Free / cheap / easy video editing software?

Free:



Openshot, shotcut, capcut, kdenlive, Resolve free, Media Composer | First, parts of Blender



Easy:



VideoPad, Filmora, Kinemaster, capcut



Of note, Capcut is a product of Tiktok.



If I was starting from nothing and wanted to be able to grow, but not to "professional" levels, kdenlive. If I was wanting to grow to "professional" levels, Media Composer or Resolve. If I just wanted to stay at hobby levels, any of the ones in the easy category would be fine for a long time.