CapCut
FreemiumThe best free video editor on the market, though the aggressive upsell to Pro and data privacy concerns are the only downsides.
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A video editing app (owned by ByteDance) with massive built-in AI features including auto-captions, background removal, text-to-speech, and AI color grading.
Pricing
Free tier with extensive features. Pro starts at $9.99/mo.
Pros
- +Incredibly generous free tier
- +Best-in-class auto-captions
- +Massive library of effects and music
- +Cross-platform (Mobile + Web)
Cons
- -Data privacy concerns (ByteDance)
- -Heavy push to Pro subscription
- -Desktop version can be resource heavy
- -Effects library is overwhelming
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