BeHooked vs Palmier: Features, Pricing & Differences

Palmier — Palmier Pro is a native macOS video editor with a multi-track timeline, built-in generation and AI agents that edit through MCP.

Choose Palmier if

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.

Choose BeHooked if

Creators who want a wide model catalogue with purpose-built apps for ads, translation, lipsync and upscaling.

Side by side

What each one does.

Every row, for both products — including the ones BeHooked does not have.

Capabilities of BeHooked and Palmier, side by side
Capability	BeHooked	Palmier
Generate
Image generation	Yes 45 image models — Nano Banana, GPT Image, Flux, Seedream, Midjourney and more	Yes FLUX 3 among others
Video generation	Yes 38 video models — Veo, Kling, Seedance, Wan, Hailuo, LTX and more	Yes Seedance 2.5, Runway and others
Choice of third-party models	Yes Pick the model per run; no model is gated by plan	Yes Seedance 2.5, FLUX 3, Runway, ElevenLabs, Google Omni and others
AI avatars & lipsync	Yes 14 lipsync models plus curated avatars in Ad Studio	Not published
Product-to-ad generation	Yes Ad Studio: paste a product URL, pick from 14 templates and 9 hooks	Not published
Edit & finish
Prompt & mask image editing	Yes Draw to Edit: mark up the image, leave notes, pick from four edit models	Not published
Image & video upscaling	Yes Images up to 512 MP, video to 4K, on Topaz models	Yes Upscales inside the timeline
Auto captions	Yes Dynamic Captions: transcribe, edit the words, pick a style	Yes Transcription, captions and subtitle import
Long video to short clips	Yes Podcast Clipper proposes vertical clips; you approve before render	Not published
Multi-track timeline editor	No Generation-first — finish in your editor of choice	Yes Multi-track, with keyframes, colour grading and multicam
Audio
Video translation & dubbing	Yes 175+ languages with voice cloning	Not published
Text to speech & voice cloning	Yes ElevenLabs, Minimax, Cartesia and Qwen voices; one-step voice cloning	Yes Voiceover generation
Music generation	Yes Minimax Music v2 and ElevenLabs Music, with vocals	Yes
Sound effects	Yes ElevenLabs and Beatoven sound effects, loopable	Yes
Workflow
Conversational agent that runs jobs	Yes Superagent plans the steps and asks before it spends	Yes Palmier Chat, or Claude, Codex and Cursor over MCP
Node-based workflow canvas	Yes Nodeflow: typed nodes, credit estimate before you run	Not published
API, MCP or CLI access	Yes MCP connector, CLI and Skills	Yes MCP connection, with community Skills on GitHub

The differences

Where they part ways.

The choices Palmier and BeHooked made differently, and what each one means for your work.

Editing vs generation

Palmier: Palmier is a multi-track editor first, with generation built in. For cutting a long video it is the stronger choice.
BeHooked: BeHooked generates and finishes. It has no multi-track timeline editor, so the long edit happens in your editor of choice.

How you pay

Palmier: The editor is free. Generation credits come with Pro at $29 a month (limited-time price) or Max at $69 a month.
BeHooked: There is no free plan. Pro is ₹2,900 a month for 60,000 credits, or pay-as-you-go packs from ₹500. Credits are quoted before each run.

Purpose-built apps

Palmier: Palmier's building blocks are editing tools plus generation, combined through its agent and Skills.
BeHooked: Apps for specific jobs: Ad Studio turns a product URL into video ads from 14 templates and 9 hooks, plus Translate into 175+ languages, Lipsync and Topaz upscaling up to 4K video.

Credit where due

Where they win.

What Palmier does well. If these matter most to you, it may be the better pick.

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.

Pricing

How each one charges.

Quoted as each product publishes it. The units differ, so we have not converted one into the other.

Palmier

How it charges: Free editor, monthly subscription for generation credits
Free plan: Full multi-track editor, MCP access for Claude, Codex and Cursor, local transcription and export, with no account required
Cheapest paid plan: Pro at $29 per month for 5,000 generation credits (a limited-time price; regularly $49 per month)
Worth knowing: Max is $69 per month for 12,000 credits (regularly $99). Enterprise is custom. Palmier estimates 5,000 credits at around 333 images or 2 to 7 minutes of video. Requires macOS 26.

BeHooked

How it charges: Monthly credits, every model on every plan
Free plan: None
Cheapest paid plan: Pro at ₹2,900 a month for 60,000 credits
Worth knowing: Pay-as-you-go packs at 15 credits per ₹1, no subscription needed. Failed runs are refunded.

Prices as published on 25 September 2026. They change — check each pricing page before you buy.

FAQs

Questions, answered.

What people ask when they are choosing between Palmier and BeHooked.

Is BeHooked a good Palmier alternative?

Not if you need a timeline editor. Palmier is a multi-track editor on the Mac; BeHooked is a workspace for generating and finishing media, and has no timeline.

Can both be driven by Claude or Cursor?

Yes. Palmier connects to Claude, Codex and Cursor through MCP, and BeHooked has an MCP connector for Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor plus a CLI.

Which is cheaper, Palmier or BeHooked?

Palmier is cheaper to start, since its editor is free and Pro is $29 a month at its current price. BeHooked has no free plan and starts at ₹2,900 a month or ₹500 pay-as-you-go packs.

Does BeHooked have a timeline editor like Palmier?

No. BeHooked generates and finishes media and does not replace a multi-track editor; Palmier is one, and exports XML to Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve and Final Cut.

What can I actually do with what I generate, including commercial use?

You own the outputs you generate, to the extent they can be owned, and you may use them commercially. We claim no licence over them beyond what is needed to store them in your library and deliver them to you. Note that the legal status of machine-generated output is unsettled in some jurisdictions — we can grant everything we hold, but not rights that nobody holds.

Sources

How we compared.

Everything on this page about Palmier comes from Palmier's own published pages, read on 25 September 2026. Where they do not publish something, the table says so rather than guessing. Palmier is a trademark of its owner; this page is not affiliated with or endorsed by them. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we will correct it.