How much does Shotcut cost?

Shotcut publishes a single tier, Free, at Free.

Does Shotcut have a free plan?

Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers full editor, all filters and effects, community support.

Which video production tools can I use without paying?

2 of the 8 video production tools listed alongside Shotcut have a free tier: LiveFaceSwap AI, MiniMax H3 Generator.

Does Shotcut charge per user?

The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 1 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.

Are these Shotcut prices current?

They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.

What should I compare Shotcut against before paying?

The closest video production tools in this directory are LiveFaceSwap AI, MiniMax H3 Generator, Ray32, ScreenFlow. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Shotcut covering price, platforms and features.

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Shotcut pricing

Shotcut publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the video production tools listed alongside it.

As of 29 August 2026, Shotcut pricing is free. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.

Entry price: Free
Model: Open-source
Tiers: 1
Free tier: Yes

Shotcut plans, side by side

Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.

Shotcut pricing tiers
Plan	Price	Features listed	Step up from the tier below
Free	Free	3	Entry tier

Where Shotcut stops being free

Free, Free

Full editor
All filters and effects
Community support

No paid tier on record

Shotcut lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.

What the product covers

The full Shotcut feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.

core

Native timeline editing
Wide format support
4K resolution support
Multi-format timelines
Text and audio filters

integration

Blackmagic Design SDI/HDMI capture

People bring Shotcut in for free cross-platform video editing, working with mixed-format footage in one project, 4k video editing without a subscription, capturing footage from blackmagic sdi/hdmi hardware. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Shotcut are worth a look before you commit to a tier.

How that compares in Video Production

Too few video production tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.

Shotcut entry price against other Video Production tools
Tool	Entry price	Model	Rated	Head to head
Shotcut (this page)	Free	open-source	-
LiveFaceSwap AI	Free, then $12/month	subscription	-	vs Shotcut
MiniMax H3 Generator	Free, then $9.9/one-time	freemium	-	vs Shotcut
Ray32	$9.9/one-time	one-time	-	vs Shotcut
ScreenFlow	On request	One-time purchase	-	vs Shotcut
Nuke	On request	quote	-	vs Shotcut
Brightcove	On request	quote	-	vs Shotcut

Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Shotcut badges page.

Before you pay for Shotcut

Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.

What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: a single tier at Free. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.

Shotcut runs on windows, mac, linux, and is published by Meltytech, LLC. The full record is on the Shotcut review, and the rest of the category is under best video production tools.

Shotcut pricing on the vendor's own site

Shotcut pricing questions

How much does Shotcut cost?: Shotcut publishes a single tier, Free, at Free.
Does Shotcut have a free plan?: Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers full editor, all filters and effects, community support.
Which video production tools can I use without paying?: 2 of the 8 video production tools listed alongside Shotcut have a free tier: LiveFaceSwap AI, MiniMax H3 Generator.
What am I actually paying for with Shotcut?: The record lists 6 features across 2 areas: core, integration. In practice it is brought in for free cross-platform video editing, working with mixed-format footage in one project, 4k video editing without a subscription.
Does Shotcut charge per user?: The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 1 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
Are these Shotcut prices current?: They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
What should I compare Shotcut against before paying?: The closest video production tools in this directory are LiveFaceSwap AI, MiniMax H3 Generator, Ray32, ScreenFlow. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Shotcut covering price, platforms and features.