Best AI Video Editing Tools (2026)
Edit, cut, repurpose and upscale footage with AI — text-based editing, auto-clipping for shorts, and enhancement.
22 of 22 tools
Adobe Firefly Video
Free plan · from $9.99/mo
Adobe's commercially safe video model plus partner models inside Firefly
Akool
Free plan · from $12/mo
AI avatar, face swap and streaming avatar suite with bundled video models
Autodesk Flow Studio (Wonder Studio)
Free plan · from $10/mo
Put CG characters into live-action footage with AI mocap and editable exports
CapCut
Free plan · Paid
Free all-in-one video editor for desktop, web and mobile, from ByteDance
Captions
Free plan · from $24.99/mo
AI video editor for creators with auto captions, AI twins and lipdub
Descript
Free plan · from $24/mo
Edit video and podcasts by editing a text transcript
DomoAI
Free plan · from $13/mo
Turn videos into anime or stylized clips, plus avatars and character motion
Google Veo (Flow / Gemini)
Free plan · from $4.99/mo
Google's Veo 3.1 and Gemini Omni video models inside Flow and the Gemini app
InVideo AI
Free plan · from $20/mo
Prompt-driven AI video creation with agents, generative models and an editor
Kaiber
from $10/mo
Canvas, beat-synced video and editor for musicians and visual artists
Kapwing
Free plan · from $24/mo
Collaborative online editor for subtitles, resizing and repurposing video
Krea
Free plan · from $9/mo
Creative AI suite with many video models, motion transfer and video upscaling
LTX Studio
Free plan · from $15/mo
Lightricks' storyboard-to-video studio powered by the open LTX-2.5 model
Luma Dream Machine
from $30/mo
Luma's Ray3 video models with HDR output plus third-party models in one app
OpusClip
Free plan · from $15/mo
AI that cuts long videos into captioned, reframed short clips
Pictory
from $29/mo
Turn scripts, articles, slides and recordings into captioned videos
Pika
Free plan · from $10/mo
Playful multi-model video app with effects, swaps and its own Pika 2.5 model
Runway
Free plan · from $15/mo
Pro-grade AI video studio built on its own Gen-4.5 model plus partner models
Submagic
Free plan · from $19/mo
AI captions, B-roll and auto-edits for short-form vertical video
Topaz Video (formerly Topaz Video AI)
from $59/mo
AI video upscaling, denoising and frame interpolation for Mac and Windows
VEED
Free plan · Paid
Browser-based video editor with auto subtitles, translation and AI tools
Viggle AI
Free plan · from $9.99/mo
Swap characters into videos and animate them with motion templates
Side-by-side specs
| Adobe Firefly Video | Akool | Autodesk Flow Studio (Wonder Studio) | CapCut | Captions | Descript | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan · from $9.99/mo | Free plan · from $12/mo | Free plan · from $10/mo | Free plan · Paid | Free plan · from $24.99/mo | Free plan · from $24/mo |
| Free tier | Free daily generations across image, video and audio | Free plan with 720p output, full-screen watermark, 5 min of streaming avatar time | 300 credits/month, 720p export, watermarked | Free plan with basic editing tools and free templates | Basic editing tools only (trim, transitions, captions); no AI credits | 60 media minutes/month, 100 one-time AI credits, 720p export |
| Max clip length | 5s per clip (Firefly Video Model); longer with some partner models | 10 min (free) up to 60 min on higher plans | Web-link exports up to 1 hr (Free/Hobbyist) or 3 hrs (Creator/Business) | |||
| Max resolution | 1080p (Firefly Video Model); 4K with select partner models | 4K | 4K (Standard plan and up) | 4K | 4K | |
| Watermark on free plan | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ||
| Commercial use | Firefly model outputs on all plans; check partner-model outputs | Business plan and above (lower paid plans are personal license) | ||||
| Developer API | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Open source | No | No | No | No | No | No |