Captions Cut

Caption app prices, compared

Written by the maker of Captions Cut, which is one of the tools compared. Facts checked on from the pages listed under Sources.

The short answer

Most caption tools are subscriptions: the cheapest paid tiers here run from about $8 a month billed yearly (Zeemo Pro) to $25 a month (VEED Creator, monthly). Free tiers either watermark the export or cap minutes or videos. Captions Cut is the one that charges per second of audio instead, from $2.99 for 30 minutes that never expire, and the one that does not upload the video.

Free tier, cheapest paid option, upload

ToolFree tierCheapest paid optionVideo uploaded?
Captions Cut ours2 minutes of captions free when a new account signs in; free exports carry a small mark.$2.99 once for 30 minutes (never expires)No: only the audio track is sent for transcription, and it is deleted right after.
CapCutThe editor is free to start; CapCut does not publish numeric limits for the free tier.$9.99 a month (CapCut Standard, US App Store)Yes for captions: CapCut says its mobile app and web editor recognise speech in the cloud; the desktop app can do it locally in some regions.
SubmagicSubmagic’s caption page mentions 3 watermarked videos a month; its pricing page lists no free plan.$19 a month, or $12 a month yearly (Starter: 15 videos up to 2 minutes)Yes: you upload the video or paste a link.
CaptionsA free tier with no AI credits and one caption template.$9.99 a month (Captions Basic, US App Store)Yes: clips are uploaded for AI editing, with a cloud backup of imported clips.
VEED10 minutes of subtitles a month, 720p, watermarked exports.$25 a month, or $12.25 a month yearly (Creator, 1080p)Yes: the video is uploaded to the editor.
KapwingWatermarked exports up to 4 minutes, 720p, up to 10 minutes of auto-subtitling.$16 a month billed yearly (Pro)Yes: the video or audio is uploaded to the editor.
Descript60 media minutes a month, 720p, watermarked.$16 a month billed yearly, $24 monthly (Hobbyist, 10 hours a month)Yes: Descript says your media is uploaded to the cloud.
Zeemo120 credits a year, clips up to 1 minute and 200 MB, 720p.$8 a month billed yearly (Pro, 1080p)Yes: you upload the video from a computer or phone.
EditsFree, with 4K export and no watermark.FreeMeta does not say.
OpusClip60 credits a month (1 credit = 1 minute of source video), watermarked, clips expire after 3 days.$15 a month (Starter, 150 credits)Yes: you import the long video.

Every plan, as listed

  • Captions Cut: 1 credit per second of audio. Packs: 30 minutes $2.99, 2 hours $8.99, 5 hours $19.99, never expiring. Pro $7.99 a month or $49.99 a year adds credits, removes the mark and adds translation.
  • CapCut: In the US App Store: Standard $9.99 a month, Pro $19.99 a month, and a yearly subscription at $89.99. Web prices are shown in local currency after sign-in.
  • Submagic: Starter $19 a month ($12 yearly) for 15 videos up to 2 minutes; Pro $39 ($23 yearly) for 40 videos up to 5 minutes; Business $69 ($41 yearly) for 100 videos up to 30 minutes and 4K. No watermark on paid plans.
  • Captions: In the US App Store: Basic $9.99 a month ($64.99 a year), Max $24.99 a month. Its web pricing page lists Max at $24.99 and Frontier at $69.99 a month.
  • VEED: Creator $25 a month ($147 a year), Pro $45 ($265 a year, 4K), Studio $79 ($465 a year), per editor. Pro is $49 a month in the App Store.
  • Kapwing: Pro $16 a month and Business $50 a month, billed yearly; Pro removes the watermark, exports 4K and auto-subtitles up to 1,000 minutes a month.
  • Descript: Hobbyist $16 or $24 a month (10 hours), Creator $24 or $35 (30 hours, 4K), Business $50 or $65; the lower price is billed yearly.
  • Zeemo: On the web, billed yearly: Pro $8 a month, Expert $13.39 (4K), Business $16.07. The App Store lists monthly items from $2.99 to $9.99 and a yearly Pro at $79.99.
  • Edits: Free; the App Store lists in-app purchases without saying what they are.
  • OpusClip: Starter $15 a month (150 credits), Pro $29 a month or $14.50 a month billed yearly (300 credits); a credit is a minute of the video you import.

What ten short clips a month cost

Say you post ten clips a month, each 45 seconds long: 450 seconds of speech.

  • Captions Cut: 450 credits. The 30 minutes pack (1,800 credits, $2.99) covers four such months, and unused credits never expire.
  • Submagic: Starter, $19 a month or $12 a month billed yearly, covers 15 videos a month.
  • VEED: the free tier’s 10 minutes of subtitles cover the speech, with a watermark and 720p; Creator is $25 a month, or $12.25 a month billed yearly.
  • Kapwing: the free tier subtitles up to 10 minutes, with a watermark; Pro is $16 a month billed yearly.
  • CapCut and Edits: free to start; CapCut’s paid tiers in the US App Store begin at $9.99 a month.

Posting every day turns the sums around: at thirty 45-second clips a month, a subscription with no per-video charge can cost less than credits. Count your own seconds.

How we checked

Prices are the US dollar prices each tool lists on its own pricing page or US App Store page, read on 22 October 2026. Where a page gave both, the monthly price and the yearly price per month are shown. Where a tool’s web prices are shown only in local currency (CapCut), the US App Store prices are used and the page says so.

Questions

Which caption app is cheapest?

For a few clips a month, a pay-as-you-go app: Captions Cut charges 1 credit per second of audio, from $2.99. Edits is free but tied to Instagram’s editor. For daily posting, compare the subscriptions’ yearly prices in the table.

Which caption apps have no watermark for free?

Edits, Instagram’s editor, exports 4K without a watermark for free. The free tiers of VEED, Kapwing, Descript and OpusClip watermark their exports, as does Captions Cut’s free plan (lightly).

Are these prices the same in every country?

No. They are the US prices each tool lists; app stores and checkouts show local prices, which differ by country.

Sources

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