A free video editor with no watermark. Actually free.
Caption Room is a video editor that runs in your browser and is free forever — cut, layer, caption and export in 1080p without a watermark, an upload, an installer, or a trial that expires. Your footage never leaves your device.
Free. Runs in Chrome, Edge, Brave or Arc. Nothing to install.
Everything the free editor includes
A real timeline
Split, cut and rearrange clips on a multi-segment timeline — not a single-trim toy.
Layers & picture-in-picture
Stack a second video, react over gameplay, or float a webcam bubble over your screen recording.
Text & image overlays
Titles, lower-thirds, logos and stickers — placed and timed exactly where you want them.
Music & voiceover
Dedicated audio tracks for a soundtrack and a voiceover, with per-track volume.
Colour tools
Brightness, contrast, saturation and sharpness — enough to rescue dim phone footage.
Captions, two free styles
Type your captions and style them with the Classic or Minimal look, or export an .srt file.
Any aspect ratio
9:16, 1:1, 4:5 or 16:9 with pan-and-zoom crop — one edit, every platform.
1080p export, no watermark
Full-HD export on the free plan, rendered in the browser on your own hardware.
“Free” usually means a watermark
Most free video editors are a funnel: free plans typically stamp a watermark on the export, cap it below HD, or hold your render hostage in a cloud queue until you subscribe. Caption Room is free differently — the editor itself costs nothing because the paid tier sells AI work (auto-captions in 99+ languages, AI-picked clips, translation), not your export button. See how it compares to CapCut and the cloud editors.
When the AI does earn its keep, Pro starts at $12/mo or $99 once, forever — see pricing. Captioning by hand? Here's how to add captions to a video in the free editor.
Free plan questions
What’s the catch with the free plan?
There isn’t one on the editing side: the timeline, layers, overlays, music, colour tools and 1080p export are free forever with no watermark. Pro exists for the AI — auto-captions, AI Clips, translation — plus all seven caption styles and 4K export.
Do I need an account?
Yes — a free Caption Room account is all you need to sign in. No credit card, no trial countdown.
Does the free version add a watermark?
No. Caption Room never watermarks your exports, on any plan.
What do I need to run it?
A Chromium browser — Chrome, Edge, Brave or Arc — on Windows, Mac, Linux or ChromeOS. There is nothing to install: open app.captionroom.app and sign in. Rendering happens on your own machine, so a mid-range laptop handles it comfortably.
Make your next clip impossible to scroll past.
A fast editor that opens in a browser tab and is free to edit with, and AI captions in 99+ languages on Pro. Open it, sign in with a free account, and post your next clip today.
Free. Runs in Chrome, Edge, Brave or Arc. Nothing to install.
- Nothing to install
- Free to start
- Always up to date
- No watermarks
Works in Chrome, Edge, Brave or Arc on Windows, Mac, Linux and ChromeOS. There is no installer and no update to run. Every visit opens the newest version, and a free Caption Room account is all you need.