Basecut vs Jumper vs Wedit for wedding video
Basecut handles the raw card dump before you edit. It culls, ranks, tags and color-prepares every clip on your own computer, then opens the project in your editor. Jumper is a search tool. Wedit builds a first-cut film for you from footage you upload to its servers, and charges per film.
Basecut is our product. Last checked 2026-10-10.
What Basecut does
Point Basecut at a card dump. Argus, Basecut's own AI, watches and listens to every clip on your computer, ranks each one hero, keeper, maybe or skip, and tags it by what happens in the shot. It corrects log footage to Rec.709 per camera and matches color across cameras. One click then opens the result in DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro or Final Cut Pro, with clips in bins or keyword collections with their ratings and markers. In DaVinci Resolve Studio the correction is applied to every clip. In Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro each clip comes with a .cube file that carries it.
It runs on your computer. Argus needs an Apple Silicon Mac with 16 GB of memory or more, or a Windows PC with an NVIDIA graphics card with 10 GB or more of video memory, and it sends no footage anywhere. Paid plans also include Basecut Cloud, and you can use your own Google Gemini key instead. Both send short reduced-size sections to Google. Your original files are never uploaded.
Side by side
| Basecut | Jumper | Wedit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | A shoot processor. Culls, ranks, tags and color-prepares the raw card dump | A search tool. Its site calls it a search engine for your footage | An AI editor. Builds a first-cut wedding film or highlight film |
| Ranks every clip hero, keeper, maybe or skip | Yes | None found on its site | None found on its site. It selects shots for its cut |
| Color correction | Per-camera log to Rec.709, matched across cameras | None found on its site | None found on its site |
| Where your footage goes | Stays on your computer. The Cloud and Gemini options send short reduced-size sections to Google. Originals are never uploaded | On your device, per its site | Uploaded to Wedit's servers |
| What you end up with | A sorted, color-prepped project in Resolve, Premiere Pro or Final Cut Pro, ready for you to cut | Search results for clips in your footage | A first-cut film to review, then export to your editor |
Jumper and Wedit details checked against their own home and pricing pages (getjumper.io and wedit.ai) on 2026-10-10. Tell us if anything here is out of date and we will fix it.
Basecut vs Jumper
Jumper finds clips. You type a description, a spoken phrase or a face and it searches your footage, in its own app or as a plugin for Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve and Avid Media Composer. We found no culling, ranking or color correction on its site. If your problem is a card dump of hundreds of unsorted, flat-log clips, that is the stage Basecut handles first. Basecut's own search then covers your whole library by the moment, not the filename.
Basecut vs Wedit
Wedit makes the creative edit for you. Its site has you upload your footage to its servers, sort clips into sections, choose music and a length, and it builds a first cut to review. It is priced per film: after a free first project, $89 for a full film and $119 for a highlight film, or $699 a month on a launch offer its site says is open until October 31. Basecut keeps your footage on your computer, and the cut stays yours: it hands your editor an organized, color-prepped project to cut from.
Who each one suits
Basecut is the pick for wedding and event video. It does the prep work on your own computer, before editing starts, and it opens straight into the editor you already use. Jumper only if search is all you need. Wedit only if you want software to cut the film for you, are fine uploading your footage, and are happy to pay per film.
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Questions people ask
What is the difference between Basecut, Jumper and Wedit?
Basecut culls, ranks, tags and color-prepares your raw card dump on your computer, then opens the result in DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro or Final Cut Pro. Jumper is a search tool for footage. Wedit builds a first-cut film from footage you upload to its servers and charges per film.
Does Jumper cull or color-correct footage?
Jumper describes itself as a search engine for your footage. We found no culling, ranking or color correction on its site (checked 2026-10-10). Basecut does those jobs, and it also searches your whole library by the moment.
Does Wedit upload my footage, and what does it cost?
Yes. Wedit's site describes uploading your footage to its servers (it says the footage is encrypted in transfer and storage). After a free first project it charges per film: $89 for a full film, $119 for a highlight film, or $699 a month on a launch offer its site says is open until October 31. Basecut runs on your computer and never uploads your original files.
Which is the better pick for wedding video?
Basecut. It is built for wedding and event filmmakers: it culls, ranks, tags and color-prepares the whole shoot on your computer, and the creative cut stays yours. Jumper is only for the case where you need search alone. Wedit is only for the case where you want software to cut the film for you, are fine uploading your footage, and pay per film.
How much does Basecut cost?
$9.99 a month while founder spots last, then $19.99. $99 a year. $149.99 for a lifetime license while founder spots last, then $249. There is a 14-day free trial with 5 free exports and no card, and every purchase has a 30-day money-back guarantee.
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