Twice the videos. Clip detection included.
Submagic built its reputation on beautiful animated captions and emoji overlays. Their caption engine is genuinely impressive. But Submagic's core product is a caption tool, not a clip detector. Their Magic Clips feature is an add-on, and you still need to manually trim your clips. Here's how Katto compares.
Submagic excels at captions but treats clip detection as a paid add-on, so finding and cutting the moment is still on you. Katto includes the whole pipeline: it finds the moments, scores them on Hook, Flow, Value, and Trend, cuts them, reframes to 9:16, and burns in captions in 99 languages, with nothing extra to unlock. For a comparable price you get 25 videos a month of up to 90 minutes on a flat €12 plan, so you are paying for finished clips instead of a caption layer plus a separate clips add-on. If captions are all you need, Submagic is excellent, but if you want the clip found for you, Katto does more in one pass.
| Feature | Katto | Submagic |
|---|---|---|
| Price / month (annual) | €12 | $12 (Starter) |
| Videos / month | 25 | 15 (2 min max each) |
| Resolution | 1080p | 1080p |
| Languages | 99 | 48 |
| Auto clip detection | Add-on (+$12/mo) | |
| Virality scoring | ||
| Auto captions | ||
| Face tracking | ||
| Gaming stacked layout | ||
| Caption templates | 4+ | 10+ |
| Emoji overlays | ||
| 1-click export to socials | 7 platforms | |
| AI hook (auto text) | ||
| Vocal cleanup | ||
| Background music | ||
| Post scheduling | ||
| Agent surfaces (App / CLI / MCP / API) | App · CLI · MCP · API | App · API/MCP (Business) |
| Free plan | 2 videos/mo (≤30 min) | 3 videos/mo (1.5 min, watermark) |
Submagic charges $12/mo extra for Magic Clips (auto clip detection). With Katto, virality scoring and clip detection are included in every plan, even free.
Katto scores every clip on Hook, Flow, Value and Trend (0-100). Submagic doesn't score clips, you choose manually.
Katto offers 2 free videos/month with no credit card. Submagic's free plan limits you to 3 videos/month at 1.5 min max with watermark.
For a comparable price (€12 vs $12), Katto gives you 25 videos with clip detection and virality scoring built in. Submagic's Starter gives 15 videos at 2 min max, and Magic Clips detection is a separate add-on (+$12/mo).
We believe in honest comparisons. Here's where Submagic has an edge:
Choose Katto if...
Creators who need end-to-end clipping (detect + cut + caption + reframe) at an affordable price.
Choose Submagic if...
Creators who already have clips and primarily need animated captions and emoji overlays.
Submagic excels at captions but treats clip detection as a paid add-on, so finding and cutting the moment is still on you. Katto includes the whole pipeline: it finds the moments, scores them on Hook, Flow, Value, and Trend, cuts them, reframes to 9:16, and burns in captions in 99 languages, with nothing extra to unlock. For a comparable price you get 25 videos a month of up to 90 minutes on a flat €12 plan, so you are paying for finished clips instead of a caption layer plus a separate clips add-on. If captions are all you need, Submagic is excellent, but if you want the clip found for you, Katto does more in one pass.
Submagic excels at captions but treats clip detection as a paid add-on, so finding and cutting the moment is still on you. Katto includes the whole pipeline: it finds the moments, scores them on Hook, Flow, Value, and Trend, cuts them, reframes to 9:16, and burns in captions in 99 languages, with nothing extra to unlock. For a comparable price you get 25 videos a month of up to 90 minutes on a flat €12 plan, so you are paying for finished clips instead of a caption layer plus a separate clips add-on. If captions are all you need, Submagic is excellent, but if you want the clip found for you, Katto does more in one pass.
Katto Creator costs €12/month (annual). Submagic costs $12 (Starter)/month. Submagic charges $12/mo extra for Magic Clips (auto clip detection). With Katto, virality scoring and clip detection are included in every plan, even free.
Choose Katto if Creators who need end-to-end clipping (detect + cut + caption + reframe) at an affordable price. Choose Submagic if Creators who already have clips and primarily need animated captions and emoji overlays.
Yes. Katto has a free plan with 2 videos per month at 720p, no credit card needed. The Creator plan is €12/month billed annually (€15 monthly) and gives you 25 videos per month at 1080p, with no watermark, face tracking, and captions in 99 languages. Pricing is flat, with no credits to count.
Yes. Katto clips from both YouTube and Twitch, and it auto-detects webcam-in-corner gaming layouts to build stacked gameplay-and-webcam clips. If you make gaming content, that is one of the main reasons creators choose Katto.
Katto auto-captions in 99 languages using Whisper large-v3, with AI proper-noun correction, and word-timed captions in 41 of them — including English, Spanish, Portuguese, Hindi, Japanese, and Arabic. The remaining languages get sentence-level captions.
No. There is nothing to migrate. Paste a YouTube or Twitch link, or upload a file up to 90 minutes, and Katto reclips it from scratch: it finds the best moments, scores them for virality, reframes to 9:16, and burns in captions. You keep your source video and simply get new clips.
Moving over takes a couple of minutes. There is no export or import step, because Katto works from your source video, not your old projects.
2 free videos every month. See for yourself how Katto compares.