Caption and hashtag tools
Top SubtitleMe competitors 8 competitors in SubtitleMe's market
- Competitors listed
- 8
- Ranked on the scorecard
- 8
- SubtitleMe's rank
- #14 of 17
- With a free plan
- 5
Data checked Oct 14, 2026 against the vendors' own pages. How we verify
These are the 8 tools closest to SubtitleMe in its own market: caption and hashtag tools that list caption and hashtag tools too, picked by shared categories and how close their entry price is to SubtitleMe's (the rules are below).
8 of them are ranked on the caption and hashtag tools scorecard; AddSubtitles is the highest at 97/100 (#1 of 17 in the category).
SubtitleMe itself is #14 of 17 with 67/100, so 8 competitors on this list rank above it.
SubtitleMe's cheapest paid plan is $15 billed monthly (Creator). On the same billing basis, 8 of 8 competitors with a published price start lower and 0 start higher; entry plans are not like-for-like, so check the limits.
5 competitors have a free plan, and so does SubtitleMe.
SubtitleMe vs its competitors: market position
| Rank | Tool | Score | From, billed monthly | From, billed yearly | Free plan | Platforms | Features verified | Data checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #14 | SubtitleMeThis tool | 67/100 | $15/mo | $12/mo | Yes | 3 | 1 of 6 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #1 |  AddSubtitles | 97/100 | $9/mo | Not offered | Yes | – | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #2 |  AutoCaptioner | 94/100 | $9.90/mo | Not offered | Yes | – | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #3 |  CaptionCreator | 94/100 | $10/mo | Not offered | Yes | – | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #4 |  Captioner | 94/100 | $10/mo | Not offered | Yes | – | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #6 |  Display Purposes | 87/100 | Not offered | $7/mo | No | 1 | 4 of 6 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #9 |  AutoSubtitles | 80/100 | $9/mo | Not offered | Yes | – | 1 of 6 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #10 |  TranslateMom | 75/100 | Not offered | $4.50/mo | No | 2 | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #13 |  SubtitlesFast | 69/100 | $11.99/mo | $19.92/mo | No | – | 1 of 6 | Oct 14, 2026 |
Each value links the page it was read from (hover for the check date).
– = not published by the vendor, or not verified yet.
How each competitor differs from SubtitleMe
- AddSubtitles · #1, 97/100
Browser-based editor that adds automatic subtitles, silence removal and animated captions to short-form videos.
- Score: 97/100, #1 of 17 (SubtitleMe: 67/100, #14)
- Entry price: $9 billed monthly (Pro), $6 less than SubtitleMe's $15 source
- Verified features: Public API
2 of 11 tracked details verified
Homepage captured Oct 14, 2026 - AutoCaptioner · #2, 94/100
Browser-based tool that generates AI subtitles for uploaded videos, lets users edit and style them, and exports the video with burned-in captions.
- Score: 94/100, #2 of 17 (SubtitleMe: 67/100, #14)
- Entry price: $9.90 billed monthly (Pro), $5.10 less than SubtitleMe's $15 source
- In numbers: 3 published plans and a free plan. source
2 of 11 tracked details verified
- CaptionCreator · #3, 94/100
Web tool that transcribes and translates audio and video into subtitles or text, with SRT, VTT and text export and monthly credit plans.
- Score: 94/100, #3 of 17 (SubtitleMe: 67/100, #14)
- Entry price: $10 billed monthly (Basic), $5 less than SubtitleMe's $15 source
- In numbers: 3 published plans and a free plan. source
2 of 11 tracked details verified
- Captioner · #4, 94/100
Browser-based tool that transcribes video speech, generates and translates subtitles, and exports subtitle files or burned-in captions.
- Score: 94/100, #4 of 17 (SubtitleMe: 67/100, #14)
- Entry price: $10 billed monthly (Basic), $5 less than SubtitleMe's $15 source
- In numbers: 7 published plans and a free plan. source
2 of 11 tracked details verified
- Display Purposes · #6, 87/100
Instagram growth tool with hashtag search and performance tracking, an AI caption and idea assistant, Reels metrics and profile analytics.
