by YouArt
YouArt Desktop App pricing, free plan and limits
AI video agent for Mac and PC that works inside your editing software
- Best for
- Video editors who cut in Premiere Pro, After Effects or DaVinci Resolve
- Not for
- Buyer who wants a browser chat with nothing to install
Should you use YouArt Desktop App?
Best for editors and small studios who already cut in Premiere or After Effects and want an agent to apply client feedback inside those projects. Y Combinator lists the company, but the savings claims against fal and Higgsfield are its own and the app has no published release notes, so test the Free plan first.
An agent that operates professional editing software on local projects and takes client feedback from Slack or Gmail onto a shared canvas.
The release says the canvas stores comments and version history, and the pricing page ties credits to an account, but the release also lets users bring their own provider keys, so account credits are not the only way to pay for generation.
Also for
- Social media marketers who turn long footage into short clips
- Small studios and filmmakers developing scripts and storyboards
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- Freelance editor handling client revisions
- Studio producer coordinating review rounds
Also not for
- Team that cannot send file names or text to a third-party AI provider
Main trade-off
Its claims are vendor-reported, and the download page carries no release notes or system requirements.
YouArt Desktop App pricing
- Top plan
- $329.99/mo
- Billing model
- Freemium
Credit plans on monthly billing: Basic $9.99, Pro $29.99, Max $149.99 and Team $329.99 a month, each cheaper on yearly billing. A Free plan exists and Enterprise is priced on request. With your own provider keys, the release says the app routes to the lowest-priced provider.
Before you commit
- Extra credits are sold only to subscribers, at $5 for 500, per the pricing page.
What YouArt Desktop App does on its own
- Scope of autonomy
- Semi-autonomous
- Human approval boundary
- Human in the loop
- Maturity
- Beta
Safety controls
- Human in the loopSupported
What it can operate
- File system
- Web browsing
- Image generation
Where YouArt Desktop App runs
- Deployment
- Hybrid
- Where it runs
- Desktop
- Memory
- Long term
Models it runs on
- Seedance 2.5
- Seedance 2.0
- Nano Banana 2
- GPT Image 2.6
- ElevenLabs v3
- Suno
Systems it connects to
| System | Type |
|---|---|
| Adobe After Effects | Native |
| Adobe Premiere Pro | Native |
| DaVinci Resolve | Native |
| CapCut | Native |
| Blender | Native |
| Slack | Native |
| Gmail | Native |
What YouArt Desktop App does
YouArt Desktop App 0.3.21 is a video agent for Windows and macOS that works on local project files and, with permission, operates Premiere Pro, After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, CapCut and Blender. A shared canvas keeps footage, comments and version history, and client feedback arrives from Slack or Gmail.
Works on local project files
It reads an existing project from folders you allow and keeps footage, scripts, brand assets, generated clips, comments and version history on one canvas shared with the agent.
Operates editing software
With your permission it navigates menus, clicks and enters commands in After Effects, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, CapCut and Blender, so existing projects, templates and plugins stay in use.
Client feedback on the canvas
Feedback from Slack or Gmail arrives as comments pinned to a shot, frame or element, and the agent applies the changes for you to keep or reject.
Chat to Edit
Select an element and ask in plain words, such as using the brand blue or holding a title longer, and the agent changes only that part while manual timeline controls stay available.
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Your own keys with price routing
Keys for Higgsfield, fal and BytePlus can be added, and a routing step compares providers and picks the lowest-priced one for the chosen model.
Skills and AutoClip
Reusable skills cover story development, shot planning, commercial video and motion design, and AutoClip turns long footage into captioned short clips.
Strengths and limits
Strengths
- It works inside tools editors already use, since the release says the agent can drive five editing programs, which keeps existing projects, templates and plugins in play.
- Local file access is opt-in: the privacy policy says signing in does not by itself grant access to local files, and folders are chosen in the app's settings.
- Plan prices, credit allowances and the credit cost of an agent call are published on its pricing page, read in November 2026, so a buyer can estimate spend before signing up.
Limits
- Requested text and file paths can leave the machine for YouArt and its AI providers, so project files are not fully local (privacy policy, last updated 5 November 2026).
- Several headline claims rest on YouArt's own release, including the savings quoted against fal and Higgsfield, and no independent test of the agent was found as of 15 November 2026.
- The download page gives a build number and nothing else, with no release notes or system requirements, so a buyer cannot see what changed or what hardware the app needs.
