Compared
An AutoCut alternative for DaVinci Resolve
AutoCut is a plugin with a set of AI tools, each for one job: cut silences, add captions, add zooms, pick the best take. OttoEdit works differently. You tell it what you're making and it makes the whole edit inside DaVinci Resolve Studio, then takes your notes.
What AutoCut does
AutoCut runs inside Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve 18.6 or newer, including the free version of Resolve, on Mac and Windows. Its tools, from its own site:
- AutoCut Silences: removes dead air.
- AutoCaptions and Advanced AutoCaptions: word-by-word captions, with 90+ presets.
- AutoCut Repeat: finds repeated takes and keeps the best one.
- AutoZoom: adds zooms to talking-head edits.
- AutoCut Podcast and AutoCut Angles: switch camera angles in multicam edits.
- AutoViral: finds strong moments in long videos for short clips.
- AutoB-Rolls: adds AI images and Storyblocks footage.
- AutoResize, AutoChapters and AutoProfanity Filter.
Price: the Basic plan, silences only, is $79 a year. The AI plan with every tool is $178.80 a year. 14-day free trial, no card.
How OttoEdit is different
- It makes the whole edit. Say "make a reel of my bike clips to this song" and Otto watches your footage, shows you a plan, then lays the cut on its own timeline.
- It edits to music. It hears the beat, drums and vocal, and cuts on them or on your markers. AutoCut's site doesn't mention cutting to music.
- B-roll from your own footage, placed on the word it's about.
- The finish, in one place: word-by-word captions designed on your own frames, speed ramps, transitions, colour fixes and looks, sound effects and vertical versions.
- You talk to it. Give notes like you would an editor: shorter, swap the last shot, slow-mo on the jump. Or ask how anything in Resolve works.
- Price: free right now, AI included.
Which one should you use?
Pick AutoCut if you use Premiere Pro, the free version of Resolve, or a Mac, or you want multicam podcast switching, chapters or a profanity filter. It's a solid set of one-click tools.
Pick OttoEdit if you're on DaVinci Resolve Studio on Windows and want the edit made for you, especially music videos, reels and talking heads with a full finish.
Questions
Is there an AutoCut alternative that works in DaVinci Resolve?
Yes. OttoEdit works inside DaVinci Resolve Studio and makes the whole edit, from the cut to captions, colour and sound.
Does OttoEdit cut silences like AutoCut?
Yes. For talking videos it keeps the clean take of each line, drops the false starts and tightens the pauses.
Does OttoEdit work with the free version of Resolve?
Not yet. Otto needs DaVinci Resolve Studio 20 or newer on Windows. AutoCut works with the free version.
Is OttoEdit free?
Yes, right now, with the AI included and no card.
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