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Both cover short-form & clipping and video editing. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
Free vertical video editor from the makers of TikTok
AI turns any video link into a ready-to-post 9:16 short with a story voiceover, captions and music
CapCut | WowReveal | |
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| Starting price (they differ) | From $9.99 | From $12 |
| Pricing model | Free plan, paid tiers | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | Not stated | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | Not stated | Not stated |
| API | Not stated |
Free vertical video editor from the makers of TikTok
CapCut is free, runs on a phone or desktop, and every trending template lands here first. Auto captions are quick and accurate. Read the licence terms before using it for client work.
Our note
The best free video editor there is, with a caveat that has nothing to do with the software: it is owned by ByteDance, and the terms you agree to about your footage are worth ten minutes of reading before a client project goes through it.
AI turns any video link into a ready-to-post 9:16 short with a story voiceover, captions and music
WowReveal is a web app for people who run Facebook pages, YouTube Shorts channels or TikTok accounts and need a steady supply of short videos without editing each one by hand. You start with a link to an existing video or a file you upload. WowReveal finds the strongest moments and writes a short story around them, with a hook at the start and a payoff at the end. An AI voice reads the script in any of 27 languages. The footage is cut to match the narration, and the finished video gets animated captions, a headline card and music. You download a 1080×1920 file, plus post text and hashtags for each platform. Niche templates cover common formats, from talent shows to makeovers. They fill in the settings for you, but every setting can still be changed. The main difference from clipping tools such as Opus Clip is the narration. A clipper cuts a long video into shorter pieces. WowReveal tells a story over the footage, so a short scene becomes a new video with its own voiceover and title. Other tools sit next to the main one. The AI Clipper splits a long podcast or stream into up to ten clips, and the Compilation Builder joins shorts into videos longer than three minutes. Developers can drive the whole studio through a REST API or an MCP server. New accounts get 30 free credits, enough for about three story shorts, and no card is needed. Paid plans start at $12 a month. Credit packs never expire, and failed jobs are refunded automatically.
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| Data export | Not stated | Not stated |
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| Their cut | None | Not stated |
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| Runs on (they differ) | Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android | Web |
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| Covers | Short-Form & Clipping, Video Editing | Video Editing, AI Video & Voice, Short-Form & Clipping |
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| Works with | YouTube, Instagram, TikTok | YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook |
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| Founded | Not listed | Not listed |
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| Reader rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
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| Live deals | None right now | None right now |
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