# Premiere Pro vs Filmora

> Filmora costs from US$49.99 a year or US$79.99 once. Premiere Pro is subscription only. Compare price, captions and text-based editing, checked 3 Nov 2026.
- **Author**: Marxx
- **Published**: 2026-11-14
- **Category**: Video editors
- **URL**: https://marxx.ai/library-compare/premiere-pro-vs-filmora

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Filmora lists US$49.99 a year or US$79.99 once, while Premiere Pro is subscription only (checked 3 Nov 2026). Pick Filmora for templates and AI tools at a lower price, or Premiere Pro (now called Adobe Premiere) for a pro timeline and Adobe's other apps.

## Side by side

| | Filmora | Premiere Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Runs on | Windows, macOS, plus iOS, iPadOS and Android apps | Desktop, plus a free app for iPhone and Android |
| Free option | Free desktop edition. Exports carry a watermark | 7-day trial on the single-app plan |
| Price | Basic US$49.99 a year. Perpetual US$79.99 once. Monthly US$19.99 | Subscription. Adobe's India page shows INR 733.96 and INR 1,834.90 a month, incl. GST |
| India app price | Filmora Pro, 1 year: INR 4,999 on the Indian iPhone App Store | Rupee prices on Adobe's India page |
| Auto captions | Dynamic captions in 20+ languages. Pages disagree on Hindi | Speech to Text. Captions can be translated into 18 languages |
| Text-based editing | AI Text-Based Editing | Text-Based Editing, included with your subscription |
| Auto reframe | Yes, on the free plan list | Sequence > Auto Reframe Sequence |

Filmora's prices are from [its pricing page](https://filmora.wondershare.com/pricing.html) and store pages. Its own pages disagree on some figures, so treat US$49.99 and US$79.99 as the most consistent pair, not a certainty. Adobe's India page also gives two single-app prices, so read the live plan card.

## Three differences that matter

- **Licence.** Filmora's Perpetual plan updates only within Filmora 16, and future major versions cost extra. It also covers one device type. Premiere has no one-time licence.
- **Free plan.** Filmora's free edition lists 1,500+ effects and 600+ stock media items, but watermarks every export. Premiere has no free desktop plan.
- **AI credits.** Filmora Advanced adds 1,000 AI credits a month. Premiere gives 25 generative credits a month on the single-app plan and 4,000 on Creative Cloud Pro.

## A worked example

Say you edit for 12 months.

- Filmora Basic: US$49.99 for the year.
- Filmora Advanced: US$59.99 for the year, with 1,000 AI credits a month.
- Premiere at INR 733.96 a month: INR 733.96 x 12 = about INR 8,808.
- Premiere at INR 1,834.90 a month: INR 1,834.90 x 12 = about INR 22,019.

Dollars and rupees differ, so convert on the day you buy.

## Where Marxx fits

[Marxx's AI video editor](/features/ai-video-editor) runs in the browser and can export an editable timeline for Premiere Pro. Cut and caption there, then finish in Premiere. We make Marxx.

## FAQ

### Is Filmora free?

The desktop edition is free, but exports carry a watermark. A paid plan removes it.

### Does Premiere Pro have text-based editing?

Yes. Adobe says it is included with your subscription. It also detects filler words and pauses.

### Does Filmora caption in Hindi?

Its pages disagree. The iPhone App Store listing includes Hindi among 21 caption languages. The Dynamic Captions page says "20+" and names no Hindi, so test a clip.

### Where does DaVinci Resolve fit?

It has a free version and a paid Studio. Read [Premiere Pro vs DaVinci Resolve](/compare/premiere-pro-vs-davinci-resolve) or [DaVinci Resolve vs Filmora](/compare/davinci-resolve-vs-filmora).

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