Adobe Premiere vs CapCut

Adobe Premiere

• Professional editors who also use other Creative Cloud apps
• Teams that review and approve cuts through Frame.io
• Creators who start a social video on a phone and finish it on desktop

CapCut

• Short-form video for TikTok, Instagram and YouTube
• Editing on a phone or tablet, with desktop apps for longer projects
• Adding captions, effects and music without separate tools

Adobe Premiere

• The desktop app is subscription only; Adobe says it cannot be bought as a perpetual license.
• The US$22.99 price needs an annual commitment billed monthly, and the seven-day trial converts to a paid membership unless cancelled.
• Premiere on mobile is free, but its generative AI features use paid credits and are currently available on iOS only.
• The desktop app requires Windows 11 v24H2 or macOS Sonoma (version 14) or later.

CapCut

• Prices shown are US App Store in-app purchases; what CapCut charges on the web or in the desktop app may differ.
• The US App Store also lists a yearly subscription at $89.99 and monthly subscriptions at $7.99 and $19.99 without naming their plan.
• On Windows, free auto captions are capped at 1 use a month in the US, UK, France, Germany and China, and up to 6 a month elsewhere.
• The Windows listing marks keyframe animation, optical-flow slow motion, chroma key and stabilization as Pro only.

Adobe Premiere

Timeline editing

Three-point editing on a professional timeline, with footage from nearly any camera and export to formats including H.264, HEVC and Apple ProRes.

Text-Based Editing and captions

AI transcribes footage on import so a rough cut can be built by copying and pasting text. Captions can be translated into 18 languages.

Generative Extend and Object Mask

Generative Extend uses Firefly to add frames and ambient sound to a clip. Object Mask selects a subject with a click and tracks it.

Media Intelligence search

Describe a clip in everyday language and the Search panel finds it by the objects, locations and framing it contains.

Color and audio tools

Color wheels, curves and video scopes for grading. Enhance Speech cleans up dialogue and removes background noise, and Remix retimes music to fit.

Premiere on mobile

A free phone app with a multi-track timeline, auto-captions and background removal. Paid desktop members can continue mobile projects on desktop.

CapCut

Multi-track timeline editing

Trim, split and merge clips on a multi-track timeline, change speed from 0.1x to 100x with speed curves, and freeze a frame.

Keyframes, chroma key and stabilization

Keyframe animation, optical-flow slow motion, chroma key and stabilization. The Windows listing marks this set as available in the Pro version only.

Auto captions and text-to-speech

Speech recognition turns dialogue into subtitles, and text-to-speech reads text in multiple languages and voices.

Background removal and AI video

Removes backgrounds automatically. The App Store listing also describes an AI video feature that turns text or images into video.

Effects, filters and music

Hundreds of effects such as Glitch, Blur and 3D, filters that are updated weekly, and a library of music clips and sound effects.

Export and sharing

Choose the export resolution, with 4K 60fps and smart HDR supported, then share the video to social media platforms.

Adobe Premiere

• Premiere on mobile$0

  Free standalone app for iOS and Android with core editing and watermark-free 4K exports. Generative AI features use paid credits and are iOS only.

• PremiereUS$22.99

  per month, on an annual plan billed monthly

  Premiere on desktop and iPhone, Adobe Express Premium, Frame.io for Creative Cloud, 100GB of cloud storage and 25 monthly generative credits.

• Premiere for teamsUS$37.99

  per license / month, on an annual plan billed monthly

  The single-app plan for businesses, with 1TB of cloud storage, 25 monthly generative credits and business features.

• Creative Cloud ProUS$69.99

  per month, on an annual plan billed monthly

  20+ apps including Premiere, Photoshop and After Effects, plus Firefly AI, 4,000 monthly generative credits and 100GB of cloud storage.

• Creative Cloud Pro for teamsUS$99.99

  per license / month, on an annual plan billed monthly

  The multi-app Creative Cloud Pro plan, including Premiere, licensed per person for teams.

CapCut

• Free$0

  Basic editing, effects, filters and background removal. Auto captions and audio extraction have monthly free-use caps on the desktop app.

• Standard$9.99

  per month, as a US App Store in-app purchase

  Sold in the app as "Standard Monthly Subscription". The store listings do not say what it adds to the free version.

• Pro$19.99

  per month, as a US App Store in-app purchase

  Sold in the app as "Pro Monthly Subscription". The Windows listing marks its advanced editing features as available in the Pro version only.

Adobe Premiere

• Education

  Students and teachers: US$19.99 a month

  Eligible students and teachers pay US$19.99 a month for Creative Cloud Pro, including Premiere, in the first year and US$39.99 a month after that, on an annual plan billed monthly.

CapCut

No public discounts listed.