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Captions vs Tavus

Features, pricing, ratings, and pros and cons, side by side.

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Tavus

Real-time conversational AI video agents with lifelike faces, voice and memory, built via API

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Verdict

Captions and Tavus are both Video AI tools. Tavus scores higher in FinderAtlas's editorial review (8.0 vs 7.6 out of 10), led by feature depth and value for money. Both have a free plan or trial. Only Captions is available on iOS.

Best overall

Tavus

  • Developers
  • Product Teams
  • Sales Teams
  • L&D Teams

Choose Captions if

  • You want a tool built for fast short-form video editing, auto-captioning, and AI avatar or digital twin videos for ads and social posts.
  • Chat-based editing lets users change a video with text prompts, with hand controls still available.
  • Captions and subtitles in 100+ languages with 100+ caption styles.

Choose Tavus if

  • You want a tool built for embedding live, human-like video agents in products for sales, coaching, interviews and training.
  • Full real-time video agent stack (rendering, turn-taking, perception) from one vendor.
  • Both a developer API and a no-code PAL Maker are available.
Best for beginners
Captions
Best for business
Captions

Features

17 features compared.

  • AI Edit
    Captions
    Available
    Tavus
    Not available
  • Chat-Based Editor
    Captions
    Available
    Tavus
    Not available
  • Automatic Captions
    Captions
    Available
    Tavus
    Not available
  • AI Avatars & Digital Twins
    Captions
    Available
    Tavus
    Not available
  • Text-to-Video Generation
    Captions
    Available
    Tavus
    Not available
  • Cleanup Tools
    Captions
    Available
    Tavus
    Not available
  • Long Video to Clips
    Captions
    Available
    Tavus
    Not available
  • Music & Sound Effects
    Captions
    Available
    Tavus
    Not available
  • Conversational Video Interface (CVI)
    Captions
    Not available
    Tavus
    Available
  • PAL Maker
    Captions
    Not available
    Tavus
    Available
  • Phoenix Rendering
    Captions
    Not available
    Tavus
    Available
  • Sparrow Turn-Taking
    Captions
    Not available
    Tavus
    Available
  • Raven Perception
    Captions
    Not available
    Tavus
    Available
  • Knowledge Base and Memory
    Captions
    Not available
    Tavus
    Available
  • Presentation and Magic Canvas
    Captions
    Not available
    Tavus
    Available
  • Meeting Joins and Browser Use
    Captions
    Not available
    Tavus
    Available
  • Bring Your Own LLM
    Captions
    Not available
    Tavus
    Available

Pricing

Plans as listed by each vendor. Check their sites for current prices.

  • Pricing model
    Captions
    Freemium
    Tavus
    Freemium
  • Free plan
    Captions
    Yes
    Tavus
    Yes
  • Starting price
    Captions
    $0
    Tavus
    $0
  • Plans
    Captions
    6 plans
    Tavus
    6 plans

Captions plans

  • Free

    $0

    Limited feature set, no AI credits

    • Core editing and captions
    • no AI usage credits

  • Max

    Most popular

    $24.99/month

    Individual creators wanting AI video generation

    • 500 credits/month
    • AI Edit styles
    • AI-produced full videos
    • digital twins
    • chat-based editor
    • long-video-to-clips

  • Frontier

    $69.99/month

    Heavier usage and the most advanced generative models

    • 1,400 credits/month
    • everything in Max
    • access to the most advanced generative models

  • Frontier 2x

    $139.99/month

    Double the Frontier usage tier

    • 2,800 credits/month
    • same features as Frontier

  • Frontier 4x

    $279.99/month

    Highest self-serve usage tier

    • 5,600 credits/month
    • same features as Frontier

  • Enterprise

    Custom/contact sales

    Teams needing volume and support

    • Bulk credit discounts
    • custom seats
    • dedicated account management
    • training data exclusion
    • onboarding

Tavus plans

  • Free

    $0

    Developer tier for testing CVI

    • 20 CVI minutes/month
    • 1 concurrent session
    • 5 min max conversation
    • 10 stock faces

  • Starter

    $22/month

    Entry paid developer plan

    • 60 CVI minutes/month
    • 1 concurrent session
    • 10 min max conversation
    • 1 custom face
    • no pay-as-you-go overage

  • Builder

    $59/month

    Small teams scaling usage

    • 175 CVI minutes/month
    • 3 concurrent sessions
    • 15 min max conversation
    • 3 custom faces
    • $0.35/min overage

  • Growth

    $397/month

    Production workloads

    • 1,300 CVI minutes/month
    • 10 concurrent sessions
    • 60 min max conversation
    • 7 custom faces
    • $0.31/min overage
    • recordings at $0.03/min

  • Business

    $975/month

    High-volume deployments

    • 4,000 CVI minutes/month
    • 15 concurrent sessions
    • 60 min max conversation
    • 15 custom faces
    • $0.26/min overage
    • recordings at $0.03/min

  • Enterprise

    Custom/custom

    Managed, white-labeled deployments

    • Custom minutes and concurrency
    • unlimited custom faces
    • white-labeling
    • SLAs
    • dedicated support

Our ratings

Scored out of 10 by the Finder Atlas editorial team. Last reviewed October 2026.

