Lightworks

Lightworks has been cutting feature films since long before the web, and the free tier is the whole editor at a capped export resolution with no trial clock on it. Paying raises the export ceiling and opens the formats a delivery spec actually asks for. Three ways to pay sit on the same page, including a single payment for anybody who does not want another monthly line. The interface comes from broadcast rather than from the web, so the first afternoon is spent learning it.

The free tier is the editor with a capped export resolution and no time limit on it. Create is $13.99 a month and Pro is $27.99, with yearly billing described as two months free and a pay-once option offered on the same toggle. Worth knowing when reading the page: the free card prints its zero in pounds while the paid cards print in dollars, which looks like a currency problem and is not.

An editor who wants a professional timeline without a subscription and is willing to spend the first afternoon learning an interface that came from broadcast. The free tier is genuinely open-ended, which makes it a real option for somebody publishing at modest resolution. Anybody expecting the conventions of a web editor will find the keyboard-first design slow going, and should try it before paying.