RealHedgehog
One episode in. Fifteen clips out.
Paste the link to your episode and get back vertical clips cut at complete thoughts — captioned to the word, reframed to 9:16, and ranked so you know which to post first. A whole episode costs one credit, however long you talked.
Three clips free. No card.
Why podcasts break most clipping tools
An hour of conversation is not an hour of highlights. The good moments are buried, they rarely align to a tidy 30-second window, and a clip that opens mid-sentence is worse than no clip at all.
RealHedgehog reads the transcript the way an editor would. It scores each candidate on whether it stands on its own — a setup, a turn, a payoff — and cuts where the thought finishes rather than where a timer runs out. That is the difference between a clip someone watches and a clip someone scrolls past.
The maths that matters for long-form
Most clipping tools charge per minute of source. That model is fine for short videos and brutal for podcasts: a single two-hour episode can consume an entire monthly allowance. We charge per episode.
| Your month | RealHedgehog | Typical per-minute tool |
|---|---|---|
| 4 × 60-min episodes | included in $19 | ~$23 |
| 12 × 60-min episodes | included in $19 | ~$70 |
| 25 × 60-min episodes | $19 total | ~$145 |
Per-minute figure based on Opus Clip Pro as published on 3 September 2026 ($29 for 300 credits, one credit per minute of source). The longer your episodes, the wider the gap. See the full comparison.
What you get on every clip
- Captions timed to the word — animated in your chosen style, no drift, no manual timing.
- Automatic 9:16 — every clip is reframed to vertical for you, with the crop set a touch high so heads stay in shot.
- A virality score — post the strongest moments first instead of guessing.
- Your rights, kept — no watermark on paid plans, no licensing conditions.
- Yours to download — grab the whole episode's pack in one click, or pull single clips as you need them.
Recording in Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Arabic, Hindi or Indonesian? Transcription detects the language automatically — the clips come back captioned in it.
How it fits a normal recording week
- Publish the episode wherever you already publish it.
- Paste that link into RealHedgehog.
- Come back to a ranked folder of vertical clips, usually within minutes.
- Post the top few, schedule the rest.
Questions podcasters ask
How many clips from one episode?
Usually fifteen or more from an hour, ranked by score. Every clip from that episode is included in the single credit.
Can it take a two-hour episode?
Yes — any source up to four hours, on every plan. The whole episode is still one credit. Longer episodes take longer to process, and we email you when the pack is ready.
Do I need to upload the audio or video file?
No. Paste the link to where the episode already lives — YouTube, Twitch, X, or a direct video URL — and the footage and audio are fetched for you.
Can I try it on a real episode before paying?
Yes. Three clips free, no card, and you see the finished output before deciding.