AutoCut and CutDeck are the closest matchup on the Premiere plugin shelf right now. They overlap on silence cutting, subtitles, viral clips, and profanity censor. They diverge in two big places: AutoCut has more total tools (zoom, b-rolls, repeat-take detection, chapters, resize) but tier-gates them behind its $19.80/mo AI plan. CutDeck's silence cutter is free, Pro is $7.99/mo or $49 once, it includes emotion-matched music and sound effects, and it lets Claude or ChatGPT drive the edit. It is Premiere-only.
| CutDeck | AutoCut | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | FreeSilence cutter free forever. Pro $7.99/mo or $49 once, one tier |
$9.90/mo Basic $19.80/mo AI plan $14.90/mo on annual |
| Free option | Silence cutter free foreverPro features are paid | 14-day trialNo card required |
| Host editors | Premiere Pro 15+ | Premiere Pro 2023+, DaVinci Resolve 18.6+ |
| Auto silence cutting | ✓ FreePer-track control, threshold, padding. No license needed | ✓ AutoCut SilencesRequires Basic ($9.90/mo) or AI plan |
| AI editing with Claude / ChatGPT | ✓ YesClaude or ChatGPT (via Codex) edits your real Premiere timeline, from cuts and captions to audio mixing, titles, speed ramps, and export, using the AI plan you already have | ✗ NoUses its own built-in AI features |
| Auto subtitles | ✓ Built inWhisper, local, profanity censor, ALL CAPS | ✓ AutoCaptionsAI plan only. Includes translation. |
| Multi-cam speaker switching | ✓ Built inPer-track POV mapping | ✓ AutoCut PodcastAI plan only |
| Viral clip detection | ✓ Built inPicks moments, builds vertical sequences | ✓ AutoViralAI plan only |
| Profanity censor | ✓ Built in | ✓ AutoProfanity FilterAI plan only |
| Filler-word removal ("um", "uh") | ✓ Built inEach filler is checked against the audio before it's cut. English for now | Not in AutoCut |
| Emotion-matched music | ✓ Built inEmotion-matched, auto-ducked | Not in AutoCut |
| Emotion-matched sound effects | ✓ Built inEmotion-matched, no cloud | Not in AutoCut |
| Speaker PNG overlays | ✓ Built inEmotion variants per speaker | Not in AutoCut |
| Smart zoom | Not in CutDeck | ✓ AutoZoomAI plan only |
| B-roll insertion | ~ Via AI editingYour AI searches licensed stock (Pexels, Pixabay, Openverse) and places it under your captions. Pro | ✓ AutoB-RollsStoryBlocks. AI plan only. |
| Duplicate take detection | ~ Via AI editingYour AI finds retakes in the transcript and cuts them | ✓ AutoCut RepeatAI plan only |
| YouTube chapters | ~ Via AI editingYour AI writes chapters from the transcript and adds the markers. Free | ✓ AutoChaptersAI plan only |
| Social-format resize | ~ Via viral clip output | ✓ AutoResizeAI plan only |
| Subtitle translation | ✓ Built inTranslate before placing, language auto-detected | ✓ AutoCaptions |
| DaVinci Resolve support | Not yet | ✓ Yes |
| Local processing | ✓ Everything localNo cloud upload of footage. With AI editing, only timeline summaries and transcripts go to your AI | ~ MixedSome features use cloud APIs |
AutoCut Basic at $9.90/mo only covers silence cutting. To match the feature surface most people actually want, you need the AI plan at $19.80/mo monthly or $14.90/mo on annual billing.
A year of AutoCut AI is $237.60 monthly or $178.80 annual. A year of CutDeck Pro is $95.88 monthly, or $49 once for a lifetime license. That's $82.92 to $188.60 less in the first year, and the lifetime license costs nothing after that.
Where AutoCut wins on value: if you specifically need smart zoom, you can't get it from CutDeck at any price. The AI plan is the only way to get it. The same is true the other direction: if you want emotion-matched music or sound effects in your timeline, CutDeck is the only one of the two that ships them.
The silence cutter is free forever. No card, no trial clock. Pro unlocks everything else, including AI editing with Claude or ChatGPT, for $7.99/mo or $49 once. No tiers to think about.
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