Movavi Video Editor Review

Movavi Video Editor is a timeline editor you install on a Windows or Mac computer. You drop clips, photos and music onto the timeline, then cut, crop, rotate, change speed and adjust color, and add titles, transitions, filters, stickers and overlays from the built-in library. Movavi's product page lists stabilization, chroma key, picture in picture, motion tracking, keyframe-style motion curves and LUTs alongside the basics. Since version 27 (September 2026) the editor also ships Movavi Templates made of Blocks, pre-edited segments you can reorder and fill with your own media.

The AI tools are one-click: automatic subtitles from speech (with translation into English, Spanish, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Hindi), audio noise removal, quick video denoise, background removal, AI motion tracking that pins an image or emoji to a moving object, silence removal and auto-tracked cropping that keeps the speaker centered when you turn a horizontal clip vertical. Movavi's store FAQ says the full version includes unlimited AI tools with no extra credits and exports up to 4K. Setup is a normal download; the version on the product page is 27.2.1, updated November 2, 2026.

Movavi sells the editor as a subscription (1 month or 1 year) and in bundles. US prices on the store page, including VAT; several carried a struck-through "old" price at the time of checking:

The yearly plan works out to about $4.58 a month ($54.95 / 12), against $239.40 for twelve monthly payments ($19.95 x 12). Movavi Effects ($49.95 a month or $139.95 a year) and Movavi Templates ($49.95 a month or $139.95 a year) are optional add-ons; the full editor already includes hundreds of effects and a starter set of templates.

Movavi's separate buy-now page for the editor showed different offers on the same day: a first month at $14.95 (then $19.95 a month), a "Video Editor Plus" package with three effects packs at $69.95 for a year or $149.95 as a lifetime license, and business licenses. That page also offers a 7-day free trial of Movavi Effects that renews at $49.95 a month unless you cancel, so check your cart before paying. Movavi states a 14-day money-back guarantee if technical or other problems cannot be solved.

Prices checked on the vendor's pricing page on November 8, 2026. See Movavi store pricing.

What Movavi lists on its product, store and release-notes pages:

Movavi Video Editor suits beginners and casual creators on Windows or Mac who want a simple timeline, a large effects library and one-click captions and cleanup for vlogs, social clips, family movies and small-business promos, and who prefer an installed app over a browser editor. The yearly plan is inexpensive when it is on sale.

Pick something else if you need professional color grading or multicam work (DaVinci Resolve has a free version), if you only edit occasionally and want no watermark for free (CapCut or Clipchamp), or if you edit in a browser with a team (VEED).

Reviewers mostly praise ease of use. Movavi Video Editor holds 4.6 out of 5 from 419 reviews on G2, whose AI review summary says beginners edit quickly but advanced features are limited compared with professional software. On Capterra it rates 4.8 from 1,135 reviews; one trial user wrote that the trial "restricts features significantly", and another reported the app making their computer overheat. Movavi's company page on Trustpilot, which covers all its products, scores 3.5 from about 22,000 reviews; positive reviews mention easy editing and helpful support, while negative ones describe unexpected renewal charges, including one reviewer who "could not find the cancellation option at all" after an Effects trial.