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Riverside

Record podcasts and interviews, then edit, clip and publish with AI tools.

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Best for
Beginners: people new to video
Free plan
Yes
Agent-ready (MCP / API)
Yes
Platforms
Web
Last verified
Oct 14, 2026

Overview

Riverside is built around recording conversations well, then getting content out of them: clips, captions, a transcript, a podcast feed. If you have a webinar or interview series, that “one session, many assets” loop is the draw.

One flag: its pricing page copy carried a staging banner telling visitors to check the live site, so confirm the numbers at checkout.

Who it's for

A good fit if you are…

  • People recording remote interviews, podcasts or webinars
  • Marketers who want clips and captions generated from a long recording

Another tool may suit you better if you are…

  • Screen-recording product demos
  • Anyone who only needs a quick, casual video message

Pricing

Free plan; paid plans billed annually start around $24/mo (Pro) per its FAQ. As of Oct 2026, verify (its pricing page carried a staging-environment banner).

  • Free: 2 hours of multitrack recording (one-off), up to 720p, Riverside watermark.
  • Pro: about $24/mo billed annually ($29 monthly) per the FAQ; up to 4K video, AI B-roll, eye contact, silence and filler removal, podcast hosting.
  • Grow adds live streaming; Webinar adds registration and CRM tools; Business is custom.
  • Some AI features (translation, AI B-roll, animated clips) use separate AI credits.
  • Our copy of the pricing page showed a staging notice, so double-check live prices.

Prices as of Oct 2026 (checked Oct 14, 2026), verify before buying. Source: vendor pricing page.

Key features

  • Separate audio and video tracks per participant, up to 4K on Pro
  • AI editing: remove silences and filler words, eye contact, AI B-roll
  • Magic Clips for short social clips (does not use credits, per FAQ)
  • Podcast hosting and publishing to YouTube, Spotify, Apple, Instagram, LinkedIn
  • Live streaming and webinars on higher plans

Integrations: Riverside MCP connects it to Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor.

Agent-ready? Yes. The Riverside MCP lets an AI assistant search your transcripts, make edits, cut clips and publish to social, per Riverside's FAQ.

Pros and good to know

Drawn from the vendor's own documentation and public sources.

Pros

  • Records each participant on their own track, which gives editors more flexibility
  • AI clips and captions from a single long recording
  • Has an official MCP connection for AI assistants
  • Free plan available to try

Good to know

  • Free exports carry a Riverside watermark and are limited to 720p
  • Several AI features are credit-based
  • Extra editor seats are an add-on on Pro, Grow and Webinar
  • Priced for conversation-style content, not product demos

Alternatives

  • Descript: Edit video and audio by editing a text transcript, with AI tools for filler words, captions, clips and more.
  • OpusClip: Turns long videos into short, captioned, vertical clips and can publish them to social platforms.
  • Loom: Quick screen and camera recordings you share by link, with transcripts and AI add-ons on paid plans.

Used in these workflows: Turn a webinar or podcast into captioned short clips

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