Can Captions edit footage I filmed myself?

Yes. Captions supports importing existing footage and documents AI Edit and chat-based revisions. Valmera's AI agent also edits uploaded recordings from chat, including long ones. Choose around the input limits, revision controls, plan entitlements and export you need.

Is Valmera or Captions better for long videos?

Valmera accepts uploads up to 14 GB and 3 hours per file, and its agent edits the whole recording or turns it into multiple shorts. Captions' AI Edit guidance is aimed at short, single-speaker clips and contains two different duration thresholds; this is not a universal limit for all Captions imports. Check the specific workflow with your recording before purchasing.

How much does Captions Max cost?

The official pages checked on September 5, 2026 disagree: the public pricing page and credit guide list Max at $24.99 per month, while the subscription guide lists $29.99. They list 500 monthly credits. The public pricing page is explicitly for iOS; confirm the final price and features for your account and device.

Will the exported video have a watermark?

Valmera's paid exports have no watermark and end with a brief Valmera end card. Captions permits watermark-free exports with supported free features; its help center says using Max-only features on Basic can add a watermark. Check the features used in the actual project and watch the final file.

Can Valmera create a digital twin or AI presenter?

Valmera does not offer an avatar or digital-twin presenter workflow. Captions lists generated actors and AI Twins in its higher-tier feature set. If a generated presenter is essential, evaluate that workflow and its plan requirements directly.

Can an external AI assistant edit in Valmera?

Yes. Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other MCP clients can connect to Valmera's MCP server at https://valmera.io/mcp/server, edit with Valmera's tools, render previews and export the final MP4 with export_final. Editing requires a Valmera subscription.

Valmera vs Captions (2026): Editing, Prices and Watermarks

Valmera and Captions both support editing uploaded footage with written instructions. Valmera's AI agent performs the edit you describe in a browser Studio, works on uploads up to 3 hours long, and can also be driven by other assistants over MCP. Captions offers AI Edit styles, chat revisions and generated-presenter workflows. The useful distinction is how each handles your source, revisions and final file.

Published by Valmera, which sells a competing editor. Captions sources checked September 5, 2026. See our editorial policy.

Compare the editing workflow

Decision	Valmera	Captions
Start with filmed footage	Upload a recording and describe the edit	Import footage; use AI Edit or direct controls
Make revisions	Follow-up prompts, transcript and timeline	Chat to Edit and project controls
Input suitability	Uploads up to 14 GB and 3 hours per file	Check the chosen feature; AI Edit guidance targets short clips
Generated presenter	No avatar or digital-twin workflow	Actors and AI Twins listed on higher tiers
Where you work	Browser Studio	Web and mobile apps; feature access varies
Free access	Free account and uploads; editing requires a subscription	Limited traditional editing with supported free exports
Export branding	No watermark on paid exports; brief Valmera end card	Depends on the plan and features used

Captions' import guide covers existing footage on iOS, web and Android. Its chat-editing guide describes follow-up requests and attached images or video. For Valmera, see the first-edit guide and caption controls.

Which approach fits your recording?

Choose Valmera when you want an AI agent to edit an existing recording: cuts, word-timed captions, reframing, music ducking and b-roll, checked against its own preview before it reports back. Refine through chat or with direct timeline and transcript controls. Music comes from your own file or real tracks found on the web, and the editable transcript lets you fix names and numbers in the captions.

Consider Captions when an AI Edit style is a useful starting point for a short clip. Its documented web workflow includes an upload, prompt, style choice and review of proposed cuts, with controls for changing the plan and added media. Read the Captions AI Edit workflow.

If you need a generated presenter, check Captions' actor and AI Twin options and the required plan. Valmera does not offer that presenter workflow. If you need to preserve a filmed speaker's exact meaning, assess the actual edited passage in either product before adding decorative effects.

Long videos: distinguish upload from feature limits

Valmera accepts MP4, MOV, M4V, WebM and MKV uploads up to 14 GB and 3 hours per file (both limits apply). For a full interview, tell the agent which passages must stay; it cuts at word boundaries, and every cut can be restored.

Captions' AI Edit requirements recommend a single speaker and clips of three minutes or less, but the same paragraph says inputs over two minutes can be trimmed. That guidance does not establish one duration ceiling for every Captions feature or import. Check the selected workflow with your actual file. See the current requirements.

For clips, ask for complete ideas with their necessary context. Valmera's Shorts workflow turns one long video into multiple shorts that you refine by chat and export.

Pricing: verify the tier that includes chat editing

Creating a Valmera account and uploading are free; editing requires a subscription. See Valmera plans.

Captions' Basic plan, formerly Pro, is listed at $9.99/month with 200 credits. The subscription guide assigns Chat to Edit, AI Edit and generated actors to Max and above. A Basic price alone therefore does not describe the full chat-editing workflow. Check Captions plan entitlements.

Captions' Max prices differ across its official pages. The public pricing page and credit guide list $24.99/month with 500 credits; the subscription guide lists $29.99 with 500. The public pricing page says its prices and features apply to iOS. Confirm your account's checkout price, device support and included features.

Captions' credit guide lists charges for messages, editing actions and generated assets. Valmera charges credits according to the work each edit takes. Credits are not interchangeable between products, so track the initial edit, corrections and any added media to estimate the cost of a finished video.

Watermarks, end cards and final delivery

Valmera's paid exports have no watermark and end with a brief Valmera end card. The final MP4 renders at full resolution from the original upload, with captions burned into the picture; Valmera does not import or export SRT/VTT subtitle files.

Captions' subscription guide permits watermark-free exports using supported free features. Its watermark troubleshooting guide says using Max-only features on Basic can add a watermark; removing those features or upgrading is the documented remedy. Review the particular project, since a plan's general export promise does not override feature restrictions.

For assistant-driven work, Valmera's MCP connection gives Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other assistants the editing tools, previews and the final export (export_final, then download_url).

Evaluate one representative clip

Use a short recording with a clear spoken point, a pause and a product or face that must remain visible, and give both tools this brief:

Turn this recording into a 45-second vertical clip. Keep my actual words and the qualification after the main claim. Trim the opening silence, add readable captions and keep the product visible. Use only the footage I uploaded, with no generated presenter.

Check that the edit preserves the point and the qualification.
Make a specific correction: restore a phrase, fix a product name or reposition a caption. Check the resulting frames and audio.
Export on the intended plan. Check readability, music if added, framing, watermark and ending.
Record credits and review time, then choose the workflow that reaches your required result.

Judge the rendered file from both products against the same brief.