CapCut vs Shotstack vs StartKit vs Kapwing

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

Your tool
CapCut
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Competitor 1
Shotstack
Competitor 2
StartKit
Competitor 3
Kapwing
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool CapCut
capcut.com
The video editor everyone uses
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Competitor Shotstack
shotstack.io
Shotstack is a cloud video editing API that turns data and templates into rendered videos.
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Competitor StartKit
startkit.ai
StartKit hands you the entire backend so you can ship your product faster
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Competitor Kapwing
kapwing.com
Online video editor for internet content
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
49.1Mvisits/mo
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1.3Kvisits/mo
4.7Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 1.0%
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▲ 79.8%
▼ 5.7%
6-month growth
-8.8%
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-36.9%
-23.2%
Global rank web
#964
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#9,509
Avg. last 3 months
50.4M
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756
4.9M
Bounce rate lower is better
43%
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38%
28%
Pages / visit
3.6
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1.0
5.0
Visit duration
3m 09s
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2m 50s
Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 16%
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● Direct 89% · ● Referral 10%
CapCutShotstackStartKitKapwing
016.3M32.5M48.8M65.1MCapCut · 54.6MCapCut · 65.1MCapCut · 63.5MCapCut · 52.7MCapCut · 53.8MCapCut · 51.2MCapCut · 53MCapCut · 52.5MCapCut · 49.6MCapCut · 49.1MStartKit · 1.6KStartKit · 1.4KStartKit · 2.2KStartKit · 2KStartKit · 1.6KStartKit · 181StartKit · 300StartKit · 704StartKit · 1.3KKapwing · 5.8MKapwing · 6.4MKapwing · 5.9MKapwing · 5.5MKapwing · 6.1MKapwing · 5.5MKapwing · 5.6MKapwing · 5MKapwing · 4.9MKapwing · 4.7M1001K10K100K1M10M100MCapCut · 54.6MCapCut · 65.1MCapCut · 63.5MCapCut · 52.7MCapCut · 53.8MCapCut · 51.2MCapCut · 53MCapCut · 52.5MCapCut · 49.6MCapCut · 49.1MStartKit · 1.6KStartKit · 1.4KStartKit · 2.2KStartKit · 2KStartKit · 1.6KStartKit · 181StartKit · 300StartKit · 704StartKit · 1.3KKapwing · 5.8MKapwing · 6.4MKapwing · 5.9MKapwing · 5.5MKapwing · 6.1MKapwing · 5.5MKapwing · 5.6MKapwing · 5MKapwing · 4.9MKapwing · 4.7MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$9.99per month · free tier available
$39per month
$149per month
$16per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Free FreeStandard $9.99/moPro $19.99/mo
Pay as you go $10Starter $39/moPro $99/moScale $199/mo+1 more
Starter $149Growth $249Concierge $0
Free FreePro $16/moBusiness $50/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioVideoTextImages
VideoImagesCode
Text
TextVideoImagesAudio
Output
VideoImagesAudio
Video
Code
Video
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Image EditingImage GenerationVideo CreationVideo Editing+11 more
Development & CodeVideo EditingAI APIAI Developer Tools+1 more
Development & CodeAI Developer Tools
Video CreationVideo EditingWriting & ContentAI Subtitle Generator+4 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
12
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9
Video editing
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Video generation
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Developer tools
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Video subtitles
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Video shortening
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APIs
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Backend development
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Background removal
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Multilingual subtitle creation
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Personalized videos
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Presentations to videos
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Short videos
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Text to speech
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Video background removal
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Video repurposing
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Video transcription
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Video translation
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Coding
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Development
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Frontend development
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Image editing
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Image generation
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LLM development
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Multilingual video creation
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Payments
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SaaS product launches
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Transcription
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Reviews
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Prompts
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Verified listing
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