CapCut
Shares rank 16 of 20 video editors by recommenders
People recommend CapCut as a free, simple video editor for creators early in their careers or with simpler needs, and it is also available on the web.
People recommend CapCut as a free, simple video editor for creators early in their careers or with simpler needs, and it is also available on the web.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 86%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Free, simple editing for beginners
“There's still a need for simplified tools for creators early in their careers or with simpler needs, something that CapCut has shown.”
Comment from 14 Jan 2026 in “Apple Creator Studio” “tools like CapCut make creating online content easier than it ever has been”
Comment from 19 Dec 2025 in “We pwned X, Vercel, Cursor, and Discord through a supply-chain attack” “They use CapCut which is free and on the web”
Comment from 13 Jan 2026 in “Apple Creator Studio”
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The four most recommended other video editors, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DaVinci Resolve | 175 | 66 | 73% | 11 | 3 yrs14 owners | Approved |
| Kdenlive | 56 | 25 | 69% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Final Cut Pro | 25 | 23 | 52% | 9 | — | — |
| Mosaic agentic video editing | 25 | 13 | 66% | 5 | — | — |
| CapCutThis page | 6 | 1 | 86% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“the CapCut 'AI video editor' that's most similar to the 'MCP' feature is unusably chaotic”
“CapCut's AutoCut does exactly this — trims automatically based on scene changes.”
“There's still a need for simplified tools for creators early in their careers or with simpler needs, something that CapCut has shown.”
“They use CapCut which is free and on the web”
“Only thing I miss is Capcut as that workflow was pretty ironed out”
“tools like CapCut make creating online content easier than it ever has been”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.