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Best AI video editor for LinkedIn: Descript, OpusClip and 4 more
Descript and OpusClip are the best AI video editors for LinkedIn if you start from a long recording. For short videos, Captions and Submagic add captions and b-roll, and Cutroom turns one clip of you talking into a finished video.
In short
- The best AI video editors for LinkedIn are Descript, OpusClip, Captions, Submagic, VEED and Cutroom.
- Descript and OpusClip are best if you start from a long recording, such as a webinar or a podcast.
- Captions is best for short phone videos, and Submagic adds captions and b-roll to short videos you have already cut.
- Every tool here except Submagic has a free plan, a free version or a free first video.
- Cutroom turns one clip of you talking into a finished, captioned 9:16 video.
- tools compared
- 6
- have a free plan or a free first video
- 5 of 6
- the longest clip Cutroom accepts
- 3 min
The best AI video editors for LinkedIn at a glance
Here is what each editor does, what it costs and who it suits.
The six AI video editors for LinkedIn, side by side
Prices as published on each vendor's pricing page on the day shown. Plans change, so check before you buy.
| Tool | Best for | Editing approach | Platform | Pricing from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Editing long talking videos by text | You edit the transcript and the video follows; an AI assistant tightens it when you ask | Web, Mac, Windows | Free plan; Hobbyist $16/month, annual ($24 monthly) | |
 Captions | AI editing of talking videos you film on the phone | AI Edit cuts a phone video and adds b-roll and captions in one tap | iOS, Android, web | Free version; Max $24.99/month (iOS pricing) |
 OpusClip | Turning long videos into short captioned clips | You upload a long video; AI finds the best moments and cuts clips | Web | Free plan; Starter $15/month |
 Submagic | Captions and b-roll on short videos, at volume | You upload a short video; captions, b-roll and sound effects are added | Web | No free plan, free trial without a card; Starter $12/month, annual ($19 monthly) |
| One browser editor for every kind of video | Browser editor with auto subtitles and AI tools; you do the cutting | Browser, iOS app | Free plan; Creator $10/user/month, annual | |
| Cutroom | Turning one clip of you talking into a finished 9:16 video | You upload the clip; Cutroom adds b-roll, captions and a hook | Browser | First video free, no card; Lite $19.99/month |
Descript
- Best for
- Editing long talking videos by text
- Approach
- You edit the transcript and the video follows; an AI assistant tightens it when you ask
- Platform
- Web, Mac, Windows
- Pricing from
- Free plan; Hobbyist $16/month, annual ($24 monthly)
- Captions
- Best for
- AI editing of talking videos you film on the phone
- Approach
- AI Edit cuts a phone video and adds b-roll and captions in one tap
- Platform
- iOS, Android, web
- Pricing from
- Free version; Max $24.99/month (iOS pricing)
- OpusClip
- Best for
- Turning long videos into short captioned clips
- Approach
- You upload a long video; AI finds the best moments and cuts clips
- Platform
- Web
- Pricing from
- Free plan; Starter $15/month
- Submagic
- Best for
- Captions and b-roll on short videos, at volume
- Approach
- You upload a short video; captions, b-roll and sound effects are added
- Platform
- Web
- Pricing from
- No free plan, free trial without a card; Starter $12/month, annual ($19 monthly)
VEED
- Best for
- One browser editor for every kind of video
- Approach
- Browser editor with auto subtitles and AI tools; you do the cutting
- Platform
- Browser, iOS app
- Pricing from
- Free plan; Creator $10/user/month, annual
Cutroom
- Best for
- Turning one clip of you talking into a finished 9:16 video
- Approach
- You upload the clip; Cutroom adds b-roll, captions and a hook
- Platform
- Browser
- Pricing from
- First video free, no card; Lite $19.99/month
Prices and plans read from each vendor's own pricing page on 21 September 2026.
How these LinkedIn editors differ
The biggest difference between these tools is the video you start with.
