# MakeAIVideo > AI video generation platform. Make AI videos from a single prompt, with AI avatars, voiceovers, scenes, captions, and music, then post them to TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and 8 more platforms. MakeAIVideo is a web-based AI video creation platform. Users describe a topic, pick a style (talking-head with an AI character, or cinematic narration over AI-generated scenes), and the platform produces a finished video including narration audio, generated visuals, captions, and music, stitched and rendered automatically. From the web app, users can then post the finished video, or schedule it, to their connected TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn, X, Threads, Pinterest, Bluesky, Telegram and Discord accounts. ## What you can make (video types) - [Prompt to video](https://makeaivideo.ai/prompt-to-video): Turn a single prompt into a complete AI video: script, voiceover, scenes, captions and music written and made for you. - [Script to video](https://makeaivideo.ai/script-to-video): Paste your own script and get an AI voiceover over generated scenes with word-by-word captions. - [Blog to video](https://makeaivideo.ai/blog-to-video): Paste a blog post and turn it into a narrated AI video with AI scenes and captions. - [AI explainer video](https://makeaivideo.ai/ai-explainer-video): Turn a topic or a script into a finished AI explainer video with voiceover, scenes, captions and music. - [AI talking avatar](https://makeaivideo.ai/talking-avatar): Pick a presenter or upload a reference photo, paste a script, and get a lip-synced talking avatar video. - [AI spokesperson video](https://makeaivideo.ai/ai-spokesperson-video): Lip-synced AI spokesperson videos for corporate messaging that you can re-render when the script changes. - [AI UGC video](https://makeaivideo.ai/ai-ugc-video): AI UGC video ads: an AI spokesperson lip-synced to your ad script, sized for Meta and TikTok ads. - [Character swap](https://makeaivideo.ai/character-swap): Upload your own video and swap the person on screen for a character; motion, gestures, camera and audio stay as filmed. - [Image to video](https://makeaivideo.ai/image-to-video): Turn a product still, landscape or album art into a short moving clip. - [Animate a photo](https://makeaivideo.ai/animate-a-photo): Bring family portraits, pets and restored photos to life in a short clip, with faces kept faithful to the original. - [TikTok video generator](https://makeaivideo.ai/tiktok-video-generator): Make vertical AI TikTok videos from a one-line prompt: script, voiceover, scenes, captions and music. - [Instagram Reels generator](https://makeaivideo.ai/instagram-reels-generator): Prompt in, 9:16 Reel out, with no source footage and no timeline editing. - [AI YouTube Shorts generator](https://makeaivideo.ai/ai-shorts-generator): Prompt in, 9:16 YouTube Short out with script, voice, scenes, captions and music. - [Faceless YouTube channel](https://makeaivideo.ai/faceless-youtube-channel): Run a faceless YouTube channel without filming: a topic or script becomes a narrated AI video. - [Auto-post](https://makeaivideo.ai/auto-post): Post or schedule the finished video to connected social accounts (details below). - [MCP server](https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/mcp): Let Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client make and post videos. ## Documentation - [Home](https://makeaivideo.ai/): Landing page with overview, how-it-works, use cases, FAQ - [Watch the demo](https://makeaivideo.ai/demo): 21-second product demo, prompt to published video, with a second-by-second breakdown of what happens on screen - Output languages: 24, including English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Hindi, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Chinese and Indonesian. Script, voiceover and captions are generated in the chosen language. - [Pricing](https://makeaivideo.ai/pricing): Monthly plans with credits included. Lite $9/mo (450 credits), Solo $19 (1,000), Plus $29 (1,600), Pro $49 (2,800). Yearly billing is ten months' price. The allowance is topped back up in full on every billing date; unused plan credits do not carry over, which is what the top-up packs are for. Separate one-time top-up packs are available when a month runs heavy: Spark $9 (400 credits), Boost $19 (900), Stack $39 (2,000), Bulk $79 (4,500); top-up credits NEVER expire, stack on top of the monthly allowance, and are spent only after it runs out. - [Auto-post](https://makeaivideo.ai/auto-post): Post or schedule finished videos to connected social accounts from the app: TikTok, Instagram (as a Reel), YouTube (a 9:16 video as a Short, 16:9 as a regular video), Facebook Pages (as a Reel), LinkedIn, X (videos up to 140 seconds), Threads, Pinterest, Bluesky, Telegram, Discord. A caption per platform or one shared caption, plus a YouTube title. A Posts page shows each post's result per platform with a link to the live post. Connected accounts per plan: Lite 2, Solo 4, Plus 6, Pro 10; trials get the count of the plan being trialled. No separate posting fee and no post count limit. Posting and scheduling work from the web app, the public API and the MCP server (tools list_social_accounts, get_connect_link, publish_video, get_publish_status, list_posts); a person connects each account once in a browser. - [Help center](https://makeaivideo.ai/help): Common questions about credits, generation, billing, and account - [Free tools](https://makeaivideo.ai/tools): Hook generator, idea generator, YouTube title generator, caption character counter - [Blog](https://makeaivideo.ai/blog): Notes on AI video generation, scripting, voice, scenes, captions - [Privacy Policy](https://makeaivideo.ai/legal/privacy): How user data is collected, processed, and stored - [Terms of Service](https://makeaivideo.ai/legal/terms): Usage terms, account responsibilities, content rights - [AI Disclosure](https://makeaivideo.ai/legal/ai-disclosure): Which AI models are used, what they generate, and your labelling obligations when publishing ## Public API There is a public REST API and an MCP server. Both are authenticated with an organization API key (`Authorization: Bearer mav_...`) carrying `read`, `write` and `ai` scopes. There are no unauthenticated endpoints on the apex marketing domain itself. - [API documentation](https://makeaivideo.ai/docs): Overview, response envelope, and the core create-poll-download loop - [Quickstart](https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/quickstart): API key to finished MP4 with curl - [Authentication](https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/authentication): Bearer keys, scopes, device-code login - [Webhooks](https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/webhooks): HMAC-SHA256 signed deliveries, retry schedule, verification examples - [MCP server](https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/mcp): Connect from Claude or ChatGPT as a custom connector; 44 tools to create videos and post them to connected social accounts - [OpenAPI document](https://makeaivideo.ai/openapi.json): Machine-readable spec for the v1 API REST base URL: `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1` MCP endpoint: `https://mcp.makeaivideo.ai` ## Developer packages (open source, MIT) - [MCP server on GitHub](https://github.com/makeaivideo-ai/mcp) and [@makeaivideo/mcp on npm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@makeaivideo/mcp): 44 tools for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and any MCP client to create videos and post them to connected social accounts. Hosted endpoint `https://mcp.makeaivideo.ai`; the npm package is a local stdio bridge to it. - [TypeScript SDK on GitHub](https://github.com/makeaivideo-ai/sdk) and [@makeaivideo/sdk on npm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@makeaivideo/sdk): typed client for the REST API, including publishing. Guide: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/sdk - [CLI on GitHub](https://github.com/makeaivideo-ai/cli) and [@makeaivideo/cli on npm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@makeaivideo/cli): brief in, finished MP4 out, then post it; JSON output for agents and CI. Guide: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/cli - [GitHub organization](https://github.com/makeaivideo-ai) · [npm organization](https://www.npmjs.com/org/makeaivideo) · [Developer hub](https://makeaivideo.ai/developers) · [Live OpenAPI spec](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/openapi.json) ## Account access - Sign up: https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup (choose a plan at signup; plans start at $9/month and renew monthly until cancelled) - Log in: https://app.makeaivideo.ai/login --- # Full content The 183 pages below are the complete text of makeaivideo.ai, concatenated so an agent can read the site in one request. Each page is also available on its own at .md, and every HTML response carries a Link: rel="alternate"; type="text/markdown" header pointing at its twin. --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/about --- title: "About MakeAIVideo | AI Video Generator" description: "MakeAIVideo turns a topic into a finished AI video: script, voice, visuals, captions and music in one pipeline. Built for creators shipping faster." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/about format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- # About MakeAIVideo MakeAIVideo turns a topic into a finished AI video. Script, voice, visuals, captions, and music, all in one pass. Built for creators, marketers, and teams who need to ship more than they have time to edit. The problem ## Why MakeAIVideo exists The bottleneck in modern video content is no longer ideas. It’s the hours between an idea and a finished cut. Stitching a script, voiceover, b-roll, captions, and a music bed together is hours of work for one clip. Most “AI video” tools solve one piece of that and leave you to glue the rest together. MakeAIVideo does the whole pipeline end-to-end so you go from a topic to an exportable MP4 without leaving the page. Where we draw the line ## What MakeAIVideo is not ### Not a deepfake tool Impersonating a real person or passing synthetic footage off as real breaches our terms, and where you upload your own footage to swap a character into, you confirm you hold the rights to both the video and the likeness before every render. We check that you have asserted those rights; we do not automatically verify a likeness, so the responsibility is genuinely yours. ### Not free to render Rendering costs credits because the AI costs are real. Credits are a monthly subscription from $9, with the credit allowance topped back up on every billing date. ### Not an editor The output is a finished video, opinionated about pacing, structure, and styling so you don’t have to be. The company ## Who’s behind MakeAIVideo MakeAIVideo is a trading name of MintClips Ltd, an independent software company registered in England and Wales (Company No. 17175654). Questions, feedback, or partnership ideas: [contact us](/contact). --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/about/jamie-partridge --- title: "Jamie Partridge, Founder of MakeAIVideo" description: "Jamie Partridge is the founder of MakeAIVideo and PostEverywhere, writing about AI video generation, scripting, and the craft of shipping content faster." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/about/jamie-partridge format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- ![Jamie Partridge](/images/authors/jamie-partridge.webp) # Jamie Partridge Founder, MakeAIVideo I'm the founder of MakeAIVideo, an end-to-end [AI video generator](/). You give it a one-line prompt or a finished script, and it returns a narrated MP4 with voice, scenes and captions, plus music if you want it, in a few minutes. I also built and run [PostEverywhere](https://posteverywhere.ai), a social media scheduling tool for teams and their AI agents. Running both means I spend most of my time on the same problem from two directions: making it cheaper to produce content, and making it less painful to actually get it published. Before either product I worked in digital marketing and SaaS, building tools that help businesses grow online. That is where the idea for MakeAIVideo came from. Video was consistently the format that performed best and the one teams shipped least, because the gap between wanting a video and having one was measured in days. ## What I write about AI video generation, mostly: which models are worth using and for what, how to write a script that survives contact with a generator, what the platforms actually reward, and where AI video still genuinely falls short. I test the tools I write about and say when a competitor is the better pick, because a roundup that always lands on our own product is not worth reading. A few pieces that are a reasonable place to start: - [Best AI video models of 2026](/blog/best-ai-video-model-2026): the models ranked, with the honest caveats - [How to write a video script](/blog/how-to-write-an-ai-video-script) - [HeyGen vs Synthesia](/blog/heygen-vs-synthesia): the two avatar platforms compared - [Why we built MakeAIVideo](/blog/why-we-built-makeaivideo) Or just [browse the blog](/blog). ## Elsewhere - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-partridge) - [jamiepartridge.com](https://jamiepartridge.com): writing on business, technology, and whatever else holds my attention - [PostEverywhere](https://posteverywhere.ai) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/ai-ad-maker --- title: "AI Ad Maker - Video Ads for Meta & TikTok | MakeAIVideo" description: "Generate video ads for Meta, TikTok, and YouTube from a script, prompt, or product image. AI hook, voice, scenes, captions. From $9 a month." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/ai-ad-maker format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- # AI ad maker Paste your ad script, type a product angle, or upload a product image and MakeAIVideo writes the hook, body, and CTA, records the AI voiceover, generates the scenes, and burns in captions, then renders the creative in the aspect ratio your placement needs, from 9:16 to 16:9. