
Kapwing review
Kapwing is a video editing tool: Browser-based video editor with AI tools for subtitles, text to speech, dubbing, clip generation and text-prompt video creation.
Data checked Oct 14, 2026 against the vendors' own pages. How we verify

- Score
- Not ranked
- Coverage (4 of 7 criteria)
- 50%
- Free plan
- Yes
There is a free plan with 10 credits per month and 5 storage gb.
Kapwing is not ranked among video editing tools yet: only 50% of the scorecard weight (4 of 7 criteria) has verified data, under the 60% we require.
Kapwing at a glance
- Pricing model
- Free plan + paid plans source, Oct 14, 2026
- Free plan
- Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
- Free trial
- No source, Oct 14, 2026
- Data export
- Projects as videos, images, audio and GIF files source, Oct 14, 2026
Kapwing plans
Free
Not stated
- Billed monthly
- Not stated
- Billed yearly
- Free
- Charged per
- Not stated
Published limits
- 10 credits per month
- 5 storage gb
Pro
Not stated
- Billed monthly
- Not stated
- Billed yearly
- Not stated
- Charged per
- Not stated
Published limits
- 1,000 credits per month
- 200 storage gb
Business
Not stated
- Billed monthly
- Not stated
- Billed yearly
- Not stated
- Charged per
- Not stated
Published limits
- 4,000 credits per month
- 800 storage gb
Enterprise
Contact sales
- Billed monthly
- Contact sales
- Billed yearly
- Contact sales
- Charged per
- Not stated
Published limits
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.
Full Kapwing pricing and plan limitsHow Kapwing scores
Score
Not ranked
Partial score 96/100
Coverage 50%
4 of 7 criteria. Ranked at 60% or more.
Not ranked: insufficient verified data: 4 of 7 criteria, 50% of the weight (needs 60%)
Entry price
Excluded
Weight –No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted.
Free plan or trial
100/100
Weight 30%Free plan (Free) source
Pricing transparency
80/100
Weight 20%3 of 4 plans have a public price (1 "contact sales") source
Verified features
100/100
Weight 30%9 of 10 tracked features verified: team access, templates, ai assistant, automatic captions, text-based editing, 4k export, no watermark on paid plans, stock media library, real-time collaboration source
API, integrations and export
100/100
Weight 20%documented data export source
Cost per user (team of 3)category criterion
Excluded
Weight –No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted.
Storagecategory criterion
Excluded
Weight –No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted.
Kapwing features
- Team access
- Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
- Templates
- Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
- AI assistant
- Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
- Automatic captions
- Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
- Text-based editing
- Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
- 4K export
- Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
- No watermark on paid plans
- Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
- Stock media library
- Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
- Real-time collaboration
- Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
3 more details we track are not published by the vendor or not verified yet (shown as – in tables). How we verify
Kapwing alternatives
| # | Tool | Score | Coverage | From, billed monthly | From, billed yearly | Free plan | Public API | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100/100 | 80%5 of 7 criteria | Not offered | $4/mo | Yes | – | Oct 14, 2026 | |
| 2 | 98/100 | 65%4 of 7 criteria | Free | Free | Yes | – | Oct 14, 2026 | |
| 3 | 94/100 | 75%5 of 7 criteria | Free | Free | Yes, 3 credits per month | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 | |
| 4 | 94/100 | 75%5 of 7 criteria | Free | Free | Yes, 60 credits per month | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 | |
| 5 | 93/100 | 65%4 of 7 criteria | Free | Free | Yes | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
Each value links the vendor page it was read from (hover for the check date). Coverage is the share of the scorecard's weight with verified data, and "N of M criteria" how many criteria the score is based on; a tool is ranked at 60% or more.
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Questions, answered from the data
Does Kapwing have a free plan?
Yes: Kapwing has a free plan with 10 credits per month and 5 storage gb (checked Oct 14, 2026).
How does Kapwing score?
Kapwing is not ranked among video editing tools yet: only 50% of the scorecard weight (4 of 7 criteria) has verified data, under the 60% we require.
What are the best Kapwing alternatives?
By our scorecard the top-ranked alternatives are ScreenPal (100/100), Clipchamp (98/100) and Fliki (94/100).
More on Kapwing
Pricing last read Oct 14, 2026. Vendors change prices; the linked page is the final word.