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Microsoft Clipchamp
Survived the only way a mid-tier editor can: by being included.
NOT REALLY
why this verdict
Keep paying — Microsoft has not replaced it
Microsoft's version overlaps, but does not finish the video job, so this one still earns its $12/mo.
- A named launch, not a vibe named, unlinked
- Bundled into Windows and Microsoft 365. Microsoft, January 15, 2024 — no announcement link recorded yet.
- How much of the job it covers not the job editorial call
- Parts of it. The job still needs the tool to get finished.
- Is there a free way to do it? yes
- 2 of 2 listed replacements have a usable free tier: CapCut and OpenShot.
- What the call is worth $144/yr
- $12/mo at the entry paid tier — $144 a year per seat.
Reason composed from the fields above missing: announcement linked recorded: free replacement listed recorded: two or more escape hatches
- Threatened by
- Microsoft
- Since
- January 15, 2024
- List price
- $12/mo
- Per year
- $144
The backstory
Clipchamp was an independent browser editor until Microsoft bought it and put it in Windows and Microsoft 365. Its AI features — auto-compose, text to speech, captions — are not best in class, but they arrive free with a licence hundreds of millions of people already hold. Distribution beat quality.
Escape hatches
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CapCut Free editor with auto-captions and templates.
capcut.com open_in_new O 
OpenShot Free open-source editor.
openshot.org open_in_new2 of 2 replacements have a usable free tier.