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Best AI for YouTube

5 tools 5 with a free plan 5 built for this Prices verified 4 September 2026
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The 5 that fit

Opus Clip

By Opus ClipSanta Monica, United States1 product across 1 category

Built for this. Takes a long video and cuts vertical clips from it, picking moments and adding captions automatically.

Free plan
Yes
Free forever plan with 60 credits a month, 1080p clips with a watermark, no editing, and clips
Month to month
$29/mo
Pro
Billed yearly
$14.50/mo
$174 a year, Pro plan −50%

Watch out: Its idea of a good moment is not always yours, and the caption timing needs a pass.

All plans (4)
PlanPriceWhat you get
Free$0Free forever plan with 60 credits a month, 1080p clips with a watermark, no editing, and clips that stop being exportable after three days
Starter$15/mo150 credits a month, AI clipping, captions in 20+ languages, auto-posting, one brand template
Pro$29/mo · $14.50/mo yearly300 credits a month (3,600 a year on annual), two-seat team workspace, AI B-roll, scheduler, limited API access; extra credit packs sold on top
BusinessCustompriority processing, custom credits and seats, API and integrations, dedicated storage
Open Opus Clip Pricing and company Prices checked 4 September 2026

Descript

By DescriptSan Francisco, United States1 product across 2 categories

Built for this. Edits video and audio by editing the transcript, which is the fastest workflow available for podcasts and talking-head content.

Free plan
Yes
Free tier with limited transcription hours
Month to month
$24/mo
Hobbyist
Billed yearly
$16/mo
Hobbyist plan −33%

Watch out: Less suited to cinematic editing. It is a spoken-word tool first.

All plans (5)
PlanPriceWhat you get
Free$0Free tier with limited transcription hours
Hobbyist$24/mo · $16/mo yearlyone person, 10 media hours and 400 AI credits a month, 1080p export without watermark
Creator$35/mo · $24/mo yearlyteams up to 3 billed separately, 30 media hours and 800 AI credits a month, 4K export, full Underlord access
Business$65/mo · $50/mo yearlyteams up to 5, 40 media hours and 1,500 AI credits a month, team-wide Brand Studio
EnterpriseCustom
Open Descript Pricing and company Prices checked 4 September 2026

ElevenLabs

By ElevenLabsNew York, United States1 product across 1 category

Built for this. The category standard for voice — generation, cloning, dubbing across languages, and voice agents.

Free plan
Yes
Free tier with text to speech, speech to text, sound effects, voice design and music, roughly
Month to month
$6/mo
Starter
Billed yearly
$5/mo
Starter plan −17%

Watch out: Voice cloning consent rules are strict and vary by country. Free tier is small; costs scale with audio minutes.

All plans (4)
PlanPriceWhat you get
Free$0Free tier with text to speech, speech to text, sound effects, voice design and music, roughly 10 minutes of audio a month
Starter$6/mo · $5/mo yearlycommercial licence, instant voice cloning, 20 Studio projects
Creator$22/mo · $18.33/mo yearlyprofessional voice cloning and extra credits
Pro$99/mo · $82.50/mo yearly44.1kHz PCM output over the API and 192kbps audio
Open ElevenLabs Pricing and company Prices checked 4 September 2026

Canva Magic Studio

By CanvaSydney, Australia2 products across 2 categories

Built for this. The tool most non-designers actually finish work in. Layouts, brand kits, background removal and generation in one place.

Free plan
Yes
Free forever for one person, with the editor, 1.6M templates and one three-colour Brand Kit
Month to month
$18/mo
Pro
Billed yearly
$15/mo
$180 a year, Pro plan −17%

Watch out: Image generation is powered by third-party models and is not the strongest available. Outputs look like Canva outputs.

All plans (4)
PlanPriceWhat you get
Free$0Free forever for one person, with the editor, 1.6M templates and one three-colour Brand Kit
Pro$18/mo · $15/mo yearlypremium tools, 3.6M templates, 141M premium assets, free trial
Business$25/mo · $20.83/mo yearlyteam admin and collaboration tools, 100 Brand Kits with approvals, free trial
EnterpriseCustomSSO and SCIM, custom apps, 1,000 Brand Kits with tiered approvals
Open Canva Magic Studio Pricing and company Prices checked 4 September 2026

Otter.ai

By Otter.aiMountain View, United States1 product across 2 categories

Built for this. Joins meetings, transcribes them, and produces summaries and action items without anyone taking notes.

Free plan
Yes
3 lifetime file imports
Month to month
$16.99/mo
Pro
Billed yearly
$8.33/mo
Pro plan −51%

Watch out: Recording-consent rules vary by jurisdiction. Say it is running before it runs.

All plans (4)
PlanPriceWhat you get
Free$0Basic plan, free; Zoom, Teams and Meet, AI chat across meetings, live transcription, speaker identification, 3 lifetime file imports
Pro$16.99/mo · $8.33/mo yearly1,200 in-app recording minutes, advanced AI workflows, 10 file imports a month
Business$30/mo · $19.99/mo yearlyunlimited meetings and recordings, custom AI workflows, unlimited file imports
EnterpriseCustomunlimited custom workflows, Otter Sales Notetaker, CRM and dialler integrations
Open Otter.ai Pricing and company Prices checked 4 September 2026

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Every AI tool we track

All 750 products, one page each.

How to read this list

Two things separate these and both are on every card.

Fit

Whether a tool is built for this job, a strong fit for it, or able to do it without that being its focus.

Free plan

Whether there is a tier you can keep using rather than a trial that expires.

The order

Fit first, then a free plan, then alphabetical. There is no score, no weighting we decline to publish, and nothing on this site a company can buy.

Questions

What is the best ai for youtube?

There is no single answer, which is why this page lists 5 rather than one: Opus Clip, Descript, ElevenLabs, Canva Magic Studio, Otter.ai. 5 of them are built for this kind of work rather than able to do it. Start with a free one.

Which of these have a free plan?

5 of the 5: Opus Clip, Descript, ElevenLabs, Canva Magic Studio, Otter.ai. Free means a real free tier you can keep using, not a trial that expires.

How was this list chosen?

By hand, from the 750 products this site tracks, and it is checked against the catalogue on every build — a product renamed or removed breaks the build rather than quietly disappearing from here. Nothing on this site can be paid for: no listing, no position, no wording.

How this list is put together
By hand, from the 750 products this site tracks, and checked against the catalogue on every build — a product renamed or removed breaks the build rather than quietly disappearing from here. Nothing on this site can be paid for: no listing, no position, no wording. Prices last verified 4 September 2026.