Gling vs VEED (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, VEED grades higher than Gling: 2.4 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 6, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
VEED grades higher on features and platforms. They get the same grade on value for money, the free plan and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Gling
AI editor that cuts bad takes and silences from talking videos
VEED
Browser-based AI video generator and editor for social video
Which one is for you
Pick Gling if
- Fits if you record talking-head videos and spend hours cutting dead air
- Works for editors who want a rough cut to finish elsewhere
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if your video has little speech, since the vendor says it may not help
- Tight if you stay free, as 1 hour a month with a watermark
- Watch out: hours don't roll over between months
- Not for you if you use a browser or phone, since it's built for desktop
- Watch out: Premiere and MP4 export need multi-camera footage synced first
Pick VEED if
- Fits if you make short social videos and edit in a browser or on a phone
- Works for adding styled subtitles and translations to existing footage
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you're staying free, because exports are 720p with a watermark that can't be removed
- Pricey if you have several editors, since web plans multiply the price by every seat
- Skip it if you dislike metered plans, as AI credits refresh on renewal and unused ones don't carry over
- Pricey if you pay monthly, at $25 for Creator against $146.99 a year
- Watch out: the pricing page shows local currency, the dollar prices here are App Store ones, and there's no desktop app
How we grade them
| 2.0GPAGlingFair | 2.4GPAVEEDFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C$10 a month billed yearly ($20 monthly) for Plus, between the category's cheaper quarter and its middle. Pro is $20 and Elite $50. | CCreator is $146.99 a year, about $12 a month, which is just over this category's $10 middle. Pay by the month and it's $25, above almost everything here, and web plans are per seat with credits that don't carry over. |
| Free plan and trial | CA free plan with 1 hour of AI-edited media a month, exports with a watermark and no project-file export. | CThe free plan does trim, crop, resize, text and music, but exports are 720p with a VEED watermark that can't be moved or removed, and the AI tools are one-time trials. A look round, not a working plan. |
| Features | CRemoves silences and bad takes, trims by transcript, captions, and exports to editors. A smaller job done fully, and the vendor says videos without speech may not benefit. | BA browser timeline, cutting by deleting words from the transcript, animated auto subtitles, translation, text-to-speech, voice cloning, dubbing, video from a prompt, a screen recorder and brand kits. The listing shows no gap in the core job. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record, and the link comes by email. | CNo store rating on record, and the work is the editing itself, in a browser, with AI credits and voice-hour allowances to keep track of. Starting a video from a typed idea is the easy part. |
| Platforms and integrations | CDesktop only, Windows and Mac, with export to Premiere, Final Cut and DaVinci. | BBrowser plus iPhone and Android on the same account, and a public API. No desktop app, which is what caps it, and the listing shows no integrations with other tools. |
| Best for | cutting silences out of YouTube recordings | AI-assisted social video in a browser |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Gling and VEED. How we grade
Price against what you get
Gling starts at $10 a month and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. VEED starts at $12.25 a month when paid by the year for each person and scores 2.7.
VEED scores higher, and starts $2.25 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other screen recording and video tools on the chart, 26 score higher than Gling for less, and 8 score higher than VEED for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- VEED also covers templates and screen recording.
At a glance
| Gling | VEED | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $10 per month, billed annually ($20 billed monthly) | $25 per month or $146.99 per year for Creator (US App Store prices) |
| Free plan | Free: 1 hour of AI-edited media per month, unlimited exports with a watermark. | Basic editing such as trim, crop, resize, text and music, 720p exports that carry a VEED watermark, and one-time trials of AI tools such as Auto Edits, AI B-roll and audio cleanup. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| macOS | ||
| Windows | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Gling Inc | VEED Ltd |
| Price read from | gling.ai | apps.apple.com |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Oct 6, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Gling
- The site says Gling is built for desktop and sends the download link by email.
- It depends on speech: the vendor says videos without speech may not benefit.
- Multi-camera and separate-mic projects can go to Resolve or Final Cut Pro; for Premiere or MP4/MP3 export the cameras must be synced first.
- Hours do not roll over between months, and the free plan watermarks exports.
