Comparison
Kapwing AI b-roll generator vs Cutroom: a full editor or a finished ad
KapwingKapwing's Smart B-roll reads your transcript and places stock clips for you, inside a full browser editor. Cutroom does the whole edit of one talking video and hands back a finished vertical ad.
In short
- Yes, Kapwing has an AI b-roll generator. Smart B-roll reads your transcript and places stock clips for you.
- Kapwing is a full browser editor with a timeline, team features and long videos. You finish the edit yourself.
- Cutroom does the whole edit of one talking video, and it uses your own clips before stock ones.
- Kapwing Pro is $16 a month billed yearly. Cutroom's first video is free, then Lite is $19.99 a month.
- Choose Kapwing for landscape, long videos and teams. Choose Cutroom for a finished 9:16 ad.
- the longest video Cutroom accepts
- 3 min
- credits for a 30-second Cutroom ad
- 110
- your first Cutroom video, no card
- Free
How Kapwing's AI b-roll generator works
Kapwing calls it Smart B-roll. Kapwing's own page describes it in three steps.
- The clips come from a stock library powered by iStock, Pexels and Pixabay.
- You can also generate custom visuals with AI models such as MiniMax, Veo and Seedance.
- It is free to try and uses credits. Kapwing recommends its Pro plan, from $16 a month billed yearly.
- After the b-roll is placed, you finish the rest of the edit on Kapwing's timeline.
Kapwing's Smart B-roll in three steps
As Kapwing describes it on its own page, checked 21 September 2026.
Upload a video with speech
Open the Images tab and select Smart B-roll
The AI finds and inserts clips
Edit on the timeline and export
What is the difference between Kapwing and Cutroom?
Kapwing is a broad browser editor for many kinds of video. Cutroom does one job: a talking video in, a finished vertical ad out.
- Cutroom tags what is in each of your own clips, like a person, a room or a product, and uses them before stock clips.
- Each Cutroom clip plays while you say the words it shows. To move a clip, you drag it onto other words.
- Cutroom also adds captions and puts transitions between clips. On Punch and Native it removes the ums and uhs that show up in your transcript and shortens the pauses it finds between your words.
- Cutroom's edit is ready a minute or two after you upload. You change only what bothers you.
Kapwing and Cutroom side by side
Kapwing places the b-roll and leaves the rest of the edit to you. Cutroom does the whole edit of one talking video.
What it is
- Kapwing
- A full browser editor with a timeline
- Cutroom
- An AI editor that finishes one talking video
AI b-roll
- Kapwing
- Stock clips or AI visuals, placed from your transcript
- Cutroom
- Your own clips first, then free stock, on your words
The rest of the edit
- Kapwing
- You finish it on the timeline
- Cutroom
- Cuts, captions and transitions done for you
Video types
- Kapwing
- Landscape, square, vertical and long
- Cutroom
- Upright only, up to 3 minutes
Subtitles
- Kapwing
- Up to 1,000 minutes a month on Pro, plus translation
- Cutroom
- 40 caption styles, 8 languages
Teams
- Kapwing
- Workspace collaboration on paid plans
- Cutroom
- One sign-in per workspace
| Kapwing | Cutroom | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A full browser editor with a timeline | An AI editor that finishes one talking video |
| AI b-roll | Stock clips or AI visuals, placed from your transcript | Your own clips first, then free stock, on your words |
| The rest of the edit | You finish it on the timeline | Cuts, captions and transitions done for you |
| Video types | Landscape, square, vertical and long | Upright only, up to 3 minutes |
| Subtitles | Up to 1,000 minutes a month on Pro, plus translation | 40 caption styles, 8 languages |
| Teams | Workspace collaboration on paid plans | One sign-in per workspace |
This is the whole editor
Highlight a phrase and a clip lands on those exact words. No timeline, no keyframes, no layers.
Kapwing vs Cutroom pricing
Both have a free way in, and both are cheaper per month if you pay for a year.
- Kapwing's free plan exports at 720p, up to 4 minutes, with a watermark and 10 credits.
- Kapwing Pro is $24 month to month, or $16 a month billed yearly, with 4K and 120-minute exports.
