Kapwing alternatives
Kapwing generates and edits videos with AI. These 5 tools do the same job or overlap with it (see all AI video editors).
Compared at a glance
| Tool | Pricing | Platforms | Standout |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kapwing | Free plan · Paid plans: see official pricing | Web app | Generates and edits videos with AI |
| Kling AI | Pricing: see official site | API, Plugin or MCP | Video editing |
| Synthesia | Free plan · Paid from $29/mo | API, Plugin or MCP | Create videos with AI avatars in 140+ languages |
| Descript | Free plan · Paid from $16/user/mo (billed annually) | — | Text-based video editing |
| Runway | Free plan · Paid from $12/mo (billed annually) | Mobile, API | Video editing |
| invideo | Paid from $4/user/mo (billed annually) | — | Multiplayer editing with live cursors |
The alternatives
Kling AI is an AI image and video generation tool for creators, filmmakers, and e-commerce and advertising teams, with an API and plugin or MCP access.
Synthesia creates videos with AI avatars and voiceovers for business training, marketing, and sales, and can generate videos from PowerPoints, documents, or links.
Choose Synthesia if you need AI avatar presenter videos for business training, marketing, or sales teams
Descript covers part of Kapwing's editing work by letting you edit video through its transcript, and adds audio-focused tools like Studio Sound.
Choose Descript if you want to edit video by editing its text transcript, or you make podcasts
Runway: AI platform for generating and editing video, images, and audio, with an API, mobile access, and a robotics simulation toolkit for developers and robotics teams.
invideo is an AI video editor on a multitrack timeline, overlapping Kapwing's video editing and adding multiplayer editing for teams.
Choose invideo if you are on a team that needs to edit videos together in real time on a multitrack timeline
