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CapCut vs Tellers

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors. Tellers publishes a starting price ($16); CapCut does not. Only CapCut has a free tier.

CapCutFree short-form video editor with the AI set behind ProTellersAn AI editing agent that assembles a rough cut from your footage, adds motion and sound, and keeps it on an editable timeline.

Side by side

FactCapCutTellers
CategoryAI Video EditingAI Video Editing
Pricing modelFreemiumPaid
Starts at—$16 month
Public APINoNo
PlatformsiOS, Android, Web, macOS, WindowsWeb
CompanyByteDanceTellers
Launched2020—
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 1, 2026

What our research says

CapCut

The free tier is the most capable no-cost video editor most people will ever need — real multi-track editing, keyframes, chroma key and 1080p export without paying. Pro is worth it only for 4K and the generative tools. The genuine complaint is commercial opacity: there is no published price list anywhere on the site, and what you pay depends on your country and whether you buy through a browser or an app store.

Pros

  • The free tier includes multi-track timeline, keyframes, chroma key, speed ramping and 1080p export
  • One project syncs across iOS, Android, web, macOS and Windows
  • Automatic captioning and dubbing are fast and adequate for social output
  • Buying through the website is reported as 20-30% cheaper than through the app stores

Cons

  • No published pricing page at all — every /pricing-style path returns 404, and third-party reports of the Pro rate vary by more than double, so what you will pay stays unknown until checkout
  • Some Pro templates and effects stamp a watermark on free exports
  • 4K export, the generative toolset and the storage allowance are all paywalled
  • No API, so it cannot be driven from a pipeline

Tellers

Tellers' pitch is an editing agent that still leaves a real, editable timeline instead of a black-box render, which is a real differentiator against pure text-to-video generators. Whether the agent's automatic cuts save time versus editing from scratch is something only a hands-on trial can answer.

Pros

  • Keeps an editable multi-track timeline instead of a locked render
  • Pulls from Pexels stock footage plus multiple built-in AI generation models
  • Cloud rendering and 200GB storage included in the base plan
  • Backed by recognized accelerators including NVIDIA Inception and HEC Paris

Cons

  • No offline or desktop app, browser-dependent workflow
  • Exact token pricing for the pay-as-you-go option only loads inside the app, not the marketing site

Which one fits

Choose CapCut if you need

  • Short-form creators cutting for TikTok, Reels and Shorts on a phone
  • Anyone who needs automatic captions and dubbing without a subscription
  • Editors who want the same project open on a phone and a laptop

Choose Tellers if you need

  • Solo creators who want an assistant to build a first cut from raw footage
  • Users who want AI-generated visuals mixed into a normal, editable timeline

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