Choose Kime if
- You want clips and highlight cuts from long video without uploading it
- You'd rather keep every right to your footage
- You film action as well as talk, and want stills too
- You don't want to work out which features need a paid plan
Compare · checked 26 October 2026
Kime vs CapCut
CapCut is a full editor, with a long-video-to-shorts tool among many. Kime does one job: it finds the moments worth keeping in long video and makes clips and highlight cuts, free, on your own computer.
- Kimeon your computer
- CapCutapps + cloud
- Checked26 October 2026
rotary in action · 27:298 clips
At a glance
Where Kime pulls ahead
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Never uploaded
Long video becomes clips on your own computer.
CapCutLong video to shorts runs after upload
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Your footage stays yours
No licence to your video, ever.
CapCutA broad licence in its global terms
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No watermark, no Pro gate
Everything on your computer is free to export.
CapCutExports with Pro features need Pro
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Highlight cuts + stills
From action footage as well as talk.
CapCutClipping and editing tools instead
Side by side
Kime and CapCut, line by line
What each one does with your video, what it costs, and what it keeps. CapCut's side is taken from its own site, help centre, terms and App Store listing.
| What | Kime | CapCut |
|---|---|---|
| Where it runs | Kime has the edgeOn your computerOn your computer. Your video is never uploaded. | Apps, with shorts made onlineDesktop apps for Windows and Mac, a web editor, and iOS and Android apps. Its long-video-to-shorts tool runs in the web editor after you upload the file. |
| Price | Kime has the edgeFreeFree on your computer. Kime AI is an optional monthly subscription, priced at public release. | Free, then $9.99 to $19.99 a monthFree, with paid plans. In the US App Store: Standard $9.99 a month and Pro $19.99 a month. CapCut says prices vary and show after sign-in. |
| Finding the moments | EvenPicks them itself, freeFree. Kime picks them itself, from what was said and from movement, faces, sound and light. | EvenScene detectionLong video to shorts, using scene detection; CapCut says a free entry point is available and to check availability in the editor. |
| Captions | EvenWord by word, + .srtWord by word, five styles, with an .srt beside every clip, free. | EvenAuto captionsAuto captions. CapCut says exporting content that includes Pro features needs Pro. |
| Watermark | Kime has the edgeNoneNone. | Removed on ProPro removes watermarks; CapCut says a watermark usually comes from a default ending clip or template element. |
| Cloud storage | EvenNone neededNone needed: everything stays in a folder on your computer. | Even0GB free, 1TB paidNew free cloud spaces get 0GB; paid plans include 1TB. |
| Highlight cuts from action | Kime has the edgeYes, with stillsYes, with stills, from movement, faces, sound and light. | Not describedCapCut's pages compared here describe clipping and editing tools rather than highlight cuts. |
| Your content | Kime has the edgeYoursYours. Your video is never sent anywhere; with Kime AI on, only the words it heard and a few small snapshots go to the AI. | A broad licenceCapCut's global terms grant it a "non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable, perpetual and worldwide" licence to content you submit. US users have separate terms, and the clause doesn't apply in the EU and UK. |
| Available | Private testingIn private testing, Windows and Mac. | CapCut has the edgeNowNow. |
Nothing here under that filter.
Who has the edge on each row is our call, made from each side's own pages. Turn on the detail to see exactly what each one says.
Sources, checked 26 October 2026: long video to shorts, capcut.com/pricing, CapCut's help centre on CapCut Pro, Pro prompts, watermarks and cloud storage, the terms of service (section 10) and the App Store listing. Prices are in US dollars from the US App Store; CapCut shows other prices in other countries.
Which one fits
To be fair to both
Choose CapCut if
- You want a full editor with effects, templates and music
- You want to edit on your phone as well as your computer
- You want to start today: Kime is still in private testing
- You already edit in CapCut
Made by Kime
What it made, on these pages
Every clip and cut here came out of Kime, from openly licensed footage.
Podcast
Captioned clips from a podcast
8 clips from a 27:29 episode, cropped to the speaker, with word-by-word captions.
Talk
Captioned clips from a keynote
8 clips from a 59:18 keynote, following the speaker across the stage.
On your computer
Your video stays on your computer
Kime finds the moments itself, on your own computer. No upload, no queue, no account and no credits counted per minute. It works on a plane. Turn the AI on for a file and it sees the words Kime heard and a few small snapshots, never your audio or your video.
- Finding moments
- on this computer
- Video upload
- never
- Account
- not required
- Watermark
- none
- 48 min file, recent Mac
- about 4 min
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For turning long video into clips and highlight cuts, yes. Kime does that one job on your own computer, free, without uploading your video. CapCut is a wider editor.
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No. Your video stays on your computer. If you turn on Kime AI for a file, Kime sends the words it heard and a few small snapshots to the AI, never the audio or the video.
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No. What you make with Kime is saved in a folder on your computer and stays yours.
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Yes. Everything Kime does on your computer is free: finding clips, captions, the editor, highlight cuts and stills. Kime AI is an optional monthly subscription, priced at public release.
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Kime is in private testing on Windows and Mac. Email hello@kime.video and we will write once, when it is out.
In private testing
Free, on your computer
Kime is in private testing on Windows and Mac. Everything it does on your computer is free, and your video stays there.
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