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[Plans from $9/month](/pricing) 7 day free trial·Allowance tops up monthly · Top-up credits never expire 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Join 690+ creators making AI video Model outcomes first with the [ROAS calculator](/tools/roas-calculator) or the [CTR calculator](/tools/ctr-calculator). Free, no signup. ![Prompt to Video example: Cinematic AI scenes from a one-line prompt, made with MakeAIVideo](/hero-posters/prompt.webp) A cinematic 9:16 ad rendered by the same pipeline. Built for the auction, not the timeline ## An AI ad maker built for every placement on Meta, TikTok and YouTube Most ad tools render one shape and leave you to reformat it for every placement. In the Ad Maker you pick where the ad will run, and that choice sets the ratio and the length before anything renders. Describe the product, add your photos, pick the call to action, and the copy is written around all three. Placement-native framing. TikTok in-feed is 9:16 at 20 seconds. Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts are 9:16, Facebook feed 1:1 and YouTube in-stream 16:9, all at 30 seconds. Hook, body, CTA. Direct-response copy that opens on a hook and closes on Shop now, Book a demo, Learn more or your own line. Your real product. Add 1 to 5 photos. Product scenes show them as they are, over real footage with a voiceover. Ad Maker Describe what you sell. We write the hook, the pitch and the call to action, then build the ad. What are you advertising? Example A handmade ceramic pour-over coffee set. Slow mornings, one cup at a time, sold direct from our studio. Photos of your product ![](/hero-posters/i2v.webp)![](/hero-posters/prompt.webp) 1 to 5 real photos. Product scenes show them as they are, so the ad never invents your product. Where will it run? TikTok in-feed9:16 · 20sInstagram Reels9:16 · 30sYouTube Shorts9:16 · 30sFacebook feed1:1 · 30sYouTube in-stream16:9 · 30s Call to action Shop nowGet started freeBook a demoDownload the appLearn moreCustom Estimated cost ~82 credits Example Generate video How it works ## How the AI ad maker works, from product angle to Ads Manager 1. Step 1 ### Pick your input and your placement Describe what you sell in a sentence or two and add 1 to 5 real product photos. Then pick where the ad will run: TikTok in-feed, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, Facebook feed or YouTube in-stream. The placement sets the shape and the length together, so the creative is built for that slot instead of letterboxed from a wide render after the fact. 2. Step 2 ### AI writes the hook, body, and CTA Say who the ad is for if you like, and pick a call to action such as Shop now, Book a demo or Learn more, or write your own. The Ad Maker writes direct-response copy around it: a hook up front, the product and the problem it solves, and a close on your CTA. Prefer your own words? Paste them into Script to Video and the narrator reads them exactly. 3. Step 3 ### AI generates the voice, scenes, and captions The ad runs on real filmed footage matched to each line, with an AI voiceover and captions timed to it. Product scenes show your own photos exactly as you uploaded them, so the ad never invents your product. Music is optional: add a track from the library in the editor. 4. Step 4 ### Export and drop into ad manager The finished ad opens in the editor and downloads as a watermark-free 1080p MP4, already in the placement's shape. Upload it to Meta Ads Manager or TikTok Ads Manager as a fresh creative. Want a variant? Regenerate one scene, swap the narrator or restyle the captions, then export again. From brief to variant ## Build AI video ads in your browser Set the product, the placement and the call to action, then hit generate. The finished ad opens in the editor and lands in your library, watermark-free. That is where the next variant starts: change one shot, keep the rest, export again. Regenerate one scene. Swap a shot that missed for new visuals and voice, usually in a few minutes. Fix a word, not the take. Click any word in the caption transcript to correct it without re-recording the voice. Edits save automatically. Export again when it is right, and older renders stay in your history. Editor All changes saved ScenesVoiceMusicCaptionsSettings ![](/hero-posters/script.webp) Scene 2 Edits save automatically Narration Example They built thousand-ton ceilings without a single steel beam, and most of them are still standing. Regenerate this scene New voice and visuals, usually 1-3 minutes. 50 credits Regenerate scene Text Video Captions Music 1080p MP4 Export video All included ## Everything in one AI ad maker render Copy, voice, scenes, captions, and export. One pipeline, one cost per render, shown before you generate. Model the spend first with the free [ROAS calculator](/tools/roas-calculator). ### A new voice is a new variant Audition 12 narrators and pick a delivery from calm to punchy. Swap the voice to test a fresh read without rewriting the script. Voice The narrator for the whole video Pick a voice Play to audition Sarahfemale · american Mature, reassuring, confident Brianmale · american Deep, resonant, comforting, natural authority Lilyfemale · british Velvety, warm. British narrator Danielmale · british Authoritative British male, newscaster gravitas Matildafemale · american Knowledgeable, professional, perfect for tutorials Delivery Used when you apply Stable Calm, even Balanced Default Expressive Punchy Apply to every scene Re-records the narration. Visuals stay as they are, and your current export stays until you export again. Apply voice ### Captions for sound-off feeds Burned-in captions timed to the voiceover, in 11 styles from Classic to Hormozi. Click any word to fix a typo. Captions ![](/hero-posters/prompt.webp) Clean, minimal, burned in Edit transcript Click any word to fix typos without re-rolling voice. Scene #3 Example Light hitting your eyes left the sun eight minutes ago. Scene #4 You are looking at the past, every single time. Caption style Classic (default)SubtleSubtitle (italic)Word popHormoziBoldBeatOutlineBannerGiant numberedMinimalNone Edits save automatically Export video ### Ready for Ads Manager Download a 1080p MP4 with no watermark, plus SRT and VTT caption files, or share a download link with a client. Download / Share Download MP4 video The finished video, ready to post Download SRT captions Subtitle file for TikTok, YouTube, CapCut Download VTT captions Subtitle file for web video players Download Share link Example https://media.makeaivideo.ai/r7Kq2mXa.mp4?X-Amz-Expires=86400 Copy link Anyone with this link can download the MP4, no account needed. Render historyDownload an older render ### Your logo and your team On Plus and Pro, switch your logo on as a watermark for every render, and invite teammates by email as a Member or an Admin. Settings Brand Kit Brand Kit is available on Plus and Pro Watermark NS PNG with transparency recommended. Max 5MB. Upload watermark Example Show watermark on renders Team Invite to team teammate@example.comMember Send invite Active members Example - ![](/images/home/characters/olivia.webp) OliviaYou olivia@northshore.studio Owner - ![](/images/home/characters/marcus.webp) Marcus marcus@northshore.studio Admin - ![](/images/home/characters/zara.webp) Zara zara@northshore.studio Member Pending invitations sam@northshore.studio Invited by Olivia Member Connect your AI agent ## Brief your next AI video ad from ChatGPT or Claude Connect your AI assistant and ask for ads in plain English. Assistants can make UGC-style ads and every other brief tool, and post the result. The Ad Maker, with your product photos, lives in 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. “Make a UGC-style ad for our refillable water bottle and schedule it on TikTok for Friday at 9am.” 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. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[Connect any AI agent](/agents) MCP, API and CLI are included on every plan. Connector address `https://mcp.makeaivideo.ai`Copy Works with - [Claude](/docs/mcp) - [ChatGPT](/chatgpt-video-generator) - [Grok](/docs/mcp) - [Claude Code](/docs/mcp) - [Cursor](/docs/mcp) - [Any MCP client](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) Signed in? [Connect an AI assistant →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) Use cases ## What the AI video ad generator makes One render per creative variant, one export per placement. ![An unbranded serum bottle on a stone pedestal, a frame from a DTC product ad](/images/blocks/ai-ad-maker/dtc-brands.webp) ### DTC and Shopify brands Run the Ad Maker once per hook and ship a set of test ads per campaign without booking a shoot day. Test hook lines, voices, and calls to action against the same product claim and let the auction pick the winner. ![White running shoes floating against a pale blue backdrop, a frame from a paid-social ad](/images/blocks/ai-ad-maker/performance-marketers.webp) ### Performance marketers Run Meta, TikTok, and YouTube Shorts in parallel from one brief. Make one render per placement and each comes back in that placement's ratio and length, with no manual reformatting. ![A studio table with product samples, a camera and fabric swatches, prepared for a client ad](/images/blocks/ai-ad-maker/agencies.webp) ### Agencies and freelancers Make test ads for multiple clients per week, one run per ad. The pipeline replaces the per-brief edit cycle with a re-render, so a creative test costs a render not a retainer hour. ![A woman on a sofa smiling at her phone, a frame from an app install ad](/images/blocks/ai-ad-maker/app-install.webp) ### App install and lead-gen Build 9:16 spokesperson-style install ads or lead-gen creatives without coordinating with talent. Consistent presenter, consistent voice, fresh hook per variant. ![A silver smartwatch on a white pedestal in soft blue light, a frame from a launch ad](/images/blocks/ai-ad-maker/product-launches.webp) ### Product launches Open a launch with a 20 or 30 second ad that walks through the feature, the price, or the offer. Re-render the moment the copy, angle, or price changes without booking new edit time. ![A presenter in a blue shirt talking to camera in a bright office, a frame from a prospecting video](/images/blocks/ai-ad-maker/sales-prospecting.webp) ### Sales prospecting videos Generate short spokesperson-style video prospecting clips for outbound sequences. Same product story, new hook per persona, delivered inside your normal send cadence. Need to draft the hook first? The [video hook generator](/tools/video-hook-generator) drafts and ranks hook lines you can paste back into the ad pipeline. Shopify and DTC stores ## AI ad maker for Shopify: product video ads from your photos [Sprout Social](https://sproutsocial.com/insights/social-media-statistics/) reports that YouTube, TikTok and Instagram together now drive over 60% of product discovery, so a store's ad creative is its shop window. The constraint is how many fresh ads you can afford to test. 1. Step 1 ### Start from the product page Add 1 to 5 of your product page images as the product photos and describe the product and who it is for in a sentence or two. Product scenes show your photos as they are, so the ad never invents a version of your product. 2. Step 2 ### Pick the placement, then the call to action TikTok in-feed comes out 9:16 at 20 seconds. Reels and Shorts are 9:16, the Facebook feed 1:1 and YouTube in-stream 16:9, all at 30 seconds. Shop now is the usual close for a store. 3. Step 3 ### One ad per run, then test Each run makes one ad. To test a hook, change the line and run again; keep the body and offer the same so the test tells you something. 4. Step 4 ### Another placement is another export Each render is one ratio. Switch the ratio in the editor and export again for the next placement, and earlier renders stay in your render history. Then upload the MP4s to Meta Ads Manager or TikTok Ads Manager. ### Cost the test, not the sticker price An Ad Maker ad usually costs about 69 to 95 credits, so Lite's 450 credits cover about four ads at the top of that range: one first test. A store testing new hooks every week belongs on Plus or Pro, with a top-up pack for a heavy month. Plan credits reset each billing month, so pick the plan you will actually use up. ### Keep the claims true Cheap ads make it easy to ship a claim a hundred times. A results claim is usually read as what buyers can expect, under the [FTC's Endorsement Guides](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/ftcs-endorsement-guides-what-people-are-asking), and "results not typical" does not change that. For a single product shot with motion, [image to video](/image-to-video) turns one product image into a 5 or 10 second clip. Restaurants ## AI video ads for restaurants, from a photo of the dish What fills tables is a steady weekly line of short clips, not one flagship film. These are the ones you can make from photos you already have. ![A plated fresh pasta dish from above, a frame from a narrated menu-item ad](/images/blocks/ai-ad-maker/menu-item-ad.webp) ### A narrated menu-item ad Use a well-lit photo of the dish as the product photo in the Ad Maker, describe what makes it worth booking for, and pick Reels or TikTok in-feed. One ad per run, so make one per dish. ![A steaming bowl of ramen on a wooden counter, a frame from a plate-in-motion clip](/images/blocks/ai-ad-maker/plate-in-motion.webp) ### A 10-second plate-in-motion clip Load an overhead shot of the plate into [image to video](/image-to-video) and ask for one camera move: a slow push in or a gentle pan. Add the trending sound in the platform's own editor when you post, and put the caption in the top third of the frame. ![An unbranded takeaway bag and meal box on a doorstep, a frame from a delivery offer ad](/images/blocks/ai-ad-maker/delivery-offer.webp) ### A delivery offer ad Make the dish ad first, then add the offer, the delivery app's logo from its brand assets and an expiry date in a regular editor. Pull the ad the day the code expires: an expired code in a live ad costs more trust than it ever earned. ![Spring dishes with asparagus and peas on a linen table, a frame from a seasonal menu teaser](/images/blocks/ai-ad-maker/seasonal-teaser.webp) ### A seasonal menu teaser Paste a short narration in the chef's voice into [script to video](/script-to-video) and add up to five photos of the new dishes as references. They guide the look of the scenes; they are not placed into the video as they are. Post it the week before launch, not on the day. ### Film the kitchen yourself Staff at the pass, a sauce being finished, a cocktail being shaken: shoot these vertically on a phone and edit them in a regular editor, because MakeAIVideo does not take your own clips. A [Forbes Councils piece on restaurants and TikTok](https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbesbusinesscouncil/2024/10/28/how-to-introduce-your-restaurant-to-tiktok/) argues authenticity matters more than professional-looking footage. ### Post when people plan [Sprout Social](https://sproutsocial.com/insights/best-times-to-post-on-instagram/) finds Tuesdays and Wednesdays strongest on Instagram and weekends weakest, with food and beverage peaking on weekdays from 11 am to 1 pm. Batch the week's dish clips and schedule them for those windows. ### Fill the Google profile too Post a short vertical intro to your Google Business Profile and refresh it each quarter. A Whitespark study of 1.8 million profiles, [written up by Search Engine Land](https://searchengineland.com/google-business-profiles-local-seo-success-data-485727), found specific categories and complete profiles correlate with stronger local rankings. Best practices ## Tips for AI video ads that convert ### Front-load the hook The first three seconds decide whether an ad survives the scroll on Reels, For You, or the Shorts shelf. Open on the product claim, the pattern interrupt, or the price. Not a logo card, not a greeting. ### Write one claim per ad Paid-social creatives read better when they argue 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. ### Disclose the AI honestly Meta and TikTok both have rules for disclosing AI-generated content in ads, especially realistic AI people and scenes. Check their current policy and tick the disclosure when it applies. An honest label costs you nothing; a missing one puts the creative at risk. ### Pick the aspect ratio up front 9:16 for Reels, TikTok, and Shorts. 