Free alternative
A free Kapwing alternative
A browser-based creative platform for individuals and teams to create and edit videos, images, GIFs and audio, with Kapwing AI and a timeline editor called Studio. Anyfile is a free alternative for many of the same jobs: it opens, edits and converts files in your browser, and nothing is uploaded.
Kapwing and Anyfile, side by side
| Kapwing | Anyfile | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Pro: $16 per member a month billed annually, or $24 per member a month billed monthly. Business: $50 per member a month billed annually, or $64 billed monthly. Enterprise: custom. Workspaces are billed per member, and the pages show a dollar sign without naming the currency. A Free plan is also available. Source | Free, funded by optional donations |
| Free version | Yes. The Free plan is $0 and includes 10 credits and unlimited exports with a watermark. Kapwing says it does not offer a free trial of its paid plans. Source | Everything is free |
| Free limits | Exports up to 4 minutes long at 720p with a Kapwing watermark, 30 minutes of exported video a month, uploads up to 2 GB per file, 5 GB of cloud storage with projects stored for 3 days, and 1 workspace folder. The 10 credits cover, for example, auto-subtitling up to 10 minutes and text to speech up to 1 minute. Source | No daily limits; size limits per kind of file (for example 100 MB pictures, 300 MB PDFs) |
| Are files uploaded? | Yes. Kapwing says videos are processed and stored on Google Cloud Platform servers in the United States, with account information held in MongoDB Atlas, and encrypted at rest and in transit. Files uploaded while signed out can be reached by anyone with their unique link. Source | No: files are opened and converted in your browser |
| How long files are kept | Projects in a Free workspace are stored for 3 days; paid workspaces keep them for the duration of the subscription. Source | Never stored: nothing is uploaded |
| Account needed | Not to upload: Kapwing says files uploaded while signed out can be reached by anyone with their unique link, and advises signing in for sensitive content. Sign-in is by Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook or a link sent to your email, and it says it does not handle passwords. Source | No |
| Ads | Not stated on their pages | None |
| Platforms | Runs in a web browser on Windows, macOS, Chromebooks, iOS and Android. Kapwing does not currently offer a downloadable iOS or Android app. Source | Any current browser on a computer, tablet or phone; installable as an app |
| Formats | Uploads: images as GIF, JPG, PNG, HEIC, HEIF, SVG and WebP; video as MP4, MOV, WebM, OGG, AVI, 3GP, MPEG, WMV, FLV and MKV; audio as MP3, AAC, M4A, WAV, FLAC and more; SRT subtitles. Source | 202 file extensions in 17 editors, with 639 one-click conversions |
Facts about Kapwing come from its own pages, checked on 2026-10-22. Prices and limits change, so follow each source for today’s.
When Kapwing is the better choice
Kapwing is the better choice for social video with AI subtitles, dubbing and translation, stock media and templates, brand kits and real-time collaboration in a shared workspace. Anyfile has none of those; it suits trimming, cropping, changing speed and converting a video on your own device.