Doza Assist vs Eddie AI: for editors cutting interviews on a Mac.
Eddie and Doza Assist both promise to get you from interview footage to a rough cut faster. They take different routes: Eddie generates the cut in the cloud and hands you a new timeline, Doza selects from the transcript on your Mac and places the selects into the timeline you already have.
Eddie AI is an AI assistant editor that transcribes footage, finds soundbites, removes filler, places B-roll and produces a rough cut you can steer by prompt, with projects that live in the cloud and pay-as-you-go credits. Doza Assist runs on your Mac, ranks the soundbites, drafts a Story Builder cut where every line cites a real transcript span, and places the selects frame-exact into your existing Final Cut Pro multicam or sync-clip timeline.
01Side by side
| Doza Assist | Eddie AI | |
|---|---|---|
| Runs on | Mac with Apple Silicon, 16 GB memory minimum | Mac (Apple Silicon and Intel), Windows, a web app, and an iPhone app |
| Where processing happens | On your Mac. Transcription, speaker labels and the language model all run locally. Nothing uploads by default | Projects live in the cloud. Imports through the web are transcoded to Eddie proxies; desktop imports keep exports pointed at your original files. Enterprise can run in your own cloud or on your own hardware |
| Pricing model | $199 once with 12 months of updates, then $49/yr if you want more updates. Studio $29/mo or $299/yr | Pay-as-you-go credits, no subscription: 1,000 credits $10, 5,000 $45, 15,000 $120, 50,000 $350. Importing runs about 250 credits per hour of footage; an NLE export costs 100 credits. Credits do not expire |
| Works inside your FCP, Premiere or Resolve timeline | Reads your Final Cut Pro project (FCPXML 1.11+) and hands selects back into it. Sequences for Premiere Pro (xmeml) and DaVinci Resolve (EDL) | Exports a new timeline into Premiere Pro (.prproj or XML), Final Cut Pro (FCPXML), DaVinci Resolve (.drp or XML), Avid (EDL) and OTIO |
| Multicam and sync-clip round trip | Yes for Final Cut Pro. Multicam and sync clips come back as the same clip type with the original media references. Premiere and Resolve receive a flat sequence | Imports FCP multicam, sync and compound clips and timelines; a pre-built multicam arrives as one clip with the angles baked in. Eddie can also sync separate camera files itself. Premiere export stacks the alternate angles muted below; the FCPXML multicam export is described differently on two of Eddie's pages |
| Speaker labels | Yes, on device, with real names | Automatic, described by Eddie as a guess you can correct; multicam angles labeled by face and name |
| Story selects and rough cuts | Ranked soundbites, Story Brief, Story Builder, and Chat that cannot invent a timecode | Rough cuts in minutes: finds soundbites, removes filler, cuts to a script or outline, places B-roll on the A-roll, and takes prompts to amend the story |
| Learns your editing style | My Style (Editorial DNA) learns from cuts you have already finished | Not stated for learning from your own past edits. Version 4 offers agents with a defined style and saved recipes |
| Privacy of footage | Footage never uploads. The optional Claude or OpenAI key is off by default | Footage not used to train Eddie's models, per their pricing page. Processed in the US and other countries; content may remain in backups for a period. SOC 2 Type I and II |
| Free trial | Every feature on the first 2 minutes of any file. No account | 1,000 free credits on a new account |
Last checked: September 2026. Eddie facts from heyeddie.ai and help.heyeddie.ai.
02Generated cuts versus grounded selects
I want to be careful here because both tools use a language model, and the difference is in what the model is allowed to do. In Doza Assist the model never originates a timecode. Every ranked soundbite, every line in a Story Builder draft and every answer in Chat is a pointer to a span of the transcript that exists, with the words and the frames attached. If the model cannot find support in the transcript, it says so rather than filling the gap. That is what I mean by grounded, and it is why I trust the rough cut enough to send it straight to the timeline.
