The Best AI Video Editors [2025]

Want to edit videos faster and smarter? AI video editors are changing the game, helping creators cut, refine, and enhance videos in minutes. 

But with so many options, which one is actually worth using?

We asked experts and tested the best AI video editors for speed, accuracy, and ease of use. Here’s our top 9 picks—plus tips on how to choose the right one for you.

Best AI video editors for 2025

Before we dive into the details. Here’s a quick rundown of the top AI video editors and what they do best.

Sure! Here’s the AI video editor comparison in a copyable table format:

Riverside

‍Price: Free plan available. Paid plans start at $15/month.
Best for: Fast, seamless AI-assisted editing.

Compatibility: Windows, macOS, iOS, Android

Riverside is an all-in-one video creation platform that uses AI to cut your editing time in half. 

Let AI edit your full episode for you or turn it into short clips. You’ll get video with captions, cleaned-up audio, and scene layouts all done for you. If you want to make any changes, just head to the editor to take control.

You can also start from scratch in the video editor. With AI text-based editing, trim your recording like editing a doc. Delete text and the matching video cuts in the recording timeline. Clean up audio with AI tools for audio enhancement, background noise removal, cutting filler words, and setting the pace. End off with b-roll, music, or text overlays. 

As a bonus, you can generate AI summaries of all your videos. You get titles, search-friendly keywords, chapters and descriptions ideal for your next post.

Unlike some AI video editors, Riverside expedites video editing rather than taking over. Here’s what the experts say:

“I was struggling to keep up with the quality of my audio and video footage, as well as publishing social media snippets. With Riverside's advanced AI and editing capabilities, I'm able to streamline the process of recording, editing, and publishing high-quality content” - Kristy Drutman

Key features:

• Text-based editing: Delete text in your recording transcript, and the matching video cuts instantly.
• Magic Clips: Let AI turn your long-form recordings’ key moments into viral-ready video shorts.
• Show notes and summaries: Auto-generate podcast summaries, takeaways, and chapters in seconds.
• AI Voice: Turn text into your voice to fix bloopers without re-recording or for quick intros, ad reads, and voiceovers. 
• Transcription: Auto-transcribe in 100+ languages for accurate, professional text or subtitle transcripts.
• AI captions: Add animated captions to your video and style them with font, color, and movement.
• Magic Audio: Remove background noise and enhance sound for studio-quality audio.
• Speaker View: Keep your current speaker on screen with AI that seamlessly switches as the next person talks.

Invideo AI

‍Price: Free plan available. Paid plans start at $28/month.
Best for: Hands-off video creation and editing.

Compatibility: Windows, macOS, iOS (app)

If you want to skip recording altogether, try Invideo AI. 

Create videos from scratch with a few simple prompts - you don’t need a whole script. Invideo’s AI will generate a video with visuals, voiceover, and a storyline that matches your prompt. If you’re on a paid plan, the AI can generate fresh video footage for you. But you’ll get a video with stock footage on a free plan.

The results are impressive, but it’s a bit slow, and edits are credit-based. So it may end up costly.

You can also upload your media and let Invideo take over. 

The downside is that Invideo takes over a lot of the creativity. You might be totally cool with this, but AI’s choices don’t always make sense, look natural, or jive with your creative vision.

Key features:

• AI-powered video generation: Transforms text inputs into complete videos.
• Extensive template library: Gain access to more than 5,000 customizable templates for social media posts, advertisements, presentations, and more.
• Rich media library: Access a solid collection of stock footage, images, and music that AI can weave into your content.
• Multi-language support: Enables the creation of videos in various languages, allowing you to appeal to a broad audience
• AI voice-over: Generates natural-sounding voiceovers. Choose from a range of voices or clone your own.

Runway

‍Price: Free plan available. Paid plans start at $12/month.
Best for: Transforming video footage with AI generation.

Compatibility: Windows, macOS, iOS (app)

Runway is the king video editor for fully AI-generated content. Like Invideo, it is capable of creating prompt-based videos. But it shines when working with your own media. 

Upload and transform a video or upload an image for a reference point. Use prompts to add special effects, change the weather, create a storyline and more. 

The only catch? It can be intimidating to beginner editors. I’d call this the AI-generating video editor for the pros.

