Is bentocut free like CapCut?

It is free, and the free version is the whole editor: every effect, every resolution, no watermark, no export cap, no account and no card. The only paid thing is removing ads from the app, which unlocks no features.

Do I have to download or install anything?

No. It runs in a browser tab. You can install it as an app afterwards if you want it in its own window and working offline, but that is optional.

Can I open my CapCut projects?

No. There is no importer for another editor's project format. Your original video files open here normally, so what you rebuild is the edit, not the media.

Does it have auto-captions?

No. There is no speech-to-text here. Text is typed onto its own track and timed by hand, with keyframes and animation available on it.

Can it remove a background without a green screen?

No. The nine keying effects measure colour, so they need an actual green or blue screen. There is no AI matting.

Is it good for TikTok, Reels and Shorts?

Yes. Twelve aspect ratios including 9:16 and 4:5, and clips re-fit themselves when you switch shape. Export is unwatermarked at any length, which is usually the reason people are looking.

Does my footage get uploaded?

No. Everything runs in the tab on your own machine — decoding, effects and export. Nothing is sent anywhere.

bentocut

CapCut alternative · Free · No account

A free CapCut alternative with no account and no watermark.

A real multitrack timeline in a browser tab, with every effect unlocked, exports up to 8K, and footage that never leaves your machine.

Open the editor See the whole editor

It also does less than CapCut in five specific ways, listed further down.

Why people go looking

Four walls, and what stands in their place here.

Nobody leaves an editor they like. They leave the moment it asks for something.

A watermark on the way out

Nothing is drawn into the picture here, on any export, at any resolution, on any plan. There is no paid tier for it to be removed by.

A sign-in before you can start

There is no account. The tab opens straight into the timeline, and export never asks who you are.

An effect that turned out to be premium

All 172 effects and transitions are unlocked from the first minute, keying and stabilisation included.

Waiting for an upload, then a render

Your footage is read off your own disk and the export is encoded on your own machine. There is nothing to upload and no queue to sit in.

The parts you already know how to do

The shape of the work is the same. Drag footage in, cut it, put something over it, export it.

Drag files straight onto the timeline
Cut, trim, and close the gap
88 entrances and exits
Text on its own track
Vertical, square and widescreen
One-click aspect ratio switching
Effects you scrub without rendering
Undo as far back as you like

What you get on top

Then it keeps going, into the parts usually reserved for the paid apps.

A timeline that behaves like an NLE

Unlimited video and audio tracks, ripple trim, splice, snapping, loop regions, and a keyboard shortcut for everything. Picture and sound stay together unless you tell them not to.

Keyframes on every parameter

Not just position and opacity: every control on every effect, with a curve editor, eight easings, and handles you can bend by hand.

A real keying chain

Nine keyers and four matte tools, so a badly lit screen is a problem you can work rather than a slider that either holds or doesn't.

Stabilisation that tracks the shot

It measures the camera's path through the clip and undoes it, with a crop budget you set.

Export up to 8K

MP4, WebM or MKV, 480p through 8K, full-quality audio, straight into a folder you pick.

A workspace you arrange

Panes you drag, split, tab, float, or pull onto a second screen, saved as a layout and reopened with each project.

The other direction

Five things CapCut does that this does not.

If any of these is why you opened it in the first place, this is the wrong tool and it is better to know now.

Automatic captions

CapCut transcribes speech and lays out subtitles for you. There is no speech recognition here at all — text tracks are typed and timed by hand.

A phone app

CapCut edits on the device the footage was shot on. This is desktop browsers only, and deliberately so: phone memory and codec limits make real editing there a losing fight.

Templates and trends

A library of ready-made edits keyed to whatever is happening this week, plus stock footage, music and sound effects. None of that exists here. You bring the files.

AI tools

Background removal without a green screen, retouching, script-to-video, voice generation. This editor does none of it — the keyers need an actual screen to key against.

Your work on every device

Cloud projects that follow you between phone and desktop. Nothing syncs here, because nothing uploads.

The switch

The part that made you look is the part that costs nothing.

Your footage is already on your disk, so there is nothing to move across. Open a tab, drag the same files in, and rebuild the cut — a project file from another editor will not open here, and that is the only real friction in the switch.

At the end of it, the export dialog asks for a format, a resolution and a folder, and then writes the file. No account check, no upgrade prompt, nothing added to the corner of the picture.

MP4, WebM, MKV
480p up to 8K
No watermark
No length cap
No card

Before you switch

There is no project import: A CapCut project cannot be opened here. Your source files are already on your disk, so the switch is a rebuild of the edit rather than a migration.
Ads in the app: That is what pays for it. They are never in your video and never in the exported file, and a subscription turns them off without unlocking anything.
Desktop browsers only: Chrome and Edge get everything, including choosing where an export saves. Firefox and Safari run the editor and save to Downloads.
The tab stays open during export: There is no server to hand the render to, which is the same reason there was nothing to upload.

Questions people ask when they arrive

Is bentocut free like CapCut?: It is free, and the free version is the whole editor: every effect, every resolution, no watermark, no export cap, no account and no card. The only paid thing is removing ads from the app, which unlocks no features.
Do I have to download or install anything?: No. It runs in a browser tab. You can install it as an app afterwards if you want it in its own window and working offline, but that is optional.
Can I open my CapCut projects?: No. There is no importer for another editor's project format. Your original video files open here normally, so what you rebuild is the edit, not the media.
Does it have auto-captions?: No. There is no speech-to-text here. Text is typed onto its own track and timed by hand, with keyframes and animation available on it.
Can it remove a background without a green screen?: No. The nine keying effects measure colour, so they need an actual green or blue screen. There is no AI matting.
Is it good for TikTok, Reels and Shorts?: Yes. Twelve aspect ratios including 9:16 and 4:5, and clips re-fit themselves when you switch shape. Export is unwatermarked at any length, which is usually the reason people are looking.
Does my footage get uploaded?: No. Everything runs in the tab on your own machine — decoding, effects and export. Nothing is sent anywhere.

The rest of it is free too

Open a tab and see whether the timeline behaves.

Open the editor

Free, no account, no watermark, nothing uploaded.