Captions vs Kapwing

In short

• Both: Text to video, Edits video, AI presenters, Lip sync, Dubbing, Captions, Sound and music
• Only Kapwing states: Image to video, 4K, Commercial use

Captions

Captions is an AI video editor for creating, editing, captioning, translating, and generating short-form videos.

Plans

Max

• $24.99/mo

• Access our library of curated AI Edit styles
• Create a fully-produced video with AI
• Create digital twins or custom AI actors
• Use a chat-based editor to handle changes for you
• Turn a long video into a batch of post-ready clips
• Access 500 credits per month

Frontier

• $69.99/mo

• Everything in Max, plus
• 1,400 credits per month
• Make more videos per month with customized usage tiers
• Access our most sophisticated tier of generative AI models

Frontier 2x

• $139.99/mo

• 2x usage
• 2,800 credits per month
• Make more videos per month with customized usage tiers
• Access our most sophisticated tier of generative AI models

Frontier 4x

• $279.99/mo

• 4x usage
• 5,600 credits per month
• Make more videos per month with customized usage tiers
• Access our most sophisticated tier of generative AI models

Enterprise

Price on request

• Bulk credit discounts
• Custom seat options
• Dedicated account management team
• Training data exclusion
• Customer onboarding, priority training, and hands-on support
• Early access to beta and new features

Free

Free

• Basic tools like trimming and transitions
• Some media library assets

Prices checked 2026-09-25 on the maker’s page.

Capabilities

• Text to video — “Prompt to video” source
• Edits video — “Captions' AI editing transforms footage into a fully edited video that's ready to share.” source
• AI presenters — “Make an AI twin or choose from digital avatars.” source
• Lip sync — “AI Lipdub” source
• Dubbing — “Translate and subtitle in 100+ languages.” source
• Captions — “Create auto-captions with stylized fonts.” source
• Sound and music — “Generate royalty-free music or sound effects that complement your video.” source

Kapwing

Browser-based video editor with AI tools for generating, editing, captioning, translating, resizing, and repurposing content.

Plans

Free

Free

• 10 credits
• Unlimited exports with a watermark
• Export videos up to 4 minutes long
• 720p video quality
• 5 GB of cloud storage
• Credits usable for auto-subtitling and text to speech

Pro

• $ 16 per member, per month, billed annually
• $24 billed monthly
• $192/year

• No Kapwing watermark on your creations
• Upload files up to 6 GB
• Export content in 4K resolution
• Create and edit unlimited projects
• Export projects up to 2 hours long
• Brand Kit and custom fonts

Business

• $ 50 per member, per month, billed annually
• $64 billed monthly
• $600/year

• Create custom voice clones
• Lip sync videos
• Ability to purchase additional credits
• 800 GB of cloud storage
• Credits usable for auto-subtitling
• Credits usable for dubbing

Enterprise

Price on request

• Custom billing
• Dedicated account manager
• Priority customer support
• Onboarding & training
• SAML single sign-on (SSO)
• Custom cloud storage

Prices checked 2026-09-25 on the maker’s page.

Capabilities

• Text to video — “Turn a short prompt, full video script, article, or PDF into a fully-edited video project” source
• Image to video — “Animate any still image into an AI video, whether a produc shot upload or an AI-generated image start frame” source
• Edits video — “A drag-and-drop timeline makes it easy to edit, trim, and combine video clips and add overlays, with a collaborative interface to let your team take part and share thoughts.” source
• AI presenters — “Lifelike AI presenters that read your script on camera — no recording required” source
• Lip sync — “Match lip movement to translated audio” source
• Dubbing — “Translate audio and videos into 100+ languages” source
• Captions — “Generate customizable on-brand subtitles with 99% accuracy” source
• Sound and music — “Turn a simple text prompt into original videos complete with voiceover, visuals, subtitles, music, and characters, with a script you can customize for tone and content.” source
• 4K — “Export content in 4K resolution” source
• Commercial use — “Free AI stock characters. Full commercial rights.” source

Latest updates

• 2026-09-09 About the Kapwing MCP

  Kapwing MCP gives AI agents access to Workspace editing functions and is in beta with trusted testers.

• 2026-09-01 Release Notes - August 2026

  Kapwing launched autonomous mode for Kai, media references in prompts, new subtitle styles and animations, and improvements to AI creation, playback, and exports.

• 2026-09-01 Release Notes - June 2026

  Kapwing added a Draw tool and improved AI understanding of uploaded media and follow-up edits, subtitles, and Side Kai.