# ChatCut vs Riverside Source: [ChatCut vs Riverside]() Content index: [llms.txt]() Last updated: 2026-11-05 Riverside records and repurposes conversations. ChatCut edits your footage through an AI agent. ## Edit any footage, with your AI Riverside is built around remote interview recording, with MCP and timeline export locked to higher tiers. ChatCut edits any footage you bring, and opens its desktop timeline and motion graphics to Claude and Codex for free. | Capability | ChatCut | Riverside | | --- | --- | --- | | AI-native editing | | Reusable editing skills | Yes — Portable skill files | Partly — Studio workflow presets | | Export CapCut or Jianying drafts | Yes — Desktop | No | | Native Windows desktop app | Yes | No — Browser on Windows | | Your AI runs the editor | | Motion graphics from your agent | Yes — Editable layers | No — In editor only | | Desktop app open to your AI | Yes — Local MCP | No — Cloud MCP only | | Free in ChatCut, paid in Riverside | | Claude Code and Codex | Yes — Free Local MCP | Paid: Grow — Grow plan and up | | 4K export | Yes — Free on desktop | Paid: Paid plans — Free is 720p | | Export to Premiere or DaVinci | Yes — Free XML | Paid: Business — Business plan only | | Both do it | | Edit by describing it | Both | | Remove filler words and pauses | Both | | Cut a multicam podcast | Both | | Long video to shorts | Both | | Auto captions | Both | | Motion graphics from a prompt | Both | | AI video, images and avatars | Both | | Translate and dub | Both | Riverside details from its own pages, checked November 7, 2026 (2026-11-07): [Riverside pricing](https://riverside.com/pricing) · [Riverside MCP](https://riverside.com/new/mcp-early-access) · [Riverside workflow presets](https://support.riverside.com/hc/en-us/articles/38589127048477-Automatically-generate-assets-after-recording) · [Riverside editor](https://support.riverside.com/hc/en-us/articles/16673658517277-Riverside-editor-Overview) · [Riverside timeline export](https://support.riverside.com/hc/en-us/articles/5701862492829-Export-edited-timeline) · [Riverside supported platforms](https://support.riverside.com/hc/en-us/articles/5252134218013-System-requirements-and-supported-browsers) ## Give every interview a clear story Bring your recorded conversations to ChatCut and ask for the cuts, captions and visuals each episode needs. ### Keep the answer, lose the detours For interviews full of restarts, ask ChatCut to keep the clearest answers and remove repeated attempts. [Try Speech Cleanup](https://chatcut.io/skills/speech-cleanup) ### Make each guest quote readable When an interview becomes a vertical clip, ask ChatCut to add animated captions that keep the guest visible. [Try Add captions](https://chatcut.io/skills/add-captions) ### Show what your guest is explaining When a guest explains a complex idea, ask ChatCut to add editable charts and callouts around that moment. [Try Editorial Explainer](https://chatcut.io/skills/motion-graphics?template=mg-packaging-editorial-explainer) ### Bring the conversation to another audience For an interview that needs another language, ask ChatCut to translate and dub it after you review the script. [Try Video Translation](https://chatcut.io/skills/video-translation) ## Use ChatCut from your agent Paste one prompt into Claude Code or Codex. It installs ChatCut and starts the edit. ### Claude Code Edit a guest interview Read chatcut.io/desktop to install ChatCut, then import my downloaded Riverside interview footage, keep the strongest answers, remove repeated takes and long pauses, and make a captioned 60-second vertical teaser. ### Codex Illustrate a podcast explanation Read chatcut.io/desktop to install ChatCut, then turn my downloaded podcast clip into a 90-second explainer with editable charts, speaker name cards and animated captions, keeping each graphic aligned with what the guest says. [How the Agent Plugin works](https://chatcut.io/docs/chatcut-products) ## Start from a skill Use these skills to turn recorded conversations into cleaner episodes, illustrated explanations and captioned clips. - [**Speech Cleanup**](https://chatcut.io/skills/speech-cleanup) - [**Add captions**](https://chatcut.io/skills/add-captions) - [**Editorial Explainer**](https://chatcut.io/skills/motion-graphics?template=mg-packaging-editorial-explainer) - [**Video Translation**](https://chatcut.io/skills/video-translation) - [**Claymotion**](https://chatcut.io/skills/explainer-videos?template=animated-explainer-claymotion) - [**SaaS Kinetic Type Launch**](https://chatcut.io/skills/app-promo?template=app-promo-kinetic-type) [See all skills](https://chatcut.io/skills) ## ChatCut vs Riverside FAQ Is ChatCut a Riverside alternative? Yes, for editing recorded interviews and turning them into finished videos. Both offer AI agents, captions, clips and generated visuals; ChatCut also brings reusable editing skills and motion graphics into Claude Code and Codex. Riverside is a strong fit when remote guest recording, live streaming and podcast hosting are central to your workflow. Can I keep recording my podcast in Riverside? Yes. Download your recorded video and audio files from Riverside, then import them into ChatCut for editing, captions and graphics. This uses your media files rather than transferring the Riverside editor project. Is ChatCut free? Yes. The Free plan includes the editor, uploads, transcription, captions and standard exports. AI generation and the built-in agent use credits, and AI video generation needs a paid plan. [See ChatCut pricing](https://chatcut.io/pricing) Can I use ChatCut from Claude Code or Codex? Yes. The ChatCut plugin runs in Claude Code and the Codex app, and ChatCut Desktop connects Claude Code, Codex and other agents through a local MCP server. Your agent edits the real timeline, which you can keep adjusting by hand. [How the plugin works](https://chatcut.io/docs/chatcut-products) Can I finish a ChatCut edit in another editor? Yes. ChatCut exports XML timelines for Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve, and ChatCut Desktop also exports editable CapCut drafts. It does not export Final Cut Pro XML (FCPXML). 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