Cutwave
The lowest-priced AI captioning tool — half the price of VEED

Caption any video in seconds

Upload a clip, let our AI transcribe every word, and ship beautifully styled captions for TikTok, Reels, YouTube Shorts, and beyond — no editing skills required.

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Everything you need to caption faster

Built for creators, podcasters, and teams shipping video every day.

Auto-Transcription

Whisper-grade AI turns speech into accurate captions in seconds — 99% word accuracy.

100+ Languages

Auto-detect or pick from English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, and dozens more.

Brand-Ready Styling

Fonts, colors, outlines, shadows, animations — match any brand in one click.

One-Click Export

Burn into MP4 or export SRT, VTT, and TXT instantly. No re-encoding required.

Word-Level Sync

Karaoke-precise timing with word-by-word highlighting that hooks every viewer.

No Watermark

Your video, your brand. Clean exports on every plan — even free.

How it works

From raw clip to polished captions in three steps.

Step 1

Upload

Drop a video or paste a URL.

Step 2

Edit

Refine text and pick a viral-ready template.

Step 3

Export

Download burned-in MP4 or subtitle files.

Price comparison

Same captions. Half the price.

We do one thing — beautiful auto-captions — so we can charge a fraction of what full video editors charge.

Plan
VEED
Cutwave
Free / Starter
$0 · watermarked, 10 min
$0 · 1 free caption
Entry paid
$18 / mo
$9 / mo
Pro
$30 / mo
$19 / mo
No watermark
Paid plans only
All plans, free included
Word-level sync
Pro only
All plans

VEED prices as listed on veed.io. Comparison based on captioning features only.

Lowest price in the industry

Simple, transparent pricing

Start with one free caption. No card required.

Free

Try it once — no signup

$0/mo
  • 1 free caption
  • Basic styles
  • SRT & VTT export
  • 720p export
Most popular

Starter

For solo creators

$9/mo
  • Unlimited captions
  • All animations & templates
  • 1080p export
  • No watermark

Pro

For power creators

$19/mo
  • Everything in Starter
  • 4K export
  • Brand kit & custom fonts
  • Priority rendering
  • API access
40K+
Active creators
12M
Minutes captioned
99%
Word accuracy
4.9★
Average rating

Loved by creators and teams

Real stories from people shipping more video, faster.

"Cut my editing time in half. The TikTok-style captions are gorgeous out of the box."
SL
Sara Lindqvist
Creator · 1.2M followers
"Word-level sync is shockingly accurate. My audience finally watches with sound off."
MC
Marcus Chen
Host, The Daily Brief
"We caption every campaign video in minutes now. Templates keep everything on brand."
ER
Elena Rossi
Head of Marketing, Northwind

Ready to caption your next video?

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