1:1 for the Facebook feed. 16:9 for YouTube in-stream. Re-cropping a landscape ad to vertical after the fact clips the framing and the captions. In the Ad Maker the placement you pick sets it before the render. ### Test hook variants, not full rewrites Keep the body and CTA constant, swap only the hook line, and ship three to five variants. The auction will tell you which hook works before you invest in a fresh body. ### Match voice and style to the buyer A calm, reassuring narrator on a DTC skincare ad reads very differently from a punchy creator-style read on a fitness product. The Ad Maker's real-footage ad for brand, a UGC ad or a Talking Avatar presenter for direct-response, is a safe starting split. ## More AI video tools like the AI ad maker [![](/images/blocks/pages/ai-ugc-video.webp)AI UGC VideoSpokesperson-style ads for Meta and TikTok.](/ai-ugc-video)[![](/images/blocks/pages/ai-shorts-generator.webp)AI Shorts GeneratorFaceless short-form for organic and paid.](/ai-shorts-generator)[![](/images/blocks/pages/tiktok-video-generator.webp)TikTok Video GeneratorTikTok-native output, feed and Spark Ads.](/tiktok-video-generator)[![](/images/blocks/pages/ai-spokesperson-video.webp)AI Spokesperson VideoPolished branded presenter for brand ads.](/ai-spokesperson-video)[![](/images/blocks/pages/image-to-video.webp)Image to VideoOne product photo becomes a motion clip.](/image-to-video) ## AI ad maker guides and tutorials [![](/images/blocks/pages/ai-ugc-video.webp)AI UGC video adsCreator-style ads with an AI presenter reading your script, captioned for paid social.Make AI UGC video ads](/ai-ugc-video)[![](/images/blog/best-ai-marketing-tools-hero.webp)Best AI marketing tools 202610 tools across creative, copy, ads, and analytics, with MakeAIVideo at the top of the video category.See the best AI marketing tools](/blog/best-ai-marketing-tools)[![](/images/blog/best-invideo-alternatives-hero.webp)Best InVideo alternatives 202610 ad and marketing video tools tested, with MakeAIVideo as the top pick for AI-generated creative.Compare InVideo alternatives](/blog/best-invideo-alternatives)[![](/images/blog/best-runway-alternatives-hero.webp)Best Runway alternatives 2026Generation-model tools for cinematic ad creative, with MakeAIVideo shipping the whole ad pipeline.Compare Runway alternatives](/blog/best-runway-alternatives)[![](/images/blog/how-to-write-an-ai-video-script-hero.webp)How to write a video scriptHook-body-close template that maps cleanly to a paid-social ad script.Read how to write a video script](/blog/how-to-write-an-ai-video-script)[![](/images/blocks/pages/home.webp)AI video generatorEvery way MakeAIVideo makes a video, from product photos to a script or a presenter.See the AI video generator](/) Pricing ## AI ad maker pricing: credits for every creative test Every plan includes the Ad Maker, 1080p downloads and no watermark. An ad runs on real footage with a voiceover at about 69 to 95 credits, and you see the exact cost before you generate. ### Lite The cheapest way in, with every video mode included. $9/month or $90 a year, 2 months free 450credits a month About 4 stock-footage videos or about 1 AI cinematic video 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 2 social accounts - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video - Full HD 1080p export, no watermark ### Solo For one creator posting every week. $19/month or $190 a year, 2 months free 1,000credits a month About 10 stock-footage videos or about 2 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 4 social accounts - More than double the credits of Lite - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video ### Plus Most popular Long-form, your branding and a team of three. $29/month or $290 a year, 2 months free 1,600credits a month About 16 stock-footage videos or about 3 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 6 social accounts - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - Brand Kit: your logo as a watermark on every video - 3 team seats with admin and member roles ### Pro For teams and channels running at volume. $49/month or $490 a year, 2 months free 2,800credits a month About 29 stock-footage videos or about 6 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 10 social accounts - Lowest price per credit of any plan - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - 10 team seats with admin and member roles 7-day free trial for new customers: $0 today, card required, 500 trial credits, and trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script. Video counts are estimates for 30-second videos, rounded down. Plan credits refresh every billing month and do not roll over. Every plan includes - Every way to make a video: prompt, script, talking avatar, image and character swap - 15 visual styles, captions, music and voices - 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 Busy month? Top-up packs from $9: a one-time purchase, and the credits never expire. [Compare plans and packs](/pricing) ## AI ad maker FAQs What advertisers ask before they build their first ad. Something else? [Visit the help center](/help) Which platforms do the ads work on? The Ad Maker builds for five placements: TikTok in-feed, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, Facebook feed, and YouTube in-stream. Every export is a 1080p MP4 in the shape of the placement you picked (9:16, 1:1, or 16:9), so it uploads directly to Meta Ads Manager, TikTok Ads Manager, or Google Ads without reformatting. A 9:16 ad also fits Stories. Do you generate the ad copy too? Yes. Describe what you sell, pick a call to action, and the Ad Maker writes the hook, the pitch, and the close for paid social. Prefer to write your own copy? Paste your script into Script to Video and the narrator reads your exact words. You can also draft copy separately in the [video hook generator](/tools/video-hook-generator) and paste the winning hook back in. Can I upload my own product images? Yes, and the Ad Maker needs them: add 1 to 5 real product photos. Product scenes show them exactly as they are, so the ad never invents your product. Founder-shot product photography, packshots, or a hero image from a shoot all work. To animate a single still into a 5 or 10 second clip instead, use Image to Video. What aspect ratios can I export? The placement sets it: 9:16 vertical for TikTok in-feed, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts; 1:1 square for the Facebook feed; 16:9 landscape for YouTube in-stream. Pick the placement before you generate so the framing and captions are built for it. How many ads can I make per plan? It depends on your credits. Plans give a monthly allowance: Lite $9 (450 credits), Solo $19 (1,000), Plus $29 (1,600), and Pro $49 (2,800). Packs add credits once and never expire: Spark ($9) is 400 credits, Boost ($19) is 900, Stack ($39) is 2,000, and Bulk ($79) is 4,500. An Ad Maker ad usually costs about 69 to 95 credits, and the app's cost preview shows the exact figure for the ad you're building before you hit generate. [See MakeAIVideo plans and pricing](/pricing). Is there a watermark on the exports? No. Every ad you export is a clean 1080p MP4, watermark-free and ready to upload straight to Meta Ads Manager, TikTok Ads Manager, or Google Ads. Watermark removal is not gated behind a higher tier. Do you optimise for CTR or ROAS? MakeAIVideo generates the creative; the auction and your audience decide performance. Pair the creative with the [ROAS calculator](/tools/roas-calculator) and the CTR calculator to model outcomes before you scale spend, and A/B test hook variants inside your ad platform. How does UGC-style ad creative work here? The talking avatar mode lip-syncs an AI spokesperson to a natural voiceover of your ad script, with captions burned in. The presenter is AI-generated, not a real creator, so there is no actor likeness to license and the AI disclosure box on Meta or TikTok is honest to check. [See the UGC video page](/ai-ugc-video). Can I make Shopify product ads from my product photos? Yes. Add 1 to 5 of your product page images as the product photos, describe the product, pick the placement and Shop now as the call to action. Product scenes show your photos as they are over real footage with a voiceover. To turn a single product image into a 5 or 10 second motion clip instead, use Image to Video. Does MakeAIVideo connect to Shopify? There is no Shopify app connection. Upload your product images directly, download the finished MP4 and upload it to Meta Ads Manager, TikTok Ads Manager or a video section on your store. How many test ads fit in the Lite plan? An Ad Maker ad usually costs about 69 to 95 credits, so Lite's 450 monthly credits cover about four ads at the top of that range. That is enough for a first test. A store testing new hooks every week should look at Plus or Pro, or add a top-up pack in a heavy month. The app shows the exact cost before you generate. [Compare MakeAIVideo plans and pricing](/pricing). Does Meta require me to label AI in an ad? For ordinary product ads, Meta's ad standards contain no blanket ban on AI creative, and the self-disclosure requirement applies to [social issue, election and political ads](https://transparency.meta.com/policies/ad-standards/SIEP-advertising/SIEP/) that contain photorealistic AI images, video or audio. Check the current policy before you run, and remember that a product claim still has to be true however the ad was made. Can I make a restaurant ad from a photo of a dish? Yes. Use the dish photo as the product photo in the Ad Maker for a narrated ad, or load it into Image to Video for a short motion clip with no voiceover. Staff and kitchen footage you film yourself is edited in a regular editor, because MakeAIVideo does not take your own clips. Can I add my delivery-app offer to the ad? Mention the offer when you describe what you sell, so the ad copy can work it in, or paste your own script into Script to Video for exact wording. On-screen overlays such as the delivery app's logo, a discount code bar and the expiry date are added afterwards in a regular editor. What happens when I run out of credits? Nothing is charged automatically and nothing is lost. Your account and finished videos stay exactly as they are. Buy another pack whenever you want to generate again. ## Your next AI video ad, ready to upload Plans from $9 a month, with a credit allowance that refreshes every billing month. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/ai-anime-video-generator --- title: "AI Anime Video Generator - Anime Style Videos | MakeAIVideo" description: "Generate anime-style AI video from a prompt or image. Anime visual preset renders every scene in coherent style. Watermark-free. From $9 a month." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/ai-anime-video-generator format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- # AI anime video generator Type a prompt or upload a reference image, then pick the Anime visual style. MakeAIVideo renders every scene in coherent anime style with narration, captions, and music built into the same pipeline, then exports a watermark-free 1080p MP4. 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Join 690+ creators making AI video ![Prompt to Video example: Cinematic AI scenes from a one-line prompt, made with MakeAIVideo](/hero-posters/prompt.webp) A real render from the same pipeline that ships the Anime preset. Anime style, held across every scene ## Coherent AI anime style, not a filter on stock footage Anime is one of 15 visual styles, and you pick it before the render is planned, so every AI-generated scene is drawn in the same aesthetic from the first shot to the last. Describe the anime scene in a line or add reference images: the anime look is part of how each scene is generated, not painted on afterwards. One style, whole render. Anime is set at the render level, so every scene inherits the look, not just the first one. Text or image input. Type an anime scene, or add reference images to it. Both routes land in the Anime style. Characters that hold. Repeat a tight description in each beat, or save a character on any plan, to keep the cast recognisable. Style Visual style CinematicAnimeClaymationPhotorealWatercolorDocumentaryFilm NoirRetro VHSPencil SketchComic BookCyberpunk+4 more Aspect ratio 9:16 TikTok / Reels 1:1 Square 16:9 YouTube Captions Word-by-word, auto-styled Background music Calm Change 1080p MP4, no watermark Download How it works ## How the AI anime video generator works, in four steps 1. Step 1 ### Pick the Anime visual preset Anime sits alongside Cinematic, Claymation, and 12 other visual styles in the preset picker. Selecting it up front tells MakeAIVideo to render every scene in coherent anime style rather than mixing looks between beats. Switch presets later if you want a different aesthetic; the setting travels with the whole render, not one scene. 