AutoCut vs FireCut
These are the two closest rivals in the Premiere-plugin AI editing niche, and the overlap is heavy: silence removal, animated captions, zooms, chapters, B-roll, bad-take removal. AutoCut (Premiere Pro + DaVinci Resolve) bundles 10 tools — silences, captions, podcast multicam, angles, zooms, viral shorts, B-roll, profanity filter, chapters — with yearly totals of $79 for Basic (silence removal only) and $178.8 for AI Plan (everything), monthly billing also offered and a currency selector offering EUR and USD, so confirm the checkout currency before paying (directory record, 2026-11-04); its old monthly figures and 14-day no-card trial claim are not used here, since monthly amounts and trial terms are not stated in the record. FireCut (Premiere Pro + DaVinci Resolve + a browser Shorts editor) lists Starter $19/mo ($10 annual) and Pro $34/mo ($20 annual), with Storyblocks B-roll and AI speech generation on higher tiers; 7-day trial (directory record, October 2026). Pick AutoCut for the lower annual-total entry price and the 10-tool bundle; pick FireCut if you also want the standalone Shorts editor or Resolve-specific tiers. There is no measured quality winner in this review — both automate the same first-pass tasks.
| Decision point | AutoCut | FireCut |
|---|---|---|
| Best suited to | Video editors in Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve who want silence removal, captions, zooms and B-rolls without leaving the timeline.; Podcast and talking-head editors who cut long recordings into publishable clips. | YouTubers, podcasters and editors who live in Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve and want the boring cleanup automated in-timeline — silences, captions, chapters, zooms — without round-tripping through a |
| Plans and cost | AutoCut offers Basic (silence removal only), AI Plan (all 10+ AI editing features) and Enterprise (centralized licensing and priority support). The pricing page lists yearly totals of $79 for Basic, $178.8 for AI Plan and $238.8 per license for Enterprise, with monthly billing also offered and a currency selector offering EUR and USD; confirm the checkout currency before paying. | 7-day free trial on paid plans. Premiere Pro: Starter $19/mo ($10 annual), Pro $34/mo ($20 annual), Team $34/user/mo. DaVinci Resolve plans separate (Captions ~$8/mo, Pro ~$13/mo, Max ~$60/mo). FireCut Shorts browser editor from ~$14.50/mo. Prices as of Oct 2026. |
| Limitations | AutoCut works inside Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve only, so editors on other editors cannot use it as a standalone app.; The Basic plan covers silence removal only, so captions, zooms, B-rolls and other AI features need the AI Plan. | Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve plans are separate purchases; Team plans bundle both. AI captions support 50+ languages on Premiere but quality varies by language. Cloud transcription features need a |
Use the same input
Open the same Premiere project on both: remove silences, add animated captions and generate chapters, then compare how many manual fixes each timeline needs.
What a successful result must preserve
Automation must reduce real editing time on a representative project, captions must be editable in-timeline, and the subscription must cost less than the hours it saves.
Evidence and test status
Pricing and feature comparison based on publicly available information. AutoCut's figures follow the 2026-11-04 pricing-page record (yearly totals; monthly amounts unconfirmed); FireCut's follow its October 2026 record. We did not run a scored hands-on test of output quality, and no quality winner is claimed.
- AutoCut — AutoCut homepage ↗ (reviewed 2026-11-04), AutoCut pricing ↗ (reviewed 2026-11-04), AutoCut about ↗ (reviewed 2026-11-04)
- FireCut — Official website ↗ (reviewed 2026-10-24)