Best Video Editing AI tools

14 video editing tools, ranked by our score. Our top pick is Descript, followed by Runway Aleph and Adobe Premiere AI. If you want to start without paying, look at Descript, Opus Clip, CapCut. Every score is our own judgement of how well a tool does the job, and you can read how we score on the blog.

1. Descript: Edit video and podcasts by editing text. Plus AI voices, filler removal, and clips. Freemium. Solthar Score 88/100.
2. Runway Aleph: In-context video editing. Change objects and lighting after the shoot. Paid. Solthar Score 87/100.
3. Adobe Premiere AI: Text-based editing and generative extend inside Premiere Pro. Paid. Solthar Score 86/100.
4. Opus Clip: Turns long videos into ranked short clips with captions. Freemium. Solthar Score 85/100.
5. CapCut: Wildly popular editor with AI captions, effects, and one-tap social-ready videos. Freemium. Solthar Score 83/100.
6. Captions: A mobile-first editor with eye contact correction and automatic captioning. Freemium. Solthar Score 82/100.
7. Veed: Browser video editor with subtitles, translation and cleanup. Freemium. Solthar Score 80/100.
8. Vizard: Long video to captioned social clips, with a virality score per clip. Freemium. Solthar Score 78/100.
9. Submagic: Auto captions, b-roll and effects tuned for short-form retention. Paid. Solthar Score 77/100.
10. Filmora: Consumer video editor with a growing set of AI cleanup tools. Freemium. Solthar Score 76/100.
11. Kapwing: Collaborative browser editor with solid subtitle and resize tools. Freemium. Solthar Score 76/100.
12. Pictory: Turns scripts, blog posts and webinars into edited video automatically. Paid. Solthar Score 75/100.
13. InVideo: Prompt to full edited video with stock footage and voiceover assembled. Freemium. Solthar Score 74/100.
14. Munch: Finds the clips most likely to perform and cuts them for each platform. Paid. Solthar Score 73/100.

Head-to-head comparisons

• CapCut vs Descript
• Captions vs Descript
• CapCut vs Captions