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# DoneCut
> Online video editing service for YouTube videos, Shorts, Reels and TikToks. Customers upload raw footage, see an exact price instantly, pay 50% to start, watch the edit progress live, review a watermarked preview with two rounds of changes, and pay the rest to download the clean file. Edits are made by an AI editor working with professional editing tools; edits that fail its own quality checks are reviewed by a person.
## Prices (USD)
- YouTube video edit: $49 for up to 10 minutes of raw footage, then $3 per extra minute.
- Shorts / Reels / TikToks (up to 90 s each): $29 each for 1–1; $25 each for 2–5; $22 each for 6–11; $19 each for 12+. Each includes 5 minutes of raw footage; extra footage $3/min.
- Add-ons at approval: Extra short $19, Thumbnail $25, Channel banner $39, Intro $39, Outro $39.
- Payment: 50% deposit, balance after the preview is approved. Two revision rounds included. Deposit refunded if an edit can't be delivered.
- Music, logos, reference images and PDF storyboards are free to upload; only video footage is priced.
## How it works
1. Drop your footage: Upload the raw files from your computer. Your price appears as soon as we've read how long they are.
2. Pay half: A 50% deposit starts the edit. You get a private order page with a live progress bar and a time estimate.
3. Watch the preview: The finished edit arrives with a watermark. Ask for changes up to two times and we re-cut it.
4. Pay the rest, download: Happy with it? Pay the other half and the clean, full-quality file unlocks instantly.
## Limits and policies
- Up to 60 minutes of footage, 25 files and 25 GB per order.
- Editing times in our test orders and sample edits so far (no paid-order data yet): 16–82 minutes once an edit starts; a live estimate is shown before paying.
- Customers keep all rights. Raw footage is deleted 30 days after delivery and is never used to train AI.
## Pages
- [Home: upload and instant price](https://donecut.com/)
- [YouTube video editing](https://donecut.com/youtube-video-editing)
- [Shorts, Reels & TikTok editing](https://donecut.com/shorts-editing)
- [Pricing](https://donecut.com/pricing)
- [Video editing for real estate agents](https://donecut.com/for/real-estate-agents): listing walkthroughs, market updates, neighborhood tours and buyer tips edited into YouTube videos and vertical Reels and Shorts.
- [Video editing for financial advisors](https://donecut.com/for/financial-advisors): market commentary and retirement, tax and planning explainers edited into YouTube videos and Shorts; the advisor approves every watermarked preview before anything is final.
- [Video editing for coaches](https://donecut.com/for/coaches): talking-head lessons from business, life and fitness coaches edited into YouTube videos and Shorts.
- [Video editing for podcasters](https://donecut.com/for/podcasters): video podcast episodes edited in full for YouTube, and cut into vertical clips for Shorts, Reels and TikTok.
- [Video editing for churches](https://donecut.com/for/churches): sermon and message recordings cut into vertical clips, and full message edits for YouTube.
- [How much YouTube video editing costs (October 2026, sourced)](https://donecut.com/youtube-video-editing-cost): a 10-minute video costs Freelancer on Fiverr: $50–$150 a video; Freelancer on Upwork: $10–$60 an hour; Per-video editing service: $150–$327 a video; Editing subscription: $45–$142 a video; Dedicated editor or agency: From $999 a month.
- [YouTube video editing prices as CSV (CC BY 4.0)](https://donecut.com/data/youtube-video-editing-prices.csv): the market rows of that table with their sources.
- [How much Shorts, Reels and TikTok editing costs (October 2026, sourced)](https://donecut.com/shorts-editing-cost): one short is $10–$50 from a Fiverr freelancer (median $27.50), about $14–$42 a short on a monthly plan, and AI clipping tools cost $14–$19 a month.
- [How long it takes to edit a YouTube video (October 2026, sourced)](https://donecut.com/how-long-to-edit-a-youtube-video): about 5–10 hours for a 10-minute video (30–60 minutes per finished minute); 3–8 hours for a simple talking head, 10–30+ with motion graphics; 45 minutes to 8 hours for a short.
