Pricing guide · read October 26, 2026
Paying yearly cuts the cost of a Submagic video by roughly 37 to 41 percent, and the price per video falls from $0.80 on Starter to $0.41 on Business when you use every credit.
Verified October 26, 2026 Prices are read from Submagic's own pricing page. Cost-per-video and yearly totals are our arithmetic on those prices.
| Plan | Best for | Billed yearly (per member per month) | Billed monthly (per member) | Videos per member a month | Longest video |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | Short clips on a small channel | $12 | $19 | 15 | 2 min |
| Pro | Regular shorts and longer clips | $23 | $39 | 40 | 5 min |
| Business | High volume and long videos | $41 | $69 | 100 | 30 min |
| Custom | Teams and API use | Custom | Custom | Custom | Custom |
Not sure which clips are worth captioning? Run a source video through our free shorts clipper first, then use this page to pick the plan that fits the volume.
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The entry price is $12 per member per month billed yearly. Four facts decide most buying choices.
Starter billed yearly, per member: $144 a year. $19 a month if you pay monthly.
45, 120 and 300 credits across the three plans. Every video costs 3 credits.
Starter allows 2 minutes, Pro 5 and Business 30.
The pricing page shows "No credit card required." but lists no free plan and no trial length.
Every plan is cheaper billed yearly, and the gap grows with the plan. The full bar is the yearly cost if you pay monthly; the hatched part is the yearly cost billed yearly.
A Submagic video costs $0.41 to $1.27, depending on plan and billing, if you use every credit. Each video takes 3 credits on every plan, so the plan's credits divided by 3 gives its video count.
Unused credits raise the real cost per video, so the cheaper rate only helps if you actually make the videos. A channel that posts ten clips a month does not need the 40-video plan.
Each step up adds capacity first and features second.
The pricing page describes a few details inconsistently across its sections, (Business lists 10 custom templates in one place and 5 in another), so confirm any specific feature there before you buy.
Pick the lowest plan whose video count and length limit cover your real month. The costly mistake is paying for a plan whose credits go unused.
Submagic is one of several caption tools, and the typography matters as much as the transcript. FilmFont covers fonts for lower thirds and captions, and Nesyona compares the wider field in its AI video editing tools roundup.
Submagic's pricing page lists no free plan and states no trial length. It shows the line "No credit card required." beside a "Try For Free" button, and it labels both billing modes with "cancel anytime."
Because the free terms are not spelled out, treat any free access as something to confirm at signup, and check the billing period before you pay.
Submagic is worth it when captioned short-form video is a weekly habit and the cost per video stays under what your time is worth. The free baseline is the captioning built into YouTube Studio's subtitles and captions tools, and the W3C's captioning guidance explains what good captions need to do.
Paid alternatives include Opus Clip, VEED and CapCut, each priced differently from Submagic's credit model. Opus Clip prices by credit too, as our Opus Clip pricing breakdown shows, and our captions comparison sets the four side by side.
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On Submagic's own pricing page (read October 26, 2026) the plans are Starter at $12 per member per month billed yearly or $19 monthly, Pro at $23 billed yearly or $39 monthly, and Business at $41 billed yearly or $69 monthly, each per member. A custom plan is priced around usage.
Submagic's pricing page lists no free plan and states no trial length. It does show the line "No credit card required." beside a "Try For Free" button, so confirm the current terms when you sign up.
Yes. Billed yearly it costs $84 less a year on Starter, $192 less on Pro and $336 less on Business than paying monthly, which the pricing page labels "save up to 41%". Both billing modes say they can be cancelled anytime.
Starter includes 45 credits, enough for 15 videos. Pro includes 120 credits, enough for 40 videos, and Business includes 300 credits, enough for 100 videos, because every video costs 3 credits on every plan.
Submagic's entry price is $12 per member per month billed yearly, and the plan you need depends on how many videos you make and how long they run. Check the numbers on Submagic's pricing page, bill yearly only when you are sure of the volume, and move up only when a limit actually binds.
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