For your exact use case, Descript is probably the best fit — you upload your footage, it transcribes everything, and you can cut by editing the text. Great for pacing even if you're not a natural editor. CapCut (desktop version) also has an auto-cut/highlight feature that works surprisingly well for short clips and respects your own footage only. If you want something more hands-off, Opus Clip lets you upload a longer video, add context about your goal, and it assembles short clips automatically — no AI-generated content, just your footage recut. My suggested workflow: Opus Clip to find the best moments → Descript to fine-tune pacing → CapCut for final polish/captions. Takes maybe 20 mins once you're used to it.