Free first project
Your first eligible project, up to five minutes, exports as a clean MP4 with no watermark, including premium motion, translation, corrections and re-exports of that project.
CaptionFX pricing explained
How much does CaptionFX cost? Credits, rates and worked examples.
CaptionFX has no subscription. Your first eligible project, up to five minutes, exports free with no watermark. After that you buy credits, and an export costs credits per minute of video: 10 for standard captions, up to 18 for translated captions with premium motion.
Short answer
CaptionFX has no subscription. Your first project, up to five minutes, exports free with no watermark. After that an export costs credits per video minute: 10 for standard captions, 13 with premium motion, 15 with translation and 18 with both. Credits start at about one cent each, never expire, and unused ones are refundable.
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Credits per minute
After that, an export costs 10 credits per video minute, 13 with premium motion, 15 with translation and 18 with translation plus premium motion.
No subscription
Credits are one-off packs that never expire. There is no monthly fee, and unused credits in your wallet can be refunded.
What does captioning cost per minute?
The price follows the verified length of your video and the kind of captions you export. Standard captions cost 10 credits per minute. Premium motion captions, which use the animated treatment styles, cost 13. Translated captions cost 15, and translation with premium motion costs 18. The final total for a video is rounded once, to the nearest credit.
What do real videos cost?
At the top-up rate of $0.01 per credit, a 60-second video with standard captions costs 10 credits, or $0.10. A 3-minute video costs 30 credits, or $0.30. The same 3-minute video with translated captions costs 45 credits, or $0.45. A 10-minute video with standard captions costs 100 credits, or $1.00, and with translation plus premium motion 180 credits, or $1.80.
Credit packs are cheaper per credit. At the Pro pack rate of $7.99 for 1000 credits, the 3-minute standard video works out to about $0.24 and the 10-minute standard video to about $0.80. A first project of up to five minutes costs nothing.
What credit packs can I buy?
Pay as you go is 100 credits for $0.99, Creator is 500 credits for $4.99 and Pro is 1000 credits for $7.99. If one export costs more than your balance, you can instead buy exactly that export's total at $0.01 per credit. Credits do not expire.
Is there a free option or a refund?
Yes to both. Your first eligible project, up to five minutes, exports clean for free, and that project's premium motion, translation, corrections and re-exports are included. Unused credits in your wallet can be refunded: email captionfx.founder@gmail.com and the leftover balance is returned.
How it works
- Upload and caption the videoGenerating the draft, editing it and previewing the styled result on your first project cost nothing.
- Check the quoteThe export dialog shows the exact credit total for your video length and caption type before you pay.
- Buy credits if you need themChoose a pack, or top up exactly the total for this export at $0.01 per credit.
- Download the MP4The export is a clean video with the captions burned in and no watermark.
Questions people ask
How much does CaptionFX cost?
Your first eligible project, up to five minutes, is free. After that, export costs 10 credits per video minute for standard captions, 13 with premium motion, 15 with translation and 18 with both. Credits are sold from $0.99 for 100.
Is there a free trial?
Yes. The first eligible project, up to five minutes, exports as a clean, watermark-free MP4, and premium motion, translation, corrections and re-exports of that project are included.
Does CaptionFX have a subscription?
No. There is no subscription or monthly fee. You buy credits when you need them and use them whenever you like.
Do credits expire?
No. Credits stay on your account until you use them, and there is no monthly reset.
How is the price calculated?
From the server-verified length of your video multiplied by the per-minute rate for your caption type, rounded once to the nearest credit. Silence still counts, because it is still video that has to be rendered.
Is CaptionFX priced in US dollars or Indian rupees?
Prices are set in US dollars. There is no separate rupee price list. The per-minute cost is small, as the worked examples above show: a 3-minute Hindi video is about 30 credits.