Alternatives to Any Video Converter
A desktop video converter for Windows and macOS with compression, basic editing and AI tools. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Any Video Converter
A desktop video converter for Windows and macOS with compression, basic editing and AI tools.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Any Video Converter.
HandBrake
A video converter that turns files and unprotected discs into MP4, MKV or WebM with presets for common devices.
HandBrake is free and open source under GPL-2.0, runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, and relies on device presets instead of AI tools or upsells.
Wondershare UniConverter
A desktop toolbox for converting, compressing, enhancing and recording video on Windows and macOS.
Wondershare UniConverter is a paid Windows and macOS toolbox that combines conversion and compression with screen recording, 4K and 8K HDR support and AI enhancement.
VideoProc Converter AI
A GPU-accelerated video converter with AI upscaling, a downloader, DVD ripping and a screen recorder.
VideoProc Converter AI is paid software for Windows and Mac that adds GPU-accelerated conversion, AI upscaling, DVD ripping, a downloader and a screen recorder.
XMedia Recode
A free Windows converter for video and audio files, DVDs and Blu-rays with GPU acceleration.
XMedia Recode is a free Windows-only converter with GPU-accelerated encoding and portable builds, but it has no macOS version and remains closed source.
Shutter Encoder
A professional transcoding and media processing front end for FFmpeg, with batch queues, presets and genuinely lossless operations.
Shutter Encoder is a free, open-source FFmpeg front end for Windows, macOS and Linux with professional codecs, batch queues and lossless operations, though its interface is dense.
Videomass
A free, open-source, cross-platform graphical interface for converting and processing media with FFmpeg.
Videomass is a free, open-source FFmpeg interface on Windows, macOS and Linux that exposes more FFmpeg options without upsells, which can feel overwhelming for simple jobs.
Permute
A drag-and-drop macOS converter for video, audio, images and PDFs across about 50 formats.
Permute is a paid Mac-only drag-and-drop converter with a one-time licence, and version 4 requires macOS 26 and Apple Silicon.
FFmpeg
The command that converts, cuts, streams and inspects essentially any audio or video file in existence.
FFmpeg is a free, open-source command-line tool that handles practically every codec and container, trading a graphical interface for scriptable batch jobs and precise control.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Any Video Converter as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
VidCoder
An open-source Windows video transcoder and disc ripper that uses HandBrake as its encoding engine.
Any Video Converter is a closed-source freemium converter for Windows and macOS with compression and basic editing, and it upsells AI features.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
CloudConvert
An online file converter for more than 200 document, image, audio, video, archive and CAD formats.
Convertio
A browser-based file converter that handles documents, images, audio, video, ebooks and archives in over 300 formats.
Online-Convert
A browser-based converter for audio, video, image and document files between common formats.
Clideo
A set of online tools for cutting, merging, compressing, converting and subtitling video in the browser.
MediaInfo
Tells you exactly what is inside a video or audio file: codecs, bitrates, resolution, frame rate, subtitle and audio tracks.
FFmpeg Batch AV Converter
A Windows graphical front end for FFmpeg that batch converts audio and video files.
