Shotstack vs Submagic vs CapCut vs CometAPI

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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Submagic
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CapCut
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CometAPI
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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 Submagic
submagic.co
Submagic is an AI video editor for short-form content.
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Competitor CapCut
capcut.com
The video editor everyone uses
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Competitor CometAPI
cometapi.com
CometAPI functions as an aggregation layer that sits between your application and hundreds of AI model providers
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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49.1Mvisits/mo
302.3Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▼ 1.0%
▲ 9.9%
6-month growth
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-8.8%
-16.5%
Global rank web
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#964
#157,147
Avg. last 3 months
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50.4M
295.7K
Bounce rate lower is better
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43%
46%
Pages / visit
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3.6
2.9
Visit duration
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3m 09s
38s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 83% · ● Referral 16%
● Direct 69% · ● Referral 30%
ShotstackSubmagicCapCutCometAPI
016.3M32.5M48.8M65.1MCapCut · 54.6MCapCut · 65.1MCapCut · 63.5MCapCut · 52.7MCapCut · 53.8MCapCut · 51.2MCapCut · 53MCapCut · 52.5MCapCut · 49.6MCapCut · 49.1MCometAPI · 834.4KCometAPI · 619.7KCometAPI · 437.2KCometAPI · 362.2KCometAPI · 355.5KCometAPI · 362.7KCometAPI · 309.5KCometAPI · 275.2KCometAPI · 302.3K100K1M10M100MCapCut · 54.6MCapCut · 65.1MCapCut · 63.5MCapCut · 52.7MCapCut · 53.8MCapCut · 51.2MCapCut · 53MCapCut · 52.5MCapCut · 49.6MCapCut · 49.1MCometAPI · 834.4KCometAPI · 619.7KCometAPI · 437.2KCometAPI · 362.2KCometAPI · 355.5KCometAPI · 362.7KCometAPI · 309.5KCometAPI · 275.2KCometAPI · 302.3KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Paid
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$39per month
$12per month
$9.99per month · free tier available
$4per month · free tier available
Free tier
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API access
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Plans
Pay as you go $10Starter $39/moPro $99/moScale $199/mo+1 more
Starter $12/moPro $23/moBusiness $41/moCustom Custom
Free FreeStandard $9.99/moPro $19.99/mo
Free Trial FreePay-as-you-go Custom/usage-basedEnterprise Custom/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
VideoImagesCode
VideoWeb pages
AudioVideoTextImages
ImagesText
Output
Video
Video
VideoImagesAudio
ImagesTextVideo
Skill level
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeVideo EditingAI APIAI Developer Tools+1 more
Video EditingWriting & ContentAI Subtitle GeneratorAI Video Editor+1 more
Image EditingImage GenerationVideo CreationVideo Editing+11 more
Development & CodeAI API
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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12
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6
Video generation
Video editing
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APIs
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Video subtitles
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Developer tools
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Multilingual subtitle creation
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Short videos
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Video shortening
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Image generation
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LLM gateway
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API integrations
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Background removal
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Caption videos
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Text to speech
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Video background removal
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Video repurposing
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Image editing
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TikTok captions
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TikTok videos
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Transcription
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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.