Klap
Alive and mid-experiment. Entry price has flipped between $14 and $39 four times since 2026-07-11 (latest: back to $14 on 07-17), with the tier count moving 3-2-3 in step [OBS]. A 07-01 quota restructure preceded the flips: plan copy moved from upload-video limits to a 100/300/1,000 clips-per-month ladder [OBS].
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Price history — observed daily
OUR OWN INSTRUMENT, READ EVERY MORNING AT 02:00 UTC SINCE 2026-06-30. THIS TABLE CANNOT BE BACKFILLED — THAT IS THE POINT.
| First read | Entry price | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | $14/mo | pricing page [OBS] |
| 2026-07-25 | UNDER REVIEW | Reading failed our sanity gate — quarantined, logged in corrections. We show you the gap, not a guess. |
| 2026-07-26 | $14/mo | pricing page [OBS] |
| 2026-07-28 | UNDER REVIEW | Reading failed our sanity gate — quarantined, logged in corrections. We show you the gap, not a guess. |
| 2026-07-30 | $14/mo | pricing page [OBS] |
The change log — what actually moved
ONLY DAYS WITH CHANGES APPEAR. QUIET DAYS ARE DATA TOO — THEY JUST DON’T GET A ROW.
- 2026-07-20Pricing page rebuilt around a single feature set: 'Every plan includes every feature — you only choose how many clips.' Per-clip unit prices appeared ($0.140 and $0.130 on the 100- and 300-clip tiers), yearly totals surfaced ($168, $468), a money-back-guarantee line was added, and the '8.5M clips made by 3.5M creators' social-proof line left the page. [OBS]
EXPOSURE: First board on the ai-video-captions track to price the unit (clips) instead of the feature set — a reframe of the whole track's ladder, landing three days after the fourth entry-price flip. - 2026-07-17The 3-tier ladder returned within a day — the $14 entry tier (100 clips/mo) is back on the page; fourth flip of the running price test. [OBS]
- 2026-07-16The identical 2-tier variant reappeared: $14 and $94 tiers pulled again; instrument read a $39 entry price and 2 tiers — the third price flip since 07-11. [OBS]
- 2026-07-13Filed on the observatory roster as BOOTSTRAPPER: small self-funded team, revenue claimed by founders, no funding record found in third-party search (medium confidence). [OBS]
- 2026-07-12Full 3-tier ladder restored within 1 day: the $14 entry tier and the $94 Pro+ tier returned to the page. [OBS]
- 2026-07-11The $14 tier (100 clips/mo) and the $94 Pro+ tier (1,000 clips/mo) dropped off the pricing page; instrument read a $39 entry price and 2 tiers. [OBS]
- 2026-07-10Pricing page template reverted to the prior layout after 1 day; prices still read $14 entry and 3 tiers. [OBS]
- 2026-07-09Pricing page template swapped: title expanded to 'Klap Pricing | Plans for Creators, Teams & API Users' and nav markup split; all prices unchanged. [OBS]
- 2026-07-09Pricing page carried the founder-stated on-page claim of 8.5M clips made by 3.5M creators, with the footer credited to two named makers (@theo and @victor). [FDR] source
- 2026-07-08Sitemap grew from 293 to 300 pages between 06-30 and 07-08; every addition logged was a blog post (clip-maker, video-transcription, YouTube-summary topics; one of the seven was logged on the excluded 07-03 day — sitemap-only entry retained by the 07-04 audit, endpoint counts from clean days). [OBS]
- 2026-07-01Plan quotas restructured: upload-based limits (10/30/100 videos per month, 45-minute to 3-hour caps, HD/4K download lines) replaced by a flat ladder of 100/300/1,000 clips per month; entry price held at $14. [OBS]
- 2026-06-30Baseline filed: $14/mo entry price (billed yearly), 3 paid tiers, 20% affiliate program, 293-page sitemap, 6,224-character homepage. [OBS]
The clerk’s read
The ledger shows a two-step play. Step one, 2026-07-01: the unit of value changed. Plan copy dropped upload-count limits (10/30/100 videos per month, 45-minute to 3-hour caps, HD/4K download lines) and re-sold the same product as a clips ladder — 100, 300, 1,000 clips per month. Selling clips instead of uploads makes each tier's worth legible and each price move defensible [INF]. Step two, ten days later: the $14 floor started blinking. On 07-11 the $14 (100 clips) and $94 Pro+ (1,000 clips) tiers left the page and the entry price read $39; on 07-12 all three tiers were back; on 07-16 the identical two-tier variant returned. An identical diff appearing twice with a clean one-day revert in between reads as a live A/B price test, not a repricing decision [INF]. That fits the operator profile on file: a small self-funded shop, page footer credited to two named makers, filed BOOTSTRAPPER on 07-13. The page template also swapped and reverted on 07-09/07-10 — consistent with test scaffolding being installed before the price variants ran [INF]. Watch item, carried forward: if the $14 tier stays off the page for 7 straight days, the test has hardened into a 179% entry-price increase.
