Descript revolutionizes video and podcast editing by letting you edit media like a text document. Features include AI transcription, filler word removal, eye contact correction, green screen, and AI voice cloning for overdub.

Import or record media

Edit by editing text

Fix audio with AI

Add layers and export

Descript

Free

Hobbyist

Business

Runway is a pioneering AI creative platform offering text-to-video generation (Gen-3 Alpha), image-to-video, video editing with AI, and a suite of creative AI tools used by filmmakers, agencies, and content creators worldwide.

Pick a generation mode

Provide a prompt or seed

Generate and refine

Assemble and export

Runway

Standard

Unlimited

Canva is the world's leading online design platform, now supercharged with AI features including Magic Design, text-to-image, background removal, and AI-powered presentations. It makes professional design accessible to everyone.

Start from a template

Use Magic Studio AI tools

Customize with drag-and-drop

Export and publish

Canva

Teams

CapCut is a free video editing platform by ByteDance available on mobile, desktop, and web. It combines professional editing tools with AI-driven features like auto-captions, background removal, and text-to-speech, making it accessible to creators with no editing experience.

The platform excels at short-form video creation for TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, and other social channels. Its AI suite handles tedious tasks automatically—caption generation, scene detection, color grading—freeing creators to focus on storytelling and performance.

CapCut's free tier is unusually generous, supporting 4K export and unlimited projects. The paid Pro plan ($9.99/month or $74.99/year) unlocks premium templates, advanced effects, and cloud storage. It's become a default editor for short-form creators and social media marketers.

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