Use cases
Sift for your kind of edit.
Different jobs, same problem: the shot is somewhere in the footage. See how it plays out for your work.
In short: Pick the page closest to your work. Each one lists the guides that matter most for that kind of editing.
No editor needed. Sift works on its own as a desktop app on Mac and Windows: search, preview, build Selects and share footage by link without opening an editor. The editor panels are optional.
Wedding video: find the moment.Find every shot of the couple, the toast and the first dance across cards and drives, by description or name. Desktop app, Mac and Windows. Free trial.Documentary editing: find it in hours.Search hundreds of hours of interviews and B-roll by what’s said, shown and who’s in it, across drives. Desktop app, Mac and Windows. Free trial.Corporate and brand video: reuse what you shot.Reuse brand footage: search by description, person or spoken line, then share it by link. A desktop app for Mac and Windows. Free trial.Social video teams: find the clip, fast.Turn around social cuts faster by finding the right shot in a big library by description, person or quote. A desktop app for Mac and Windows. Free trial.YouTube creators: reuse your own footage.Find the B-roll, the quote or the take from past videos without scrubbing: search your own library by description and by words. Free trial.News and archive: find the file footage.Search archive footage by what’s shown and what was said, including drives that are offline. Local, no upload. Mac and Windows. Free trial.Real estate and drone video: find the shot.Find the right aerial, exterior or interior shot across properties and shoots by describing it. Local desktop app for Mac and Windows. Free trial.Event video: find the keynote line.Conferences, concerts and galas: find the speaker, the crowd shot or the keynote line across cameras and days. Mac and Windows. Free trial.
Updated 2026-10-22
Try it on your own footage.
Free for 3 days or 25 searches. No card. Then $99 a year for one computer, Mac or Windows. Everything in Sift, including the optional editor panels and one free link to share footage.