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Best Video Caddy alternatives in 2026

Video Caddy sells video editing by the hour: its pricing page starts basic editing at $12 to $15 an hour and audio editing at $10, and calls every price on the site indicative. Buyers who look elsewhere usually want one of two things, a price for the finished video before the clock starts, or an hourly editor they can see working and cap. For most of them our pick is Mark Studios: a fixed price for a single video in the instant quote, or monthly plans from $750, and nothing billed by the hour.

By Mark SantosPublished Prices checked Oct 25, 2026Sources

A note before you read: Mark Studios wrote this list and its own service is the pick, so read it as a comparison by an interested party rather than an independent review. Every fact about Video Caddy and the other providers comes from their own pages, with the date we read them (method). Some Fiverr links are affiliate links, which may earn us a commission at no cost to you.

Our pick

Mark Studios is the best Video Caddy alternative for most buyers.

An hourly rate is the price of an hour, not of a video. Mark Studios prices the video: you see a fixed figure before editing starts, Mark Santos reviews the work before it ships, and one of your recordings is edited free so you can judge the result first.

  • The cost of the video, settled first. Video Caddy’s $12–$15 is a starting rate that its own disclaimer calls indicative, and none of the pages we read say how many hours an edit takes. Our instant quote prices a single project from the footage you send and what you want made from it, the price is fixed before editing begins, and no time is billed by the hour.
  • A subscription only if you want one. One video can be ordered on its own, with no plan. If you edit every month, plans run month to month from $750: no contract, cancel online, skip a month you don’t record, and anything unused carries over one month.
  • See the work before you pay. Video Caddy’s homepage offers a free trial through a contact form, with no terms on the page. Send us one recording, up to 15 minutes of footage, and Mark edits it free and delivers it finished.
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This is our own studio on our own page, so weigh the pick accordingly. Video Caddy’s rates and terms, and every other provider’s, are quoted from their own sites with the date we read them.

Quick picks.

Start from what you wanted out of hourly billing. If it was paying only for time actually spent, Fiverr’s Hourly orders, Freelancer.com and Upwork bill logged hours, and Replayed publishes fixed $35 and $49 rates. If it was a steady block of editor time, Vidpros, Edit Crew, Flocksy and E2M sell hours by the month. If it was simply a low cost you can predict, Editvideo.io, Tasty Edits and Visugu put a price on each video.

  1. Mark StudiosOur pickBest overall: A fixed price per video before editing starts, a free first edit and Mark on every video
  2. FiverrPaying one editor for logged hours with a weekly cap, or a fixed price per gig
  3. Freelancer.comThe smallest client fee on hourly projects
  4. UpworkHourly contracts with time tracking and your own terms in writing
  5. ReplayedHourly editing at a fixed published rate, with no subscription
  6. E2MAgencies that want a fixed block of white-label editing hours
  7. Edit CrewA part-time editor's week, with Adobe project files on every delivery
  8. FlocksyHours logged to the minute that roll over, shared between video and design
  9. VidprosThe cheapest hour of dedicated editor time among the subscriptions
  10. Editvideo.ioThe lowest monthly cost per long-form edit
  11. Tasty EditsA published price per long-form video, with no monthly plan
  12. VisuguOne editing job at a flat price, no subscription

Only Mark Studios is ranked. The other lines repeat each card’s “best for” label in card order, which isn’t a ranking, and we wrote all of them.

Video Caddy’s hourly rate next to 11 alternatives.

