Captions vs Shotstack vs CapCut vs Synthesia

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
Shotstack
Competitor 2
CapCut
Competitor 3
Synthesia
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Captions
captions.ai
Edit video by editing text
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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 CapCut
capcut.com
The video editor everyone uses
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Competitor Synthesia
synthesia.io
Video presenters without cameras or studios
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
999Kvisits/mo
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49.1Mvisits/mo
1.8Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 6.3%
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▼ 1.0%
▼ 0.5%
6-month growth
+23.5%
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-8.8%
+2.6%
Global rank web
#44,958
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#964
#18,511
Avg. last 3 months
1M
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50.4M
1.9M
Bounce rate lower is better
40%
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43%
41%
Pages / visit
4.2
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3.6
9.9
Visit duration
3m 51s
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3m 09s
5m 49s
Traffic sources
● Direct 92% · ● Referral 5%
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● Direct 83% · ● Referral 16%
● Direct 78% · ● Referral 18%
CaptionsShotstackCapCutSynthesia
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 · 49.1MSynthesia · 1.9MSynthesia · 2.2MSynthesia · 2MSynthesia · 1.7MSynthesia · 1.8MSynthesia · 1.7MSynthesia · 1.9MSynthesia · 1.9MSynthesia · 1.8MSynthesia · 1.8M100K1M10M100MCaptions · 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 · 49.1MSynthesia · 1.9MSynthesia · 2.2MSynthesia · 2MSynthesia · 1.7MSynthesia · 1.8MSynthesia · 1.7MSynthesia · 1.9MSynthesia · 1.9MSynthesia · 1.8MSynthesia · 1.8MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$24.99per month · free tier available
$39per month
$9.99per month · free tier available
$18per month · free tier available
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
Pay as you go $10Starter $39/moPro $99/moScale $199/mo+1 more
Free FreeStandard $9.99/moPro $19.99/mo
Basic FreeStarter $29/moCreator $89/moEnterprise Custom/yr
Capabilities input → output
Input
VideoText
VideoImagesCode
ImagesVideoTextAudio
DocumentsVideoWeb pagesText
Output
Video
Video
VideoImagesAudio
Video
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Video CreationVideo EditingWriting & ContentAI Avatar Video Generator+5 more
Development & CodeVideo EditingAI APIAI Developer Tools+1 more
Image EditingImage GenerationVideo CreationVideo Editing+11 more
Education & LearningVideo CreationVideo EditingVoice & Speech+7 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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5
12
11
Video editing
Video generation
Dubbing
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Text to speech
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Video avatars
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Video subtitles
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Video translation
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Video shortening
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APIs
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Background removal
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Developer tools
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Multilingual subtitle creation
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Multilingual video creation
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Personalized videos
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Short videos
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Video background removal
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Video dubbing
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Voice cloning
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Avatar animation
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Courses
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Image editing
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Image generation
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Lip sync
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Transcription
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