Every word editable
Fix a word in place, then shift its start or end by a fraction of a second while the rest of the line stays put.
A Submagic alternative that puts the captions first.
When captions are the part of the edit you care about most, AutoCap gives you finer control over every word, style and frame of them.
No credit card · 2 free minutes every month · MP4, SRT and VTT export
Submagic is an AI tool for short-form video: it captions a clip and can add emoji, automatic B-roll, zooms, transitions with sound effects, and short clips cut from longer videos.
Automation is the appeal of a tool like that. Captions, though, are the part viewers actually read, and they're where a misheard word or a line broken in the wrong place shows first.
AutoCap leaves B-roll and zooms to your editor and goes deep on the captions instead.
A few of the styles, in your language
Each card is a style you can pick in the editor, then adjust in font, color, size and position until it looks like your channel.
Control over every caption.
Dozens of styles
Single-word pops, lines that build, karaoke highlights and boxed labels, each adjustable in font, color, size and position.
Your own typeface
Upload your brand's font on a paid plan and any style can use it.
Emoji, suggested from the script
The emoji picker opens on the ones that fit what's being said at the playhead, and searches by word for everything else.
Rendered at up to 2K
Captions are drawn into the video in your browser at up to 1440p, at the frame rate you recorded, with the audio left untouched.
Subtitle files as well
On a paid plan, the same corrected captions download as SRT, VTT or a TXT transcript for YouTube and LinkedIn.
Caption a short in four steps.
- 01
Upload the short
Add a vertical MP4 or MOV, or a horizontal one you'll crop to 9:16.
- 02
Fix the words first
Correct the transcript before styling, so the animation never highlights a mistake.
- 03
Pick and tune a style
Choose a style, then set the font, colors, emphasis and position until it matches your channel.
- 04
Render and share
Export the MP4 in your browser at up to 2K and post the same file to every platform.
When Submagic is the better fit
If you want a clip finished in one pass — B-roll found for you, zooms on the beats, sound effects on the transitions, or a long video cut into shorts — a tool built around that automation will save you more time than AutoCap.
AutoCap is for the other case: the edit is yours, and what you want is captions you can trust and shape word by word.
- Pick an automated short-form tool for B-roll, zooms and clip cutting
- Pick AutoCap for accurate words, precise timing and subtitle files
The free plan, plainly
On the free plan you get 2 minutes of transcription each month, clips of up to 60 seconds, every classic style and as many exports as you like, each with a small watermark.
Paid plans drop the watermark and start at $19 a month for an hour of transcription. The Dynamic collection of extra animated styles comes with Creator Plus and Studio.
Captions beyond English
AutoCap transcribes speech in 39 languages, from Spanish and German to Polish, Czech and Greek, and every style times the words the same way in each of them.
Good to know.
Does AutoCap add B-roll or zooms?
No. AutoCap works on the captions and leaves the rest of the edit to you, so B-roll, zooms and music belong in your editor.
Is there a free Submagic alternative?
AutoCap has a free plan with 2 minutes of transcription a month, for clips up to 60 seconds. It includes every classic caption style, and its exports carry a small watermark.
Can I remove the watermark?
Yes, on any paid plan, starting at $19 a month for 60 minutes of transcription. Exports on the free plan always carry a small watermark.
Can I add emoji to my captions?
Yes. The picker suggests emoji that match what's being said and drops them at the playhead, where you can move and resize them.
Is AutoCap connected to Submagic?
No. They're products of separate companies, and Submagic is named here only for comparison.
Try it on the next video you post.
The free plan needs no card. Upload a clip, check the captions yourself, and only upgrade when you want the watermark gone.