Best AI video editors

17 tools for cutting, effects, automatic edits, compared side by side.

The ranked list

  1. 1

    Kling AI

    Video editing

    Video editingAPIPlugin or MCP

    Kling AI is an AI image and video generation tool for creators, filmmakers, and e-commerce and advertising teams, with an API and plugin or MCP access.

  2. 2

    Kapwing

    Generates and edits videos with AI

    Video editingWeb app

    Free plan

    Web app that generates videos from text prompts and offers editing tools, with AI subtitles and Smart Cut silence removal. Free plan exports up to 4 minutes with a watermark.

  3. 3

    Synthesia

    Creates videos with AI avatars

    Video editingAPIPlugin or MCP

    Free plan

    AI video platform for businesses that makes videos with AI avatars in 140+ languages, plus AI dubbing with lip-sync and an API. Free Basic plan includes 10 minutes of video creation or dubbing.

  4. 4

    Descript

    Edits video by editing text

    Video editing

    Free plan

    Edits video by editing its text, with Studio Sound audio cleanup and the Underlord AI co-editor on Hobbyist and above. Free plan includes 100 one-time AI credits.

  5. 5

    Runway

    Video editing

    Video editingMobileAPI

    Free plan

    Platform for generating and editing video, images and audio, with an agentic creative collaborator, an API and mobile access. Free plan has 125 one-time credits.

  6. 6

    invideo

    Edits videos with AI agents

    Video editing

    AI agentic video editor on a multitrack timeline, with multiplayer editing, live cursors and storyboarding from a script. Basic plan starts at USD 4 per user per month billed annually.

  7. 7

    Filmora

    Edits video with AI assistance

    Video editingDesktopMobile

    AI-powered editing software for desktop and mobile, with keyframes and motion tracking, Color Mask grading and AI Media Analysis to tag and find shots.

  8. 8

    FlexClip

    Makes and edits online videos

    Video editingWeb app

    FlexClip is a web-based video editor with templates, AI video, voiceover and subtitle tools, plus cloud storage and team collaboration.

  9. 9

    Captions

    Turns footage into edited videos

    Video editingWeb appMobile

    Free plan

    AI video editor that turns uploaded or generated footage into edited videos, with stylized auto captions, eye contact correction and filler word trimming. Available on web and mobile.

  10. 10

    Microsoft Clipchamp

    Records, edits and shares videos

    Video editingWeb app

    Free plan

    Online editor for recording, editing and sharing videos, with AI voiceovers, subtitles in 80+ languages and a royalty-free stock library. Free plan exports up to 1080p without a watermark.

  11. 11

    Steve AI

    Video editing

    Video editingWeb appMobile

    Free plan

    Steve AI is a video creation platform that turns text, scripts, prompts, audio or ideas into videos, for creators, marketers and businesses.

  12. 12

    Luma Agents

    Video editing

    Video editing

    Luma Agents is a creative generation tool from Luma Labs for creative professionals and enterprise teams, with self-serve signup and paid plans.

  13. 13

    HeyGenalso does this

    Generates avatar videos from text

    Presenter and avatar videosWeb appAPIPlugin or MCP

    Free plan

    AI video generator with personal avatars, lip-sync translation in 175+ languages and video editing as a secondary capability. Free plan covers 3 videos per month up to 1 minute.

  14. 14

    Kreaalso does this

    Generates and edits images, videos

    Image generationWeb appAPIPlugin or MCP

    Free plan

    Creative suite for images, video and 3D meshes, with image generation across over 1000 styles and video editing as a secondary capability. Free plan gives 100 compute units per day.

  15. 15

    Flikialso does this

    Text to speech

    Text to speechWeb app

    Free plan

    Fliki is an AI video generator that turns scripts, blog posts and PPTs into videos with voiceovers, for creators and professionals and teams.

  16. 16

    Simplifiedalso does this

    Runs marketing campaigns

    Social media contentAPIPlugin or MCP

    Marketing AI agent platform that plans, creates, approves and publishes campaigns, with video editing as one secondary capability. Video is one part of a wider marketing workflow.

  17. 17

    SOUNDRAWalso does this

    Music generation

    Music generationWeb appAPI

    SOUNDRAW is an AI music generator for royalty-free beats and tracks, with a mixer to edit instruments, intensity and length, for creators and artists.

List updated 16 Oct 2026