What you start with, and what each tool does
| Tool | What you start with | What the tool does |
|---|---|---|
| Descript | A long recording, like a webinar or podcast | You delete text in the transcript and the video follows |
| OpusClip | A long recording, like a webinar, podcast or talk | Finds the best moments and cuts captioned clips |
| Captions | A short video filmed on your phone | Cuts it and adds b-roll and captions in one tap |
| Submagic | A short video you have already cut | Adds captions, b-roll and sound effects |
| VEED | Any video | A browser editor where you do the cutting, with unlimited subtitles on Creator |
| Cutroom | One clip of you talking, up to 3 minutes | Returns a finished 9:16 video with captions and b-roll |
Tool: Descript
- What you start with
- A long recording, like a webinar or podcast
- What the tool does
- You delete text in the transcript and the video follows
Tool: OpusClip
- What you start with
- A long recording, like a webinar, podcast or talk
- What the tool does
- Finds the best moments and cuts captioned clips
Tool: Captions
- What you start with
- A short video filmed on your phone
- What the tool does
- Cuts it and adds b-roll and captions in one tap
Tool: Submagic
- What you start with
- A short video you have already cut
- What the tool does
- Adds captions, b-roll and sound effects
Tool: VEED
- What you start with
- Any video
- What the tool does
- A browser editor where you do the cutting, with unlimited subtitles on Creator
Tool: Cutroom
- What you start with
- One clip of you talking, up to 3 minutes
- What the tool does
- Returns a finished 9:16 video with captions and b-roll
This is the whole editor
Highlight a phrase and a clip lands on those exact words. No timeline, no keyframes, no layers.
AI features compared
This is what each editor does for you, and what you still do yourself.
AI help in each LinkedIn video editor
| Tool | Edits the video for you | Captions | B-roll |
|---|---|---|---|
| Descript | Partly, its AI assistant tightens the edit when you ask | Yes, translated into 61 languages | You add it |
| Captions | Yes, AI Edit | Yes, 100+ languages | Yes, AI Edit adds it |
| OpusClip | Yes, it finds and cuts the clips | Yes | AI b-roll on Pro |
| Submagic | Partly: it adds captions and b-roll, but you cut the video first | Yes, 123 languages | Yes, added for you |
| VEED | No, you cut it | Yes, unlimited on Creator | You add it |
| Cutroom | Yes, from one clip | Yes, 40 styles | Yes, over the words they match |
Tool: Descript
- Edits the video for you
- Partly, its AI assistant tightens the edit when you ask
- Captions
- Yes, translated into 61 languages
- B-roll
- You add it
Tool: Captions
- Edits the video for you
- Yes, AI Edit
- Captions
- Yes, 100+ languages
- B-roll
- Yes, AI Edit adds it
Tool: OpusClip
- Edits the video for you
- Yes, it finds and cuts the clips
- Captions
- Yes
- B-roll
- AI b-roll on Pro
Tool: Submagic
- Edits the video for you
- Partly: it adds captions and b-roll, but you cut the video first
- Captions
- Yes, 123 languages
- B-roll
- Yes, added for you
Tool: VEED
- Edits the video for you
- No, you cut it
- Captions
- Yes, unlimited on Creator
- B-roll
- You add it
Tool: Cutroom
- Edits the video for you
- Yes, from one clip
- Captions
- Yes, 40 styles
- B-roll
- Yes, over the words they match
What LinkedIn accepts
These are LinkedIn's own limits for a video you post from your profile, as listed in LinkedIn Help.
- Cutroom's 9:16 MP4 of up to 3 minutes fits these limits.
- Descript, OpusClip, Captions, Submagic and VEED can all export a square 1:1 version. Cutroom exports 9:16 only.
- OpusClip Pro can post clips straight to LinkedIn with its scheduler.
- With Cutroom you download the MP4 and upload it on LinkedIn yourself.
