Honest comparison · 2026-10
A free Premiere Pro alternative that runs in your browser
Kiln Video brings a Premiere-style editing workflow to the browser. Its developers estimate it covers about 87% of Premiere's feature checklist, and is roughly 50–60% of the way to replacing it on demanding real-world projects.
Try Kiln Video free Runs in your browser. No account.
At a glance
| Kiln Video | Premiere Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free, open source | Subscription |
| Watermark | None | None |
| Multi-track timeline, trims | Yes | Yes |
| Captions (SRT, burn-in) | Yes | Yes |
| Colour correction and scopes | Yes | Yes |
| Export H.264 MP4 | Yes | Yes |
| Export HEVC / AV1 | Not yet | Yes |
| Plugins (VST, OpenFX) | No | Yes |
| AI speech-to-text | Optional, off by default | Yes |
Where Kiln Video is a good fit
- YouTube, social and school projects.
- Quick trims, cuts and caption burns without installing anything.
- Opening ProRes or HEVC footage on any computer.
Where you may still want Premiere Pro
- Long, heavy 4K projects, where native GPU acceleration matters.
- HEVC and AV1 export.
- Third-party plugins.
Guides
Trim a videoCut the beginning or end off a video, or remove a middle section, then export MP4. Free on…Cut a video into partsSplit a video into clips, delete the parts you don't want and close the gaps automatically…Merge videosJoin several video clips into one file, add transitions between them, and export a single …Add subtitlesAdd captions to a video by typing them or importing an SRT file, style them, and burn them…Add text to a videoPut titles, lower thirds and captions on a video, animate them in and out, and export MP4.…Add music to a videoPut a song or voice-over under your video, fade it in and out, and balance it against dial…