CapCut is powerful and popular, but using it means an account in the wider TikTok ecosystem, and its AI and cloud features process on its servers. Supercut takes a different path. It runs in your browser, your footage never leaves your device, and you edit by typing what you want. We would know the difference: Supercut started life as CapCutGPT.
| Supercut | CapCut | |
|---|---|---|
| Privacy / upload | Stays on your device, never uploaded | AI and cloud features process on its servers |
| Where it runs | In your browser, any OS | Installed app (desktop, mobile) or web |
| How you edit | Plain-English prompts | Full manual timeline |
| Account to start | None for your first export | Account in the TikTok ecosystem |
| Library | Focused 25+ core tools | Large effects, templates, trending audio |
| Works offline | Yes, once the page loads | Cloud and AI features need a connection |
| Best for | Private, fast edits to real footage | Trend-driven creation with a big asset library |
CapCut ships as desktop and mobile apps plus a cloud web editor, and its cloud and AI features process on its servers. Supercut runs entirely in your browser with WebAssembly. There is no download, and your footage never leaves your device. Only your text prompt is sent so the AI knows what to plan.
CapCut gives you a full timeline with tracks, keyframes, and effect panels. Supercut lets you describe the edit, like trim to 15 seconds, reframe to 9:16, add captions, and a deterministic engine maps it to FFmpeg. Faster for the quick, common edits most people need.
CapCut ties into an account and the wider TikTok ecosystem. Supercut needs no account to try your first export, and there is no parent platform holding your projects, because everything stays on your machine.
CapCut's best experience is its desktop and mobile apps. Supercut runs in any modern browser on Mac, Windows, Linux, or Chromebook, with the same private, on-device editing everywhere.
Because Supercut processes locally, you can load the page, switch your network to offline, and still finish an edit. That is the simplest proof that your footage is not being uploaded anywhere.
Supercut is free to try your first export. One flat unlock removes watermarks and opens all 25+ tools: 4.99 per month billed yearly (59.88 per year), 9.99 per month monthly, or 199 once for lifetime access. Cancel anytime.
CapCut is genuinely powerful and free to start, with a deep library of effects, templates, transitions, and trending TikTok audio, plus a polished mobile app and tight TikTok integration. For trend-driven short-form built around its asset library and effects, CapCut is hard to beat.
Crop and reframe any video to 9:16 for TikTok, Reels and Shorts. Subject-tracking keeps the action in frame, all in your browser, no upload.
Add auto-captions to any video in your browser. On-device transcription with viral caption styles, no upload, your footage and audio stay private.
Edit videos for TikTok in your browser. Auto 9:16 reframe, captions, and export, your footage never uploads to TikTok or anyone else first.
Apply cinematic filters, VHS, warm/cool grades, and more in your browser. Color-grade video without uploading, processing stays on your device.
Yes, for the core editing most people do: trim, crop and reframe to 9:16, captions, color, speed, compression, and platform exports. CapCut has a larger library of effects, templates, and trending audio. Supercut focuses on private, on-device editing of your own footage, with no install and no upload.
No. Supercut decodes, edits, and exports in your browser. The only thing sent to the network is your text prompt. CapCut processes its cloud and AI features on its servers.
No. Supercut runs in any modern browser, and you can try your first export with no account. CapCut needs an account and is built around its apps and cloud editor.
Yes. Supercut is the new name for CapCutGPT (and UnoCut). Same product and privacy model, new brand at supercut.cc. If you used CapCutGPT, your account still works.
Free to try your first export. The paid plan removes the watermark and unlocks every tool, from 4.99 per month billed yearly (59.88 per year), 9.99 per month monthly, or 199 once for lifetime access. Cancel anytime.
Drop a clip and describe the edit. It runs right here in your browser.
Open the editor