Cardboard app profile
For creators, podcasters and product teams weighing Cardboard as an AI video editor: what it does, what a minute costs, what it leaves you to finish, and why VidRush returns a finished talking-head video for YouTube.
VidRush's Quote Statement shows format, length, voice and estimated credits up front, and credits come off only when the video completes.
Cardboard
Agentic AI video editor in the browser and on Mac that builds an editable first cut from a prompt or your footage
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About
Cardboard is an AI video editor that runs in the browser and as a Mac app. You describe a video with a prompt, upload your own footage, or both, and it builds an editable first cut. You then refine it by chat or on a timeline, and share a link for team feedback or export an MP4. It cuts dead air, filler words and retakes, pulls moments from long recordings, adds captions and reframes video to vertical. It can also generate video, images, music, sound effects and motion graphics, clone your voice, and source B-roll from the web. Its templates include launch videos, UGC, explainers, product demos, podcast clips and talking heads, and it connects to Claude Code or Codex through the desktop app.
Ideal for
Creators, podcasters and product teams who already have footage or a recording and want an AI agent to cut it into social clips, product videos or YouTube videos they then refine by chat or timeline.
What it does well
Builds an editable first cut from a prompt, your own footage, or both
Edits can be made by chat request or directly on a timeline
Cuts dead air, filler words and retakes from recordings, and pulls the best moments from long recordings
Generates video, images, music and sound effects, and creates motion graphics from a one-line prompt
Clones your voice for narration and sources B-roll from the web on the Creator and Pro plans
Exports to 4K on Creator and Pro, and offers NLE exports from Starter up
None on Mini and Pro: all 8 from one brief
You finish footage and visuals, editing, music and sound
Yes, 6–60 min
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Output length limits are not stated; showcased examples are under two minutes.
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It offers an "Improve prompt" button, not an input check.
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Yes (MP3/WAV, 6–60 min)
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Yes (beta)
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Yes, 5–50 by plan
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Yes (100+ voices, plus Cartesia)
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Voiceover on all plans; voice cloning on Creator and Pro.
Only when a video completes. Failed generations and blocked inputs cost nothing.
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Up to 3 months, with workspace and content preserved
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Cancel anytime; projects kept for up to a year after cancelling.
Built from one photo, private to your workspace
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Blacklist any channel or site, whitelist up to 5 per profile
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10% of the original generation; first render included
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Roll over, up to half the monthly allotment
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Monthly credits renew at the start of each billing month; rollover is not mentioned.
1–6 by plan
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Yes, original music per video
No on Lite; AI music from Starter
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Stock footage from Starter; provider not stated
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Cuts dead air, filler words and retakes; Talking Head template.
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Yes (beta)
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Yes, up to 15 by plan
Team sharing by link; seat counts not stated
Yes, from one of your own videos (Experimental reasoning)
Limited: match text styles and audio from a video link (Creator, Pro)
English, German, Spanish; talking-head and avatar videos English only
Translation on Starter and up; languages not listed
Yes, close the browser and the video waits in Projects
Yes, cloud editing time paid by usage credits
Talking-head recording to finished edit
Upload one recording to camera. VidRush cuts dead air and filler, adds licensed Storyblocks B-roll, captions, music and a thumbnail, and hands back the edit rather than a first cut.
Eight production steps in one brief
Research, script, voiceover, footage, editing, music, captions and thumbnail all come from a single brief. On Pro + Medium, that finished minute runs $1.46 to $2.18.
Licensed footage you control
The Pro model uses real Storyblocks footage licensed in perpetuity. Each Brand Profile can blacklist any channel or site and whitelist up to 5 sources.
A quote before any credit is spent
The Quote Statement lists format, length, model, voice, Brand Profile, title and estimated credits. Credits come off only when a video completes; failed generations cost nothing.
Built for 6 to 60 minute YouTube videos
Long-form widescreen YouTube is the design centre. Rendering runs in the cloud, so you can close the browser and the video waits in Projects.
Fix a scene without starting over
The finished video opens in a timeline editor with the Rush Agent for plain-language edits (beta). A re-render costs 10% of the original generation.
