// 5 comparisons in Video
Descript is an editing tool that happens to record: you edit video by editing its transcript, and the paid plans are priced per person - Hobbyist $16 a month billed annually ($24 monthly) for one person with 10 media hours and 400 AI credits, Creator $24 ($35) for up to three people with 30 media hours and 800 credits, Business $50 ($65) for up to five with 1,500 credits. Loom is a recording and sharing tool that happens to edit: Starter is free with 25 videos and 5-minute screen recordings, Business is $18 per user a month billed annually with unlimited videos and unlimited recording time, Business + AI is $24 per user with summaries and filler-word removal. Buy Descript to produce something; buy Loom to send something.
CapCut is a full editor that runs on desktop, mobile and the web, with a free tier and a $19.99 a month Pro plan. VEED runs only in the browser, sells per seat on yearly billing, and starts at $147 a year. If you already edit on your phone, CapCut costs less to start; if captions, translation and prompt-to-video in a browser are the job, VEED is built around them.
Canva is a design suite that edits video as one of its formats; VEED is a browser video editor that has grown into an AI video creation platform. Canva Pro costs US$180 a year for one person, VEED Creator US$147 a year per seat - close enough that the decision is about what you make, not what it costs.
Opus Clip turns long video into short clips automatically: Free at $0 with 60 credits a month and a watermark, Starter at $15 a month with 150 credits, Pro at $29 monthly or $14.50 monthly billed annually ($174 a year) with 300 credits and two seats, and Business on custom pricing. VEED is a browser editor with an AI layer: Creator at $12 per user per month billed yearly as $147, Pro at $22 ($265) and Studio at $39 ($465), each with an annual credit allowance, plus Enterprise on custom pricing. Pick Opus when the input is an hour of long-form and the output is a stack of shorts, pick VEED when you want to cut, caption and export anything yourself.
CapCut is a subscription: free to start, then $19.99 a month for the monthly Pro plan or $179.99 for the year, with team plans from about $24.99 a month per seat and AI video and image generation, video studio and text-to-speech inside the app. DaVinci Resolve is the opposite: a free editor that ships with multi-user collaboration, HDR grading and up to Ultra HD 3840x2160 output, plus DaVinci Resolve Studio at $295 bought once. Choose CapCut when speed and captions on a phone or browser matter, choose Resolve when you want a colour-managed studio tool with no recurring bill.