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Video and audio editing: what 15 tools cost

Cutting and assembling recorded footage into a finished piece. Every price is the plan a buyer actually lands on to get this capability — not the headline figure on the pricing page, and not the free tier that leaves it out.

15 tools, 27 plans pricedfrom $8.255 more with no published priceread 2026-09-26

Animaker Annual Subscription Annual access to video animation software $8.25/mo AnnualLong-term subscription commitment Details → AI Video Editor Runway AI-powered video editing with automatic caption generation and effects $12/mo Standard Details → AI Effects & Backgrounds Runway AI-generated backgrounds and visual effects for videos $12/mo Standard Details → Expert Classes MasterClass Video course library of 200+ classes taught exclusively by celebrity experts and industry leaders — spanning filmmaking, cooking, writing, business, and sports — unlocked entirely through a single annual membership. $15/mo Plus Details → Screen Recorder Loom Screen and webcam recording tool available via Chrome extension, desktop, and mobile apps that captures an async video message in a few clicks, without needing separate recording or meeting software. $18/mo Business Details → Video Library Loom Centralized workspace for storing, organizing, and managing every recorded Loom video, giving teams a searchable home for async video content instead of scattered files and shared links. $18/mo Business Details → Video Editor Loom Built-in editing tools to trim footage, stitch multiple clips together, swap backgrounds, and overlay text, arrows, and call-out boxes — lets users polish a recording into a finished video without third-party software. $18/mo Business Details → Magic Clips & AI Editing Riverside Text-based video editor; auto-generates B-roll and short vertical clips; supports 30+ languages with speaker-specific voice cloning and lip-sync. $24/mo Pro Details → Video Testimonial Collection Senja Video testimonial capture tool using shareable collection forms — auto-transcribes submissions, lets customers record from any device, and organizes clips by product or feedback type for easy review and export. $29/mo Starter Details → Wall of Love Senja Embeddable testimonial display widget with customizable, no-code layouts — showcases collected reviews and video testimonials on landing pages or product pages to build social proof without a developer. $29/mo Starter Details → Social Media Templates & Remixing Senja Turns collected testimonials into sized social posts from templates. $29/mo Starter Details → Descript Creator Transcript-based video and audio editing with screen recording $35/mo CreatorThe first tier with 4K export and a three-hour export length, which is what anyone publishing video actually needs. The record previously landed on “Monthly”, which is a billing period rather than a plan, at $24 — the annual-billed rate quoted as though it were the monthly one. Details → Interactive Demo Builder Supademo No-code recorder and editor that captures web or desktop workflows and turns them into clickable walkthroughs with tooltips, hotspots, and branching logic — lets teams build interactive product demos without engineering or design help. $36/mo Pro Details → Demo Hub Supademo Centralized gallery for curating and publishing collections of demos as a browsable, shareable hub page — organizes a team's demo library so prospects and customers can find and self-serve the right walkthrough. $36/mo Pro Details → AI Demo Video Maker Supademo Turns a screen recording into a narrated demo video with AI voiceovers in 15+ languages and optional voice cloning, exportable as either a clickable walkthrough or a standard video file — for YouTube, ads, or landing pages. $36/mo Pro Details → Course Library LinkedIn Learning On-demand library of 26,000+ video courses across business, technology, and creative skills taught by 3,900+ industry experts, with subtitles in 20+ languages — the core content catalog behind every LinkedIn Learning subscription. $39.99/mo Individual monthly subscription Details → Online Video Editor VEED.io Browser-based video editor with effects and transitions $49/mo Pro Details → Video Templates VEED.io Ready-made video templates for social media $49/mo Pro Details → AI Avatars Synthesia Library of 240+ pre-built, diverse stock avatars with natural gestures, accurate lip-sync, and emotive voice delivery, ready to use with no setup — the fastest way to produce an avatar-led video without filming anyone. $89/mo Creator Details → Custom Avatars Synthesia Personal AI avatar generated from a single photo or short video of a real person, with optional voice cloning for consistency — lets an individual appear on camera across many videos without repeatedly filming themselves. $89/mo Creator Details → Studio Avatars Synthesia Premium, hyper-realistic avatar built through a dedicated studio session with Synthesia's production team, capturing more natural gestures and expression than stock avatars — built for executives and spokespeople who need maximum on-screen polish and credibility. $89/mo Creator Details → AI B-Roll Generator Synthesia Generates cinematic B-roll and scene footage from a text prompt using models like Veo 3 and Sora 2 inside the editor — replaces manual stock-footage searches, letting an avatar's explanation cut to matching visuals, on all paid plans. $89/mo Creator Details → Animaker Monthly Subscription Monthly access to video animation software $99/mo MonthlyRecurring subscription model Details → Classroom Skool Course-hosting module for uploading structured video lessons and modules that members work through inside the same community space — lets creators sell or bundle courses without running a separate LMS platform. $99/mo Pro Details → Course Management TalentLMS Cloud LMS for building and launching employee, partner, or customer training with AI-assisted course creation and separate branded portals per audience — centralizes multi-audience training under one admin account without needing IT setup. $149/mo Core Details → Storylane Platform Interactive product demo builder that lets teams create clickable walkthroughs of their software without engineering involvement — used for sales demos, onboarding, and marketing pages. $625/mo Growth Details → Video Production Flocksy Dedicated video editing and motion graphics with 24-hour turnaround and unlimited requests $2,199/mo 4 Daily Hours (annual) Details →

This page compares what each tool does and what it costs. It does not name a winner: picking one honestly needs a researched verdict for every option, and the corpus does not carry those yet — so nothing here is ranked by anything but price.

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