MakeAIVideo

AI UGC video generator

Pick an AI spokesperson, paste your ad script, and MakeAIVideo renders a 9:16 lip-synced UGC creative sized for Meta Ads Manager and TikTok Ads Manager. Disclosed as AI at upload, no creator to license, and cheap enough to test 10 hooks a week.

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Talking Avatar example: A lip-synced AI presenter from your script, made with MakeAIVideo

AI spokesperson lip-synced to a script. No real creator was filmed.

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Creator-style AI UGC video without a creator

An AI UGC video is a creator-style ad where the presenter, the voice and the read are all AI-generated. Some AI UGC tools leave it unclear whether you're getting a real creator, and an undisclosed person is the bit that can get an ad pulled on Meta or TikTok. MakeAIVideo is honest about it: an AI character, an AI voice, no actor likeness to license, and nothing to hide on the platform's AI-content disclosure form.

AI spokesperson.
Pick from the curated library or upload a reference image to generate a consistent presenter.
Lip-synced ad reads.
Mouth movements timed to a natural AI voiceover.
Paid-social ready.
9:16 vertical at 1080p, captions burned in, sized for Meta and TikTok feeds.

How it works

How to make an AI UGC video

  1. Step 1

    Pick an AI spokesperson

    Choose a character from the curated library or upload a reference image to generate a consistent custom presenter. No real person is filmed, cloned, or recorded; the character is AI-generated from the start, which keeps you clear of actor releases and creator licensing fees. Match the apparent age, look, and feel to your product's buyer.

  2. Step 2

    Paste your ad script and pick a voice

    Drop the words you want said into the script box. Tight ad copy works best: a hook in the first three seconds, a one-line product claim, and a CTA. Pick a voice from the curated library of natural AI narrators that matches the character's age and tone, conversational reads outperform formal ones for paid-social UGC.

  3. Step 3

    Set 9:16 vertical and generate

    Lock the aspect ratio to 9:16 before generating so the framing is built for Meta and TikTok feeds, not cropped afterwards. MakeAIVideo lip-syncs the presenter to the voiceover, adds word-by-word captions in your chosen style, and renders a 1080p MP4 in a few minutes.

  4. Step 4

    Export and ship to ad manager

    Renders land in your library, watermark-free and sized for upload. Drop the MP4 straight into Meta Ads Manager or TikTok Ads Manager as a new creative. Want to ship a variant test? Re-roll the voice, change the hook line, and re-render; each variation is a fresh creative slot, costed in credits by its length like any other render.

Before you render

Brief an AI UGC video ad in six fields

A generic brief gets you twenty generic ads. Write these six, then write several versions of the brief, hooks first, and render one or two ads from each.

  1. Hook

    Field 1

    The first one to two seconds

    "I stopped buying meal-prep tubs that leak. Here's why."

  2. Pain

    Field 2

    The problem the ad names

    "Soup in my gym bag. Again."

  3. Promise

    Field 3

    The change the product makes

    "Lunch that stays in the box, all week."

  4. Proof

    Field 4

    Why anyone should believe it

    A real customer outcome you can evidence, or a product demo

  5. Call to action

    Field 5

    The one ask

    "Link's in my bio."

  6. Format

    Field 6

    Presenter, voiceover, or both

    A presenter hook with B-roll under the body

Write the proof from real outcomes

The FTC's Endorsement Guides say an endorsement must reflect the honest opinion of the endorser. An AI presenter reading a testimonial you invented is a made-up endorsement, not a creative choice, so use outcomes you can evidence or let the presenter speak as the brand. The UGC ad tool holds to the same line: it won't state a result, a price or a guarantee your brief doesn't give it.

Three ways to build the ad

Run the AI UGC video generator in your browser

Pick the spokesperson, paste the script, ship the creative. For an AI face on camera, use AI talking avatar. For a real creator who has agreed to it, choose Upload your video there and switch on Add B-Roll: they speak the hook and stock footage carries the body. No presenter needed? The AI ad maker writes the hook, the pitch and the call to action from a product description and your product photos, then builds the ad for the placement you pick.

