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Checksub vs Rask AI

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. Checksub starts at $18, Rask AI at $60. Only Rask AI has a free tier. Both ship a public API.

ChecksubAI subtitles, dubbing, and voice cloning for video, billed by hours of video processed per month.Rask AIVideo dubbing, translation and lip sync in 130+ languages

Side by side

FactChecksubRask AI
CategoryVideo Dubbing & TranslationVideo Dubbing & Translation
Pricing modelPaidFreemium
Starts at$18 month$60 month
Public APIYesYes
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, API
CompanyChecksubBrask Inc.
Launched2017—
Last verifiedSep 1, 2026Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

Checksub

Checksub covers the full pipeline from subtitles to full AI dubbing with voice cloning, which saves stitching together separate transcription and dubbing tools. The credit-per-hour pricing is straightforward to reason about compared to per-minute billing elsewhere, though the entry Junior tier's 2 hours a month will not stretch far for a channel publishing regularly. It is a mid-size, France-based vendor rather than a large platform, which shows in the tier structure jumping from $59 straight to a $299 Enterprise plan.

Pros

  • Subtitles, translation, and AI dubbing with voice cloning in one workflow
  • Editable transcripts and post-generation subtitle styling, including animated captions
  • Direct YouTube channel connection for publishing
  • Free trial credits to test the pipeline before paying

Cons

  • Entry Junior tier's monthly credit allowance is small for regular publishers
  • Large price jump between the Starter and Enterprise tiers
  • AI-dubbed voices will not match professional human dubbing quality in nuance

Rask AI

The strongest pick when lip sync matters and you are localizing a back catalogue rather than one video. If you only need translated subtitles or a voiceover track, you are massively overpaying — cheaper transcription tools cover that.

Pros

  • Transcription, translation, voice cloning and lip sync run as one pipeline instead of four tools
  • Production API with webhooks on higher tiers, so batch localization can be automated
  • Voice cloning preserves the original speaker's timbre across languages
  • Annual billing roughly halves the rate (Creator drops from $60 to $33/mo)

Cons

  • Monthly-billed rates are steep: $60/mo buys as little as 25 minutes
  • Enhanced lip sync consumes 3x minutes, so quotas evaporate faster than the headline number suggests
  • Free tier is 3 minutes — enough to judge voice quality, not enough to judge a real workflow
  • API is throttled at Creator level; production API needs Creator Pro or above

Which one fits

Choose Checksub if you need

  • Creators and small teams localizing video into multiple languages
  • YouTube channels wanting subtitles plus optional AI dubbing in one tool

Choose Rask AI if you need

  • YouTube channels and course creators republishing an existing library into other languages
  • Marketing teams localizing product and training video into 10+ markets
  • Agencies that need an API to push localization jobs in bulk with webhooks

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