Crayo vs Kapwing
As of October 9, 2026, Crayo is the better pick if your output is short-form clips from podcasts and streams and you prefer paying one credit per finished clip on a $19 plan, with ranked moments, a timeline editor and a public API included. Kapwing is the better pick if you need a free tier, 4K export, team seats or dubbing. The evidence is below.
Pick Crayo if
- You make short-form clips and want them ranked: AutoClip and Find Viral Moments order moments by virality ranking, and Kapwing's Repurpose Studio publishes no score.
- You want one credit to equal one finished clip: Crayo Hobby gives 250 credits a month, and Kapwing does not publish how many credits one Repurpose clip costs.
- You want the timeline editor and a public API on the cheapest plan: every Crayo plan opens each clip in an editor with a camera track, zooms and 32 caption styles and ships 34 API endpoints, while Kapwing has no public API.
Pick Kapwing if
- You need a free tier: Kapwing Free gives 10 credits a month at 720p with a watermark on every export. Crayo has no free plan.
- You export 4K or work in a team: Kapwing Pro exports 4K and is priced per member. Crayo tops out at 1080p and has no team seats.
- You dub videos, edit memes, or start from templates: Kapwing includes 50 minutes of dubbing a month on Pro and a large template library. Crayo has neither.
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At a glance
| At a glance | Crayo | Kapwing |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | Hobby $19/mo or $160/yr (about $13.33/mo) | Pro $24/mo; annual $16/mo ($192/yr) |
| What the entry plan buys | 250 clips (workflow credits), 2 hours of export, 25GB storage, the timeline editor and the API; also 30 voiceover minutes, 100 AI images and 1 tracked account | 1,000 credits per member, 1,000 subtitle minutes, 4K export, 6 GB upload, 200 GB storage |
| Metering unit | 1 workflow credit per finished clip, plus export minutes | Credits per member per month, spent per AI task; the cost of one Repurpose clip is not published |
| Free tier | None. Twelve free browser tools need no account and never upload the file. | 10 credits a month at 720p with a watermark on every export, 4-minute exports, 30 export minutes a month, files kept 3 days |
| Export resolution | Up to 1080p | 720p on Free, 4K on Pro and above |
| Auto clipping | IncludedAutoClip, 1 to 20 clips per run | IncludedRepurpose Studio, prompt-steered clips |
| Face-aware reframing | IncludedFace-aware camera track | IncludedAuto Speaker Focus centers the active speaker |
| Timeline editor on every plan | IncludedCamera, keyframes, zooms, speed ramps | IncludedOn Free too, with a watermark |
| Native scheduling | Not includedDownload and post yourself | Not included |
| Public API | Included34 endpoints on every plan | Not includedNo public API |
| Cancel in app | IncludedOne click in Settings | Not statedNot stated on the pricing page |
Kapwing facts from www.kapwing.com/pricing, checked Oct 8, 2026. Crayo facts from the live plan table at crayo.ai/pricing.
Pricing side by side
A worked example for a clipper's month, then every plan from both vendors. Kapwing prices were checked Oct 8, 2026.
| A typical month | Crayo | Kapwing |
|---|---|---|
| Plan needed | Hobby | Pro |
| Cost | $19/mo or about $13.33/mo yearly | $24/member/mo or $16/member/mo yearly ($192/yr) |
| Allowance used | 32 of 250 workflow credits and about 32 of 120 export minutes | Credits per clip not published. Each 60-minute source fits the 3-hour Repurpose limit, 240 minutes fit the 1,000 subtitle minutes, and 32 short clips fit the 120-minute export cap. Free's 4-minute, 30-minute-a-month export caps rule it out for this volume. |
| Note | Prices from the live plan table. One seat covers it. | Per-member pricing, per the Kapwing pricing page checked Oct 8, 2026. |
Scenario: One 60-minute source a week, eight clips each: 240 source minutes and 32 clips a month.
All Kapwing plans (4)ShowHide
| Kapwing plan | Monthly | Annual | What is metered | Includes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FreeThe watermark policy page confirms the watermark applies to every free project. | $0 | n/a | 10 credits per month and 10 minutes of subtitling |
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| Pro | $24/mo | $16/mo ($192/yr) | 1,000 credits per member per month, 1,000 subtitle minutes |
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| Business | $64/mo | $50/mo ($600/yr) | 4,000 credits per member per month, extra credits for sale |
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| Enterprise | Custom | Custom | Custom credits |
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From www.kapwing.com/pricing, checked Oct 8, 2026. Pricing page fetched directly: Free $0, Pro $24 per member monthly or $16 per member annual ($192 a year), Business $64 per member monthly or $50 annual ($600 a year), Enterprise custom. The watermark policy (https://www.kapwing.com/help/our-watermark-policy/) and the Repurpose and Auto Speaker Focus pages were fetched too. One claim is third-party and not on a Kapwing page: costbench.com says all AI features freeze when credits are depleted; it is cited as third-party in prose and should be browser-checked against the Kapwing help center before it is stated as Kapwing's own policy.
