Submagic
From $12/monthbilled yearly; $19 monthly; no free plan
- Strength：Built for vertical clips — automatic captions and animated text.
- Trade-off：No free plan; the entry plan covers 15 videos a month, up to 2 minutes each.
Job guide
Short-form video & AI video
What buyers wantCreators and small businesses send footage or a script and want captioned vertical clips, or AI-generated visuals.
Four numbersLast 7 days · updated hourly · last update 10-03 21:04 (Beijing time)
- Job posts, last 7 days
- 493posts
- Overseas 469 · China 24
- Median budget
- $250
- USD fixed-price · 135 posts, last 4 weeks
- Median bids
- 23bids
- Per post · 472 posts with bid counts
- How much AI can do
- AI does most, a person checks
- First take, rechecked Oct 15
Where AI fits: AI handles the repetitive parts — rough cuts, captions, clipping long videos. Picking the moments, the opening and the brand feel is your job.
Market
Market for this job
7 sub-categories combined; a post that fits several counts once
Trend
Job posts per week (weeks start Monday, Beijing time), both markets
| Week | Total | Overseas | China | Days with data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| week of 2026-09-21 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 1 |
| week of 2026-09-28 | 471 | 447 | 24 | 6 |
- This week so far
- 471posts · 6 days with data
- Week over week
- —after one full week of data
Job posts per week, Monday to Sunday (Beijing time), both markets. Lighter bars are partial weeks (this week so far, or weeks with days missing). Hover a bar for the split by market.
Sub-categories
By job posts in the last 7 days. Category pages are in Chinese for now.
Budgets
median $250
median ¥3,000
- Hourly (USD)
- $25/hourmedian · 36 posts
- Other currencies (not converted)
- 303 postsINR 231 · GBP 21 · EUR 20 · AUD 17
- Listing prices (Etsy / eBay services)
- $26median · 38 listings, last 30 days
Budgets are what the posts state: USD uses the upper end of fixed-price budgets (Freelancer uses brackets, so percentiles often land on $30, $250 or $750); CNY uses the stated budget. Neither is the final deal price. Last 4 weeks of posts; fewer than 3 posts means no percentiles; other currencies are counted, not converted.
China vs overseas
| Metric | Overseas95% of last 7 days | China5% of last 7 days |
|---|---|---|
| Job posts, last 7 days | 469 posts | 24 posts |
| Job posts, since 09-27 | 469 posts | 24 posts |
| Median budget | $250USD · 135 posts | ¥3,000CNY · 10 posts |
| Median bids per post | 23472 posts with bid counts | n/aonly Freelancer shows bid counts |
| New listings, last 7 days | 10 postsSince 09-27: 10 | 1 postsSince 09-27: 1 |
| Median listing price | $2638 Etsy / eBay service listings | n/anone in 30 days |
| Posts that mention AI | positive 14% · negative 1%472 posts, last 4 weeks | positive 8% · negative 0%25 posts, last 4 weeks |
Positive = the buyer wants AI output, names an AI tool or accepts AI; negative = says no AI (posts that say both count as negative). Job posts only. Listings = service listings first seen that day (Etsy / eBay service listings only); freelancers who sell privately don't show up here.
Tools
Tools you need
Three levels: get the essentials first, add the next level as work grows, use the optional ones when a client asks
Essentials
Enough to start taking work
OpusClip
From $15/monthfree plan available; uploads expire after 3 days
- Strength：Turns one long video into many short clips automatically.
- Trade-off：The free plan adds a watermark and deletes uploads after 3 days; the Starter plan is monthly only.
Descript
From $16/monthbilled yearly; $24 monthly; free plan has a watermark
- Strength：Edit video by editing the transcript — ideal for talking heads, interviews and podcasts.
- Trade-off：Free plan is 60 minutes a month with 720p, watermarked exports.
Level up
Add when you have more work
VEED
From $10/monthCreator, $116 billed yearly; monthly price not verified
- Strength：Edit, caption and translate subtitles in the browser, with lots of templates.
- Trade-off：Free exports are 720p with a watermark; we haven't verified the monthly price.
Runway
From $12/monthbilled yearly; $15 monthly; free plan is a one-time 125 credits
- Strength：Generates video clips from text or images to fill shots you don't have.
- Trade-off：The free plan is a one-time 125 credits; generation uses credits.
HeyGen
From $24/monthbilled yearly; $29 monthly; free plan has a watermark
- Strength：AI avatar presenters, so nobody has to be on camera.
- Trade-off：Free plan is 3 videos a month, up to 1 minute each, watermarked.
Optional
Use when a client asks
Kapwing
From $16/monthbilled yearly; $24 monthly; free plan has a watermark
- Strength：Collaborative online editing, so you can review cuts with the client.
- Trade-off：Free plan has a watermark, a 4-minute limit and 720p exports.
InVideo AI
From $20/monthStarter, same price monthly or yearly; no free plan on the pricing page
- Strength：Generates a video with stock footage and voiceover from a text prompt.
- Trade-off：No free plan on the pricing page; Starter is $20 per seat a month.
ElevenLabs
From $5/monthbilled yearly; $6 monthly; free plan is non-commercial
- Strength：Multilingual AI voiceover for your videos.
- Trade-off：The free plan can't be used commercially and needs attribution.
Canva
Free plan availableinternational pricing varies by region
- Strength：The quickest way to make thumbnails, title cards and social graphics.
- Trade-off：International pricing varies by region; we haven't verified a USD price.
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Where to find work
Where to find this work
Posts for this job we collected in the last 28 days: Freelancer 473, 猪八戒网 19, X 10, Reddit 9, Himalayas 5, 电鸭社区 5. We only count platforms we collect from; a missing platform doesn't mean there is no demand there.
| Name | What it is | Fees | Best for | Go |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freelancer | Bid on projects with public budget ranges; many of the job posts we track come from here.; 473 of these posts here in the last 28 days | 10% or $5, whichever is higherhourly projects 10% per payment | Good for first jobs | Go → |
| Upwork | One of the largest general freelance marketplaces — send proposals for fixed-price or hourly work. | 0%–15%varies by contract, shown when you send a proposal | Good English · longer projects | Go → |
| Fiverr | Package your service as fixed-price gigs; buyers order directly. | 20%sellers keep 80%; withdraw 14 days after completion | Can package a service | Go → |
| Contra | Portfolio and freelance work in one place; it markets itself as commission-free for freelancers. | No commissionPro $29/month or $199/year | Has a portfolio | Go → |
Platform fees, payouts and getting your first order: see 接单平台 (中文)
Get started
Get started
Four general steps: pick tools → make samples → list a service or bid → let AI draft, check by hand
Pick your tools
Choose one main editor (transcript-based editing or automatic clipping) and one captioning tool, and run the whole workflow once on a free plan or trial.
Make a few samples
Cut 2–3 vertical sample clips from your own or licensed footage and put them in a portfolio. If you offer AI-generated visuals, label which shots are generated.
List a service or bid
On Fiverr, offer fixed-price packages by number of clips. On Freelancer or Upwork, include sample links and state how many clips, the turnaround and how many revisions.
Let AI draft, check by hand
AI does the rough cut and captions. Before delivery, watch every clip for typos, aspect ratio and audio sync, then revise based on feedback.
Updated 2026-10-03 21:04 (Beijing time) · data up to 20:49 · demand numbers aggregate public job posts, not completed deals; tool prices and partner terms follow the official pages.