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CapCut
Mobile and desktop video editor with AI captions and effects. AI-powered tool, with a free plan; runs on web, desktop, mobile. The stack builder picks it for video.
What it is known for
- Strengths: auto captions and text to speech; AI video and image generation from text; background removal and upscaling.
- For: for everyone; creators posting to YouTube and Instagram.
- Runs on: desktop app, online in the browser, and mobile app.
- Learning curve: easy: one-click tools, ready-to-use templates, nothing to download online.
- Works with: YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, MP4, MOV and AVI export and MP3 and WAV audio export.
Read on October 9, 2026 from capcut.com.
Plans and prices
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Premium assets export with watermark; no cloud storage |
| Pro | $19.99/mo | USD 19.99 a month |
| Ultra | $79/mo | USD 79 a month |
Checked by hand against capcut.com/pricing on October 19, 2026; confidence medium. Prices are monthly in US dollars unless the row says otherwise; the builder counts the plan it starts on, Pro.
When the stack builder picks it
The builder reads each job's rules from the top and takes the first step whose conditions hold and whose plan fits the money left. CapCut is named in these steps:
- Video, step 2 of 3, when less than $10 is left for it: the free plan; the step also names Descript and DaVinci Resolve, and the best score takes it.
- Video, step 3 of 3, otherwise: Pro ($19.99/mo); the step also names Descript, OpusClip, Palmier Pro, Captions, Submagic, Wondershare Filmora, Adobe Premiere, Vizard, Loom and VEED, and the best score takes it.
The rules are public in stack-rules.json, and how the stack builder scores explains the tie-break.
Works with
TikTok, YouTube and Instagram.
Alternatives the same rules name
- Descript: Edits video and podcasts by editing the transcript. From free.
- DaVinci Resolve: A full video editor with colour grading and audio; Studio adds AI tools, paid once. From free.
- OpusClip: Cuts long videos into short clips for social. From free.
- Palmier Pro: A Mac video editor with AI video and image generation built in, where Claude, Codex or Cursor can edit on the timeline. From free.
- Captions: Edits talking-head video: captions, eye contact, dubbing and AI actors. From free.
- Submagic: Captions, b-roll, zooms and trims for short-form video. From $19/mo, or $12/mo billed yearly.
- Wondershare Filmora: An approachable video editor with AI tools metered by credits. From $5/mo billed yearly only ($59.99 a year).
- Adobe Premiere: The industry video editor, with generative extend and AI captions. From $22.99/mo.
- Vizard: Cuts long videos into short clips with a virality score. From free.
- Loom: Records your screen and camera into a shareable video, with AI titles, summaries and silence removal. From free.
- VEED: Online video editor with auto subtitles, translation, AI avatars and clip generation in one place. From free.
Signals and what people say
- App Store: 4.6 from 1,123,165 ratings, as of October 7, 2026
- Hacker News, 30 days to October 7, 2026: 2 stories
Change log
- October 19, 2026: Standard plan gone (was $9.99), on capcut.com/pricing.
- October 19, 2026: Ultra plan added ($79), on capcut.com/pricing.
- October 19, 2026: prices now read on capcut.com/pricing, CapCut's own page (before: hooked.so/compare/capcut-pricing).
- October 6, 2026: plans and prices first recorded from hooked.so/compare/capcut-pricing.
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