Video Caddy sits in the top row as the point of comparison, with Mark Studios, our pick, under it. Every other starting price is the lowest rate, plan or package that provider publishes, linked to its own page and read on October 25, 2026. “What an hour costs” is our arithmetic where a plan sells hours: the monthly price divided by the hours it states, counting Edit Crew's 15 a week and Vidpros' 2 a workday over 52 weeks a year.
ProviderBilling modelPublic starting priceWhat an hour costsStated turnaroundBest for
Video CaddyBaselineHourly rate, confirmed per project$12–$15 an hour for basic video editing, “starting” and indicativeSource · checked Oct 25, 2026$12–$15 listed; $25–$49 on its Clutch profileSet per project; 24–72 hours typical on its YouTube pageThe rate you're comparing against
Mark StudiosOur pickStudio: a fixed quote per project, or a monthly planFrom $750/month (monthly plans); single videos priced in the instant quoteNot billed by the hour: a fixed quote or a monthly planUp to 7 business days per deliverable (a first draft in 3 on Unlimited)A known price, no hour meter
Pay by the hour on a marketplace
FiverrMarketplace: hourly orders or fixed-price gigsSet by each freelancer; gigs add a 5.5% service fee ($3.50 more under $200), hourly orders a $5 initiation feeSource · checked Oct 25, 2026Set by each freelancerSet per gig, or a weekly hour limitHourly orders with a weekly cap
Freelancer.comMarketplace: hourly or fixed-price projectsSet by each freelancer, plus a 3% project fee on every hourly payment (3% or $3, whichever is more, on fixed price)Source · checked Oct 25, 2026Set by each freelancer, plus 3%Agreed per project3% on each hourly payment
UpworkMarketplace: hourly or fixed-price contractsSet by each freelancer, plus a 5% marketplace fee (Basic) and a $0.99–$14.99 contract initiation feeSource · checked Oct 25, 2026Set by each freelancer, plus 5% (3% with a US checking account)Agreed per contractHourly contracts, tracked time
A published hourly rate from a studio
ReplayedHourly or flat per video, invoiced monthly$35/hour (Junior+) or $49/hour (Senior) outside its flat footage bands; flat videos from $249Source · checked Oct 25, 2026$35 (Junior+) or $49 (Senior)Not stated on its pricing page$35–$49 an hour, billed monthly
Editor hours bought by the month
E2MMonthly hours plan (white-label for agencies)$799/month for 15–20 hours (Starter); 10% off quarterly, 15% off yearlySource · checked Oct 25, 2026About $40–$53 (our arithmetic)2–3 business days on Starter; 24 hours on Advanced15–20 hours for $799 a month
Edit CrewMonthly subscription: a part-time editor$1,599/month for 15 hours a week (Essentials); $1,520 a month paid quarterlySource · checked Oct 25, 2026About $25 (our arithmetic)1–2 business days for a first draft15 hours a week for $1,599
FlocksyMonthly subscription: daily creative hours$1,699/month for 2 daily hours (about 42 a month); $1,199 a month billed annuallySource · checked Oct 25, 2026About $40, or $29 on annual billing (our arithmetic)Same-day, per its plan list42 tracked hours a month
VidprosMonthly subscription: a part-time dedicated editor$1,000/month for a dedicated editor 2 hours each workday; a $100 trial week firstSource · checked Oct 25, 2026About $23 (our arithmetic)Overnight, depending on complexity2 hours a workday for $1,000
A price per video instead of an hour
Editvideo.ioMonthly subscription: set videos a month$295/month for 4 videos (limited-time; $345 regular)Source · checked Oct 25, 2026Not billed by the hour (about $74 a video)48 hours4 long-form edits for $295
Tasty EditsPer-video packages$327 per horizontal video ($305 each for 4, $278 each for 8)Source · checked Oct 25, 2026Not billed by the hour48 hours$327 a video, 48-hour turnaround
VisuguSingle jobs, or monthly plans$249 per single job; $699/month for 4 requestsSource · checked Oct 25, 2026Not billed by the hour5 business days for a single job$249 a job

Video Caddy sits in the top row as the point of comparison, with Mark Studios, our pick, under it. Every other starting price is the lowest rate, plan or package that provider publishes, linked to its own page and read on October 25, 2026. “What an hour costs” is our arithmetic where a plan sells hours: the monthly price divided by the hours it states, counting Edit Crew's 15 a week and Vidpros' 2 a workday over 52 weeks a year.

The baseline

What Video Caddy sells, and what its hourly rate covers

Video Caddy is an outsourced video editing and post-production company that describes itself as part of the Flatworld Solutions group. Its contact page lists offices in Princeton, New Jersey, in Bangalore, India, and in Davao City in the Philippines; its homepage calls it “India’s premier video editing agency”, and its service pages pitch wedding studios, real estate firms, corporate marketing departments, agencies and YouTube channels. The workflow on its homepage is four steps: you upload footage and a brief by FTP, editors cut it to the brief, you review the output for approval, and the finished file is downloaded by FTP.

Its pricing page, read October 25, 2026, lists three hourly rates, each labelled “Basic Pricing (starting)”, with a list of “Advanced Pricing Influencers” under each:

Video Caddy's published hourly rates and the factors it says raise them
ServiceBasic rate (starting)What raises it, in its words
Video editing$12*–$15* an hourMedium: transitions, fine cut, audio normalizing, DVD authoring. Advanced: video and audio enhancement, chapter menus, Blu-ray authoring
Audio editing$10* an hourNumber of microphones and participants, the audio quality you want
Storyboarding$10* an hourScript complexity, characters, frames and panels, backgrounds, inking and coloring

The asterisks aren’t tied to a footnote. The nearest explanation is the pricing disclaimer below the rates: every price on the site is indicative, and the final price is decided only after the nature of the project, its complexity, the skill and experience of the people assigned, the time needed and the contract terms are weighed, so it can end up higher or lower than the figure on the website. The page doesn’t define what basic editing includes, puts no rate on the medium and advanced tiers, and none of the pages we read estimate how many hours a typical video takes, so the rate alone won’t tell you what a finished edit costs. A minimum order isn’t published on its own site; its Clutch profile, read the same day, lists a $1,000+ minimum project size and an hourly rate of $25–$49.

