Kapwing

Kapwing is an AI video creation and editing web app for marketers, internal communications teams, content creators and educators, with a free tier.

  • Free plan
  • Web app
  • Verified 16 Oct 2026

What Kapwing does

Kapwing is an AI video creation and editing platform that generates videos from simple prompts and offers video editing tools. It can generate videos from a text prompt with voiceover, visuals, subtitles, music and characters, and it provides automatic AI subtitle generation, text-to-speech from text layers, and Smart Cut to remove silences. It runs as a web app and is aimed at marketers, internal communications teams, content creators and educators.

Built for

  • Marketers
  • Internal communications teams
  • Content creators
  • Educators

Key features

  • Generate videos from a text prompt with voiceover, visuals, subtitles, music and characters
  • Automatic subtitle generation with AI
  • Text to speech from text layers
  • Smart Cut removes silences automatically
  • Create custom voice clones (Business plan and above)

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Offers a free plan with 10 credits, with exports up to 4 minutes long that include a watermark.
  • Generates videos from a text prompt with voiceover, visuals, subtitles, music and characters.
  • Includes automatic AI subtitle generation and Smart Cut, which removes silences automatically.
  • Runs as a web app.

Cons

  • The Free plan exports carry a watermark and are limited to 4 minutes and 10 credits.
  • Custom voice clones are available only on the Business plan and above.
  • Enterprise pricing is not published and requires contacting sales.
  • No free trial is offered.

Where Kapwing is listed

Kapwing is listed under AI video editors in AI video and audio tools.

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