Best AI video editors
Checked Sep 28, 2026 · ranked by AI League points from public sources, not by who pays us (nobody does).
Editors that use AI to cut, caption and repurpose your own footage, from phone apps to text-based editors. Ranked by our AI League points: quality, ease, free plan, value for money and language support, each from public sources listed on the app pages.
- 01Best free all-round editorFree plan21+ languagesWeb · iPhone · Android · Desktop
- Most editing features are free
- Runs everywhere: phone, desktop and web
- Plan prices differ by platform
- Terms give CapCut a broad licence to uploaded content
- 02Best for turning long videos into viral shortsFree plan20+ languagesWeb · iPhone · Android
- Finds the best moments automatically
- Monthly free credits
- Free clips carry a watermark and expire after 3 days
- Not a full timeline editor
- 03Best for making a full video from a promptFree plan50+ languagesWeb · iPhone · Android
- A whole video from one prompt
- 50+ languages
- Monthly-billing price not shown on the official page
- Credit cost per video varies by model
- 04Best browser editor for subtitles and teamsFree plan125+ languagesWeb · iPhone
- Subtitles and translation in 125+ languages
- Everything in the browser
- Free exports are 720p with a watermark
- Per-seat pricing adds up for teams
- 05Best for editing video by editing textFree plan25+ languagesWeb · Desktop
- Edit video like a document
- Studio Sound and filler-word removal
- No mobile app
- Free export is 720p with a watermark
- 06Best for eye-catching captions on short videosFree plan40+ languagesWeb
- Stylish captions in one click
- 40+ caption languages
- Only 15 videos a month on Starter
- Captions only: no timeline editing
Standings
| # | Movement | App | Qual | Ease | Free | Value | Lang | Form | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | 8.0 | 10.0 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 8.0 | 88 | ||
| 2 | – | 9.5 | 10.0 | 8.0 | 6.7 | 8.0 | 86 | ||
| 3 | – | 7.5 | 10.0 | 9.0 | 3.6 | 10.0 | 78 | ||
| 4 | – | 9.0 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 4.0 | 10.0 | 77 | ||
| 5 | – | 5.0* | 6.0 | 7.0 | 4.2 | 8.0 | 58 | ||
| 6 | – | 5.0* | 4.0 | 8.0 | 5.3 | 8.0 | 58 |
How points are calculated — Pts = (Quality×30% + Ease×20% + Free plan×15% + Value×20% + Languages×15%) × 10. Quality = average App Store (US) user rating of the app's own iPhone app (3.0 = 0, 5.0 = 10); no such app = default 5.0. No public blind-vote benchmark exists for this task. Ease = 2 points each for web, iPhone, Android, starting from a plain-language prompt and starting without paying. Free plan: recurring free allowance 9, one-time trial 5, none 0, minus 1 each for a watermark and low-resolution or non-commercial output. Value = lowest entry price in the task ÷ this app's cheapest monthly plan × 10 (the cheapest paid plan in the task = 10); no public price = default 5.0. Languages by the number documented (50+ = 10).
* Not published: the documented default (5) is used, never a guess. Form = last 5 matchdays: points up · same · down. A new matchday is added only when points change. Each app page lists the sources behind its scores.