Captions vs Kiru

Captions is an AI video platform for creating and editing videos from footage or prompts. AI Edit can apply cuts, captions, music, and formatting to uploaded material. The service offers automatic transcription, more than 100 caption styles, and translation into over 100 languages. Users can dub videos into more than 30 languages with a cloned version of their voice. Prompt to Video creates talking-head videos from scripts using built-in actors or an AI Twin. The platform is aimed at creators, marketers, and developers making materials such as ads, listing videos, and podcast clips. Its Mirage API generates content from scripts, image references, or actor IDs and uses credit-based billing. The free plan costs nothing and includes no AI usage credits, one caption template, and basic editing tools. Max costs $24.99 a month and includes 500 monthly credits; Frontier plans provide higher credit allowances. Unused credits can roll over for up to two extra months, capped at three times the monthly allowance. Captions is available on Android, iOS, and web, with an API offering.

Kiru is a video editor for turning local footage into an edit, with transcript-based editing and automatic cuts. It transcribes speech and aligns words with the timeline, so you can edit by working through the text. It can detect false starts, stammers, retakes, filler words, and silences, then remove them automatically. The desktop app supports styled AutoCaptions and.cube LUT files. Exports include MP4, WAV audio, and project files for DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro, and Final Cut Pro. Kiru runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows, and has a browser version with limited features. The Free plan is free and includes one hour of video per month and MP4 export. Plus is $15 a month, and Pro is $30 a month; both also have an annual option labeled “Save 33%.” Remote transcription needs an internet connection; editing, detection, and export can happen offline afterward.