Video editing · 2026
Free video editing tools 50 tools ranked by verified data
Data checked Oct 14, 2026 against the vendors' own pages. How we verify
We scored 60 tools with a free plan among video editing tools with the same 7-criterion scorecard; 50 have enough verified data to be ranked.
Every listed tool has a free plan; the table shows exactly what each free plan allows, as the vendor states it.
ScreenPal ranks first with 100/100, followed by Clipchamp (98) and Fliki (94).
The lowest starting price among ranked tools (the least you can pay for a paid plan, for one user or account) is Cap's: $2.42 per user per month billed yearly on the Desktop License plan.
Free plans compared
| # | Tool | Score | Coverage | Free plan allows | From, billed monthly | Integrations | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  ScreenPal | 100/100 | 80%5 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | Not offered | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 2 |  Clipchamp | 98/100 | 65%4 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | Free | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 3 |  Fliki | 94/100 | 75%5 of 7 criteria | 3 credits per month | Free | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 4 |  Vizard | 94/100 | 75%5 of 7 criteria | 60 credits per month, 1 social account | Free | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 5 |  Wave.video | 93/100 | 65%4 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | Free | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 6 |  Cap | 92/100 | 90%6 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | $12/user/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 7 |  captionrich | 92/100 | 65%4 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | Not offered | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 8 |  AddSubtitles | 89/100 | 75%5 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | $9/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 9 |  v8eo | 89/100 | 65%4 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | – | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 10 |  ScreenX | 88/100 | 75%5 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | Not offered | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 11 |  Flowsub | 87/100 | 75%5 of 7 criteria | 5 credits per month | $4.99/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 12 |  CaptionCreator | 87/100 | 75%5 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | $10/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 13 |  Captioner | 87/100 | 75%5 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | $10/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 14 |  AutoSubtitles | 87/100 | 65%4 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | $9/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 15 |  Koe | 85/100 | 75%5 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | $12/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 16 |  BlitzRecorder | 84/100 | 65%4 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | Free | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 17 |  Idea to Motion | 84/100 | 65%4 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | Free | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 18 |  CinePhone | 84/100 | 75%5 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | $8/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 19 |  Slidekick | 84/100 | 75%5 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | $4.99/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 20 |  AutoCaptioner | 83/100 | 75%5 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | $9.90/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 21 |  Opus Clip | 82/100 | 75%5 of 7 criteria | 60 credits per month | $15/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 22 |  Motion Software | 80/100 | 75%5 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | Not offered | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 23 |  better-shot | 80/100 | 65%4 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | Free | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 24 |  YoutubeToText | 79/100 | 75%5 of 7 criteria | – | $10/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 25 |  VEED | 78/100 | 90%6 of 7 criteria | – | Not offered | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 26 |  FlexClip | 78/100 | 85%6 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | $19.99/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 27 |  Transcribe Video to Text | 73/100 | 75%5 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | $12/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 28 |  SubtitleMe | 73/100 | 75%5 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | $15/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 29 |  FastCut | 73/100 | 65%4 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | $20/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 30 |  Choppity | 72/100 | 100%7 of 7 criteria | 1 user, 2 storage gb | $24/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 31 |  Screencastify | 72/100 | 90%6 of 7 criteria | 5 users | $19/user/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 32 |  Steve AI | 71/100 | 65%4 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | $15/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 33 |  Gling | 70/100 | 75%5 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | $20/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 34 |  Reap | 69/100 | 90%6 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | $24/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 35 |  HeyGen | 67/100 | 75%5 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | $29/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 36 |  Quso.ai | 67/100 | 85%6 of 7 criteria | 75 credits per month | $29/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 37 |  Riverside | 67/100 | 75%5 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | $29/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 38 |  pireel | 66/100 | 65%4 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | $20/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 39 |  Descript | 65/100 | 90%6 of 7 criteria | 60 video minutes per month | $24/user/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 40 |  Vidmoat | 65/100 | 100%7 of 7 criteria | 40 credits per month | $19/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 41 |  Orkas-VideoStudio | 64/100 | 85%6 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | $11.99/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 42 |  Wisecut | 64/100 | 75%5 of 7 criteria | 30 credits per month | Not offered | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 43 |  Captions | 62/100 | 65%4 of 7 criteria | – | $24.99/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 44 |  Spikes Studio | 62/100 | 65%4 of 7 criteria | 30 video minutes per month | $32.99/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 45 |  OpenShorts | 60/100 | 75%5 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | $29/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 46 |  Keptbits | 60/100 | 65%4 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | $19.99/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 47 |  AI-Faceless-Video-Generator | 59/100 | 75%5 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | $30/mo | 20 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 48 |  Elai | 56/100 | 90%6 of 7 criteria | 1 user, 1 video minute per month | $29/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 49 |  palmier-pro | 55/100 | 75%5 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | $29/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 50 |  Rask AI | 53/100 | 75%5 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | $39/mo | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| – |  Animoto | Not ranked | 55%3 of 7 criteria | – | Free | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| – |  Lightworks | Not ranked | 55%3 of 7 criteria | – | Free | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| – |  Kapwing | Not ranked | 50%4 of 7 criteria | 10 credits per month, 5 storage gb | Not offered | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| – |  Async (Podcastle) | Not ranked | 40%3 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | Free | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| – |  DaVinci Resolve | Not ranked | 40%3 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | Not offered | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| – |  Lumiko | Not ranked | 40%3 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | Not offered | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| – |  OpenCreator | Not ranked | 40%3 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | – | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| – |  Vocaflow | Not ranked | 40%3 of 7 criteria | No limits stated | – | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| – |  yt-clipper | Not ranked | 25%2 of 7 criteria | – | – | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| – |  CapCut | Not ranked | 15%1 of 7 criteria | – | – | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
Each value links the vendor page it was read from (hover for the check date). Coverage is the share of the scorecard's weight with verified data, and "N of M criteria" how many criteria the score is based on; a tool is ranked at 60% or more.
