Vugola picks moments, frames the face and burns captions on paid plans with credits. TrimTake does the same from a cleaned recording, on every plan including Free, with no watermark and no credits.
Vugola is a clipping agent: upload a long video, it chooses the moments, crops to 9:16, adds branded captions, and can schedule and post for you. At the time of writing it is paid-only with no free tier (Starter $19.99/mo, Creator $49.99/mo, Pro $99.99/mo, all credit-based) and offers a REST API plus an MCP server on every paid plan. TrimTake takes a different route to the same clips: it removes filler words and dead air from the whole recording first, then cuts clips from the clean version. You get the full clean video, a clean MP3 and captioned clips from one upload, on every plan including Free, with API and MCP access on every plan. TrimTake does not schedule or post; you post with the tools you already use.
$0.99 per video. Preview every cut before you download.
| Feature | TrimTake | Vugola |
|---|---|---|
| Removes filler words and dead air before clipping | ✓ | ✗ No |
| Captioned 9:16 clips with face-centred crop | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Word-by-word highlighted captions | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Full clean long-form video | ✓ | ✗ No |
| Clean MP3 of the recording | ✓ | ✗ No |
| Free plan | ✓ | ✗ No |
| No watermark on free output | ✓ | No free tier |
| Credits | None — footage allowance | Credit-based |
| REST API + MCP server | Every plan, incl. Free | Paid plans |
| Scheduling and posting | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| Browser clip editor | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| Captions in many languages | 90+ | 99 |
| Plan | TrimTake | Vugola |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Free forever, no watermark | None |
| Try it once | $0.99 / video | — |
| Entry monthly plan | $9 / month | $19.99 / month |
| Mid plan | $19 / month | $49.99 / month |
| Higher plan | $49 / month | $99.99 / month |
| API + MCP access | Every plan | Paid plans |
Not as far as we can tell at the time of writing. Its agent picks moments from the recording as uploaded. TrimTake removes the ums, uhs and dead air across the whole recording first, so the clips are tighter and the captions never contain a filler word.
At the time of writing, no. Its plans start at $19.99 a month and use credits. TrimTake’s Free plan returns the full clean video, a clean MP3 and captioned clips with no watermark.
Yes. TrimTake has a REST API and a remote MCP server on every plan, including Free. Connect Claude Desktop, Claude Code or Cursor and ask for clips from a prompt. The tools are clean_video, clip_video, get_job_status, get_clips, download_clip, get_audio, get_transcript and get_usage.
No. TrimTake returns the files and the API hands you signed download links. Posting is your own step with whatever scheduler you already use.
If you want a browser editor for the clips and built-in scheduling and posting, Vugola includes those. If you want cleaner clips, the full clean video and MP3 too, a free plan and no credits, that’s TrimTake.