Video editing
Top FastCut competitors 10 competitors in FastCut's market
- Competitors listed
- 10
- Ranked on the scorecard
- 8
- FastCut's rank
- #33 of 85
- With a free plan
- 6
Data checked Oct 14, 2026 against the vendors' own pages. How we verify
These are the 10 tools closest to FastCut in its own market: video editing tools that list video editing too, picked by shared categories and how close their entry price is to FastCut's (the rules are below).
8 of them are ranked on the video editing tools scorecard; captionrich is the highest at 92/100 (#7 of 85 in the category).
FastCut itself is #33 of 85 with 73/100, so 3 competitors on this list rank above it.
FastCut's cheapest paid plan is $20 billed monthly (Starter). On the same billing basis, 4 of 6 competitors with a published price start lower and 0 start higher; entry plans are not like-for-like, so check the limits.
6 competitors have a free plan, and so does FastCut.
FastCut vs its competitors: market position
| Rank | Tool | Score | From, billed monthly | From, billed yearly | Free plan | Public API | Features verified | Data checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #33 | FastCutThis tool | 73/100 | $20/mo | Not offered | Yes | – | 5 of 10 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #7 |  captionrich | 92/100 | Not offered | $6/mo | Yes | – | 5 of 10 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #9 |  v8eo | 89/100 | – | – | Yes | – | 3 of 10 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #28 |  FlexClip | 78/100 | $19.99/mo | $11.99/mo | Yes | – | 7 of 10 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #38 |  Gling | 70/100 | $20/mo | $10/mo | Yes | – | 3 of 10 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #48 |  pireel | 66/100 | $20/mo | $16.67/mo | Yes | – | 3 of 10 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #60 |  Cubix | 60/100 | $19/mo | Not offered | No | – | 4 of 10 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #62 |  Submagic | 57/100 | $19/mo | Not offered | No | Yes | 7 of 10 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #82 |  Movavi Video Editor | 36/100 | $19.95/mo | Not offered | No | – | 2 of 10 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| – |  Async (Podcastle) | Not ranked | Free | Free | Yes | – | 4 of 10 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| – |  velocut | Not ranked | Not offered | $19.90/mo | No | – | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
Each value links the page it was read from (hover for the check date).
– = not published by the vendor, or not verified yet.
How each competitor differs from FastCut
- captionrich · #7, 92/100
Browser-based AI video editor that edits by transcript, adds captions and B-roll, and can cut long videos into short clips.
- Score: 92/100, #7 of 85 (FastCut: 73/100, #33)
- Entry price: $6 per month billed annually; not compared with FastCut, which publishes no price on the same billing basis source
- Verified features: Templates, Automatic captions, Text-based editing, No watermark on paid plans, Stock media library
6 of 14 tracked details verified
Homepage captured Oct 14, 2026 - v8eo · #9, 89/100
Browser-based video editor with depth text, film-look color grades, automatic captions, background removal and AI clip tools.
- Score: 89/100, #9 of 85 (FastCut: 73/100, #33)
- Verified features: Automatic captions, 4K export, No watermark on paid plans
4 of 14 tracked details verified
- FlexClip · #28, 78/100
Online video editor with templates, stock media and AI tools such as text to video, auto subtitles, voice cloning and background removal.
- Score: 78/100, #28 of 85 (FastCut: 73/100, #33)
- Entry price: $19.99 billed monthly (Plus), $0.01 less than FastCut's $20 source
- Verified features: Team access, Templates, Automatic captions, 4K export, No watermark on paid plans and 2 more
9 of 14 tracked details verified
- Gling · #38, 70/100
Desktop AI video editor that removes bad takes, silences and filler words from raw recordings and exports to MP4, MP3 or editing software.
- Score: 70/100, #38 of 85 (FastCut: 73/100, #33)
- Entry price: $20 billed monthly (Plus), the same as FastCut source
- Verified features: Automatic captions, Text-based editing, No watermark on paid plans
5 of 14 tracked details verified
- pireel · #48, 66/100
AI video editor where cuts are made by conversation, covering talking-head cleanup, long-video-to-shorts, montages and product demos.
- Score: 66/100, #48 of 85 (FastCut: 73/100, #33)
- Entry price: $20 billed monthly (Pro), the same as FastCut source
- Verified features: AI assistant, Automatic captions, 4K export
4 of 14 tracked details verified
- Cubix · #60, 60/100
AI video editor with an editing agent that cuts, captions, reframes, adds B-roll and builds clips from uploaded raw footage.
- Score: 60/100, #60 of 85 (FastCut: 73/100, #33)
- Entry price: $19 billed monthly (Creator), $1 less than FastCut's $20 source
- Free plan: no (FastCut: yes) source
- Verified features: AI assistant, Automatic captions, 4K export, No watermark on paid plans
5 of 14 tracked details verified
- Submagic · #62, 57/100
AI video editor that adds captions, cuts clips, removes silences, inserts B-roll and schedules publishing of short-form videos.
- Score: 57/100, #62 of 85 (FastCut: 73/100, #33)
- Entry price: $19 billed monthly (Starter), $1 less than FastCut's $20 (different pricing units: compare plan limits) source
- Free plan: no (FastCut: yes) source
- Verified features: Analytics, Team access, Templates, Automatic captions, Text-based editing and 3 more
9 of 14 tracked details verified
- Movavi Video Editor · #82, 36/100
Desktop video editor for cutting, joining and adjusting clips, with filters, titles, transitions, templates and AI tools such as auto subtitles and noise removal.
