A BlurMe alternative that never uploads your video

BlurMe and Shycut both find faces and license plates automatically and hide them. The difference is where it happens: BlurMe processes video on its servers and charges credits per second, while Shycut does the work in your browser, for free.

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Shycut · BlurMe

Topic	Shycut	BlurMe
Where the work happens	In your browser, on your device. Nothing is uploaded.	On BlurMe’s servers; enterprise customers can run it on their own premises.
Account	None.	Can be tried without signing up.
Watermark	Never.	On the free plan.
Free plan limits	None set by a server; videos up to about an hour work well.	Videos capped at 10 seconds; 1080p; 1 GB per file.
Price	Free. There is no paid plan.	Starter from $7/month billed yearly ($10 monthly); video export uses 1 credit per second at 1080p.
Automatic face blur	Yes, one tap; tracked, every face hidden until you reveal it.	Yes, on every plan.
Automatic license plate blur	Yes, one tap.	Yes, on every plan.
Photos	Video only.	Photos and videos.
Silence cuts, captions, resizing, sound	Included.	Not offered; BlurMe is a redaction tool.
Use of your files	Nothing is uploaded.	Guest files deleted after about a day; not used for AI training.
Platforms	Any current browser on a computer or phone; installable.	Browser.

Checked on 15 October 2026 · Product names belong to their owners. Their details come from their own public pages on the date above and can change; check their site before you decide.

When BlurMe is the better choice

If you need to redact photos as well as videos, or your organisation wants an enterprise contract with an on-premises deployment, BlurMe offers both. Its tool is focused entirely on redaction.

If your company already has a BlurMe plan for this kind of work, it may fit your existing process better.

When Shycut is the better choice

If you want automatic face and plate blur on a whole video without paying per second or stopping at ten seconds, Shycut does it for free, with no watermark, and the footage you are trying to protect never leaves your device.

Because it is a full clean-up tool, the same export can also cut silences, add captions, resize for Reels, TikTok or Shorts and balance the sound, so you go from raw clip to ready-to-post in one place.

Questions

Is Shycut’s face blur really automatic?

Yes, after one tap. Tap “Search” next to faces or plates, and everything found is hidden and followed through the video until you tap to reveal it.

Is there a length limit?

No limit set by a server, because nothing is uploaded. Videos up to about an hour work well; long ones are fastest on a computer.

Can Shycut blur photos?

Not at the moment. Shycut hides faces and plates in videos (MP4, MOV, WebM, MKV); a picture can go on top of a video, but it is not scanned.

Which is more private?

Both describe protecting your files. The difference is structural: Shycut never receives the video at all, so there is no copy on any server to protect or delete.

Your video stays with you.

Open Shycut, drop the video in and export. Free, with no account, and your video never leaves your device.

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