- Score: 87/100, #6 of 17 (SubtitleMe: 67/100, #14)
- Entry price: $7 per month billed annually (Starter), $5 less than SubtitleMe's $12 (different pricing units: compare plan limits) source
- Free plan: no (SubtitleMe: yes) source
- Platforms: 1 platform (SubtitleMe: 3); not on TikTok and YouTube
- Verified features: Analytics, AI assistant, Hashtag research, Caption generator
5 of 11 tracked details verified
- AutoSubtitles · #9, 80/100
Browser-based tool that transcribes video speech into subtitles, lets users edit and style them, and exports the video with burned-in captions.
- Score: 80/100, #9 of 17 (SubtitleMe: 67/100, #14)
- Entry price: $9 billed monthly (Pro), $6 less than SubtitleMe's $15 source
- Verified features: Templates
2 of 11 tracked details verified
- TranslateMom · #10, 75/100
Service that transcribes, translates and dubs video into other languages, producing subtitle files and exported videos.
- Score: 75/100, #10 of 17 (SubtitleMe: 67/100, #14)
- Entry price: $4.50 per month billed annually (Starter), $7.50 less than SubtitleMe's $12 source
- Free plan: no (SubtitleMe: yes) source
- Platforms: 2 platforms (SubtitleMe: 3); not on Instagram and TikTok; adds X (Twitter)
- In numbers: 3 published plans and 2 supported platforms. source
2 of 11 tracked details verified
- SubtitlesFast · #13, 69/100
Browser-based video editor that transcribes speech with AI and burns animated, word-highlighted subtitles into videos before export.
- Score: 69/100, #13 of 17 (SubtitleMe: 67/100, #14)
- Entry price: $11.99 billed monthly (Monthly), $3.01 less than SubtitleMe's $15 source
- Free plan: no (SubtitleMe: yes) source
- Verified features: Caption generator
3 of 11 tracked details verified
SubtitleMe head to head
How we picked
- Pool: tools in the same market as the tool on this page: they list its primary category, and their own primary category is one it lists too. Explicit competitor links count as well.
- Closest first, at most 10: explicit competitors, then the same primary category, then more shared categories, then the smallest gap in entry price (per month, on a log scale), then more shared platforms, then name.
- Order on the page: tools ranked on the category scorecard by their category rank, then tools that are not ranked (no scorecard, or under 60% of the weight with verified data) in closeness order.
- Prices are compared only on the same billing basis (billed monthly with billed monthly, billed annually with billed annually). A feature counts as missing only when the vendor's page states it; a feature the vendor does not mention is not listed either way.
Every value is read from the vendor's own pages (or GitHub for licences and stars) and shown with the date we checked it. A value we could not verify is shown as a dash, never estimated, and never read as a “no”. We did not test these tools hands-on unless a listing says so. Methodology
The scorecard behind the ranks
Every one of these caption and hashtag 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 caption and hashtag 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 caption and hashtag 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: $5/month or less = 100, $59 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 6 features we track for this category the vendor's own pages verifiably show (analytics, team access, templates, ai assistant, hashtag research, caption generator). This counts verified features only: a tool that documents less scores lower here, and only here.Linear: verified features / 3 (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. |
| Platform coverage | 15% | Category | How many of the 15 social platforms we track the vendor says the tool supports.Linear: platforms / 10 x 100, capped at 100. No verified platform list = not scored. |
| Cost per connected account | 10% | Category | Monthly price per connected account on the cheapest paid plan that allows at least 3 social accounts.Log scale: $2 per account or less = 100, $40 or more = 0. Plans that do not state an account limit are not used. |
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
Who are SubtitleMe's main competitors?
By our scorecard, the highest-ranked of its closest competitors are AddSubtitles (97/100), AutoCaptioner (94/100) and CaptionCreator (94/100).
Which SubtitleMe competitor is cheapest?
Billed monthly, AddSubtitles starts lowest at $9 a month (Pro). Entry plans differ in limits.
How does SubtitleMe rank against its competitors?
SubtitleMe is #14 of 17 ranked caption and hashtag tools with 67/100.
Which SubtitleMe competitors have a free plan?
AddSubtitles, AutoCaptioner, CaptionCreator, Captioner and AutoSubtitles.