A Clipchamp alternative with no sign-in and captions on your device

Clipchamp is Microsoft’s video editor, in Edge or Chrome on a computer or as a Windows app. It previews and exports on your computer, but you sign in with a Microsoft account and its autocaptions send the audio to Azure. Shycut also works on your device, with no account at all, and its captions are made there too.

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Shycut · Clipchamp

Topic	Shycut	Clipchamp
Where the work happens	In your browser, on your device. Nothing is uploaded.	Previews and exports on your computer; content backup, sharing and autocaptions can use the cloud. Work and school media is stored in OneDrive or SharePoint.
Account	None.	A personal Microsoft account, or a work or school account; you need the internet to sign in.
Watermark	Never.	None, also on the free plan.
Export resolution	The original resolution, with no cap set by a server.	Up to 1080p free; up to 4K with premium.
Price	Free. There is no paid plan.	Free; premium comes with Microsoft 365 Personal ($9.99/month or $99.99/year in the US) or Family.
Silence removal	Automatic once switched on, as tight as you choose, with “um” sounds; every cut can be brought back.	Free; finds pauses longer than 3 seconds after the media is transcribed.
Auto captions	Made on your device, no monthly limit; SRT download.	The audio is processed by Azure Cognitive Services; one language per video; SRT download.
Edit by transcript	Delete words from the transcript and they are cut from the video.	Documented for work and school accounts.
Face blur	One tap, tracked, every face hidden until you reveal it.	A crop-and-blur picture-in-picture workaround, which its guide says suits footage without much movement.
Screen recording	Screen, camera or both, with microphone and tab sound, saved on your device as it records.	Screen, camera and voice recorder, included free.
Stock media and brand kit	Not offered.	Free stock assets; premium stock and a brand kit with Microsoft 365.
Platforms	Any current browser on a computer or phone; installable.	Edge or Chrome on a computer or Chromebook, and a Windows app; not supported in mobile browsers.

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When Clipchamp is the better choice

If you already have Microsoft 365 Personal or Family, Clipchamp’s premium features are included: 4K exports, premium stock media and a brand kit. Its stock library, text to speech and templates help when you build a video from nothing rather than from your own footage.

If your school or company gives you Clipchamp, your projects live in its OneDrive or SharePoint where colleagues can find them, and that may be what your organisation expects you to use.

When Shycut is the better choice

If you don’t want to sign in to edit a video, or the speech in it shouldn’t go to a cloud service for captions, Shycut does the whole job in your browser. Faces and license plates are found and followed with a tap, which matters for footage with bystanders or children.

It also works on a phone, where Clipchamp’s editor doesn’t, and it exports at your video’s own resolution instead of stopping at 1080p, with no subscription for anything.

Questions

Clipchamp also exports on my computer. What is the difference?

Both preview and export on your device. Clipchamp needs a Microsoft account and sends the audio to Azure to make captions; Shycut has no account, and its caption model runs in your browser, so the video and its sound stay on your device.

Can I use Shycut on my phone?

Yes, in any current browser, and you can install it like an app. Long videos are fastest on a computer.

Is Shycut’s export resolution capped, like Clipchamp’s 1080p on Free?

No. It keeps your video’s original resolution unless you pick a format that changes it. No server sets a cap; only your device does, and very large files are fastest on a computer.

Does Shycut have stock media, templates or text to speech?

No. Shycut works on the videos you shot: hiding faces and plates, cutting silences, captions, resizing, joining clips and sound. Your projects are saved only on your own device.

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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