Alternatives to Gling
An AI video editor for YouTube creators that cuts bad takes, silences and filler words automatically. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Gling
An AI video editor for YouTube creators that cuts bad takes, silences and filler words automatically.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Gling.
Descript
A video and audio editor where you edit recordings by editing their text transcript.
Descript edits video and audio by editing the transcript, with desktop apps for Windows and macOS plus a web version and an AI assistant for batch cuts.
Captions
An AI video editor that cuts footage, adds captions and B-roll, and creates AI avatars.
Captions edits a whole video automatically from a chosen style and adds prompt-based editing, translated captions and AI avatars, with footage uploaded to a hosted service.
invideo AI
A browser-based video editor where AI agents cut and edit footage from plain-language instructions.
invideo AI applies plain-language editing instructions on a multitrack timeline and adds real-time collaboration, though pricing and plan limits are not shown on its homepage.
Submagic
An AI web app that adds animated captions, b-roll and automatic edits to short-form videos.
Submagic is a paid web app that adds animated captions, b-roll, zooms and music automatically, with a focus on short-form social clips.
Riverside
A browser-based studio for recording, editing and publishing podcasts, interviews and video.
Riverside adds remote recording of guests in up to 4K on separate tracks, with text-based editing and direct publishing, through a proprietary hosted service.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
OpusClip
A web tool that uses AI to cut long videos into short clips and publish them.
Cleanvoice
A web-based AI podcast editor that removes filler words, background noise, mouth sounds and silences.
Kapwing
A browser-based collaborative video editor with AI tools for generating and editing video projects.
VEED
A browser-based video editor with AI video generation, dubbing, subtitles and brand templates.
CapCut
Free video editor with templates, effects, and text overlays for social media.
Subtitle Edit
Creates, retimes, translates and fixes subtitles, with a waveform so you can see where the speech is.