Terms of Service

1. About ZClips

ZClips (zclips.me) is an AI-powered short-form video platform operated as a commercial service. By accessing or using ZClips (the "Service") you agree to these Terms of Service ("Terms"). If you do not agree, do not use the Service. These Terms constitute a binding agreement between you and the operator of ZClips ("we", "us", "our").

2. What ZClips does

ZClips is an end-to-end short-form video creation platform. The Service can:

• ingest a long-form video you provide by URL (YouTube, Twitch, Kick, Facebook/Meta) or by direct file upload;
• transcribe the audio with AI speech-to-text;
• use a large language model to score and select the most engaging segments;
• render vertical 9:16 clips with face-tracking crop, transitions, animated captions and optional stock B-roll;
• provide a timeline editor (paid plans) to trim, split, merge, restyle captions and export clips;
• optionally monitor connected YouTube channels for new uploads and automatically generate clips ("auto-clip", paid plans);
• optionally publish clips directly to your linked TikTok, YouTube, Facebook/Meta, Twitch or Kick accounts via their respective APIs (paid plans);
• generate temporary public share links for individual clips that can be previewed without an account;
• display an analytics dashboard with performance metrics imported from destination platforms for clips you have published.

Features that depend on third-party APIs (transcription, LLM inference, stock B-roll, source download, billing, destination publishing) operate only when the corresponding keys and accounts are configured.

3. Eligibility and account

You must be at least 16 years old (or the minimum age required to enter into a binding agreement under the laws of your country, whichever is higher). By registering you confirm you meet this requirement. You are responsible for: (a) keeping your account credentials confidential; (b) the accuracy of the information you provide; and (c) all activity occurring under your account. Notify us immediately of any unauthorized use at legal@zclips.me.

Accounts are authenticated via email/password or OAuth (Google, and other providers if configured). You may not create accounts for others without their consent, or operate accounts in an automated or bot-driven manner, or share accounts between users.

4. Acceptable use

You agree not to use ZClips to:

• process, generate or publish content for which you do not hold the necessary rights or permissions, including copyrighted source video;
• create or distribute content that is unlawful, infringing, defamatory, deceptive, sexually exploitative, harassing, discriminatory, hateful, or that violates the policies of any destination platform (including TikTok's Community Guidelines, YouTube's Terms of Service, Facebook/Meta's Community Standards, and the terms of Twitch or Kick);
• impersonate any person or entity, or misrepresent the source, authorship or provenance of content;
• generate fake, manipulated or non-consensual media of real people (deepfakes or similar);
• reverse-engineer, decompile, scrape, overload, probe for vulnerabilities or otherwise interfere with the Service or its underlying providers;
• use the Service for political advertising, spam, or any form of mass automated publishing in violation of a destination platform's terms;
• submit content that contains malware or that would harm other users or third parties;
• resell, sublicense or commercially redistribute access to the Service or generated outputs without our prior written permission.

We reserve the right to remove content and suspend accounts that violate these rules.

5. Your content

You retain all rights in the videos, audio, images, captions, transcripts, metadata and other inputs and outputs you provide or generate ("Your Content"). You grant ZClips a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, store, transcode, transcribe, analyze, render and process Your Content solely to operate the Service for you — including transmitting it to the third-party processors listed in our Privacy Policy and, when you request it, uploading rendered clips to your linked destination accounts.

You are solely responsible for Your Content and for ensuring you hold the rights to use, transform and publish it on the destination platforms you select.

6. Source material and intellectual property

Importing a video by URL or uploading a file does not transfer any rights. You represent and warrant that you either own the source material, hold a valid license, or that your use qualifies as a fair-use / fair-dealing exception under applicable law. ZClips is a clipping tool, not a rights-clearance service, and provides no warranty that the material you import is cleared for your intended use.

Copyright or IP infringement notices may be sent to legal@zclips.me with: a description of the work, the location of the alleged infringement, your contact information, and a good-faith statement that the use is not authorized. We will act on substantiated notices in a reasonable time.

7. Third-party integrations

ZClips relies on third-party services to function. Depending on configuration, these may include: TikTok (Login Kit, Content Posting API, Share Kit, Webhooks); YouTube / Google (source ingestion, OAuth, YouTube Data API, auto-clip, publishing); Facebook / Meta (source ingestion, OAuth, publishing via the Meta Graph API); Twitch and Kick (source ingestion and/or OAuth); AssemblyAI (speech-to-text); an LLM provider (Google Gemini, OpenAI, Anthropic, or a self-hosted model such as Ollama); Pexels (stock B-roll); yt-dlp (source downloading); Stripe (billing); Resend (transactional email); and the server hosting provider.

We are not responsible for those services' availability, content, accuracy or terms; your use of them is subject to their own agreements. The Service may stop functioning, in whole or in part, if any provider changes its APIs, prices or policies.

8. Teams, shared workspaces and personal workspace

ZClips supports team workspaces with multiple members. By adding another person to a team you authorize them to view, edit, publish or delete the clips, tasks, monitored channels and other team-scoped data, in accordance with their role. Team owners are responsible for managing membership and for the conduct of members within the team. Removing a member revokes their access to that team's content but does not delete content they created.

