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CREATOR ValidatedEvidence tiers: Early signal = 1 uncorroborated request — treat as radar, not a validated opportunity · Corroborated = 2-3 requests · Validated = 4+ requests from 2+ different people. Every count appears exactly once, in the fact bar below — each traces to a real source post.

AI Video Editing Effects

12
builder posts asking
+5 product posts seen in community · 2 events tracked
see the posts →
12
different people asking
across 1 platform
who →
5
rivals shipping · web scan
see prices →
$50
cheapest rival / mo
range →

In their words

"I don't want an easy to use editor that isn't $20/mo" — a builder, verbatim · sign in free to trace the source ↗

What they tried & dropped

Extracted word-for-word from the evidence posts below — every item is quoted verbatim from a real builder.

AI upscaling tools — "minor and closer to basic sharpening or noise reduction" verbatimsign in to trace ↗
movie maker — "it sucks" verbatimsign in to trace ↗
higgsfield — (no stated shortcoming) sign in to trace ↗
wavespeed — (no stated shortcoming) sign in to trace ↗
CapCut — "not the most convenient for daily social content" verbatimsign in to trace ↗

Pain, in numbers

Quantified only where a builder stated a real figure — no LLM estimates.

last 10%“the last 10% felt like admin”

Hard requirements

Non-negotiables stated by builders in their own words. Miss one and they will not switch.

budget capcheaper or freespeedshort formhigh qualitysupports captions, transitions, overlays, music

Competitor pricing

Named rivals & real prices 🔒
Rivals charge $50/mo · names — log in ↗
Open-source check · GitHub · 2026-07-27
⚠️ Established open-source player: ruanjx/VideoLab ⭐921 — High-performance and flexible video editing and effects framework, based on AVFoundation and Metal.
Competitor adoption · official registry · 2026-07-21
Nugget: 91,050 npm downloads/week

How we checked

Where we searched
3 sources · GitHub (open-source check) · App Store · SaaS marketplaces
Verification funnel
51 raw matches scanned, then AI-de-duped · see the breakdown below
Last scan
2d ago · auto-refreshed every 30 days

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What the numbers suggest

5 rivals shipping (fact bar) see prices → market is crowded; differentiate on the unmet requirements above, don't compete on breadth.
12 requests from 12 different people (fact bar) see posts → demand is independently reported, not one person repeating themselves.
33 new tracked posts (all types) in the last 30 days vs 44 the month before see the curve → demand is cooling.
12 demand signals vs 5 shipping rivals → demand and supply are balanced — differentiation decides.
0 willingness-to-pay quotes yetno one has named a price — validate pricing before building.

Signal history

119 tracked posts (12 asks · 107 product/news) first post Apr 2026 ▲ 33 in the last 30 days
2026-04-09 · +1 post · 1 on record2026-04-11 · +1 post · 2 on record2026-04-12 · +2 posts · 4 on record2026-04-14 · +1 post · 5 on record2026-04-16 · +1 post · 6 on record2026-04-17 · +1 post · 7 on record2026-04-19 · +2 posts · 9 on record2026-04-20 · +2 posts · 11 on record2026-04-23 · +1 post · 12 on record2026-04-26 · +1 post · 13 on record2026-04-27 · +2 posts · 15 on record2026-04-30 · +2 posts · 17 on record2026-05-02 · +1 post · 18 on record2026-05-04 · +1 post · 19 on record2026-05-07 · +1 post · 20 on record2026-05-11 · +1 post · 21 on record2026-05-12 · +1 post · 22 on record2026-05-13 · +2 posts · 24 on record2026-05-14 · +1 post · 25 on record2026-05-17 · +1 post · 26 on record2026-05-22 · +5 posts · 31 on record2026-05-23 · +1 post · 32 on record2026-05-27 · +1 post · 33 on record2026-05-28 · +5 posts · 38 on record2026-05-30 · +1 post · 39 on record2026-06-02 · +1 post · 40 on record2026-06-03 · +1 post · 41 on record2026-06-05 · +1 post · 42 on record2026-06-08 · +1 post · 43 on record2026-06-10 · +1 post · 44 on record2026-06-12 · +2 posts · 46 on record2026-06-13 · +3 posts · 49 on record2026-06-14 · +3 posts · 52 on record2026-06-15 · +4 posts · 56 on record2026-06-17 · +1 post · 57 on record2026-06-18 · +2 posts · 59 on record2026-06-19 · +2 posts · 61 on record2026-06-20 · +2 posts · 63 on record2026-06-21 · +3 posts · 66 on record2026-06-22 · +2 posts · 68 on record2026-06-23 · +3 posts · 71 on record2026-06-24 · +1 post · 72 on record2026-06-26 · +1 post · 73 on record2026-06-27 · +1 post · 74 on record2026-06-29 · +3 posts · 77 on record2026-06-30 · +1 post · 78 on record2026-07-01 · +3 posts · 81 on record2026-07-02 · +3 posts · 84 on record2026-07-04 · +1 post · 85 on record2026-07-05 · +2 posts · 87 on record2026-07-06 · +2 posts · 89 on record2026-07-07 · +1 post · 90 on record2026-07-09 · +1 post · 91 on record2026-07-10 · +1 post · 92 on record2026-07-11 · +2 posts · 94 on record2026-07-12 · +2 posts · 96 on record2026-07-13 · +1 post · 97 on record2026-07-14 · +1 post · 98 on record2026-07-18 · +2 posts · 100 on record2026-07-19 · +2 posts · 102 on record2026-07-20 · +2 posts · 104 on record2026-07-24 · +1 post · 105 on record2026-07-25 · +1 post · 106 on record2026-07-27 · +1 post · 107 on record2026-07-29 · +5 posts · 112 on record2026-07-30 · +1 post · 113 on record2026-07-31 · +1 post · 114 on record2026-08-01 · +2 posts · 116 on record2026-08-02 · +1 post · 117 on record2026-08-03 · +1 post · 118 on record2026-08-04 · +1 post · 119 on record 119 0 Apr 2026 today

Cumulative tracked posts (asks + products + news) by original post date · GapMine tracked communities — not search volume · every step traces to a real post in the evidence record (sign in to read them).

Evidence pool

Top 10 of 12 signals on record — each insight links back to a real one.

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