- Score: 36/100, #82 of 85 (FastCut: 73/100, #33)
- Entry price: $19.95 billed monthly (Movavi Video Editor 1-month subscription), $0.05 less than FastCut's $20 source
- Free plan: no (FastCut: yes) source
- Verified features: Templates, Automatic captions
3 of 14 tracked details verified
- Async (Podcastle)
Browser-based AI video editor driven by chat, covering editing, captions, clip creation, dubbing and generation of video, images and music.
- Score: not ranked (40% coverage)
- Entry price: free; no paid plans published source
- Verified features: Team access, Templates, AI assistant, Automatic captions
5 of 14 tracked details verified
- velocut
AI platform that tracks trending social content, breaks down hooks and adapts them into brand posts, with image, video and audio generation tools.
- Score: not ranked (50% coverage)
- Entry price: $19.90 per month billed annually; not compared with FastCut, which publishes no price on the same billing basis source
- Free plan: no (FastCut: yes) source
- In numbers: 3 published plans. source
1 of 14 tracked details verified
FastCut head to head
How we picked
- Pool: tools in the same market as the tool on this page: they list its primary category, and their own primary category is one it lists too. Explicit competitor links count as well.
- Closest first, at most 10: explicit competitors, then the same primary category, then more shared categories, then the smallest gap in entry price (per month, on a log scale), then more shared platforms, then name.
- Order on the page: tools ranked on the category scorecard by their category rank, then tools that are not ranked (no scorecard, or under 60% of the weight with verified data) in closeness order.
- Prices are compared only on the same billing basis (billed monthly with billed monthly, billed annually with billed annually). A feature counts as missing only when the vendor's page states it; a feature the vendor does not mention is not listed either way.
Every value is read from the vendor's own pages (or GitHub for licences and stars) and shown with the date we checked it. A value we could not verify is shown as a dash, never estimated, and never read as a “no”. We did not test these tools hands-on unless a listing says so. Methodology
The scorecard behind the ranks
Every one of these video editing tools is scored by the same 7 criteria (scorecard v1). Each criterion gives 0 to 100 from the vendor's published data; the total is the weighted average. A criterion without verified data is left out and the other weights are re-normalised. A tool with under 60% of the weight covered is listed as not ranked, and so is a tool with no verified price and fewer than 2 verified features (“needs a verified price”); each score shows how many criteria it is based on. The core criteria are the same in every category; the category criteria are specific to video editing tools. Nobody gets custom weights, including our own products.
| Criterion | Weight | Type | What we measure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price | 25% | Core | Price per month of the cheapest paid plan, against the prices of other video editing tools on the same billing basis (monthly-billed prices against monthly, annual-billed against annual).Log scale. Billed monthly: $8.08/month or less = 100, $32.31 or more = 0. Only billed annually: $4/month or less = 100, $25 or more = 0. Only free plans = 100. Usage-priced and one-time plans are not scored. |
| Free plan or trial | 15% | Core | Whether you can use the tool before paying: a free plan, or failing that a free trial, as shown on the vendor's pricing page.Free plan = 100. No free plan but a free trial = 60. The pricing page lists plans but shows neither = 0. No plans read = not scored. |
| Pricing transparency | 10% | Core | How much of the pricing is public: the share of plans with a published price ("contact sales" counts against), and whether there are at least 3 published tiers.80 x (plans with a public price / plans listed) + 20 x (public plans, up to 3) / 3. No plans read = not scored. |
| Verified features | 15% | Core | How many of the 10 features we track for this category the vendor's own pages verifiably show (analytics, team access, templates, ai assistant, automatic captions, text-based editing, 4k export, no watermark on paid plans, stock media library, real-time collaboration). This counts verified features only: a tool that documents less scores lower here, and only here.Linear: verified features / 5 (half the tracked list) x 100, capped at 100. No tracked feature verified = not scored. |
| API, integrations and export | 10% | Core | Whether a public API exists, how many integrations the vendor states, and whether the vendor documents a way to export your data.Average of the parts with data: public API yes = 100, no = 0; integrations on a log scale (100 or more = 100); a documented data export = 100. None verified = not scored. |
| Cost per user (team of 3) | 15% | Category | Monthly price per user for a team of 3, on the cheapest paid plan that is priced per seat or states room for at least 3 users.Log scale: $8 per user or less = 100, $41.67 or more = 0. Plans that do not state a user limit are not used. No such plan = not scored. |
| Storage | 10% | Category | GB of storage included on the cheapest paid plan that states a limit.Log scale: 100 or more (or unlimited) = 100. No stated limit = not scored. |
Sources are vendor pricing pages, docs and changelogs, each with the date we checked it. We did not test these tools hands-on unless a listing says so. Full formulas: methodology.
Questions, answered from the data
Who are FastCut's main competitors?
By our scorecard, the highest-ranked of its closest competitors are captionrich (92/100), v8eo (89/100) and FlexClip (78/100).
Which FastCut competitor is cheapest?
Billed monthly, Cubix starts lowest at $19 a month (Creator). Entry plans differ in limits.
How does FastCut rank against its competitors?
FastCut is #33 of 85 ranked video editing tools with 73/100.
Which FastCut competitors have a free plan?
captionrich, v8eo, FlexClip, Gling and pireel and 1 more.