Turnaround is set project by project. Its turnaround page promises an estimate at the start and delivery on or before that date, which it says it hits with 99.9% accuracy; the YouTube editing page says standard projects are typically delivered in 24 to 72 hours, and the real estate editing page offers fast-track edits in 24 hours depending on footage, scope and revisions. No number of revision rounds is published: the corporate and real estate pages describe revision limits set per engagement, and the corporate page says project files and final outputs are delivered as the engagement agreement defines. The About and Benefits pages say editors join with at least 2–5 years of experience, describe AI-assisted tools with people making the final calls, ISO 27001-certified information security and NDAs, and claim savings of up to 60% against domestic or in-house editing. The site publishes a privacy policy but no terms of service, so payment terms, deposits, cancellation and how long client footage is kept aren’t published.

Where Video Caddy’s own pages disagree. We read each of these on October 25, 2026 and haven’t taken a side; ask Video Caddy which applies to your project.

  • How it charges. The pricing page charges by the hour. The homepage FAQ says pricing typically means per-minute rates, monthly retainers or dedicated editors; the corporate page says per project or monthly; and the homepage’s social media answer says retainers or per-video rates.
  • Published price or a quote. The pricing page publishes rates, then calls them indicative. The wedding page answers “Need Pricing Details?” with a contact form and a meeting booking.
  • The rate itself. $12–$15 an hour on its pricing page; $25–$49 an hour, with a $1,000+ minimum project, on its Clutch profile.
  • How long it has been in business. “15+ years of experience” on the homepage, “over two decades” on the About page and “more than 10 years” on the Benefits page; Clutch says founded in 2005.
  • Where the work happens. The homepage calls it an Indian agency; the contact page lists offices in the US, India and the Philippines without saying which one edits your footage.
  • How fast. A deadline quoted per project on the turnaround page, 24–72 hours on the YouTube page, and a 24-hour fast track on the real estate page.

Independent reviews are few. On October 25, 2026 its Clutch profile showed 3 reviews, all posted in September 2026 and averaging 5.0, and its Trustpilot profile, claimed in April 2026, had none. Most testimonials on its own site name a job title, an industry and a country rather than a person.

Where Video Caddy is strong

  • The lowest published hourly rate of any provider on this page
  • Video, audio, storyboarding and animation from one supplier
  • NDAs and ISO 27001-certified security for client footage

Why buyers compare it

  • The rate is a starting figure that its own disclaimer calls indicative
  • No published estimate of hours per video, so a job can’t be totalled in advance
  • No terms of service, revision count or payment terms on the site
  • Footage goes up and edits come down by FTP

Sources (read Oct 25, 2026): Video Caddy pricing and disclaimer · Video Caddy homepage (workflow, FAQ, free trial form) · About Video Caddy · Video Caddy benefits · Video Caddy turnaround time · Video Caddy contact (offices) · Video Caddy YouTube editing · Video Caddy corporate editing · Video Caddy real estate editing · Video Caddy real estate video tours · Video Caddy wedding editing · Video Caddy testimonials · Video Caddy on Clutch · Video Caddy on Trustpilot · Our full Video Caddy comparison

Hiring an editor by the hour: six things to pin down first.

Drawn from Video Caddy’s pages and the hourly terms of the providers below, all read October 25, 2026. With an hourly rate, the estimate is the real price, so start there.

  1. An hour estimate for each video, in writing

    Video Caddy gives a delivery estimate when a project starts, but its pages don’t estimate hours. Ask for the hours per video before footage is uploaded, and for what happens when an edit runs over them.

  2. Which rate tier your edit falls in

    Its pricing page lists transitions, a fine cut, audio normalizing and enhancement as things that move an edit into medium or advanced pricing, without saying what those tiers cost. Get the tier and its rate named before you agree.

  3. A weekly ceiling on hours

    Fiverr’s Hourly orders put a weekly hour limit into the offer and let you change it from the order page. Ask any hourly editor for the same cap, so an edit that drags on can’t turn into a large invoice.

  4. Whether revisions cost time

    Replayed includes one hour of revisions on its flat packages and bills $35 an hour after that, telling you first. Video Caddy describes revision limits set per engagement. Know how changes are counted before the first round.

  5. The minimum order and how you pay

    Video Caddy’s site publishes no minimum and no payment terms; its Clutch profile lists a $1,000+ minimum project. Ask for the minimum, any deposit and the invoice schedule in writing.

  6. Files, footage and the NDA

    Footage moves by FTP, project files are delivered as the engagement agreement says, and the site doesn’t say how long raw footage is kept. Agree on export formats, project files, deletion and the NDA before anything confidential is sent.

The 11 alternatives, card by card against Video Caddy.

