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A full desktop editor without a studio price
Filmora is a full desktop editor without a studio price, free tier then $49.99, an easier landing than Resolve's few-weekend learning curve.
Browser editing that renders in the cloud
Flixier runs entirely in a browser and renders in the cloud, so there is no capable machine to buy and no weekend spent learning Resolve; free tier, paid from $19.
A film editor with a free tier and no time limit
Lightworks is another film-grade editor with a free tier and no time limit, paid from $13.99.
A free desktop video editor, open source
Shotcut is a free, open source desktop editor with no paid tier, a lighter tool for edits that do not need a colour and audio suite.
A simple open source video editor
OpenShot is a simple open source editor, free, for a cut that needs none of the colour and audio work Resolve carries.
Free multi-track editing from the KDE project
Kdenlive gives you free multi-track desktop editing from the KDE project, open source with nothing to buy, where Resolve holds its neural features behind the $295 Studio licence.
3D, motion and compositing, free forever
Blender stays free with no paid tier at all, and leans toward 3D, motion graphics and compositing rather than cutting footage you shot, where Resolve's Studio upgrade costs $295 once.
Apple's editor, bought once or monthly
Final Cut Pro is Apple's deep editor, bought once or monthly from $12.99, the closest professional rival if your machine is a Mac.
Edit video and podcasts by editing the transcript
Descript cuts video by editing a transcript instead of a timeline, built for talking-head and podcast content rather than colour and VFX work; free tier, paid from $19.
Works with YouTube, Podcast
