# Page 2 | Shotcut Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 2 - Is Shotcut the right Video Editing solution for you? Explore 77 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/173467/Shotcut/reviews --- Shotcut 4.5 (77) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/173467/Shotcut/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Page 2 - Reviews of Shotcut ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 26-50 of 77 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use fZ franck Z. formateur client Professional Training & Coaching Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "montage vidéo" January 27, 2025 5.0 Montage vidéos audio pour tuto ou formation a distance Pros Outil très performant et facile a utiliser Cons aucun c'est un outil gratuit qui fait le travail Review Source US Uwe S. Administrator Civic & Social Organization Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Shotcut die Open Source Alternative zu Premiere" March 3, 2025 4.0 Die Software läuft auf allen gängigen Betriebssystem und lässt sich leicht installieren. Pros Das es eine Open Source Software ist, für die keine Lizenzgebühren fällig werden. Cons Das Look and Feel ist nicht so ausgereift wie z.B. bei Adobe Premiere. Switched from [Adobe Premiere Pro](https://www.capterra.com/p/233456/Adobe-Premiere-Pro/) Die Kosten. Shotcut ist kostenlos, weil Open Source. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Formateur technique Professional Training & Coaching Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "logiciel de montage vidéo gratuit et simple" February 7, 2025 5.0 Pros Apprentissage simple avec une maitrise en peu de temps pour les débutants Cons Quelques bugs sont existants mais les développeurs s'efforcent de les corriger Review Source OJ Oscar J. Director Entertainment Used the software for: 2+ years ### "With great Respect " September 22, 2023 5.0 Producing a movie on shotcut for the first time Pros I have tried many software over the yrs and found Shotcut to be reliable and stable to a professional standard Cons Text is to complicated and to me unnecessary so I don't use it. Review Source Patrick O. Web developer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Easy to use" December 10, 2022 5.0 Its been really great, I've got no regrets using it Pros I like that shotcut is open source, meaning that it is free of charge. It is very beginner friendly and the user interface is quite simple and clean. I love that I can easily extract audios from videos using it Cons Shotcut is cool but It lacks the color correction feature. Review Source ND Naveen D. Associate Professor Education Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Elevate Your Video Editing Skills with Shotcut" April 11, 2023 4.0 Shotcut's have the ability to handle many video formats and codecs, as well as it supports for 4K resolution and HDR video. It is a reliable and efficient tool for video editing, suitable for personal and professional use alike. Pros It is a free and open-source video editing software which allows users to create and edit the videos. It has a vast selection of video effects and filters that can be applied to videos. It also allows users to work with unlimited video and audio tracks, making it ideal for complex projects. It provides various export options for videos, including popular formats such as MP4, AVI, and MOV. There are many video editing features and it is regularly updated with new features and bug fixes to improve the user experience. Cons Shotcut has advanced video editing features, but its audio editing capabilities are somewhat limited. Shotcut does not support 360-degree video editing and 3D video editing. Storyboard view to plan is very much needed like other tools. Review Source Christian C. Marketing assistant Accounting Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Shotcut, One of the best free video editing softwares" August 25, 2023 4.0 A good experience with beautiful video montages. I don't regret downloading it. Pros What's great about Shotcut is the interface which is simple to understand.Indeed, everything is done to make handling as easy as possible. Cons Honestly, for a learner, Shotcut is great, but its library is pretty small in terms of video effects. Review Source Danielle N. Video Editor and Social Media Content Creator Design Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Get's the Job Done" April 27, 2021 4.0 Shotcut was great for starting to teach myself video editing. I was looking for an economical tool but didn't dare to hope for free. Then, a colleague highly recommended Shotcut, and I was very grateful for it. Pros When I was just starting out in video editing, the best thing about Shotcut was that it was free while still having the capacity to produce the results I was after. You can find plenty of tutorials on the Shotcut site and more on YouTube to help you get started. It has handy keyboard shortcuts for the handful of basic functions that I used most often. Once you get into the habit of using them, they make editing quicker. If you take the time to watch some tutorials, practice, and explore the features you realize that Shotcut is quite robust and full of possibilities for amazing results. I have even used it to make clips from a podcast which I could export a MP3 audio files. Cons The text feature always seemed clunky and not intuitive to me. The interface does not have an option for organizing your media into folders - it's just one long Playlist. But you can drag files around in the Playlist and group them by by file type or some other way that makes sense to you. Review Source DF Darren F. Entrepreneur Banking Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Never ever use shotcut" September 10, 2023 1.0 Pros I loved how, even though I have a powerful laptop capable of running any program smoothly, if I do almost literally anything on shotcut I have to give it a couple of seconds to process. Dragging clips, cutting clips, etc etc., literally any BASIC function of a video editor I need to wait at least an extra second or two every time I essentially click anything on shotcut, so it's great for at least doubling the actual time it should take you to edit a video!I liked how sometimes when I dragged or tried to extend or shorten a clip or even A JPEG, not only would the editor sometimes