Kapwing
Create professional videos quickly without prior editing experience
- Also known as
- kapwing
Available worldwide · Popular in: US
What is Kapwing?
A cloud-based video editor combining intuitive design with AI-powered tools for creating, editing, and exporting videos in multiple formats, designed for individuals and teams without specialized editing knowledge.
Kapwing pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
Free tier with watermark; paid plans available for individuals and teams
Free
FreeFor anyone who wants to get started creating and repurposing content
- exports
- unlimited with watermark
- video_length
- up to 4 minutes
- Record screen, camera, and audio
- Transitions and video effects
- Free stock templates
- Export as MP4, PNG, JPG, MP3, GIF
- Stock videos, photos, audio, GIFs
- Automatic subtitle generation (AI)
- Video background remover
- Smart editing tools
Pro
For individuals and small groups looking to create more content in less time
Team
For individuals and teams who need to supercharge their content creation workflow
- Brand Kit and custom fonts
Business
Contact salesFor large organizations that need advanced controls and support
- Custom billing
- Priority customer support
- SAML single sign-on (SSO)
- Custom cloud storage
What Kapwing does
The capabilities that matter for gif tools, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Architecture model
- Browser web utility
- Screen recording direct to gif capture
- ✓
- Lossy compression and frame rate reduction algorithms
- -
- Webp and mp4 modern format export support
- ✓
- Standardized meme text macro library and templates
- -
- Video to gif conversion trimming and cropping
- ✓
- AI background removal for transparent stickers
- ✓
- Custom watermark stamping for brand protection
- ✗
- Slack discord and imessage native integration
- ✓
- Frame by frame canvas drawing and pixel editing
- ✓
- SOC2 type ii
- -
- Gpl or permissive oss license
- -
- Pricing model
- Freemium watermarked
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
Integrations (4)
Independently observed- YouTube⇄•
- Google←•
- Facebook←•
- Slack•
Kapwing FAQ
Common questions about Kapwing, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Kapwing?
An online video editing and content creation tool designed for teams to produce videos, GIFs, images, and audio. Includes AI-powered features like automatic speech generation, background removal, and subtitle generation. It is indexed under Gif Tools.
Source: https://www.kapwing.com/pricing
Is Kapwing free?
Kapwing offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $24 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://www.kapwing.com/pricing
What platforms does Kapwing support?
We have confirmed browser-based access to Kapwing. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.
Source: https://www.kapwing.com/pricing
Can Kapwing be self-hosted?
We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Kapwing, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.
Source: https://www.kapwing.com/pricing
What does Kapwing integrate with?
We have confirmed 3 integrations for Kapwing, including YouTube, Google and Facebook. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://www.kapwing.com/pricing
Where is Kapwing available?
Kapwing is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.
Source: https://www.kapwing.com/pricing
Kapwing alternatives
Other gif tools we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- GifoxDesktop application for Mac that captures screen activity and exports directly to animated GIFslow · 9%
- Make A GIFOnline animated GIF creator and storage platformlow · 39%
- ScreenToGifDesktop screen recording software with simultaneous multi-source audio capture and built-in editing toolslow · 29%
- gif.jsBrowser-based JavaScript library for encoding animated GIFslow · 23%
- PeekScreen recorder that captures specific areas and exports them as animated GIFs or silent videoslow · 28%
- KapA free, open-source screen recording tool built with web technologieslow · 33%
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Kapwing, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price level | 80 | 0.05 | 4.2 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 45 | 0.08 | 3.8 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 81 | 0.04 | 3.2 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 17 | 0.05 | 0.8 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
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Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 58% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Pricing model: freemium_watermarked · Architecture model: browser_web_utility · Screen recording direct to gif capture: Yes · Webp and mp4 modern format export support: Yes · Slack discord and imessage native integration: Yes · Video to gif conversion trimming and cropping: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-10-15 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 3 | mediumsource · 2026-09-01 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | mediumsource · 2026-09-16 · 50% |
Pricing
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