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Vidmoat

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Three hours of raw footage, a deadline in two hours, and a timeline editor that demands you know what you're doing — that's the gap Vidmoat was built to close.

$19/mo · Free tier: 40 AI credits/month, 3 projects, 8 exports/month up to 720p, 500MB storage, small watermark · Checked Oct 23, 2026

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Summary

Vidmoat's Auto-Cut feature ingests long raw files, removes silences, and assembles an editable cut without manual trimming. The Moat AI agent accepts plain-language prompts — 'make this a punchy TikTok' — and executes multi-step edits: captions, color grade, dead-air removal, in sequence, narrating each step. The MCP server layer is the actual differentiator: external agents like Claude Code or Cursor connect via a single API key and drive the full timeline — 65+ commands, frame previews returned as images, rendered MP4 out the other side. Where it breaks: teams needing granular manual control over complex narrative structures will hit the ceiling of what a prompt-driven agent can reliably interpret. No self-hosted option exists, so regulated industries with strict data residency requirements cannot use this.

Bottom line: Pick Vidmoat when a social media team needs to turn one recorded session into a week of platform-formatted clips with minimal human time — but plan a different stack when your workflow requires fine-grained editorial review that a prompt interface cannot reliably express.

Pricing Plans

SubscriptionLast verified 2 weeks ago
Price
$19/mo
Free Tier
40 AI credits/month, 3 projects, 8 exports/month up to 720p, 500MB storage, small watermark

Hobby

Free

A place to start. A real editor to grow into.

  • 40 AI credits each month
  • 3 projects to explore ideas
  • 8 exports a month, up to 720p
  • AI editing and auto-captions
  • 500 MB cloud storage
  • Small watermark + 2-second end card
  • Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor over MCP

Creator

$19per month

For the videos you are ready to put your name on.

  • 1,500 AI credits each month
  • 4K exports, no watermark or end card
  • Unlimited projects and exports
  • AI captions, stickers and voiceovers
  • Pro effects, transitions and stock media
  • 5 GB storage + priority rendering
  • Creator Studio: 3 channels + 30 posts/month

Studio

$49per month

For generated scenes, automation and bigger ambitions.

  • 6,000 AI credits each month
  • Everything in Creator
  • AI image and video generation
  • Personal API keys for your own agents
  • 8 GB uploads + 5 concurrent renders
  • 15 GB cloud storage
  • Creator Studio: 10 channels + 150 posts/month

Team

$29per month

For a group with one timeline, one brand and one bill.

  • Everything in Studio, for everyone on the team
  • Shared projects, media and brand kits
  • Pooled AI credits: 2,000 per seat/mo
  • 50 GB shared cloud storage
  • Roles: owner, admin, member, viewer
  • One invoice, per-seat pricing
  • Minimum 3 seats

Enterprise

Custom

For organisations with procurement, a security review and a deadline.

  • Everything in Team, at your volume
  • Per-contract limits: credits, storage, renders, API rate
  • Credits, storage and renders pooled across organisation
  • Organisation brand kit
  • Invoice or bank transfer, annual terms
  • Priority render queue and support
  • Security review and named contact

Creator Lifetime

Custom

Pay once. Keep the editor. One payment, no subscription, no renewal. FOUNDER OFFER - FIRST 100.

  • 1,500 AI credits to start
  • Unlimited projects
  • Full AI suite
  • 4K exports, no watermark
  • Pro FX / filters / transitions
  • AI sticker generator
  • AI voiceover / text-to-speech

Studio Lifetime

Custom

Everything in Creator Lifetime plus the Studio ceiling, API access and 15 GB. FOUNDER OFFER - FIRST 100.

  • 6,000 AI credits to start
  • Everything in Creator
  • Personal API keys for agents and servers
  • 8 GB uploads
  • 5 concurrent renders
  • 15 GB cloud storage
  • AI object removal (beta)

24-hour Pass

Custom

Creator features u00b7 4K u00b7 no watermark u00b7 120 AI credits. One-time payment.

  • Creator features
  • 4K exports
  • No watermark
  • 120 AI credits
  • 24-hour access

3-day Pass

Custom

Creator features u00b7 4K u00b7 no watermark u00b7 300 AI credits. One-time payment. WEEKEND PICK.

  • Creator features
  • 4K exports
  • No watermark
  • 300 AI credits
  • 72-hour access

7-day Pass

Custom

Creator features u00b7 4K u00b7 no watermark u00b7 600 AI credits. One-time payment.

