layouts | Speaker, streamer, split, full | Vertical or square, focus speaker or keywords |
| Captions and editing | ||
| Timeline editor on every plan | IncludedCamera, keyframes, zooms, speed ramps | IncludedEditing suite plus text-based editing, Free included |
| Caption styles | 32 styles | PartialFont, color, size, placement controls; no count |
| Caption languages | 56 spoken languages | 100+ |
| B-roll | PartialAdd your own clips in the editor | IncludedAI B-roll spends AI credits |
| 4K export | Not included1080p maximum | IncludedPro and above; Free is 720p |
| Distribution | ||
| Native scheduling | Not includedDownload and post yourself | PartialSocial Scheduling listed, not tied to Magic Clips |
| Post analytics | PartialSocial Tracker, not per-post stats | PartialPodcast hosting analytics on Pro and above |
| Creator tracking | IncludedInstagram, YouTube, TikTok; 1 to 10 accounts | Not included |
| Public API | Included34 endpoints on every plan | Not includedZapier integration only |
| Webhooks | Included | Not statedNot published |
| Platform | ||
| Web app | Included | Included |
| Desktop app | Not included | Not statedNot stated on the fetched pages |
| Mobile app | Not includedBrowser app only | IncludediOS and Android recording apps |
| Team seats | Not included | PartialEditor seats are a paid add-on |
| Billing | ||
| Free tier | Not includedFree browser tools only | Included720p, watermark, Magic Clips included |
| Free trial | Not included | Not statedNot published; the Free plan stands in |
| Metering | 1 credit per finished clip | Download hours plus AI credits |
| Credit rollover | Not includedTop-up packs are separate | Not includedDownload hours do not roll over |
| Refund policy | No refunds, all sales final | Not statedNot stated on the pricing page |
| Cancel in app | IncludedOne click in Settings | Not statedNot stated on the pricing page |
| Also included | ||
| AI images | Included100 to 500 per month by plan | Not included |
| AI voiceover | IncludedHundreds of voices, 30 to 180 minutes by plan | Not statedNot found on the pricing or feature pages |
| Voice cloning | Not included | Not stated |
| AI avatars | Not included | Not stated |
| Reddit story videos | Included | Not included |
| Fake text videos | IncludediMessage-style | Not included |
Included, Partial and Not included describe what each product publishes as of the prices-checked date. Not stated means the vendor does not publish it.
Where Crayo wins
- 01
Crayo clips any YouTube or TikTok link or file; Magic Clips only clips what was recorded or uploaded inside Riverside.
Riverside's Magic Clips page, checked Oct 8, 2026, describes clipping content recorded or uploaded inside Riverside and lists no YouTube-link, Twitch or Kick import. Crayo AutoClip takes YouTube and TikTok links or a file upload up to 4 GB and 3 hours, so a Riverside recording can be downloaded and clipped in Crayo: record there, clip here. Source
- 02
Crayo ranks moments; Magic Clips shows no ranking or score.
The Magic Clips page, checked Oct 8, 2026, promises AI clips made to go viral but shows no score or ordering per clip. A review dated Oct 1, 2026 put usable output at about 1 in 4 suggested clips. Crayo's AutoClip and Find Viral Moments rank every moment with the planner's reasons attached, and Find Viral Moments lets you review up to 50 ranked moments before spending a credit on any of them. Source
- 03
Crayo ships 32 caption styles with keyword highlight; Magic Clips publishes no style count.
The Magic Clips page, checked Oct 8, 2026, lists font, color, size, placement and movement controls for captions and no count of presets. Crayo's editor has 32 caption styles with keyword highlight on every plan, and AutoClip applies one of them automatically. Source
- 04
Crayo's camera is face-aware on single-camera footage; Riverside's layouts switch by active speaker in multicam recordings.
Riverside's smart layouts, per its Magic Clips page checked Oct 8, 2026, change camera by whoever is speaking in a multi-camera recording, with a focus speaker or keywords chosen by you. No single-camera face-tracking claim appears on the page. Crayo's AutoClip tracks faces in the frame and keeps the speaker in the crop across speaker, split and full layouts. Source
- 05
Crayo has a 34-endpoint API with webhooks on every plan; Riverside has no public API.
Riverside's pricing and feature pages, checked Oct 8, 2026, show integration running through Zapier rather than a public API. Every Crayo plan includes the API and webhooks, with docs at crayo.ai/developers, so a clipping workflow can be scripted from the entry plan up. Source
Where Riverside Magic Clips wins
- 01
Riverside is the recording studio; Crayo is not.
