How We Think About Pricing

CaptionBolt deducts processing minutes only after a source-media transcription succeeds. Editing captions, previewing, rendering or exporting, and optional Editor AI actions do not deduct additional processing minutes. This launch-week article reflects the current product.

Why Processing Minutes

A video count treats a short clip and a long recording as if they cost the same to process. Each successfully transcribed source is charged once by duration: a 30-second source uses 0.5 minute and a 10-minute source uses 10 minutes. You can then edit, preview, and render or export repeatedly without another minute deduction.

Allowances reset on the account’s monthly credit period. Unused processing minutes do not roll over. Current AI tools do not deduct processing minutes, although they have separate abuse-prevention rate limits.

Current Public Plans

| Plan | Price | Monthly minutes | New-upload limit | Max file | Processing at once | Exports | |---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---| | Free | $0 | 10 | 3 min | 200 MB | 1 | MP4, TXT | | Starter | $9/mo or $72/yr | 60 | 5 min | 500 MB | 1 | MP4, TXT | | Pro | $19/mo or $144/yr | 400 | 10 min | 1 GB | 2 | MP4, SRT, ASS, TXT | | Max | $39/mo or $300/yr | 1,000 | 20 min | 2 GB | 2 | MP4, SRT, ASS, VTT, TXT |

Every plan includes all 338 caption styles and the core Editor. Free exports carry a watermark; paid subscription exports do not. Free exports are capped at 1080p. Paid plans can preserve source resolution up to 4K, but CaptionBolt does not upscale a lower-resolution source.

Processing capacity is shared across active Video and Transcript work. A downgrade does not cancel work that has already been admitted, but new work follows the current plan limits.

Where to Check Current Plans

The public pricing page lists the plans and billing options that can currently be purchased directly. Use the current product and purchase page for plan limits, eligibility, and checkout terms rather than treating a historical article as a purchase contract.

What Is Included

There is no style paywall: all 338 styles are on every plan. Accounts are currently single-seat, and capacity changes by plan rather than by adding seats. Subtitle file formats follow the table above and are downloaded individually; CaptionBolt does not provide a ZIP “Download All” archive.

CaptionBolt uses monthly processing allowances rather than a separate pack of tokens for purchase. The allowance and its reset date are shown in the account.

Storage Is Not Unlimited

Projects and transcripts remain viewable and operable for 14 days after creation. CaptionBolt is not permanent storage. Download any video and subtitle files you want to keep.

The pricing page remains the source of truth for offers currently on sale.

Related Notes

Read why we built CaptionBolt for the product focus or SRT and ASS export for the current format rules.