2. Step 2 ### Describe the anime scene or add a reference image Describe your anime story in one line and MakeAIVideo drafts the beats, casts the shots and renders each one in anime style. Add reference images (a character sheet, a keyframe) to guide the look. To animate a single anime still instead, image to video turns it into a 5 or 10 second clip that keeps the source aesthetic. 3. Step 3 ### The AI builds scenes, voice, captions, music Every beat of the anime story becomes an anime scene, with a natural AI narrator reading the script and word-by-word captions timed to the audio. Add background music if you want it and it ducks under the voice. If you don't want narration, turn it off; the anime visuals still render clean without it. 4. Step 4 ### Render and download the anime video A watermark-free 1080p anime MP4 lands in your library, ready to post to YouTube, TikTok, Reels, or a client folder. Open the editor to re-roll a single scene, restyle the captions, or swap the voice if a beat lands off; the anime preset is preserved across regenerations. On the create screen ## Render an anime AI video right in your browser Describe the anime scene, pick the Anime style and your aspect ratio, and choose AI video as the footage, so every scene is generated in the style rather than matched to filmed stock clips. Hit generate and the finished anime MP4 lands in your library. Want your own words read out? Paste them into [script to video](/script-to-video). For a narrated video in a non-anime look, start from [text to video](/prompt-to-video). AI video footage. Every scene is generated from scratch, so the Anime style reaches all of them. Narration optional. An AI voice reads the script, or switch it off for silent anime motion. Music if you want it. Pick a track, generate one with AI, or leave the narration on its own. Create Footage Real footage $ Real filmed clips matched to each line of your script Best AI video $$$ Every scene generated from scratch, fully original Voiceover Narrate this video An AI voice reads the script out loud Background music Pick music No music Voice only, silence under the narration Generate with AI Describe a track, ready in ~10 seconds Estimated cost ~45 credits Example Generate video All included ## Everything you get with the AI anime generator The Anime style, text and reference-image input, voice, captions, optional music and a 1080p export come with every render, at 9:16, 16:9 or 1:1. Animating a single anime still instead? Use [image to video](/image-to-video). ### Fix one beat, keep the rest If a scene lands off, regenerate just that scene in the editor, usually in a few minutes. The Anime style carries over, and edits save automatically. Editor All changes saved ScenesVoiceMusicCaptionsSettings ![](/hero-posters/script.webp) Scene 2 Edits save automatically Narration Example They built thousand-ton ceilings without a single steel beam, and most of them are still standing. Regenerate this scene New voice and visuals, usually 1-3 minutes. 50 credits Regenerate scene Text Video Captions Music 1080p MP4 Export video ### A cast that stays recognisable Save a character from a description or up to five reference photos, on any plan, and use it across every scene of a series. Create Character 1. Describe 2. Portrait 3. Voice 4. 4Save Describe your character Example A warm, confident presenter in her late twenties, soft studio light, cream knit sweater, looking straight at the camera. Reference images Optional, locks the face to look like these ![](/images/home/characters/maya.webp) ![](/images/home/characters/maya.webp) Pick your portrait ![](/images/home/characters/maya.webp) ![](/images/home/characters/bella.webp) ![](/images/home/characters/olivia.webp) ![](/images/home/characters/aria.webp) Pick a voice Warm Narrator Calm, storytelling, perfect for explainer videos Name & save Name Maya Example Back Save Character ### Word-by-word captions 11 caption styles, timed to the voice and burned into the export. Click any word in the transcript to fix a typo. Captions ![](/hero-posters/prompt.webp) Clean, minimal, burned in Edit transcript Click any word to fix typos without re-rolling voice. Scene #3 Example Light hitting your eyes left the sun eight minutes ago. Scene #4 You are looking at the past, every single time. Caption style Classic (default)SubtleSubtitle (italic)Word popHormoziBoldBeatOutlineBannerGiant numberedMinimalNone Edits save automatically Export video ### Narrated in 24 languages The script, voice and captions come out in the language you pick, or in the language you write your anime idea in. Language Your prompt Example Un video de 30 segundos sobre por qué el pan sube en el horno. Auto (match my prompt) Auto (match my prompt) - English - EspañolSpanish - PortuguêsPortuguese - FrançaisFrench - DeutschGerman - Bahasa IndonesiaIndonesian - 日本語Japanese - 한국어Korean +16 more Script, voiceover and captions follow it Generate video ### Watermark-free 1080p Download the MP4 with SRT or VTT caption files, or send a share link. No watermark on any plan. Download / Share Download MP4 video The finished video, ready to post Download SRT captions Subtitle file for TikTok, YouTube, CapCut Download VTT captions Subtitle file for web video players Download Share link Example https://media.makeaivideo.ai/r7Kq2mXa.mp4?X-Amz-Expires=86400 Copy link Anyone with this link can download the MP4, no account needed. Render historyDownload an older render Beyond anime ## AI animation video generator styles: cartoon, 3D and more Anime is one of 15 visual styles in the same picker, so the anime generator makes cartoon-style animated videos too. Choose AI video as the footage so every scene is drawn in the style, and one style runs from the first scene to the last. For videos in any look, the [AI video generator](/) starts from the same create screen. ### Anime Clean line work and expressive faces. The pick for story channels, fan fiction, character-led shorts and openers. ### Comic Book Bold outlines and flat colour, the closest style to a Western cartoon. Suits light explainers and family-friendly stories. ### Claymation A handmade, stop-motion feel for product stories, recipes and anything that should feel warm rather than slick. ### Watercolor Soft painted scenes for calm narration: history, poetry, bedtime stories and mood pieces. ### Pencil Sketch A drawn, unfinished look for how-to and education channels, where the idea matters more than polish. ### 3D animated A family-film 3D look, without building a single model or rig. Before you render ## How to choose an AI animation style Anime or cartoon, the style is set once for the whole render. Four questions settle it before you spend credits. 1. Question 1 ### Decide what the audience watches for If viewers come back for a character, build the series around one: save it once and pick a style that suits a recurring cast, which is where Anime and the 3D look do well. If they watch for the message (a lesson, an explainer, a story told in voiceover), the script carries the video and a quieter style such as Watercolor or Pencil Sketch keeps attention on the words. 2. Question 2 ### Match the style to where it will be posted Pick the ratio before you generate: 9:16 for TikTok, Reels and Shorts, 16:9 for YouTube, 1:1 for feeds. Close-ups and bold outlines hold up on a phone screen; busy wide scenes need the 16:9 frame. 3. Question 3 ### Keep one style and one character per series Switching style or model halfway through a series is the quickest way to lose a recognisable look. Pick one style, save the character, and keep the same AI scene model (MiniMax Hailuo by default, or Kling 2.6) for every episode. 4. Question 4 ### Know when a different tool fits better MakeAIVideo makes finished narrated animated videos: script, voice, AI scenes, captions and music in one render. If you need rigged characters with hand-set mouth shapes, frame-by-frame control or a timeline you animate yourself, a traditional animation app is the better fit for that job. Connect your AI agent ## Have your AI assistant script the next AI anime video Claude, ChatGPT, Grok or any MCP client can draft the story for your next anime short without spending render credits, then post the finished video to your accounts when you are happy with it. 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 a 45 second script for an anime short about a courier who delivers letters to ghosts.” It writes the script. A title, a hook and scenes with narration and visual directions. Writing a script spends no render credits. You render it in Anime. Paste it into [script to video](/script-to-video), pick the Anime style and generate. When it is ready, ask the assistant to post it. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[Connect any AI agent](/agents) MCP, API and CLI are included on every plan. Connector address `https://mcp.makeaivideo.ai`Copy Works with - [Claude](/docs/mcp) - [ChatGPT](/chatgpt-video-generator) - [Grok](/docs/mcp) - [Claude Code](/docs/mcp) - [Cursor](/docs/mcp) - [Any MCP client](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) Signed in? [Connect an AI assistant →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) ## What you can make with the AI anime video generator Finished anime videos, straight from a one-line idea or a reference image. ![An anime-style seaside town street under a pale blue sky, a frame from a faceless anime channel](/images/blocks/ai-anime-video-generator/faceless-anime-channels.webp) ### Faceless anime YouTube channels Build a faceless YouTube or Shorts channel around an anime aesthetic without commissioning frame-by-frame animation. One line per episode, coherent anime style across every scene, watermark-free 1080p export ready for the upload queue. ![An anime character with silver hair and a red scarf looking over a city at dusk, a frame from a fan-fiction short](/images/blocks/ai-anime-video-generator/fan-fiction.webp) ### Fan-fiction visualisation Turn a written scene, a fanfic chapter, or an original character concept into an anime-style short. Paste the text into script to video; it narrates your words exactly and renders each beat in anime style. ![An anime-style train crossing a bridge over blue water, a frame from an anime short film](/images/blocks/ai-anime-video-generator/anime-short-films.webp) ### Anime-mood short films Ship a 30 to 90 second anime-style short for TikTok, Reels, or the Shorts shelf. Vertical 9:16, word-by-word captions, background music ducked under narration; the whole thing renders in one pass. ![An anime courier cycling down a misty lantern-lit street, a key visual from a pitch reel](/images/blocks/ai-anime-video-generator/storyboard-pitch.webp) ### Storyboard-to-anime pitch reels Take a written pitch, a rough storyboard, or a set of key visuals into an anime-style animatic. Use the reel to sell an original series, a pitch deck, or a client brief without hiring a full animation team for the pilot. ![An anime character portrait in a grey hoodie, the kind of reference image you can animate](/images/blocks/ai-anime-video-generator/reference-image.webp) ### Reference-image animation Upload a single character sheet or keyframe and animate it into a 5 or 10 second anime clip. The motion keeps the source aesthetic, so the anime look you drew or generated upstream stays intact. ![An anime-style paper plane soaring through a bright blue sky, a frame from an anime opener](/images/blocks/ai-anime-video-generator/openers.webp) ### Anime openers, intros, and outros Generate a 5 to 15 second anime-style opener or bumper for a stream, podcast, or long-form video. Describe the opener in one line and get an anime clip back, ready to cut in front of your existing footage in any editor. Best practices ## Tips for tighter AI anime renders ### Pick the preset before you generate The Anime preset changes how the whole render is planned, not just how each frame is filtered. Selecting it after generation means paying for a fresh render; setting it up front is free. ### Name the anime sub-style you want Anime is a family of styles, not one look. Adding words like 'shonen action', 'shojo pastel', '90s cel-shaded', or 'moody seinen' guides the model without needing a new preset. The more specific your reference, the tighter the render. ### Give characters a description worth repeating Consistency across scenes depends on the model getting the same details each time. 