Captions

AI that edits like a professional editor would.

Overview

Captions (by Mirage) is an AI video editor built for solo creators, marketers, and short-form video. Instead of a manual timeline, it edits from a script or prompt, adding B-roll, zooms, transitions, captions, and music automatically, then cleaning the audio (removing filler words, dead air, background noise) and correcting eye contact. It also generates AI avatars (digital twins) for talking-head videos without filming, and dubs/subtitles into 100+ languages.

It has a free tier for basic trimming, plus credit-metered paid plans (Basic/Max/Scale) that unlock the generative AI editing, avatars, and larger monthly credit pools, the priciest generative features are gated behind higher tiers and consume credits per use.

Key Features

  • AI Editing — auto zooms, B-roll, music, transitions across 20+ style presets

  • Auto-Captions — stylized, customizable fonts

  • Translation/dubbing — subtitles in 100+ languages

  • AI Avatars — digital twin or stock AI avatar, prompt-editable outfit/background/product

  • Audio cleanup — background noise removal, filler-word and dead-air trimming

  • Eye contact correction

  • Royalty-free music/SFX generation

  • Text/chat-based editor — edit via prompts, not a timeline

Pros

  • Combines captions, AI editing, avatars, dubbing, and noise/filler removal in one app, avoiding a multi-tool stack

  • Caption/transcription accuracy widely reported around 93-99%

  • Large, established user base (Captions reports 10M+ creators) and active feature development

  • Customer support repeatedly praised in Trustpilot reviews, including for cancellations/refunds

Cons

  • Credit-based system on paid tiers caps generative features (AI Edit, avatars, dubbing); reviewers report credits being consumed by AI mistakes/re-corrections, not just successful output

  • Reliability complaints in reviews, including audio going out of sync after export

  • Entry pricing is confusing: the main pricing page markets Max ($24.99/mo) as the starting paid plan, while a cheaper Basic tier ($9.99/mo) exists per Captions' own help docs but isn't shown there

  • Some billing/refund friction reported by users despite generally responsive support

What Makes It Unique

Its real differentiator versus general editors (CapCut, Premiere) or single-purpose caption tools (Submagic, Zubtitle) is combining AI avatars/digital twins, full script-to-video generation, and traditional auto-caption/filler-removal editing in one product, most competitors specialize in either captions or avatars, not both.

Kay Score

7

/ 10

Tool Information

Pricing

$9.99/mo

Category

Voice & Video

Platform

Web / iOS / Android

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