LinkedIn video specs
| Spec | LinkedIn's limit |
|---|---|
| Length | 3 seconds to 15 minutes |
| File size | 75 KB to 5 GB |
| Shape | From tall 1:2.4 to wide 2.4:1, so vertical, square and horizontal all work |
| File type | MP4, MOV and several others |
| Caption file | You can attach an SRT caption file when you post from a computer |
Spec: Length
- LinkedIn's limit
- 3 seconds to 15 minutes
Spec: File size
- LinkedIn's limit
- 75 KB to 5 GB
Spec: Shape
- LinkedIn's limit
- From tall 1:2.4 to wide 2.4:1, so vertical, square and horizontal all work
Spec: File type
- LinkedIn's limit
- MP4, MOV and several others
Spec: Caption file
- LinkedIn's limit
- You can attach an SRT caption file when you post from a computer
Prices and free plans
Every price comes from the tool's own pricing page. Yearly means the monthly price when you pay for a year.
AI video editors for LinkedIn: price and main limit
| Tool | Free option | Paid from | Main limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Descript | 1 hour of media a month, 720p, watermark | $16/month yearly, $24 monthly | Media hours capped per plan |
| Captions | Free version with basic tools | Max $24.99/month (iOS price) | AI tools use credits, 500 a month on Max |
| OpusClip | Free plan, watermarked captions | Starter $15/month | Free media kept 3 days |
| Submagic | No free plan; free trial without a card | $12/month yearly, $19 monthly | Starter: 15 videos a month, 2 min each |
| VEED | Free plan, watermark | Creator $10/user/month, yearly | Priced per user |
| Cutroom | First video free, no card | Lite $19.99/month | One clip up to 3 min, 9:16 only |
Tool: Descript
- Free option
- 1 hour of media a month, 720p, watermark
- Paid from
- $16/month yearly, $24 monthly
- Main limit
- Media hours capped per plan
Tool: Captions
- Free option
- Free version with basic tools
- Paid from
- Max $24.99/month (iOS price)
- Main limit
- AI tools use credits, 500 a month on Max
Tool: OpusClip
- Free option
- Free plan, watermarked captions
- Paid from
- Starter $15/month
- Main limit
- Free media kept 3 days
Tool: Submagic
- Free option
- No free plan; free trial without a card
- Paid from
- $12/month yearly, $19 monthly
- Main limit
- Starter: 15 videos a month, 2 min each
Tool: VEED
- Free option
- Free plan, watermark
- Paid from
- Creator $10/user/month, yearly
- Main limit
- Priced per user
Tool: Cutroom
- Free option
- First video free, no card
- Paid from
- Lite $19.99/month
- Main limit
- One clip up to 3 min, 9:16 only
Descript
Descript lets you edit a long recording by editing its text, and then cut short clips from it.
- Descript is best for consultants who record long conversations and post the best minutes.
- Underlord, its AI co-editor, removes filler words and tightens a recording when you ask. Studio Sound cleans up the audio.
- You can record your screen or a remote guest in the same app, which suits interviews.
- It translates captions into 61 languages and dubs into 30.
- The free plan gives you 1 hour of media a month and exports in 720p with a watermark.
- Hobbyist costs $16 a month billed yearly, or $24 month to month.
Captions
Captions is a phone app that edits a talking video for you. Its AI does most of the editing.
- Captions is best for a LinkedIn video you film on the phone and post the same day.
- AI Edit cuts the scenes and adds b-roll and captions in one tap.
- It adds captions in 100+ languages, and eye contact correction helps when you glance at your notes.
- The free version has basic tools but no generative AI.
- Max costs $24.99 a month with 500 credits. That is the iOS price.
OpusClip
OpusClip cuts a long video into short captioned clips for you.
- OpusClip is best for speakers and podcasters with hours of recordings to turn into posts.
- It finds the best moments, turns them vertical with the speaker in the centre, and adds captions and a hook.
- Starter costs $15 a month and adds a score for how likely each clip is to do well.
- Pro costs $29 a month, or $14.50 a month billed yearly. It adds AI b-roll and a scheduler that posts to LinkedIn.
