Alternatives to Clipchamp
Microsoft's video editor that runs in the browser or as a Windows app, with templates and stock media. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Clipchamp
Microsoft's video editor that runs in the browser or as a Windows app, with templates and stock media.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Clipchamp.
CapCut
Free video editor with templates, effects, and text overlays for social media.
CapCut is a freemium editor with social templates across Windows, macOS, mobile and web, though ByteDance ownership raises data-handling concerns for some users.
Kapwing
A browser-based collaborative video editor with AI tools for generating and editing video projects.
Kapwing is a browser-based collaborative editor with templates and AI draft projects, running entirely online with no Windows app.
VEED
A browser-based video editor with AI video generation, dubbing, subtitles and brand templates.
VEED is a browser-based editor with automatic subtitles, dubbing and brand kits, aimed at marketers, with video processed on VEED's servers.
FlexClip
A browser-based video editor with templates, AI generation features and quick editing tools.
FlexClip is a browser-only editor with a large template library and many small tools, with no Windows app.
Adobe Express
Adobe's web and mobile app for making quick graphics, photo edits and short videos from templates.
Adobe Express is a freemium web and mobile app for quick videos and graphics from templates, with Adobe's generative AI tools but no Windows desktop app.
WeVideo
A cloud-based video editor and interactive video platform aimed mainly at schools and training teams.
WeVideo is a paid cloud editor aimed at schools with interactive quizzes and classroom integrations, rather than general social video.
Animoto
An online drag-and-drop video maker for marketing clips, slideshows and simple training videos.
Animoto is a web drag-and-drop maker for marketing and slideshow videos with branded templates and less control than a timeline editor.
Filmora
A consumer video editor from Wondershare with a timeline, effects, captions and AI features.
Filmora is a desktop and mobile timeline editor for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS with effects and captions, but no browser version.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Clipchamp as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Clideo
A set of online tools for cutting, merging, compressing, converting and subtitling video in the browser.
Clipchamp can run as a Windows app as well as in the browser, adding templates, stock media and a built-in screen and webcam recorder.
iMovie
Apple's free video editor for making and sharing movies on Mac, iPhone and iPad.
Clipchamp runs in the browser or as a Windows app with templates, stock media and automatic subtitles, but it has no macOS desktop app.
ScreenPal
A screen recorder and video editor, formerly Screencast-O-Matic, available online and as a desktop app.
Clipchamp is Microsoft's editor for the browser or Windows, with a built-in screen recorder, templates, stock media and automatic subtitles in more than 80 languages.
VideoStudio
A consumer video editor for Windows aimed at turning home footage into finished movies.
Clipchamp is freemium and runs in the browser or as a Windows app, with templates, stock media and automatic subtitles, but relies on cloud AI services.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Descript
A video and audio editor where you edit recordings by editing their text transcript.
Adobe Premiere Elements
A consumer video editor from Adobe with guided edits and automated editing tools.
Captions
An AI video editor that cuts footage, adds captions and B-roll, and creates AI avatars.
OpusClip
A web tool that uses AI to cut long videos into short clips and publish them.
