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Collate compared with tscaps
DetailCollate logo Collatetscaps logo tscaps
What it doesPrivate AI for your PDFs on Mac Auto captions for TikTok, Reels, and Shorts
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Pricing modelFree Freemium
PricingThe Mac app is free. Local models have no per-request fees. Cloud providers using BYOK may charge their own fees. Free: $0 forever, 5 videos per month up to 3 min each. Starter: $6/month, 15 videos per month up to 5 min each. Pro: $12/month, 30 videos per month up to 10 min each. Business: $36/month, 100 videos per month up to 10 min each. All paid plans billed monthly with no commitment and cancel anytime.
Key features
  • Chat with PDFs and get answers grounded in the document
  • Citations that follow back to exact pages
  • Offline PDF summaries with Local AI
  • Multi-document research across folders
  • Highlights and annotations with organization
  • Multiple export formats including HTML and PDF
  • Web share links for selected content
  • Automatic transcription with punctuation and speaker detection
  • AI word-by-word caption styling with emphasis and emojis
  • Scene grouping and automatic look assignment
  • Multi-speaker detection with per-speaker styling
  • Customizable templates for TikTok, Reels, and Shorts
  • Full transcript editing: rewrite words, retime scenes, split lines
  • Captions burned into video frames for universal playback
  • Support for 93 languages including English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Japanese, Mandarin, and more
  • Browser-based export at any resolution including 4K
  • Local version: privacy-first, in-browser, no uploads or accounts
What makes it different
  • Keeps PDFs and AI inference on your Mac for privacy
  • Citations and highlights keep research connected to sources
  • Works offline after model download
  • No account or document quota required
  • Animated captions with word-by-word reveal and per-word emphasis, which cannot be expressed in subtitle formats
  • Captions built into the video play identically on TikTok, Reels, Shorts and everywhere else, unlike subtitle tracks which these platforms ignore
  • AI automatically picks the words that matter and gives them emphasis for each scene
  • Free tier requires no account, no card, and allows full editing and export before signup
  • Fully customizable templates with raw CSS editing and SVG filter support for pixel-perfect control
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Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)27 no change since last checkNot checked yet no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)141
Citation Flow (Majestic)2719
Referring domains (Majestic)14710

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