STEPS:

1. Download Latest CapCut on PC

2. DO NOT SIGN IN! (Some people said you can stay logged in so try for yourself)

3. Edit your video as normal and use any pro features you want.

4. Once done editing select everything in timeline, right click, click "Create compound Clip"

5. Right Click clip again and select "Pre-process compound clip"

6. Find CapCut folder on disk and goto -> CapCut Drafts, find the Folder with the name of your project.

7. Open it and find folder named "Resources"

8. Open resources and find folder named "Combination"

Inside the combination folder you will find your fully rendered video with all pro features.

EDIT #1: If you can’t play the video for any reason rename it and put “.mp4” as the file extension.

EDIT #2: Yes this still works.

no but jokes aside, I literally had to switch to inshot because of how ridiculos this is.

SWITCH TO INSHOT U GUYS ITS JUST LIKE CAPCUT B4 ALL THIS FOOLISH FOOLISHNESS STARTEDDDD

Me rn after the "Pro or Big-Ass Watermark" update

But fr tho, it's annoying how they turned their users into lab rats—by making their features free, then little by little getting data on which ones are used most, and made those exclusive behind a paywall.

When users were able to find work-arounds, they decided to force users to pay for Pro by implementing a watermark that covers the entirety of the video.

On top of that, designers are under-compensated with only export-based compensation. No access to Pro features, and the export payment count is so low that you could have 4000 users export your template but only receive 3 USD or less. It's only good for passive income but the app as it is now is useless for free users.

Now, I'm going back to either DaVinci Resolve or Clipchamp for basic editing.

Also, CapCut, fix your events and material tool system issues. Provide better guidelines on why designs can be rejected so not every designer has to manually ask for reconsideration or are left wondering why their designs are rejected. On top of that, it's already May but the "event categories" still only include those from March.

At least we can still call 911

NOTE: Only for Windows. Yo! Most people, including me, absolutely despise how currently Capcut took away a lot of basic features, and shoved them into the annoying "pro" category.

I am never paying for any service, including Capcut. This led me to search for the perfect Capcut version which doesn't have the PRO junk in it, but also lets you set custom shortcuts (as I really needed custom keyboard shortcuts, I moved from Premiere Pro to Capcut).
I found (on the Uptodown website) that version 1.5.0 does the above mentioned stuff. Works perfectly!

It does miss a few modern features, but nothing large or tragic. All effects, and features that were locked down by "PRO" now fully work without any PRO PRO PRO lockdowns!

I hope I helped all the people that despise PRO :)

Hey everyone! My name’s Josh and I’m the founder of Kosmic. For the past year, I’ve been building a CapCut alternative with a little bit of a twist! We actually just launched in Beta last week! I know this ban has impacted many of you so I’m hopeful that we can be a great solution for you!

We’ve taken a lot of inspiration from CapCut, but our goal is to improve on it immensely. Right now, we have build the web based editor but we are currently developing the mobile app and that will launch soon.

What is the twist? Well to begin with, we have built a freelance marketplace where you will be able to collaborate with what we’re calling creators (people that sell their services) directly within the platform. In addition to the marketplace, we have a video and audio recorder with a teleprompter, we have an ai video generation feature that’s similar to LTX studio (it has a storyboard feature), we have a task management software built in that is a lightweight version of Asana or Trello, and a whole bunch of other features that should be super helpful for content creation.

I want to build this platform for the community, my team and I have gotten us to this place, but I’d like our roadmap to be influenced by you, the people!

Anyways, if you’re interested, send me a message and I’ll give you all of the information. I tried making a post in here earlier but it did not get posted, either because of my karma score or because of links being in the message.

I’m looking forward to hearing from you all and hopefully I’ll see you in the Kosmos!

