Priced against an editor, not a caption tool.
A human editor charges $50–150per short. Real Cut learns from those editors’ judgement — and is priced so you can run it every day. Refinements are free on every plan — fair use is 20 recuts per cut.
1 credit = 1 minute of raw footage taken through a full first cut.
SEC 01 · THE APP
TOP-UP: $10 = 40 CREDITS
1 CREDIT = 1 EDIT-MINUTE OF RAW FOOTAGE PROCESSED
STORAGE PACK: $5 = +100 GB
Storage counts your uploaded footage — finished cuts and edit decisions never count against it. At 80% we tell you. At 100% new uploads pause; exports, downloads and existing sessions keep working on every plan.
$19 CREATOR / $59 PRO · LOCKED
Early, honest, and priced like it. Locked for as long as you stay.
SEC 02 · MCP — CONNECT
MCP is included. Mint a key below and connect your agent.
$49 /MO
Priced for agent-driven editing. Keep Claude Code, Cursor, or any MCP agent as your interface; Real Cut carries the real editing model.
- 240 EDIT-MIN/MO
- FULL MCP TOOL SURFACE
- Priority queue.
- 4K EXPORT
- Works with Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, ChatGPT desktop, Claude Desktop, and more.
- Same credits, same top-ups. Web app included when you want it.
Renews monthly at $49 until cancelled. Cancel anytime in the billing portal.
FULFILLMENT: EARLY ACCESS — EDIT JOBS ARE FULFILLED BY THE REAL CUT BENCH, THE SAME QUEUE THE APP USES, WHILE RCM 1 TRAINS.
MCP is included in Pro and Studio; sold standalone as Connect. Full docs → /mcp
SEC 03 · API
PRICING PREVIEW
EARLY-ACCESS PRICING PREVIEW — SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT GA
1 CREDIT = 1 EDIT-MINUTE. THE API BILLS THE SAME UNIT THE PRODUCT BILLS.
BULK PACKS — EARLY-ACCESS PREVIEW
CALLS RETURN 503 MODEL_NOT_DEPLOYED UNTIL RCM 1 CLEARS OUR QUALITY BAR. KEYS MINT TODAY; THE CONTRACT IS LIVE.
Plans include the same credits — see pricing. Bulk packs are on sale: the credits work today over MCP and the app. Direct REST inference (POST /api/model/v1/edit) stays 503 until RCM 1 arms.
Self-serve keys and credits →Enterprise
CUSTOM POOLS · INVOICING · SECURITY REVIEW
Custom credit pools and terms for teams past Studio scale — invoicing, procurement, security review, single sign-on conversations. Nothing is promised here that is not built; write to us and we answer with the current truth.
sales@realcut.aiBuilding on the API? Full API docs → /developers
The comparison that matters isn’t caption tools — they template. It’s a human editor at $50–150 per short. Editors are the heroes here — we pay them to teach it.
Why is the free tier free?
The free tier is designed around an exchange: you share edit decisions — the timing and structure choices you make when you refine a cut — never your footage. Today nothing of yours trains RCM 1; when the exchange goes live it will be explicit, opt-in at signup, and never retroactive. Your footage stays yours and is never part of the exchange, on any plan.
Do you train on my data on paid plans?
No — never silently. Paid tiers train nothing by default. Any change to data settings is opt-in, never opt-out, and nothing is pre-checked.
Do you take a license to my content?
No perpetual-license language, ever. You grant us only what is needed to process your footage and hand the finished cut back to you.
What exactly is a credit?
1 credit = 1 edit-minute of raw footage processed. Ten minutes of raw takes through a full first cut costs 10 credits. Extra variations on the same upload cost half rate. Chat refinements and time-anchored notes are free — fair use is 20 recuts per cut, disclosed here so the meter never surprises you.
What does early access mean?
We’re training RCM 1 now. Onboarding runs in small batches, edges are rough, and the examples on this site are cut by human editors — the craft the model learns. Founding pricing is locked while you stay subscribed.
What happens to my founding price later?
It holds. $19 Creator and $59 Pro stay locked for as long as you stay continuously subscribed — 500 seats total.
Can a team share one Real Cut subscription?
Studio is a single login today. Multi-seat workspaces with pooled credits are in build; until they ship, one subscription is one seat. Write to sales@realcut.ai if your team wants in early.
Is there an API?
Studio includes REST API access and MCP. Keys can be minted today and the request contract is published; calls return 503 until RCM 1 clears our quality bar.
How do the app, Connect, and the API relate?
One credit pool, one unit, three doors. The app is the subscription — Free, Creator, Pro, or Studio. Connect is the standalone door for MCP alone, priced between Creator and Pro. The API bills the same credits as both, at bulk volume rates. Every door spends from the same balance.
What is Connect, and which plans include MCP?
Connect is the standalone MCP-only plan — the real editing model inside your own agent (Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT desktop, or any MCP agent), priced between Creator and Pro. Full MCP is included on Connect, Pro, and Studio; Free and Creator can mint a key and use the read-only tools. One key works on both the MCP server and the REST API.
How do bulk packs work?
Bulk packs are self-serve prepaid credits on the same ladder as every plan and top-up — bulk pricing starts at $0.200 per credit and descends by volume. Buy a pack and the credits post to the same pool the app and MCP already spend from. The pack prices shown here are an early-access preview and may change at general availability. Direct model calls answer 503 until RCM 1 clears our quality bar; the credits work today over MCP and the app.
How do I cancel or change my plan?
Manage, change, or cancel your subscription anytime from the billing portal — it also handles payment methods and plan switches, with proration shown before anything is charged. If an edit job ever fails, its credits are refunded in full, automatically.