Our pick

Mark StudiosOur pick

Best for: A fixed price per video before editing starts, a free first edit and Mark on every video

Billing model
Studio: a fixed quote per project, or a monthly plan
What an hour costs
Not billed by the hour: a fixed quote or a monthly plan
Stated turnaround
Up to 7 business days per deliverable (a first draft in 3 on Unlimited)
Revisions
3 rounds on every deliverable (the free edit has none)
Unused time
Plans: unused work carries over one month; skip a month on monthly billing
Commitment
None for a single video; plans month to month, cancel online

Compared with Video Caddy: where Video Caddy starts from an indicative hourly rate and settles the price once it has reviewed your project, Mark Studios prices the outcome. For a single video, the instant quote works from how much raw footage you send and what you want made from it, shows the price before you pay, and fixes it before editing starts; a custom project is usually scoped and quoted within one business day. For regular work, the four plans on our plans page on October 25, 2026: Starter ($750 a month), 1 long-form edit, 4 shorts and 2 thumbnails; Growth ($2,000 a month), 4 YouTube videos, each with its thumbnail, title and SEO, plus 8 Shorts cut from them; Scale ($2,700 a month), 4 long-form edits, 24 shorts, 8 thumbnails, a monthly content plan and first place in the queue; Unlimited ($3,500 a month), as many requests as you send, worked one at a time, each with a first draft inside 3 business days. Each long-form edit assumes up to 15 minutes of footage, every deliverable gets 3 revision rounds, and if a plan deliverable is late, Mark adds an extra Short that month. You work directly with Mark Santos, who has been making videos since 2011: he scopes the work, sets the style spec and reviews it before it ships. Project files for Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve or Final Cut Pro are an add-on confirmed at quoting, and the studio also films on location across Palm Beach, Broward and Martin counties and travels for shoots elsewhere.

Pros against Video Caddy

  • A fixed price before editing starts, with no hours to estimate
  • One video without a plan, or plans with no minimum term
  • A free edit of one recording before you pay anything

Good to know

  • If you want an editor billed by the hour, or working live in your own project file, we're not a fit; Fiverr's Hourly orders, Upwork or Replayed are
  • Video Caddy's listed hourly rate is the lowest on this page, so a short, simple edit billed in hours may cost less than a fixed quote
  • Up to 7 business days per deliverable, where Video Caddy's YouTube page quotes 24–72 hours
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Client videos from our portfolio. How single projects are quoted is on our video editing page, plan contents on the pricing page, and delivery times on the turnaround page.

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Fiverr

Best for: Paying one editor for logged hours with a weekly cap, or a fixed price per gig

Billing model
Marketplace: hourly orders or fixed-price gigs
Starting price
Set by each freelancer; gigs add a 5.5% service fee ($3.50 more under $200), hourly orders a $5 initiation fee
What an hour costs
Set by each freelancer
Stated turnaround
Set per gig, or a weekly hour limit
Revisions
Set per gig; hourly disputes cover hours, not quality
Unused time
None: logged hours are charged each Monday
Commitment
None; pause or end an hourly order on 24 hours' notice

Compared with Video Caddy: you pick the person and agree the rate before any footage moves, rather than starting from a supplier figure that is settled after a project review. Fiverr's Hourly orders are meant for work of at least 8 hours. The freelancer sends a custom offer with a weekly hour limit and an estimate for the whole job, you pay a $5 order initiation fee to accept it, and the hours logged by Sunday night are charged on Monday and held until you approve that week's report, which has to describe each session or attach the work. The cap can be changed, and the order paused or ended, on 24 hours' notice. Read the fine print, though: disputes can only question the hours reported, not the quality of the edit. For one clearly scoped video a fixed-price gig is simpler, with a 5.5% service fee at checkout plus $3.50 on orders under $200. Disclosure: Mark Studios sells on Fiverr too.

Pros against Video Caddy

  • A weekly hour limit written into the offer
  • Hours logged each week with a description or the work attached
  • Fixed-price gigs when one video is clearly scoped

Cons against Video Caddy

  • Hourly disputes cover hours logged, not how good the edit is
  • Rates, file handover and NDAs vary by freelancer

Sources: Fiverr's hourly orders for clients · Fiverr's service fee (both read in a browser, Oct 25, 2026) · Fiverr vs Upwork vs agency

Freelancer.com

Best for: The smallest client fee on hourly projects

Billing model
Marketplace: hourly or fixed-price projects
Starting price
Set by each freelancer, plus a 3% project fee on every hourly payment (3% or $3, whichever is more, on fixed price)
What an hour costs
Set by each freelancer, plus 3%
Stated turnaround
Agreed per project
Revisions
Agreed per project
Unused time
None: you pay as hours are billed
Commitment
None; the project fee is refunded if you cancel within 7 days of acceptance

Compared with Video Caddy: the hourly rate comes from the editor who will cut your footage, because you post the job and freelancers bid on it with their own rates. Posting, reading bids and looking through portfolios are free. Freelancer.com's fees page charges employers 3% of each payment on hourly projects; a fixed-price project pays 3% or $3, whichever is greater, when you award it, plus the same fee on anything paid above the original bid, and the fee comes back in full if you cancel within seven days of the project being accepted. Turnaround, revisions, project files and who sees your raw footage are all between you and the freelancer you choose, so write them into the project description before you award it rather than after the first invoice.

