# Runmeg vs Captions

> Captions styles a short clip you already have: captions, and effects on that footage. Runmeg uses the clip and the brand memory. Create returns one video after you approve a plan. ReelGen returns five captioned reels. You download the file and post it yourself.

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Last updated: 2026-10-29

Captions styles a short clip you already have: captions, and effects on that footage. Runmeg uses the clip and the brand memory. Create returns one video after you approve a plan. ReelGen returns five captioned reels. You download the file and post it yourself.

## How to read this

Runmeg makes Runmeg. The table says where another tool is the better buy. Prices and features on other products change; this page does not invent a number we have not published ourselves.

## Checked against the job each product is known for, and against Runmeg's own product. We do not invent a competitor's price or a feature we have not described.

|  | Best for | Starts from | Invents footage? | Posts for you? |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Captions | Styled captions on a short clip | A clip you already have | No | No |
| Runmeg | A marketing video from a clip you already have | Your footage | No | Never |

## How Captions spends the week

Captions styles a short clip you already have: captions, and effects on that footage.

You drop in a short clip and leave with a captioned file. The week is editing, not a brand brief. If the line does not need to know the product, you are not missing Runmeg.

## How Runmeg spends the week

Runmeg uses the clip and the brand memory. Create returns one video after you approve a plan. ReelGen returns five captioned reels. You download the file and post it yourself.

Memory is editable before the video is made. Approval makes a file. It does not publish it.

## How to tell them apart on a trial

Captions is a caption product for a clip you have. Runmeg is a marketing video from that clip, written from memory you can edit. Neither one posts for you.

Switching to Runmeg adds memory, a plan you approve, and five reels from one upload. You give up a tool whose whole job is the styled caption. Keep Captions if that is the job.

## Where Runmeg fits

### Your footage, then a file

Runmeg uses the clip and the brand memory. Create returns one video after you approve a plan. ReelGen returns five captioned reels. You download the file and post it yourself.

### You still publish

Runmeg does not post, reply, or message anyone.

## Where Runmeg is the wrong tool

### Captions when the only job is a styled caption

If you already know the cut and you only want the caption styled, Captions is the closer tool. Runmeg is the wrong buy when you do not want a plan or five reels.

## How to pick

- Choose Captions when: If you already know the cut and you only want the caption styled, Captions is the closer tool. Runmeg is the wrong buy when you do not want a plan or five reels.
- Choose Runmeg when: Runmeg uses the clip and the brand memory. Create returns one video after you approve a plan. ReelGen returns five captioned reels. You download the file and post it yourself.

## FAQ

### Is Runmeg a Captions alternative?

Captions is a caption product for a clip you have. Runmeg is a marketing video from that clip, written from memory you can edit. Neither one posts for you.

### Does Runmeg post the video?

No. You download the file and publish it yourself.

### What is the difference between Runmeg and Captions?

Captions styles a short clip you already have: captions, and effects on that footage. Runmeg uses the clip and the brand memory. Create returns one video after you approve a plan. ReelGen returns five captioned reels. You download the file and post it yourself.


Runmeg pricing: Free start with 10,000 credits. Runmeg Creator is $29.99/month. Runmeg Operator is $49.99/month.

## Related
- [Create or ReelGen](https://www.runmeg.com/guides/create-or-reelgen)
- [ReelGen](https://www.runmeg.com/features/reelgen)
- [Captions review](https://www.runmeg.com/compare/captions-alternative)