Your real product.
Add 1 to 5 photos. Product scenes show them as they are.
Sized for the placement.
TikTok in-feed, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, Facebook feed or YouTube in-stream.
First-person UGC scripts.
The create screen's UGC ad tool writes a 20, 30 or 45 second first-person script over real footage, with no one on camera, and never invents a result, price or guarantee your brief doesn't give it. For a presenter, use Talking Avatar.

All included

Everything in one AI UGC video render

Every render ships with sound-off captions, a clean 1080p export and nothing to license. Restyle the captions per test, or fix a word without re-recording the voice.

AI spokesperson library.
Curated characters or generate a consistent custom presenter from a reference image.
Lip-synced ad reads.
Mouth movements timed to a natural AI voiceover.
Word-by-word captions.
11 caption styles, burned into the export for sound-off viewing.
9:16 paid-social ready.
Sized to Meta Reels, TikTok, and YouTube Shorts ad specs.
No actor likeness fees.
The character is AI-generated, so there's nothing to license and nothing to clone.
Watermark-free 1080p.
Clean exports ready to upload to Meta Ads Manager or TikTok Ads Manager.

Connect your AI agent

Brief Claude or ChatGPT on the next AI UGC video test

Connect Claude, ChatGPT, Grok or any MCP client once, then ask for the variants in plain English. It writes the scripts and makes each video in your MakeAIVideo account, using the same credits and the same balance as the app.

Connect your AI assistant.
Add MakeAIVideo to Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Claude Code, Cursor or any app that supports MCP with one address. You sign in once; there is no API key to paste.
Ask in plain English.
“Write three 20 second ad scripts for our protein bar with different hooks and make each one a 9:16 talking avatar video with Jordan.” It checks the cost before it spends anything.
It makes the video.
A finished MP4 with the script, voiceover, scenes, captions and any music, in your library to edit or download.
And posts it if you ask.
To the accounts you have connected, now or on a schedule, across 11 platforms.

MCP, API and CLI use the same credits and the same balance as the app.

Connector address

mcp.makeaivideo.ai

Works with

Signed in? Connect an AI assistant

Ship it

From AI UGC video render to Ads Manager

Download the creative for paid placements, and post the organic cut to your own accounts from the same place.

Download for Ads Manager

A 1080p MP4 ready to upload as a new creative, plus SRT and VTT caption files.

Post the organic version

Send it to TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and eight more platforms, now or on a schedule, with a caption written from your script.

Use cases

AI UGC videos you can ship as ads

A UGC video creative per render, sized for paid social.

A woman on a bed holding a steel water bottle and talking to camera, a frame from a UGC-style ad

Meta and TikTok ad creative

Ship spokesperson-style ad variants without booking creators, casting, or filming. Test a dozen hooks against the same product claim and let the auction pick the winner.

A man holding up wireless headphones and talking to camera, a frame from a product launch ad

DTC product launches

Open a launch with an AI presenter explaining the product in 30 seconds, no coordination with talent, no shoot day. Re-render the moment a feature, price, or angle changes.

A phone case, a mug and a cable organiser on a grey surface, products for affiliate ad clips

Affiliate and dropship creatives

Generate fresh ad clips for every SKU you push without the per-creator brief overhead. The presenter, voice, and pacing stay consistent across the catalogue.

A man on a sofa smiling at his phone, a frame from an app install ad

App install ads

Build an AI spokesperson clip that walks through the value prop in a feed-native, talking-head format. Pair with screen-recording B-roll cut in your editor of choice.

A presenter in a blazer speaking to camera at a desk, a frame from a webinar invite

Lead-gen and webinar pre-roll

Use a consistent AI presenter to invite viewers to a webinar, lead magnet, or sales call. Same face, same voice, every clip, without scheduling a human spokesperson.

