The 10 Best Free Online Video Editors
If content is king in today's online marketing, videos are the crown bearers. To reign…
Paula Guzmán
8 years ago
If content is king in today's online marketing, videos are the crown bearers. To reign with your website in your market niche, it will be very beneficial to know the best online video editors. Especially if they are free, right? Let's take a look!
Why do you need a video editor?
Videos are the most demanded and consumed format in recent years. They have turned YouTube into the second most used search engine in the world after Google; and have caused global television audiences to slowly but inexorably decline every day that passes.
Whatever type of website you have, you need to create videos if you want to be truly competitive in the market today. Haven't you ever recorded a video for your site, or don't you know how to edit it? Don't worry, you won't have to spend a fortune on buying licenses for some of the most well-known programs.
Fortunately, there are many free online tools that allow you to create videos that look completely professional. Do you want to know which ones we consider to be the 10 best free online video editors and learn about their main features?
5 Facts to Convince You of the Importance of Video
Before we dive into the details, for those who are still reluctant and have no excuses, here are five facts that can give you an idea of how essential it is to get on board with online videos:
- 82% of Spanish internet users watch videos online regularly.
- 40% of total internet traffic is generated by videos. This year, it is expected that this percentage will rise to 69%.
- 47% of Spaniards visit YouTube while browsing.
- In 2021, mobile data traffic will multiply by 7 mainly due to video consumption.
- Spain is the European leader in smartphone usage and more than half of YouTube views come from mobile devices.
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The main advantage of websites that offer these utilities is that, in addition to being completely free, you can work on your videos in the cloud, without the need to install any software on your computer. No need to carry it around everywhere to work on your videos.
Many of them have paid plans with advanced features, but their free versions are good enough to meet the needs of basic or intermediate users when it comes to video editing.
The most common drawbacks are that in most cases they are only available in English and will include a watermark, but it is usually discreet or sometimes only appears at the beginning or end of the videos.
Let's analyze the ones we consider to be the most comprehensive and why:
Very intuitive and easy to use. The free account allows you to create a maximum of 5 minutes of video per month, with a maximum capacity of 1GB, access to 22 songs, and 720p HD resolution.
Ideal for beginners. The free plan allows you to upload files of up to 1GB, the same amount of storage, and 10 minutes of video. The resolution is lower than the previous one: 480p.
For those who don't want to complicate their lives at all and want videos to publish on YouTube or social media. You upload your video, choose a template and music, and the program automatically edits it for you. You have little control over the final result, but they turn out very well.
It is available in Spanish and allows you to create videos with animated characters. The free plan includes the option to choose from 10 melodies, 11 styles, and sets a maximum duration of 5 minutes. You cannot download them, but you can share them, although without commercial rights.
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It markets itself as the simplest video editor in the world, and it might just be. If your parents have never touched a computer and want to edit a video, choose this tool for them. Additionally, its free plan allows you to publish in HD quality on YouTube and create as many videos as you want.
Quite versatile, it is in Spanish and has over fifty templates on various themes that allow you to create videos by simply including your clips or photos.
The good thing is that it gives you quite a bit of freedom when it comes to arranging or editing them, cutting sequences, and including effects, music from your library or their audio library, etc... It even allows you to download videos with a maximum duration of one minute, at 600p resolution.
An ideal tool for marketing videos, it allows you to create animated pieces with your own material using transitions, different types of text, object images, and other common effects in video editing.
You also have the option to customize some pre-designed examples. It offers a seven-day trial and then you either pay or nothing. Spanish version included.
Stupeflix Studio
You have 13 templates of different styles and can create videos of up to 20 minutes using clips and photos to which you can add titles, audio, maps, transitions, speed effects, voiceovers, etc... A simple interface in Spanish for a straightforward but very effective tool.
As expected, the premier video platform has its own free editor. In its Creator Studio, you have information about resources and tips for your projects. All resources available within this editor are under Creative Commons license, so you can use them without any legal issues.
This is a very unique editor. It offers templates, like the others, but in this case, it gives you the opportunity to create "collaborative" videos. That is, you can create movies with recordings that your friends have made at an event that you have also captured.
These tools make up our "top ten" of the best free online video editors. But I'm sure you know a few gems. Do you want to share them with everyone? The comments are all yours 😉