- A 30-second Cutroom ad costs 110 credits: 100 for the edit and 10 for the export.
- Your first Cutroom charge comes back in full if you tell us within 7 days.
Kapwing and Cutroom plans
As each company lists them on 21 September 2026. Kapwing is a trademark of its owner, and we are not affiliated.
| Plan | Kapwing | Cutroom |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 720p, 4-minute exports, watermark, 10 credits | 1 video within 7 days, Cutroom mark across the middle |
| First paid plan | Pro: $24 monthly or $16 a month yearly | Lite: $19.99 monthly or $14.99 a month yearly, 1,250 credits |
| Next plan | Business: $64 monthly or $50 a month yearly | Basic: $39.99 monthly or $29.99 a month yearly, 2,500 credits |
| Top plan | Enterprise: custom | Premium: $79.99 monthly or $59.99 a month yearly, 5,000 credits |
Plan: Free
- Kapwing
- 720p, 4-minute exports, watermark, 10 credits
- Cutroom
- 1 video within 7 days, Cutroom mark across the middle
Plan: First paid plan
- Kapwing
- Pro: $24 monthly or $16 a month yearly
- Cutroom
- Lite: $19.99 monthly or $14.99 a month yearly, 1,250 credits
Plan: Next plan
- Kapwing
- Business: $64 monthly or $50 a month yearly
- Cutroom
- Basic: $39.99 monthly or $29.99 a month yearly, 2,500 credits
Plan: Top plan
- Kapwing
- Enterprise: custom
- Cutroom
- Premium: $79.99 monthly or $59.99 a month yearly, 5,000 credits
When Kapwing is the better choice
Kapwing is the better choice if you make more than short vertical ads.
- Kapwing handles landscape, square and long videos. Cutroom does not.
- Kapwing has a timeline, so you can set exactly where each clip starts and ends.
- Kapwing lets a team work on the same project. Cutroom is one sign-in per workspace.
- Kapwing's Repurpose Studio turns one long video into clips for social media.
- Cutroom takes up to 3 minutes and makes one upright 1080p video. There is no 4K on any plan.
Which one should you choose?
It comes down to whether you want a full editor or a finished ad.
Kapwing or Cutroom
Choose Kapwing if you make many kinds of video, work in a team, or need a timeline and landscape exports.
Choose Cutroom if you film one video of yourself talking and want a finished 9:16 ad with your own clips on your words. Your first video is free.
Questions people ask
- Does Kapwing have an AI b-roll generator?
- Yes. Kapwing's Smart B-roll reads your transcript and places stock clips from iStock, Pexels and Pixabay for you. It can also generate custom visuals. It is free to try and runs on credits.
- Is Kapwing's b-roll generator free?
- Free to try. It runs on credits, and the free plan has 10 credits and exports at 720p with a watermark. Kapwing recommends Pro, from $16 a month billed yearly.
- What does Cutroom do that Kapwing does not?
- It finishes the whole ad for you. Cutroom uses your own clips before stock, places each one on the words it shows, and adds cuts, captions and transitions, with no timeline to learn.
- Can I download my Cutroom video, or is there a paywall at the end?
- You can download it. The export price shows on the Export button before you press it. The free video carries a Cutroom mark across the middle; paid plans put nothing on it. You get 600 credits and 7 days to make it.
- Will Cutroom work with my kind of video?
- Yes, if it is one upright video of a person talking, up to 3 minutes, with sound. You get back an upright 1080 by 1920 video. Landscape and silent videos are refused before any credits are charged. For landscape or long videos, Kapwing is the better tool.
- How many Cutroom videos do I get?
- About 10 a month on Lite and 20 on Basic, which has 2,500 credits. A 30-second ad costs 110 credits: 100 for the edit, 10 for the export. Editing and previewing are free. Re-exporting an unchanged video is free too, unless the renderer was updated or your watermark changed.
- Can I work on a Cutroom project with someone else?
- No. Every plan is one sign-in, and there is no invite option anywhere. If two people need the same project, Kapwing's team workspace is the better fit.
Upload one video of yourself talking and get the finished ad back. Your first video is free.