Updated November 2026

Caption plugins for Premiere Pro, compared honestly.

Prices, 3-year cost and what each tool is best at: Caption Bunny, AutoCut, Brevidy, CapBeat, Captioneer, FireCut, Submagic and Premiere's own captions.

One-time payment · Free lifetime updates · Mac & Windows

What each tool costs over 3 years.

One editor, cheapest plan that includes animated captions, 36 months. Subscriptions add up; one-time licences don't.

Caption BunnyOne-time licenceSubscription, 36 months
Caption Bunny Pro$29 once
$29
CapBeat Pro€79 once
€79
Captioneer lifetime$150 once
$150
AutoCut AI plan$178.80 / year
$536
Brevidy Captioner$14.99 / month, yearly
$540
Captioneer monthly$15 / month
$540
FireCut Pro$20 / month, yearly
$720
Submagic Pro$23 / month, yearly
$828
$0$300$600$900

CapBeat is priced in euros (€79 ≈ $86). Premiere Pro's own Speech to Text is free with Premiere. Prices checked July–November 2026; see sources below.

Every tool, feature by feature.

What each vendor lists on its own site. Each tool is strong at something different, so check the rows that matter to you. On a phone, swipe sideways.

FeatureCaption BunnyAutoCutBrevidyCapBeatCaptioneerFireCutSubmagicWeb appPremiere ProBuilt-in Speech to Text
Pricing
Cheapest plan with captions$29 once$14.90/mo (yearly)$14.99/mo (yearly)Free tier; €79 once$15/mo or $150 once$20/mo (yearly)$23/mo (yearly)Free with Premiere
Lifetime licence✓✕✕✓✓✕✕—
Free trial or free tier✕14 days, no card7 daysFree tier, videos up to 10 min14 days7 days3 videos, watermarkedIncluded
Where it works
Premiere Pro✓✓✓✓✓✓✕✓
After Effects✕—✕—✓—✕✕
DaVinci Resolve✕✓✕——✓✕✕
Mac and Windows✓✓—Windows only——Any browser✓
Captions
Caption styles19 animated MOGRTs90+ presets700+ presets—15+ MOGRTsAnimated—Basic
Transcription runsOn your computer (cloud optional)CloudCloudOn your computerOn your computerCloudCloudOn your computer
Languages99+80+99+—All major50+——
Romanized Hinglish✓———————
Vocal separation for songs✕——✓————
Editing extras
Silence removal✕✓———✓——
SRT / VTT export✓——————✓
✓ Yes✕ No— Not listed on the vendor's site

Pick by what you need.

We'd rather you buy the right tool than the wrong one.

Pro captions on a budget
Caption Bunny

Animated styles, offline transcription and Hinglish for $29 once. Less than two months of most subscriptions.

Captions in After Effects
Captioneer

Works in both Premiere and After Effects, with a free trial and enterprise seat management.

Full auto-editing
AutoCut or FireCut

Silence cutting and other editing automation on top of captions, for a monthly fee.

Lyric videos on Windows
CapBeat

Separates vocals from music before transcribing, which helps with song lyrics.

No Premiere at all
Submagic

A browser app: upload, caption, export. Footage leaves your machine.

Plain subtitles only
Premiere Speech to Text

Free and already installed. Fine when you don't need animated styles.

Common questions.

Caption Bunny Pro costs $29 once (₹999 in India) with free lifetime updates. Most other caption plugins charge about $15 to $23 a month on yearly plans, and Captioneer's lifetime licence is $150.
No. You pay once and keep Caption Bunny forever, including all future updates.
Yes. Transcription runs on your computer in 99+ languages, so footage never leaves your machine. An optional cloud engine (ElevenLabs) is there for very difficult audio.
Caption Bunny is built for it: it transcribes Hindi and writes romanized Hinglish, the way creators actually type mixed Hindi-English speech.
Premiere's Speech to Text is free and fine for plain subtitles. For animated, word-by-word social captions you need MOGRT styles, which Caption Bunny places on your timeline in one click.

Prices as listed by each vendor or by comparison pages checked between July and November 2026: autocut.com, firecut.ai, Brevidy (Jul 2026), captioneer.com, Cutback (Oct 2026), CapBeat (Aug 2026), Black Hat Editors. Prices change; check each vendor's site before buying. All product names are trademarks of their owners; Caption Bunny is not affiliated with them.

Caption Bunny

Stop renting your captions.

Pro animated captions inside Premiere Pro. Pay once, $29.