All Crayo plans (3)ShowHide
| Crayo plan | Monthly | Yearly | Clips (credits) | Export | Storage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobby | $19/mo | $160/yr (about $13.33/mo) | 250 per month | 2 hours | 25GB |
| Clipper | $39/mo | $327/yr (about $27.25/mo) | 1,000 per month | 10 hours | 100GB |
| Pro | $79/mo | $664/yr (about $55.33/mo) | 3,000 per month | 30 hours | 500GB |
Read from the live plan table, the same source as crayo.ai/pricing. Credits reset each cycle and do not roll over; one-time top-up packs are separate.
Feature by feature
| Feature | Crayo | Kapwing |
|---|---|---|
| Clipping | ||
| Long video to short clips | IncludedAutoClip, 1 to 20 clips per run | IncludedRepurpose Studio, prompt-steered clips |
| Moment ranking | IncludedVirality ranking in AutoClip and Find Viral Moments | Not includedNo virality score |
| Face-aware reframing | IncludedFace-aware camera track | IncludedAuto Speaker Focus centers the active speaker |
| Max source length | 3 hours or 4 GB per upload | 3 hours in Repurpose Studio; 2 GB Free, 6 GB Pro |
| Layouts | Speaker, streamer, split, full | Not statedNot enumerated on the Repurpose page |
| Captions and editing | ||
| Timeline editor on every plan | IncludedCamera, keyframes, zooms, speed ramps | IncludedOn Free too, with a watermark |
| Caption styles | 32 styles | Not statedSeveral styles, no count published |
| Caption languages | 56 spoken languages | 100+ |
| B-roll | PartialAdd your own clips in the editor | IncludedB-roll generator |
| 4K export | Not included1080p maximum | IncludedPro and above |
| Distribution | ||
| Native scheduling | Not includedDownload and post yourself | Not included |
| Post analytics | PartialSocial Tracker, not per-post stats | Not included |
| Creator tracking | IncludedInstagram, YouTube, TikTok; 1 to 10 accounts | Not included |
| Public API | Included34 endpoints on every plan | Not includedNo public API |
| Webhooks | Included | Not includedNo public API |
| Platform | ||
| Web app | Included | Included |
| Desktop app | Not included | Not included |
| Mobile app | Not includedBrowser app only | Not includedNot advertised |
| Team seats | Not included | IncludedPriced per member on Pro and Business |
| Billing | ||
| Free tier | Not includedFree browser tools only | Included720p, watermark, 4-minute exports |
| Free trial | Not included | Not includedNo trial for paid plans |
| Metering | 1 credit per finished clip | Credits per AI task, per member |
| Credit rollover | Not includedTop-up packs are separate | Not statedNot stated on the pricing page |
| Refund policy | No refunds, all sales final | No refunds once you upgrade |
| Cancel in app | IncludedOne click in Settings | Not statedNot stated on the pricing page |
| Also included | ||
| AI images | Included100 to 500 per month by plan | Included |
| AI voiceover | IncludedHundreds of voices, 30 to 180 minutes by plan | Included50 text-to-speech minutes a month on Pro |
| Voice cloning | Not included | PartialBusiness plan only |
| AI avatars | Not included | Not statedLip sync on Business; avatars not stated |
| Reddit story videos | Included | Not included |
| Fake text videos | IncludediMessage-style | Not included |
Included, Partial and Not included describe what each product publishes as of the prices-checked date. Not stated means the vendor does not publish it.
Where Crayo wins
- 01
Crayo ranks moments; Kapwing's Repurpose Studio does not score them.
Kapwing's Repurpose page describes prompt-steered clips from uploads up to 3 hours, with no virality score. Crayo's AutoClip ranks moments and shows the planner's reasons, and Find Viral Moments returns up to 50 ranked moments to review before cutting. Crayo also steers the finder with a 500-character brief, the same way Kapwing's prompt steers Repurpose. Source
- 02
Crayo meters by finished clip; Kapwing meters by credits per AI task and does not publish the cost of a clip.
Kapwing's pricing page, checked Oct 8, 2026, lists 1,000 credits a month on Pro and 10 on Free but no credit cost per Repurpose clip. Crayo charges 1 workflow credit per finished clip, and the free Clip Cutter costs nothing for manual ranges, so a month's bill is predictable before you upload. Source
- 03
Crayo's paid plans never watermark; Kapwing watermarks every free export at 720p.
Kapwing's watermark policy page says the watermark applies to all free projects, and the pricing page caps Free at 720p, 4-minute exports and 30 export minutes a month. Crayo's cheapest plan exports 1080p with no watermark. For most clippers a watermarked 720p file is a test, not a deliverable, so the real comparison is Kapwing Pro against Crayo Hobby. Source
- 04
Crayo has a public API with 34 endpoints and webhooks; Kapwing has no public API.
