Submagic vs Captions

Submagic is better at finishing a short clip with caption styles, zooms and B-roll. Captions is better at a preset edit on your phone, plus digital twins and a chat editor. If your take is already short and you want a styled caption pass, pick Submagic. If you edit on a phone and want an AI actor or a twin of yourself, pick Captions. Both prices are below, read from their own pages.

We make Clypmint, a different kind of tool, named once at the end of this page. Neither Submagic nor Captions paid for or reviewed this page. Every price was read from their own pricing pages on the date printed under each table.

Side by side

Submagic and Captions, compared
What	Submagic	Captions
What it is	Submagic is a short-form editor. It adds animated captions, hook titles, zooms, and B-roll to a clip and can find clips in a long video.	Captions is an AI video editor and generator. It applies preset edit styles to a clip, makes AI actors and digital twins, and takes changes in chat.
Best for	Caption styles and a quick finish on short clips.	A preset edit style on a short clip, on your phone.
Paid plans	from $19 a month	from $24.99 a month
Free plan	No free plan on the pricing page. Every plan they sell ships without a watermark.	Free plan with the basic tools, captions in 100 or more languages, one caption template, and no AI credits.
Metered on	Credits, three per exported video, with a longest-video cap on each plan.	Credits a month. The pricing page does not say what one credit buys.
Longest video on each plan	2 minutes on Starter. 5 on Pro. 30 on Business.	Not stated per video on the pricing page.
What a paid pass adds	Caption styles, zooms and B-roll. Business exports 4K at 60 fps.	AI edit styles, digital twins, a chat editor and batch clip creation.
Watermark once you pay	None on any plan they sell.	Not stated on the pricing page.
Which prices the page shows	The public pricing page.	iOS plans only. Web prices are not published.

What Submagic is genuinely good at

Its captions are the best-known thing about it: many languages, many templates, word by word.
One pass adds captions, zooms, B-roll and sound to a short clip. For a 60-second clip that is a lot of finish for the money.
Every plan they sell ships without a watermark, including the cheapest.
It has a large, mostly positive public review base.
It has an API, sold in minute packs, for teams that automate.

What Captions is genuinely good at

Its AI Edit applies a whole preset style in one pass. That is the closest any tool here comes to an automatic graphics treatment.
The caption styling is excellent and there are many languages.
It has a chat editor and batch clip creation on the main paid plan.
It is built for a phone first, and it is very good on one.

Submagic prices

Submagic plans, in US dollars, as published on 2026-09-11
Submagic plan	Per month	What you get
Starter	$19	$12 a month on a yearly plan. 15 videos a month, each up to 2 minutes. 1080p.
Pro	$39	$23 a month yearly. 40 videos a month, each up to 5 minutes. Adds B-roll and auto-zoom.
Business	$69	$41 a month yearly. 100 videos a month, each up to 30 minutes. 4K at 60 fps.
Custom	Custom	Custom pricing.

Read from https://www.submagic.co/pricing on 2026-09-11. Prices change. Check theirs before you buy. Custom plan pricing is not published.

Captions prices

Captions plans, in US dollars, as published on 2026-09-11
Captions plan	Per month	What you get
Free	$0	Basic tools and one caption template. No AI credits.
Max	$24.99	500 credits a month. AI edit styles, digital twins, chat editor, batch clips.
Scale 1x	$69.99	1,400 credits a month.
Scale 2x	$139.99	2,800 credits a month.
Scale 4x	$279.99	5,600 credits a month.
Enterprise	Custom	Custom pricing.

Read from https://www.captions.ai/pricing on 2026-09-11. Prices change. Check theirs before you buy. The page says its prices reflect iOS plans only. Web prices are not published. Yearly prices exist according to the FAQ but are not shown. The page does not say what one credit buys.

Choose Submagic if

You make short clips and want strong caption templates fast.
You want zooms and B-roll added in one pass.
You want every export clean, even on the cheapest plan.

Choose Captions if

You edit on your phone and want a preset style in a few taps.
You want an AI actor or a digital twin of yourself.
You want a chat editor and batch clip creation.

If neither fits

If the video has to look edited by a designer, with a style measured from a real editor on the long video as well as the short one, neither is built for that. Clypmint is. It does not make AI actors, and a card starts every plan.

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Questions

Is Submagic or Captions cheaper?

Submagic: paid plans from $19 a month. Captions: paid plans from $24.99 a month. Credits and minutes mean different things at the two companies, so compare what a plan makes, not the unit. Read from https://www.submagic.co/pricing and https://www.captions.ai/pricing.

Do Submagic and Captions have free plans?

Submagic: No. No free plan on the pricing page. Every plan they sell ships without a watermark. Captions: Yes. Free plan with the basic tools, captions in 100 or more languages, one caption template, and no AI credits.

Are Captions prices for the web too?

No. The page says the prices shown are iOS plans only. Web prices are not published.

Does Submagic have an API?

Yes. It has an API with minute packs.

Which is better for a digital twin?

Captions. The paid plan adds digital twins, AI edit styles, a chat editor and batch clip creation. Submagic is built for caption styles, zooms and B-roll.

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