YouArt Desktop App alternatives
| Agent | Where it runs | Price | Maturity | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YouArt Desktop App This page | Cloud · Your machine | Free plan | Beta | 3.1 |
 InkoAI AgentPick YouArt Desktop App if you edit in Premiere Pro or After Effects and want an agent working on local project files; pick InkoAI Agent if you want a browser chat that makes images and clips from one sentence. | Cloud | -- | Available | -- |
 OpenAI dotsAlways-on ChatGPT agents with their own cloud computer. | Cloud | $100/mo | Available | 3.6 |
 AutoClawZ.ai's desktop agent that turns a chat goal into finished files. | Cloud · Your machine | Free plan | Available | -- |
YouArt Desktop App facts
- Works offline
- No
- Minimum skill level
- Intermediate
- Budget fit
- Mid
- Open source
- No
- Ships
- Sporadic
- Last major update
- Maker founded
- 2025
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United States
- Team size
- 1-10
What changed
- Release YouArt launches YouArt Desktop App source
Questions about YouArt Desktop App
How much does YouArt Desktop App cost?
YouArt's membership plans, read on 15 November 2026, are Basic at $9.99 a month for 1,000 credits, Pro at $29.99 for 3,300, Max at $149.99 for 18,000 and Team at $329.99 for 36,300, falling to $7.99, $23.99, $119.99 and $263.99 on yearly billing. Each Creative Agent call costs 2 credits and each chat message 6, and unused monthly credits do not roll over. The release also quotes Seedance 2.5 at 720p from $0.208 a second pay-as-you-go, based on the company's own comparison with fal and Higgsfield.
Can I use YouArt Desktop App for free?
YouArt lists a Free plan behind a Start for Free button, and its FAQ says the Free plan might include a small watermark. No credit allowance for it is published, so the free limits are unconfirmed. Signing in connects the desktop app to your YouArt account.
What can the YouArt agent see on my computer?
Only folders you choose in the app's Local file access settings, according to the privacy policy, which lets the agent list and search them and read supported files for your requests. File names, paths and requested text may be sent to YouArt and its AI providers, and an imported local image is uploaded to your YouArt library.
Can I bring my own API keys?
Yes, per the launch release: the app accepts your own keys for providers such as Higgsfield, fal and BytePlus, and a smart routing step compares provider prices and picks the lowest for the chosen model. The 56% and 55% savings quoted for Seedance 2.5 against fal and Higgsfield come from YouArt's own comparison.
Which builds of YouArt Desktop App exist?
The download page listed version 0.3.21 for Windows, for macOS on Apple silicon and for macOS on Intel when read on 15 November 2026. It gave no release notes or system requirements.
About YouArt Desktop App
YouArt Desktop App is a video agent for Windows and Mac from YouArt, a San Francisco startup that Y Combinator lists in its Spring 2026 batch, founded in 2025. Announced on 13 November 2026, it works on local project files instead of producing one clip at a time: it reads a project, keeps footage, comments and version history on a shared canvas, and carries out production tasks from research to export. The download page offers version 0.3.21 for Windows and macOS.
Read the full background
With your permission it can operate Adobe's After Effects and Premiere Pro, Blackmagic's DaVinci Resolve, CapCut and Blender by navigating menus and entering commands, per the launch release, and it pulls client feedback from Slack or Gmail onto the canvas as comments pinned to a shot. Per its privacy policy, signing in alone does not open your local files to the agent, and you pick the folders yourself in settings. Generation uses models such as Seedance 2.5, with ElevenLabs voiceovers and Suno music named in the release.
It fits freelance editors, marketers and small studios already cutting in Adobe's tools who want an agent that edits inside those projects. The release lists social content, feature launches and film projects as its uses.
The download page was the only place the build number appeared when this page was checked on 15 November 2026, with no release notes or system requirements beside it.
Pass on it if you prefer a hosted chat with nothing to install, or if file names and requested text cannot go to a third-party AI provider, which the privacy policy says can happen for a request. InkoAI Agent is DomoAI's browser chat for images and video, Topview builds ads and series with an agent from a script or product link, and Higgsfield is both a rival studio and one of the providers this app can route to. The decision: choose YouArt Desktop App when your work already lives in editing-project files that one of its five supported programs opens and you want an agent inside them; otherwise start with a hosted tool.
Sources and guides
Official sources
Autonomy, guardrails, integrations and pricing on this page are read from YouArt's own documentation. The verdict is Hokai's reading of them, not the vendor's claim.
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