Video editing
Flowsub vs ScreenX compared on 8 fields
- Flowsub score
- 87/100 (5 of 7 criteria)
- ScreenX score
- 88/100 (5 of 7 criteria)
- Fields won by Flowsub
- 1 of 5
- Fields won by ScreenX
- 1 of 5
Flowsub
ScreenX
Data checked Oct 14, 2026 against the vendors' own pages. How we verify
Flowsub and ScreenX are both video editing tools. We compared them on 8 fields read from each vendor's own pages.
On the video editing tools scorecard Flowsub scores 87/100 (5 of 7 criteria) and ScreenX 88/100 (5 of 7 criteria) (ranks 11 and 10 in the category).
Of the 5 fields with a clear rule (lower price, higher count, yes over no), Flowsub wins 1, ScreenX wins 1 and 3 are ties.
Side by side
| Field | Flowsub | ScreenX | Winner and basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheapest paid plan (billed monthly) | $4.99/month | ✓ $3.99/month | ScreenX |
| Same plan, per month billed annually | ✓ $3.49/month | $3.99/month | Flowsub |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Free trial | No | No | Tie |
| Data export | Subtitles as SRT, VTT, TXT or ASS, and MP4 with burned-in subtitles | Videos as MP4 or GIF | No winner: no rule for this field |
| Automatic captions | Yes | – | No winner: needs a value on both sides |
| 4K export | – | Yes | No winner: needs a value on both sides |
| No watermark on paid plans | Yes | Yes | Tie |
– = not published by the vendor, or not verified yet.
Sources: Flowsub pricing page, checked Oct 14, 2026; ScreenX pricing page, checked Oct 14, 2026. Each feature value links its own source on the tool's page.
Scorecard, criterion by criterion
| Criterion | Weight | Flowsub | ScreenX |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price | 25% | 100$4.99/month billed monthly on Pro; $3.49/month billed annually on Pro (scored on the monthly price) | 100$3.99/month billed annually on Pro; no monthly-billed price published (scored against annual-billed prices) |
| Free plan or trial | 15% | 100Free plan (Free) | 100Free plan (Casual) |
| Pricing transparency | 10% | 932 of 2 plans have a public price | 1003 of 3 plans have a public price |
| Verified features | 15% | 402 of 10 tracked features verified: automatic captions, no watermark on paid plans | 402 of 10 tracked features verified: 4k export, no watermark on paid plans |
| API, integrations and export | 10% | 100documented data export | 100documented data export |
| Total score | 100% | 87/100 (5 of 7 criteria) | 88/100 (5 of 7 criteria) |
Flowsub plans
| Plan | Billed monthly | Billed yearly | Charged per | Published limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Free | Not stated |
|
| Pro | $4.99 | $3.49 | per workspace |
|
Prices in USD per month, before tax. Read from the vendor's pricing page on Oct 14, 2026. "Not stated" means the page does not publish it.
ScreenX plans
| Plan | Billed monthly | Billed yearly | Charged per | Published limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casual | Free | Free | per workspace | None stated |
| Pro | Not offered | $3.99 | per workspace | None stated |
| Lifetime | $99.99 once | – | per workspace | None stated |
Prices in USD per month, before tax. Read from the vendor's pricing page on Oct 14, 2026. "Not stated" means the page does not publish it.
How we picked
Every one of these video editing tools is scored by the same 7 criteria (scorecard v1). Each criterion gives 0 to 100 from the vendor's published data; the total is the weighted average. A criterion without verified data is left out and the other weights are re-normalised. A tool with under 60% of the weight covered is listed as not ranked, and so is a tool with no verified price and fewer than 2 verified features (“needs a verified price”); each score shows how many criteria it is based on. The core criteria are the same in every category; the category criteria are specific to video editing tools. Nobody gets custom weights, including our own products.
| Criterion | Weight | Type | What we measure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price | 25% | Core | Price per month of the cheapest paid plan, against the prices of other video editing tools on the same billing basis (monthly-billed prices against monthly, annual-billed against annual).Log scale. Billed monthly: $8.08/month or less = 100, $32.31 or more = 0. Only billed annually: $4/month or less = 100, $25 or more = 0. Only free plans = 100. Usage-priced and one-time plans are not scored. |
| Free plan or trial | 15% | Core | Whether you can use the tool before paying: a free plan, or failing that a free trial, as shown on the vendor's pricing page.Free plan = 100. No free plan but a free trial = 60. The pricing page lists plans but shows neither = 0. No plans read = not scored. |
| Pricing transparency | 10% | Core | How much of the pricing is public: the share of plans with a published price ("contact sales" counts against), and whether there are at least 3 published tiers.80 x (plans with a public price / plans listed) + 20 x (public plans, up to 3) / 3. No plans read = not scored. |
| Verified features | 15% | Core | How many of the 10 features we track for this category the vendor's own pages verifiably show (analytics, team access, templates, ai assistant, automatic captions, text-based editing, 4k export, no watermark on paid plans, stock media library, real-time collaboration). This counts verified features only: a tool that documents less scores lower here, and only here.Linear: verified features / 5 (half the tracked list) x 100, capped at 100. No tracked feature verified = not scored. |
| API, integrations and export | 10% | Core | Whether a public API exists, how many integrations the vendor states, and whether the vendor documents a way to export your data.Average of the parts with data: public API yes = 100, no = 0; integrations on a log scale (100 or more = 100); a documented data export = 100. None verified = not scored. |
| Cost per user (team of 3) | 15% | Category | Monthly price per user for a team of 3, on the cheapest paid plan that is priced per seat or states room for at least 3 users.Log scale: $8 per user or less = 100, $41.67 or more = 0. Plans that do not state a user limit are not used. No such plan = not scored. |
| Storage | 10% | Category | GB of storage included on the cheapest paid plan that states a limit.Log scale: 100 or more (or unlimited) = 100. No stated limit = not scored. |
Sources are vendor pricing pages, docs and changelogs, each with the date we checked it. We did not test these tools hands-on unless a listing says so. Full formulas: methodology.
Questions, answered from the data
Is Flowsub cheaper than ScreenX?
ScreenX starts lower: $3.99 per month billed yearly on the Pro plan, against $4.99 per month billed monthly ($3.49 billed yearly) on the Pro plan for Flowsub. Check the unit: per-user and per-account prices scale differently.
Do Flowsub and ScreenX have free plans?
Both have a free plan.
Which is better, Flowsub or ScreenX?
On our scorecard ScreenX scores higher (88/100 (5 of 7 criteria) vs 87/100 (5 of 7 criteria)). The score weighs every criterion the same way for every tool; check the rows above for the ones that matter to you.