AetherCut

AetherCut is the privacy-first AI video editor for creators, agencies, and enterprises who refuse surveillance. AI editing without compromise. Full control. Full speed. Full trust. While cloud-based editors spend 60-90 seconds uploading and processing your footage, AetherCut exports right inside your browser. No upload. No watermark. 4K export free on every tier. 💎 30 AI-powered editing tools • Magic Reel — picks the best 12 seconds from any clip • Voice Cleanup — removes room tone and background noise • Eye Contact — AI-corrects off-camera glances • Object Eraser — paint to remove anything from a clip • Magic Mask — track and cut around any subject • Sora 2 B-Roll — generate matching footage on demand • AI Upscale — 1080p → 4K with one click • Color Match AI — one-click color matching across clips • Plus 42 more pro tools. 🔒 100% client-side · verifiable privacy Every byte of your footage stays on your device. Open browser DevTools while editing — you'll see zero outbound video data. Clipchamp uploads to Microsoft Azure. CapCut Web uploads to ByteDance. AetherCut uploads nothing. ⚡ Why it's faster AetherCut uses WebCodecs and MediaRecorder APIs to process video on your device's own GPU. Cloud editors add 30-90 seconds of upload + download time you can't see. We don't. 🌍 Available in 20 languages English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese, Arabic, Korean, Hindi, Hinglish, Italian, Russian, Turkish, Dutch, Polish, Greek, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Thai. Localization is community-corrected via the in-app Report button. 💰 Pricing • Free tier: 4K export, 51 AI tools available, no watermark • Pro Monthly: $14.95/mo (first 100 founder subscribers locked at this rate forever) • Pro Annual: $129.88/yr (28% savings — best value) • Pro Lifetime: $249 one-time ✅ Production-ready 100+ automated regression tests pass on every release. All P0/P1 bugs from closed testing are fixed and pinned by tests. Stripe billing, Resend transactional email, Google OAuth, ElevenLabs voice, fal.ai inpainting — all live with verified DNS and webhook health. 👥 Built for Independent video creators, YouTubers, TikTok / Reels / Shorts editors, podcasters, and small-team marketers (18+). Especially valuable for privacy-conscious users on slow connections or restricted networks where uploads aren't viable. Agencies and enterprises whose clients refuse cloud uploads — talk to us. 📊 What changed during closed testing Fixed tester-reported bugs (9:16 preview canvas squeezing, text overlays not moving horizontally or deleting, picture-in-picture overlays playing as still images), removed distracting Razor Mode UI, expanded from English-only to 20 languages including Hinglish, added an Honest FAQ for tester transparency questions, and locked every fix with 100+ automated regression tests. > The 14-day closed test surfaced zero tester-reported regressions, which we attribute to having a strict pre-release regression suite (~100 frontend tests + ~30 backend tests). However, internal QA and a live end-to-end Stripe transaction test conducted during the test window surfaced several issues that we resolved: A Stripe webhook event-type gap was discovered during a live refund flow test on June 12. The handler originally listened only for `charge.refunded` but production was emitting `refund.updated` and `charge.updated`. We extended the handler, added a manual reconciliation admin endpoint, and added 13 new regression tests to lock the fix. UI layout bugs in two modals were fixed (a centering issue caused by Radix ScrollArea's `display: table` viewport, and a viewport-overflow issue on shorter laptops). Brand-language audits found that empty-state copy contradicted the "nothing uploads" positioning; we corrected the copy in English plus 19 translations. Try without signing in at AetherCut.app — guest mode, nothing to fill out, 1 click in.