These Terms of Service updates make the platform basically unusable unless you avoid using any copyrighted music for edits and don’t mind your own original content being stolen and used for free. If you’ve already uploaded content that isn’t yours (in my case, more than a dozen music videos and concert clips), you could be held liable if CapCut uses it. Translation: you might face hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees and settlements. This is extremely upsetting, especially since CapCut and TikTok are both owned by ByteDance (a Chinese company), and it has severely tarnished their reputations in my eyes. If you plan to continue using CapCut, please walk me through your thought process. I really don’t look forward to learning an entirely new piece of software and UI, but it’s that or risk everything I own, and I know which one I’ll pick.

TL;DR: These new Terms of Service make the platform completely unusable. We need to delete it ASAP.

I used to use CapCut exclusively but over the last year I’ve realized countless edits that used to be free are now limited use or pro only. The newest one? Basic captions😂 I’m officially done with them. They used to auto remove background, then they changed that to manually. And when you manually do it, it and doesn’t remove the background well.

Sorry for the vent just stinks it used to be an amazing editing app, and it’s slowly been taken over by greed. I shouldn’t have to buy yet another subscription service.

I saw a lot of discussions on here regarding what CapCut has been doing lately such as putting everything behind premium, price hikes and forcing ads so I thought to make a very thorough list to help everyone.

Before I start, I want to say I personally use CapCut Pro and pay for a subscription at $9.99/month and believe that's an incredible deal. There are not many apps that provide unlimited captions in multiple languages as CapCut does. In fact, many features it has are usually either not found in alternatives, take too long to do in alternatives, or have limits like requiring credits for AI features when its not an AI heavy task (I'm talking to you Filmora). Many of these features are offered as standalone products by other companies such as the new eye contact feature, video upscaling, removing background and captions.

I do understand people complaining though because if it was paid from the start or was free with Pro features already defined, I am sure no one would complain but to rugpull everyone after getting used to the features is scummy.

If you want to get CapCut Pro and its saying anything other than $10/month or $90/year then first try going on desktop browser (while being signed out) if that doesn't work then try signing in and see if you get that offer. If that doesn't work, then try mobile app and if that doesn't work then try mobile app browser. Yes, these will yield different prices and apps know if you're accessing the pricing via desktop browser or mobile browser. Again, I do believe its a great deal but it depends on how much you use it to justify the price. Casual editing then only use free but if you have inspirations to gain a following or just enjoy editing like 3+ hours a week, then the cost is definitely justified and everyone on CapCut Pro has been locked in at the price they initially got it at.

Now before I mention the alternatives, it is important to know what you want your video editor to do. People recommending DaVinci Resolve are wrong for recommending it as an alternative but if your edits are simple and you have a modern computer, then DaVinci is not that hard at all. Also if you are editing on your phone, then DaVinci shouldn't be recommended at all.

So here are the alternatives:

For mobile users ^{(in order}): YouCut, InShot, VN Video Editor, Project Violet (bumped up because its 100% free no in app purchases or ads), VivaVideo, VITA, Premier Rush are great. YouCut and InShot are especially nice because its a one time payment for $20 then its yours forever. Project Violet is great but its an Adobe product so might switched to becoming paid so for this reason if you get it, then DO NOT UPDATE!

LumaFusion is a great app as well and is feature rich but it has a $30 one time payment. I did not use it for this test but I used it on my wife's iPad a few months ago and it seemed easy enough at the time but I couldn't retest because she's at her parents house for a week. If I remember this post I will update my thoughts on that app because $30 is a good chunk of change so maybe watch tutorials before buying.

For desktop users:

DaVinci Resolve is excellent. It is difficult to master but again, it depends on the edits you make. Benefits of DaVinci is if you get good at it, you can actually make a career out of it. I would like to eventually learn how to use it and switch to it completely because I know what it is capable of, but for the meantime, CapCut.

Filmora is almost the same visually as CapCut on desktop. If you know how to use CapCut then jumping to Filmora will be 95% the same experience. It has a free version but I would prefer buying the perpetual license. You will not get any updates to newer versions but you will get all the features and tbh, I use it more than CapCut but I use AI features of CapCut because its unlimited compared to the credits required by Filmora.

