Lee Washington
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Pros
The ease of use when editing for social media. I spend less time cutting and positioning my videos.
Cons
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1 user review on Toolradar, plus 37 ratings aggregated from SourceForge, G2. Pros, cons and ratings, with each source and its date.
Rating at a glance
4.5 out of 5
Based on 37 ratings on G2 and SourceForge, as of Sep 2026. 1 Toolradar review (not averaged).
Write a reviewRating summary: OpenShot is rated 4.5 out of 5 across 37 ratings on G2 and SourceForge, as of Sep 2026. One Toolradar user has reviewed it (5.0 out of 5); a single review is not averaged into the rating.
4.5 out of 5
37 ratings on review sites, as of Sep 2026
| Source | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| G2 | 4.5 out of 5 | 31 |
| SourceForge | 4.5 out of 5 | 6 |
| Toolradar users | Not averaged (fewer than 3 reviews) | 1 |
This is the only Toolradar review so far: it is listed in full and not averaged into the rating above. The rating comes from the review sites listed in the summary.
Lee Washington
Email confirmedThe ease of use when editing for social media. I spend less time cutting and positioning my videos.
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Use cases
Editing for social media posts/
Toolradar data: Its head-to-head comparison pages had 72 visits in the last 30 days, ranking #16 of 69 tools with 20+ compare-page visits in Animation. As of Oct 2026.
| Metric | OpenShot | Peer median | Position (1 is best) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | 72% have one | n/a |
| Listed as an alternative to | 2 tools | 2 | #56 of 128 (joint) |
| User rating | 4.5/5 (across the web, 37 ratings) | 4.5/5 | #18 of 48 (joint) tools with 20+ reviews |
| Toolradar page visits, last 30 days | 143 visits | 118 | #4 of 10 tools with 50+ visits |
| Compare-page visits, last 30 days | 72 visits | 38 | #16 of 69 tools with 20+ compare-page visits |
Visitors most often compare OpenShot with Shotcut (last 30 days, Oct 2026).
Each position is counted among the tools that have data for that row, as noted under it. All Animation data · How we compute this. Advertising and placement fees are not inputs to any position. Visit counts include visits from every source.
Cite this: Toolradar, “OpenShot by the numbers”, Oct 2026.
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