Brevidy vs AutoCut
Social captions in Premiere without a ten-tool cleanup checklist.
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The verdict
Brevidy is the clearer AutoCut alternative when your job is finished social video in Premiere: a transcript editor that edits like a document and auto-applies to one caption layer, ~95% accuracy cloud captions, 700+ one-click presets that land formatted correctly, deep style controls, team shared styles, plus active-speaker AutoCrop, AI clip picks, and stock media in one panel. AutoCut AI lands near the same yearly sticker (~$14.90/mo) but buys a wider cleanup checklist. Choose AutoCut for DaVinci Resolve, silence-only Basic from ~$6.60/mo yearly, podcast multicam, AutoZoom, Repeat, Chapters, or Profanity.
| Capability |  |  |
|---|---|---|
| Captions | ||
| Ease of use | Easiest Edits like a doc · one layer | More complex Ten-tool suite |
| Animated captions | Word-by-word engine | Native text & shapes |
| Style presets | 700+ Trending + defaults | 1000+ Community marketplace |
| Style controls | Engine-deep Active + highlight slots | Params + native Edit text/shapes after |
| Transcript editor | Doc-style Intuitive · auto-applies | Solid editor Before launch · then timeline |
| Restyle & reformat | Instant Lines, chars, breaks · whole set | Presets + params Style, SRT re-animate |
| AI highlights | Manual + AI suggest | Spoken-word styling only |
| Transcription | ||
| Accuracy & models | 95% 3 cloud models to choose | Unpublished % “Top accuracy” marketing |
| Diarization, vocab, translate | 99+ languages | Translate yes 80+ languages |
| Offline | No | Hybrid · Cloud for transcription |
| Beyond captions | ||
| AutoCrop / reframe | Active-speaker reframing | AutoResize Subject-centered, not speaker |
| Silence & clip extraction | AI clip picks + silence cut | Silences + AutoViral |
| Stock media / B-roll | In-panel library | Pexels + Storyblocks |
| DaVinci Resolve | Premiere Pro only | Free + Studio |
| Teams & pricing | ||
| Team presets & roles | Shared library + admin roles | Seats Enterprise admin, not org presets |
| Caption minutes | 100 / mo Captioner; unlimited on Producer | No published pool No video time limit (FAQ) |
| Price | $14.99/mo Captioner: finished captions | $14.90/mo AI Plan: cleanup suite |
| Free plan | 10-min sample + 7-day trial | Trial only · 14 days · all features · no card |
Same sticker. Better finished social.
AutoCut AI can match the monthly number and list more tools. Brevidy wins the minutes from rough captions to a look you publish.
Brevidy Captioner
$14.99/mo
Billed yearly
Billed yearly ($179.90/yr). $17.99 monthly. 100 captioning minutes, priced for the path from transcript to finished captions (editor toolkit + one-click formatted presets + published accuracy). Need unlimited captions + AutoCrop/AutoCut workflow minutes? Producer is $29.99/mo yearly.
Try before you buy
Free 10-min sample + 7-day trial.
AutoCut AI
$14.90/mo
Billed yearly ($178.8/yr) or $19.8 monthly. Near Captioner’s sticker for a ten-tool cleanup suite (captions plus silences, podcast, zoom, viral, B-roll, repeat, profanity, chapters). More tools on the card, thinner published accuracy and finish path for social captions. Basic is Silences-only at $6.6/mo yearly ($79/yr).
Try before you buy
14-day full trial. No credit card.
From real editors
Linked quotes from Reddit, YouTube, Trustpilot, and Adobe forums. Not anonymous marketing blurbs.
On Brevidy
“My team and I have recently switched to using Brevidy. For one, it makes all the captions as one simple layer instead of generating multiple mogrts or PNG files in your timeline… it's the most convenient version that we have used yet.”
“Best solution I've found is a tool called Brevidy. It's a subscription, which absolutely sucks. I hate paying monthly for tools. But I learned how to do captions myself, word by word, and a one minute video took forever to give animated captions to.”
“I've tried both; I'm professionally doing this captioning and would pay for capcut — but brevidy's monthly cost is small against the better abilities/stability.”