Kapwing publishes no API or webhooks as of Oct 8, 2026. Crayo's API covers autoclip, exports, uploads, transcripts, voiceover, images and webhooks with a test endpoint, on every plan with docs at crayo.ai/developers. Source
Where Kapwing wins
- 01
Kapwing has a real free tier; Crayo has none.
Kapwing Free, checked Oct 8, 2026, gives 10 credits and 10 minutes of subtitling a month, 720p exports with a watermark, and files kept for 3 days. Crayo's only free products are twelve browser tools that need no account. Kapwing is the right place to try a workflow before paying anything, which Crayo cannot offer. Source
- 02
Kapwing exports 4K on Pro; Crayo stops at 1080p.
Kapwing's pricing page lists 4K export and 120-minute exports on Pro at $24 per member a month. Crayo exports up to 1080p on every plan. Kapwing Free also exports, but at 720p with a watermark. Source
- 03
Kapwing is built for teams; Crayo has no seats.
Pro and Business are priced per member, Business adds 800 GB of storage and voice clones, and Enterprise adds SAML SSO. Crayo is one account per plan with no shared workspace, and its API issues one key per account, so a team on Crayo would share credentials rather than seats. Source
- 04
Kapwing dubs into 40+ languages and captions 100+; Crayo transcribes 56 and does not dub.
Kapwing Pro includes 50 minutes of dubbing a month and lists 100+ caption languages, with a template and meme library Crayo does not try to match. Crayo's spoken-language picker has 56 entries. Source
Billing and cancellation
Each side's published terms. At most two dated user quotes, each tied to a row in the table above. No scores.
Crayo
- No free tier and no trial.
- No refunds. All sales are final.
- Cancel any time in one click from Settings. The plan stays active to the end of the cycle and nothing further is charged.
- Credits reset monthly and do not roll over; top-up packs are separate.
Source: crayo.ai/refund-policy
Kapwing
- Refunds: The pricing page states that refunds are not issued once you upgrade, as of Oct 8, 2026.
- Cancellation: Cancellation steps are not described on the pricing page.
- Kapwing bills per member, so each seat is its own charge, and the pricing page says refunds are not issued once you upgrade. There is no trial for paid plans, and the pricing page does not state whether unused credits roll over.
Source: www.kapwing.com/pricing, checked Oct 8, 2026
“Refused to refund a service I never used”
“eating tons of credits”
Hands-on test
Superiority claims need a described test behind them. This is the test and its status.
- Status
- Scheduled, not yet run
- Source
- A 45-minute two-person podcast recording owned by Crayo
- Plans
- Kapwing Pro and Crayo Clipper, same file, same day, defaults first then one tuned run each
Until this test runs, the page shows no timings, clip counts or screenshots, and every claim above comes from published pricing and documentation. The results table replaces this note when it is done.
Show the protocolProtocol
- Same source file through both tools on the same day, defaults first, then one tuned run each.
- We pay for the competitor's entry paid plan and Crayo's Clipper plan and record browser, date and plan.
- We record time to first clip, total wall time, clips produced, clips judged usable, credits spent, list-price dollars for the run, export resolution, caption word errors on a fixed 60-second segment, and whether the speaker stayed framed.
- Usable means: starts and ends on a complete sentence, hook in the first two seconds, speaker framed, captions accurate enough to post without edits. Two reviewers, disagreements noted.
- If the competitor wins a row, it stays. If a run fails, we say so and show the error.
Switching from Kapwing to Crayo
- 01
Paste a link or upload the file
AutoClip accepts YouTube and TikTok links or file upload (up to 4 GB, 1 minute to 3 hours). Nothing to migrate from the other tool.
- 02
Pick a layout and an intensity
Speaker, streamer, split or full layout; subtle, balanced, dynamic or max editing; 1 to 20 clips per run.
- 03
Export at 1080p or open the editor
Download the clips as they are, or open any clip in the timeline editor to change captions, camera, zooms and music.
Your source files are yours on both sides. Crayo does not need an export from Kapwing; it works from the original video, and clips you already made in Kapwing stay wherever you saved them.
Questions clippers ask
Try it on your own clips
Try it on your own video
Paste a YouTube or TikTok link or upload a file. Every tool is on every plan.
About this page
What changed and when. The updated date above only moves when something here does.
- First published. Kapwing prices checked Oct 8, 2026: Free $0 with watermark at 720p, Pro $24 per member monthly or $16 per member annual ($192/yr), Business $64 per member or $50 annual ($600/yr), no refunds once upgraded.
Kapwing is a trademark of its owner, used here only to identify the product compared. Sources: www.kapwing.com/pricing.
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