Pros against Video Caddy

  • The lowest client fee of the three marketplaces here
  • Bids put several editors' rates side by side
  • Free to post a job and compare portfolios

Cons against Video Caddy

  • Files, NDA and revision terms are yours to negotiate
  • Capacity is one freelancer's week unless you hire more

Sources: Freelancer.com fees and charges (checked Oct 25, 2026)

Upwork

Best for: Hourly contracts with time tracking and your own terms in writing

Billing model
Marketplace: hourly or fixed-price contracts
Starting price
Set by each freelancer, plus a 5% marketplace fee (Basic) and a $0.99–$14.99 contract initiation fee
What an hour costs
Set by each freelancer, plus 5% (3% with a US checking account)
Stated turnaround
Agreed per contract
Revisions
Agreed per contract
Unused time
None: you pay for the hours billed
Commitment
Per contract; Business Plus runs on a 30-day membership

Compared with Video Caddy: an hourly contract with a named editor whose reviews and past work you can read first, instead of a rate that is confirmed once the supplier has looked at the job. On the Basic plan Upwork adds a 5% marketplace fee to every payment, or 3% for eligible US clients paying from a checking account, plus a one-time contract initiation fee of $0.99 to $14.99 that lands on the first invoice of an hourly contract. Business Plus costs 10% (8% with a US checking account) and adds expert-vetted talent. Built-in time tracking shows logged time and work activity, and a weekly AI summary of tasks and hours, limited on Basic, is meant to help you check progress before approving payment. The NDA, export formats and project-file handover are yours to put in the contract.

Pros against Video Caddy

  • Logged time and work activity you can review
  • Your NDA and file terms in the contract
  • Hourly or fixed price, contract by contract

Cons against Video Caddy

  • 5% on every payment, plus an initiation fee
  • Finding, testing and briefing the editor is on you

Sources: Upwork's plans and fees for clients (read in a browser, Oct 25, 2026) · Fiverr vs Upwork vs agency

A published hourly rate from a studio

Replayed

Best for: Hourly editing at a fixed published rate, with no subscription

Billing model
Hourly or flat per video, invoiced monthly
Starting price
$35/hour (Junior+) or $49/hour (Senior) outside its flat footage bands; flat videos from $249
What an hour costs
$35 (Junior+) or $49 (Senior)
Stated turnaround
Not stated on its pricing page
Revisions
1 hour free on flat packages, then $35 an hour
Unused time
None: you pay for what you produce
Commitment
Not a subscription; invoiced monthly, paid on the 2nd

Compared with Video Caddy: Replayed, a London editing company, also charges by the hour, but its rates are fixed figures on the page rather than indicative starting points. Senior editors cost $49 an hour on jobs with under 16 or over 60 minutes of unedited footage; inside those bands a video is a flat $349 (16–35 minutes) or $559 (36–60). Junior+ editors cost $35 an hour outside 20–30 minutes of footage, or a flat $249 inside it. Flat packages include an hour of revisions, after which time is billed at $35 an hour and you're told before it is. A thumbnail adds $89 and a reformat $59. You're invoiced monthly for what you produced, with payment collected on the 2nd, and it offers a free sample before the first paid edit. Project files are listed on request on the senior hourly tier.

Pros against Video Caddy

  • Hourly rates published as fixed figures
  • Flat prices when your footage falls inside its bands
  • A free sample before you pay for an edit

Cons against Video Caddy

  • Its cheapest hourly rate is more than double Video Caddy's listed one
  • Revision time beyond the first hour is billed

Sources: Replayed video pricing (Senior and Junior+ tabs read in a browser, Oct 25, 2026) · Replayed alternatives · Our full Replayed review

Editor hours bought by the month

E2M

Best for: Agencies that want a fixed block of white-label editing hours

Billing model
Monthly hours plan (white-label for agencies)
Starting price
$799/month for 15–20 hours (Starter); 10% off quarterly, 15% off yearly
What an hour costs
About $40–$53 (our arithmetic)
Stated turnaround
2–3 business days on Starter; 24 hours on Advanced
Revisions
2 rounds per video on Starter in its plan table; unlimited in its FAQ
Unused time
Not stated
Commitment
No contracts; adjust or cancel any time

Compared with Video Caddy: you still buy time, but as a monthly block whose price is fixed before the month starts. E2M's white-label video plans run from Starter, $799 a month for 15 to 20 hours, to Advanced, $3,999 for 100 to 120, with 10% off for quarterly and 15% off for yearly billing; by our arithmetic Starter's hours cost about $40 to $53 each. Starter promises a 2–3 business day turnaround, and a dedicated project manager runs the editors assigned to you. NDAs come standard, footage is deleted to your instructions after a project, and there is no contract. One thing to settle in writing: the plan table gives Starter 2 revision rounds per video, while the FAQ says every plan has unlimited revisions. Its page doesn't say what happens to hours you don't use.