Riverside records 4K local multitrack audio and video with each guest captured on their own track, and streams live to YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, LinkedIn and custom RTMP, per its pricing page checked Oct 8, 2026. Crayo starts from a finished file or link and records nothing. Source
- 02
Riverside has a free tier that includes Magic Clips.
Riverside Free is $0 with 2 hours of multitrack recording once, unlimited single-track recording, 720p with a watermark and Magic Clips, per its pricing page checked Oct 8, 2026. Crayo has no free plan and no trial. Source
- 03
Riverside captions in 100+ languages and exports 4K; Crayo transcribes 56 languages and tops out at 1080p.
Riverside's Magic Clips page advertises AI captions in 100+ languages, and Pro and above export up to 4K, per its pricing page checked Oct 8, 2026. Crayo's language picker has 56 entries and exports at 1080p maximum. Source
- 04
Magic Clips spend no credits, and Pro adds podcast hosting, analytics, text-based editing and mobile recording apps.
Riverside's pricing page, checked Oct 8, 2026, says Magic Clips, Magic Audio and AI Co-Creator do not require credits, and Pro at $29 a month includes podcast hosting with analytics and unlimited transcription with text-based editing. Riverside has iOS and Android recording apps. Crayo charges 1 workflow credit per clip, hosts nothing and is a browser app. Source
Billing and cancellation
Each side's published terms. At most two dated user quotes, each tied to a row in the table above. No scores.
Crayo
- No free tier and no trial.
- No refunds. All sales are final.
- Cancel any time in one click from Settings. The plan stays active to the end of the cycle and nothing further is charged.
- Credits reset monthly and do not roll over; top-up packs are separate.
Source: crayo.ai/refund-policy
Riverside Magic Clips
- Refunds: No refund terms appear on the pricing page as of Oct 8, 2026.
- Cancellation: Cancellation steps are not described on the pricing page.
- Riverside meters separate-track download hours per month, which do not roll over, plus AI credits for translation, AI B-roll and animated clips; Magic Clips need no credits and recording itself is unlimited. Refund and cancellation terms are not on the pricing page, and the page's Webinar annual line conflicts with its FAQ.
Source: riverside.com/pricing, checked Oct 8, 2026
“Magic Clips AI picks mediocre shows more often than great ones”
Hands-on test
Superiority claims need a described test behind them. This is the test and its status.
- Status
- Scheduled, not yet run
- Source
- A 45-minute two-person podcast recording owned by Crayo, uploaded to Riverside for the Magic Clips run
- Plans
- Riverside Pro and Crayo Clipper, same file, same day, defaults first then one tuned run each
Until this test runs, the page shows no timings, clip counts or screenshots, and every claim above comes from published pricing and documentation. The results table replaces this note when it is done.
Show the protocolProtocol
- Same source file through both tools on the same day, defaults first, then one tuned run each.
- We pay for the competitor's entry paid plan and Crayo's Clipper plan and record browser, date and plan.
- We record time to first clip, total wall time, clips produced, clips judged usable, credits spent, list-price dollars for the run, export resolution, caption word errors on a fixed 60-second segment, and whether the speaker stayed framed.
- Usable means: starts and ends on a complete sentence, hook in the first two seconds, speaker framed, captions accurate enough to post without edits. Two reviewers, disagreements noted.
- If the competitor wins a row, it stays. If a run fails, we say so and show the error.
Switching from Riverside Magic Clips to Crayo
- 01
Paste a link or upload the file
AutoClip accepts YouTube and TikTok links or file upload (up to 4 GB, 1 minute to 3 hours). Nothing to migrate from the other tool.
- 02
Pick a layout and an intensity
Speaker, streamer, split or full layout; subtle, balanced, dynamic or max editing; 1 to 20 clips per run.
- 03
Export at 1080p or open the editor
Download the clips as they are, or open any clip in the timeline editor to change captions, camera, zooms and music.
Your source files are yours on both sides. Crayo does not need an export from Riverside Magic Clips; it works from the original video, and clips you already made in Riverside Magic Clips stay wherever you saved them.
Questions clippers ask
Try it on your own clips
Try it on your own video
Paste a YouTube or TikTok link or upload a file. Every tool is on every plan.
About this page
What changed and when. The updated date above only moves when something here does.
- First published. Riverside prices checked Oct 8, 2026: Free $0 with Magic Clips at 720p, Pro $29/mo or $24/mo billed annually at $288, Grow $39/mo or $34/mo billed annually at $408.
Riverside Magic Clips is a trademark of its owner, used here only to identify the product compared. Sources: riverside.com/pricing.
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