Key features:

• Gen-1 and Gen-2 AI models: Enable users to create novel videos from images, video clips, or even text.
• Inpainting: Remove unwanted objects or elements from images and videos. AI will intelligently fill in the gaps.
• Background removal: Automatically detect and remove video backgrounds.
• Super-slow motion: Enhance footage with AI-powered slow-motion effects, even with standard frame-rate videos.
• Clean audio: Improve audio quality by reducing background noise and enhancing clarity, ensuring a polished sound for your projects.
• Text-to-color grade: Apply color grading to your visuals using text prompts for intuitive adjustments to your video’s mood and tone.
• Motion tracking: Track objects or subjects in your video to apply effects that follow their movement.

Adobe Premiere Pro

‍Price: $22.99/month w/ 7-day free trial.
Best for: Advanced video editors looking to streamline their workflow.

Compatibility: Windows, macOS

Adobe Premiere Pro is a professional-grade video editing software that now includes AI-powered features through Adobe Sensei. As of 2024, AI tools like text-based editing, speech enhancement, and auto-reframing help streamline your workflow.

Compared to Runway and Invideo’s AI, Premiere Pro focuses less on video creation from scratch.  Premiere Pro’s AI features are enhancements rather than replacements for manual editing. For example, you can extend clips, remove objects, or create b-roll footage via a prompt. 

But note- just like Runway, it has a steep learning curve. If you’re familiar with Premiere Pro check out their AI. If not, only check it out if you’re comfortable with advancing editing.

Key features:

• Text-based editing: Search, cut, and rearrange clips using your videos’ transcript text.
• Enhance speech: Use AI to improve audio quality and minimize background noise.
• AI auto reframe: Let AI Identify a focal point, then adjust aspect ratios and framing for optimal composition.
• Auto color matching: Automatically adjusts the color and lighting of a target clip to match a reference clip, streamlining color grading.
• Remix: Rearrange music tracks to match the desired duration of the video.
• Generative AI tools: Add AI-generated frames at the beginning or end of a clip; add, remove, or change objects in your video.

Synthesia

Price: Free plan available. Paid plans start at $18/month.
Best for: Training and explainer videos.

Compatibility: Browser-based

Synthesia isn’t a typical video editor. It’s an AI video generator with lifelike AI avatars. No need for actors. Just turn written text into a video with an engaging AI host. And, yes, these avatars are pretty convincing!

It won't replace traditional editing software, but its customizable templates and media library can enhance existing footage. That said, if your aim isn’t to create video from scratch - particularly video led by an AI avatar - this may not be the best platform for you.

Key features:

• AI avatars: Access more than 230 diverse and customizable AI avatars that deliver scripts in a natural and engaging manner.
• Multilingual support: Supports text-to-speech in more than 140 languages.
• Template library: Professionally designed template library to help you streamline the video creation process.
• AI script generation: Features tools that can automatically generate scripts, scenes, and videos, further simplifying the content creation process.
• Voice cloning: Allows for the creation of custom voice profiles, enabling avatars to deliver scripts in a specific, personalized voice.

Sora

Price: $20/month as part of ChatGPT Plus subscription.
Best for: Making bold, creative moves.

Compatibility: Browser-based

Sora is an AI-powered video generation model by OpenAI. It’s built to create and modify videos using text, image, and video inputs. That means creating videos from scratch and modifying your own footage with prompts.

It excels at generating imaginative, realistic visuals. But, like many AI models, Sora makes some pretty weird videos (both good and bad weird.) 

It lacks typical video editing tools. But, Sora is ideal for hands-off video creation or bringing imaginative concepts to life.

Key features:

• Remix: Replace, remove, or reimagine elements in your video, enabling creative transformations.
• Re-cut: Isolate and extend specific frames to complete or enhance a scene.
• Storyboard: Organize and edit unique sequences of your videos on a personal timeline for better narrative flow.
• Loop: Trim and create seamless repeating videos for creating engaging loops.
• Blend: Combine two videos into one seamless clip, allowing for creative transitions and effects.
• Style presets: Apply and share styles that give your videos a distinct aesthetic.

Canva

Price: Free plan available. Paid plans start at $15/month.
Best for: Simple, affordable videos for marketing or social media.

Compatibility: Browser-based

If you’re looking for a beginner-friendly AI video editor, try Canva. 

While its features are basic, it’s great for trimming, cutting, adding captions, and enhancing videos with audio and animations. 