Pros against Video Caddy

  • A price fixed for the month, with a stated range of hours
  • NDAs standard and footage deleted on request
  • No contract, with quarterly and yearly discounts

Cons against Video Caddy

  • Its hours cost about three to four times Video Caddy's listed rate
  • Plan table and FAQ disagree on Starter revisions

Sources: E2M white-label video editing, plans and FAQ (checked Oct 25, 2026) · E2M alternatives

Edit Crew

Best for: A part-time editor's week, with Adobe project files on every delivery

Billing model
Monthly subscription: a part-time editor
Starting price
$1,599/month for 15 hours a week (Essentials); $1,520 a month paid quarterly
What an hour costs
About $25 (our arithmetic)
Stated turnaround
1–2 business days for a first draft
Revisions
Unlimited, returned within 24 hours
Unused time
Hours reset weekly and don't roll over
Commitment
Monthly card payment; cancel on 5 business days' notice

Compared with Video Caddy: a set number of editor hours every week, at a price you know in advance, instead of an hourly figure confirmed project by project. Essentials is $1,599 a month for a part-time editor working 15 hours a week, or $1,520 a month paid quarterly; at about 65 hours a month that comes to roughly $25 an hour by our arithmetic. Pro is $2,499 for 40 hours a week. A project manager and a creative producer come with the editor, first drafts usually arrive in 1–2 business days, revision rounds come back within 24 hours, and each delivery includes the Adobe project files and any assets it sourced. Editors work US Central Time business hours. The catch for an hourly buyer is that hours reset weekly and don't roll over, so a week without footage is paid for anyway.

Pros against Video Caddy

  • Adobe project files with every delivery
  • First drafts in 1–2 business days, unlimited revisions
  • A 14-day satisfaction guarantee

Cons against Video Caddy

  • Unused hours lapse at the end of each week
  • The monthly fee runs whether or not you send footage

Sources: Edit Crew pricing and FAQ (monthly and quarterly prices read in a browser, Oct 25, 2026) · Edit Crew alternatives · Our full Edit Crew review

Flocksy

Best for: Hours logged to the minute that roll over, shared between video and design

Billing model
Monthly subscription: daily creative hours
Starting price
$1,699/month for 2 daily hours (about 42 a month); $1,199 a month billed annually
What an hour costs
About $40, or $29 on annual billing (our arithmetic)
Stated turnaround
Same-day, per its plan list
Revisions
Unlimited
Unused time
Rolls over up to 30 days while the plan is active
Commitment
No contract; cancel any time; 14-day money-back guarantee

Compared with Video Caddy: the closest subscription here to paying by the hour, because Flocksy sells daily hours and shows where they went. Its entry plan is 2 daily hours, about 42 a month, for $1,699 on monthly billing or $1,199 a month billed annually, which is about $40 or $29 an hour by our arithmetic. Every minute is tracked and visible in its portal, unused hours roll over for up to 30 days while the plan is active, and working files and source come with each project. The same people cover design, video, motion and illustration, so a month's hours can go to thumbnails or ad graphics as easily as to edits; the flip side is that its pricing page is written for a graphic design subscription first. There's no contract and a 14-day money-back guarantee.

Pros against Video Caddy

  • Time logged to the minute in a portal you can check
  • Unused hours carry over for up to 30 days
  • Working files with every project

Cons against Video Caddy

  • The $1,199 rate needs annual billing
  • Video shares the hours with design work

Sources: Flocksy pricing (rendered in a browser, Oct 25, 2026) · Flocksy alternatives · Our full Flocksy review

Vidpros

Best for: The cheapest hour of dedicated editor time among the subscriptions

Billing model
Monthly subscription: a part-time dedicated editor
Starting price
$1,000/month for a dedicated editor 2 hours each workday; a $100 trial week first
What an hour costs
About $23 (our arithmetic)
Stated turnaround
Overnight, depending on complexity
Revisions
Not stated on its pricing page
Unused time
Not stated
Commitment
Month to month, no contract

Compared with Video Caddy: a fixed daily slice of one editor rather than hours priced per project. Vidpros Part Time is $1,000 a month for a dedicated editor 2 hours each workday, roughly 43 hours a month, so about $23 an hour by our arithmetic; Full Time is $4,000 for 8 hours a day. It caps each editor at 4 clients, quotes overnight turnaround depending on complexity, and its editors work Tuesday to Saturday, 8am to 5pm Philippine time, so requests sent on a US evening are picked up overnight. It doesn't offer a free trial, but a discounted $100 trial week converts into the $1,000 subscription. You can send up to 40 GB of raw footage before it asks for a call, it works from design templates rather than custom motion graphics, and billing is month to month.

