If the only reason you open CapCut is the auto captions, you are carrying a full editing app, an account and an upload for a one-minute job. Burncaps does that one job in your browser: free, no install, no account, and your footage never leaves your device.
Caption a video freeLive preview, rendered on this page by the same engine that burns your video.
| What matters | Burncaps | CapCut |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A single-purpose caption tool in a web page | A full video editor and app ecosystem |
| Install | None. It is a web page | App or desktop install |
| Account | None | Sign-in required |
| Caption cost | Free, unlimited, no watermark | Many caption features sit behind CapCut Pro, varying by region |
| Your footage | Stays on your device, verifiable in the network tab | Handled through the app; cloud features involve their servers |
| Word-by-word animated styles | 10 styles, live-rendered | Template library, availability varies by plan |
CapCut features, prices and free-tier boundaries vary by region, platform and plan, and change often. Statements about CapCut are kept general for that reason; checked August 2026.
When you are actually editing: trimming clips, layering music, adding transitions and effects. A caption web page does not replace an editor, and pretending otherwise would be marketing, not honesty.
When the edit is done and the video just needs captions. Drop the file, check the words, pick a style, export. Usually under a minute of your attention, and no app between you and the result.
Burncaps processes everything in your browser with open-source Whisper. No upload exists to intercept, store or train on. That is not a policy promise, it is an architecture you can verify in devtools.
No, and it does not try to. CapCut is a full editor: cuts, transitions, effects, music, overlays. Burncaps does exactly one thing: it transcribes your finished video on your device and burns animated word-by-word captions into it. Edit where you like, caption here.
No. The Whisper speech model downloads into your browser once and runs on your own hardware. Your footage never leaves your device, which you can verify in your browser's network tab while it works.
Yes. 10 word-by-word highlight styles: 5 free (including Beast and Karaoke) and 5 in Pro (Neon, Fire, Boxed, Typewriter, Bounce). Every style preview on our pages is rendered live by the same engine that exports your video.
The free tier is unlimited: any number of videos, any length, no watermark. Pro is a single payment of £29 for the premium styles and the max-accuracy model. There is no subscription anywhere.
About 100 languages via Whisper, with auto-detect on by default. Accuracy is strongest in English; the Pro model is noticeably better in other languages.
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