On AutoCut
“Spent more time fixing the errors this plugin created than just doing it myself, not worth spending money for.”
“I saw a lot of people recommending Autocut… However, the features barely work… spending 30 minutes just fixing the mistakes in the transcript… It also cut out multiple words from sentences…”
“I've been using Autocut for years, while the novelty was great, I'm getting tired at paying a monthly fee, especially when I use almost exclusively the autocut silence tool.”
Straight talk
When AutoCut is the better fit
Need DaVinci Resolve, a silence-only plan from ~$6.60/mo yearly, podcast multicam switching, AutoZoom, Repeat, Chapters, Profanity Filter, or a 14-day no-card trial of the full suite? AutoCut wins those. If captions are the product (accuracy, presets that land right, fewer cleanup passes, team brand styles, and active-speaker AutoCrop in Premiere), Brevidy is the better buy at the same sticker.
What AutoCut gets wrong
Brevidy costs $30/mo
Misleading. Captioner is $14.99/mo yearly ($17.99 monthly). Producer is $29.99/mo yearly for unlimited captions plus AutoCrop/AutoCut workflow minutes, not a flat “$30 captions” SKU.
Brevidy has a 6.6-hour transcription limit
False as a transcription ceiling. ~6.6 hours ≈ Producer’s 400 monthly video-workflow minutes for AutoCut/AutoCrop, not captioning. Producer and Team Pro captioning is unlimited; Captioner is 100 caption minutes/mo.
FAQ
Yes, for finished social video in Premiere. Brevidy wins on an intuitive transcript editor, ~95% accuracy captions, 700+ one-click formatted presets, deep style controls, team shared styles, active-speaker AutoCrop, AI clips, and stock media. Choose AutoCut instead for DaVinci Resolve, silence-first Basic pricing, or a broader cleanup toolkit (podcast multicam, zoom, repeat, chapters, profanity).
Ease and finish. Brevidy’s transcript editor edits like a document and auto-applies to one caption layer, plus ~95% accuracy (~5% WER), selectable models, diarization, custom vocabulary, 99+ languages, base / spoken-word / highlight style layers, AI emphasis highlights, team shared presets, and whole-set reformatting. AutoCut ships a real AutoCaptions product (1000+ community presets, a solid pre-launch editor, 80+ languages) but does not publish a WER figure or org brand preset libraries like Brevidy Team plans. Independent reviews often complain about fixing AutoCut transcript and cut errors; judge both on a trial.
On yearly stickers, Captioner ($14.99/mo) and AutoCut AI (~$14.90/mo) are parity. AutoCut can win the tool-count card; Brevidy wins cost-per-finished social caption when you count fix-and-restyle time. AutoCut Basic (~$6.60/mo yearly) undercuts everyone if you only need silence removal. Producer ($29.99/mo yearly) costs more than AutoCut AI because it bundles unlimited captions with AutoCrop/AutoCut workflow minutes.
Not the same feature. AutoCut AutoResize keeps a subject centered while reframing for social formats. Brevidy AutoCrop reframes around the active speaker with editable Premiere keyframes. AutoCut Podcast / Angles switch multicam or multi-angle tracks. Useful, but not single-cam active-speaker crop.
Not fully. AutoCut is hybrid: some analysis runs locally; transcription and several AI tools use cloud processing. Brevidy is also cloud for ASR. Need true offline Whisper-style captions? See /alternatives/brevidy-vs-captioneer.
Yes. Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve (including free Resolve). Brevidy is Premiere Pro only. Resolve editors should start with AutoCut.
Enterprise seats and admin billing, yes. An org-scoped shared brand preset library like Brevidy Team plans is not documented. AutoCut does have public/private community caption presets for individuals.
AutoCut Silences is the deeper dedicated silence tool, and Basic is Silences-only from ~$6.60/mo yearly. Brevidy includes silence removal inside AutoCut on Producer alongside clip extraction. If silence cleanup is the only job, AutoCut Basic is the fair buy.
Yes. Captions AutoCut already placed are ordinary Premiere timeline objects (native text/shapes in their subsequence workflow) and stay put. New captions use Brevidy’s presets and editor. Export an SRT from AutoCut if you need a text handoff.