Eddie's documentation describes a different workflow: it transcribes, finds the best soundbites, removes filler words and builds the cut, and you refine it by prompt. That is a real feature set and for some jobs it is the right one. I would just encourage you to check any generated cut against the transcript the same way you would check a junior editor's, and to try both on the first two minutes of the same file.
03Frame-exact placement into a real multicam timeline
Eddie's help center says a pre-built multicam clip from Final Cut Pro imports as one clip with the angles baked in, and that effects, transitions, titles and gaps can break the round trip. Doza Assist parses the multicam and sync-clip structure of your FCPXML, transcribes in timeline time, and writes selects back as the same clip type with the original resources spliced in unchanged, so Final Cut opens the result with nothing offline and nothing to relink. Premiere and Resolve receive a flat sequence from Doza Assist; I do not claim a multicam round trip there.
04Local processing
Eddie's projects live in the cloud, with an enterprise option to run in your own cloud or on your own hardware. Doza Assist runs transcription, speaker labels and the Gemma language model on the Mac in front of you, sized to its memory, and nothing uploads by default. If you want a frontier model for analysis you can add your own Claude or OpenAI key, and that stays off until you turn it on.
05When Eddie AI is the better fit
- You want a full first assembly with B-roll placed and filler removed, and you will refine it by prompt.
- You cut on Windows or in Avid, or you want native .prproj and .drp project files.
- You need Eddie to sync separate camera files itself, including podcast-style speaker switching.
- You want to pay by the hour of footage with credits that never expire rather than own a license.
06When Doza Assist is the better fit
- You want every select to be traceable to a real transcript span, with no generated timecodes.
- Your project is already a Final Cut Pro multicam or sync-clip timeline and you want selects placed into it, frame exact.
- The footage cannot leave the machine: no upload, no proxies on a server, no cloud project.
- You want the rough cut to reflect your own past cuts, learned by My Style.
- You want a price that ends: $199 once, unlimited hours.
07Why not just use the transcription built into your editor?
Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve can all turn audio into text now, and for captions that is often enough. Doza Assist is for the step after the transcript, and it adds six things the built-in tools do not:
- Grounded selects. Every soundbite, Story Builder cut and Chat answer points at a real span of the transcript. The app cannot invent a timecode.
- Frame-exact multicam placement. Selects go back into your existing multicam or sync-clip timeline as the same kind of clip they came from, with the original media references intact.
- My Style. Editorial DNA learns how you build a story from cuts you have already finished, so the suggestions sound like you.
- Quote sheets. The transcript becomes a formatted pull-quote document as PDF or Word for producers, clients and comms.
- True on-device privacy. Transcription, speaker labels and the language model all run on your Mac. Nothing uploads by default.
- Pay once and own it. $199 with 12 months of updates, then an optional $49 a year. The app keeps working either way.
Read the full breakdown on Doza Assist vs the transcription built into Final Cut Pro, Premiere and Resolve.
08Frequently asked
Does Eddie AI run locally?
Per Eddie's site as of September 2026, projects live in the cloud and imports through the web are transcoded to Eddie's proxies. The desktop app keeps exports pointed at your original files, and an enterprise option runs in your own cloud or on your own hardware. Doza Assist runs everything on the Mac itself.
What does grounded mean in Doza Assist?
The language model can only cite spans of the transcript that exist. Soundbites, Story Builder lines and Chat answers all carry the exact words and frames they came from. The app cannot invent a timecode.
Which exports does each tool offer?
Eddie exports a new timeline into Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Avid and OTIO. Doza Assist returns selects into your existing Final Cut Pro project by FCPXML 1.11 and later, including multicam and sync clips, and writes a Premiere xmeml sequence or a Resolve EDL.
How does pricing compare for a 30-hour project?
Eddie's pricing page says importing runs about 250 credits per hour of footage, so 30 hours is roughly 7,500 credits before edits and exports; their 15,000-credit pack is $120. Doza Assist is $199 once for unlimited hours, so the second 30-hour project costs nothing more.
No account, no card. Transcription, speaker labels, ranked soundbites, Story Builder, My Style and the NLE round trip all run on your Mac.
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