Captions vs CapCut vs Descript vs Selects

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

Your tool
Captions
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Competitor 1
CapCut
Competitor 2
Descript
Competitor 3
Selects
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Captions
captions.ai
Edit video by editing text
Competitor CapCut
capcut.com
The video editor everyone uses
Competitor Descript
descript.com
Edit media by editing text instead of timelines
Competitor Selects
cutback.video
Manual video editing can't sync your five-camera podcast setup automatically
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
999Kvisits/mo
49.1Mvisits/mo
3.1Mvisits/mo
116.1Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 6.3%
▼ 1.0%
▼ 10.2%
▼ 1.2%
6-month growth
+23.5%
-8.8%
+2.5%
+23.6%
Global rank web
#44,958
#964
#15,466
#338,432
Avg. last 3 months
1M
50.4M
3.3M
121.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
40%
43%
35%
38%
Pages / visit
4.2
3.6
5.4
2.6
Visit duration
3m 51s
3m 09s
4m 03s
1m 21s
Traffic sources
● Direct 92% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 16%
● Direct 87% · ● Referral 9%
● Direct 72% · ● Referral 19%
CaptionsCapCutDescriptSelects
016.3M32.5M48.8M65.1MCaptions · 888.5KCaptions · 813.9KCaptions · 886.4KCaptions · 803.3KCaptions · 809KCaptions · 957.5KCaptions · 1MCaptions · 955.2KCaptions · 1.1MCaptions · 999KCapCut · 54.6MCapCut · 65.1MCapCut · 63.5MCapCut · 52.7MCapCut · 53.8MCapCut · 51.2MCapCut · 53MCapCut · 52.5MCapCut · 49.6MCapCut · 49.1MDescript · 3.3MDescript · 3.3MDescript · 3.5MDescript · 3MDescript · 3.2MDescript · 3.1MDescript · 3.4MDescript · 3.4MDescript · 3.1MSelects · 54KSelects · 46.1KSelects · 72.8KSelects · 78.3KSelects · 93.9KSelects · 76.1KSelects · 85KSelects · 129.9KSelects · 117.5KSelects · 116.1K10K100K1M10M100MCaptions · 888.5KCaptions · 813.9KCaptions · 886.4KCaptions · 803.3KCaptions · 809KCaptions · 957.5KCaptions · 1MCaptions · 955.2KCaptions · 1.1MCaptions · 999KCapCut · 54.6MCapCut · 65.1MCapCut · 63.5MCapCut · 52.7MCapCut · 53.8MCapCut · 51.2MCapCut · 53MCapCut · 52.5MCapCut · 49.6MCapCut · 49.1MDescript · 3.3MDescript · 3.3MDescript · 3.5MDescript · 3MDescript · 3.2MDescript · 3.1MDescript · 3.4MDescript · 3.4MDescript · 3.1MSelects · 54KSelects · 46.1KSelects · 72.8KSelects · 78.3KSelects · 93.9KSelects · 76.1KSelects · 85KSelects · 129.9KSelects · 117.5KSelects · 116.1KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$24.99per month · free tier available
$9.99per month · free tier available
$16per month · free tier available
$20per month
Free tier
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API access
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Plans
Free FreeMax $24.99/moScale 1x $69.99/moScale 2x $139.99/mo+2 more
Free FreeStandard $9.99/moPro $19.99/mo
Free FreeHobbyist $16/moCreator $24/moBusiness $50/mo+1 more
Starter $20/moPro $100/moPro Max Custom/moTeam $1,000/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
VideoText
AudioVideoTextImages
AudioVideoText
VideoText
Output
Video
VideoImagesAudio
VideoTextAudio
Video
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
8
12
14
7
Video editing
Video shortening
Video subtitles
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Video generation
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Text to speech
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Transcription
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Video translation
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Podcast editing
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Audio editing
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Audio enhancement
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Background removal
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Dubbing
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Multilingual subtitle creation
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Short videos
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Video background removal
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Video captions
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Video clips
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Video verticalization
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Voice cloning
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Image editing
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Image generation
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Lip sync
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Podcasts
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Screen recordings
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Video avatars
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Video effects
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Voice enhancement
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Writing
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