A row of meal-prep containers on a kitchen counter, a frame from a product ad test

Creative testing at scale

Make several versions of the same ad in one sitting, one render each, changing the hook, voice, or character look. The unit cost of a test drops to a render, not a creator fee.

Test plan

How to test AI UGC video ads

Pick the length for the funnel stage, change one thing at a time, and read the numbers in the right order.

Awareness

15 to 30s

Hook, one payoff, a soft ask

Consideration

30 to 60s

Hook, the problem, the product, the ask

Conversion

60 to 90s

Founder story, the offer, a reason to act now

Variants from one ad concept

  1. 5 to 8Hooks. Same body and call to action, a different first sentence. The biggest lever, so test it first.
  2. 3 to 4Pain framings. Different ways to name the problem for the winning hook.
  3. 2 to 3Proof points. A demo, a founder line, a real customer outcome.
  4. 2 to 3Calls to action. Link in bio, sign up now, the current offer.

Draft openings with the video hook generator and bodies with the TikTok script generator, then check the spoken length with the speech time calculator.

Read the numbers in this order

  1. 1. Click-through rate

    The clearest signal of whether the creative works. Below your benchmark, fix the hook. CTR calculator

  2. 2. CPM

    Mostly the audience and competition, but it usually eases as CTR rises. CPM calculator

  3. 3. Return on ad spend

    Downstream of clicks and the landing page. If it drops, look upstream first. ROAS calculator

Best practices

Tips for UGC video ads made with AI

Front-load the hook

The first three seconds decide whether the ad survives the scroll on Reels and TikTok. Open with the product claim, the pattern interrupt, or the question, not a generic greeting or a logo card.

Disclose the AI honestly

Meta and TikTok both ask advertisers to label realistic AI-generated people. Use the platform's AI disclosure when you upload: an AI spokesperson that is labelled has nothing to hide, and an unlabelled one puts the ad at risk.

Match the character to the buyer

An ad spokesperson is a stand-in for your customer's reference group. A 22-year-old presenter selling a retirement product fights the read; pick a character whose apparent age and look fit who you're selling to.

Write one claim per script

Paid-social UGC reads better when it argues a single point: one product claim, one CTA. Two competing claims dilute the hook and tank the click-through. Save the second claim for a second variant.

Re-roll the voice, not the script

If a render feels flat, the voice is usually the variable. Keep the script and re-roll with a different voice from the library before you rewrite. Often the same words read by a different presenter test very differently.

Lock 9:16 before generating

Re-cropping a 16:9 ad to 9:16 after the fact clips the framing and the captions. Pick the aspect ratio for your placement up front; the lip-sync and caption positioning are built around it.

Rotate two or three presenters

One face in every variant starts to feel familiar in the wrong way. Save two or three characters that fit your buyer and rotate them across the test, so the creative stays fresh without changing the offer.

Read results per ad, not per campaign

A campaign average hides the winners inside the losers. Compare each variant on its own, check the landing page conversion rate as well as the click-through rate, cut the weakest each week and move spend to the strongest.

Pricing

AI UGC video pricing: plans from $9 a month

Talking Avatar and the Ad Maker come with every plan, with 1080p MP4s and no watermark. A 30 second presenter ad is about 584 credits. Every plan starts with a 7-day free trial that includes 350 credits.

Lite

The easy start. Every tool, one creator.

$9/mo

or $99 a year, 1 month free

600credits every month

Use them on any tool below

Start 7 day free trial

7 days free with 350 credits. Cancel before day 7 and you won't be charged.

  • Post and schedule to 2 social accounts
  • Videos up to 10 minutes
  • 1080p export, never a watermark
  • 1 user

Solo

For one creator posting every week.

$19/mo

or $190 a year, 2 months free

1,100credits every month

Use them on any tool below

Start 7 day free trial

7 days free with 350 credits. Cancel before day 7 and you won't be charged.

  • Post and schedule to 4 social accounts
  • Videos up to 10 minutes
  • 1080p export, never a watermark
  • 1 user
Most popular

Plus

Long-form, your branding and a team of three.

