Overview

Clipto is a media transcription and search platform that has evolved into what it calls Local Memory: one searchable AI memory for your videos, images, meetings, conversations, documents and ideas, stored and processed on your own computer. It transcribes speech, recognizes people and content, and lets you search across everything you have recorded or saved. Desktop apps exist for Mac and Windows (beta), with iOS, Android and web versions powered by the cloud.

The problem it addresses

Clipto's premise is that we are drowning in data but starving for memory. Meetings, recordings, voice memos, screenshots and documents pile up every day, and finding a specific moment later is hard. Clipto indexes these files so you can find what was said, shown or written by searching in natural language.

Key features

Automatic speech transcription in more than 99 languages.
Unlimited search across video and audio content.
Automatic people tagging in media.
AI analysis of videos and documents.
Local processing on supported computers for privacy.
An MCP connection so AI assistants can query your memory.
Plugins for Adobe Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve.

For video editors

The Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve plugins make Clipto useful in post-production. Editors can search transcripts of hours of footage to find a quote or a scene, rather than scrubbing through clips manually. This is valuable for documentaries, interviews and corporate video.

System requirements

Local Memory requires an Apple silicon Mac (M1 or later) running macOS 15 or newer with at least 8 GB of memory, or a Windows PC with at least 16 GB of RAM and 8 GB of graphics memory. Mobile and web versions rely on cloud processing.

Use cases

Researchers and journalists can search across interview archives. Video editors can locate footage by what was said. Professionals can build a personal knowledge base from meetings and documents. Students can search recorded lectures.

Pricing

Clipto Pro has a 7-day free trial. Monthly billing is listed at 24.99 US dollars, with a new-customer discount of 9.99 dollars for the first month. Pro includes unlimited video and audio search, automatic transcription, people tagging and support for over 99 languages. Annual and other options are on the pricing page.

Who it is for

Clipto suits video editors, content creators, researchers and knowledge workers who handle large amounts of recorded media and want a private, searchable archive on their own machine.