'A tall boy with silver hair, blue jacket, red scarf' repeated in each beat helps far more than one generic mention at the top of your description. ### Save a character for the series A saved character locks a description in one place and applies it across every scene automatically, so you don't restate it per beat. Available on every plan; useful for series-style projects. ### Set the aspect ratio for where it's going 9:16 vertical for Shorts, Reels, and TikTok; 16:9 for the main YouTube page and TVs; 1:1 for Instagram feed. Anime framing (close-ups, low angles, action panels) reads very differently across ratios, so pick the crop first. ### Re-roll one scene, not the whole render If a single beat lands off, open the editor and regenerate just that scene. The Anime preset is preserved on the re-roll so the style stays coherent across the sequence. ## Other ways to make AI anime and animated videos [![](/images/blocks/pages/image-to-video.webp)Image to VideoAnimate a still into anime motion.](/image-to-video)[![](/images/blocks/pages/prompt-to-video.webp)Prompt to videoA narrated video in any style, from one line of text.](/prompt-to-video)[![](/images/blocks/pages/home.webp)AI video generatorEvery way MakeAIVideo makes a video, anime or not.](/)[![](/images/blocks/pages/script-to-video.webp)Script to VideoYour own words, read out over anime scenes.](/script-to-video)[![](/images/blocks/pages/faceless-youtube-channel.webp)Faceless YouTube ChannelRun an anime story channel without a face.](/faceless-youtube-channel) ## AI anime video guides [![](/images/blog/best-kling-ai-alternatives-hero.webp)Best Kling AI alternatives 2026Kling is strong on anime; here's how the field compares on style consistency and control.Read the Kling AI alternatives](/blog/best-kling-ai-alternatives)[![](/images/blog/best-runway-alternatives-hero.webp)Best Runway alternatives 20268 generative-video tools tested across style, motion, and price.Read the Runway alternatives](/blog/best-runway-alternatives)[![](/images/blog/best-sora-alternatives-hero.webp)Best Sora alternatives 2026Sora-style video tools compared on style range, including anime output.Read the Sora alternatives](/blog/best-sora-alternatives)[![](/images/blocks/pages/image-to-video.webp)Image to video: animate a photo with AIReal motion from one still image, and anime stills animate well too.Try image to video](/image-to-video) Pricing ## Make AI anime videos on any plan The Anime style is on every plan. AI video scenes use more credits than real footage, so pick the monthly allowance that matches how often you post, and add a pack that never expires if a month runs over. ### Lite The cheapest way in, with every video mode included. $9/month or $90 a year, 2 months free 450credits a month About 4 stock-footage videos or about 1 AI cinematic video 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 2 social accounts - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video - Full HD 1080p export, no watermark ### Solo For one creator posting every week. $19/month or $190 a year, 2 months free 1,000credits a month About 10 stock-footage videos or about 2 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 4 social accounts - More than double the credits of Lite - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video ### Plus Most popular Long-form, your branding and a team of three. $29/month or $290 a year, 2 months free 1,600credits a month About 16 stock-footage videos or about 3 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 6 social accounts - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - Brand Kit: your logo as a watermark on every video - 3 team seats with admin and member roles ### Pro For teams and channels running at volume. $49/month or $490 a year, 2 months free 2,800credits a month About 29 stock-footage videos or about 6 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 10 social accounts - Lowest price per credit of any plan - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - 10 team seats with admin and member roles 7-day free trial for new customers: $0 today, card required, 500 trial credits, and trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script. Video counts are estimates for 30-second videos, rounded down. Plan credits refresh every billing month and do not roll over. Every plan includes - Every way to make a video: prompt, script, talking avatar, image and character swap - 15 visual styles, captions, music and voices - 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 Busy month? Top-up packs from $9: a one-time purchase, and the credits never expire. [Compare plans and packs](/pricing) ## AI anime video generator FAQs Getting the anime look, keeping characters consistent, and what a series costs to run. Something else? [Visit the help center](/help) How do I get anime style? Open the visual style picker before generating and pick the Anime preset. It sits alongside Cinematic, Claymation, and 12 other looks. Once selected, the whole render is planned in anime style: every scene, not just the first one. Can I reference a specific anime aesthetic? Yes. Name it when you describe the scene: 'shonen action', 'shojo pastel', '90s cel-shaded', 'moody seinen', or a scene reference from a series you have in mind. The model interprets these cues on top of the Anime preset, so the style is coherent but leaning in the direction you asked for. How do characters stay consistent across scenes? Two ways. First, a repeated description: repeat a tight character description ('tall boy with silver hair, blue jacket, red scarf') in each scene so the model has the same details to work from. Second, a saved character, available on every plan, locks the description once and applies it to every scene automatically. Can I animate a reference image in anime style? Yes. Upload a character sheet, a keyframe, or an anime-style still on the [image to video](/image-to-video) screen; MakeAIVideo animates it while preserving the source aesthetic so the anime look you drew or generated upstream carries through the motion. What aspect ratios can I export? 16:9 widescreen for YouTube and TVs, 9:16 vertical for TikTok, Reels, and the Shorts shelf, and 1:1 square for Instagram feed. Pick the ratio before generating so the anime framing (close-ups, low angles, action shots) is composed for the crop you'll actually post in. Is there a watermark on the anime export? No. Every anime render you export is a watermark-free 1080p MP4, yours to post or license anywhere. Watermark removal is not gated behind a higher tier. Which plan is best for continuous anime work? For an ongoing anime series, start from a monthly plan sized to your output: Plus gives 1,600 credits a month and Pro 2,800. If a month runs over, the Stack pack at $39 adds 2,000 credits and Bulk at $79 adds 4,500 at the lowest cost per credit. Pack credits never expire, so buying bigger is not a commitment to a cadence. [See MakeAIVideo plans and pricing](/pricing). Can I add narration, captions, and music to the anime video? Yes. A natural AI narrator reads the script and word-by-word captions are timed to the voice; background music is opt-in and ducks under the narration when you add it. Turn narration off if you want silent anime motion; the visuals still render clean. Can I commercialise the anime output? Yes. Anime videos you render are yours to monetise on YouTube, TikTok, Reels, and to use in client work. [See the full terms](/legal/terms). What happens when I run out of credits? Nothing is charged automatically and nothing is lost. Your account and finished anime videos stay exactly as they are. Your plan's allowance refreshes on your next billing date, or buy a top-up pack whenever you want to generate sooner. Can I make cartoon videos, not just anime? Yes. Anime is one of 15 visual styles in the same picker. For a cartoon look, pick Comic Book, Claymation, Watercolor, Pencil Sketch or the 3D animated style, choose AI video as the footage, and every scene renders in that style. One style applies to the whole render; switch it and render again to compare. Is this an AI animation maker? For narrated animated videos, yes. Describe an idea or paste a script, pick an animation style such as Anime, and MakeAIVideo writes or reads the script, voices it, generates every scene in that style and adds captions and any music you pick. It is not a rigging tool: there are no hand-set mouth shapes or frame-by-frame keyframes. Which AI models generate the anime scenes? AI scenes use MiniMax Hailuo by default, and Kling 2.6 is the alternative you can select. Pick one and keep it for a whole anime series, together with one saved character, so the look stays consistent from episode to episode. ## One preset in. An AI anime video out. Plans from $9 a month, with a credit allowance that refreshes every billing month. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/ai-explainer-video --- title: "AI Explainer Video Maker - Concept to Clip | MakeAIVideo" description: "Turn a topic or a script into a finished 30 to 90 second AI explainer video. Voiceover, footage and captions in minutes, music optional. From $9 a month." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/ai-explainer-video format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- # Make AI explainer videos Type your topic or paste your script. MakeAIVideo writes (or narrates) it, records the AI voiceover, builds the scenes from real footage, adds captions and any music you pick, and renders a finished 30 to 90 second explainer video at 1080p, no editing required. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[Plan details](/pricing) Plans from $9/month·Allowance tops up monthly · Top-up credits never expire 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Join 690+ creators making AI video ![Script to Video example: Your script, narrated over AI scenes with captions, made with MakeAIVideo](/hero-posters/script.webp) Real explainer rendered by the same pipeline this page describes. Concept in. Finished explainer out. ## An AI explainer video maker, not a template marketplace Most explainer-video tools either hand you a template marketplace and make you assemble scenes by hand, or output a single 6-second AI clip you still have to stitch into something watchable. MakeAIVideo runs the whole pipeline: a script that opens on the question, a natural AI voiceover, a scene per beat, word-by-word captions, optional background music, and a 1080p MP4 ready to post. Hook-body-close structure. It opens on the question, explains the mechanism, and pays it off, paced the way short-form actually retains. Verbatim or auto-written. Type one idea into the Explainer tool, or bring your own script for line-by-line control. In the language you write in. Script, voiceover and captions follow your prompt's language, or pick one of 24. Explainer video Prompt to VideoScript to VideoTalking AvatarAd MakerExplainerTips and listsStory Take one idea and make it land. We open on the question, explain the mechanism, and pay it off. What do you want to explain? Example How a heat pump moves warmth out of cold winter air and into your house. One idea explains better than five. Narrow beats broad. Length 30s45s60s90s Aspect ratio 9:161:116:9 Language Auto (match my prompt) Estimated cost ~64 credits Example Generate video How it works ## How AI explainer videos are made 1. Step 1 ### Drop in your topic or paste your script If you have the exact words, paste them into Script to Video and the pipeline narrates them verbatim. If you have only the concept ('how our pricing tiers work', 'why mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell'), type it into the Explainer tool and it drafts a script that opens on the question, explains the mechanism, and pays it off. Either way, the explainer is built around the message, not around a template. 2. Step 2 ### Pick a length and aspect ratio Choose 30, 45, 60 or 90 seconds and set the aspect ratio: 9:16 for Reels and Shorts, 16:9 for YouTube and landing-page embeds, 1:1 for in-feed posts. Scenes use real filmed footage matched to each line by default, and the language follows your prompt unless you pick one of 24. 3. Step 3 ### Generate the full explainer MakeAIVideo writes (or reads) the script, records the voiceover, matches a scene to each beat, and times word-by-word captions to the audio. Background music is optional, and you can add a track in the editor. Most explainers are ready in a few minutes. Nothing to stitch, nothing to time manually. 4. Step 4 ### Edit or download a 1080p MP4 A watermark-free 1080p MP4 lands in your library. Post the default render as-is, or open the built-in editor to regenerate a scene that missed, swap the voice, restyle the captions, or add a music track. A regenerated scene is charged on its own, with the cost shown first, so you can iterate without redoing the whole video. See it in the app ## The AI explainer video workflow, in your browser Type a topic into the Explainer tab, or paste your own words into [Script to Video](/script-to-video). Explainers run on real filmed footage matched to each line by default. When the idea needs scenes no camera could film, a script can switch to AI video instead. Real footage by default. Filmed clips matched to each line of the script, so a product or a process looks real. AI video when you need it. Every scene generated from scratch, for ideas that have no footage. Voice, then music if you want it. An AI narrator reads the script. Add a library track or generate one with AI, or leave it voice only. Create Footage Real footage $ Real filmed clips matched to each line of your script Best AI video $$$ Every scene generated from scratch, fully original Voiceover Narrate this video An AI voice reads the script out loud Background music Pick music No music Voice only, silence under the narration Generate with AI Describe a track, ready in ~10 seconds Estimated cost ~45 credits Example Generate video All included ## Everything included with the explainer video maker Voice, captions, and a watermark-free 1080p export come with every generation, and music is there when you want it. Open any explainer in the editor, and fixing one beat never means starting over. ### Regenerate the beat that missed Not happy with one scene? Regenerate it on its own with new visuals and voice, usually in a few minutes. The rest of the pacing stays exactly as it is. Editor All changes saved ScenesVoiceMusicCaptionsSettings ![](/hero-posters/script.webp) Scene 2 Edits save automatically Narration Example They built thousand-ton ceilings without a single steel beam, and most of them are still standing. Regenerate this scene New voice and visuals, usually 1-3 minutes. 