Kapwing vs Resound

Kapwing is a cloud-based video editor accessed through a browser on Mac, Windows, Chromebook and mobile devices. Users can edit video sections by changing an automatically generated transcript, and Smart Cut removes silences. Projects can be created, edited and exported at up to 4K on supported plans. Users can add material by pasting URLs from TikTok, YouTube, Twitter and other internet sources. Subtitles, dubbing and lip-sync technology support more than 100 languages. Pro users get Brand Kit tools for color palettes, logos, fonts and templates. The Free plan provides 10 credits, exports up to four minutes at 720p, and 5 GB of cloud storage. Pro costs $16 a month billed annually, per member, and includes 1,000 credits per month, 4K export, a 120-minute export limit, a 6 GB upload limit and 100 GB of cloud storage. Pro exports are watermark-free. Kapwing has no desktop or mobile app. Enterprise pricing is custom and not listed.

Resound is an AI audio-editing app built to automate parts of podcast cleanup. It detects filler sounds such as ums and ahs, and finds silences longer than three seconds for users to consider shortening. Editors can review suggested changes and trim audio by dragging. Enhance tools remove background noise, level and normalize sound, and prepare it for export. Resound accepts single-track and multitrack uploads, with WAV, MP3, or AAF exports as merged files or separate tracks. The Free plan provides 20 minutes of processed audio, one track per project, one-day project storage, trimming, filler and silence detection, and MP3 export. Creator costs $15 a month and includes four processing hours, two tracks per project, and 15-day storage. A 14-day trial offers one hour of AI processing and access to all features. Processing is charged per project according to its longest file, and unused hours expire at billing-period end. The API returns AI edit predictions in JSON, but access requires approval.