Shotstack vs CapCut vs StartKit vs Hal

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

Your tool
Shotstack
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Competitor 1
CapCut
Competitor 2
StartKit
Competitor 3
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 CapCut
capcut.com
The video editor everyone uses
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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 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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49.1Mvisits/mo
1.3Kvisits/mo
3.4Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▼ 1.0%
▲ 79.8%
▼ 10.9%
6-month growth
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-8.8%
-36.9%
+60.6%
Global rank web
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#964
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#6,156,551
Avg. last 3 months
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50.4M
756
3.9K
Bounce rate lower is better
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43%
38%
39%
Pages / visit
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3.6
1.0
1.1
Visit duration
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3m 09s
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Traffic sources
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● Direct 83% · ● Referral 16%
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ShotstackCapCutStartKitHal
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 · 1.3KHal · 934Hal · 2.1KHal · 1.3KHal · 2.1KHal · 6.4KHal · 6.9KHal · 4.5KHal · 3.8KHal · 3.4K1001K10K100K1M10M100MCapCut · 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 · 1.3KHal · 934Hal · 2.1KHal · 1.3KHal · 2.1KHal · 6.4KHal · 6.9KHal · 4.5KHal · 3.8KHal · 3.4KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$39per month
$9.99per month · free tier available
$149per month
$2,000per month
Free tier
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Free trial
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API access
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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
Starter $149Growth $249Concierge $0
Startups $2,000/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeImagesVideo
AudioImagesTextVideo
Text
CodeText
Output
Video
AudioImagesVideo
Code
Apps
Skill level
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Intermediate
Categories
Development & CodeVideo EditingAI APIAI Developer Tools+1 more
Image EditingImage GenerationVideo CreationVideo Editing+11 more
Development & CodeAI Developer Tools
Development & CodeAI Developer Tools
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
5
12
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4
Video editing
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APIs
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Video generation
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Developer tools
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Chatbot building
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Chatbots
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Backend development
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Background removal
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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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Text to speech
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Video background removal
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Video subtitles
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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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Payments
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SaaS product launches
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Transcription
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Video shortening
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Reviews
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Prompts
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Verified listing
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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.