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AutoSubtitles: $3.3K MRR, browser-based video captions

A browser-based tool for generating, editing, styling, and exporting video subtitles. Its $3.3K MRR is verified through the payment provider's API by TrustMRR (Stripe), as of September 30, 2026.

What it actually sells

An AI subtitle generator and automatic captions tool generates accurate subtitles and animated captions for videos. AI transcription is presented with 25+ styles and a full editor in the browser. Users can edit subtitle text, start and end times, and segment structure, including merged or split segments. Videos can be downloaded with burned-in subtitles.

How it charges

The pricing page shows a Pro plan and a free starting message. The Pro plan has a $5/month price with annual billing. A video upload option is shown, and the page says there is no charge to begin and no signup requirement.

Month by month

Monthly revenue as read from the payment provider by TrustMRR, in US dollars, as of September 30, 2026.

MonthRevenue (USD)
2026-03$319
2026-04$4,402
2026-05$1,379
2026-06$1,950
2026-07$2,526
2026-08$2,880
2026-09$2,970

Where customers come from

The site's visible channel signal is a free browser-based starting experience with no signup requirement. A visitor can upload a video, and the video is processed locally in the browser. The stated audience includes creators, marketers, educators, freelancers, agencies, social media managers, and podcasters. The site says: "Made for creators, marketers, educators, and anyone publishing video online."

What stands out

Video processing is described as local: the video stays on the device and is processed in the browser. The feature list includes AI transcription, 25+ styles, and a full editor in the browser. The styling section states: "25+ style presets". The feature list also says that transcription handles accents, background noise, and multiple speakers, with support across 20+ languages.

From the official site

Made for creators, marketers, educators, and anyone publishing video online.
25+ style presets

Excerpts from the official website, fetched October 1, 2026.

Where it sits in the data

AutoSubtitles's $3.3K MRR is higher than 87% of the 5,602 projects with payment-verified revenue in our dataset; the median across them is $150. Within the “Social Media” category (541 projects) it is higher than 86% (category median $152). Snapshot: 2026-09-02 to 2026-09-30. The dataset only covers founders who chose to publish their numbers, so it leans toward businesses that work; use it for scale, not as an average.

Currency

All figures are in US dollars as published. A rough yuan or euro conversion is not applied here because prices, taxes and acquisition costs differ by country.

Could you build something like this?

My view: this needs real work. The target buyer is a creator, marketer, educator, freelancer, agency, social media manager, or podcaster publishing video online. Distribution would come from search around subtitle and caption workflows, creator communities, educational marketing groups, and direct outreach. In my view, demand should be tested around caption creation and editing for people publishing video online.

The hard parts are reliable transcription across accents, background noise, multiple speakers, and languages; local video processing; precise timing controls; styling; and dependable exports. Privacy and accessibility regulation would add compliance work. Competition would center on transcription quality, editing control, styling, language coverage, and export reliability. Billing, account management, file troubleshooting, and rendering issues would create support load.

Verdict: Needs real work.

One thing to take from it

One thing to take: keep the product boundary around one publishing job. The site puts subtitle generation, editing, styling, language support, local processing, and export in one browser workflow. In my view, a new entrant should test demand around that specific job before adding adjacent features.

Sources

  1. AutoSubtitles official website, fetched October 1, 2026
  2. TrustMRR: revenue verified through the payment provider's API by TrustMRR (Stripe), as of September 30, 2026

Revenue, team and start-cost figures are what the founder reported at the interview date, not current figures and not a prediction of what you will earn. Product and pricing facts come from the business's own website as checked on 30 September 2026. Method & sources · Disclosure

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