Each user also has a personal workspace — a private team-of-one — that provides access to the same scheduled publishing pipeline independently of any shared team. Content in the personal workspace is visible only to that user.

9. Auto-clip and automated publishing

If you enable auto-clip on a YouTube channel, the worker periodically polls that channel for new uploads and may automatically generate clips. If you configure auto-publishing, the Service will upload clips to your destination account when they finish rendering. You remain fully responsible for all auto-generated and auto-published content, including compliance with the destination platform's terms. You can pause or disable auto-clip and auto-publish at any time from the relevant settings panel.

10. AI-generated output

AI-generated outputs — including transcripts, segment selection, captions, virality scores and any text suggestions — can be inaccurate, biased, hallucinated or otherwise unsuitable for publication. You are responsible for reviewing every clip and every caption before publishing it anywhere. ZClips makes no warranty as to the accuracy, quality or fitness for purpose of AI-generated content.

11. Subscription plans, tokens and billing

ZClips offers the following plans (prices in USD; subject to change with notice):

• Free — $0/month. 100 tokens per month. Clips include a ZClips watermark. No editor access. No auto-upload.
• Pro — $15/month (or $90/year, billed annually). 300 tokens per month. No watermark. Full editor access. Auto-upload enabled.
• Ultimate — $30/month (or $180/year, billed annually). 600 tokens per month. No watermark. Full editor access. Auto-upload enabled.

Token model: 1 token is consumed per minute (or part thereof) of source video processed. For example, a 10-minute video costs 10 tokens. Tokens are granted monthly at the start of each billing period and do not roll over to the next period. Unused tokens expire at the end of the period in which they were granted.

Token packs: Users on paid plans may purchase additional token packs as add-ons through the Service. Token packs are consumed before the monthly grant and are non-expiring until used, subject to the account remaining active. Once tokens from a pack have been consumed (i.e., applied to video processing), they are non-refundable.

Billing and payments: Payments are processed by Stripe under Stripe's terms; ZClips does not receive or store full payment card data. Paid subscriptions renew automatically at the end of each billing period (monthly or annual) unless cancelled. You can cancel at any time from Settings → Billing; cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period, after which your account reverts to the Free plan. No partial refunds are issued for unused portions of a billing period, except where required by applicable law.

EU / EEA right of withdrawal: If you are a consumer resident in the European Union or European Economic Area, you have a statutory 14-day right of withdrawal from the date of purchase. However, by purchasing a paid plan and expressly requesting that the Service begin immediately (i.e., tokens are credited to your account at the moment of purchase), you acknowledge that the Service has been fully performed and you waive any remaining right of withdrawal in accordance with Article 16(a) of Directive 2011/83/EU. This waiver does not affect your statutory rights under mandatory consumer protection laws of your home country that cannot be waived by contract.

Taxes: Prices shown are exclusive of any applicable taxes (VAT, sales tax, etc.). Where required by law, applicable taxes will be added at checkout.

Plan changes: You may upgrade or downgrade your plan at any time. Upgrades take effect immediately; downgrades take effect at the end of the current billing period.

Free plan: The Free plan is provided without charge and without any guarantee of continued availability. We reserve the right to modify or discontinue the Free plan at any time, with reasonable advance notice where feasible.

12. No warranty

The Service is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including as to merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, non-infringement, or uninterrupted operation. We do not warrant that clips will be free of defects, that the Service will meet your requirements, or that any specific result will be achieved.

13. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the operator of ZClips will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, revenues, data, goodwill or reputation, arising out of or in connection with your use of (or inability to use) the Service, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

Our total cumulative liability to you for all claims relating to the Service is limited to the greater of: (a) the total fees you paid to ZClips in the twelve (12) months immediately preceding the event giving rise to the claim; or (b) one hundred US dollars ($100 USD). This limitation applies regardless of the basis of liability (contract, tort, statute or otherwise).

Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law, including liability for fraud, death or personal injury caused by negligence, or any mandatory consumer rights.

14. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the operator of ZClips from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or in any way connected with: (a) Your Content; (b) your use of the Service; (c) your breach of these Terms; or (d) your violation of any law or of the rights of any third party.

15. Termination

We may suspend or terminate your account at any time, with or without notice, if we believe you have violated these Terms or if continued access creates legal, security or operational risk. Upon termination of a paid plan for breach, no refund will be issued. You may stop using the Service at any time, disconnect any linked third-party account from the Settings page, and request deletion of your account by writing to legal@zclips.me. Account deletion removes your personal data in accordance with our Privacy Policy, subject to data we are required to retain by law (e.g. billing records).

16. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. The "Last updated" date above reflects the most recent revision. For material changes we will provide at least 30 days' advance notice to users with active paid subscriptions (by email or in-app notice). Continued use of ZClips after the effective date of a change constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

17. Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of Spain, without regard to its conflict of laws principles. Any dispute will be resolved in the competent courts of Spain. If you are a consumer resident in another EU/EEA country, this clause does not deprive you of the mandatory consumer protections of your home country. For the resolution of online disputes, EU consumers may use the European Commission's Online Dispute Resolution platform at ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr.

18. Contact

Questions about these Terms: legal@zclips.me.

See also: Privacy Policy · Legal Notice.

Last updated: 2026-06-18.