Captions

Captions suits creators and marketing teams who need to edit footage, localize clips, and make presenter-style videos from scripts. Its broad production toolkit is the draw; the free plan’s single caption template and lack of AI credits make it a limited way to judge the AI features.

Overview

Captions combines editing for uploaded footage with prompt-led video creation, captions, translation, and dubbing. That makes it a practical fit for creators repurposing footage and marketers producing ads or listing videos, especially when the same project needs a presenter video or another language. A 4K maximum resolution supports higher-resolution work, while developers can use the separate Mirage API to generate videos from scripts, image references, or actor IDs.

The company builds the Captions app, Mirage foundation models, and Mirage API, and rebranded as Mirage in 2025. Captions is less suitable for people who only need basic subtitles: its free plan offers one caption template and basic editing, with no AI usage credits.

Key features

Editing and captions

AI Edit applies cuts, captions, music, and formatting to uploaded footage. Automatic transcription and more than 100 caption styles give editors ways to adapt clips, while translation into more than 100 languages helps prepare them for multilingual audiences. This range makes Captions more capable than a caption-only workflow, though the free plan’s single template leaves little scope to vary the look without paying.

Dubbing and generated video

Captions can dub videos into more than 30 languages using a cloned version of the speaker’s voice. Prompt to Video creates talking-head videos from a script, using built-in actors or an AI Twin. Custom AI actors and voice cloning make this a stronger choice for teams that need presenter-led content alongside edited footage; those focused solely on transcription may not need that breadth.

API and business controls

The Mirage API uses credit-based billing and supports generation from scripts, image references, or actor IDs. Its stated terms give users full rights to generated content and impose no licensing restrictions on AI-generated actors. Mirage says it uses isolated US-based Google Cloud data centers, encryption, role-based permissions, audit trails, and multi-factor authentication, and is SOC 2 compliant with independently audited security and operational controls.

Unused credits can roll over for up to two extra months, with a balance capped at three times the monthly allowance.

Pricing

The free plan costs nothing and includes basic editing tools and one caption template, but no AI usage credits. It is suitable for basic editing, not for evaluating AI video creation or other credit-dependent work.

Max costs $24.99 a month, billed $24.99/mo, and includes 500 credits per month, AI Edit styles, AI video creation, and digital twins or custom AI actors. It is the entry paid option for creators who need the main AI features. Frontier costs $69.99 a month, billed $69.99/mo, with 1,400 credits, customized usage tiers, and advanced generative AI models. Frontier 2x costs $139.99 a month, billed $139.99/mo, with 2,800 credits and the same tier and model features; Frontier 4x costs $279.99 a month, billed $279.99/mo, with 5,600 credits and those same features. These higher tiers suit larger or more frequent generation workloads, with progressively larger monthly credit allowances. Enterprise has custom pricing, custom seat options, and dedicated account management.

Platforms

Captions is available on Android, iOS, and web. The Mirage API is also offered for developers.

Who it's for

Captions is best suited to creators, marketers, and developers who need a mix of footage editing, localized captions or dubbing, and AI-generated presenter videos. It is a better fit for that combined workflow than for someone who only needs a simple subtitle tool, particularly if the free plan’s one template is too restrictive.

Pros and cons

• Broad video workflow: editing, caption styles, translation, dubbing, and prompt-based presenter videos sit in one platform.
• Useful localization range: captions translate into more than 100 languages and voice-cloned dubbing covers more than 30.
• Free plan has no AI credits: users can try basic editing, but cannot use the plan to assess AI generation.
• Paid AI use starts at $24.99 a month: Max includes 500 monthly credits, so heavier workloads require a higher-priced tier.

Alternatives

Choose SmartSub for local transcription, translation, text-to-speech, and subtitle rendering on Linux, macOS, or Windows, with no local usage limits and optional paid cloud services. Choose CaptionRoom for a free editor with manual captions, exports up to 1080p, no watermark, and AI credits earned by watching ads. Choose Whisper if you want MIT-licensed open-source code and model weights to install locally with Python and ffmpeg. VideoCaptioner is another free, open-source option under the MIT license.

Choose SRTGen to try localization through a web or API service with a free tier that includes SRT, VTT, and TXT export, a five-minute screen-recording limit, and 2 GB of storage. Moonshot offers a free web plan with 15 AI credits and 109 transcription languages, but no video export. Fluen AI Subtitle Generator has a free tier for up to three files, each up to 90 minutes, and a free trial. GetCaptions offers a free Starter tier with 60 minutes of monthly transcription, a five-minute per-video limit, and 720p export.

For more options, browse AI Video Caption Generators, AI Avatar Generators, AI Video Editing Software, AI Video Editors, or Video Editing Software.

Verdict

Captions is a strong choice for creators and marketing teams that want one platform for editing footage, localizing speech and captions, and generating presenter videos. Its main advantage is that breadth; its main drawback is that the free plan cannot use AI credits, so meaningful access to the core AI workflow starts with Max at $24.99 a month.