Overview

Headliner covers the path from long-form audio or video to short clips, captions, and episode promotion. It can turn a full-length video into 10 or more social-ready clips, with AI highlight detection, automatic reframing, social presets, and transcript-to-post output. The 120-minute maximum source length gives it room for full episodes, though plan-specific caps still determine what users can process and export.

The Podcast Promo Pack extends the workflow beyond video, producing episode-art options, show notes, chaptered summaries, keywords and tags, references, and quotes. Automatic posting to platforms such as YouTube using an RSS feed and mobile sharing to Meta, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and more make distribution part of the offering. These capabilities make Headliner more compelling as a podcast promotion toolkit than as a narrow clip editor.

Key features

Clips and captions: AI clipping and captioning can yield multiple social assets from one source. Transcription supports more than 100 languages, and exports can include automatic captions. Video clipping and captioning are free on any account while the tools are in beta, an unusually useful way to assess the workflow, but it should not be treated as a permanent plan entitlement.
Episode promotion: The Promo Pack's combination of art options, summaries, chaptering, and metadata can reduce the number of separate steps needed to prepare an episode for publication. It is a better fit for creators seeking a broader publishing workflow than for teams looking only for video editing.
Developer and security options: Headliner offers enterprise SSO and video APIs, as well as free J/S Widget and Eddy API options. Encryption in transit and at rest, access controls, and regular security reviews support its positioning for teams, though the stated API options do not establish a particular integration depth.
Content privacy: Headliner says paid subscribers' uploads are not used to train machine-learning models. Free-tier content may be used in aggregated or de-identified form to improve systems and features. It says it does not sell personal information to third parties, but teams with stricter content-use requirements should weigh the free-tier distinction before uploading.

Pricing

Headliner uses a freemium model. The Forever Free plan costs 0.00 USD per free and includes unlimited video clips and captioned clips, one unwatermarked audiogram per month, unlimited watermarked audiograms, 1080p videos up to 10 minutes, 10GB of uploads, and two hours of transcription per month. That is a meaningful trial and occasional-use option, but the transcription allowance and single monthly unwatermarked audiogram constrain regular publishing.

Basic (annual) costs 7.99 USD per year, billed annually; Basic (monthly) costs 9.99 USD per month, billed monthly. Both provide 10 unwatermarked audiograms per month, unlimited captions for projects up to 10 minutes, 1080p video up to 10 minutes, 10GB of uploads, and audio files up to two hours. Basic is the practical step up for creators who need more clean audiograms, but it retains the short video and caption-project ceiling. Support is described as a benefit of upgrading to Basic.

Pro (annual) costs 19.99 USD per year, billed annually; Pro (monthly) costs 25.99 USD per month, billed monthly. Both include unlimited unwatermarked videos, transcription, and captions, 1080p videos up to two hours, 10GB uploads, audio files up to four hours, and priority support. Pro fits frequent publishers working with longer episodes; its higher price is hard to justify for occasional clip creation. Confirm the billing term before choosing: the annual prices are billed annually, not monthly.

Platforms

Headliner is available on Android, iOS, and the web, with API options for teams integrating video workflows. Its mobile app supports sharing to major social platforms, while web and API access make it relevant beyond a phone-only creator workflow.

Who it's for

Headliner is best suited to podcasters, digital creators, and publishing teams that want one service for episode-derived clips, captions, transcription, and promotional materials. Pro is the strongest fit for regular output and long sources; Basic suits lower-volume creators needing more unwatermarked audiograms than the free tier allows. It is a weaker fit for teams whose key requirement is a high free transcription quota or whose content terms do not permit the free-tier improvement use described above.

Pros and cons

Pros

Broad podcast workflow: Clips, multilingual transcription, captions, and Promo Pack assets cover more than simple audiogram creation.
Useful free clip allowance: Unlimited clips and captioned clips plus 10GB uploads make the free plan viable for experimentation, despite the two-hour monthly transcription cap.
Longer-form capacity on Pro: Two-hour 1080p video and four-hour audio support full episode workflows that Basic's 10-minute video and two-hour audio limits do not.
Multiple integration paths: Mobile sharing, RSS-based posting, and API offerings serve both individual creators and teams.

Cons

Free plan limits clean output: Only one unwatermarked audiogram per month; the rest are watermarked.
Basic retains short project ceilings: Captions are limited to 10-minute projects and videos to 10 minutes, despite unlimited captions within that project limit.
Free-tier data terms differ: Uploaded content may be used in aggregated or de-identified form to improve systems and features, unlike paid-subscriber content.

Alternatives

Reap is worth considering for a freemium clipping workflow with a free trial; its free plan allows one hour per month, but watermarks exports, caps them at 720p, and expires projects after seven days.
Audiogram is a narrower alternative for web and API users: its free plan allows two videos per month with captions up to 60 seconds, while Pro costs 19.00 USD per month and allows up to 15 videos per month with captions up to five minutes.
SoundMadeSeen is an option for teams comparing paid media-generation plans; its Creative plan costs 12.95 USD per month and bundles video generation, transcription, image credits, and text-to-speech characters.
CapsAI is another freemium option across Android, iOS, and web, with a one-time Starter plan priced at 49.00 INR.
Clipperz offers a web-based audiogram workflow; its free plan includes 80 Standard credits per month and retains clips for seven days, with a watermark and no scheduler or custom branding.
Flowjin is a paid alternative with a free tier that includes a one-time 60-minute credit, 720p output, and projects that expire after five days.
VIDRA is another web-based freemium audiogram maker.
AudioGong offers a freemium web-based audiogram option.

Browse more AI Audiogram Makers, Podcast Clip Makers, and AI Video Repurposing Tools if your priority is a specialized tool category rather than Headliner's combined workflow.

Verdict

Choose Headliner if you publish podcasts regularly and want clipping, transcription, captions, and episode-promotion assets in one service, especially if Pro's longer limits match your source material. Look elsewhere if you need predictable free-tier content-use terms or only occasional clean audiograms: the free plan allows just one unwatermarked audiogram a month, and Basic still caps video projects at 10 minutes.

	ClippingCut	Headliner
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Free trial	Yes	No
Paid from	€19/mo	$0.67/mo
Open source	No	No
Platforms	Web	Android, api, iOS, Web
Free plan	No	Yes
Auto clip detection	Yes	—
Captions	Yes	—
Video reframing	Yes	—
Caption languages	2 languages	—
Paid from	—	7.99 /mo

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