Recut vs reap.video
The agent-native clipper YouTube can’t block.
reap is a great cloud clipper — but it downloads YouTube on its own servers, where Google’s datacenter blocks bite. Recut runs yt-dlp on your machine, on a residential IP, so ingestion just works. Same MCP + CLI + API surface, plus a single self-contained binary.
Ingestion that doesn’t break
reap pulls videos cloud-side, so it inherits YouTube’s datacenter-IP throttling. Recut downloads on your own machine — a residential IP YouTube treats as a normal viewer.
One binary, no runtime
Recut ships a single self-contained CLI — no Node, no npm, no container. Drop it on a server or into CI and an agent can drive it headlessly in seconds.
Edit by text, not just clip
Recut is a transcript editor and a clipper. Delete words to cut footage, trim silence, strip fillers — then ship the MP4. reap is clip-and-caption first.
Side by side
Recut vs reap.video
MCP server
Drive it from Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code
Public CLI + REST API
YouTube ingestion
Where most downloads quietly fail
Self-contained install
No Node, npm, or container required
Transcript-based editing
Cut footage by deleting words
Auto captions burned in
Multi-language dubbing
100+ language captions
Identical edits across UI / CLI / agent
One engine, byte-identical output
Predictable pricing
No per-clip credits
Pricing
What you pay
Recut bills only for transcription minutes. Editing, AI, and rendering are unlimited.
$0
100 min/mo
$0
1 hr/mo, 720p, watermarked
$19/mo
300 min, API + MCP included
$24/mo
Creator — 10 hr, API included
$49/mo
1200 min (20 hr)
$50/mo
20 hr, 4K, 3 users
reap.video pricing verified June 2026. See full Recut pricing.
Where reap.video is ahead today
We'd rather you pick the right tool than the loudest one.
- Dubbing in 80+ languages and captions/translation in 100+ — Recut doesn’t dub yet.
- A built-in social scheduler, stock-media library, and a 4K render tier on Studio.
- A more mature, feature-broad creator app if you never touch the command line.