What is the smallest thing I can do to evaluate this?

Render one clip from the command line with your own script. The signup and the pack take a couple of minutes, and the file at the end answers the question this page cannot: whether the output is good enough for what you ship.

Is the API behind a higher plan?

No. There is one product. REST, the command line tool, the TypeScript SDK, and the MCP server all reach the same pipeline, and none of them is reserved for a tier.

How do I handle results in a pipeline?

Submit returns a run id. Poll it until the state is succeeded or failed. Those are the only two terminal states, so the branch in your code is genuinely binary.

Can I estimate cost inside my own code?

Yes. The quote endpoint returns the cost for a request, and the run charges that same figure. You can gate a job on it without keeping a second price table in your head.

What happens when a render fails?

You are charged only once the vendor has accepted the paid render of your clip. A failure before that point costs nothing, and so does a failure caused on our side, even when we have already paid the vendor.

Who it is for

Clipwright for developers

An endpoint, a run id, a file. No browser editor, no seat, no sales call before you can try it. Quote the cost, render, poll, done.

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Shaped like a job queue, because that is what it is

Submit a script and a person. Get a run id. Poll the run id. When the state is succeeded, take the file.

There is no session to hold open while something renders, no socket to babysit, and no third terminal state to write a branch for. A run ends succeeded or failed.

Four surfaces, none of them a tier

Call it over REST if you are assembling the request yourself. Use the command line tool to try something before writing code. Use the TypeScript SDK if you would rather hold a client object. Register the MCP server if an agent is the caller.

All four reach the same render. None of them is gated behind a plan, because there is no plan, only a pack of credits.

Retries that do not punish you

Pipelines retry. That is not a flaw in your code, it is what pipelines do when a network is involved.

Billing starts when the vendor accepts the paid render of your clip, and not before. A run that breaks earlier costs nothing. A run that breaks because of us costs nothing either, even when we have already paid the vendor, because we do not charge for work we stopped, lost, or rejected ourselves.

So a retry loop is a retry loop, not a spending risk you have to design around.

Cost you can compute

30 credits per second of finished video. Ask the quote endpoint for the figure on a specific request and gate the job on the answer if you want to.

Credits come from a pack and do not expire, which suits work that arrives in bursts. Nothing is running down while you are not rendering.

Defaults and limits worth knowing early

Clips come back at 1080 by 1920 by default, with other resolutions on request.

Files are kept for 30 days after the run finishes and then deleted, and the links expire sooner than that. Fetch the file in the same job that created it.

Publishing is not part of this. Clipwright renders and returns, and anything after that is your infrastructure.

Start

You will not learn from this page whether the output is good enough for your use. Nobody learns that from a page. Render one clip with your own script and open the file.

Checked on 2026-09-15.

Questions

What is the smallest thing I can do to evaluate this?: Render one clip from the command line with your own script. The signup and the pack take a couple of minutes, and the file at the end answers the question this page cannot: whether the output is good enough for what you ship.
Is the API behind a higher plan?: No. There is one product. REST, the command line tool, the TypeScript SDK, and the MCP server all reach the same pipeline, and none of them is reserved for a tier.
How do I handle results in a pipeline?: Submit returns a run id. Poll it until the state is succeeded or failed. Those are the only two terminal states, so the branch in your code is genuinely binary.
Can I estimate cost inside my own code?: Yes. The quote endpoint returns the cost for a request, and the run charges that same figure. You can gate a job on it without keeping a second price table in your head.
What happens when a render fails?: You are charged only once the vendor has accepted the paid render of your clip. A failure before that point costs nothing, and so does a failure caused on our side, even when we have already paid the vendor.

Render a clip and compare the files yourself.