By job / Video
Make and edit video
10 tools for video, in the order I'd try them.
Video tools compared| Tool | Score | Price | Asia |
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 ElevenLabs | 90 | Free tier; Starter from $5/mo | fine |
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 Descript | 89 | Free tier; paid plans available | fine |
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 Runway | 88 | Free tier; Standard from $12/mo | fine |
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 HeyGen | 86 | Free tier; paid plans available | fine |
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 CapCut | 85 | Free; Pro available | fine |
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 Synthesia | 84 | Paid from ~$29/mo | fine |
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 OpusClip | 80 | Free tier; paid plans available | fine |
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 Clueso | 80 | Free tier; paid from $40/mo (annual) | fine |
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 VEED | 78 | Free tier; paid plans available | fine |
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 Pika | 76 | Free tier; paid plans available | fine |
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1.
The voices are good enough that clients don't ask. Great for dubbing into Japanese, Korean or Bahasa.
Free tier; Starter from $5/mo
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2.
Edit video like a doc; the best podcast-to-clips workflow.
Free tier; paid plans available
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Where people go for short generated clips. Expect to throw away a lot of takes.
Free tier; Standard from $12/mo
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Avatar videos and translation with convincing lip-sync.
Free tier; paid plans available
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5.
What half of Southeast Asia already edits Reels on. Free does most of it.
Free; Pro available
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6.
Talking-head training videos without a camera. Viewers can tell, but for internal onboarding nobody minds.
Paid from ~$29/mo
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Chops long videos into shorts automatically; review captions before posting.
Free tier; paid plans available
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Turns a rough screen recording into a polished product video with voiceover and captions. Built for demos and how-tos, not vlogs.
Free tier; paid from $40/mo (annual)
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9.
Browser editor with auto-subtitles that teams pick up in minutes.
Free tier; paid plans available
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10.
Fun for a meme or a teaser. Not something I'd build a client deliverable on.
Free tier; paid plans available
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