lag, but just do something completely random with the file, like fully extend it over the entire video track and mess up all the other clips.My FAVOURITE thing about shotcut, has to be when you hit the undo button, you know, to undo the mistake you didn't do in the first place, and after waiting for about 5 working days for shotcut to process it, IT COMPLETELY REARANGES YOUR TIMELINE AND RUINS ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE. I'm not even doing anything remotely complicated either. Cons Nothing, didn't run into any problems at all. Review Source Gregg B. Executive Director Religious Institutions Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Very good open source video editor" March 1, 2019 4.0 I was looking for a lightweight cross-platform video editing system for my laptop that could export easily to my more robust desktop editing platform and for basic edits and output for preview, and Shotcut will work well for this. I'm still undecided if it'll be a long term solution, but it is a surprisingly well thought out open source program that will fit many video editors' needs. Pros I'd like to start by saying Shotcut is a very good, multi-platform video editing solution. Even video editors with little to no experience will find the layout and usability of Shotcut to be appealing and usable. Import and organization of video files is straightforward and an array of basic editing tools will enable many users to complete high-quality video projects with little investment. Color grading and clip correction tools are surprisingly good for a free program. Another big plus is that it is lightweight, meaning it delivers a lot of power for a small program size and doesn't slow down real-time rendering trying to do too many other things. Cons Again, Shotcut is a very good video editing solution - up to a point. Once your project gets more complex, the clip organization, preview speed and ability to integrate pre-set transitions and titles falls a little short. It'll get the job done, but other tools offer a more robust option. Review Source ME Mehdi E. QC Manager Graphic Design Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Best Free Video Editing Software in the World" January 11, 2023 5.0 I have been using it for over a year now for my youtube videos and I just love it. Pros First of all, it is free, second, it has a lot of video and audio editing tools that I love. Cons They only thing I don't like is that, when adding more than 1 video tracks it slows down the whole software and sometimes crushes. Review Source Ismaël D. Free-lance Design Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Video editing software" December 9, 2022 5.0 Very good video editing software for beginners Pros Simplicity for a beginner, transitions, interface customization, all in a nutshell Cons Exporting some large projects takes too long Review Source Kenneth B. Graphic designer Graphic Design Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A great software to achieve quality video editing." June 4, 2019 4.0 Pros The software is free and open source meaning there's a community always improving this software.The interface is professional looking and provides high quality videos upon exporting.it has a lot of features such as chroma key that make green screen editing accesible and more convenient.it simple and has a sleek design and is a very easy to use software. Cons I have never experienced any issues using this software whatsoever it runs smoothly on my pc and laptop and have never experience any inconvenience when using this software Review Source Rahul P. NDT Engineer Oil & Energy Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Best opensource video editor for Linux , Windows and Mac" May 8, 2021 4.0 Pretty good and stable product on Linux but its not that stable in low end windows machines Pros Very User friendly interface. All the list of keyboard shortcuts are available inside the app. Hardware acceleration. Completely free and opensource. Stable on Linux and Mac. Project autosaving feature is excellent. (Always save the file automatically even if app crashes) Large amount of export formats. Great amount of tutorials and great community. Cons The windows version is not that stable i encountered some crashes when i open keyframe editing for video effects (Well i run on a 4GB Ram not the recommended requirements of the developer). I found the app is not completely utilizing the ram on my windows version. Review Source John H. Founder & Creative Director E-Learning Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "A perfect evolution from Movie Maker" August 16, 2018 5.0 Pros As Windows Movie Maker has now discontinued, Shotcut provides a great alternative for video editing without a cost. The interface is intuitive and the functions are easy to get used to quickly. Cons This does provide a basic video editing service and so if you are wanting to have more effects/functionality then you will be best going for Adobe Premiere Pro. But for a free solution, it works great. Review Source Michael J N. Owner Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Supports me video editing needs" December 20, 2019 5.0 I can edit recorded video or make my own video presentations with custom audio soundtrack. The software has been improving consistently when new versions are released. Pros The Timeline has been getting easier and more functional with drag and drop ease and the next version is supposed to support moving multiple clips at the same time. FFMPEG provides compatibility with almost every video format. Supports 4K video! Cons Crashes occasionally when moving audio or playing with the timeline. This has improved with recent versions and there are tricks you can do to improve stability. Review Source Craige Hardel -. Owner Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Awsome and well put togeether" October 18, 2020 4.0 I used it for a couple of course videos and it handled well especially on linux. Surprised at what we were able to get and actually completely most of our workload on time Pros It's functional and does most of what you'd want from an editor. Cross platform as well Cons lack greenscreen functionality. Struggled with slightly more advanced edits Alternatives considered [DaVinci Resolve](https://www.capterra.com/p/209733/DaVinci-Resolve/) Reason