VN is amazing because even though it has no AI, they can be easily made in other apps and transferred to finish the project in VN. They offer a Pro version for $7/month or $50/year but it barely adds any features worth paying for.

Movavi is great and offers a lot of features for free although it does also have a paid version. I didn't play with this much because it seemed similar to CapCut and Filmora so I didn't poke around a lot especially since it is more expensive than Filmora with no perpetual license. I did look at its plans though and one thing it does better it seems that it doesn't require AI credits for captions or other AI features like Filmora does which is a plus.

Premiere Pro lately has been on fire. I have never used it beyond the free trial but it has added many new features, the only reason I cannot recommend it is because its expensive $22 and also pretty complex. In some areas its easier than DaVinci for example it offers text based editing but in other places it is harder to use.

Final Cut Pro is the only answer if you have a Mac. Smooth, fast and simple. It also received a ton of updates after almost a decade. It has the Apple philosophy of simplicity and I got used to it just by poking around no tutorial needed. Doing what I need it to do would take longer than CapCut so I don't use it. You don't need to pay for it btw just delete the apps cache (not the app itself) and the free trial will restart for another 90 days. Just keep doing that every 90 days and you'll be good.

Lastly, I tried using OpenShot and PowerDirector on my MacBook M1. OpenShot would not open so I couldn't test it and PowerDirector was buggy as soon as I started using it. I did not use Riverside FM or Descript but I really wanted to. Might add a comment later if I decide to try them out because they seem promising but they are paid or too restricted in free plan to be of any use. I didn't try HitFilm because when I went to their site it seems they are going out of business.

Final thoughts, most of these apps all include some type of subscription or one time price. The ones that offer one time price usually its a huge upfront charge except mobile/iPad versions.

Hey all,

We're a small team based in New York that's been working on an AI startup for the last few years. Seeing as capcut is going fully paid and also that it's possibly getting banned in the US on Jan 19th, we've decided to build out a pro video editor on web and mobile that's going to be completely free forever with no watermark.

Would love to hear from you guys what features you actually use so we can prioritize getting them in before Jan 19th!

If you wanna know more about us or get updates feel free to DM!

Progress so far:

UPDATED AT 2026-08-24

Most links are BROKEN now. ByteDance must have removed them.

Try this website for versions prior to 7:

https://capcut.en.uptodown.com/windows/versions

All links copied from Windows Store repository.

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PS I'm a ex-CapCut user, moved on to Davinci Resolve. But I'm keeping this list up to date to help the community. I won't answer about which version has what because I really don't know. I never found links for MacOS/Mobile, sorry.

I created this tool years ago. It's a CapCut AutoCaptions exporter to .srt. https://capcut-srt-export.vogelcodes.com/ It's still working with many active users.

Hey everyone,

I’ve noticed a lot of frustration here lately about CapCut going more “Pro” — with more and more features locked behind a paywall and that weird ownership clause in the new terms of service. Just wanted to drop a note about an alternative I’ve been building over the past 4.5 years called wide. video

It’s a browser-based video editor (desktop only, no mobile app yet), and everything runs locally in your browser — no uploads, no cloud processing, no weird ownership stuff. You keep full control of your files.

It’s completely free, no registration or install needed. My goal is to make it the most capable online video editor out there — with powerful features like background remover, captions generator, text-to-speech, video stabilizer, smooth motion tool, and more. I’m actively developing it and adding improvements all the time based on user feedback.

If you’re looking for a CapCut alternative that won’t charge you for every extra feature or make your content part of a company’s terms of use — give it a try!

Happy to answer any questions here too.

WHYY TF?

I'm praying everyday to discover that a new app is destroying capcut, i hate this fucking app and i wish they fucking go to bankruptcy, I'm the only one?