Shotz vs Captions
Captions is a phone-first editor built around talking to camera: animated captions, eye contact, cutting the pauses and AI presenters for ads. Shotz cuts talking heads by transcript too, and also edits the rest of what you film, finding the moments and generating the shots you're missing.
Talking to camera. Record, caption and tidy up a talking-head video, then post it.
Any footage. Edit by asking, by transcript or on the timeline, and generate the shots you didn't get.
The short version.
Captions shines when one person talks to camera. Shotz handles the whole shoot around them.
Search everything you filmed for “the bit where she opens the box”, not just a line someone said.
Need B-roll behind the talking? Generate it to match, on the model that suits it.
Side by side.
An honest look at what each tool is built to do. Plenty of people use both.
Where Captions is great.
Bold, animated captions that look right for short video, in a tap.
Teleprompter, eye contact and clean audio for anyone who talks to the lens.
Record, tidy and post a talking video in a few minutes.
Use them together.
Record and caption the talking bits in Captions, then bring them into Shotz to cut with the rest of your footage.
Drop in your clips and say what you want. Get a first cut with captions and music.
Export the project with clips and captions, and fine-tune anywhere you like.
Post it wherever your people are.
Questions.
Should I switch from Captions?
If most of your videos are you talking to camera, Captions is built for that. If you film more than that and need it cut together, try Shotz.
Does Shotz do animated captions?
Yes. Captions come from the transcript, word by word, and you can change the look in the editor.
Is Shotz free?
Yes. The editor is free with no watermark. Starter is from $12 a month with 1,000 credits for generating, Pro from $33 with 3,000, and Team from $129 for up to five people.
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