ChatCut
Edit videos by chatting with an AI editor, no timeline skills needed
Overview
ChatCut tries to make video editing feel like a conversation instead of a skill. You type an instruction, it edits your footage, adds captions, generates a clip, or finds music, and drops the result onto a proper timeline you can still tweak manually. For quick turnaround content like talking-head videos or social clips, that can genuinely save time over learning a traditional editor.
That said, this is a new tool and the track record is mixed. Multiple recent Trustpilot reviews describe failed generations, credits being consumed on jobs that time out, and support that's slow to respond. If you try it, start on the free plan and see if it holds up on your own footage before putting real money into credits.
Key Features
Chat-Based Editing: Describe an edit in plain English and ChatCut applies it directly to a multi-track timeline.
AI Video Generation: Uses Seedance 2.0 to generate up to 15-second clips from text and drops them straight onto your timeline.
Auto Captions: Word-level timestamped captions in 32+ languages, placed automatically on the timeline.
AI Voiceover: 32 curated AI voices for narration, generated from text.
Music Generation: Creates royalty-free original music from a text description at roughly $0.03 per song.
Browser-Based, No Install: Runs entirely in the browser, free to start, no download required.
Real-Time Collaboration: Multiple people can edit the same project at once.
Pricing
Starting price
$25/mo
Free: $0/month. No card required, includes one-time starter credits to test editing, captions, and generation features.
Standard: $25/month. 100 credits per month for AI editing, captions, voiceover, and generation.
Pro: $100/month. 400 credits per month plus Pro-only exports like ProRes 4444 with alpha.
Disclaimer: pricing may change, confirm on ChatCut's own pricing page before buying. ChatCut's pricing page returned a blocked/403 response when fetched directly, so these figures are corroborated from multiple independent sources and search results rather than a direct page read.
Pros
Fast For Simple Edits: Plain-English commands can turn raw footage into a captioned, scored clip quickly.
All-In-One Toolkit: Captions, voiceover, music, and clip generation live in one editor instead of five separate apps.
No Install Needed: Works fully in the browser, so there's nothing to download or update.
Free To Try: No card required to start, with one-time starter credits to test the workflow.
Cons
Reliability Complaints: Recent Trustpilot reviews report generations failing or timing out while still consuming credits.
Weak Support: Users describe customer support as slow or unresponsive when something breaks.
Credits Run Out Fast: AI features like video generation and music are credit-hungry, so the $25/mo plan may not stretch far for regular use.
Young Product: As a newer, recently funded tool, expect rough edges compared to established editors like CapCut.
What Makes It Unique
Chat-First, Timeline-Backed: Unlike most AI editors that either auto-generate a finished video or leave you in a fully manual timeline, ChatCut lets you drive edits by chat while still landing on a real, hand-editable multi-track timeline.
Kay Score
5.5
/ 10
Tool Information
Pricing
$25/mo
Category
Voice & Video
Platform
Web / iOS / Android
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