Vidlet vs VEED
Both put a video editor in a browser tab. The difference is where your video goes when you press a button.
Vidlet runs FFmpeg compiled to WebAssembly inside the page. Trimming, compression, silence cutting and GIF export happen on your own machine, and the file never leaves it. There is nothing to upload and nothing to wait for on someone else's queue. The AI features (transcription for captions) are the exception and they say so: those send audio off-device and need a free Google sign-in.
VEED is an online editor with a large catalogue of AI tools Vidlet does not have, priced per user per year. Where its processing happens is not stated on its pricing page, so this page does not claim to know.
Side by side
| Vidlet | VEED | |
|---|---|---|
| Where editing happens | In the browser tab, FFmpeg.wasm. The file never leaves your device. | Not quoted: their pricing page does not say, and we are not guessing at something this page's whole argument rests on. |
| Billing unit | Flat, per account. | Per user, per year, as stated on their pricing page. |
| Free tier | Unlimited local editing, trimming, compression and GIF export. 720p exports, watermarked, 10 AI transcription minutes a month. | A free plan exists; its limits are not quoted here because we did not read them off their page. |
| Works offline | Local editing does. Only the AI features need a connection. | Not quoted: we did not verify this. |
| Driven by an agent | Full MCP server, free and unlimited on every plan, so Claude can cut and caption a video for you. | VEED publishes HTTP APIs; whether any of them is an MCP server we did not check. |
| Open source | Yes, github.com/muammar-yacoob/VidLet. | Not quoted: we did not verify this. |
Pricing
Every figure below was read off each vendor’s own pricing page on 25 October 2026. Check VEED’s, and check ours.
Vidlet
- Clip · Free
- Unlimited local editing, trimming, compression and GIF export. 720p, watermarked. Full MCP server access. 10 AI transcription minutes a month.
- Reel · $9 a month, or $69.95 a year
- No watermark, 1080p and 4K, 300 AI transcription minutes a month, unlimited MCP calls, one-call Shorts with narration and karaoke captions. 14-day trial. For the whole account, not per seat.
- Blockbuster · $29 a month, or $290 a year
- Everything in Reel, plus publishing straight to YouTube over MCP, AI hashtags, 1,500 AI transcription minutes a month.
VEED
- Creator · £116 per user / year
- 6,000 credits. No watermark, unlimited auto subtitles, 15+ AI tools.
- Pro · £206 per user / year
- 30,000 credits. Multiple brand kits, translation to 50+ languages.
- Studio · £412 per user / year
- 180,000 credits. Custom templates.
- Enterprise · Custom
- Custom credits, central team management, review mode, privacy controls.
When VEED is the better buy
- You want AI avatars, text-to-video, dubbing or voice cloning. Vidlet does not have them and is not trying to.
- You need translation into 50+ languages, or brand kits and custom templates shared across a team.
- You are a team that wants central user management and review workflows. Vidlet has no team features at all.
- You are editing on a machine that cannot run the work. Local processing means your laptop does it, so a long 4K export is your fan spinning rather than someone else's server.
Questions
- Does Vidlet upload my video?
- No. Editing runs as WebAssembly inside the page, so trimming, compression, silence cutting and GIF export all happen on your own machine and the file never leaves it. The AI features are the exception: transcription for auto-captions sends audio off-device and needs a free Google sign-in.
- Is Vidlet free?
- Local editing, trimming, compression, GIF export and the full MCP server are free and unlimited. The free tier exports at 720p with a watermark and includes 10 AI transcription minutes a month. Removing the watermark and unlocking 4K is $9 a month.
- Is Vidlet cheaper than VEED?
- On the figures read from both pricing pages on 25 October 2026, Vidlet Reel is $69.95 a year for the whole account and VEED Creator is £116 per user per year. The gap widens with every extra person, because Vidlet does not charge per seat. VEED's prices are quoted in pounds because their page localises by region.
- Can Claude or another agent drive Vidlet?
- Yes. Vidlet ships an MCP server in the npm package @spark-apps/vidlet, free and unlimited on every plan including the free one. It can cut, caption, add voiceover and build Shorts without you opening the editor.
- When should I pick VEED instead?
- When you want AI avatars, text-to-video, dubbing or translation into many languages, or when you need team management and shared brand kits. Vidlet has none of those.