Kapwing
Online collaborative video editor with AI subtitles and trimming.
Last updated · Filed under Video Editing
About this tool
Kapwing is a browser-based video editor with a strong layer of AI features aimed at creators, marketers and social teams. The editor itself includes a timeline, subtitles with automatic transcription, green-screen removal, image and video resizing for every platform aspect ratio, and a stock library. AI tools include Smart Cut to remove silences and filler words, a video translator that dubs into many languages with lip sync, AI voiceover, AI image and video generation, an Auto Highlight Reel feature that turns long videos into short clips, and a Brand Kit for consistent fonts and colors. Kapwing is offered as a freemium web app and is popular with marketing teams, students, educators and TikTok and YouTube creators who want a fast collaborative editor without installing software.
- Social video
- Subtitling
- Reformatting
- Trimming
- Auto-subtitles
- Silence removal
- Smart Cut
- Repurpose Studio
- Brand templates
Kapwing pros and cons
Hand-derived from the catalog data — strengths and trade-offs to weigh before signing up.
Pros of Kapwing
- Free tier available; paid plans from $16/mo
- Auto-subtitles
- Silence removal
- Smart Cut
Cons of Kapwing
- No autonomous agent — handles single prompts, not multi-step workflows
- Competition is strong in this space — see Descript and Captions for comparison
Kapwing demo
Official walkthrough — click to play.
4 plans from Kapwing
Pulled from Kapwing’s public pricing page. Prices may change — verify on the vendor’s site before purchasing.
Free
Try Kapwing
- 10 credits
- Watermarked exports
- Videos up to 1 minute
- 720p quality
Pro
For individual creators
- 1,000 credits/month
- No watermark, 4K resolution
- Videos up to 2 hours
- Brand Kit, 6GB uploads
Business
For teams and studios
- 4,000 credits/month
- Custom voice clones
- Lip sync capability
- Additional credit purchases
Enterprise
For larger orgs
- Custom billing
- Dedicated account manager
- SAML SSO
- Onboarding & training
Kapwing vs Video Editing
Side-by-side with the top 3 other video editing in this category.
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| PRICING MODEL | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium |
| STARTING PRICE | $16/mo | $16/mo | $9.99/mo | $29/mo |
| CATEGORY | Video Editing | Video Editing | Video Editing | Video Editing |
| AI AGENT | No | No | No | No |
| EDITOR'S PICK | No | No | No | No |
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| TAGS | #video#subtitles#browser | #video#podcast#transcript | #video#mobile#shorts | #video#marketing#blog-to-video |
| WEBSITE | www.kapwing.com | www.descript.com | www.captions.ai | lumen5.com |
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