Palmier — Palmier Pro is a native macOS video editor with a multi-track timeline, built-in generation and AI agents that edit through MCP. It is a good fit for mac-based editors and agencies who want a real timeline editor with generation inside it, and who like driving edits from Claude, Codex or Cursor. If that is not you, or not any more, here is where else to look.
6 alternatives to Palmier.
BeHooked first — it is our page, and we say so. The rest are the researched products that cover the most of what you used it for, each on the same terms.
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BeHooked
A generation workspace: image, video and audio models from many labs, purpose-built apps, an agent and a node canvas, with every model on every plan.
- Best for
- Creators who want a wide model catalogue with purpose-built apps for ads, translation, lipsync and upscaling.
- Pricing starts
- Pro at ₹2,900 a month for 60,000 credits
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ElevenLabs
An AI audio platform for speech, voice cloning, dubbing, music and sound effects, now with image and video models and a Studio editor.
- Best for
- Anyone whose work starts with voice: narration, audiobooks, dubbing, voice agents and audio-led video, with a timeline editor and a full audio API.
- Pricing starts
- Starter at $6 a month billed monthly, 30,000 credits
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Wondercraft
An AI video and audio studio for business teams, with guided workflows, a timeline editor and Wonda, an assistant that coordinates the models.
- Best for
- Marketing, HR and L&D teams making training, onboarding and explainer videos or podcasts, who want guided workflows and a timeline to finish in.
- Pricing starts
- Creator at $25 a month, or $21 a month paid yearly, for 1,000 credits
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Descript
A video and podcast editor where you edit by editing the transcript, with an AI co-editor, Underlord, and built-in recording.
- Best for
- Podcasters, marketers and teams who record talking footage and want to cut, clean up and clip it by editing text, with a timeline when they need it.
- Pricing starts
- Hobbyist at $16 per person a month billed annually, or $24 billed monthly
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Adobe Firefly
Adobe's generative AI studio for image, video and audio, with its own Firefly models, partner models, Boards and a video editor.
- Best for
- Designers and teams already in Creative Cloud who want commercially safe Firefly models, partner models and a direct path into Photoshop and Premiere.
- Pricing starts
- Firefly Standard at ₹797.68 a month incl. GST, billed monthly, 2,000 generative credits
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Morphic
An AI image and video studio with a canvas, a Copilot and Compose, a multi-track editor, for taking a story from idea to finished cut.
- Best for
- Storytellers and animators who want to generate shots, keep characters consistent and cut the finished video in the same app, with live collaboration.
- Pricing starts
- Basic at $19 a month, billed monthly, for 2,400 credits
When to stay with Palmier.
Switching costs time. If these are the reasons you chose it, they may still be reasons to keep it.
- A full multi-track editor with keyframes, colour grading, LUTs, masking and multicam, free to use.
- Generation happens inside the timeline, so new clips, voiceover and music land where you are editing.
- Editing workflows can be saved as reusable Skills and applied across many videos.
- Exports to H.264, H.265 and ProRes, or as XML for Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve and Final Cut.
FAQs
Questions, answered.
What people ask when they are looking beyond Palmier.
What is the best Palmier alternative?
It depends on why you are leaving Palmier. BeHooked is the better fit for creators who want a wide model catalogue with purpose-built apps for ads, translation, lipsync and upscaling. If you want something closer to how Palmier works, look at ElevenLabs, Wondercraft, Descript, Adobe Firefly and Morphic — each is compared against BeHooked on this site, with sources.
Why do people look for Palmier alternatives?
Mostly for workflow rather than missing features: Palmier and BeHooked cover much of the same ground, and BeHooked puts every model on every plan with the credit cost shown before each run.
Is there a free Palmier alternative?
Among the alternatives here, ElevenLabs (10,000 credits a month, no commercial use); Wondercraft (free: 150 credits, limited model access, exports up to 720p); Descript (free plan: 60 media minutes a month, 100 one-time AI credits, 720p export with a watermark); Adobe Firefly (free daily generations across image, video and audio with selected models); Morphic (free plan with up to 20 credits and limited models) publish a free plan. BeHooked has no free plan, but its pay-as-you-go credit packs need no subscription.
When is it better to stay with Palmier?
Palmier remains the better choice for mac-based editors and agencies who want a real timeline editor with generation inside it, and who like driving edits from Claude, Codex or Cursor. Among its strengths: A full multi-track editor with keyframes, colour grading, LUTs, masking and multicam, free to use.
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