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By ShinobiTools Team · Last updated: August 2026
Kapwing's free auto-subtitles are capped at 10 minutes, and every free export carries a watermark. ScribeGrab burns subtitles into your video for free, with no watermark, for videos up to 60 minutes.
Transcribe audio now →On Kapwing's free plan, auto-generated subtitles are capped at 10 minutes, and "if you are using Kapwing on a Free account then all exports — including from our subtitles maker — will contain a watermark", straight from Kapwing's own subtitles page (checked 5 August 2026). ScribeGrab burns the subtitles into the picture for free, with no watermark and no 10-minute wall.
| ScribeGrab — free | Kapwing — free | |
|---|---|---|
| Max length for auto subtitles | 60 minutes | 10 minutes |
| Watermark on export | None, ever | On every export |
| Price to remove the limit | Free — no upgrade needed | Requires a paid Pro plan |
This is the same subtitle burner covered in detail on burn subtitles into a video: auto-transcribed, three styles to choose from, and the export is the same video you'd get on a paid plan elsewhere — nothing stamped on it.
Nothing for the parts that matter: no watermark, no account, no trial. Free covers videos up to 60 minutes. Longer than that? The €5 month pass raises it to 4 hours and adds the pro extras across all our tools. Need to just transcribe audio instead of burning subtitles? See our free TurboScribe alternative.
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None, ever. The exported MP4 is your video with your subtitles and nothing else on it.
Kapwing's own subtitles page (checked 5 August 2026) caps free auto-subtitles at 10 minutes and puts a watermark on every free export, including from the subtitles tool. ScribeGrab's free tier covers videos up to 60 minutes with no watermark.
Yes — burned-in text is part of the picture, so it shows in every app, muted feeds included. Vertical video stays vertical.
Yes. The transcript appears first; you can fix it, and the burn only happens once you press the button.
The €5 month pass raises the limit to 4 hours and adds meeting notes, real speaker names and Word export across the site.
No. Your upload and the subtitled MP4 are both deleted with the rest of the job within 45 minutes. See privacy.