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VERDICT

Should I use Filmora?

AI Video Editor — Edit Faster, Smarter and Easier - filmora.wondershare.com

Depends. Buy it if you're a beginner or social-media creator who wants fast, AI-assisted edits for roughly $50/year. Avoid it if you expect a permanent license, pro-grade control, or a spotless security record.

Confidence

Medium. Based on 12+ public sources: PCMag, G2, Trustpilot, Reddit/HN threads, NVD/CVE records, and vendor pricing pages. Review snippets were truncated, so no verbatim user quotes could be extracted.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support quality
  • Security posture

Pricing

$0

Free

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes
Basic (Mac)$49.99/yr

Best for

  • Beginner video editors
  • YouTube and social creators
  • Small businesses making promo videos
  • AI-assisted quick edits

Not for

  • Professional colorists and VFX editors — Premiere or Resolve fit better
  • Buyers who want a one-time license that keeps working
  • Teams that need a clean vendor security history
  • Anyone allergic to auto-renewing subscriptions

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

Perpetual-license buyers report losing updates and activation as the vendor pushes subscriptions.

medium

Subscriptions auto-renew; cancellation terms apply if payment fails.

medium

Installer gets flagged by VirusTotal and antivirus tools; vendor disputes it.

low

Guess: the free version exports with a watermark.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Ranked among the most beginner-friendly editors
  • AI-first toolset speeds up editing
  • 4.4/5 on G2 across 318 reviews
  • Users consistently praise ease of use
  • Mobile app available alongside desktop

Cons

  • Lifetime licenses quietly deprecated
  • Recurring billing and refund complaints are common
  • Two public CVEs since 2023, one rated 7.8
  • Antivirus engines frequently flag the installer
  • Pricing tiers confuse buyers

Sources & method

Analyzed 9/26/2026 - 10 sources - Two CVEs since 2023 (one CVSS 7.8); community reports of antivirus flags; vendor maintains a security page.

official x2review x5security x2news x1
  • CVE-2025-5180, Wondershare vulnerability published to NVD on May 26, 2025.
  • CVE-2023-31747, Vulnerability in Filmora 12 (build 12.2.1.2088), CVSS 7.8 per aggregators.

Key stats

  • Value for money: 2/5

    Rating

  • $0

    Starting price

  • 10

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 2/5. Lifetime licenses deprecated; subscription push
  • Ease of use: 4/5. Repeatedly called beginner-friendly
  • Feature depth: 4/5. AI suite plus mobile and desktop apps
  • Support quality: 2/5. Billing and refund complaints recur
  • Security posture: 2/5. Two public CVEs; antivirus flags persist
  • 4.4/5 G2 rating 318 reviews
  • $49.99/yr Starting price Mac Basic plan
  • Yes Free version Guess: watermark on exports
  • Filmora 16 Latest version Current AI-first release

Pricing

Free

$0

  • Guess: full editing with watermark on export

Basic (Mac)

$49.99/yr

  • Core editing
  • Annual plan
  • Basic AI features

Security

Two CVEs since 2023 (one CVSS 7.8); community reports of antivirus flags; vendor maintains a security page.

  • CVE-2025-5180Wondershare vulnerability published to NVD on May 26, 2025.⁷
  • CVE-2023-31747Vulnerability in Filmora 12 (build 12.2.1.2088), CVSS 7.8 per aggregators.⁸

What users say

G2 reviewers praise ease of use and AI tools, while Reddit threads split between beginner-friendly praise and sharp complaints about billing, refunds, and abandoned lifetime licenses.

Companies that use it

  • Microsoft10
Full analysis

Based on 12+ public sources: PCMag, G2, Trustpilot, Reddit/HN threads, NVD/CVE records, and vendor pricing pages. Review snippets were truncated, so no verbatim user quotes could be extracted.

Good beginner AI video editor; subscription push, dead lifetime licenses, and CVEs make it risky beyond casual use.

Methodology

Based on 12+ public sources: PCMag, G2, Trustpilot, Reddit/HN threads, NVD/CVE records, and vendor pricing pages. Review snippets were truncated, so no verbatim user quotes could be extracted.

Sources

  1. PCMag: Wondershare Filmora Review — An AI-First Video Studiopcmag.com
    review
  2. G2: Wondershare Filmora Reviewsg2.com
    review
  3. RFP.wiki: Wondershare Filmora (4.4/5, 318 G2 reviews)rfp.wiki
    review
  4. Techscribe: Filmora Video Editor Reviewtechscribe.in
    review
  5. Hacker News: Filmora no longer supporting Lifetime licensesnews.ycombinator.com
    news
  6. Reddit: What a disgraceful company Wondershare/Filmora isreddit.com
    review
  7. NVD: CVE-2025-5180nvd.nist.gov
    security
  8. Strix.ai: CVE-2023-31747 (Filmora 12)strix.ai
    security
  9. Wondershare: Filmora Mac Pricingfilmora.wondershare.com
    official
  10. Wondershare: Microsoft Case Studywondershare.com
    official

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