The Best AI Video Editors for 2026

Edit video by editing text. Descript transcribes your footage and lets you cut, rearrange, and polish videos by simply editing the transcript—a dream workflow for word-oriented creators.

The industry standard, now supercharged with AI. Features like 'Remix' auto-adjust music tracks to video length, and 'Auto Reframe' intelligently crops horizontal video for vertical social formats.

A game-changer for influencers who stream or podcast. It automatically scans long videos, identifies viral hooks, and generates vertical shorts with dynamic captions and B-roll.

The standard for 3D tours. Its 'Cortex' AI automates the creation of 3D dollhouses, blurs faces for privacy, and generates guided video tours from the 3D scan data.

Designed specifically for gamers. Eklipse connects to your Twitch/YouTube streams, uses AI to detect killstreaks or funny moments (via chat analysis), and auto-generates vertical TikToks.

For streamers who want movie-grade montages. The free version is incredibly powerful, and its 'Magic Mask' (Studio version) uses AI to isolate subjects for advanced effects without rotoscoping.

The best option for same-day edits on iPad. While less AI-heavy, its speed and touch interface allow videographers to edit and deliver a teaser trailer during the reception.

The standard for long-form creators. AI 'Text-Based Editing' lets you cut rough cuts by reading the transcript, and 'Enhance Speech' makes on-camera audio sound studio-quality.

Create professional talking-head videos with realistic AI avatars—no camera, studio, or talent needed. Write the script, pick an avatar, and get a polished video in minutes.

Ideal for designers handling high-volume social assets. The 'Brand Kit' ensures every video clip uses the correct fonts, colors, and logos automatically, maintaining strict brand consistency.

Essential for 'talking head' content. This app uses AI to correct your eye contact (so you're always looking at the camera) and adds punchy, engagement-retaining subtitles automatically.

Records local video/audio for every guest (so no lag glitches). Its 'Magic Clips' feature uses AI to identify the best moments post-recording and instantly turns them into social-ready vertical videos.

A lifesaver for low-light reception footage. It uses AI to upscale resolution, remove noise/grain, and sharpen soft focus shots, saving clips that would otherwise be unusable.

Built specifically for YouTubers. Gling analyzes your raw footage and automatically cuts out silences and bad takes, leaving you with a clean rough cut in minutes instead of hours.

Turn blog posts, scripts, and articles into engaging videos automatically. Paste your copy, and Pictory generates a video with stock footage, captions, and voiceover—zero editing skills needed.

The gold standard for screen recording and course video production. Combines a powerful recorder with an intuitive editor purpose-built for educational content.

Think of it as Figma for video. Jitter uses AI to help animate static interface designs and elements, making it the perfect tool for showcasing UI/UX portfolios or case studies.

A plugin for Premiere Pro that automatically removes silences from walkthrough videos. It saves hours of manual cutting, allowing agents to shoot raw tours and get a tight edit instantly.

Automatically records and transcribes video meetings, then uses AI to surface key moments so remote teams can share highlights instead of rewatching full calls.

An AI-first video editor that turns text prompts into complete videos with scenes, transitions, and music. Perfect for copywriters who want to produce social video content at scale.

A cutting-edge AI video platform with generative video, green screen removal, and motion tracking. For copywriters creating cinematic or experimental video content.

Record quick video lessons, walkthroughs, and feedback videos with one click. Loom's simplicity makes it perfect for async teaching, student Q&A, and supplementary course content.

A browser-based editor perfect for influencers who need speed. 'Magic Cut' automatically removes silences and 'ums', while 'Brand Kit' applies your channel's colors and fonts in one click.

An all-in-one web studio. It offers multi-track recording, AI silence removal, and 'Magic Dust' audio enhancement, specifically designed for podcasters who want a simple workflow.

Integrated directly into the project management tool. It allows for quick screen recordings to explain tasks, with AI transcription turning the video into searchable text and action items.

A simple, focused tool for converting Twitch clips to vertical video. While less 'AI-heavy' than Eklipse, its smart layout templates make formatting facecam and gameplay dead simple.

A specialist tool that brings Hollywood color science to wedding films. It matches your footage to a reference photo or film look automatically, ensuring a consistent aesthetic across the entire wedding.

A browser-based collaborative video editor with smart AI tools. Auto-subtitles, smart cut, and resize make it ideal for copywriters producing social clips from longer content.

An affordable, easy-to-use screen recorder and video editor built for educators. Record your screen, webcam, or both, then edit with intuitive tools designed for course content.

Great for influencers who need to pump out content. Give it a topic, and it generates a script, finds stock footage, adds voiceovers, and edits a complete video in minutes.

Specializes in turning audio episodes into visual content. It automatically creates 'audiograms' with waveforms and captions, making audio-only podcasts shareable on Instagram and TikTok.

Transforms written content into engaging video presentations using AI. Paste a blog post or script and Lumen5 auto-selects visuals, creates scenes, and adds music.

owned by Vimeo, uses AI to analyze your raw property footage and automatically edit it into a music video style highlight reel. Great for showing the 'vibe' of a property without manual editing.