VEED
- Free exports are limited to 720p and carry a VEED watermark that cannot be moved or removed.
- Web plans are billed per seat, so the plan price is multiplied by the number of editors in the workspace.
- AI credits refresh when the subscription renews and unused credits do not carry over.
- The pricing page shows local-currency prices; the dollar prices here come from the US App Store listing and web checkout prices may differ.
Key features
Gling
- Bad-take removal
- Finds repeated takes, silences and filler words from the transcript and cuts them.
- Text-based trimming
- Edit the cut by changing the transcript text or removing clips from the timeline.
- Captions
- Generates captions and exports subtitles as .SRT.
- Editor export
- Sends the edit to Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro or DaVinci Resolve; project-file export needs a paid plan.
- Noise removal and auto framing
- Cleans up speech audio and adds zoom in and out.
- YouTube helpers
- Suggests titles, chapters and next-video ideas.
VEED
- AI video generation
- Type an idea and get a draft video as a talking character or a faceless format, using models such as VEED Fabric and Google Veo. Each generation spends AI credits from the plan.
- Browser video editor
- Trim, crop and arrange clips on a timeline, add text and music, or cut footage by deleting words from the transcript. It runs in Chrome, Safari, Edge and Firefox without a download.
- Subtitles and translation
- Auto-generated subtitles with animated styles. Paid plans include unlimited subtitles under a 50-hour monthly fair-use limit, while translation minutes count against the plan's allowance.
- AI voices, avatars and dubbing
- Text-to-speech, voice cloning, AI dubbing and AI characters for talking-head videos. AI voice time is capped by plan.
- Screen and webcam recorder
- Record a browser tab, a window or the whole screen with webcam and microphone in a chosen layout, then open the recording in the editor.
- Brand kits and templates
- Store brand fonts, colors, logos and watermarks for reuse across projects. Multiple brand kits start on Pro and custom templates on Studio.
Plans
Gling
Free$0
1 hour of AI-edited media a month; exports carry a watermark and project-file export is not included.
Plus$10
per month, billed annually ($20 billed monthly)
10 hours of AI-edited media a month, or 300 words of video generated from a link; no watermark.
Pro$20
per month, billed annually ($40 billed monthly)
30 hours of AI-edited media a month, or 900 generated words, with premium support.
Elite$50
per month, billed annually ($100 billed monthly)
100 hours of AI-edited media a month, or 2,700 generated words, with premium support.
VEED
Free$0
Basic editing tools, 720p exports with a VEED watermark and one-time trials of the AI editing tools.
Creator$25
per month, or $146.99 per year, as US App Store in-app purchases
No watermark, unlimited auto subtitles, the full audio and video catalog and 15+ AI tools. The yearly web plan lists 6,000 AI credits.
Pro$49
per month, or $289 per year, as US App Store in-app purchases
Everything in Creator plus multiple brand kits, translation into 50+ languages and up to 144 hours a year of AI voice. The yearly web plan lists 30,000 AI credits.
Studio$79
per month, or $464.99 per year, as US App Store in-app purchases
Everything in Pro plus custom templates and up to 960 hours a year of AI voice. The yearly web plan lists 180,000 AI credits.
EnterpriseCustom
Custom AI credits, central team and data management, review mode, privacy controls and customer success. Trials through sales need at least 3 users.
Ways to pay less
Gling
- Annual discount
Save 50% with annual billing
The pricing page labels the annual toggle Save 50%; Plus is $10 a month billed annually against $20 billed monthly.
VEED
- Annual discount
Save up to 51% with yearly billing
VEED's pricing page labels its Pay yearly option as saving up to 51% compared with paying monthly.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Gling or VEED?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Gling starts at $10 per month, billed annually ($20 billed monthly), and VEED starts at $25 per month or $146.99 per year for Creator (US App Store prices). One is priced for each person and the other is not, so which costs less depends on how many of you use it.
Which has a free plan, Gling or VEED?
As of Nov 12, 2026, both Gling and VEED have a free plan.
Which platforms do Gling and VEED run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Gling lists macOS and Windows apps and only VEED lists a web app and iOS and Android apps. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.