An AI video editor that turns raw footage into publish-ready clips
Video is the highest-reach content format and the most time-consuming to produce, which is why so many businesses never start. A full-time editor is a serious cost for uneven output. This stack compresses the pipeline: editing by transcript, auto-generating captions, cutting long recordings into short clips, removing filler, and even producing avatar or voiceover videos without a camera. It's genuinely powerful for the mechanical editing work. What it won't do is replace real creative direction, storytelling instinct, or the taste that makes a video actually good — that's still yours, and we say so below. Every tool price shown is live with dated evidence, and the $99 one-time setup unlocks the plan that sets up the editing and repurposing workflow; an optional $29/month subscription keeps it current.
What it handles
- 4–8 hrs/wk
Edit by transcript
Cut and rearrange video by editing text, not a timeline.
Generate captions
Auto-caption and subtitle for accessibility and silent viewing.
Cut clips from long video
Turn one recording into a batch of short-form clips.
Create avatar & voiceover video
Produce talking-head or narrated video without filming.
Clean up audio
Remove filler words, pauses, and background noise automatically.
The stack behind it
The exact tools at the recommended budget, each with its own last price-check date.
Scripts and content engine.
$20/mo
Text-based video and podcast editing.
$24/mo
Save up to 35% with annual billing
Thumbnails and brand assets.
$15/mo
Save from 16% with yearly billing; AI Pass add-on available on Pro/Business
AI avatar videos and faceless content.
$29/mo
AI video generation and effects for B-roll.
$15/mo
Yearly billing -20% off any plan. Unlimited plan is being phased out — auto-migrates to Max on Sept 1, 2026 at the same $95/mo price.
Prices last verified: Aug 12, 2026
AI stack vs hiring — what you'd keep
Compare the yearly cost of a hire against the AI tool stack that does the repetitive work.
This stack includes usage-based pricing, so the exact monthly cost depends on volume — see the live prices below.
This compares cost only, and deliberately understates hiring (it excludes recruiting, onboarding, equipment, software, and management overhead). An AI stack does specific tasks with your oversight — it doesn't replace judgment, relationships, or accountability. The plan is a one-time cost added to year one.
Salary source: U.S. BLS OES, May 2023 (SOC 27-4032) · U.S. BLS Employer Costs for Employee Compensation
See if this is your planWhat an AI video editor can't do
The honest limits. This is a tool with your oversight, not a person.
- Provide creative direction or a real storytelling instinct.
- Judge what's genuinely engaging versus merely competent.
- Shoot original footage or direct talent.
- Replace a senior editor on a flagship, high-stakes production.
- Guarantee a video performs — it speeds production, not taste.
Questions about an AI video editor
Do I need editing experience?
No. Transcript-based editing means if you can edit a document, you can edit video. The template walks through the workflow.
Is avatar video going to look fake?
It's improving fast and fine for many business uses (training, updates, ads). For brand-critical hero content, real footage still wins — use it there.
What's the monthly cost?
Video tools are the pricier end of the stack, which is why this maps to the $500 tier. Live prices are shown below.
And what does Dapols cost?
The tool prices on this page are paid to those vendors, monthly, for as long as you use them. This is the separate — and much smaller — cost of the plan that works out which of them you actually need and wires them together.
- $99
- The tools, the prompts, the connectors and the order to set them up in, customized to your answers and reviewed by a person before it reaches you. It does not renew, and we keep no card for a later charge.
- $29
- Only if you want the plan kept current as these prices move. We ask about a month in — you start it, we never start it for you, and stopping it leaves the plan you bought exactly as it is.
once, to unlock your plan
a month, optional and later