Gling
Desktop AI editor that cuts silences, filler words, and bad takes from raw footage.
About
Gling is a desktop app for Mac and PC that does the tedious first pass of video editing automatically: it transcribes your recording, removes silences, filler words, and bad takes, and lets you refine the cut by editing the transcript text. It also adds AI captions, auto-zoom framing, noise removal, multicam editing, and AI B-roll, then exports to Premiere, Final Cut Pro, or DaVinci Resolve via XML, or as MP4/MP3 with SRT subtitles.
The free plan includes 1 hour of AI-edited media per month with watermarked exports, and paid plans run from $20 per month (Plus, 10 hours) to $100 per month (Elite) on annual billing. Gling also ships YouTube-specific helpers like a title generator, chapter generator, and next-video suggestions. It is a weak fit for browser-only workflows or already-tight footage, since it is desktop-only and primarily automates rough-cut cleanup.
What it can do
- Automatic removal of bad takes, silences, and filler words
- Text-based transcript editing of the video timeline
- AI captions with SRT export
- Auto framing (zoom in/out) and multicam editing
- Noise removal and speech audio enhancement
- AI B-roll generation on Pro tier and above
- XML export to Premiere, Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve
- YouTube title, chapter, and next-video idea generators
- Viral-clip generation from video links
Setup
- Download Gling for Mac or Windows and create an account.
- Import your raw talking-head or voiceover footage.
- Let AI cut silences and bad takes, then refine in the text-based transcript editor.
- Export via XML to your NLE of choice, or as MP4/MP3 with SRT captions.
Prerequisites
A Mac or Windows computer; raw footage to process.
Use cases
Works with
Trust score — 7/10
Scored 7/10 (TIER metrics, metrics-v1). Evidence: multiple 2026 reviews document a live free tier (1 hr/mo watermarked) and paid tiers $20-$100/mo; desktop app with consistent feature lists across independent review sources; XML handoff workflow to major NLEs. Strengths: clear value proposition for rough-cut automation, generous free trial of the core workflow, professional-editor integration. Docked for: (1) cutting accuracy and transcription quality are provider-claimed, not hands-on tested; (2) English-only transcription per directory listings and desktop-only delivery limits reach. License: proprietary.
How the trust score is built
Full methodology →- Adoption · stars/downloads, log-scaled vs peers
- 7.0/10
- Maintenance · recency, releases, issue load
- 7.0/10
- Openness · license + docs
- 6.0/10
- Manual review · sanity read + red-flag check
- 7.0/10
- · Free tier live (1 hr/mo watermarked); paid tiers $20-$100/mo
- · XML handoff to Premiere/FCP/DaVinci documented across independent reviews
- · Desktop-only Mac/PC delivery; English-only transcription per directory listings
- · Cutting accuracy and transcription quality are provider-claimed, not hands-on tested
Sources
Every fact above was checked against these sources. Where a claim comes from the provider and couldn't be independently verified, the text says so.