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VAdobe Premiere Pro vs CapCut
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Adobe Premiere Pro if…
- you're in its core audience: professional video editors, content creators
C
Choose CapCut if…
- you want a free plan to start with
- you work on Web
- you're in its core audience: content creators, social media marketers
Side by side
Feature Adobe Premiere Pro CapCut
Pricing modelFree trialFreemium
Starting price$22.99/mo—
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your content—Yes
Data retention—Kept as long as necessary; cloud space data deleted on request
PlatformsWindows, macOS, iOS, AndroidWeb, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android
CategoryVideo EditingVideo Editing
CompanyAdobeByteDance
Based in——
Founded—2016
Part of——
Key features
A Adobe Premiere Pro
- Generative Extend to lengthen clips and fill ambient sound
- Object Mask that tracks a subject after one click
- Text-Based Editing through an auto-generated transcript
- Media Intelligence search using plain-language descriptions
- Color grading with wheels, curves and video scopes
- Enhance Speech and noise reduction for dialogue
- Caption translation in 18 languages
- In-app music browser with auto-fit and licensing
C CapCut
- Online, desktop, mobile and tablet video editor
- Auto captions and subtitles
- Text to speech and custom voices
- Image and video background removal
- AI image and video generators
- Noise reduction and voice enhancement
- Template library for social and business content
- Brand kit on Teams plan
Plans and prices
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Adobe Premiere Pro
PremiereUS$22.99/mo
Creative Cloud ProUS$69.99/mo (US$34.99/mo for the first 3 months for new subscribers)
Creative Cloud Pro (Students and teachers)US$19.99/mo for the first year
Premiere for teamsUS$37.99/mo per license
Creative Cloud Pro for teamsUS$99.99/mo per license
CapCut
FreeFree
Pro€23.99/mo (€199.99/yr billed yearly)
Ultra€68/mo (€779/yr billed yearly)
Teams€14.99/seat/mo (2 seats); €120/seat/yr billed yearly
Strengths and limitations
Adobe Premiere Pro
- Available on desktop, iPhone and Android
- 7-day free trial for individuals and 14-day trial for teams
- Includes Frame.io and 100GB of cloud storage
- Student plan costs US$19.99/mo for the first year
- Sold only by subscription, with no one-time purchase
- Single-app plan includes only 25 generative credits a month
- Trial converts to a paid subscription unless you cancel
- Color Mode and the new shape masks are still in beta
CapCut
- Free plan with basic editing tools and templates
- Available on web, desktop, mobile and tablet
- Paid plans include 1 TB storage
- Supports 20 languages
- AI generation is limited by monthly credits
- The pricing page says its prices are for reference only and final pricing shows after sign-in
- No public API listed
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