50 credits Regenerate scene Text Video Captions Music 1080p MP4 Export video ### A narrator that fits the subject Audition 12 voices, including a professional read made for tutorials, choose a delivery, and re-record every scene in one go. Voice The narrator for the whole video Pick a voice Play to audition Sarahfemale · american Mature, reassuring, confident Brianmale · american Deep, resonant, comforting, natural authority Lilyfemale · british Velvety, warm. British narrator Danielmale · british Authoritative British male, newscaster gravitas Matildafemale · american Knowledgeable, professional, perfect for tutorials Delivery Used when you apply Stable Calm, even Balanced Default Expressive Punchy Apply to every scene Re-records the narration. Visuals stay as they are, and your current export stays until you export again. Apply voice ### Music under the narration, if you want it Pick from 120 tracks in 10 moods. The track dips while the voice speaks, and No music is always an option. Music One track under the whole video. It dips while the voice speaks. Library Example Search by mood, instrument, feel… AllCalmUpbeatCinematicEmotionalCuriousAdventureElectronicInspirationalTenseQuirky No music Voice only, silence under the narration Soft piano with strings Calm · Soft piano with gentle strings, slow tempo, peaceful morning Meditative ambient pad Calm · Ambient pad with subtle bell tones, breathing room, meditative Fingerpicked acoustic guitar Calm · Acoustic guitar fingerpicking, soft brushed drums, calm afternoon Volume15% Add music ### Captions that help it land Burned-in captions timed to the voice, in 11 styles. Click any word in the transcript to fix it without re-recording. Captions ![](/hero-posters/prompt.webp) Clean, minimal, burned in Edit transcript Click any word to fix typos without re-rolling voice. Scene #3 Example Light hitting your eyes left the sun eight minutes ago. Scene #4 You are looking at the past, every single time. Caption style Classic (default)SubtleSubtitle (italic)Word popHormoziBoldBeatOutlineBannerGiant numberedMinimalNone Edits save automatically Export video ### Embed it, post it, or send it Download a 1080p MP4 with SRT and VTT caption files for your video player, or send a client a download link. Download / Share Download MP4 video The finished video, ready to post Download SRT captions Subtitle file for TikTok, YouTube, CapCut Download VTT captions Subtitle file for web video players Download Share link Example https://media.makeaivideo.ai/r7Kq2mXa.mp4?X-Amz-Expires=86400 Copy link Anyone with this link can download the MP4, no account needed. Render historyDownload an older render Connect your AI agent ## Make an AI explainer video from ChatGPT or Claude Connect Claude, ChatGPT or any MCP client and request an explainer the way you would brief a colleague. It picks the Explainer tool, checks the cost, and hands back the finished video. 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. “Make a 60 second explainer on how compound interest works, in 16:9 for our help center.” 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. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[Connect any AI agent](/agents) MCP, API and CLI are included on every plan. Connector address `https://mcp.makeaivideo.ai`Copy Works with - [Claude](/docs/mcp) - [ChatGPT](/chatgpt-video-generator) - [Grok](/docs/mcp) - [Claude Code](/docs/mcp) - [Cursor](/docs/mcp) - [Any MCP client](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) Signed in? [Connect an AI assistant →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) Use cases ## What you can explain with AI explainer videos Built for the person who has the concept but not a video team. ![A white smart speaker on a pale grey studio surface, a frame from a product explainer](/images/blocks/ai-explainer-video/product-explainers.webp) ### Product explainers for landing pages Turn a feature, launch, or pricing tier into a narrated 60 to 90 second clip that lives above the fold. Embed the 16:9 export, or make a 9:16 version for social to drive the same traffic from a different surface. ![A glass model of a DNA double helix lit in soft blue, a frame from an educational explainer](/images/blocks/ai-explainer-video/concept-explainers-educators.webp) ### Concept explainers for educators Explain a single concept in 60 to 90 seconds with narration timed to scenes that illustrate the point. Each beat gets its own visual, so dense ideas read clearly without a presenter on camera. ![A bright open-plan office with white desks and plants, a frame from a software onboarding explainer](/images/blocks/ai-explainer-video/saas-onboarding.webp) ### SaaS onboarding and feature tours Walk a new user through a feature, a workflow, or a release note. Re-render any time the product changes; no scheduling a video team, no re-shooting a screen recording. ![A small bright meeting room with a round table and a blank whiteboard, a frame from a training video](/images/blocks/ai-explainer-video/internal-training.webp) ### Internal training and L&D Replace dense slide decks with paced narrated explainers. Same content, easier to watch, and a repeatable workflow whenever a process or policy updates. ![A glass office tower against a pale blue sky, a frame from an investor overview](/images/blocks/ai-explainer-video/stakeholder-overviews.webp) ### Investor and stakeholder overviews Turn a one-paragraph pitch or board summary into a watchable explainer with a clear hook and a clean close. Useful for async stakeholder updates and pre-meeting context. ![A water droplet falling into a still pool, a frame from a short science explainer for social](/images/blocks/ai-explainer-video/concept-explainers-social.webp) ### Concept explainers for social Take a 'why X works' or 'how Y is built' idea and ship a 9:16 narrated explainer with auto-captions. The format that earns reach on YouTube Shorts, Reels, and TikTok for educational content. If you want a presenter on camera, an [AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar) lip-syncs an AI character to your script instead. Course creators ## AI explainer videos for online course lessons Moving a course from slides and PDFs to video goes wrong when it happens in one sprint. Do it in phases, and only move on when the last phase moved completion on a real cohort. 1. Before you start ### Audit and freeze the outline List every lesson and score it on three things: where students get stuck, how often the content changes, and whether it sells on your personality or on structured information. Then lock the module order in writing. Re-shoots come from moving lesson 4 after it was recorded. 2. Phase 1 ### Patch the lesson students get stuck on Not the intro. Make one to three short explainers for the single highest-friction lesson and check whether completion moves before you do more. The Explainer tool makes 30 to 90 second videos from the concept. 3. Phase 2 ### Add an intro and outro to every module Short, scripted, and the same voice every time, so the course starts to feel video-native without re-recording lessons. A presenter from Talking Avatar works if you want a face. 4. Phase 3 ### Convert lessons one module at a time Structured lessons (frameworks, definitions, step-by-step concepts) suit narrated explainers. Paste the lesson into Script to Video to keep your exact words, up to 10 minutes. Pick one look per module and hold it. 5. Phase 4 ### Answer the repeat questions on video Once a question has come up three times, give it a 60 to 120 second answer and file it under its module. Re-render the answer when the underlying answer changes. 6. Phase 5 ### Refresh the trailer and promos last Market the course you actually built. Make the vertical cutdowns as well as the long trailer, each as its own render. ### What MakeAIVideo covers Concept lessons, module intros and outros, answers to repeat questions, and the promo cutdowns, each re-rendered from the script when the content changes. Downloads come with SRT and VTT caption files for your course platform. ### What it does not Screen-recorded software walkthroughs, and lessons that sell on your personality, such as coaching or your own story. Record those yourself. If the sales page quotes student results, the [FTC's Endorsement Guides](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/ftcs-endorsement-guides-what-people-are-asking) usually read a specific result as typical, so hold proof or state the generally expected outcome. SaaS teams ## SaaS explainer videos that keep up with your positioning Making one explainer is easy. Keeping it true after the third headline change is the hard part. [Gartner](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2026-03-09-gartner-sales-survey-finds-67-percent-of-b2b-buyers-prefer-a-rep-free-experience) found 67% of B2B buyers prefer a rep-free buying experience, so the page and its video carry more of the sale, and [HubSpot](https://www.hubspot.com/marketing-statistics) reports 96% of people say they watch explainer videos to learn more about a product. ### Script it for the visitor Write the tagline and three to five feature bullets yourself, then let the narration connect them. Say what the product does and who it is for in the opening line, and save the story for the middle. ### Re-render, don't re-brief Swap the headline or a feature in the script and generate again from your credits. Ship version A, watch where visitors drop off, and have version B up the same week. ### One ratio per render 16:9 for the homepage hero. For the social cut, switch the ratio to 9:16 or 1:1 in the editor and export again; earlier renders stay in your render history. The scenes show your idea with stock footage or AI video, not your interface. If your UI is stable and you want real screens, record them and cut them in with an editor. Product demos ## Product demo explainer videos, and what they don't replace There are four shapes of demo, and they suit different volumes and deal sizes. MakeAIVideo makes the first one. The Product demo tool turns a description and your product photos, which guide the visuals, into a narrated video. ### Scripted video demo A narrated MP4 for the pricing page, an outbound email, a paid ad or the trial onboarding flow. One script serves every viewer, so the cost does not grow with views. This is what MakeAIVideo makes. ### Interactive click-through tour A clickable walkthrough of your real UI that buyers explore on their own. It earns its build time when the pricing page has real traffic and the product is browser-based. MakeAIVideo does not build these; use interactive demo software. ### Personal rep video A rep records a walkthrough for one named prospect after a call. Strong on reply rates, but every video costs rep time, and [HubSpot](https://blog.hubspot.com/sales/salespeople-only-spent-one-third-of-their-time-selling-last-year) reports only about a third of a salesperson's day is spent selling. Worth it when the deal size carries it. ### Buyer-driven video library Buyers pick the clips they want from a library mapped to their role, which pre-qualifies large buying committees. An enterprise play that needs a content owner to build the library. ### Where to start A scripted video has the lowest setup cost and a cost that stays flat as views grow, so it is the safe first shape: a 60 to 90 second video on the pricing page and in the outbound sequence. Add an interactive tour when pricing-page traffic justifies the build, and personal rep videos when deal sizes carry the rep time. For a presenter-led version, use an [AI spokesperson video](/ai-spokesperson-video). Best practices ## Tips for sharper AI explainer videos ### Name the concept, not the outcome 'A 60-second explainer on how index funds work' will outperform 'a really good finance video'. Concrete subject + concrete length beats vague adjectives every time. ### Aim for 60 to 90 seconds Short-form explainers retain best in the 60 to 90 second window. Beyond two minutes, viewer drop-off climbs sharply, especially on social and landing-page embeds. ### Front-load the hook The first three seconds decide whether the clip survives the scroll or the bounce. Open with the most interesting line, the surprising claim, or the stakes. ### One idea per beat Each line of script becomes a scene. Mixing two ideas into one sentence dilutes the visual and crowds the captions. Short, single-idea sentences pace cleaner narration. ### Pick the aspect ratio before generating 9:16 for Reels and Shorts, 16:9 for YouTube and landing-page embeds, 1:1 for in-feed posts. Captions are framed for the ratio you pick; switching afterwards costs another render. ### Re-roll one scene, not the whole video If a single scene misses, open the editor and regenerate just that beat. Faster and cheaper than re-rendering the entire explainer, and the rest of the pacing stays intact. ## More AI video tools like the explainer video maker [![](/images/blocks/pages/script-to-video.webp)Script to VideoBring your exact words.](/script-to-video)[![](/images/blocks/pages/prompt-to-video.webp)Prompt to VideoStart from one line.](/prompt-to-video)[![](/images/blocks/pages/talking-avatar.webp)Talking AvatarPut a presenter on camera.](/talking-avatar)[![](/images/blocks/pages/image-to-video.webp)Image to VideoAnimate a still photo.](/image-to-video)[![](/images/blocks/pages/blog-to-video.webp)Blog to VideoTurn an article into a video.](/blog-to-video) ## AI explainer video guides [![](/images/blog/how-to-write-an-ai-video-script-hero.webp)How to write a video scriptHook-body-close template, word counts per platform, and AI prompts to draft the script.Read how to write a video script](/blog/how-to-write-an-ai-video-script)[![](/images/blog/best-ai-marketing-tools-hero.webp)Best AI marketing tools 202610 marketing tools tested across video, copy, SEO, email, and ad creative. Where explainer video sits in the stack.See the AI marketing tools](/blog/best-ai-marketing-tools)[![](/images/blocks/pages/talking-avatar.webp)AI talking avatarFor explainers that need a presenter on camera: an AI presenter reads your script, with captions.Make an AI talking avatar video](/talking-avatar)[![](/images/blocks/pages/home.webp)AI video generatorEvery way MakeAIVideo makes a video, from an explainer brief to a script or a presenter.See the AI video generator](/)[![](/images/blocks/pages/ai-spokesperson-video.webp)AI spokesperson videoWhen the explainer needs a presenter: an AI spokesperson reads your approved script, lip-synced, at 1080p.Make an AI spokesperson video](/ai-spokesperson-video)[![](/images/blocks/pages/ai-shorts-generator.webp)AI YouTube Shorts generatorTurn an explainer topic into a vertical Short with a hook-first script and captions.See the YouTube Shorts generator](/ai-shorts-generator) Pricing ## AI explainer video maker plans Every plan includes the Explainer tool, Script to Video, 1080p downloads and no watermark. Credits refresh every billing month, and the app shows what each explainer costs before you generate it. ### Lite The cheapest way in, with every video mode included. $9/month or $90 a year, 2 months free 450credits a month About 4 stock-footage videos or about 1 AI cinematic video 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 2 social accounts - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video - Full HD 1080p export, no watermark ### Solo For one creator posting every week. $19/month or $190 a year, 2 months free 1,000credits a month About 10 stock-footage videos or about 2 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 4 social accounts - More than double the credits of Lite - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video ### Plus Most popular Long-form, your branding and a team of three. $29/month or $290 a year, 2 months free 1,600credits a month About 16 stock-footage videos or about 3 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 6 social accounts - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - Brand Kit: your logo as a watermark on every video - 3 team seats with admin and member roles ### Pro For teams and channels running at volume. $49/month or $490 a year, 2 months free 2,800credits a month About 29 stock-footage videos or about 6 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 10 social accounts - Lowest price per credit of any plan - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - 10 team seats with admin and member roles 7-day free trial for new customers: $0 today, card required, 500 trial credits, and trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script. Video counts are estimates for 30-second videos, rounded down. Plan credits refresh every billing month and do not roll over. Every plan includes - Every way to make a video: prompt, script, talking avatar, image and character swap - 15 visual styles, captions, music and voices - 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 Busy month? Top-up packs from $9: a one-time purchase, and the credits never expire. [Compare plans and packs](/pricing) ## AI explainer video FAQs How the explainer tool works, what it costs, and what you can do with the result. Something else? [Visit the help center](/help) What is an AI explainer video? An AI explainer video is a short narrated video (typically 60 to 90 seconds) that explains a concept, product, or idea with an AI voiceover over real footage or AI-generated scenes and synced captions. MakeAIVideo builds the whole thing from your topic or your pasted script, with no filming, recording, or scene-stitching. How does the AI explainer video generator work? Drop in a topic or paste a script, pick a length and aspect ratio, and MakeAIVideo runs the full pipeline: script (if you didn't bring one), AI voiceover, a scene per beat, and word-by-word captions timed to the audio, rendered as a finished 1080p MP4, with background music if you add it. Most explainers are ready in a few minutes. How long are the explainer videos? The Explainer tool makes 30, 45, 60 or 90 second videos, and 60 to 90 seconds is the sweet spot where short-form explainers retain best. For something longer, Script to Video and Prompt to Video go up to 10 minutes, or 40 minutes for real-footage videos on Plus and Pro, but most explainers land their idea most cleanly inside 90 seconds. What aspect ratios can I export? 9:16 portrait for Reels, Shorts, and TikTok; 16:9 landscape for YouTube and landing-page embeds; 1:1 square for in-feed posts on Instagram and Facebook. Scenes and captions are framed for the ratio you choose, so pick it before generating. Is there a watermark on the export? No. Every export is a watermark-free 1080p MP4, yours to embed on a landing page, post to social, or send to a client. Watermark removal is not gated to a higher tier. How long does an explainer take to render? Most explainers are ready in a few minutes end to end. Longer videos, AI-generated scenes, and regenerated scenes add to that, but a typical short explainer is ready while you make a coffee. Can I use the explainer videos commercially? Yes. Videos you generate are yours to use commercially: landing pages, product pages, ads, client deliverables, monetised YouTube channels. Real-footage scenes use stock clips licensed for commercial use, and AI scenes are generated fresh for your video. [See the full terms](/legal/terms). Can I edit the explainer after it generates? Yes. Open the finished video in the built-in editor to regenerate a scene that missed, swap the voice, restyle the captions, fix a word in the transcript, or add a music track. A regenerated scene is charged on its own, and the editor shows the cost before you confirm. Do I need to write the script myself? Not unless you want to. Type one line about the topic and the pipeline drafts a hook-body-close script for you. If you already have the exact wording, [Script to video](/script-to-video) keeps your script verbatim and narrates it word for word. How is this different from a single-clip AI video tool? Most AI video tools generate a 5 to 10 second clip and stop, leaving you to write the script, record the voice, and stitch the clips together yourself. MakeAIVideo runs the entire explainer pipeline: script, voiceover, multiple scenes, captions, optional music, finished MP4. You get a 60 to 90 second explainer you can post, not a raw clip you still need to edit. How much does it cost? Plans are a monthly subscription starting at $9 for the Lite plan (450 credits a month), then Solo $19 (1,000), Plus $29 (1,600) and Pro $49 (2,800). Your allowance refreshes each billing month. If a month runs heavy, top-up packs are a separate one-time purchase and those credits never expire. Generation cost scales with length and the style you pick. [See MakeAIVideo plans and pricing](/pricing). Can I make online course lessons with AI explainer videos? Yes, for lessons that teach structured information: a concept, a framework, a definition, a process. Type the concept into the Explainer tool for a 30 to 90 second lesson, or paste the lesson script into Script to Video to keep your exact words for up to 10 minutes. Download SRT or VTT caption files alongside the MP4 for your course platform. Lessons that sell on your personality are better recorded yourself. Can an AI explainer replace a screen-recorded software tutorial? No. MakeAIVideo builds scenes from stock footage or AI-generated video, not from your screen, so a click-by-click software walkthrough still belongs in a screen recorder. Use an explainer for the concept around it: what the feature is for and when to use it. Is MakeAIVideo product demo software? It makes one kind of demo: the scripted, narrated demo video for a pricing page, an outbound email, an ad or an onboarding flow. It does not build interactive click-through tours of your product or record personal rep videos. The Product demo tool turns a description and product photos, which guide the visuals, into a narrated video. Can I re-render a SaaS explainer when our positioning changes? Yes, and that is the main reason to make it this way. Change the headline line or a feature in the script and generate again from your credits, with no agency revision cycle. The app shows the cost before you generate. Should a SaaS explainer show our real product screens? If your UI is stable and polished, real screens add credibility, so record them and cut them in with an editor. MakeAIVideo shows the idea with stock footage or AI scenes instead of your interface, which is safer while the UI is still changing. Do I need to disclose that an explainer was made with AI? Making the video with AI is not what triggers the FTC's rules; endorsements are. If the explainer includes a customer testimonial or a student result, the [FTC's Endorsement Guides](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/ftcs-endorsement-guides-what-people-are-asking) apply however the video was made: a results claim is usually read as typical, so hold proof or state the generally expected result plainly. What happens when I run out of credits? Nothing is charged automatically and nothing is lost. Your account and finished videos stay exactly as they are. Your allowance refreshes on your next billing date, or buy a top-up pack whenever you want to generate sooner. ## Concept in. Finished AI explainer video out. Plans from $9 a month, with a credit allowance that refreshes every billing month. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/ai-influencer-generator --- title: "AI Influencer Generator - Consistent Character | MakeAIVideo" description: "AI influencer generator. Build one consistent character with a reusable face, voice, and style, then post 30 videos a month in that likeness. No shoot." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/ai-influencer-generator format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- # AI influencer generator Build one AI creator with a consistent face, voice, and visual style, then generate every Reel, Short, and TikTok in that character's likeness. No shoot, no actor to license, no drifting appearance across posts. 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Join 690+ creators making AI video ![Talking Avatar example: A lip-synced AI presenter from your script, made with MakeAIVideo](/hero-posters/talking-avatar.webp) A saved AI character delivering a script. No real person involved. One character. Every post. ## An AI influencer you can post as, not a one-shot render Most AI video tools give you a fresh render every time you press generate; the character drifts, the voice changes, and post 30 looks nothing like post 1. An AI influencer generator saves the character. Pick from the library or upload a reference image once, then post as that creator forever. Same face, same voice, same recognisable style across every Reel, Short, and TikTok. Consistent character. Post 1 and post 300 look like the same creator, not a fresh prompt each time. No shoot, no actor. The character is AI-generated. Nothing to license, no likeness rights to clear. A posting schedule. Post each video to TikTok, Instagram and YouTube from the app, now or at a time you pick. Create Character 1. Describe 2. Portrait 3. Voice 4. 4Save Describe your character Example A warm, confident presenter in her late twenties, soft studio light, cream knit sweater, looking straight at the camera. Reference images Optional, locks the face to look like these ![](/images/home/characters/maya.webp) ![](/images/home/characters/maya.webp) Pick your portrait ![](/images/home/characters/maya.webp) ![](/images/home/characters/bella.webp) ![](/images/home/characters/olivia.webp) ![](/images/home/characters/aria.webp) Pick a voice Warm Narrator Calm, storytelling, perfect for explainer videos Name & save Name Maya Example Back Save Character What you are building ## What is an AI influencer, exactly? Three kinds of account get called the same thing. Knowing which one you want decides the tool you need. What this generator makes ### AI influencer One saved character, generated for each post and used across all of them. Aitana Lopez, built by The Clueless agency in Barcelona, and Lil Miquela are the best-known accounts. This is what the generator on this page makes. ### Virtual influencer The wider category, including pre-built 3D characters animated by a studio rather than generated per video. Lu do Magalu, the Brazilian retailer Magazine Luiza's mascot, was posting long before AI video tools existed. ### A real creator using AI A person who films themselves and uses AI for captions, script drafts or thumbnails. AI touches every step, but there is a human on camera, so it is not an AI influencer. The definition ## AI influencer vs virtual influencer Every AI influencer is a virtual influencer, but not every virtual influencer is AI. [Virtual influencer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_influencer) is the older umbrella for any fictional character posting as a creator, including 3D characters animated by a studio. An AI influencer is the newer kind: one saved character, generated fresh for each post. The difference is how each post is made, not how the character looks. AI influencer Classic virtual influencer How a post is made AIA fresh render of one saved character for every post, from a script or a scene prompt. VirtualA rigged 3D character posed, animated, lit and rendered by artists, sometimes with motion capture. Who runs it AIOne person writing scripts and pressing generate. VirtualA studio or an agency team. Time per post AIMinutes of render time once the character is saved. VirtualHours to days of studio time per scene. Where it is limited AIWhat the current video models render well: talking, walking and lifestyle shots are easy, complex action and multi-character scenes are hard. VirtualHow much animation budget each scene can carry. Best-known accounts AIAitana Lopez, built by The Clueless in Barcelona. VirtualLu do Magalu and Imma. Lil Miquela began as a CGI character and sits on the boundary. ### A rule of thumb If you can picture one person shipping 30 posts a month from a laptop, it is an AI influencer. If a studio is behind every post, it is a classic virtual influencer. For a solo creator or a small brand, only the first is affordable at a daily cadence. ### The audience already exists [Statista's virtual influencer review](https://www.statista.com/topics/9805/virtual-influencers/) cites a March 2022 US study in which 58% of respondents followed a virtual influencer, rising to 75% among adult Gen Z. How it works ## How to make an AI influencer 1. Step 1 ### Design the character once Pick a character from the curated library, or upload a single reference image (a generated headshot, a stylised portrait, a brand mascot illustration) and MakeAIVideo builds a consistent AI creator from it. Save the character to reuse across every future render, so post number 30 looks like post number 1. 2. Step 2 ### Lock a voice that fits the character Pair the character with a voice from the curated library. Match the tone to the character's apparent age, energy, and audience. The voice stays consistent across every post, so followers recognise your creator by ear as well as by sight. 3. Step 3 ### Script or prompt each post Paste the exact words you want spoken and MakeAIVideo lip-syncs the character to the AI voiceover, or prompt a full scene and the character stars in it. Either way, the same face and voice carry the post. Marketing signs off the script once and you re-render whenever the offer or angle shifts. 