Lumen5

by Lumen5

Convert blog posts to social videos with auto-captions and stock B-roll.

TL;DR

Convert blog posts to social videos with auto-captions and stock B-roll.

Best for content marketers turning blog archives into LinkedIn and Facebook video. Pricing: freemium.

Category
Products
License
—
Stars
—
Last push
—
Pricing
freemium
Platforms
Web

What it is

Lumen5 ingests a blog URL and assembles a captioned, music-backed video using stock footage and your brand assets. Common in B2B content teams.

Best for: Content marketers turning blog archives into LinkedIn and Facebook video.
Watch out for: Template-driven; less suited for narrative video.

Install / use

lumen5.com

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsNo
Streaming / real-timeNo
Languages supported20
HIPAA eligibleNo

Lumen5 vs Whipscribe

FeatureLumen5Whipscribe
CategoryProductsTranscription APIs
Pricingfreemiumfree beta
Speaker diarization—Yes
Word timestamps—Yes
Streaming—No
Languages2099
PlatformsWebWeb, API, MCP

Alternatives to Lumen5

Otter.ai
Otter.ai

Meeting-bot transcription product for Zoom/Meet/Teams.

free / from $10/mo
Rev
Rev

Human + AI transcription, highest accuracy tier on the market.

AI from $0.25/min · human from $1.50/min
Descript
Descript

Audio/video editor that treats the transcript as the timeline — different product category.

free / from $12/mo

Whipscribe is a managed faster-whisper + whisperX service. If you want transcripts without running infrastructure, paste a URL or drop a file in the form below — you'll have a transcript in seconds.