– = not published by the vendor, or not verified yet.
Why each one ranks where it does
- 1. ScreenPal 100/100
Video creation and sharing platform for recording the screen, editing video, adding quizzes and AI captions, and hosting videos.
- Entry price (100/100): $4/month billed annually on Deluxe; no monthly-billed price published (scored against annual-billed prices)
- Free plan or trial (100/100): Free plan (Free)
From $4 per month billed yearly on the Deluxe plan.
Homepage captured Oct 14, 2026 - 2. Clipchamp 98/100
Microsoft's browser and Windows video editor with AI subtitles, text to speech, screen and camera recording, and a stock content library.
- Entry price (100/100): Free: the pricing page lists no paid plan
- Free plan or trial (100/100): Free plan (Free)
- 3. Fliki 94/100
Web tool that turns text, scripts, blog posts and slides into videos with AI voiceovers, avatars, subtitles and voice cloning.
- Entry price (100/100): Free: the pricing page lists no paid plan
- Free plan or trial (100/100): Free plan (Free)
- 4. Vizard 94/100
AI tool that cuts long videos into short clips with captions and vertical reframing, and includes a text-based video editor.
- Entry price (100/100): Free: the pricing page lists no paid plan
- Free plan or trial (100/100): Free plan (Free)
- 5. Wave.video 93/100
Online platform combining a video editor, live streaming studio, stock media library and video hosting.
- Entry price (100/100): Free: the pricing page lists no paid plan
- Free plan or trial (100/100): Free plan (Free)
- 6. Cap 92/100
Open-source screen recorder with instant sharing links, a studio mode with an editor and screenshot mode, plus paid cloud and team features.
- Free plan or trial (100/100): Free plan (Free)
- Verified features (100/100): 5 of 10 tracked features verified: analytics, team access, ai assistant, automatic captions, 4k export
From $2.42 per user per month billed yearly on the Desktop License plan.
- 7. captionrich 92/100
Browser-based AI video editor that edits by transcript, adds captions and B-roll, and can cut long videos into short clips.
- Free plan or trial (100/100): Free plan (Free)
- Verified features (100/100): 5 of 10 tracked features verified: templates, automatic captions, text-based editing, no watermark on paid plans, stock media library
From $6 per month billed yearly on the Pro plan.
- 8. AddSubtitles 89/100
Browser-based editor that adds automatic subtitles, silence removal and animated captions to short-form videos.
- Free plan or trial (100/100): Free plan (Free)
- Pricing transparency (100/100): 3 of 3 plans have a public price
From $9 per month billed monthly on the Pro plan.
- 9. v8eo 89/100
Browser-based video editor with depth text, film-look color grades, automatic captions, background removal and AI clip tools.
- Entry price (100/100): Free: the pricing page lists no paid plan
- Free plan or trial (100/100): Free plan (Free)
- 10. ScreenX 88/100
Browser-based editor for screen recordings that adds zooms, backgrounds and mockup styling to produce product demo videos and screenshots.
- Entry price (100/100): $3.99/month billed annually on Pro; no monthly-billed price published (scored against annual-billed prices)
- Free plan or trial (100/100): Free plan (Casual)
From $3.99 per month billed yearly on the Pro plan.
How we picked
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
What is the best free video editing tool?
ScreenPal, with 100/100 on our scorecard; Clipchamp is second with 98/100.
What is the cheapest free video editing tool?
By entry price among ranked tools, Cap: $2.42 per user per month billed yearly on the Desktop License plan.
Which free plan allows the most social accounts?
Vizard's free plan allows 1 social account, the most among the tools listed here.
How did you rank these video editing tools?
Each tool gets 0 to 100 per criterion from its published pricing, limits and features; the total is the weighted average over the criteria with verified data. Tools with under 60% of the weight covered are not ranked.