Captions
7.6overall
Tavus
8.0overall

Captions leads in 1 category and Tavus in 4.

  • Ease of Use

    Captions leads by 0.7
    Captions
    8.5
    Tavus
    7.8

  • Feature Depth

    Tavus leads by 0.6
    Captions
    8.0
    Tavus
    8.6

  • Value for Money

    Tavus leads by 0.2
    Captions
    7.0
    Tavus
    7.2

  • Performance & Speed

    Tavus leads by 1.0
    Captions
    7.5
    Tavus
    8.5

  • Documentation & Support

    Tavus leads by 1.0
    Captions
    7.0
    Tavus
    8.0

Scores weigh documented features, plan value, platform coverage, integrations and user feedback. A missing score means we have not rated that area yet.

Pros and cons

Captions

Pros

  • Chat-based editing lets users change a video with text prompts, with hand controls still available.
  • Captions and subtitles in 100+ languages with 100+ caption styles.
  • Combines editing and generation: AI avatars, digital twins and text-to-video in one app.
  • Credits roll over up to 3x the monthly allowance.
  • API available for developers who want captioning or generation in their own products.

Cons

  • Published prices are iOS prices only; web pricing and the annual discount are not listed.
  • The free plan includes no AI credits, so generative features need a paid plan starting at $24.99/month.
  • No confirmed Android app or desktop app; availability is web and iOS.
  • Top self-serve tiers are expensive ($139.99 and $279.99 per month).

Tavus

Pros

  • Full real-time video agent stack (rendering, turn-taking, perception) from one vendor.
  • Both a developer API and a no-code PAL Maker are available.
  • Free tier with 20 CVI minutes per month for prototyping.
  • Joins Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams calls.
  • Published enterprise case studies, including Salesforce and Orum.

Cons

  • Free and Starter plans cap conversations at 5 and 10 minutes, and Starter has no pay-as-you-go overage.
  • Conversation recordings cost $0.03/min and are unavailable on lower tiers.
  • Pricing page showed conflicting plan tables, which makes costs hard to verify.
  • No publicly released iOS or Android app was found.

Platforms

  • Web
    Captions
    Supported
    Tavus
    Supported
  • Windows
    Captions
    Not supported
    Tavus
    Not supported
  • macOS
    Captions
    Not supported
    Tavus
    Not supported
  • iOS
    Captions
    Supported
    Tavus
    Not supported
  • Android
    Captions
    Not supported
    Tavus
    Not supported
  • API
    Captions
    Supported
    Tavus
    Supported
  • Browser Extension
    Captions
    Not supported
    Tavus
    Not supported

Integrations

Captions

No integrations listed.

Tavus

3 integrations
  • Zoom
  • Google Meet
  • Microsoft Teams

Company

  • Company
    Captions
    Mirage (NOCAP, Inc.)
    Tavus
    Tavus
  • Founded
    Captions
    2021
    Tavus
    2020
  • Headquarters
    Captions
    New York City, NY
    Tavus
    San Francisco, CA
  • Monthly users
    Captions
    20M
    Tavus
    Not listed
  • Listing
    Captions
    Claimed
    Tavus
    Claimed

Frequently asked questions

Is Captions better than Tavus?

It depends on your workflow. Captions is built for fast short-form video editing, auto-captioning, and AI avatar or digital twin videos for ads and social posts. Tavus is built for embedding live, human-like video agents in products for sales, coaching, interviews and training.

What are the key feature differences between Captions and Tavus?

Captions: AI video editor that turns raw footage and prompts into finished, captioned videos. Tavus: Real-time conversational AI video agents with lifelike faces, voice and memory, built via API.

Does Captions or Tavus have a free plan?

Yes, both do. Captions is freemium and Tavus is freemium, and each has a free plan or trial.

Which is cheaper, Captions or Tavus?

Both can be used for free. Paid plans differ in limits and features, so compare the tiers in the pricing table above.