Captions vs WeVideo

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.

WeVideo is a browser-based video editor from WeVideo, Inc., which was founded in 2011. The editor runs on the web without a download, and mobile apps are available for iOS and Android. Projects autosave to cloud storage, and the editor supports many video formats. Exports can be MP4, GIF or audio-only MP3, with resolution depending on plan and reaching up to 4K Ultra HD. Automatic captions, brand kits for logos, colors, fonts and templates, and team collaboration are listed capabilities. The Free plan costs nothing and provides five minutes of publishing time per month, 1 GB of cloud storage and a maximum resolution of 480p; free videos include a watermark. Power costs $4.99 a month, billed annually at $59.88, and includes 30 minutes of monthly publishing, 20 GB of cloud storage and 720p resolution. Creator and Instructor plans include a seven-day free trial, with no stated credit-card requirement. Annual subscriptions are charged upfront for 12 months and renew automatically. Fees are non-refundable, including the current billing period after cancellation.