The watch line on this board
Was the four-flip price test the prelude to this unit-pricing rebuild — and does the $14 floor survive it?
NEXT SIGNAL: Seven consecutive daily readings with the per-clip framing intact would file the rebuild as the test's conclusion; the $14 entry read holding alongside it.
STOPS MATTERING IF: Another template revert inside a week — this page has already swapped and reverted once (07-09/07-10).
A READ WITHOUT A NEXT SIGNAL IS JUST AN OPINION — THIS ONE IS FILED IN ADVANCE, LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE ON THE DESK.
The open call on this board
NO OPEN CALL ON THIS BOARD — THE DESK ONLY STAKES A CLAIM WHEN THE EVIDENCE MOVES.
The facts on file
| Traction (verified) | UNKNOWN — claims substantial self-funded revenue, no number posted [3P] source |
|---|---|
| Team | small · self-funded |
| Launched | UNKNOWN |
| On the books since | 2026-06-30 |
| Entry price | $14/mo · 3 plans pricing page · read 2026-08-29 · other readings under review |
| Sitemap pages | 344 sitemap.xml · read 2026-08-29 |
| Affiliate program | runs one · 20% commission [OBS] · their partners page |
Instrument readings link to their target and carry the date we read them; roster context (team, launch) is filed at intake. Where we can’t verify, the cell says UNKNOWN — never a guess. Dispute a number: /corrections/.
The field — AI Video Captions, 6 on the books
| Board | Role | Entry price | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Choppity | LONGSHOT | $14/mo | WATCHING |
| Klap — this board | BOOTSTRAPPER | $14/mo | WATCHING |
| OpusClip | FRONTRUNNER | $14/mo | PROVEN |
| Quso | CHALLENGER+REBRAND | $19/mo | PROVEN |
| Submagic | CHALLENGER | $12/mo | PROVEN |
| Vizard | SPECIALIST | — | WATCHING |
FULL FIELD COMPARISON: AI VIDEO CAPTIONS →
Buyer’s note — the facts if you’re paying
The 07-20 rebuild changed what a tier buys: every plan now carries every feature, and the visible rungs differ only in clip volume — 100 or 300 clips a month, at $0.140 and $0.130 per clip, billed yearly at $168 and $468. If a feature gate was the reason to pick a higher tier before, that gate is gone from the page; the visible trade is volume price. Entry price on our tape is unchanged at $14/mo billed yearly, and a money-back-guarantee line was added the same day. [OBS 2026-07-20]
STATED FROM THE TAPE: WHAT CHANGED AND WHO IT PRICES IN OR OUT. NO ADVICE, NO IMPERATIVES. READINGS AND VERDICTS ARE NEVER AFFECTED BY AFFILIATE LINKS.
TRY KLAP →PLAIN LINK, NO AFFILIATE TAG TODAY. IF THAT EVER CHANGES, THIS LINE WILL SAY SO AND THE LINK WILL CARRY rel="sponsored". THE VERDICTS ABOVE DON’T CARE EITHER WAY.
Sources on this page
- [OBS] Klap pricing page (daily instrument target; Playwright-rendered) — https://klap.app/pricing
- [OBS] Klap homepage (daily instrument target) — https://klap.app
- [OBS] Observatory internal change log and daily metrics snapshots for r018 (vault instrument records) — our own instrument records
- [3P] Submagic alternatives page (roster-listed source URL; page carries only a Submagic-vs-Klap comparison link, not the operator profile) — https://www.submagic.co/alternatives/opus-clip
- [OBS] Daily instrument readings (homepage, pricing page, sitemap.xml, GitHub) — read at 02:00 UTC, on the books since 2026-06-30
Dispute a number? /corrections/ — handled in public within 48 hours.