Shotstack vs CapCut vs Vmaker 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
Vmaker
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 Vmaker
vmaker.com
Screen recording with AI editing
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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
458.6Kvisits/mo
3.4Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▼ 1.0%
▲ 9.7%
▼ 10.9%
6-month growth
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-8.8%
-2.2%
+60.6%
Global rank web
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#964
#102,214
#6,156,551
Avg. last 3 months
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50.4M
433K
3.9K
Bounce rate lower is better
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43%
38%
39%
Pages / visit
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3.6
3.5
1.1
Visit duration
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3m 09s
1m 15s
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Traffic sources
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● Direct 83% · ● Referral 16%
● Direct 91% · ● Referral 7%
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ShotstackCapCutVmakerHal
016.3M32.5M48.8M65.1MCapCut · 54.6MCapCut · 65.1MCapCut · 63.5MCapCut · 52.7MCapCut · 53.8MCapCut · 51.2MCapCut · 53MCapCut · 52.5MCapCut · 49.6MCapCut · 49.1MVmaker · 510.4KVmaker · 562.1KVmaker · 608.6KVmaker · 473.6KVmaker · 469KVmaker · 452.7KVmaker · 486.1KVmaker · 422.2KVmaker · 418.1KVmaker · 458.6KHal · 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 · 49.1MVmaker · 510.4KVmaker · 562.1KVmaker · 608.6KVmaker · 473.6KVmaker · 469KVmaker · 452.7KVmaker · 486.1KVmaker · 422.2KVmaker · 418.1KVmaker · 458.6KHal · 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
$18per month · free tier available
$2,000per month
Free tier
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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
Free FreeStarter $18/moTeams $25/moEnterprise Custom
Startups $2,000/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
VideoImagesCode
AudioVideoTextImages
TextVideoDocumentsAudio
TextCode
Output
Video
VideoImagesAudio
Video
Apps
Skill level
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Development & CodeVideo EditingAI APIAI Developer Tools+1 more
Image EditingImage GenerationVideo CreationVideo Editing+11 more
Video CreationVideo EditingWriting & ContentAI Subtitle Generator+4 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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APIs
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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 shortening
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Chatbot building
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Chatbots
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Presentations to videos
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Screen recordings
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Video avatars
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Background removal
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Developer tools
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Document chat
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Lip sync
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Personalized videos
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Subtitle translation
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Text to speech
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Video subtitles
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Image editing
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Image generation
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Multilingual video creation
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Transcription
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YouTube videos
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