SleepyMotionvs
Submagic.
Submagic edits the video you already filmed. Sleepy Motion makes the video: from one sentence, from your website, or around your own footage with captions behind the subject. Here is where each one wins, with a source for everything we say about Submagic.
The short answer
Pick Sleepy Motion if
- You need the video made, not only edited
- You want a branded ad from just your website
- You want captions behind the subject, automatically
Pick Submagic if
- You already film and want your footage edited
- You want videos longer than 2 minutes cut into many shorts
Side by side
- What you start with
- Sleepy MotionA sentence or your website. Sleepy makes the whole video: script, motion graphics, voiceover, music and sound effects. Or upload your own video to caption it.
- SubmagicA video you already have: "Upload your video", a long video or a YouTube link. It edits that footage. The one no-filming option is an AI avatar reading a script you paste.[1]
- An ad from your website
- Sleepy MotionType "make an ad for yoursite.com". It takes your logo, font, brand colors, photos and tone and finishes the ad in about 2 minutes.
- SubmagicAds start from your footage: "raw ad footage, a product clip or a customer testimonial". A website as input is not on their site.[2]
- Captions behind the subject
- Sleepy MotionAutomatic, for the whole video. Every word is transcribed, timed and placed around the subject, a person, a pet or a product.
- SubmagicAnimated captions on top of the video. Captions behind the subject and masking are not on their site.[1]
- Price
- Sleepy MotionFree plan. Paid plans from $5 a month.
- SubmagicStarter is $19 a month ($12 a month billed yearly) for 15 videos. Pro $39, Business $69.[3]
- Free plan
- Sleepy Motion3 videos a month, captions behind the subject included on videos up to 15 seconds, watermarked.
- SubmagicNo free plan is listed, only a "Try For Free" trial with no credit card.[3]
Already have an AI clip? Finish it in Sleepy.
A generated shot looks good but says nothing. Bring it into Sleepy Pro and it builds the text, the story and the sound into the scene: words that walk through it, timed to a script, with sound effects to the millisecond. The best of AI, finished like a human editor would.
See how Sleepy Pro works
Sleepy ProDon't take our word for it
Both came straight out of Sleepy Motion. The ad was made from one sentence and a website, with no footage uploaded. The captions were placed behind the speaker automatically, from one upload.
From a website
From your videoQuestions
Does Submagic make the video for me?
Submagic edits a video you already have: you upload your footage or a YouTube link and it adds captions, B-roll and zooms and trims dead air, per its own site. The one option without filming is an AI avatar reading a script you paste. Sleepy Motion makes the whole video from a sentence or your website, with motion graphics, voiceover, music and sound effects.
Can Submagic put captions behind the subject?
Captions behind the subject are not on Submagic's site; its captions go on top of the video. Sleepy Motion captions the whole video behind the subject automatically, with every word placed around a person, a pet or a product. Free on videos up to 15 seconds.
Is Submagic free?
Submagic's pricing page lists no free plan, only a "Try For Free" trial. Paid plans start at $19 a month, or $12 a month billed yearly, for 15 videos. Sleepy Motion has a free plan with 3 videos a month and paid plans from $5 a month.
Can I use both?
Yes. You can make the video or the ad in Sleepy Motion and run your filmed long-form content through Submagic. Sleepy Motion downloads are plain MP4 files.
Sources
Checked on October 24, 2026.
Want the details? How text behind the subject works. How a website becomes an ad.