Async: AI video for podcasters, agencies and small teams
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Async helps you make and edit video by starting with an AI video editor you talk to in chat, plus a studio for recording podcasts and remote guests. It is best for podcasters, agencies and small teams who already have raw video or audio and want the cutting, captions and clip-making done by asking in a chat window instead of.
What it does
Async does two jobs in one place. First, it records: you can capture your screen, your camera and remote guests, and it keeps a separate recording of each person, so you can adjust them one by one later. Second, it edits: you type what you want cut, captioned, cleaned up or turned into short clips shaped for a phone screen, and it makes the change. It also generates video, images, music and voices from the same chat, and turns a long recording into short clips for social media. You also get the usual editing screen, where you can drag pieces of video around by hand. Async says it used to be called Podcastle.
Official site:async.com.
Editorial note
Async is a video editor you instruct in writing. You say what to cut or change and it makes the edit, then leaves you an ordinary editing screen to fine-tune by hand, per Async.
Who it’s for
- For: podcasters, agencies and small teams who already have raw video or audio and want the cutting, captions and clip-making done by asking in a chat window instead of dragging clips around by hand.
- Not ideal for: people who want a free account to keep working in month after month. Async’s free plan gives 10 credits in total, so it runs out. If a free working account is the main requirement, start from our Descript and CapCut pages and compare what each one gives away.
Key use cases
- Video & avatars
What you can do with it
- Getting started: Async lists a free plan at $0 that keeps 10 AI credits for good, and a 1-hour limit on video uploaded to the AI chat. Paid plans start at $11.99 a month billed yearly, or $19.99 month to month. Handy when you want to try it before you pay.
- Essentials plan: 450 credits a month, 4 hours of recording, 2 hours of text to speech, 20 GB of storage, subtitles in English only. Handy when you need more room.
- Pro plan: 1,200 credits a month, 20 hours of recording, 10 hours of text to speech, 120 GB of storage, AI video clean-up, eye contact and background removal. Handy when you need more room.
- Help documentation: Official pricing and product pages at async.com. Handy when you set it up yourself.
How to use Async: step-by-step tutorial
Five to eight steps from the account to a first useful result. Where the official guide names a control, the step uses that name. Where it does not, the step stays general.
- Sign up free at async.com. The free plan keeps 10 AI credits in total, so treat it as a trial rather than a working account.
- Record a new session in the recording studio, or upload a file you already have.
- In the chat, ask for the cut you want in plain words. For example: remove the long pauses and keep the parts about pricing.
- Ask for captions, then read them back against the transcript and fix names and numbers yourself.
- Ask for short clips shaped for a phone screen, then drag the start and end points on the editing screen if a clip begins too early.
- Export the video. The free plan caps picture quality at 720p, which is below full high definition; full high definition starts on Essentials and the sharper 4K quality on Pro.
These steps follow the official guide: Async homepage.
Example inputs
Adapt these. They are examples of what to ask for, not a button name, unless the steps above already use that name.
A first request: an AI video editor you talk to in chat, plus a studio for recording podcasts and remote guests. Keep it short enough to review in one pass.Name the audience, the format you need, and one fact that must stay accurate.Related
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Frequently asked questions
What is Async?
An AI video and audio editor. You give it a spoken or written instruction and it makes the edit. It also records remote podcast guests and your own screen, per Async.
Is there a free plan?
Yes. Async lists a free plan at $0 with 10 AI credits that do not refill, a one-hour lifetime cap on video uploaded to the chat, picture quality capped at 720p and 2 GB of storage, checked October 30, 2026.
How much does Async cost?
Paying month to month, Essentials is $19.99, Pro is $39.99 and Teams is $84.99 per creator. Billed yearly the same plans are $11.99, $23.99 and $49.99 a month. Business is custom priced. Checked October 30, 2026.
What is a credit?
The unit Async uses to charge for AI work. Each model costs a set number of credits: the pricing page lists, for example, 2 credits for one image and 18 credits for a 4-second video clip.
Does Async still offer podcast recording?
Yes. Async lists a recording studio for remote guests, a separate recording of each person, and publishing straight to podcast apps. Async says it used to be called Podcastle.
Pricing
Prices checked on the official pricing page.
- Free
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$0/month
10 AI credits in total, 1 hour of video uploaded to the AI chat for the life of the account, picture quality capped at 720p, 1 file per export, 2 GB of storage
- Essentials
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$19.99/month, or $11.99/month billed yearly
450 credits a month, 4 hours of recording, 2 hours of text to speech, 20 GB of storage, subtitles in English only
- Pro
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$39.99/month, or $23.99/month billed yearly
1,200 credits a month, 20 hours of recording, 10 hours of text to speech, 120 GB of storage, AI video clean-up, eye contact and background removal
- Teams
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$84.99/month per creator, or $49.99/month per creator billed yearly
3,000 credits a month per creator, 50 hours of recording, 40 hours of text to speech, 1 TB of storage, dubbing and lip sync, brand kit, Producer Mode
- Business
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Custom pricing, contact Async
Custom credits, custom recording hours, advanced user management, priority support
- Limits: AI credits are one shared pool across every feature, so one big video job can use up much of a month’s allowance. Async says monthly credits reset at the start of each billing cycle and do not roll over, and that credits already spent are not refundable.
- Plans change: prices and limits get updated, so check the official page before you buy.
Facts
- Access
- Ongoing free plan
- Paid plans from
- $11.99/mo billed yearly
- Checked
- Category
- Category: Video tools (48 in the library).
- On the record
- Async lists a free plan at $0 that keeps 10 AI credits for good, and a 1-hour limit on video uploaded to the AI chat. Paid plans start at $11.99 a month billed yearly, or $19.99 month to month.