If you've priced sermon clips for your church, you've seen numbers from $15 a month to $1,500. They aren't competing prices for the same thing — they're three different products, and the difference is who does the work.
Tier 1 — Self-serve tools ($15–100/mo)
| Tool | Price | Who does the work |
|---|---|---|
| OpusClip | $15–29 | Somebody on your staff |
| sermon-clips.com | $19 | Somebody on your staff |
| Choppity | from $22 | Somebody on your staff |
| SermonShots | from $40 | Somebody on your staff |
| Pulpit AI | from $39 | Somebody on your staff |
| Church.tech | to $100 | Somebody on your staff |
The AI cuts; a person on your team uploads, judges, fixes, and posts — every week. The church-specific suites (SermonShots, Pulpit AI) bundle extras like devotionals and discussion guides at $40–60, which is real value if you have the operator. The full operator math is here: the true cost of a $29 clip tool.
Tier 2 — Done-for-you services ($199–500+/mo)
| Service | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Sermon Clip Sidekick | $199 / $299 / $399 | 1 / 2 / 3 human-edited clips per week, delivered Tuesday |
| REACHRIGHT | from $497 | 4–7 posts/week including 1–2 clips |
Here the money buys labor: their people watch the sermon, pick the moments, and cut. Nobody on your staff does anything. That's the entire difference, and it's why the prices are 10× apart.
Tier 3 — Agencies and freelancers ($500–3,500+/mo)
Full social management: clips plus strategy, posting, graphics, and reporting. Right for churches with the budget and the volume; far more than most churches of 200–1,000 need for the sermon itself.
The gap in the middle
Notice what's missing: almost nothing exists between $100 and $199. Tools can't cross up into that gap because adding human judgment breaks their economics. Human services can't cross down because labor has a floor. So churches get offered either a subscription that still costs them their Monday, or a service at 4× the price.
That gap is where we chose to build — which is the honest reason this guide exists, and also why we'd tell you to check every number above against the linked pricing pages rather than take our table on faith.
How to choose, by situation
- You have a capable editor who likes the work: buy a Tier 1 tool. $22–57 well spent.
- Comms is one part-timer or a volunteer, and clips mostly don't happen: you're choosing between a done-for-you service and continuing to not post. Compare Tier 2 prices on labor, not features.
- You have budget and want the whole channel run: Tier 3, and interview at least two agencies.
- Budget-season tip regardless of tier: annual pricing usually runs ~two months free and turns fifty-two card charges into one board-approved line item.