Endroll vs Riverside
A Riverside alternative for when the footage is already shot — a folder of clips from cameras and phones — and you need a film that tells a story, not a recorded conversation to tidy up.
Pick Riverside if you record conversations — podcasts, interviews, webinars — with guests who join from anywhere, and want recording, transcript editing, clips and publishing in one place.
Pick Endroll if you already have the footage — many clips from many cameras — and need a film that says something specific: you write it, and the AI finds the moments and builds the cut on your own computer.
What each one is built for
| Feature | Riverside | Endroll |
|---|---|---|
| Approach | Recording and editing platform: Riverside “lets you record, edit, repurpose, and distribute studio-quality content”, with a text-based editor where you edit the recording through its transcript. | Script-first editor. You write what the video should say, and the AI builds an editable cut from your own footage. |
| What you start with | Recordings made in Riverside's studio — solo or with remote guests, up to 4K, each participant on a separate track — plus audio and video files you upload (15 hours a month on Pro, Grow and Webinar; unlimited on Business). | A folder of your own footage — phones and cameras mixed — plus a script or a short brief. |
| What the AI does | Magic Clips finds highlights and scores them; the AI Co-Creator makes clips, posts, thumbnails and descriptions and applies edits in the editor. Tools include remove filler words and pauses, Find fluff, Magic Audio, eye-contact correction, AI B-roll, translation and correcting speech by editing the transcript. | Indexes the footage on your machine (transcription, shot descriptions), picks the moments that fit your script and assembles the cut. You change it by hand, or ask for a re-cut in plain words. |
| Where your footage is processed | In Riverside's cloud. Each participant's track records locally on their device, then uploads to Riverside; external files are uploaded for editing. | On your machine. Indexing, editing and rendering run locally, and your full footage never leaves your machine. The cloud AI receives transcripts, clip descriptions, the cutting plan and small preview stills. |
| Export to an editing app | Separate WAV and MP4 tracks per participant, edited videos, and publishing to YouTube, Spotify, Apple and social platforms. Timeline export (an XML package) to Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro or Pro Tools is on the Business plan. | Send the cut to Premiere Pro (through the Endroll panel on Adobe Exchange) or straight into DaVinci Resolve, export FCPXML for Final Cut Pro, or render the finished video locally. |
| Pricing model | Free plan (up to 720p, watermark), then Pro, Grow and Webinar plans billed monthly or annually; Business is custom. AI credits pay for select features such as AI Translation and AI B-Roll; Magic Clips, Magic Audio and the AI Co-Creator don't use credits. | Starter €29/month with 1,500 credits, Pro €59/month with 5,000. Credits pay only for AI work — drafts, re-cuts, assistant edits — and each job shows its price before it runs. Editing by hand never spends credits. Free trial (14 days, 600 credits, no card) opens in batches from a waitlist. |
| Runs on | Web app in Chrome, Edge or Safari (Windows 7 or later, macOS 11 or later), a Mac app (macOS 15+, Apple silicon), and iOS and Android apps. | Desktop app for Windows 10/11 (64-bit) and Macs with Apple silicon (M1 or newer, macOS 13+). |
When Riverside is the better fit
- You record people who aren't in the room. Riverside records remote guests, each on their own track, locally on their device.
- Your work is a show: podcasts, interviews or webinars, with hosting, live streaming and publishing in the same platform.
- You want one recording turned into scored short clips, show notes and social posts.
- You want to record on a phone or in a browser, with nothing to install. Endroll is a desktop app for Windows and Mac, and it doesn't record.
- You want to start on a free plan.
When Endroll is the better fit
- The footage is already shot: a folder of clips from several cameras and phones, not one recorded conversation.
- You know what the film should say. Write it, and Endroll finds those moments in your footage and builds the cut.
- The footage shouldn't be uploaded. Your full footage never leaves your machine: indexing, editing and rendering run locally.
- You shot on more than one camera. Endroll lines the angles up by their sound and cuts between them, with no clap or timecode.
- You finish in Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve or Final Cut — timeline export is in every Endroll plan, including the trial.
Try it on your own footage.
The free trial is the whole editor for 14 days with 600 credits — enough for a first cut and a revision. No card, and it ends on its own. Trials open in batches: sign in to join the waitlist.
Competitor details checked on from their public websites; features change — check their site for current details. Sources: riverside.com, riverside.com/pricing, Riverside Help: Riverside editor overview, Riverside Help: About Magic Clips, Riverside Help: AI Co-Creator overview, Riverside Help: Track file uploading, Riverside Help: Limits for uploading external files, Riverside Help: Export timeline, Riverside Help: System requirements. Riverside is a trademark of its owner. Endroll is made by RagingRam Oy and is not affiliated with Riverside.