What is an AI video editor?

An AI video editor turns plain-language direction into a concrete edit. Cutroom analyzes your media, proposes exact cuts, captions, grade, and overlays, then asks for approval before it renders.

Can I try Cutroom for free?

Yes. New accounts receive free credits and do not need to add a credit card. If a processing task fails, its reserved credits are returned.

How is Cutroom different from a traditional editor?

You direct the outcome in conversation instead of building every operation by hand. Unlike a black-box automatic editor, Cutroom also exposes the edit plan, timeline, preview, and revision history.

What kinds of videos can I edit?

Talking heads, interviews, social clips, product videos, tutorials, travel edits, and other narrative footage. You can preserve the source aspect ratio or target common landscape, vertical, and square formats.

Can it cut filler words without clipping speech?

Yes. The agent uses word-level timestamps and enforces short safety handles around dialogue cuts. It also applies brief audio fades to avoid clicks at edit boundaries.

Does Cutroom render immediately after I send a prompt?

No. The agent first proposes a reviewable plan. You approve a preview render, inspect it, and separately approve the final master.

01Conversational AI video editor

Upload a video. Say the cut.Your AI video editor does the rest.

Remove pauses, tighten the story, add captions, color, music, and motion graphics without learning a timeline. Cutroom inspects the footage, writes a reviewable edit plan, and renders only after you approve it.

Upload video, edit free See the workflow

Free credits on sign-up · No credit card · Failed renders return credits

Cutroom/ Founder story

Plan approved00:00:42:18

Director chat

Make this a sharp 40-second founder story. Remove filler words, keep the product reveal, and add clean captions.

Edit plan ready

12 word-aligned cuts with 80 ms handles
Natural sentence captions and light grade
Three deterministic title animations

Review preview1920 × 1080

Make the first idea impossible to miss.

A tighter story, cut to the exact word.

We built the workflow we wanted to use.

Edit plan

Cuts12

CaptionsEN

Overlays03

The agent never renders an unapproved plan.

Frame-accurate timeline00:00:36:04

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02One agent, the complete edit pipeline

Word-level transcriptFiller and silence cutsBurned-in captionsColor and audio polishMotion overlays

03Made for real publishing work

From raw footage to a finished cut

Use the same conversational workflow for long-form stories, vertical clips, product videos, and screen tutorials. Aspect ratio, pacing, captions, and export rules live in the plan.

16:900:01:20

Talking head

Interviews that keep moving

Remove filler, preserve natural breath, and keep every cut aligned to spoken words.

9:1600:02:21

Vertical social

Shorts with a faster hook

Reframe to 9:16, front-load the idea, and generate bold readable captions.

1:100:03:22

Product story

Launch edits with proof

Match claims to product footage, add title overlays, and keep brand timing consistent.

16:900:04:23

Tutorial

Clear screen walkthroughs

Trim waiting, emphasize key moments, and make each instruction easy to follow.

04A plan you can inspect

Talk first. Approve the cut. Then render.

Conversation is the control surface, but the output is a deterministic edit plan. You see what will change before any expensive render begins.

Upload and inspect

The agent probes video and audio, transcribes speech with word timestamps, and creates a visual timeline before editing.

founder-story.mov

3840×2160 · 02:14

Direct the edit

Describe the outcome like you would to an editor. The agent turns intent into exact ranges, caption rules, grade, and overlays.

Cut the slow opening and start on the result.

I found a stronger hook at 00:08.4. Preview plan ready for approval.

Review, verify, export

Approve a lightweight preview first. The worker verifies the timeline and media before creating the final master.

Preview verificationPASS

05Built like an editing system

Agent speed, production control

Cutroom combines the ease of chat with explicit edit data, isolated rendering, version history, and approval gates.

Cuts land on words

Word timestamps and short safety handles keep dialogue edits clean instead of clipping syllables.

A visual index covers the footage

Local contact sheets span the source, so shot changes and cut boards are available for review alongside the transcript.

Nothing renders unseen

Every proposed cut is reviewable. Preview and final export have separate approval steps.

Deterministic rendering

FFmpeg-based EDLs, consistent timebases, short audio fades, captions last, and verifiable outputs.

Every revision is kept

Source, plans, previews, and final masters remain attached to the project for safe iteration.

Isolated project workspaces

Signed worker jobs, path isolation, size limits, and controlled media downloads protect the render boundary.

Choose the editing capacity you need

Credits cover agent planning and media processing. Cancel anytime.

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Lite

$8.9/month

$9.9$106.8 billed yearly

For trying the complete workflow

24,000 credits, valid for 1 year
Conversational editing and preview renders
Captions, color, audio, and motion overlays
Final master download and commercial use

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Pro

$16.9/month

$19.9$202.8 billed yearly

For weekly publishing

57,600 credits, valid for 1 year
Conversational editing and preview renders
Captions, color, audio, and motion overlays
Final master download and commercial use

Save 18%

Ultra

$32.9/month

$39.9$394.8 billed yearly

For production teams

120,000 credits, valid for 1 year
Conversational editing and preview renders
Captions, color, audio, and motion overlays
Final master download and commercial use

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Before you edit with an AI video editor

An AI video editor turns plain-language direction into a concrete edit. Cutroom analyzes your media, proposes exact cuts, captions, grade, and overlays, then asks for approval before it renders.
Yes. New accounts receive free credits and do not need to add a credit card. If a processing task fails, its reserved credits are returned.
You direct the outcome in conversation instead of building every operation by hand. Unlike a black-box automatic editor, Cutroom also exposes the edit plan, timeline, preview, and revision history.
Talking heads, interviews, social clips, product videos, tutorials, travel edits, and other narrative footage. You can preserve the source aspect ratio or target common landscape, vertical, and square formats.
Yes. The agent uses word-level timestamps and enforces short safety handles around dialogue cuts. It also applies brief audio fades to avoid clicks at edit boundaries.
No. The agent first proposes a reviewable plan. You approve a preview render, inspect it, and separately approve the final master.
The web app accepts common video and audio files including MP4, MOV, WebM, MKV, M4V, MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, and FLAC. Final compatibility depends on the codecs available to the render worker.
Yes. Your account keeps projects, source media, plans, previews, final exports, revisions, and credit usage together.
Project browsing and review are responsive. Uploading and reviewing short clips works on mobile, while a larger screen is recommended for detailed timeline inspection.
Open a support ticket from your account. Include the project and failed stage so the render trace can be reviewed without exposing unrelated work.

Your next edit can start with one sentence

Bring the footage. Cutroom will inspect it, propose the timeline, and stay with the project through preview and final export.

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