Cost check ⏱️ 3 min read

What Does a Podcast Clip Pack Save You?

Eight captioned clips cost $49, which is $6.13 a clip. If cutting one clip by hand takes you more than 9 minutes at $40 an hour, the clip pack is cheaper.

TL;DR

💵 The price: $49 for 8 clips, $6.13 each, no subscription.
⏱️ The test: Hand-cutting one clip beats $6.13 only if it takes you under 9 minutes at $40 an hour.
🎬 The catch: You pay after a free sample clip, so you check the look first.

📊 Where the break-even sits

Each bar is the minutes one clip may take you by hand before the pack wins. Tap a bar for the number.

Figure 1

Break-even minutes

Data

Tap a bar.

RateMinutes
$20/h18.4m
$40/h9.2m
$60/h6.1m

Source: Arithmetic: $49 / 8 clips = $6.13 a clip, then $6.13 / hourly rate x 60 = minutes, with the price from /clips.html. The hourly rates are examples, not data.

🧮 Try your own numbers

Type your hourly rate and how long one clip takes you.

By hand, 8 clips$107
Clip pack$49

At $40 an hour and 20 minutes a clip, the pack saves $58.

Think of a print shop: you could buy a printer, paper and ink to run one flyer. For one flyer the shop costs less, and for a thousand the printer wins.

🎬 What the $49 gets

One long video in, eight short clips out, as one download link.

📱

Vertical

1080 x 1920, the shape Shorts, Reels and TikTok want.

💬

Captioned

Each word lights up as it is spoken.

✂️

25 to 55 seconds

Whole thoughts, not cut off mid-sentence.

🔁 How an order runs

1Send a link
2Free sample clip
3$49 for 8

The cutting itself took 7 minutes for a 35-minute video, so waiting is short.

✅ When to skip it

Buy

  • You post every week and hate editing
  • A clip takes you over 9 minutes at $40 an hour

Skip

  • You have one video, once
  • A clip takes you under 9 minutes at $40 an hour

Sources: price, clip count, size, length and the 7-minute cut time are from the clip pack page. The $20, $40 and $60 rates are examples to divide by, not survey data, and the 20-minute hand time in the calculator is a starting guess you overwrite.

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Get 8 clips from your episode

Send a link, see a free sample clip, then pay $49 only if you like it.

See the clip pack