Cast vs Captions (with Mirage)
Captions is an AI video editor with AI avatars and an AI twin of you; Cast is a one-line generator for short videos of characters.
Captions, from its own pages
As of 2026-10-17. Products and prices change; follow the links for the current version.
- Captions calls itself "an AI video editor that produces fully-edited videos", with an AI twin of you or digital avatars, edited by chat. [source]
- It merged Mirage Studio into Captions. [source]
- Its avatar page lists "225 diverse avatars" and custom avatars from prompts, driven by a script you paste or generate. [source]
- Its pricing page (labelled iOS plans) lists Max at $24.99/month for 500 credits, then Frontier tiers from $69.99. [source]
Cast, in the same terms
- A mobile-web app at cast.katechon.technology; no install, and it works inside TikTok's and Instagram's in-app browsers.
- First 5-second video free, with no account (a guest account is made on the first tap; daily allowance applies).
- Credit packs from $4.99 (450 credits), one-time; Premium $19.99/month.
- Standard: Seedance 2.0 Fast, 720p, 52 credits for 5 s. Pro: Seedance 2.5, 1080p (Premium).
- Videos are 5, 10, 15 seconds, vertical 9:16, of characters you pick or describe; a free character pack is included.
What Captions does better
- A full editor: auto-captions, eye-contact correction, noise removal, translation.
- Editing your own footage, which Cast does not do at all.
- An AI twin of a real person.
Pick Cast if
- You have no footage and no script, just an idea for a character video.
- You want to try it free without installing an app or making an account.
Pick Captions if
- You film yourself and want captions, clean-up and edits.
- You want a talking avatar reading a script.
Sources
- https://www.captions.ai/ (read 2026-10-17)
- https://www.captions.ai/features/generate-ai-avatars (read 2026-10-17)
- https://www.captions.ai/pricing (read 2026-10-17)
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