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Free and open-source video editing software!

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OpenShot Video Editor - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

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Last updated: March 2026

OpenShot Video Editor overview

What is OpenShot Video Editor?

OpenShot Video Editor is open-source software designed to help businesses trim, slice, edit, and mix audios and videos in various formats on a drag-and-drop interface. It provides 3D animation capabilities, which let administrators utilize effects to adjust colors, sizes, length, and text across video projects.

It includes an audio editing module, which enables businesses to visualize audio files and render waveforms as part of videos. Professionals can use a special effects engine to modify, reverse, slow down, or speed up motion in videos.

Other features include real-time preview, compositing, title templates, clip resizing, video transitions, desktop integration, keyframe animations, and more. Users can create personalized SVG vector titles or choose from predefined templates to adjust the titles' color, font, and text in the editing panel.

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Pros & Cons

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Video Editing

Performance and Speed

Transition Effects

Video Creation

Bugs and Issues

Video Export

OpenShot Video Editor’s user interface

Ease of use rating:

OpenShot Video Editor pros, cons and reviews insights

To determine these pros and cons insights, we analyzed responses from 

Overall rating

Reviews sentiment

 
 
 
1-2(9)
3-4(79)
5(87)

What do users say about OpenShot Video Editor?

I truly like the way OpenShot Video Editor allows us to easily edit different video formats with just a few clicks.

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Who uses OpenShot Video Editor?

Based on 175 verified user reviews.

Company size

Small Businesses

Enterprises

Midsize Businesses

Top industries

Information Technology and Services
E-Learning
Internet
Entertainment
Others

Use cases

Video Editing
Video Management

OpenShot Video Editor's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from OpenShot Video Editor users:

Split/Merge
Text overlay
Audio capture
3D video editing

All OpenShot Video Editor features

Features rating:

3D video editing
Animations & transitions
Audio capture
Closed captions
Color grading
Content management
Customizable templates
Data import/export
Drag & drop
Image library
Mobile Screen Support
Motion tracking
Multimedia support
Multiple format support
Preview functionality
Social media integration
Speed adjustment
Split/Merge
Supports HD Resolution
Template management
Text editing
Text overlay
Video archiving
Video creation
Video editing
Video management
Video stabilization
Video support
Watermarking

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OpenShot Video Editor pricing

Value for money rating:

Starting from

Free

Pricing details
Subscription
Free trial
Free plan
Pricing range

User opinions about OpenShot Video Editor price and value

Value for money rating:

To see what individual users think of OpenShot Video Editor's price and value, check out the review snippets below.

“I really appreciate the ease of use and the fact that you can create professional videos even if you have little experience with it, as the software is very intuitive and also offers pre-set templates, as well as automatically generates the video simply by selecting the contents you prefer.”
AO

Angelica O.

Ads Assessor

“Being open-source, OpenShot is completely free to use, which is a significant advantage for creators on a budget.”
KS

Kendel S.

Owner

OpenShot Video Editor integrations (6)

Integrations rated by users

We looked at 175 user reviews to identify which products are mentioned as OpenShot Video Editor integrations and how users feel about them.

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Linux Mint

Integration rating: 5.0 (1)

Integration rating: 4.0 (1)

to view documents and creat documents combination to send to clients

YN

Yu N.

Director

Integration rating: 5.0 (1)

Photoshop comes in when I want to edit some picture and images, I am able to edit in Photoshop without having to render the different intermediary files

OM

Ontiretse M.

Graphics designer

Integration rating: 5.0 (1)

Integration rating: 5.0 (1)

Integration rating: 5.0 (1)

OpenShot Video Editor support options

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web
Android
iPhone/iPad

Support options

Email/Help Desk
FAQs/Forum
Phone Support

Training options

Documentation
Videos

OpenShot Video Editor FAQs

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