CyberLink PowerDirector review 77/100 on verified data

CyberLink PowerDirector is a video editing tool: Video editing software with a timeline editor, AI agents, generative AI tools, captions and text-to-speech narration, sold as a license or subscription.

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Data checked Oct 14, 2026 against the vendors' own pages. How we verify

Homepage captured Oct 14, 2026

Score (rank 29 of 85): 77/100
Coverage (6 of 7 criteria): 85%
From, per month: $5
Free plan: No

CyberLink PowerDirectorFrom $5/moVisit

Paid plans start at $5 per month billed yearly on the PowerDirector 365 plan, and there is no free plan.

In our video editing tools ranking CyberLink PowerDirector scores 77/100, rank 29 of 85, based on 6 of 7 criteria (85% of the scorecard weight backed by verified data).

CyberLink PowerDirector at a glance

Each value links the vendor page it was read from and the date we checked it.

Pricing model: Paid only source, Oct 14, 2026
Cheapest paid plan: PowerDirector 365: $5/mo (billed yearly) source, Oct 14, 2026
Free plan: No source, Oct 14, 2026
Free trial: No source, Oct 14, 2026
Data export: Direct export to YouTube and TikTok source, Oct 14, 2026

CyberLink PowerDirector plans

3 published plans, per month, billed monthly and yearly.

PowerDirector 2027
$139.99 once
Billed monthly
$139.99 once
Billed yearly
–
Charged per
Not stated
Published limits
- 25 storage gb
PowerDirector 365
$5per month, billed yearly
Billed monthly
Not offered
Billed yearly
$5
Charged per
Not stated
Published limits
- 100 credits per month
- 50 storage gb
Director Suite
$9.17per month, billed yearly
Billed monthly
Not offered
Billed yearly
$9.17
Charged per
Not stated
Published limits
- 250 credits per month
- 100 storage gb

Prices in USD per month, before tax. Read from the vendor's pricing page on Oct 14, 2026. "Not stated" means the page does not publish it.

Full CyberLink PowerDirector pricing and plan limits

How CyberLink PowerDirector scores

The video editing tools scorecard applied to CyberLink PowerDirector's verified data: 77/100, rank 29 of 85, based on 6 of 7 criteria.

Score

77/100

Rank #29 of 85

Coverage 85%

6 of 7 criteria. Ranked at 60% or more.

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Entry price
88/100
Weight 29%$5/month billed annually on PowerDirector 365; no monthly-billed price published (scored against annual-billed prices) source
Free plan or trial
0/100
Weight 18%No free plan or free trial shown on the pricing page source
Pricing transparency
100/100
Weight 12%3 of 3 plans have a public price source
Verified features
100/100
Weight 18%6 of 10 tracked features verified: templates, ai assistant, automatic captions, text-based editing, 4k export, stock media library source 1 source 2
API, integrations and export
100/100
Weight 12%documented data export source
Cost per user (team of 3)category criterion
Excluded
Weight –No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted.
Storagecategory criterion
85/100
Weight 12%50 GB of storage on PowerDirector 365 ($5/month) source

CyberLink PowerDirector features

6 of the 10 features we compare video editing tools on, as CyberLink PowerDirector publishes them.

Templates: Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
AI assistant: Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
Automatic captions: Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
Text-based editing: Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
4K export: Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
Stock media library: Yes source, Oct 14, 2026

6 more details we track are not published by the vendor or not verified yet (shown as – in tables). How we verify

CyberLink PowerDirector alternatives

The highest-scoring of 104 comparable tools.

Top CyberLink PowerDirector alternatives
#	Tool	Score	Coverage	From, billed monthly	From, billed yearly	Free plan	Public API	Checked
1	ScreenPal	100/100	80%5 of 7 criteria	Not offered	$4/mo	Yes	–	Oct 14, 2026
2	Clipchamp	98/100	65%4 of 7 criteria	Free	Free	Yes	–	Oct 14, 2026
3	Fliki	94/100	75%5 of 7 criteria	Free	Free	Yes, 3 credits per month	Yes	Oct 14, 2026
4	Vizard	94/100	75%5 of 7 criteria	Free	Free	Yes, 60 credits per month	Yes	Oct 14, 2026
5	Wave.video	93/100	65%4 of 7 criteria	Free	Free	Yes	–	Oct 14, 2026

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Questions, answered from the data

How much does CyberLink PowerDirector cost?

Paid plans start at $5 per month billed yearly on the PowerDirector 365 plan, according to CyberLink PowerDirector's pricing page (checked Oct 14, 2026).

Does CyberLink PowerDirector have a free plan?

No: CyberLink PowerDirector has no free plan (checked Oct 14, 2026).

How does CyberLink PowerDirector score?

In our video editing tools ranking CyberLink PowerDirector scores 77/100, rank 29 of 85, based on 6 of 7 criteria (85% of the scorecard weight backed by verified data).

What are the best CyberLink PowerDirector alternatives?

By our scorecard the top-ranked alternatives are ScreenPal (100/100), Clipchamp (98/100) and Fliki (94/100).