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Lightworks

A professional video editor with a free plan that exports up to 720p.

Visit Lightworks4.2

  • Rating

    4.2 / 5

  • Pricing

    Freemium

  • Difficulty

    Intermediate

  • Works on

    Windows, macOS, Linux

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What is Lightworks?

Lightworks is a professional video editor with a free plan that exports watermark-free video up to 720p with YouTube and Vimeo presets. The paid Create and Pro plans raise exports to 4K and 8K and add more social presets, billed monthly, yearly or as a one-time payment.

Pros: what Lightworks does well

  • Professional editing tools on the free plan
  • No watermark on free exports
  • Runs on Windows, macOS and Linux

Cons: where it falls short

  • Free exports are limited to 720p
  • Steeper learning curve than beginner editors

Who Lightworks is for

Aspiring editors who want to learn on professional-style tools.

Who can skip it

People who need free 1080p or 4K exports.

Lightworks alternatives

Not sold on Lightworks? These do a similar job, and each card says what it has in common.

All Personal Productivity resources

LosslessCut

Focus: video trimmer, lossless and open source. Shares premiere elements alternative with Lightworks. Free (Lightworks: Freemium). Rated 4.6 (Lightworks: 4.2).

Desktop AppFreeWindows, macOS
4.6Visit

Kdenlive

Focus: open source and premiere pro alternative. Shares video editor with Lightworks. Free (Lightworks: Freemium). Rated 4.4 (Lightworks: 4.2).

Desktop AppFreeWindows, macOS
4.4Visit

Shotcut

Focus: open source and premiere pro alternative. Shares video editor with Lightworks. Free (Lightworks: Freemium). Rated 4.3 (Lightworks: 4.2).

Desktop AppFreeWindows, macOS
4.3Visit

Pitivi

Focus: video editing, linux and open source. Shares video editor with Lightworks. Free (Lightworks: Freemium). Same 4.2 rating.

Desktop AppFreeLinux
4.2Visit

Free alternatives to Lightworks

Want to spend nothing? These free picks cover similar ground.

Shrimply

Focus: open source, rust and cross-platform. Shares video editor with Lightworks. Free (Lightworks: Freemium). Same 4.2 rating.

Desktop AppFreeCross-Platform
4.2Visit

OpenShot

Focus: open source, beginner friendly and premiere pro alternative. Shares video editor with Lightworks. Free (Lightworks: Freemium). Rated 4.1 (Lightworks: 4.2).

Desktop AppFreeWindows, macOS
4.1Visit

Ghostty

Focus: terminal, emulator and gpu. Also in Personal Productivity, like Lightworks. Free (Lightworks: Freemium). Rated 4.9 (Lightworks: 4.2).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Linux
4.9Visit

Blender

Focus: 3d, animation and vfx. Also in Personal Productivity, like Lightworks. Free (Lightworks: Freemium). Rated 4.8 (Lightworks: 4.2).

Desktop AppFreeWindows, macOS
4.8Visit

Everything

Focus: file search, windows and search tool. Also in Personal Productivity, like Lightworks. Free (Lightworks: Freemium). Adds Offline. Rated 4.8 (Lightworks: 4.2).

Desktop AppFreeWindows, Offline
4.8Visit

fzf

Focus: fuzzy finder, command line and shell. Also in Personal Productivity, like Lightworks. Free (Lightworks: Freemium). Adds Offline. Rated 4.8 (Lightworks: 4.2).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.8Visit
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