Captions, and the rest of the transcript too
Captioneer is a clean Premiere Pro extension for captioning, with real MOGRT styling and a lifetime option. It stops at captions. Backstage Cut transcribes the same sequence once and also drives zooms, chapters and B-roll matching off it.
Captioneer pricing as published on their own pricing page, August 2026 · $15/month or $150 lifetime · Backstage Cut is $9/month with 30 free minutes
The short version: Captioneer does one job — captions — as a native Premiere extension, with a lifetime option. Backstage Cut also captions, then keeps going: zooms, chapters and B-roll from the same transcript.
| Captioneer | Backstage Cut | |
|---|---|---|
| What it's for | Speech-to-text captions in Premiere Pro and After Effects, styled with MOGRT presets. | Captions, punch-in zooms, B-roll matching, YouTube chapters, silence cutting — one transcript. |
| Caption styles | 15+ animated MOGRT presets, fully editable in the Properties panel. | Twelve animated caption styles, previewed live before they land on the timeline. |
| Pricing | $15/month, or $150 once for lifetime access with future updates. | $9/month for 300 minutes. Free 30 minutes to start. |
| Translation | Built-in caption translation (Premiere 25.2.0+). | No built-in caption translation — transcription itself covers roughly 100 languages. |
| Beyond captions | Captions only. | Same transcript also builds zooms, chapters and B-roll. |
Where Captioneer wins
Every comparison page on the internet says the other tool is worse at everything. Here is where Captioneer genuinely beats us — if one of these is your situation, buy theirs and save yourself the trial.
Captioneer does it better
- A lifetime option exists — $150 once beats any monthly plan if you'll use it for years
- MOGRT-based styling, fully editable in Premiere's own Properties panel — plus a slightly bigger preset library (15+ vs. our twelve)
- Built-in caption translation inside the panel
- Also runs in After Effects, not just Premiere
What you get here instead
- Captions are one of six things the same transcript drives — zooms, chapters, B-roll, silence cuts and emphasis text all come from the same pass
- Zooms, B-roll matching, chapters and silence cutting, none of which Captioneer touches at any price
- Free 30 minutes with every AI feature unlocked, no card
- Per-minute pricing instead of a flat seat
- $9/month for the full set, still under their $15 caption-only plan
- $59/year (about $4.92/month) if you'd rather not pay $150 upfront for their lifetime license
Captions in Premiere or After Effects are genuinely the only thing you need automated, and a lifetime license appeals more than a subscription. If you also want zooms, chapters or B-roll from the same transcript, that's the gap Captioneer leaves.
Try it on the video
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30 free minutes is a whole video, start to finish, on your own footage — no card, and nothing to undo if you don't like it.