Video editing
Top pireel competitors 10 competitors in pireel's market
- Competitors listed
- 10
- Ranked on the scorecard
- 10
- pireel's rank
- #48 of 85
- With a free plan
- 5
Data checked Oct 14, 2026 against the vendors' own pages. How we verify
These are the 10 tools closest to pireel in its own market: video editing tools that list video editing too, picked by shared categories and how close their entry price is to pireel's (the rules are below).
10 of them are ranked on the video editing tools scorecard; VEED is the highest at 78/100 (#27 of 85 in the category).
pireel itself is #48 of 85 with 66/100, so 5 competitors on this list rank above it.
pireel's cheapest paid plan is $20 billed monthly (Pro). On the same billing basis, 7 of 10 competitors with a published price start lower and 2 start higher; entry plans are not like-for-like, so check the limits.
5 competitors have a free plan, and so does pireel.
pireel vs its competitors: market position
| Rank | Tool | Score | From, billed monthly | From, billed yearly | Free plan | Public API | Features verified | Data checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #48 | pireelThis tool | 66/100 | $20/mo | $16.67/mo | Yes | – | 3 of 10 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #27 |  VEED | 78/100 | Not offered | $10/user/mo | Yes | Yes | 4 of 10 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #28 |  FlexClip | 78/100 | $19.99/mo | $11.99/mo | Yes | – | 7 of 10 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #29 |  CyberLink PowerDirector | 77/100 | Not offered | $5/mo | No | – | 6 of 10 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #38 |  Gling | 70/100 | $20/mo | $10/mo | Yes | – | 3 of 10 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #47 |  Filmora | 66/100 | Not offered | $4.17/mo | No | – | 5 of 10 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #49 |  Descript | 65/100 | $24/user/mo | $16/user/mo | Yes, 60 video minutes per month | Yes | 9 of 10 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #53 |  Biteable | 62/100 | Not offered | $15/user/mo | No | – | 6 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 |
| #68 |  palmier-pro | 55/100 | $29/mo | Not offered | Yes | – | 2 of 10 | 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 pireel
- VEED · #27, 78/100
Browser-based video platform for editing, subtitling and generating videos with AI avatars, voices and images, plus screen and webcam recording.
- Score: 78/100, #27 of 85 (pireel: 66/100, #48)
- Entry price: $10 per user per month billed annually (Creator), $6.67 less than pireel's $16.67 (different pricing units: compare plan limits) source
- Verified features: Templates, Automatic captions, No watermark on paid plans, Stock media library, Public API
6 of 14 tracked details verified
Homepage captured Oct 14, 2026 - 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 (pireel: 66/100, #48)
- Entry price: $19.99 billed monthly (Plus), $0.01 less than pireel'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
- CyberLink PowerDirector · #29, 77/100
Video editing software with a timeline editor, AI agents, generative AI tools, captions and text-to-speech narration, sold as a license or subscription.
- Score: 77/100, #29 of 85 (pireel: 66/100, #48)
- Entry price: $5 per month billed annually (PowerDirector 365), $11.67 less than pireel's $16.67 (different pricing units: compare plan limits) source
- Free plan: no (pireel: yes) source
- Matches pireel: has all 3 features we verified for pireel
8 of 14 tracked details verified
pireel vs CyberLink PowerDirectorCyberLink PowerDirector reviewPricing
- 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 (pireel: 66/100, #48)
- Entry price: $20 billed monthly (Plus), the same as pireel source
- Verified features: Automatic captions, Text-based editing, No watermark on paid plans
5 of 14 tracked details verified
- Filmora · #47, 66/100
Video editor from Wondershare with AI tools for captions, text to speech, text to video and media analysis, available as subscription or one-time license.
- Score: 66/100, #47 of 85 (pireel: 66/100, #48)
- Entry price: $4.17 per month billed annually (Basic), $12.50 less than pireel's $16.67 source
- Free plan: no (pireel: yes) source
- Verified features: AI assistant, Text-based editing, 4K export, No watermark on paid plans, Stock media library
6 of 14 tracked details verified
- Descript · #49, 65/100
Video and podcast editor that edits media by editing its transcript, with an AI co-editor, captions, AI voices and screen recording.
- Score: 65/100, #49 of 85 (pireel: 66/100, #48)
- Entry price: $24 per user billed monthly (Hobbyist), $4 more than pireel's $20 (different pricing units: compare plan limits) source
- Matches pireel: has all 3 features we verified for pireel
11 of 14 tracked details verified
- Biteable · #53, 62/100
Online video maker with templates, AI avatars, voiceovers and stock clips for producing business videos, with branding and analytics.
- Score: 62/100, #53 of 85 (pireel: 66/100, #48)
- Entry price: $15 per user per month billed annually (Pro), $1.67 less than pireel's $16.67 (different pricing units: compare plan limits) source
- Free plan: no (pireel: yes) source
- Matches pireel: has all 3 features we verified for pireel
7 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 (pireel: 66/100, #48)
- Entry price: $19 billed monthly (Creator), $1 less than pireel's $20 source
- Free plan: no (pireel: yes) source
- Matches pireel: has all 3 features we verified for pireel
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 (pireel: 66/100, #48)
- Entry price: $19 billed monthly (Starter), $1 less than pireel's $20 (different pricing units: compare plan limits) source
- Free plan: no (pireel: yes) source
- Verified features: Analytics, Team access, Templates, Automatic captions, Text-based editing and 3 more
9 of 14 tracked details verified
- palmier-pro · #68, 55/100
Video editor for macOS with a multi-track timeline that AI agents such as Claude or Codex can operate, with media generation models built into the project.
- Score: 55/100, #68 of 85 (pireel: 66/100, #48)
- Entry price: $29 billed monthly (Pro), $9 more than pireel's $20 source
- Verified features: Team access, AI assistant
4 of 14 tracked details verified
pireel 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 pireel's main competitors?
By our scorecard, the highest-ranked of its closest competitors are VEED (78/100), FlexClip (78/100) and CyberLink PowerDirector (77/100).
Which pireel competitor is cheapest?
Billed monthly, Cubix starts lowest at $19 a month (Creator). Entry plans differ in limits.
How does pireel rank against its competitors?
pireel is #48 of 85 ranked video editing tools with 66/100.
Which pireel competitors have a free plan?
VEED, FlexClip, Gling, Descript and palmier-pro.