Best tools to translate video subtitles in 2026

Quick answer by use case

• Translated subtitles and nothing else, with the original audio kept: Vid Hub, Maestra or Happy Scribe.
• Translation inside a video editor you already use: Kapwing, VEED or CapCut.
• Short vertical videos with animated caption styles: Submagic.
• The speaker should be heard in the new language: HeyGen or Captions, which dub the voice.
• Broadcast caption formats such as SCC or STL: Maestra.
• A human check of every line: Happy Scribe, which sells human-made subtitles.
• Hundreds of translated minutes a month, if you also want an editor: Kapwing Pro.

How we compared

This is a desk comparison, not a hands-on test. We read each vendor's own pricing page and its help or product pages on October 19, 2026. CapCut's site did not load from our location that day, so its figures, and Submagic's and Captions' feature pages, are from October 18, 2026. Every page is listed under Sources at the end, with the date we read it.

We looked at five things: what the tool is built for, how it charges for translation, whether the translated subtitles play over the original audio, whether you can download an SRT file, and whether you can download an MP4 with the subtitles burned into the picture. We did not measure accuracy or speed, and we did not try every language or every plan.

The nine tools at a glance

VEED's prices depend on the visitor's region, so its figures here are the US list prices. CapCut says its price depends on region, device and promotions. Captions' figures are its iOS prices in US dollars. The language count of each tool is on its own site; for Vid Hub, see the language guides, for example Spanish and Arabic.

The nine tools one by one

Vid Hub

Best for: translated subtitles burned into the video, with the speaker's own voice kept. You upload, choose the language, watch a free preview, and pay only for the video you keep.

How it prices: $3 for one video up to 20 minutes and 500 MB, which is about $0.15 a minute for a 20-minute video. Creator is $8/month at the base price for about 20 minutes of video a month, and regional prices exist. Pro is $12/month for about 100 minutes, and Studio is $20/month for about 300 minutes. Details are on Pricing.

• Pros: no editor to learn, a preview of the translation before you pay, and the MP4 plus original and translated SRT and TXT files with every purchase.
• Cons: no dubbing, no caption styles or templates, and no broadcast formats such as SCC or STL. A single purchase returns an MP4 up to 720p. A single purchase and Creator keep a small Vid Hub watermark; Pro and Studio can remove it. Editing the wording and timing of a line needs Pro or Studio.

Kapwing

Best for: teams that edit video in the browser and translate a lot of it. Pro is $16 a month on annual billing, with up to 500 auto-translation minutes a month, which comes to about $0.03 a translation minute (annual billing) if you use them all (our calculation). The free plan gives up to 5 translation minutes, with watermarked exports up to 4 minutes long at 720p.

• Pros: the lowest cost per translated minute in this list at full use, and subtitles, dubbing and editing in one project. Its translator page says you can keep the original speaker's voice.
• Cons: it is a full editor, so there is more to learn, and every free export carries a watermark.

VEED

Best for: editing, branding and captions in one project. Creator is $25 a month or $147 a year, Pro is $45 a month or $265 a year and Studio is $79 a month or $465 a year, per seat, at the US list price. VEED's help center says subtitle translation is a one-time try on the Free and Creator plans; from Pro it needs AI credits, which VEED's other AI tools also use. Its pricing page says translating the same video into another language counts again, and unused minutes do not roll over. VEED does not publish how many credits a translated minute uses. The free plan has a watermark, 720p exports up to 10 minutes, 10 minutes of auto subtitles a month and no subtitle file download.

• Pros: translated subtitles download as SRT, VTT or TXT, or burn into the video, and the editing toolkit around them is wide.
• Cons: regular translation needs Pro or higher, you pay for an editing suite if subtitles are the whole job, and every extra language counts again.

Maestra

Best for: subtitle files for broadcast or e-learning, an API, and translation glossaries. Basic is $39 a month billed yearly, with 360 subtitle minutes or 180 translated minutes a month, so about $0.22 a translated minute at full use (our calculation). Premium is $79 a month billed yearly with 900 or 450. Pay as you go is $12 for 60 credits, which buys 60 subtitle minutes or 30 translated minutes. The page says yearly billing saves 20%, so monthly billing costs more.

