Shotstack vs AppDeploy vs Submagic vs Hal

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

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Shotstack
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AppDeploy
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Submagic
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Hal
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Shotstack
shotstack.io
Shotstack is a cloud video editing API that turns data and templates into rendered videos.
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Competitor AppDeploy
appdeploy.ai
AI tools write code but can't host it
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Competitor Submagic
submagic.co
Submagic is an AI video editor for short-form content.
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Competitor Hal
hal9.com
Hal9 is a powerful platform for quickly building and deploying fully customizable AI chatbots, powered by your data with complete privacy. In just under 5 minutes, you can create a tailored chatbot t
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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172.6Kvisits/mo
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3.4Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▲ 50.9%
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▼ 10.9%
6-month growth
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+1,014.2%
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+60.6%
Global rank web
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#257,396
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#6,156,551
Avg. last 3 months
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113.7K
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3.9K
Bounce rate lower is better
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33%
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39%
Pages / visit
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6.1
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1.1
Visit duration
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5m 11s
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Traffic sources
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● Direct 94% · ● Referral 5%
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ShotstackAppDeploySubmagicHal
043.2K86.3K129.5K172.6KAppDeploy · 3.3KAppDeploy · 15.5KAppDeploy · 2.4KAppDeploy · 6.9KAppDeploy · 54.2KAppDeploy · 114.4KAppDeploy · 172.6KHal · 934Hal · 2.1KHal · 1.3KHal · 2.1KHal · 6.4KHal · 6.9KHal · 4.5KHal · 3.8KHal · 3.4K1001K10K100K1MAppDeploy · 3.3KAppDeploy · 15.5KAppDeploy · 2.4KAppDeploy · 6.9KAppDeploy · 54.2KAppDeploy · 114.4KAppDeploy · 172.6KHal · 934Hal · 2.1KHal · 1.3KHal · 2.1KHal · 6.4KHal · 6.9KHal · 4.5KHal · 3.8KHal · 3.4KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free
Paid
Freemium
Starting price
$39per month
Free
$12per month
$2,000per month
Free tier
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Plans
Pay as you go $10Starter $39/moPro $99/moScale $199/mo+1 more
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Starter $12/moPro $23/moBusiness $41/moCustom Custom
Startups $2,000/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeImagesVideo
Code
Web pagesVideo
CodeText
Output
Video
Apps
Video
Apps
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Development & CodeVideo EditingAI APIAI Developer Tools+1 more
Development & CodeAI App BuilderAI Developer Tools
Video EditingWriting & ContentAI Subtitle GeneratorAI Video Editor+1 more
Development & CodeAI Developer Tools
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Video editing
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Video generation
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Chatbot building
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Chatbots
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Video subtitles
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Web service deployment
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Caption videos
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Document chat
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Multilingual subtitle creation
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Personalized videos
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Short videos
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Video repurposing
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Video shortening
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Social media management
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TikTok captions
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TikTok videos
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Video avatars
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Video effects
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YouTube shorts
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Traffic figures are third-party estimates for the tool's own domain; tools sharing a domain with a bigger product are not counted. Pricing is captured from each tool's site and may lag.