- The free plan puts a watermark on animated captions and keeps your exports for 3 days.
- It needs a long video to start from.
Submagic
Submagic adds captions, b-roll and sound effects to a short video you have already cut.
- Submagic is best for creators who post several captioned short videos a week.
- It writes captions in 123 languages and adds b-roll and sound effects for you. Automatic zooms start on Pro.
- Starter costs $12 a month billed yearly, or $19 month to month, for 15 videos a month of up to 2 minutes each.
- Pro costs $23 a month billed yearly, for 40 videos a month of up to 5 minutes each.
- Submagic has no free plan, but it has a free trial that does not ask for a card.
VEED
VEED is a browser video editor with strong subtitles. You make the cuts yourself.
- VEED is best for teams that want one editor for talking videos, screen demos and event recaps.
- Creator removes the watermark and gives you unlimited auto subtitles. It costs $10 per user a month, billed yearly.
- It has a teleprompter, a screen recorder, Eye Contact AI, AI avatars and an AI voice generator.
- The Pro plan translates videos into 50+ languages.
- The price is per user, so a team of three pays three times.
Cutroom
Cutroom turns one video of you talking into a finished vertical video. You can film it on a phone or a webcam.
- Cutroom is best for founders and consultants who post one talking video a week.
- You upload one clip of yourself talking, up to 3 minutes long.
- Cutroom cuts the pauses, places stock video clips over the words they match, adds captions in 40 styles and a hook, and exports a 9:16 MP4.
- You change the video by editing the transcript. Delete a line and it is cut.
- Your first video is free, with no card. Lite costs $19.99 a month for 1,250 credits.
- Cutroom only makes 9:16 video with one speaker. It does not clip a webinar or a two-person interview.
Which one should you choose?
It comes down to where your video starts.
Which AI video editor for LinkedIn to choose
Choose Descript if you have long recordings and would rather edit them by reading the transcript than by searching a timeline.
Choose OpusClip if you have hours of webinars or podcasts and want a month of captioned clips from them.
Choose Captions if you film on your phone and want the editing done in one tap.
Choose Submagic if you post several short videos a week and want captions and b-roll added to each.
Choose VEED if you want one browser editor with unlimited subtitles for every kind of video.
Choose Cutroom if you film one clip of you talking each week and want a finished 9:16 video with b-roll, captions and a hook.
Questions people ask
- What is the best AI video editor for LinkedIn?
- Descript and OpusClip are the best if you start from a long recording. Captions is best for short phone videos, Submagic for captioning short videos you have already cut, and VEED is one browser editor for everything. Cutroom is best for a finished 9:16 video from one clip of you talking.
- Which AI video editors for LinkedIn are free?
- Five of the six have a free option. Descript, OpusClip and VEED have free plans with a watermark. Captions has a free version with basic tools. Cutroom's first video is free, with no card. Submagic has no free plan, only a free trial, and starts at $12 a month billed yearly.
- Should LinkedIn videos be vertical or square?
- Both work, because LinkedIn accepts vertical and square video. Choose vertical if most of your followers watch on a phone, and square if many watch on a laptop. Descript, OpusClip, Captions, Submagic and VEED can export a square version. Cutroom exports 9:16 only.
- How long can a LinkedIn video be?
- Up to 15 minutes, and at least 3 seconds, according to LinkedIn Help. A one-hour webinar is too long to post whole, so OpusClip and Descript cut it into short clips. Cutroom accepts one clip of up to 3 minutes.
- Do I need captions on LinkedIn videos?
- Yes, if you want people to understand the video with the sound off. LinkedIn lets you attach an SRT caption file when you post from a computer. Every tool on this page can put captions into the video itself instead. In Cutroom they come with the edit, in one of 40 styles.
- Can Cutroom make LinkedIn videos?
- Yes. You film one clip of you talking, up to 3 minutes, and upload it in the browser. You get a 9:16 MP4 with stock video clips over the words they match, captions and a hook, ready to post from your phone.
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