- [The best YouTube video editing services in 2026, compared (October 2026, sourced)](https://donecut.com/best-youtube-video-editing-services): VidChops: About $81 inside the $325 plan; no single-video price is published for one video, first draft 48 hours, one video at a time, no deliveries on Sundays; Tasty Edits: $327 for one video, first draft 48 hours for long-form (up to 60 minutes of footage), 24 hours for shorts, Monday to Saturday; Editvideo.io: About $74 inside the $295 plan; no single-video price is published for one video, first draft 48 hours on the plan cards; the home page says 24 hours for standard long-form; Video Husky: $90 in credits, after buying a $225 bundle for one video, first draft 1–3 business days, Monday to Friday; Veedyou: $159 as the trial; then a monthly plan for one video, first draft 1–3 business days on its pricing page; its home-page FAQ says 7–10 days; Fiverr freelancers: Set by the seller; a basic job averages $65 for one video, first draft Set by the seller, from 24-hour express to a week. DoneCut: $49 for up to 10 minutes of footage, Typically under 90 minutes once it starts (16–82 minutes in our test orders so far).
- [DoneCut vs VidChops](https://donecut.com/compare/donecut-vs-vidchops): VidChops is the better fit if you publish every week and want the same human editor on a monthly plan. For a single video, DoneCut is cheaper and faster: $49 for up to 10 minutes of footage with captions included, typically back in under 90 minutes in our test orders so far, and you watch the whole edit before paying the second half.
- [DoneCut vs Tasty Edits](https://donecut.com/compare/donecut-vs-tasty-edits): Tasty Edits gives you a human editor with unlimited revisions for $327 a video. DoneCut edits the same kind of video for $49 (up to 10 minutes of footage), typically in under 90 minutes in our test orders so far, with two rounds of changes and a full preview before you pay the second half.
- [DoneCut vs Editvideo.io](https://donecut.com/compare/donecut-vs-editvideo-io): Editvideo.io is a good monthly deal if you publish four long videos every month and want a human editor. If you publish less often, DoneCut costs $49 per video with nothing left to expire, includes motion graphics, and in our test orders so far it's typically done in under 90 minutes.
- [DoneCut vs Video Husky](https://donecut.com/compare/donecut-vs-video-husky): Video Husky suits teams that want hours of human editor time every week. For one video, DoneCut costs $49 with no $225 bundle to buy first, and in our test orders so far it's typically done in under 90 minutes, against 1–3 business days.
- [DoneCut vs Descript](https://donecut.com/compare/donecut-vs-descript): Descript is an editing app: it makes editing faster, but you still do the edit. DoneCut is a service: you upload raw footage and get the finished video back, typically in under 90 minutes in our test orders so far, for $49 per video.
- [DoneCut vs Opus Clip](https://donecut.com/compare/donecut-vs-opus-clip): Opus Clip is the quicker way to pull many automatic clips out of long videos yourself. DoneCut is for a finished, edited YouTube video or a set of Shorts: hook, captions, graphics and music done for you, for $49 per video or from $19 per short.
- [Free tools for YouTube creators](https://donecut.com/tools), all running in the browser with nothing uploaded:
- [YouTube chapters checker](https://donecut.com/tools/youtube-chapters-checker): Paste your description. See which of YouTube’s chapter rules pass, and copy a fixed timestamp list.
- [YouTube thumbnail preview](https://donecut.com/tools/youtube-thumbnail-preview): See your thumbnail and title in a home feed, search results and an up-next list, in light and dark, with a size check.
- [YouTube title and description checker](https://donecut.com/tools/youtube-title-description-checker): Count your title and description against YouTube’s 100 and 5,000 character limits, and catch broken or too many hashtags.
- [Caption file converter: SRT, VTT, SBV](https://donecut.com/tools/caption-converter): Convert captions between SRT, VTT and SBV, shift every timing to fix sync, and catch overlaps and broken lines. Saves plain UTF-8, the way YouTube asks.
- [YouTube upload checker: video or Short?](https://donecut.com/tools/youtube-upload-checker): Drop a video to see whether YouTube takes it and as what: a Short (3 minutes, square or vertical) or a regular video, plus the 256 GB, 12-hour and 15-minute limits.