An AI presenter inside the edit
Use a preset presenter or, where available, one built from one photo of you (beta), in a full edit with B-roll. Persona I instead generates footage for every line of your script around the host, at $0.41 to $0.61 a minute.
Pros
One talking-head recording becomes the finished edit: dead air and filler removed, licensed Storyblocks B-roll, captions, music and a thumbnail.
Pro + Medium costs $1.46 to $2.18 a minute, and each minute covers research, script, voiceover, footage, editing, music, captions and thumbnail.
Real Storyblocks footage licensed in perpetuity, with a footage blacklist and whitelist on every Brand Profile.
You approve the plan and credit estimate before generation, and credits are charged only when a video completes.
Designed for 6 to 60 minute YouTube videos, with a timeline editor and chat edits when a clip needs a swap.
Persona I runs $0.41 to $0.61 a minute for an avatar host with footage generated for every line of your own script.
Cons
Built for long-form widescreen YouTube, so Shorts, vertical Reels and podcast highlight clips need another tool.
Built for narration-led video in English, German and Spanish; talking-head and avatar videos are English only, and screen recordings are not supported.
USE CASES
Faceless, talking-head or with an AI presenter: give VidRush a brief, a script or a recording and get the finished long-form video back.
Faceless documentary and explainer channels
Give VidRush a topic prompt and get back a narrated documentary or explainer with real footage, motion graphics, music, captions and a thumbnail.
See how it works
Talking-head videos
Upload one recording of yourself to camera. VidRush cuts dead air and filler, adds B-roll, captions and your theme, and returns the finished edit.
See how it works
AI presenter videos without filming
Pick a preset presenter or build one from a single photo of yourself. VidRush writes the script and edits a full video around them.
See how it works
Avatar-hosted videos with generated footage
Bring a Custom Script and an avatar to Persona I. Every line gets its own generated visual, with your host shown from different angles.
See how it works
Your own script or voiceover
Paste a finished script or upload your narration. VidRush keeps your words and builds the visuals, captions, music and edit around them.
See how it works
Top 10 and listicle breakdowns
Ask for a top 10 in your prompt or script and each item becomes its own segment, with item counts matched to the video's length.
See how it works
From zero to 3 monetized channels in 5 months
“In that short time I managed to monetize three YouTube channels. That's something I never would have pulled off so fast with a traditional setup. What used to take my team roughly four days to coordinate, scripting, editing, voiceover, finding the right footage, I can now get done in under 30 minutes.”
Arez A.
· VidRush customer
It helped me monetize a channel in 1 month.
“So far, the vidrush videos went viral much faster and more often than the ones my editors did. AND, I created those videos in 1-2 hours, with minimal input on my end. Maybe I changed 1 or 2 scenes. The videos turn out very good.”
RomyB
· VidRush customer
“My editors have been in panic mode since I started using vidrush. It makes great videos in a few hours and also create thumbnail for it. The editing is better than 70% of my editors.”
Osas King
· VidRush customer
Vidrush is for you if you want good quality videos fast
“Vidrush is great because it cuts video production time down by a lot. With a few prompts or even your own custom script, you can get a video done in around a couple hours, versus possibly days with a normal video editor.”
Pic Jr
· VidRush customer
Saves a Huge Amount of Time and Delivers Real Quality
“And the results aren’t just “good for an AI tool” – they’re genuinely good. I especially want to highlight the custom script feature, which lets you personalize content nicely, as well as the rendering quality, which is consistently solid.”
RK
· VidRush customer
World-Class Tool, World-Class Support
“VidRush has become the backbone of my entire production workflow. The voice quality, imagery, and video output are genuinely impressive, everything comes out looking and sounding professional without the hours of manual editing other tools require.”
Cam Conkle
· VidRush customer
Is Cardboard or VidRush the better AI video editor for talking-head videos?
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Can VidRush cut podcast clips or vertical Reels?
Why choose VidRush over Cardboard for long-form YouTube videos?
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One brief in, a finished 6 to 40 minute video out, cut from real footage. You see the credit quote before anything runs.