$29/mo

or $290 a year, 2 months free

1,750credits every month

Use them on any tool below

Start 7 day free trial

7 days free with 350 credits. Cancel before day 7 and you won't be charged.

  • Post and schedule to 6 social accounts
  • Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes
  • Brand Kit: your logo on every video
  • 3 team seats with admin and member roles

Pro

For teams and channels running at volume.

$49/mo

or $490 a year, 2 months free

3,000credits every month

Use them on any tool below

Start 7 day free trial

7 days free with 350 credits. Cancel before day 7 and you won't be charged.

  • Post and schedule to 10 social accounts
  • Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes
  • Brand Kit: your logo on every video
  • 10 team seats with admin and member roles

Run out in a busy month? Add credits any time, from $5. Credits you buy never expire. See pricing

Every plan includes

  • Captions, music and studio-quality voices, free on every video
  • Full HD 1080p export, never a watermark
  • Post and schedule to 11 platforms
  • Video in 24 languages
  • API, MCP server and CLI for ChatGPT, Claude or any AI agent

AI UGC video FAQs

What performance marketers ask before they run AI creative.

Something else? Visit the help center

What is an AI UGC video?

An AI UGC video is a creator-style ad where the spokesperson, voice, and delivery are all AI-generated rather than filmed with a real person. MakeAIVideo produces it by lip-syncing an AI character to an AI voiceover of your ad script, with word-by-word captions burned in.

How does the AI UGC generator work?

Pick an AI spokesperson (from the library or generated from a reference image), paste your ad script, choose a voice, and set the aspect ratio to 9:16 for Meta and TikTok. The pipeline lip-syncs the presenter, adds captions, and renders a 1080p MP4 in a few minutes.

What is a UGC video?

UGC stands for user-generated content: a video that looks like a customer or creator filmed it on their phone, talking straight to camera. In advertising, a UGC video is a creator-style ad built on that look. An AI UGC video keeps the format, but the presenter and the voice are AI-generated, so there is no creator to book or license.

How do I make a UGC video with AI?

Two ways. For a presenter on camera, open Talking Avatar, choose Pick a character (or Upload your video for a creator who has agreed to it), paste the ad script, pick a voice and set 9:16. For an ad with no one on camera, the UGC ad tool on the create screen writes a first-person script and an AI voice reads it over real stock footage.

Can the AI UGC video generator write the ad script for me?

Yes. The UGC ad tool writes a 20, 30 or 45 second first-person script from your brief, and it won't state a result, a price or a guarantee your brief doesn't give it. In Talking Avatar, Write with AI drafts a script from a topic, or you can paste your own.

How much does it cost?

Plans start at $9 a month, and every plan starts with a 7-day free trial that includes 350 credits. A presenter-led ad from Talking Avatar is about 19.5 credits a second, so a 30 second ad is about 584 credits, all in. A UGC ad from the create screen's UGC ad tool, with an AI voice over real footage, is about 246 credits for 15 seconds and about 439 for 30, depending on the script. The app shows the exact credit cost before anything is made, and credits you buy never expire and stack on top of your plan. See plans and pricing.

How long does it take to generate an AI UGC ad?

A few minutes for a typical spokesperson clip, and longer for a longer script. You can ship and test several creative variants in the same working session you opened the tool.

What aspect ratios and formats can I export?

9:16 vertical (Meta Reels, TikTok feed, YouTube Shorts), 16:9 landscape (YouTube, in-feed video ads), and 1:1 square (feed posts). All exports are 1080p MP4 with captions baked in. Pick the ratio before generating so framing and captions are built for that placement.

Is there a watermark on the videos?

No. Every export is a watermark-free 1080p MP4, ready to upload to Meta Ads Manager, TikTok Ads Manager, or any other paid-social platform.

Can I use the AI UGC videos in paid ads on Meta and TikTok?

