Audience

Documentary, interview, podcast and YouTube editors who need to find the story in hours of raw footage before they start cutting

About FirstCut

FirstCut is a browser-based narrative editor for dialogue-led video. It transcribes spoken material from imported footage, identifies possible story arcs, and assembles rough cuts organized as beats, clips, and transcript text. Editors can compare story directions, reorder beats and clips, remove or restore words, and request revisions from an AI assistant in plain language. The sequence can be previewed in the browser using video stored on the user's device; only extracted audio is uploaded for transcription. Users can export FCPXML, Final Cut Pro 7 XML, CMX3600 EDL, or OpenTimelineIO sequences to finish in Adobe Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, or Avid Media Composer. It is designed for interviews, documentaries, podcasts, lectures, webinars, and conversations where spoken content carries the story.

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Pricing

Starting Price:
$15/month
Pricing Details:
Starter is $15/month, billed monthly, for one account and includes 5 hours of imported footage and 30 AI cuts per month. The free plan includes 30 minutes of imported footage and 5 AI cuts per month. Annual billing saves about 20%. Paid-plan top-ups are one-time purchases: $3 per extra footage hour or $15 per 50 extra AI cuts; they expire at the billing-period end or after seven days, whichever is later.
Free Version:
Free Version available.

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Company Information

FirstCut.video
Founded: 2026
Israel
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FirstCut editing interface showing beats, a video preview, clip list, transcript panel, AI assistant controls, footage, and revisions.

FirstCut editing interface showing beats, a video preview, clip list, transcript panel, AI assistant controls, footage, and revisions.

FirstCut editing interface showing beats, a video preview, clip list, transcript panel, AI assistant controls, footage, and revisions. FirstCut clip transcript panel showing transcript text, source filename, timestamp, play duration, ID tag, and beat label.
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