Free Online Video Editor

EchoWave is a free online video editor that runs entirely in your web browser, so you can trim and cut clips, add text and titles, layer music or a voiceover, generate subtitles, and apply effects without downloading or installing anything. It also doubles as a video sound editor and audio editor, which is where EchoWave started, so editing the audio is as easy as editing the picture. Open the editor, drop in your footage, edit on the timeline, and export an MP4 to keep or share. It works on Windows, Mac, Chromebook, and most phones and tablets.

How the online video editor works

EchoWave loads in any modern browser and gives you a multi-track timeline, a preview canvas, and a tool sidebar, the same layout you would expect from desktop editing software. You upload your video, then arrange clips on the timeline: drag the ends to trim, split a clip at the playhead to cut out a section, and reorder pieces by dragging them. Above and below the main video track you can stack extra layers for text, images, logos, stickers, and separate audio, which is how you build titles, lower thirds, captions, and background music.

Editing happens live in the preview so you can see changes as you make them. When you are done, EchoWave renders the final file on its servers rather than tying up your laptop, then gives you a download link. Because the heavy lifting runs in the cloud, an older or low-powered machine can still export a clean HD video.

What you can do with it

The toolset covers the everyday jobs most people open a video editor for. You can cut and trim footage, crop and resize the frame, rotate or flip a clip, change playback speed, and merge several clips into one sequence. On the visual side you can add styled text and animated titles, overlay a logo or watermark, drop in images and stickers, and apply filters.

Edit the audio, not just the video

EchoWave grew out of audio tooling, so as a video sound editor it is genuinely strong. Use it as a video audio editor to add a music bed or a voiceover, mix and adjust levels, fade audio in and out, replace or remove the original sound, and clean up a clip where the sound matters as much as the picture. There is a voice editor side too: tweak a recorded voiceover, add an echo or a touch of reverb, and balance speech against background music. You can also edit the audio on its own and turn a track into a shareable waveform or audiogram video. If you mostly want to edit audio in a video rather than the visuals, EchoWave works as a free video sound editor without the steep learning curve of desktop software.

Subtitles and captions are built in, which matters because most social video is watched on mute. You can add and time captions to keep viewers engaged in a feed where sound is off by default.

Real use cases

Creators use the editor to cut long recordings into short clips for TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts, then add captions and a hook on screen. Small businesses put together product demos, promos, and social ads without hiring an editor. Podcasters use it as a YouTube audio editor, turning an audio episode into a captioned audiogram or a static-image video for YouTube and editing the sound before they post. Teachers and course creators trim screen recordings and add titles and arrows to explain a step. Anyone with a phone full of clips can stitch a quick highlight reel for a birthday, trip, or event.

Because nothing installs, it is also handy on a work or school computer where you cannot add software, or on a borrowed machine where you just need to get one edit done and move on.

Supported formats and export specs

You can upload the common formats people actually have: MP4, MOV, M4V, WebM, AVI, MKV, and more, plus image files like JPG and PNG and audio files like MP3, WAV, and AAC for your soundtrack. The most reliable input is H.264 MP4, the same format your phone records, and it is also the recommended export format because it plays everywhere and uploads cleanly to every social platform.

EchoWave exports to MP4 (H.264 video with AAC audio) in standard sizes and aspect ratios. Use 9:16 vertical for TikTok, Reels, and Shorts, 1:1 square for feed posts, and 16:9 widescreen for YouTube and presentations. You set the canvas size before you export, so you can repurpose the same project into multiple aspect ratios without starting over.

Quality, watermark, and limits

Editing is free, and so is exporting. Free exports include a small EchoWave watermark in the corner; a paid plan removes it and unlocks higher export limits. If you only need a quick one-off job and want a clean file with no mark, EchoWave's dedicated quick tools for cropping, trimming, and compressing export with no watermark at all.

Render time depends on the length, resolution, and how many layers and effects you have added. A short social clip usually finishes in well under a minute, while a long multi-track project takes longer. Because rendering runs in the cloud, your own device speed barely affects the export, though your upload speed does affect how quickly your footage reaches the editor.

Device and browser support

The online video editor runs in Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge on Windows, macOS, Linux, and ChromeOS, and it works in mobile browsers on iPhone, iPad, and Android, so there is no separate app to install. A keyboard and a larger screen make timeline work more comfortable, but you can record on your phone, open EchoWave in the phone browser, and edit on the same device. Your projects are saved to your account, so you can start an edit on your laptop and pick it up later from another machine.