Kapwing

Template-led video editing in a browser

FlexClip leans on templates for browser editing, from $19.99 with a free tier, a quicker route when the footage fits a template rather than needing subtitle work.

Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok

Text and graphics laid over video

Typito from $15 with a free tier lays text and graphics over video, the caption and lower-third work rather than a full browser editor.

Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok

Microsoft's browser video editor

Clipchamp is Microsoft's browser editor with a free tier, the pick when the account is already a Microsoft one and dubbing into forty languages is not needed.

Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook

Browser editing that renders in the cloud

Flixier renders in the cloud rather than the browser tab itself, from $19 with a free tier, an alternative if Kapwing's credit-metered minutes feel restrictive.

Edit video and podcasts by editing the transcript

Descript edits video and podcasts by editing the transcript, the same trick Kapwing uses for trimming, with a free tier and paid plans from $19.

Works with YouTube, Podcast

Free vertical video editor from the makers of TikTok

CapCut edits vertical video for free with a lower $9.99 paid tier, built around TikTok-style cuts rather than Kapwing's transcript editing and forty-language dubbing.

Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok

AI editing for talking-head video on iPhone

Captions is built for talking-head video shot on an iPhone, from $24.99 with no free tier, narrower than Kapwing's browser-wide subtitling and dubbing but sharper for one format.

Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook

Templates that turn photos into video

Animoto turns photos into a video from templates rather than editing a transcript, from $9, suited to stills rather than footage that needs subtitles or dubbing.