Is Captions or Runway free?

Both can be used for free. Captions: Free plan, paid upgrades. Runway: Free plan, paid from $15 a month.

Do I need to install Captions or Runway?

No. Both run in a web browser, so you can open either one and start.

Price, ratings and what each one does, side by side. Every fact here comes from their listings on Linkstore.

Edit talking-head videos and generate the captions.

Generate and edit video with AI tools.

Captions

Runway

Captions trims a talking video, adds captions, and can correct eye contact or dub the voice.

Turn text or images into video clips, remove backgrounds and extend shots, all in an online editor.

Apps that do a similar job, closest matches first.

Opus Clip
Cuts a long video into short clips.
VideoNewFreemium
Open
Frame.io
Share a cut and collect frame-accurate comments.
VideoNewFreemium
Open
Vidmoat
Hosted AI video editor: describe the edit in chat, review it on a real timeline, render MP4. Works in the browser, on Telegram (@vidmoat_bot) and over MCP.
VideoNewFreemium
Open
Zoom
Video meetings that start from a link.
VideoNewFreemium
Open
Pika
Make short video clips from text or an image.
VideoNewFreemium
Open
Google Meet
Video calls from a browser, tied to a Google account.
VideoNewFree
Open