As for AI tools, I love that it lets you instantly create a video with some clips and a prompt. It’s a great feature for creating promo videos for social media. Canva integrates Runway’s text-to-video technology, adding even more creative possibilities.

Key features:

• Magic Design: ICreates short, shareable videos. Just add your clips and images and enter a prompt like, “Create a highlight video of this new product.”
• Beat Sync: Matches your video to your chosen soundtrack to make key moments stand out.
• Background Remover: Remove and switch video backgrounds with just a click.
• Magic Animate: Adds smooth animation and transitions to your video quickly and easily.
• Text and images to video: Convert text and images to video with a prompt.
• Free templates and video clips: Access a library of thousands of free stock videos, images and graphics.

Lumen5

‍Price: Paid plans start at $19/month.
Best for: Quick talking head or informational videos.

Compatibility: Browser-based

Creating a talking head or want to turn blog posts into video? Try Lumen 5. 

Its streamlined interface keeps things simple, with just a few workflows to prevent overwhelm. Just upload your text, and Lumen5 will generate a script and video options. Tweak the videos by adding images, highlighting key phrases, and branding.

Lumen5 also transcribes talking head videos and provides easy tools for captions, lower-thirds, callouts, and cutaways in seconds. It’s perfect for those who want decent quality with minimal effort, but its text-to-video features aren’t as advanced as platforms like Runway or Sora.

Key features:

• AI-powered text-to-video conversion: Transforms written content into engaging videos by analyzing text and selecting relevant visuals and music.
• AI voiceovers: Choose an AI voice from 40+ options in multiple languages - or clone a voice for a custom option.
• Customizable themes and styles: Choose a video theme or style to ensure your video fits your needs.
• Drag-and-drop interface: Add, move, and rearrange video content quickly and easily.

Icon

Price: Paid plans start at $399/month. Create your first ad for free.
Best for: AI-driven video ad creation.

Compatibility: Browser-based

Icon is a newer tool that better tailors to ad campaigns compared to general video editing. 

Its biggest advantage? It makes creating video ads real quick, allowing for more A/B testing and faster iterations, which could mean better ad conversions.

Key features:

• Simplified workflow: Organizes assets, drafts ads instantly, and lets you refine with captions, voiceovers, and music.
• AI-generated voiceovers, captions, and music: Allows for quick video creation that can still be customized.
• Permutation testing: Enables the creation of multiple variants of the same ad for A/B testing on ad platforms.
• AI-generated user-generated content: Instantly creates AI-generated videos that look like UGC.

Audience research tools: Provides insight into audience relationships, habits, and preferences, allowing you to fine-tune your advertising efforts.

Bonus: Best AI video editing apps for mobile

Looking for an AI-powered app you can use on your phone? Here are a few options.

Best AI video editor for Android: InShot

‍Price: Free
Best for: Social media and marketing videos.

Compatibility: iOS, Android

If you want to create video on the go, InShot is a great option. It integrates AI-powered features to enhance the editing experience.  Apply effects, add captions, and make other edits quickly and easily (which is even more important on a phone!)

Key features:

• AI effects: Applies instant presets that elevate your images and videos with a single tap.
• Auto captions: Uses AI-powered speech-to-text to streamline the addition of captions to videos.
• Automatic background removal: Effortlessly removes video backgrounds with a click.
• Smart tracking: Make stickers or text move seamlessly in sync with a moving object in your video.
• Slow motion: Adds slow motion effects to any footage.

Best AI video editing app for iPhone: Lightcut

‍Price: Free
Best for: Hobbyists and casual remote production.

Compatibility: iOS, Android

Lightcut is a free, AI-powered video editing app for Android and iOS. It uses AI to analyze selected video clips and photos then automatically generates cohesive and engaging video content. 

If you prefer a more hands-on approach, the app provides more traditional editing tools too. It doesn’t include a full editing suite, but Lightcut is great for those who want to create videos on the fly. The app is especially recommended for DJI-brand devices, including drones and handheld cameras.

Key features:

• AI-powered, one-tap editing: Automatically creates videos by analyzing selected clips and photos.
• Diverse video templates: Offers a wide range of templates across various themes (think travel, sports, and vlogs) to make for quick and effortless video creation.
• Inspire Cam shooting modes: Guides you in capturing professional-looking footage from your phone, then automatically edits it for a polished video.
• Aerial AudioMatch: Automatically adds sound effects to drone footage based on themes like forest, sea, and urban environments.
• Music synchronization: Analyzes your footage to identify key moments and matches them with suitable music templates.
• Basic editing tools: Includes basic editing tools for trimming, cutting, and merging your footage, as well as adding filters, text, stickers, and transitions.

