Shotstack vs Defapi 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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DDefapi
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Submagic
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 DDefapi
defapi.org
You know how managing multiple AI provider integrations usually means maintaining separate codebases for each vendor
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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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2.4Kvisits/mo
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3.4Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▼ 42.6%
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▼ 10.9%
6-month growth
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-86.2%
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+60.6%
Global rank web
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#4,650,820
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#6,156,551
Avg. last 3 months
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4.8K
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3.9K
Bounce rate lower is better
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36%
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39%
Pages / visit
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1.4
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1.1
Visit duration
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7s
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ShotstackDefapiSubmagicHal
04.4K8.8K13.3K17.7KDefapi · 11.1KDefapi · 13KDefapi · 12.4KDefapi · 17.7KDefapi · 9.4KDefapi · 6.2KDefapi · 7.6KDefapi · 4.2KDefapi · 2.4KHal · 934Hal · 2.1KHal · 1.3KHal · 2.1KHal · 6.4KHal · 6.9KHal · 4.5KHal · 3.8KHal · 3.4K1001K10K100KDefapi · 11.1KDefapi · 13KDefapi · 12.4KDefapi · 17.7KDefapi · 9.4KDefapi · 6.2KDefapi · 7.6KDefapi · 4.2KDefapi · 2.4KHal · 934Hal · 2.1KHal · 1.3KHal · 2.1KHal · 6.4KHal · 6.9KHal · 4.5KHal · 3.8KHal · 3.4KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Paid
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Freemium
Starting price
$39per month
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$12per 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
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
Starter $12/moPro $23/moBusiness $41/moCustom Custom
Startups $2,000/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeImagesVideo
AudioImagesText
Web pagesVideo
CodeText
Output
Video
AudioImagesText
Video
Apps
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Development & CodeVideo EditingAI APIAI Developer Tools+1 more
Development & CodeAI API
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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14
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APIs
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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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API management
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Caption videos
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Developer tools
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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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API security
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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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