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Kapwing vs Trint

Kapwing logo

Kapwing

Content Creation

Start for free. Upgrade to create more video to exactly fit your team's needs.

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Trint logo

Trint

Content Creation

Collaborative transcription and story workflow built for newsrooms

From
$52/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Kapwing has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Kapwing free plan limited to 10 credits and watermarked exports; Trint the Starter plan caps at seven files a month with no rollover, which a working journalist exhausts in a fortnight, so the advertised entry price is not the price most buyers will actually pay.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Kapwing and Trint actually diverge.

Attributes where Kapwing and Trint differ
AttributeKapwingTrint
Starting priceFree$52/month
Pricing modelfreemiumPer user per month
Free tierYesNo
PlatformsWebWeb, iOS, Android

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), category (Content Creation).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Kapwing

Nothing recorded that Trint does not also cover.

Only in Trint

  • Bound transcript editor
  • Collaborative workspaces
  • Story builder
  • Custom vocabulary
  • Adobe Premiere Pro panel
  • Subtitle export
  • Translation
  • Enterprise controls

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Kapwing

  • Auto-generating captions and translating videos to 60+ languagesnot Trint
  • Removing silence from long interview recordingsnot Trint
  • Resizing existing videos for different social platformsnot Trint
  • Creating screen recordings with background noise removalnot Trint
  • Generating lip-sync videos with automatic mouth animationnot Trint

Trint

  • A newsroom where three reporters and a producer work the same long interview to a deadline and need to see each other's highlights rather than passing files around.not Kapwing
  • A video desk cutting a package from an interview, pushing selected transcript segments straight into Premiere Pro instead of scrubbing a timeline for quotes.not Kapwing
  • An investigations team building a searchable archive of interviews so a name mentioned two years ago surfaces when it becomes relevant.not Kapwing
  • A broadcaster producing subtitles in several languages from the same source transcript with speaker labels preserved.not Kapwing

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Kapwing

  • Free plan limited to 10 credits and watermarked exports
  • Pro plan restricted to 2-hour export limit
  • Enterprise plan requires custom pricing quote

Trint

  • The Starter plan caps at seven files a month with no rollover, which a working journalist exhausts in a fortnight, so the advertised entry price is not the price most buyers will actually pay.
  • It is priced per seat at professional software levels, so giving every reporter in a mid-sized newsroom a licence is a substantial annual line item compared with a general transcription tool.
  • Transcription accuracy on poor field audio, crowded rooms, phone lines and heavy accents still requires correction, and the correction time is the real cost rather than the subscription.
  • Single sign-on, SCIM, audit logs and API access are gated to a quoted Enterprise tier, so any organisation with an identity policy cannot use the published pricing at all.
  • The tooling is optimised for editorial workflow rather than raw volume, so a team that mainly needs a lot of cheap transcripts and no collaboration is paying for a surface it will not use.

Pricing, plan by plan

Kapwing

Free
  • FreeFree
    • 10 credits
    • Unlimited exports with watermark
    • Up to 4 minutes video length
  • Pro$16/month
    • 1,000 credits per month
    • No watermark
    • 6GB file uploads
  • Business$50/month
    • 4,000 credits per month
    • Voice clones
    • Lip sync
  • Enterprise$null/mo
    • Custom credits
    • Dedicated account manager
    • SAML SSO

Trint

$52/month
  • Starter$52/month
    • Billed annually; around 80 USD if billed monthly
    • 7 files per month, no rollover
    • Single user
  • Advanced$60/month
    • Billed annually; around 100 USD if billed monthly
    • Unlimited files
    • Collaborative workspaces and shared permissions
  • Enterprise$undefined/month
    • SAML single sign-on and SCIM provisioning
    • Audit logs and custom data retention
    • Full API access

Which should you pick?

Choose Kapwing if

  • You want to start without paying.
Kapwing review

Choose Trint if

  • You need bound transcript editor.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want collaborative workspaces.
Trint review

Questions people ask

Is Kapwing or Trint better?
Neither clearly leads. Kapwing starts at Free and Trint at $52/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Kapwing or Trint?
Kapwing has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Kapwing and $52/month for Trint.
Does Kapwing or Trint run on more platforms?
Kapwing runs on Web. Trint runs on Web, iOS, Android.
Can I use Kapwing for free?
Yes. Kapwing has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Trint starts at $52/month.
What is Kapwing best used for?
Kapwing is most often used for auto-generating captions and translating videos to 60+ languages, removing silence from long interview recordings, resizing existing videos for different social platforms, creating screen recordings with background noise removal. Of those, auto-generating captions and translating videos to 60+ languages and removing silence from long interview recordings are not what Trint is typically brought in for.
What can Kapwing do that Trint cannot?
Trint covers Bound transcript editor, Collaborative workspaces, Story builder, Custom vocabulary.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Kapwing: How much does Kapwing cost?

Kapwing offers a free plan with 10 credits and watermarked exports. Paid plans start at $16/month (Pro, billed annually) or $24/month (monthly), $50/month (Business, billed annually) or $64/month (monthly). Enterprise pricing is custom.

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Trint: What is the file limit on the entry plan?

Seven files per month with no rollover. Most working journalists need the Advanced plan with unlimited files.

Kapwing: What are the credit limits on each Kapwing plan?

Free plan includes 10 credits, Pro plan provides 1,000 credits per month, and Business plan offers 4,000 credits per month. Enterprise plans include custom credit amounts.

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Trint: Does it integrate with a video edit?

Yes, through an Adobe Premiere Pro panel that pushes selected transcript segments into the timeline.

Kapwing: Which Kapwing plan removes the watermark?

The watermark is removed on Pro plan ($16/month billed annually) and higher tiers. Free plan exports include watermarks.

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Trint: Do I need Enterprise for single sign-on?

Yes. SAML, SCIM, audit logs and API access are all on the quoted Enterprise tier.

Trint: How accurate is it?

Good on clean studio and conference audio, noticeably weaker on noisy field recordings, phone lines and strong accents, where correction time dominates.

Trint: Is annual billing much cheaper?

Yes, roughly a third off. Starter falls from around 80 to 52 US dollars and Advanced from around 100 to 60 per seat per month.

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