• Pros: many export formats, and its translator page says Maestra keeps your original audio intact, with voiceover as a separate option.
• Cons: a translated minute costs two subtitle minutes, and the lower prices need a yearly plan.

Happy Scribe

Best for: transcripts and subtitles that a person can check. Basic is $17 a month, or $8.50 a month billed annually, with 120 minutes a month shared by transcription, subtitling and translation: about $0.14 a pool minute on monthly billing (our calculation). Pro is $29 a month, or $19 a month billed annually, with 600 minutes and 3 seats. Extra minutes cost $0.20 a minute, human proofreading and other human-made services cost from $2.00 a minute, and the free plan is a 10-minute trial.

• Pros: exports in SRT, VTT, STL, TXT and editor formats, and it can burn captions directly into the MP4.
• Cons: one minute pool covers transcription, subtitles and translation, so plan your volume across all three.

HeyGen

Best for: a video your viewers should hear, not read, in their language. Creator is $29 a month, or $24 a month billed yearly, with 600 credits a month and videos up to 30 minutes. Video translation uses 4 credits a minute without lip sync, 6 with Speed lip sync and 10 with Precision lip sync, so 600 credits cover 150, 100 or 60 minutes: about $0.19 a minute without lip sync, $0.29 with Speed lip sync and $0.48 with Precision lip sync, if the credits go to nothing else (our calculation). HeyGen says credit usage can vary by feature, model, duration and generation type. Pro is from $49 a month. The free plan, at $0, makes 3 videos a month up to 1 minute each, with translation up to 1 minute a video.

• Pros: its help center says the video is re-voiced in the original speaker's voice, lip sync is optional, and translated captions can be burned in or downloaded as SRT.
• Cons: viewers hear a generated track, not the original recording, and the credits are shared with avatars and other features.

HeyGen says this itself, in its own list of video translators: “When HeyGen isn't the best pick: if you only need subtitles, a subtitle-first tool is cheaper.” Per minute, that depends on the plans you compare: see What video translation costs.

CapCut

Best for: creators who already edit every video in CapCut. Its help center says CapCut Pro has no fixed global price: the price depends on region, device and current promotions, and you see your quote after you sign in and choose Upgrade. CapCut's help center also describes one-click bilingual subtitles in CapCut Online, the desktop app and the mobile app.

• Pros: translated captions inside the project you are already editing, with templates and effects around them.
• Cons: no published translation allowance, so the cost of a translated minute is unknown, and the pages we read do not say clearly which plan includes bilingual subtitles.

Submagic

Best for: short vertical videos with animated caption styles. Starter is $19 a month, or $12 a month billed yearly per member, for 15 videos a month up to 2 minutes each: about $0.63 a minute (monthly billing) if every video is 2 minutes long (our calculation). Pro is $39 a month, or $23 a month billed yearly for 40 videos up to 5 minutes, and Business is $69 a month, or $41 a month billed yearly for 100 videos up to 30 minutes.

• Pros: its subtitle translator keeps the original audio, and every plan lists AI Translate captions next to B-roll, zooms and social publishing.
• Cons: each plan caps the length of a video, and the translator page mentions only the video download, not a subtitle file.

Captions

Best for: videos made and posted from a phone, when you may want dubbing too. Max is $24.99 a month with 500 AI credits a month, and Frontier is $69.99 a month with 1,400, as iOS prices in US dollars. Captions does not publish credits per translated minute. The free plan has basic tools and no AI credits.

• Pros: subtitles only or dubbing, chosen per video, and Lipdub, which reshapes the mouth to match the new language.
• Cons: the credits are shared by every AI feature, and the cost of a translated minute is not published.

Who should pick what

• Pick Vid Hub when the job is only the translated subtitles: upload, check the preview, and download the MP4 with the original audio plus the SRT and TXT files.
• Pick Maestra when you need SCC, STL or another broadcast format. Vid Hub exports SRT and TXT only.
• Pick Happy Scribe when a person must check the subtitles before they go out.
• Pick HeyGen or Captions when your viewers should listen, not read. See Subtitles or dubbing.
• Pick Kapwing when you translate hundreds of minutes a month and edit the videos too.
• Pick Submagic or CapCut when you want animated, styled captions on short clips and edit each one by hand.

For the cost of each option per finished minute, see How much does it cost to translate a video. For a closer look at single tools, see Vid Hub alternatives.