- [YouTube export size calculator](https://donecut.com/tools/youtube-export-size-calculator): See how big your export will be at YouTube’s recommended bitrate for its resolution and frame rate, SDR or HDR, and how long it takes to upload.
- [YouTube specs, quoted from YouTube Help](https://donecut.com/youtube-specs): upload size and length (256 GB or 12 hours; over 15 minutes needs a verified account), Shorts (up to 3 minutes, square or vertical), thumbnails (3840 × 2160 recommended, 640 px minimum width), titles (100 characters), descriptions (5,000), hashtags, chapters, caption files, and the recommended MP4 / H.264 upload encoding and bitrates.
- [Terms](https://donecut.com/terms) · [Privacy](https://donecut.com/privacy)
## Sample edits (all made by DoneCut's editor: real client edits, plus demos from public-domain / free-license footage)
- A finance creator's talking head, cut tight with charts and callouts (YouTube 16:9): https://donecut.com/samples/finance-talking-head/after.mp4 · a real client edit
- A product launch video, made from a one-page script (YouTube 16:9): https://donecut.com/samples/saas-launch-promo/after.mp4 · a real client edit
- A faceless documentary, built from a voiceover (YouTube 16:9): https://donecut.com/samples/faceless-documentary/after.mp4 · a real client edit
- A workshop product explainer with an animated part (YouTube 16:9): https://donecut.com/samples/product-explainer/after.mp4 · a real client edit
- A four-minute creator talk, cut into one Short with motion graphics (vertical short): https://donecut.com/samples/creator-4k-short/after.mp4 · source: “Tips for Small Vlog Channels”, hey, it's mikee (YouTube), CC BY 3.0, edited · b-roll from Mixkit (free license)
- Five travel clips, one reel cut to the beat (vertical short): https://donecut.com/samples/travel-reel/after.mp4 · source: Travel clips from Mixkit, Mixkit free license
## FAQ
### How much does it cost to edit a YouTube video?
$49 for up to 10 minutes of raw footage, then $3 for each extra minute. For example, 20 minutes of footage costs $79. You see the exact price as soon as your files are added, before you pay anything.
### How much does it cost to edit Shorts, Reels or TikToks?
$29 for one, $25 each for 2–5, $22 each for 6–11 and $19 each for 12 or more. Each short is up to 90 seconds and includes up to 5 minutes of raw footage; extra footage is $3 a minute.
### How long does an edit take?
You see a live estimate before you pay, based on the real queue. Once an edit starts, our test orders and sample edits so far have taken between 16 minutes and about 1.5 hours of editing, depending on how much footage there is. Your order page updates as it goes.
### Who actually edits my video?
An AI editor working with professional editing tools. It cuts your footage, times the captions, builds the graphics and mixes the sound, then checks its own work against your notes before you see anything. An edit that doesn't pass those checks goes to a person first.
### What if I don't like the edit?
You've only paid half at that point. Two rounds of changes are included: point at the moment, say what to change, and a new preview comes back. If we can't deliver an edit at all, your deposit is refunded.
### What should I upload?
Your raw footage, plus anything that helps: music, your logo, reference images or a PDF storyboard. Only the video footage is priced; everything else is free to add. Write what you want in the notes box, in your own words.
### What files and sizes can I upload?
MP4, MOV, MKV, WAV, MP3, JPG, PNG, PDF and most other common formats. Up to 25 files and 25 GB per order, 10 GB per file, and up to 60 minutes of footage.
### Can it match my style every time?
Yes. Sign in and save your logo, brand colors, caption style and standing instructions once. Every edit after that also studies the edits you already approved, so new videos look like your channel.
### Do I keep the rights to my video?
Yes. Your footage stays yours, and the finished video is yours once it's paid for in full. We use your files only to make your edit, never to train AI, and delete the raw footage 30 days after delivery.
### Why is there a watermark on the preview?
So you can watch the complete edit before paying the second half. The clean, full-quality file unlocks the moment you approve and pay.
