Paste a video link or upload a file. Castmagic transcribes it with speaker labels, times each caption to the spoken word, and burns the captions into Shorts, Reels and TikToks in the style you pick. Need the full video subtitled instead? Download the SRT or VTT.
Subtitling a full-length video? Follow the three-step subtitle guide →
Paste a YouTube, TikTok, Vimeo, Loom or Google Drive link, or upload the video.
Import URL
Works with 1,800+ platforms — or upload files directly. Prefer a walkthrough? Book a demo.
No watermark on exports. Speaker labels, timestamps and 60+ languages on every transcript.
Paste a link from YouTube, TikTok, Vimeo, Loom or Google Drive, or upload a file. The transcript comes back with speaker labels and word-level timestamps.
Choose Classic, Highlight or Pop, then set the colours and the position so the captions match the rest of your brand.
Vertical 9:16 for TikTok, Reels and Shorts, square or 4:5 for the feed, widescreen for YouTube and LinkedIn. The captions follow the frame.
Export the clip with the captions in the picture, or take the SRT or VTT file for the full video. The post caption is drafted by then too.
Castmagic transcribes the video first, with speaker labels and word-level timestamps, and builds every caption from that transcript. Two voices stay two voices, filler words drop out, and the karaoke highlight lands on the word being said.
Caption a video
Transcription covers 60+ languages with translation built in, so one video can go out captioned in English for one audience and in Spanish or German for the next. Every version keeps the speaker labels and the timing.
Translate your captions A video caption generator puts the spoken words on screen. The caption under the post is a different job, and Castmagic does it from the same transcript: the Instagram caption, the TikTok caption and the LinkedIn post, in your voice, ready to edit.
Draft the post caption A podcast episode or a voice memo becomes an audiogram: a waveform video carrying the same karaoke captions, vertical for Reels and Shorts or square for the feed.
Caption an audiogram Say it once, caption it everywhere.
A YouTube, TikTok, Vimeo, Loom or Drive link, or an upload. Castmagic transcribes it, times every caption to the words, and has it ready to style and export.
Import URL
Works with 1,800+ platforms — or upload files directly. Prefer a walkthrough? Book a demo.
Prices and limits taken from each vendor's pricing page on 30 September 2026. Vendors whose pricing we could not verify are not listed.
| Castmagic | Submagic | VEED | Kapwing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry paid plan | $29 / month, or $239 / year (Hobby) | $19 / month, $12 billed yearly (Starter, per member) | $20 / month, $10 billed yearly (Creator, per user) | $24 / month, $16 billed yearly (Pro, per member) |
| Free plan | No free plan | None listed | $0: 10 min of auto subtitles a month, 720p, watermark, no subtitle download | $0: 10 min of auto-subtitling, 720p, 4-min exports, watermark |
| Captioning on the entry plan | 30 transcribed hours in the library | 15 videos a month, up to 2 min each | Unlimited, with a 50-hour monthly fair-use cap | Up to 1,000 min a month |
| SRT / VTT download | SRT and VTT | Not stated | Paid plans (.srt, .vtt, .txt) | Paid plans |
| Caption translation | Built into the transcript, 60+ languages | Not stated | With credits, on paid plans | 60+ languages, up to 500 min a month |
| Watermark on paid plans | None | None | None | None |
Caption tools put words on the video and stop there. Castmagic captions from a transcript that has already drafted the post, the show notes and the newsletter.
A tool that turns the speech in a video into timed text on screen. Castmagic transcribes the video with speaker labels and word-level timestamps, then shows the words as captions in the style you pick, burned into a clip or saved as an SRT or VTT file.
Paste the video link or upload the file. Castmagic transcribes it and times each caption to the words. Pick a caption style and export the clip with the captions burned in, or download the SRT or VTT for the full video.
Captions usually carry what is said for viewers watching with the sound off; subtitles usually carry a translation for viewers who speak another language. In practice the same timed file serves both, and Castmagic makes either one from the transcript.
Yes, on clips. A clip exported from Studio carries its captions in the picture, at 9:16, 1:1, 4:5 or 16:9. For a full-length video, download the SRT or VTT and add it on YouTube, Vimeo or in your player.
SRT and VTT for subtitles, plus the transcript as TXT, PDF, DOCX or CSV.
Karaoke captions where the spoken word lights up. Studio has Classic, Highlight and Pop, and you set the colours and the position in the editor.
Yes. Transcription covers 60+ languages with translation built in, so the captions can be in the language spoken or translated for another audience.
Yes. Export the captioned clip at 9:16 for all three, or at 1:1 and 4:5 for the Instagram and LinkedIn feeds.
They come from the transcript, so you can read every word before you export. Speaker labels keep a multi-person video straight, and filler words are removed so the captions read cleanly.
Yes. An audio file becomes an audiogram, a waveform video with the same karaoke captions, ready for Reels, Shorts and the feed.
No. One puts the spoken words on the video; the other writes the text under the post. Castmagic does both from the same transcript, so the captions and the post caption agree.
No. Nothing Castmagic-branded is added to your exports, on any plan.
Paste a link from YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Vimeo, Loom, Google Drive and many other platforms, or upload the file from your computer.
Transcription takes minutes for an hour of video, and the captions are ready as soon as the transcript is.
Plans start at $29 a month and cover Studio, transcription and the written content. The pricing page lists what each plan includes.