Yes, videos you generate are yours to run as paid creative on Meta, TikTok, YouTube, or any other ad platform. The presenter is an AI character and the voice is AI-synthesised, so there's no actor likeness to license, but you should still flag the creative as AI-generated in each platform's disclosure form. MakeAIVideo terms of service.

Is the spokesperson a real creator?

No. The presenter is an AI-generated character, not a real person, and the voice is AI-synthesised. That keeps you clear of creator-licensing fees and lets you disclose the AI honestly to Meta and TikTok without pulling the creative.

Can I edit the ad after generating?

Yes. Open the render in the built-in editor to swap the voice, restyle the captions, or fix a word in the transcript.

What makes MakeAIVideo different from other AI UGC tools?

Some AI UGC tools leave it unclear whether you're getting a real creator; MakeAIVideo is explicit that the spokesperson is AI, which makes the platform's AI disclosure on Meta and TikTok straightforward. It also runs the whole job (script, voice, lip-sync, captions, render) rather than handing you a talking-head clip you still have to stitch.

Can I make several ad versions from the same script?

Yes, one render at a time. Keep the script and re-roll with a different voice, character, or pacing to ship a creative test with several variants. Each render is a fresh slot you can drop into Meta Ads Manager or TikTok Ads Manager as a new creative.

How do I brief an AI UGC ad?

Write six fields: the hook (the first one to two seconds), the pain the ad names, the promise the product makes, the proof, a single call to action, and the format (presenter, voiceover, or both). Then write several versions of the brief, especially of the hook, rather than asking for twenty ads from one. The brief is the creative; the render is the production step.

How long should an AI UGC ad be?

Match it to the funnel stage: 15 to 30 seconds for awareness, 30 to 60 seconds for consideration, and 60 to 90 seconds for a conversion ad that tells a founder story and makes the offer. The UGC ad tool on the create screen makes 20, 30 or 45 second ads; a Talking Avatar script runs as long as you write it.

Can I make AI UGC ads without anyone on camera?

Yes. The UGC ad tool on the create screen writes a first-person script in the cold open, honest caveat, soft close shape of a real recommendation, and an AI voice reads it over real stock footage. It never states a measured result, a price, a discount code or a guarantee unless your brief supplies it.

Can I use a real creator's face in AI UGC ads?

Yes, with their permission. In Talking Avatar, choose Upload your video and add a 30 to 60 second landscape clip of them talking; each new script is lip-synced onto that footage. Switch on Add B-Roll and they speak the hook while real stock footage plays under the body. The voice comes from the curated library, because MakeAIVideo doesn't clone voices. If you pay the creator, the FTC expects that connection to be disclosed clearly.

Can an AI presenter give a testimonial in a UGC ad?

Not as a customer. The FTC's Endorsement Guides say an endorsement must reflect the honest opinion of the endorser, and its rule on fake reviews and testimonials covers testimonials that misrepresent they come from someone who does not exist. An AI presenter reading an invented testimonial is a made-up endorsement. Build proof from real customer outcomes you can evidence, or let the presenter speak as the brand.

How many AI UGC ad variants should I test?

Start with one ad concept and five to eight hooks, keeping the body and the call to action the same. Once a hook wins, test three or four ways of naming the pain, then two or three proof points and calls to action. Let the auction spread spend for a few days, keep the strongest variants and cut the weakest every week.

Which numbers should I read first on an AI UGC ad?

Click-through rate first, because it is the clearest signal of whether the creative works. Then CPM, which mostly reflects the audience and competition but usually improves when CTR does. Then ROAS, which sits downstream of both. If ROAS drops, look for a hook or CTR problem before you change the targeting. Work yours out with the CTR calculator.

What happens when I run out of credits?

Nothing is lost. Your account and finished videos stay exactly as they are, and your plan's credits reset on your next billing date. Run out? Add credits any time, from $5.

Your next AI UGC video ad, without a creator

Pick a spokesperson, paste the ad script, and download a 9:16 creative ready for Ads Manager. Start a 7-day free trial with 350 credits, on plans from $9 a month.