Pros against Video Caddy

  • About $23 an hour of dedicated editor time
  • A $100 trial week before the full month
  • Overnight turnaround for US time zones

Cons against Video Caddy

  • Templates rather than custom motion graphics
  • Raw footage over 40 GB needs a call first

Sources: Vidpros pricing and FAQ (FAQ answers read in a browser, Oct 25, 2026) · Vidpros alternatives · Our full Vidpros review

A price per video instead of an hour

Editvideo.io

Best for: The lowest monthly cost per long-form edit

Billing model
Monthly subscription: set videos a month
Starting price
$295/month for 4 videos (limited-time; $345 regular)
What an hour costs
Not billed by the hour (about $74 a video)
Stated turnaround
48 hours
Revisions
Unlimited
Unused time
Video credits reset each billing cycle
Commitment
Cancel any time; 14-day money-back guarantee

Compared with Video Caddy: a count of finished videos each month in place of a meter. The Grow plan is 4 long-form videos a month for $295 at a limited-time price ($345 regular), about $74 a video, with a dedicated editor, 48-hour turnaround, unlimited revisions, captions on videos up to 20 minutes and all project files. At the same limited-time prices Scale is $495 for 10 videos and Pro $995 for 22, and quarterly or annual billing takes 10% off. Credits reset at the start of each billing cycle, and an edit with heavy motion graphics or several rounds of changes may use more than one. Every plan has a 14-day money-back guarantee and can be cancelled at any time, which keeps a trial month cheap.

Pros against Video Caddy

  • About $74 per long-form video on Grow
  • All project files included
  • A 14-day money-back guarantee

Cons against Video Caddy

  • Credits reset monthly, so unused videos lapse
  • A heavy edit can use two credits

Sources: Editvideo.io pricing (checked Oct 25, 2026) · Editvideo.io alternatives · Our full Editvideo.io review

Tasty Edits

Best for: A published price per long-form video, with no monthly plan

Billing model
Per-video packages
Starting price
$327 per horizontal video ($305 each for 4, $278 each for 8)
What an hour costs
Not billed by the hour
Stated turnaround
48 hours
Revisions
Unlimited
Unused time
Credits expire 90 days after purchase
Commitment
None, but credit purchases are final

Compared with Video Caddy: the price is set per video and published, so you know what a long edit costs before you upload it. One horizontal video is $327; a four-pack works out at $305 a video and an eight-pack at $278. Each includes motion graphics, stock footage, music, colour and audio correction, unlimited revisions and a 48-hour turnaround, and a thumbnail or a vertical reformat is $43 more. Two conditions sit in its terms rather than on the pricing page: credits expire 90 days after purchase unless agreed otherwise in writing, and credit purchases can't be refunded. The pricing page doesn't set a footage limit per video, so confirm how much raw footage one video covers before you buy a pack.

Pros against Video Caddy

  • A known price per long-form video
  • 48-hour turnaround and unlimited revisions
  • No subscription to keep paying

Cons against Video Caddy

  • Credits lapse after 90 days and aren't refundable
  • Thumbnails and vertical versions are $43 each

Sources: Tasty Edits pricing · Tasty Edits terms (credits and refunds) (both read in a browser, Oct 25, 2026) · Tasty Edits alternatives · Our full Tasty Edits review

Visugu

Best for: One editing job at a flat price, no subscription

Billing model
Single jobs, or monthly plans
Starting price
$249 per single job; $699/month for 4 requests
What an hour costs
Not billed by the hour
Stated turnaround
5 business days for a single job
Revisions
Unlimited
Unused time
None on a single job
Commitment
None for a single job; plans cancel any time

Compared with Video Caddy: one flat price for one editing job, so there are no hours to estimate and no plan to join. A single job is $249 with unlimited revisions, free stock footage and audio, and a 5-day turnaround that, by its own footnote, counts business days only and depends on complexity. If the work turns regular, the Casual plan is $699 a month for 4 requests with no duration limit, captions and thumbnails included and a 14-day money-back guarantee for new customers. Its FAQ says you own the finished work and can have the source files, and it leaves animation, custom illustration, graphic design and 3D out of scope. Prices are in US dollars, with 10% GST added for customers in Australia.

Pros against Video Caddy

  • One known price for one job
  • Unlimited revisions on a single job
  • Source files available if you ask

Cons against Video Caddy

  • 5 business days, slower than most options here
  • No animation or graphic design

Sources: Visugu pricing and FAQ (checked Oct 25, 2026)

How this list was put together.

