Built a video caption API for Make workflows - Free beta for first 100

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Hey Make community! :waving_hand:

I’ve been building Make automations for content creation and kept hitting the same problem: adding captions to videos was either expensive (Shotstack requires $39/month) or complicated (Submagic isn’t built for APIs).

So I built VideoAPI - a simple caption API specifically for automation workflows.

What it does:

  • Video in → Captioned video out

  • Works with HTTP Request node

  • Multiple trending caption styles

  • Whisper-powered transcription

Pricing (after beta):

  • $0.20 per minute

  • Pure pay-as-you-go

  • No subscription, no minimums, no strings attached

Beta offer:

  • Free usage during beta (no payment method needed)

  • 50% off for 1 YEAR after launch

  • First 100 sign-ups only

Demo:
Watch demo video - https://youtu.be/VBNQm9ToryQ

Try yourself! Sign up to get your API key: https://videoapi.tech

Current limitations (it’s a beta!):

  • Slow processing - running on a small server :sweat_smile:

  • Only MOV and MP4 supported (expanding soon)

  • Limited caption customization (working on this)

For Make creators specifically:

  • Pairs well with content generation workflows

  • Can batch process if you build a loop

Would love feedback from this community - you folks know automation better than anyone.

Cheers!

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Hey! Signed up for the beta and it works great on your dashboard but I’m getting a Forbidden error when calling the API from Make.com. “User is not authorized to access this resource with an explicit deny in an identity-based policy”. Support email bounces too. Can you help activate my account? @Video_API

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Hi Aaron, welcome to the community :waving_hand:

The explicit deny message usually points to an account permission or API policy issue rather than Make itself.

A couple quick questions:

• Is the API working outside Make (Postman/cURL) or failing everywhere?

• Are you using the same API key that works in the dashboard?

• Did the beta signup include API access activation or only dashboard access?

If useful, I can help take a quick look at the Make setup and API call.

[email protected]

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It’s failing everywhere outside the dashboard, Make, cURL, everything. Yes same API key from the dashboard. The beta signup was just email with no separate API activation step that I could see.

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Got it - if it’s failing in Make, cURL, and outside the dashboard using the same API key, then this probably points to an account/API permission issue or beta access restriction rather than the Make setup itself.

The “explicit deny” part especially makes me think the API access may not be fully activated on the backend.

Hopefully @Video_API can confirm that.

If useful meanwhile, I’m happy to help review the request setup or endpoint configuration and rule out anything on the integration side.