Quick answer: PodControl is a podcast clipping tool an agency can run under its own retainer. Connect each client show’s archive once (RSS feed, Google Drive or YouTube channel); the engine works the whole back catalogue daily, cuts clips that stand on their own, captions them, and publishes on schedule. One payment from $7 at launch, charged per finished clip, rejected clips refunded, nothing publishes without your approval. The alternatives are per-video tools times every client, or a done-for-you retainer billing $2,000 to $5,000 a month.
Your client just asked who is posting their clips. Somebody on your team is cutting this week’s
episode by hand, or the client’s clips stopped two months ago because the intern left. The
agency answer to clipping has always been people: hire an editor, bill the hours, or send it to
a done-for-you service and mark it up.
The tools are not an answer either. Every clipping tool built for agencies still runs one video
at a time: paste the link, pick the highlights, export, repeat, times every client you carry.
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The per-video treadmill, times every client
This is how the whole tool category works today, including the tools that sell agency plans.
Opus, OptimaClip, VIDIO, Choppity and the rest all run the same loop: one video in, clips out,
per run. On a single client show it is manageable. An agency does not have one show. Five client
shows publishing weekly is 260 episodes a year. Run each one through a per-video tool before it
is useful and the review time alone becomes a line item you either eat or bill.
The services that do work whole back catalogues, the white-label production shops in every
search result for this query, solve it with staff and a monthly retainer. The home page’s own
math says it plainly: agencies bill $2,000 to $5,000 a month to clip content the client already
made.
What changes when each client archive is connected once
PodControl runs the other direction. For each client show, connect the archive one time: the
RSS feed, the Google Drive folder, or the YouTube channel. Every episode the client has ever
recorded becomes available in one place. The engine reads the back catalogue, finds the moments
that stand on their own, and turns each one into a clip with a caption written in the client’s
voice, not a transcript pasted into a box.
Then it keeps working. You approve the clips you like and they go out on schedule on the
networks you connected. Reject one and the credit comes back, so a client’s taste never costs
you money. Nothing publishes without you, which is the brand-safety line you already needed:
the switch stays in your hands on every client account.
The math your client will actually check
A done-for-you clipping retainer is $2,000 to $5,000 a month, per the home page’s own
comparison. PodControl is one payment: Starter is $7 for 35 clips a month on 1 channel with 20 hours of archive; Engine is $9 for 60 clips a month on 3 channels with 50 hours; Amplify is $297 for 150 clips a month on 8 channels with 150 hours. You are charged by the finished clip, not the minute
of footage, and credits never expire.
Run it as per-deliverable billing if you like: the clips are finished posts, the receipts show
what was cut and what posted, and a clip the client rejects refunds its credit instead of
becoming a line-item argument. One payment, no renewal.
Where client clips go
Publishing today: LinkedIn, Facebook, Threads, Instagram, Bluesky and Nostr. TikTok is in
review with TikTok, and Pinterest needs a still image on every post. A network only appears on
this list when it is connected and publishing, so this list moves only when the connection is
real.
When PodControl is not the right fit
- You sell white-label dashboards, team seats or API access as part of the retainer. PodControl
offers none of those today, and this page will not pretend otherwise. If multi-client
workspaces are the product you need, the tools that ship them are the honest pick and our
comparison pages say so. - You want to hand-edit every clip on a timeline before it goes to the client. PodControl is
approve and reject, with captions written for each clip, not an editor. - You need TikTok on day one. TikTok publishing is in review. If that network is the whole
point of the client campaign, wait for it to flip, and check this page, because we will not
list it until it is live. - Your client show is audio-only. Audio-only feeds come back as captioned audiograms, not
vertical video; video shows get captioned vertical clips.
The First Clip Promise
If the first episode does not come back as clip posts you would actually put in front of a
client, we get on a call with you and personally help you get there. You keep every clip either
way. Full refund within 90 days, no questions, no conditions.
FAQ
How does this fit an agency that runs several client shows?
Each client show gets its archive connected once: RSS feed, Google Drive, or YouTube channel.
The engine then works that library daily. The plan ladder caps connected channels per account
(1, 3 or 8), so the account structure for many clients is a question to settle before you buy,
and the answer will be written here first.
Which platforms does it publish to?
LinkedIn, Facebook, Threads, Instagram, Bluesky and Nostr today, on your schedule. TikTok is in
review and Pinterest needs a still image on every post. A network only appears on this list when
it is connected and publishing.
What does it cost?
One payment. Starter is $7 for 35 clips a month on 1 channel with 20 hours of archive; Engine is $9 for 60 clips a month on 3 channels with 50 hours; Amplify is $297 for 150 clips a month on 8 channels with 150 hours.
You pay per finished clip and rejected clips refund their credit.
Can I review clips before they reach the client?
Yes. Nothing publishes without you. You approve the clips you like, they go out on schedule,
and the ones you reject refund their credit.
Ready to put the archive to work? Connect it once, approve the queue, and clips go out every day.