Submagic is a caption-first tool with per-video plans and hard length caps. ClipDocker takes a full YouTube, Twitch or Kick link, finds the moments for you, reframes and captions end-to-end, on a per-minute model. Prices checked July 2026.
| Submagic | ClipDocker | |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | 3 videos/mo, 90-second max, watermarked, starter templates only | 60 credits once: every clip downloadable (watermarked), all caption styles, AI AutoFrame |
| Entry paid plan | Starter $19/mo ($12 yearly): 15 videos/mo, 2-min cap each, no watermark | Starter £9.99/mo: 150 credits (≈2.5 hrs of source), no watermark, full editor; Pro £19.99/mo: 400 credits (≈6.5 hrs of source) |
| Higher plan | Pro $39/mo: 40 videos/mo, 5-min cap each; Business $69/mo: 100 videos, 30-min cap | Studio £39.99/mo: 1,000 credits; Max £79.99/mo: 2,000 credits |
| Billing unit | Per finished video, with a per-video length cap | Per minute of source: no per-clip length cap |
| Does the AI pick the moments? | No: you supply the clip; Submagic styles the captions | Yes: reads the full transcript, scores & ranks the best moments |
These are different jobs. Submagic is a caption/short-form styling tool you feed a clip into. ClipDocker is a repurposing engine: paste a long video and it finds, cuts, reframes and captions the clips for you.
| Submagic | ClipDocker | |
|---|---|---|
| Finds clips from a long video | No: you bring the clip | Yes: AI moment selection + 0–100 virality score |
| Per-video length cap | 2 min (Starter) → 5 min (Pro) → 30 min (Business) | No per-clip cap: billed by source minutes |
| Speaker reframing to 9:16 | Manual / template-based | ✓ AI AutoFrame: face and body tracking |
| Animated captions | ✓ its core strength: many templates | ✓ five named styles (Hormozi, TikTok, Karaoke, Minimal, Boxed), 99 languages |
| In-browser editor | ✓ | ✓ every paid plan (from £9.99/mo) |
| TikTok publishing | ✓ on Pro+ | ✓ on paid plans, with scheduling |
| Free-tier export | Watermarked, 90-second cap | Every clip, 1080×1920, watermarked |
Submagic is excellent at what it does, styling captions onto a clip you already have. But it prices per finished video and caps each one’s length (2 minutes on Starter, 5 on Pro), and it doesn’t find the clips for you.
ClipDocker starts a step earlier: paste a long YouTube video and its AI reads the transcript, scores and ranks the best moments, reframes each to 9:16 on the speaker, and burns in captions, billed by the minute of source, with no per-clip length cap and the full editor from the first paid plan.
ClipDocker, it’s built for exactly that: paste a long YouTube, Twitch or Kick link and its AI selects, cuts, reframes and captions the best moments. Submagic is a caption-styling tool you feed an already-cut clip into, with per-video length caps.
Submagic charges per finished video (from $19/mo for 15 videos capped at 2 minutes each). ClipDocker charges per minute of source video (from Starter £9.99/mo for 150 credits ≈ 2.5 hours; Pro £19.99/mo for 400 credits ≈ 6.5 hours) with no per-clip length cap.
No: you supply the clip and Submagic styles the captions. ClipDocker reads the full transcript and scores every moment 0–100 for viral potential, so it decides what to cut.