Zubtitle Guru 10 videos for $19 vs Sume 60-second caption jobs

Zubtitle charges per video and Sume charges per 60 seconds, so the break-even is the video length: about 6 minutes. Zubtitle's Guru plan lists 10 videos a month for $19, or $1.90 a video, and Sume captions a video of up to 60 seconds for $0.20. Below 6 minutes a Sume pipeline costs less per video; above it, Zubtitle's flat per-video price wins until its 20-minute upload limit.

TikTok is reported to be favouring 3 to 5 minute videos this week, per Metricool (read 2026-10-03). That length sits just under the break-even, so the choice is live for anyone who captions short episodes in bulk. The figures below are from Zubtitle's pricing page (read 2026-10-03) and Sume's docs.

What Zubtitle lists

The free plan gives 2 videos a month at 720p with a watermark. Guru is $19 a month for 10 videos. Agency is $49 a month for 30 videos. Uploads are limited to 20 minutes and under 1 GB.

How Sume prices a long video

Video captions bills $0.20 per accepted job for a video up to 60 seconds under its fixed estimate. The docs state no price above that, so this post assumes a longer video is split. Video trim cuts each 60-second part for $0.02, each part goes through captions at $0.20, and Timeline 1.0 joins the parts at $0.10 per output minute, rounded up.

That is $0.32 per minute of finished video, plus nothing for videos of 60 seconds or less, which are one caption job at $0.20. The calculator prints the cost for a few lengths.

def sume_cost(minutes):
    """Split into 60 s parts, caption each part, join with Timeline."""
    import math
    parts = math.ceil(minutes)
    if parts == 1:
        return 0.20                      # one caption job, no split or join
    return round(parts * 0.02 + parts * 0.20 + 0.10 * math.ceil(minutes), 2)

for m in (1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 20):
    print(f"{m:>2} min video: Sume ${sume_cost(m):.2f}  | Zubtitle Guru $1.90, Agency $1.63")

Worked examples

A creator posts 10 two-minute clips a month: Sume costs 10 times (2 trims, 2 captions, one 2-minute render) which is $0.64 each and $6.40 for the month. Zubtitle Guru is $19, so Sume is $12.60 cheaper. A weekly 5-minute episode, 4 a month: $1.60 each on Sume, $6.40; Guru's 10 videos are $19 whether you use them or not.

Now a 15-minute webinar clip, 10 a month. Sume is 15 parts, so $4.80 each, $48 for the month, against $19 on Guru. Zubtitle wins by $29 and by a lot of your own scripting time. A 20-minute video is the Zubtitle limit, and on Sume it is 20 parts and $6.40.

If you only need captions on a 60-second video, ignore everything above: one job, $0.20, and no plan to manage. At 30 such videos a month that is $6.00 against Agency's $49.

What Sume does and does not do here

• Sume's caption job returns a captioned video; read the docs page for the exact result fields before relying on anything else.
• Sume styles are named in the request (slam, punch, tiktok-green, black-outline and others), with a design object for colour, typography and placement overrides.
• Sume's source for a trim is limited to 1800 seconds, so a 20-minute upload fits.
• Sume is a pay-per-job pipeline; it has no monthly video count to exhaust.

What to do

Average your video length. Under six minutes, script it and pay by the 60-second part. Over six, or if you want a single upload form for a team, use the per-video plan. And if you can keep the video to a minute or less, Sume is the cheapest option by a wide margin.

Before moving a team over, caption one real 3-minute video through the split route and read the returned artifacts. The cost per video is easy to compute, but the check that matters is whether the style and cue timing hold across the joins. Also keep the monthly count in view: Guru's ten videos are a ceiling, and a month with only four videos still costs $19, while the per-part route costs only what you submit. If your volume swings from month to month, that variable cost is the main reason to script it, apart from any saving per video.