Our studio wrote it, and our studio is the pick. Mark Studios also sells on Fiverr. Nobody paid to be included. Our row and card show the published monthly plan prices; single videos are priced in the instant quote.

Who’s on it
Services someone weighing Video Caddy’s hourly editing is likely to consider: three freelance marketplaces that bill logged hours, a studio that publishes hourly rates, four subscriptions sold as editor hours, and three services that price each video for buyers who mainly want a cost they can predict. Fiverr, Upwork, Tasty Edits, Vidpros and Editvideo.io also turned up beside Video Caddy in our September 2026 study of search results for “video editing services” and “outsource video editing” searches.
What we checked
Video Caddy’s pricing, homepage, About, Benefits, turnaround, contact, testimonials, privacy and service pages (YouTube, corporate, real estate and wedding editing), plus its Clutch and Trustpilot profiles, then each other provider’s own pricing, fee or help pages, all on October 25, 2026. Pages were rendered in a browser, with plan toggles and FAQ answers opened where prices or terms sat behind them (Replayed’s Junior+ rates, Edit Crew’s quarterly price, Vidpros’ FAQ, Fiverr’s fee answer) and for sites that block automated reads. Prices change, so confirm before you sign.
How it’s ordered
Mark Studios first, as our pick. The rest are grouped by how you pay: hourly through a marketplace, an hourly rate from a studio, editor hours by the month, then a price per video. Inside each group they’re alphabetical, not ranked.
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Our video editing service prices research sets the published prices of dozens of editing services side by side, Video Caddy’s hourly rate among them. Video Caddy also has a card on our lists of wedding video editing services and real estate video editing services, and the best video editing services compares the wider market.

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Tell the instant quote what you recorded, how much footage there is and what you want made from it. You see a fixed price before you pay, or send one recording and Mark edits it free.

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best Video Caddy alternatives?

For most buyers, Mark Studios: a fixed price for a single video before editing starts, monthly plans from $750 with no minimum term, a free first edit and Mark Santos reviewing the work before it ships. To keep paying by the hour, Fiverr's Hourly orders, Upwork, Freelancer.com or Replayed ($35–$49 an hour). For a monthly block of editor time, Vidpros, Edit Crew, Flocksy or E2M. For a set price per video, Editvideo.io, Tasty Edits or Visugu.

How much does Video Caddy cost?

Its pricing page, read October 25, 2026, starts basic video editing at $12 to $15 an hour and audio editing and storyboarding at $10 an hour. Medium and advanced editing (transitions, fine cut, enhancement, disc authoring) raise the rate, but those rates aren't published, and a disclaimer calls every price on the site indicative, with the final price set after the project is reviewed. Its Clutch profile lists $25 to $49 an hour and a $1,000+ minimum project.

What do the asterisks on Video Caddy's prices mean?

The page doesn't footnote them. The nearest explanation is its pricing disclaimer: every price on the site is indicative, and the final price depends on the nature and complexity of the project, the skill and experience of the people assigned, the time needed and the contract terms, so it can come in above or below the website rate. Ask for the rate tier and an hour estimate in writing before you send footage.

Is it better to pay a video editor by the hour or per video?

By the hour suits open-ended work you can supervise: you pay for logged time and can cap it, as Fiverr's Hourly orders and Upwork contracts allow. Per video suits a repeatable format, because the cost is known before the edit and doesn't grow when a cut runs long. Monthly editor-hour plans sit between the two, but you pay for the hours whether you use them or not, and Edit Crew's reset every week.

Is there a cheaper alternative to Video Caddy?

Not on the hourly rate itself: $12 to $15 is the lowest rate published by any provider on this list, and only freelancers on Fiverr, Upwork or Freelancer.com might quote less. Per hour of editor time, the cheapest subscriptions are Vidpros at about $23 and Edit Crew at about $25, by our arithmetic. Per finished video, Editvideo.io's limited-time Grow plan comes to about $74 for each of 4 long-form edits a month.

Is Video Caddy or Mark Studios better?

For buyers who want to know what a video costs before work starts, Mark Studios: a fixed quote per project or a monthly plan from $750, 3 revision rounds per deliverable, a free first edit, and Mark reviewing the work before it ships; the studio is Top Rated on Fiverr with a 4.9★ rating and 99% on time. Video Caddy is better if hourly billing at the lowest listed rate is the priority, or you want storyboarding and audio editing priced by the hour from the same supplier.

Is Video Caddy legit?

It appears to be a real, long-running company: it names its parent, the Flatworld Solutions group, lists offices with street addresses in Princeton, New Jersey, Bangalore and Davao City, and publishes case studies. Independent reviews are thin. On October 25, 2026 its Clutch profile showed 3 reviews, all posted in September 2026 and averaging 5.0, and its Trustpilot profile had none. Most testimonials on its own site give a job title and a country rather than a name.

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