  • Creator features
  • 4K exports
  • No watermark
  • 600 AI credits
  • 168-hour access

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Pros

  • Auto-Cut processes hours of raw footage and removes silences without manual scrubbing, so a creator who uploads a three-hour session gets an editable 11-minute cut in seconds rather than spending an afternoon in a timeline.
  • Word-level auto-captions with karaoke and social styles are generated as part of the same agent pass, so teams avoid the separate caption-tool step that typically adds another round of review.
  • Platform-specific reformatting — 9:16, 16:9, short clips with hooks — is generated from one master edit, so a social team producing for TikTok, Reels, YouTube, and Shorts does not maintain four separate project files.
  • MCP server integration lets external agents like Claude Code or Cursor drive the full timeline programmatically, which means engineering teams can wire video production into automated pipelines without building a custom editor integration from scratch.
  • The free tier requires no credit card and ships no watermarks, so a team can validate whether the AI cut quality meets their bar before any procurement conversation.

Cons

  • Prompt-based editing breaks down when the editorial task requires sequential narrative judgment — choosing which interview moment to place before another for emotional impact, for instance. The agent executes mechanical edits reliably; it does not reason about story structure. Teams with that requirement add a manual editorial pass on top of the AI output, which partially defeats the time savings.
  • MCP keys and the desktop app are listed as paid-only features. Teams evaluating whether to run agent-driven pipelines at scale hit this gate before they can fully test the integration in production, which means the free tier validates the AI cut quality but not the full programmatic workflow.
  • There is no self-hosted deployment path. Organizations in healthcare, legal, or financial services where raw video footage cannot leave a controlled environment cannot use Vidmoat at all — and those teams move to self-hosted open-source editors or on-premise pipeline tools instead.
  • The agent narrates its steps and self-corrects, but frame-level review of what changed and why is limited to the previews the agent returns. Teams that require a full audit trail of AI decisions before content is approved for publication will need to build that logging layer themselves or switch to a workflow tool that exposes edit history explicitly.

About

Platforms
Desktop app
API Available
Yes
Self-Hosted
No
Last Updated
July 21, 2026

Best For

Who it's for

  • Podcast and long-form creators needing clip extraction
  • Social media teams producing TikTok/Reels/Shorts at scale
  • Users integrating AI agents into video workflows

What it does well

  • Auto-cutting long raw footage into polished edits
  • Generating platform-specific shorts from one master cut
  • Prompt-based editing for non-experts using the AI agent

Integrations

ClaudeCursorWindsurfGitHub CopilotTelegramWhatsAppREST APIMCP

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Vidmoat free?
Vidmoat offers a free option alongside paid upgrades. Pricing: $19/mo. Check the current allowances and terms before choosing a plan.
Does Vidmoat have an API?
Yes. Vidmoat exposes a developer API. See the official documentation at https://vidmoat.com for details.
What platforms does Vidmoat support?
Vidmoat is available on: Desktop app.

Video editors optimized for manual control assume the person cutting the footage already knows what story they want. Vidmoat inverts that assumption. The core workflow: upload raw footage, either run Auto-Cut autonomously or type a prompt to the Moat AI agent, and receive an editable timeline with silences removed, captions generated at the word level, and platform-specific formats — 9:16 for TikTok and Reels, 16:9 for YouTube — produced from a single master edit. Every cut remains editable after the agent finishes, so the output is a starting point the user can refine, not a locked render.

The MCP server capability separates Vidmoat from conventional AI video tools. The vendor describes the editor as an MCP server that external agents — Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, GitHub Copilot, and others — can drive end-to-end over Model Context Protocol. An agent imports footage, issues timeline commands, receives frame previews as images to verify its own work, and triggers a rendered MP4 — with no browser interaction required. The docs describe 65+ scriptable timeline commands covering captions, keyframes, effects, and color grading. An MCP key is the only requirement to connect.

Vidmoat fits podcast producers and long-form creators who upload regularly and need clip extraction without hiring an editor, and social teams running high-volume short-form output across platforms. It fits less well when the editorial task requires nuanced narrative judgment — sequencing interview segments for emotional arc, for example — that a prompt-to-edit agent does not reliably reproduce. Teams with complex conditional editing logic, or those who need to audit exactly what an AI changed and why before content ships, will find the agent console provides precious little granular control compared to a traditional NLE. No self-hosted deployment path is listed by the vendor, which rules Vidmoat out for organizations with data residency or compliance requirements that prohibit cloud-only video processing.

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