ZapCap
ZapCap generates AI captions for videos and provides animated styles and editing tools for social media content.
What ZapCap is
ZapCap generates AI captions for videos and provides animated styles and editing tools for social media content. You can upload a video or paste a YouTube, TikTok, or Instagram link, then export an MP4 or download subtitles as SRT, VTT, or TXT. Uploads support MP4, MOV, MKV, and more than 60 formats up to 4K. The homepage describes captions in 90+ languages, while the workflow page lists transcription support for 100+ languages. Editing options include B-rolls, transitions, automatic descriptions and hashtags, sound effects, background music, and emoji caption templates. Higher listed tiers raise monthly project limits, video duration, and template counts. Pro and Agency+ include AI dubbing, which uses 2 AI credits per second and does not alter the picture for lip sync. The API can return rendered captioned video, transparent overlays, or green-screen layers, and supports webhook workflows.
Good
- Captions are described for 90+ languages.
- Accepts uploads and YouTube, TikTok, or Instagram links.
- Exports SRT, VTT, and TXT subtitles.
- Includes caption styling and burn-in captions.
- API supports webhook workflows.
Watch out
- Free plan limits users to 3 videos monthly.
- Free videos are limited to 1 minute 30 seconds.
- AI dubbing does not change the picture for lip sync.
Who it suits
ZapCap suits creators who want caption styling and social-video editing tools without editing experience. Its link inputs and multiple subtitle export formats may also fit users working from existing social videos.
Verdict
ZapCap combines caption generation, editing options, and subtitle exports, with plans that set different project and video limits. Review the free tier's short video cap and the dubbing limitation before choosing a plan.
Plans and prices
From ZapCap's own pricing page, checked 9 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 3 videos / month · 1min 30s / video · no custom templates · AI descriptions and hooks |
| Starter | $8 a month | 15 projects / month · 2min / video · 3 custom templates · no watermark · AI descriptions and hooks · $96/year, billed annually |
| Pro | $16 a month | 50 projects / month · 5min / video · 5 custom templates · up to 2x faster processing · premium templates · API access (credits sold separately) · $192/year, billed annually |
| Agency+ | $32 a month | 200 projects / month · 10min / video · 10 custom templates · up to 4x faster processing · premium templates · API access (credits sold separately) · $384/year, billed annually |
| Enterprise | Priced on request | Enterprise-level support · payment via invoice · custom duration per video · Contact us |
The facts
Each one read from ZapCap's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API
- Its captioning API accepts video and returns rendered captioned video, transparent overlays, or green-screen layers, and supports webhook workflows.checked 9 Oct 2026
- API pricing
- The API page lists usage pricing of $0.10 per rendered video minute, with volume credits and dedicated capacity available.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Audience
- ZapCap describes its intended users as emerging creators and says its tools are meant to make video editing accessible to people without editing experience.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Burn-in captions
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Caption styling
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Dubbing
- AI dubbing replaces spoken audio with a voice-cloned voiceover in one of 29 target languages and rebuilds captions to match.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Dubbing limits
- AI dubbing is included with Pro and Agency+, costs 2 AI credits per second of video, and does not change the picture for lip sync.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Editing features
- The homepage lists B-rolls, transitions, automatic descriptions and hashtags, sound effects, background music, and caption templates with emojis.checked 9 Oct 2026
- File support
- The homepage says uploads support MP4, MOV, MKV, and 60+ formats up to 4K.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Languages
- The homepage says ZapCap generates captions in 90+ languages, and its workflow page says speech transcription supports 100+ languages.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Max video length
- 2checked 22 Sep 2026
- Paid from
- 8checked 22 Sep 2026
- Privacy and security
- The privacy policy says personal information is stored or processed in the United States, protected by commercially acceptable measures, and may be shared with listed service providers including Google Cloud Platform and Sentry.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Product
- ZapCap generates AI captions for videos, with animated styles and editing tools for social media content.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Subtitle export
- other formatschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Support
- The pricing page offers enterprise-level support for the Enterprise plan.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Video input and output
- Users can upload video or paste a YouTube, TikTok, or Instagram link, then export MP4 or download SRT, VTT, or TXT.checked 9 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Platforms
- ZapCap runs in a modern browser and can be used from desktop, iPhone, or Android without an app download or plugin.checked 9 Oct 2026
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