Still paying for subtitles in 2026?

kaps.co.il/pricing

Simple pricing. For every kind of editor

Yearly plan ยท up to 42% off

Starter editor

$22.9/mo $39

with subthisโ‰ˆ $0.35

billed yearly

Up to 30 transcription minutes a month

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Pro freelancer

$34.9/mo $60

with subthisโ‰ˆ $1.30

billed yearly

Up to 120 transcription minutes a month

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Business

$119/mo $199

with subthisโ‰ˆ $5.30

billed yearly

Up to 500 transcription minutes a month

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subthis does the same job, open source under the MIT license. No subscription and no middleman: you pay OpenAI directly, only for what you use, about one cent per minute of video. Your key, your account, and code anyone can read.

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MIT license ยท Python, no dependencies ยท Windows, macOS, Linux

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Let's do the math

Subtitle tools sell transcription minutes as a monthly subscription. With subthis you pay only for the usage itself, directly to OpenAI. Here are the public prices of four popular tools next to the exact same usage with subthis:

ToolPlanWhat you get per monthTheir price*Same usage with subthis
KapsStarter editor30 transcription minutes$22.9 / monthโ‰ˆ $0.35
Business500 transcription minutes$119 / monthโ‰ˆ $5.30
CaptionsBasicCaptions with no minute cap, in the app$9.99 / monthโ‰ˆ $1.30 for 120 min
SubmagicStarter15 videos up to 2 min (30 min max)$12 / monthโ‰ˆ $0.35
Pro40 videos up to 5 min (200 min max)$23 / monthโ‰ˆ $2.10
Happy ScribeBasic120 transcription minutes$8.50 / monthโ‰ˆ $1.30
Pro600 transcription minutes$19 / monthโ‰ˆ $6.30

The same 500 minutes: โ‰ˆ $5 instead of $119. Every month.

* Prices from the public pricing pages of kaps.co.il, captions.ai, submagic.co and happyscribe.com, annual billing where offered, as of September 2026. Captions does not meter minutes for captioning, so its cheapest plan is shown against a 120-minute example. Submagic caps the number of videos and their length; we used the maximum possible. The subthis figure uses OpenAI's API prices: two transcription passes, $0.0045 + $0.006 per minute. subthis itself is free and open source, with no minute limits and no per-seat limits.

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Watch it work

One command in, one subtitle file out. This is a real run.

lecture.mp4
lecture.srt
terminal
$
video editor
Welcome to the lecture
V1
A1
SRT

The SRT opens directly in: Premiere Pro DaVinci Resolve Final Cut Pro CapCut

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Install from zero

Nothing on your computer yet? That's fine. These steps assume a blank machine and take about five minutes.

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