--- title: "Wedding Video Editing Prices Compared: Three Routes" url: https://www.weddingeditor.ai/guides/wedding-video-editing-price-comparison/ last_updated: 2026-11-05 --- # Wedding video editing prices compared: freelance editors, editing services and WeddingEditor Compared on published prices checked on November 5, 2026: an outsourced editing service such as Edit Weddings lists packages starting at $549; a hired editor's time is the main cost of freelance editing, and US job postings on Indeed average $33.23 an hour for a video editor; an AI draft tool such as Vowmatic lists $29 per wedding for a draft you finish yourself; and WeddingEditor is $119 one-time for one wedding for a finished film made by AI editing. Freelance wedding editors rarely publish a rate card, so no freelance package price is quoted here. [Start your first wedding](https://app.weddingeditor.ai/sign-up?redirect_url=/dashboard) ## Key takeaways - Only prices with a public source and a date are shown here. - An outsourced service is the most expensive route per wedding of those with a published price. - Freelance pricing is set per editor; the closest published reference is what an editor's hour costs. - A draft tool is cheap per wedding but leaves the film to you. - WeddingEditor's price is for a finished Highlight Reel or Social Teaser with up to two revision rounds. ## Price per wedding, side by side | Route | Published price | What the price buys | Your time after | Source and date | |---|---|---|---|---| | Outsourced editing service (Edit Weddings) | Packages from $549 | A finished edit; turnaround of less than 3 weeks | Brief and feedback | editweddings.com, Nov 5, 2026 | | Freelance or hired editor | No published rate card; editor pay averages $33.23 per hour in US job postings | Whatever you agree with the editor | Brief, review and management | indeed.com, updated Oct 28, 2026 | | AI draft tool (Vowmatic) | $29 per wedding listed ($22 in a launch sale) | A highlight rough draft on your Mac timeline | You finish the film | vowmatic.ai, Nov 5, 2026 | | WeddingEditor | $119 one-time for one wedding; plans from $99 per month | A finished Highlight Reel or Social Teaser | Brief and review | weddingeditor.ai, Nov 5, 2026 | As of 2026-11-05. ## Outsourced editing services An outsourced service takes your footage and returns an edit. Edit Weddings publishes a starting price on its homepage: packages from $549 (£399, €499), with a turnaround of less than 3 weeks. Inside Editors and Video Caddy did not publish prices on the pages checked in October 2026. ## Freelance editors A freelance editor's price is usually their time. Rates are negotiated per editor and are not published in a form that can be cited, so the closest dated reference is what editors earn: Indeed lists an average of $33.23 an hour for video editors in US job postings, from about 1,200 salaries over 36 months, last updated October 28, 2026. That is employee pay, not a freelance quote. To estimate a freelance edit, multiply the hours a wedding takes you by the hourly rate you are offered. ## AI draft tools An AI draft tool sorts the footage and assembles a rough cut on your own timeline. Vowmatic lists $29 per wedding ($22 during a 25% launch sale), with monthly plans of $59 for 3 weddings and $149 for 10, and runs on a Mac with Apple Silicon. The price is low because the finishing is still yours. ## Where WeddingEditor fits WeddingEditor sits between the draft tool and the service: you hand off the edit, as with a service, at a published per-wedding price. One Wedding is $119 one-time for one wedding. Monthly plans are $99, $249 and $599 for 1, 3 and 8 wedding credits. Every full edit includes up to two revision rounds; processing typically takes 24 to 72 hours. ## How to compare for your business Price the whole job, not the line item. Add the hours you still spend after each route: briefing, reviewing, fixing and delivering. A cheap draft that takes you a weekend to finish can cost more than a finished film you only need to review. The [price calculator](https://www.weddingeditor.ai/tools/wedding-video-editing-price-calculator/) shows WeddingEditor's cost for your monthly volume. ## Sources Checked 2026-11-05. - [Edit Weddings homepage (checked Nov 5, 2026)](https://www.editweddings.com/) - [Indeed, video editor salaries in the United States (checked Nov 5, 2026)](https://www.indeed.com/career/video-editor/salaries) - [Vowmatic pricing (checked Nov 5, 2026)](https://www.vowmatic.ai/pricing) - [Inside Editors AI wedding video editing page (checked Oct 11, 2026)](https://insideeditors.com/ai-wedding-video-editing/) - [Video Caddy homepage (checked Oct 11, 2026)](https://www.videocaddy.com/) - [WeddingEditor pricing](https://www.weddingeditor.ai/pricing/) ## Frequently asked questions ### Why is there no freelance price in the table? Freelance wedding editors set their own rates, usually per project after a conversation, and do not publish them in a form that can be sourced and dated. The table shows what an editor's hour costs instead. ### Are these prices for the same thing? No, and that is the point of the comparison: a service returns a finished edit, a draft tool returns a rough cut, and WeddingEditor returns a finished Highlight Reel or Social Teaser. ### How often are these prices checked? They were checked on November 5, 2026. 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