for choosing Shotcut Simplier and less process intensive. Review Source CC Chandra C. Director Education Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great software for novice users" January 20, 2022 4.0 I use Shotcut several times a week. it is my go to editing software for Youtube videos and tutorials Pros Multitrack editing and the dashboard is easy to navigate Cons Sometimes it gets a bit clunky/slow when there are lots of edits , high powered internet is citical to its performance Alternatives considered [Adobe Premiere Pro](https://www.capterra.com/p/233456/Adobe-Premiere-Pro/)[iMovie](https://www.capterra.com/p/207187/iMovie/) Reason for choosing Shotcut price, ease of use and online reviews Review Source AA Ayesha A. Student Fine Art Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great" December 28, 2022 5.0 I have some famous app like tiktok and I use this to add more content to my videos. I use a lot of editing apps since I edit my videos by myself and greatly I started using this app like last year and this is huge success m. Pros I use a lot of editing apps and let’s be honest this one is one of the best. Cons I love good quality videos and who doesn’t, don’t get me wrong I love this app but I think adding more transitions would be better. Review Source OB Olivia B. SRE Market Research Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "free video editing" September 5, 2019 4.0 Simple to use, free video editing software which gives you great quality outputs, but may take a while to fully understand and learn the features available. Pros Shotcut has some great features and is quite simple to use, best of all you get all of this for free. I use it to create video montages from recordings of respondent interviews. It allows me to cut long videos, and group together multiple clips. It also has the option to add in many fade out / fade in options and effects. the options to export from he playlist or the timeline are very useful and the video outputs are high quality Cons I had to search online for a while to work out how to export individual clips rather than the whole timeline, it would have been preferable if this was clearer as when i first started using this software I wasted a lot of time. the software can also freeze occasionally, but this is somewhat to be expected with the sizes of the files used. Reason for choosing Shotcut Primarily chosen because it was free and I had heard good reviews of it Review Source Brian W. Marketing Manager Retail Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "A very good alternative" April 10, 2019 4.0 So let's tell a story. I was asked to make a small video and I hadn't done any real video editing outside of fooling around a few times with Adobe's counterpart. I have used Microsoft's and helped people use Sony's Vegas Pro (or whatever it is called). I figured the timeline would be similar to that and everything would just work that way. I downloaded ShotCut and ambled my way through making the video I needed. I was kind of saddened at my choices of free video editors and wasn't too happy with ShotCut at the time. I downloaded some more of the free choices (some of which have large names). After using ShotCut, I couldn't wrap my head around using those programs and how they work. I went back to ShotCut and got it done in minimal time because it made sense to me. Now I am very proud of ShotCut because it makes sense to me. Pros It works and has a lot of capabilities. I'll explain more in my overall experience to show my joy with the software. Cons The learning curve is different from other video editing software. That being said, you can't beat it. Review Source Steven D. Pastor Religious Institutions Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Budget friendly video editor" June 25, 2020 5.0 Since Microsoft got rid of Moviemaker this has been my go to video editor and has been able to meet all my needs in editing videos for church. Pros This video editing software supports a wide range of video types and is fairly intuitive in its layout. Cons While it has an option for streaming it doesn't seem to the be the most user friendly option as it has a tendency of freezing up for me. Review Source SR Syed R. Senior Data Manager Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Shotcut-'is a dynamic tool with lots of features to create professional videos'" September 21, 2020 5.0 My overall experience with Shotcut is very good. You can be a dynamic creator with Shotcut. I would say I like to use this tool. Pros I am using Shotcut to edit videos and I absolutely enjoy it when I work with it. Video editing became very interesting because shotcut because the stock is full of lots of features. I like the fact that Shocut is an easy application to create stunning videos for various purposes. This tool allows the beginners to create the amazing design free and the resolution is very good. As much as you use it you can discover more about the tool. Cons I think to create a perfect video you need to go through the tutorials which is time-consuming. I also observed too much functionality sometimes confusing for beginners. Review Source TP Tabish P. Electronics engineer Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The Best Free Video Editor that beats Primer pro" February 21, 2020 5.0 Pros \-The Free and easy to use Ui helps a lot if you are student. Or any one which is just entering the digital video editing career. Cons \- the ablitiy to edit 8k footage is still not available Review Source Jeremy J. Marketing Director Retail Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great Beginning Editor" September 30, 2019 4.0 Shotcut is a great choice for beginning video editing on lower performance systems. If you need to throw together a quick video, it definitely has all the tools you need. Pros Shotcut is very simple to use-- practically no learning curve. Even exporting is simple with Shotcut, which is something that many video editors struggle with. This editor also gives you more freedom than others; every frame is your's to control right off the bat, and performance is top notch. Cons Shotcut can be a tad glitchy at times. The app crashed on me several times. While it is a great, simple video editor, it has a distinct lack of features found in many other free editors. Review Source Similar Products Featured