The following table compares some characteristics of some subtitle editing software.
| Name | License | Platform | Multilanguage | Audio waveform | Formats supported | Price | Extra Information |
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| Aegisub | GPL (but code is ISC or BSD3c)}} | Cross platform}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | SSA/ASS, MicroDVD, .srt (Full support)
AdobeEncore, EBU STL (Write Only) JACOsub (Read Only)[1] | — | Limited support for RTL languages. It's mainly used for creating ASS subtitles. Uses libass, making the ASS effects appear correctly in the internal media player. |
| Amara | GPL Affero v3}} | Cross platform}} | {{Yes}} | {{?}} | SRT, SSA, SBV, VTT, DFXP and TTML formats. | — | Open-source and non-profit collaboration community for captioning and subtitling video. A ‘Wikipedia for Subtitles’. |
| Belle Nuit Subtitler | Commercial | OS X | {{Yes}} | {{?}} | 35+ | {{?}} |
| CaptionHub | Commercial | Cross platform}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | VTT, TTML, SRT, SCC, EBU-STL, SMI, CSV and others | {{?}} | Cloud platform for collaborative captioning and subtitling. It pairs automatic speech recognition with a simple, managed workflow for linguists and validators. |
| CaptionMaker/MacCaption | Commercial | Windows and OS X | {{Yes}} | Interactive}} | Many | $1720 |
| DivXLand Media Subtitler | Freeware/Commercial | Windows | {{Yes}} | Interactive}} | Many | {{?}} | Automatic timing errors correction, spell check, multi-language support |
| EasySub | Commercial | Windows | {{?}} | {{Yes}} | Many | {{?}} | Broadcast, Automatic timing errors correction, spell check, burn subtitle |
| EZTitles | Commercial | Windows | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | 71+ | €1620 (Basic), €1880 (TV), €2380 (Enterprise) | Broadcast & authoring tool. |
| FinalSub | Commercial | OS X | {{Yes}} | Interactive}} | Many | $299 | Broadcast & authoring tool, Final Cut Pro integration |
| fiveLoadSub[2] | GPLv3}} | Cross platform}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | srt/fls input,fls,srt,sbv,xml for premiere/fcp7/fcpx output | — | Pure HTML+JS, run directly on browser, from Macau |
| Gnome Subtitles | GPL}} | Linux | {{Yes}} | {{?}} | — |
| MovieCaptioner | Commercial | OS X and Windows | {{Yes}} | {{?}} | Many | $99 | Formerly MovCaptioner |
| Ninsight Ayato | Commercial | Windows | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | 18 | {{?}} | Broadcast & authoring tool |
| [https://ooonatools.tv/ Online Captions & Subtitles Toolkit] | Commercial | Cross platform}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | All professional formats | Starting at $10/Month | Create Captions and Subtitles online. Tools for professional and nonprofessional users. |
| Poliscript Create | Commercial | Windows | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | PAC and EBU STL formats | £16.99/Month | Broadcast & authoring tool, fully supported |
| Subtitle Composer (KDE)[3] | GPLv2}} | Linux | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | AQTitle, DVB, DirectVobSub, HDMV-PGS, JACOsub, MicroDVD, MPsub, OGM, Phoenix (PJS), QuickTime, RealText, SAMI, SubRip, SSA/ASS, SubViewer, TMPlayer, VPlayer, VobSub, XSUB | Free | Built using Qt 5 application framework and distributed by KDE for all systems that can run their Plasma 5 desktop environment |
| Subtitle Edit | GPL}} | Windows | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | 200+ | — | Translate mode, Spellcheck, Uses .NET Framework |
| [https://kitone.github.io/subtitleeditor/ Subtitle Editor] | GPLv3}} | Linux | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | — |
| Subtitle Editor Professional (web application) | Commercial | Web, cloud | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | SRT, WebVTT (VTT) | {{?}} | Import/export, remote loading from movie servers, sharing via URL, timeline & audiovisualizer, MP4 & YouTube player, etc. |
| SubtitleNEXT | Commercial | Cross platform}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | Many | CAD$549 (Novice) CAD$1399 (Explorer) CAD$4599 (Expert) | Broadcast & authoring tool |
| Subtitle Workshop | GPLv3}} | Cross platform}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | 65 | — |
| Titlebee | Freeware/Commercial | Windows | {{Yes}} | Interactive}} | Subrip (SRT), Timed Text (XML), EBU-STL Teletext (STL), Scenarist Closed Captions (SCC) | $399 |
| Titlevision Submachine | Commercial | Windows | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | Most of the professional and enthusiast formats are properly supported. | €2700 | Unicode authoring tool for professional broadcasting. |
| VoxscribeCC | Commercial | Windows | {{Yes}} | Interactive}} | Subrip (SRT), Timed Text (xml) | {{?}} | Automatic captioning using speech recognition with concurrent interactive editing. Claims to "handle up to 95% of the work". |
| Wincaps Q4 | Commercial | Windows | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | most professional formats | Monthly subscriptions available from £24.99/month | Broadcast & authoring tool, speech input, live and offline, fully supported |
1. ^{{cite web| title = SubtitleFormats – Aegisub| url = http://devel.aegisub.org/wiki/SubtitleFormats| accessdate = 2014-07-31}}
2. ^https://wilsonlmh.github.io/fiveLoadSub/
3. ^{{Citation|last=Milinkovic|first=Mladen|title=Subtitle Composer: KF5/Qt Video Subtitle Editor. Contribute to maxrd2/subtitlecomposer development by creating an account on GitHub|date=2018-12-30|url=https://github.com/maxrd2/subtitlecomposer|access-date=2019-01-10}}
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