Subtitle Edit vs Zubtitle

Subtitle Edit is a free subtitle editor for creating, styling, converting, and reviewing subtitles. It runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux, and its documentation covers the cross-platform Subtitle Edit 5, which uses an Avalonia-based version. The editor supports speaker identification, caption styling, burn-in, and export to other formats; documentation references SRT, WebVTT, and ASSA. Speech-to-text options include Whisper, Qwen3 ASR, Crisp ASR, and related engines. Translation tools include automatic translation and local engines, while OCR support includes Tesseract, PaddleOCR, and cloud engines. Video tools handle burn-in, re-encoding, cutting, and remuxing. For proofreading, it can use llama.cpp, Ollama, or an OpenAI-compatible endpoint. The seconv command-line tool supports headless and bulk conversion, and documentation covers creating and installing plugins. The open-source project is maintained at SubtitleEdit and hosted on GitHub Pages. Documentation, a FAQ, and contributing guidance are available. It is free, with no stated free-tier limits.

Zubtitle is a video captioning tool available on the web, iOS and Android. It supports captions in 59 languages, caption styling and brand presets. Captions can be burned into a video, or subtitles can be exported in other formats. The maximum video length is 20 minutes. Its free Bootstrapper plan costs nothing and permits two videos per month, with a Zubtitle watermark and resolutions up to 720p. Guru costs $19 a month for 10 videos per month; it removes the watermark, supports resolutions up to 4K and includes premium support. Annual billing for Guru is listed at $190 per year. Agency costs $49 a month and allows 30 videos per month, also without a watermark and with resolutions up to 4K and premium support. Annual billing for Agency is listed at $490 per year. The plan differences are mainly monthly video allowance, watermark removal, resolution and premium support.