Shotstack vs CapCut vs Defapi vs Replicate

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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CapCut
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DDefapi
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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 CapCut
capcut.com
The video editor everyone uses
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Competitor DDefapi
defapi.org
You know how managing multiple AI provider integrations usually means maintaining separate codebases for each vendor
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Competitor Replicate
replicate.com
Run open-source AI without managing servers
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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49.1Mvisits/mo
2.4Kvisits/mo
1Mvisits/mo
MoM change
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▼ 1.0%
▼ 42.6%
▼ 3.1%
6-month growth
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-8.8%
-86.2%
-30.2%
Global rank web
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#964
#4,650,820
#39,584
Avg. last 3 months
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50.4M
4.8K
1.1M
Bounce rate lower is better
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43%
36%
35%
Pages / visit
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3.6
1.4
5.6
Visit duration
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3m 09s
7s
5m 09s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 83% · ● Referral 16%
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● Direct 92% · ● Referral 6%
ShotstackCapCutDefapiReplicate
016.3M32.5M48.8M65.1MCapCut · 54.6MCapCut · 65.1MCapCut · 63.5MCapCut · 52.7MCapCut · 53.8MCapCut · 51.2MCapCut · 53MCapCut · 52.5MCapCut · 49.6MCapCut · 49.1MDefapi · 11.1KDefapi · 13KDefapi · 12.4KDefapi · 17.7KDefapi · 9.4KDefapi · 6.2KDefapi · 7.6KDefapi · 4.2KDefapi · 2.4KReplicate · 1.6MReplicate · 1.7MReplicate · 1.5MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.5MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.2MReplicate · 1.1MReplicate · 1M1K10K100K1M10M100MCapCut · 54.6MCapCut · 65.1MCapCut · 63.5MCapCut · 52.7MCapCut · 53.8MCapCut · 51.2MCapCut · 53MCapCut · 52.5MCapCut · 49.6MCapCut · 49.1MDefapi · 11.1KDefapi · 13KDefapi · 12.4KDefapi · 17.7KDefapi · 9.4KDefapi · 6.2KDefapi · 7.6KDefapi · 4.2KDefapi · 2.4KReplicate · 1.6MReplicate · 1.7MReplicate · 1.5MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.5MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.2MReplicate · 1.1MReplicate · 1MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Paid
Freemium
Starting price
$39per month
$9.99per month · free tier available
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Plans
Pay as you go $10Starter $39/moPro $99/moScale $199/mo+1 more
Free FreeStandard $9.99/moPro $19.99/mo
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview $1/$6/per requestClaude Sonnet 4.6 $1.5/$7.5/per requestClaude Opus 4.6 $2.5/$12.5/per requestSora 2 Stable $0.175+/per request+2 more
Public Models Custom/usage-basedPrivate Models Custom/usage-based
Capabilities input → output
Input
VideoImagesCode
VideoTextImagesAudio
TextImagesAudio
ImagesText
Output
Video
ImagesVideoAudio
TextImagesAudio
VideoTextImagesAudio
Skill level
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeVideo EditingAI APIAI Developer Tools+1 more
Image EditingImage GenerationVideo CreationVideo Editing+11 more
Development & CodeAI API
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer ToolsOpen Source AI Models
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Video generation
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Video editing
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Image generation
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Background removal
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Inference
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Models
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Multilingual subtitle creation
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Personalized 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 subtitles
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API security
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Development
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Image editing
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LLM development
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Transcription
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Video shortening
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