Choose JsonCut for
Teams that want to fine-tune every layer and keyframe, mix video with images and carousels, and turn approved work into templates, API and agent workflows.
JsonCut vs ChatCutWhich one fits your work.
ChatCut is an agent-first editor with desktop apps and many agent plugins. JsonCut adds hand-editable motion graphics and 3D, images and carousels, and templates, API and MCP for scale.
In short
Both put an AI agent next to a real timeline. ChatCut is strong at agent-driven cuts, transcript editing and a desktop app with 4K export. JsonCut goes further where the project has to stay editable in depth: keyframes with curves, motion graphics and 3D you can edit by hand, an image and carousel editor, typed templates, and a public API and hosted MCP server for producing versions at scale.
Checked against public product information on 10 November 2026.
Choose ChatCut for
Editing footage by chatting with an agent, transcript cuts, desktop 4K/HDR export and handoff to Premiere, DaVinci or CapCut.
Where JsonCut goes further.One editable project, start to finish.
From a quick cut to motion graphics and 3D
Trim clips and add captions, or go as far as keyframes with curves, shape morphs, Smart Animate and real 3D scenes.
See how it works: From a quick cut to motion graphics and 3DEverything stays editable
AI edits, API changes and templates all change the same layered project. Open it again tomorrow and every word, clip and keyframe is still there.
See how it works: Everything stays editableImages and carousels too
A layered image editor for posts, thumbnails and multi-page carousels, with the same AI, brand kits and templates as video.
See how it works: Images and carousels tooReuse and scale it
Turn an approved project into a template with typed fields, then render hundreds of versions from a spreadsheet, the API or an AI agent over MCP.
See how it works: Reuse and scale itAn AI Director that edits the project
Describe the change; the AI Director plans it, edits real layers, renders frames and checks its own result. You can undo every step.
See how it works: An AI Director that edits the projectThe AI models in one place
13 video, 14 image, 5 music and 4 sound models, 21 voices in 15 languages and talking heads, all landing on the same timeline.
See how it works: The AI models in one place
Side by side.JsonCut and ChatCut, row by row.
ChatCut has a free plan (60 minutes of cloud export) and credit plans from about $21–25 per month for 100 credits (1 credit = $0.25). JsonCut creation is free; exports start with Hobby at €/$17 per month or €/$10 per month yearly.
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| Criterion | JsonCut | ChatCut |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | Free creation · exports from €/$17 monthly · €/$10 per month yearly | Free plan · credit plans from about $21–25/mo |
| AI agent in the editor | Built-in AI Director: plans, edits and checks the project itself | Built-in agent that edits the active timeline |
| Keyframes and curves | Stronger fit: Keyframes with editable curves on every property | Not documented |
| Motion graphics | Stronger fit: Layers you edit by hand: text, shapes, morphs, Smart Animate | Generated by AI; text, font and colour editable, structure changed through the AI |
| 3D | Stronger fit: Real 3D scenes | Not documented |
| AI video and image models | Stronger fit: 13 video and 14 image models | 9 video models (Seedance, Kling, MiniMax, Gemini Omni) and 4 image models |
| Voices | 21 voices in 15 languages, no cloning | Stronger fit: 39 voices in 29 languages and voice cloning |
| Music, sound effects and talking heads | Music, sound-effect and talking-head models in the project | AI music, sound effects, avatars and lip sync |
| Images and carousels | Stronger fit: Layered image editor with multi-page carousels | Image generation; an image or carousel editor is not documented |
| Templates, bulk and API | Stronger fit: REST API, bulk rendering, webhooks, n8n/Make and an MCP server | Motion graphics saved as templates; public API and bulk rendering not documented |
| MCP | Hosted MCP server (Claude, ChatGPT and other agents) | Local MCP server in the desktop app |
| Handoff and apps | Browser; ProRes with alpha, Final Cut, Premiere and Resolve handoff | Web, macOS and Windows; XML for Premiere and DaVinci, CapCut drafts |
JsonCut or ChatCut?What people ask before they switch.
What is the difference between JsonCut and ChatCut?
Both let an AI agent edit a real timeline. ChatCut focuses on agent-driven editing of footage with desktop apps. JsonCut adds hand-editable keyframes, motion graphics and 3D, an image and carousel editor, and templates, a public API and a hosted MCP server for producing many versions.
Can I edit the motion graphics myself?
In JsonCut every graphic is made of layers with keyframes and curves you can change by hand or with the AI Director. ChatCut documents editing text, font and colour directly and changing structure or animation through its AI.
Which one works with Claude or ChatGPT?
Both. ChatCut runs a local MCP server in its desktop app with plugins for Claude Code, Codex and others. JsonCut runs a hosted MCP server and connectors for Claude and ChatGPT, so an agent can create, edit, review and render projects without a desktop app.
Which has more voices?
ChatCut lists 39 voices in 29 languages and voice cloning. JsonCut has 21 voices in 15 languages, no cloning.
How we compared.And what we left out.
- Scope
- Editing, AI features, automation and price from each product's public pages. We do not claim speed or cost advantages we have not measured.
- Sources
- ChatCut product facts, features, pricing and timeline documentation · ChatCut motion graphics and digital humans documentation · ChatCut Claude Code plugin page · JsonCut pricing and product pages.
- Not documented
- Where a feature is not publicly documented, the table says so instead of claiming it is missing. Prices and features change; check them before you buy.
Try it on your own project.Decide from the editable result.
Start free in Studio: build a real video, post or carousel, change it with the AI Director and see what stays editable.