Best AI video editing app for short-form content: CapCut

‍Price: $0-$9.99/month
Best for: Hobbyists and short-form video editors.

Compatibility: iOS, Android

If you’re looking to create YouTube Shorts or TikToks from your phone, CapCut is a great option. It has a range of features tailored to streamline the editing process for brief, engaging clips - including AI features! CapCut also has a desktop version, which provides additional editing options and features.

One thing to note about CapCut is that it’s owned by ByteDance, the same company that operates TikTok. As such, it’s on shaky legal ground in the U.S.

• Auto captions: Automatically generates captions by transcribing spoken words.
• Text-to-speech: Converts written text into natural sounding speech for easy voiceovers.
• Background removal: Seamlessly removes backgrounds from videos.
• Auto reframe: Adjusts aspect ratios for different platforms, ensuring optimal framing.

AI stickers and text: Automatically incorporates dynamic stickers and text generated by AI to add creative elements to your video.

What to look for in an AI video editor

Now that we’ve had a look at some of your options let’s take a look at how you can narrow them in on the best AI video editor for you. Here are a few things to consider:

Ease of use and learning curve

Some AI video editors are much easier to use than others. Try out any video editors you are considering to make sure you’re comfortable with the interface, and consider what resources the company has to get you up to speed on how to use the product.

AI features that speed up editing

In my opinion, AI is best served as a way to augment editing, not take over. Look for AI features that make common tasks like captioning, audio cleanup, and clip creation faster and easier. 

Automation for content repurposing

Repurposing your content for different platforms can be a great way to expand your reach. So, consider an AI video editor that makes that easy. AI can automate:

• Clip and highlight extraction, to make creating teasers, highlights, and other bite-sized social media clips fast and easy.
• Aspect ratio adjustment and framing, so you can easily repurpose your content for different platforms.
• Subtitle generation and captioning, so you can easily add captions to broaden your content’s reach. Translation options can be nice to have here as well.
• Content summarization and adaptation, so you can easily create takeaways, show notes, chapters, and other elements that make your video more accessible and SEO-friendly.

Export quality and platform compatibility

In any video editor, compatibility and content quality are key. Look for an editor that allows you to export in HD (1080p) or, better still, 4K resolution. You also want to ensure that the editor you choose is compatible with your operating system and any other software you may be using to create content.

Final thoughts - which AI editor is best for you?

Now that I’ve run through my top picks for best AI editor, which one should you choose? Well, that’s up to you! I encourage you to consider each editor’s features, compare them to your needs, and test out your top choices before committing. 

With Riverside, you can sign up for a free plan and get access to many of our AI features, including Magic Clips, automatic transcription and text-based editing, and one-click silence removal. Start for free today!

FAQs about the best AI video editors

Still looking for more information? Here are the answers to some frequently asked questions.

What’s the best AI video editor?

If you’re wondering what the best AI video editor is, well, you’re asking the wrong question. The better question is, what’s the best AI video editor for you. Each video editor on this list has unique strengths and features. The best one is the one that best suits your needs and budget - and that you enjoy using. 

All that said, consider giving Riverside a try! It’s packed with thoughtfully designed AI features that’ll help you create your best content ever - in no time flat.

What’s the best AI video editor for YouTube?

YouTube recently integrated some AI features into YouTube Studio, including an AI-powered brainstorming feature, and the ability to add AI-generated backgrounds to videos. You can even create short clips using a text prompt. 

But while YouTube Studio is easy enough to use and has some solid features, it isn’t really a comprehensive video editor. Instead, I recommend choosing something on the list. 

If you’re particularly creating YouTube videos, then Riverside is a good choice. Record with remote guests in up to 4K resolution. Then head to our AI editor for text-based editing, and captions, b-roll, and everything else you need.

Read: How to Edit YouTube Videos Easily

Are there free AI video editors?

Yes! Several of the video editors on this list are free or have free plans or trials. I recommend using free plans and trials to try out any editors you think might be a fit for you. Some free plans may even be enough to meet your video editing needs all on their own. Riverside’s free plan allows for unlimited video recording and editing, so you can create to your heart’s content. You can find more options in our list of best free video editing software.