4. Step 4 ### Render, review, publish MakeAIVideo delivers a watermark-free 1080p MP4 in a few minutes, in the aspect ratio you chose. Post it to Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube Shorts, then feed the next script into the same saved character for tomorrow's post. The first month ## How to create an AI influencer that lasts past post 30 Most AI creator accounts stall in the first two weeks because the face drifts. Spend the first hour on the character and the first month on rhythm. ### Choose a reference image that renders well Try three to five images. Keep the one that stays recognisable in close-ups and wide shots, indoors and out, neutral and mid-speech. - A frontal headshot with both eyes visible. It beats a three-quarter or profile shot. - A neutral or softly warm expression. A fixed grin gets baked into every render. - Even, soft lighting. Backlit or harsh side light gives uneven results. - A plain background in white, grey or a gradient, so nothing else competes with the face. - A character you have the rights to: generated, illustrated or your own mascot, never a real person without written consent. Testing on the 7 day trial? Trial videos stop at 10 seconds of script, which is enough to check the face and voice hold before you render full posts on a plan. ### Then keep a weekly rhythm Pick one platform, post steadily rather than in bursts, and run the week like this. 1. 1 Write the week in one sitting Seven to fourteen scripts at once. The character's voice reads more consistently in a batch than in daily fragments. 2. 2 Render in one session Feed the whole batch to the same saved character in one afternoon. 3. 3 Schedule ahead Post or schedule each video from the app at the times your audience is online, so posting live every day is never the bottleneck. 4. 4 Review on Fridays Look at the week as a pattern and adjust next week's scripts. Scripts ## Write your AI influencer's first 30 scripts like a season You are not writing one video, you are writing a show: the character needs a point of view and a structure followers learn. Put the hook in the first two seconds and check every draft with the [speech time calculator](/tools/speech-time-calculator) before you render. To borrow a structure that already works, Trends breaks a video into its hook, pacing and payoff. Hook, one insight, call to action. 30 to 45 seconds. The workhorse for tips, opinions and stories. Hook, three points, call to action. 60 to 75 seconds. More saves, but every point has to earn the next. A word budget. At a natural 175 words a minute: about 85 words for 30 seconds, 130 for 45, 175 for 60. Trends ![](/hero-posters/prompt.webp)Example1.2M plays The ocean is not blue for the reason you think Why it works Myth, then reveal Hook: A claim most viewers believe, broken in the first two seconds. Pacing: A new shot every beat, no line longer than one breath. Payoff: The real answer lands as a single image at the end. Keeps them watching: Each line opens a question the next one answers. Structure locked from a trend Make it yours Posting plan ## A 30-day posting plan for an AI influencer Decide the month once, then execute it. Rotate seven kinds of post so no two days in a row repeat, run the loop four times plus two days, and keep it to one platform and one saved character. The seeds below are for a personal-finance creator; swap the topic, keep the rotation. 1. Day 1 Hook or POV "POV: you are 30 and just realised you are behind on saving." 2. Day 2 Teach one rule The 50/30/20 budget, in three on-screen points. 3. Day 3 Product review An honest take on a high-yield savings account. 4. Day 4 Storytime Paying off the first credit card, and the lesson in it. 5. Day 5 Behind the scenes Setting up this month's budget, narrated over B-roll. 6. Day 6 Take on a trend The character's view on a money clip everyone is sharing. 7. Day 7 Q&A "Should I pay off debt or invest first?" 8. Days 8 to 30 Repeat the loop New topic, same seven slots. Days 29 and 30 close on a hook and a teaching post. ### How often to post The plan posts daily because a new account needs volume before the feed knows who to show it to. That trades a little reach per post for more posts: [Buffer's posting-frequency data](https://buffer.com/resources/social-media-frequency-guide/) puts the reach-per-post sweet spot at 3 to 5 posts a week on Instagram and 2 to 5 on TikTok. After the first month, drop to that range if quality slips. Write the week's scripts in one sitting, render them with your saved character, and schedule them from the app. Stuck on the scenes and looks themselves? Start from our [AI influencer prompts](/blog/ai-influencer-prompt-library). ### The 15-minute weekly review - Which post type had the best reach this week, and which had the most saves? Saves tell you what brands will pay for. - Which type flopped twice in a row? Swap it for an extra slot of your best performer. - Which day did best? Treat published best times as a starting guess and let your own data overrule them. - Benchmark against something external: [Later's study of over 44 million feed posts](https://later.com/blog/instagram-engagement-rate/) puts average Instagram engagement at 2.88%. Do the review before writing next week's scripts. Rewriting the current week after one weak post undoes the point of a plan. Every post, same creator ## Design your AI influencer once, post forever Pick a character, save the face and voice, then render every post from the same likeness. Your saved creator sits in the Talking Avatar picker: choose it, paste today's script, and generate. Saved in your library. The creator you built is there for every post. A script per post. Paste the words and the character delivers them, lip-synced. Ready for the feed. 9:16 for Reels, TikTok and Shorts, or 1:1 and 16:9. Talking Avatar Avatar Pick a character Upload your video BEST ![](/images/home/characters/maya.webp) Maya ![](/images/home/characters/dex.webp) Dex ![](/images/home/characters/bella.webp) Bella ![](/images/home/characters/marcus.webp) Marcus ![](/images/home/characters/olivia.webp) Olivia ![](/images/home/characters/jordan.webp) Jordan Your script Example Most people skip breakfast for the wrong reason. Here is the one change that made my mornings easier. Sarah Female · American Female · AmericanMature, reassuring, confident Generate video All included ## Everything in the AI influencer generator A face that stays the same, a voice your followers learn to recognise, and a clean export for every platform. Consistent character across every render. Save the character once, then reuse across as many videos as you need. Post 1 and post 300 look like the same creator, not the same prompt regenerated. Bring your own reference image. Upload a single frontal headshot (generated, illustrated, or stylised) and MakeAIVideo builds a repeatable character from it. No cloning a real person, no likeness fees. Lip-synced delivery. The character's mouth is timed to the AI voiceover, with word-by-word captions timed to the audio. Voice that fits the character. Choose from a curated library of natural AI voices. The voice stays consistent across every post the character makes. Every social aspect ratio. 9:16 for Reels, TikTok, and Shorts. 16:9 for YouTube long-form and landing pages. 1:1 for Instagram feed. Pick before you render. Watermark-free 1080p. Every export is a clean watermark-free 1080p MP4, yours to post anywhere and monetise commercially. Voice The narrator for the whole video Pick a voice Play to audition Sarahfemale · american Mature, reassuring, confident Brianmale · american Deep, resonant, comforting, natural authority Lilyfemale · british Velvety, warm. British narrator Danielmale · british Authoritative British male, newscaster gravitas Matildafemale · american Knowledgeable, professional, perfect for tutorials Delivery Used when you apply Stable Calm, even Balanced Default Expressive Punchy Apply to every scene Re-records the narration. Visuals stay as they are, and your current export stays until you export again. Apply voice On Instagram ## How to run an AI Instagram model Instagram rewards a different playbook from TikTok: a profile that holds up as a grid, a mix of formats, and a thicker layer of comments and DMs. Render the Reels with your saved creator, or start from the [Instagram Reels generator](/instagram-reels-generator). ### A character built for the grid Instagram's audience skews older than TikTok's, so characters who read as mid-twenties to mid-thirties tend to suit lifestyle, fashion and wellness accounts there. Give them a signature that holds up in the nine-tile profile view: a colour palette, an accessory, a consistent framing. ### Reels first, not Reels only Reels reach people who do not follow you yet, so most of the week's posts should be 9:16 Reels. Carousels are what a new visitor sees on the profile and what people save, and stories keep the character in front of existing followers every day. ### Captions and hashtags Three to five niche hashtags inside the caption, plus one short tag the character owns and uses on every post. Skip head tags like #reels. Draft both with the [Instagram caption generator](/tools/instagram-caption-generator). ### Comments and DMs Reply to the first comments within an hour of posting and pin a comment from the character with the follow-up question. Answer inbound DMs only, keep replies to a few sentences, and never send a link in the first message. ### Disclosure on the profile Tick Instagram's AI label at upload, put a line like "AI character. All posts AI-generated." in the bio, and use the paid partnership label on sponsored posts rather than a hashtag alone. ### Brand deals come first On Instagram, brand deals usually outearn platform bonuses by a wide margin. Price your first ask against what a human creator of the same size in the same niche charges, and treat Meta's bonuses as a floor, not a plan. Pick a platform ## Instagram vs TikTok for an AI influencer Neither platform bans AI creators, and both expect the AI label. Where they differ is who is watching, what brands pay and what the audience buys. Instagram TikTok Brand-deal money Instagram[EMARKETER](https://www.emarketer.com/press-releases/us-influencer-marketing-spending-will-surpass-10-billion-in-2025/) has Instagram and YouTube each taking over $1 billion more US influencer spend than TikTok. TikTokLess US influencer spend than either Instagram or YouTube in the same EMARKETER forecast, so the same follower count usually earns less per sponsored post. How deals are priced Instagram[Later](https://later.com/blog/influencer-pricing-benchmarks-the-complete-2026-guide/) prices Instagram by follower tier, with 20% to 30% more for a Reel than a feed post. TikTokAny video can break out on TikTok, so a single hit can put a new account in front of brands. Quote off your typical views, not your best post. Buying intent InstagramSuits considered purchases: skincare, wellness, finance, home, mid-priced fashion. TikTokSuits impulse buys and entertainment. [Pew Research Center](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2026/04/15/teens-experiences-on-tiktok-instagram-and-snapchat/) found about six in ten US teens on TikTok use it for product reviews. When to post Instagram[Sprout Social](https://sproutsocial.com/insights/best-times-to-post-on-social-media/) finds Tuesdays 1 to 7 pm and Wednesdays 12 to 9 pm strongest. TikTokSprout Social finds Tuesday to Friday, 2 to 6 pm, strongest. ### The quick decision - Considered-purchase niche, older audience, brand deals as the plan: start on Instagram. - Entertainment or impulse-buy niche, younger audience, affiliate and own products as the plan: start on TikTok. - Already have followers somewhere: start where that audience is, so the first posts land warm. - Either way, give one platform the first 30 posts before adding the second. The same 9:16 render works on both, but rewrite the hook and caption for each. Start from the [TikTok video generator](/tiktok-video-generator) or post Reels with your saved creator. Publishing, built in ## Keep your AI influencer posting Connect your creator's accounts once, then post or schedule each video from the app. Learn how to [auto post to social media](/auto-post). ### Post or schedule each video Pick the accounts, start from a caption written from your script, and post now or at the time your audience is online. Post this video Example We upload the finished file to each account you pick. Where should it go? @yourbrand TikTok @yourbrand Instagram · Posts as a Reel Your Brand YouTube · Vertical videos post as Shorts Caption Rewrite Rome did not build the Colosseum with magic. It built it with one ingredient we forgot. #history 96 / 2200 (Instagram is the shortest limit)Written from your script. Edit it freely. Customise caption per platform Schedule (optional, leave empty to post now) 10/07/2026, 09:00 AM Goes out within about two minutes of it. Schedule for 2 accounts ### Every account in one place Connect TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and eight more platforms. Lite connects 2 accounts, Solo 4, Plus 6 and Pro 10. Connections Example The social accounts you post to. Account connections and posting are powered by our partner PostEverywhere. All accounts6Need attention1 - TikTok Add YB@yourbrand - Instagram Posts as a Reel Add YB@yourbrandYS@yourbrand.studio - YouTube Vertical videos post as Shorts Add YBYour Brand Reconnect required - Facebook Add No accounts connected - Discord Videos up to 25 MB Add YCYour Community - Bluesky Videos up to 3 minutes Add YByourbrand.bsky.social +5 more Connect your AI agent ## Let your AI assistant run your AI influencer's posting days Connect Claude, ChatGPT, Grok or any MCP client, then ask for the next post in plain English. It makes the video with your saved creator and posts it to your accounts, on the same credits 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. “Make a 30 second Reel with my saved creator reviewing this serum, and schedule it on Instagram for 6pm tomorrow.” 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. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[Connect any AI agent](/agents) MCP, API and CLI are included on every plan. Connector address `https://mcp.makeaivideo.ai`Copy Works with - [Claude](/docs/mcp) - [ChatGPT](/chatgpt-video-generator) - [Grok](/docs/mcp) - [Claude Code](/docs/mcp) - [Cursor](/docs/mcp) - [Any MCP client](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) Signed in? [Connect an AI assistant →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) The money side ## How AI influencers make money The same four ways human creators do. Most accounts start with payouts and affiliate links, add a product once they know what the audience buys, and land brand deals once the engagement is real. ### Brand deals A brand pays the character to feature its product. Usually the biggest line once the account has engaged followers, and the one that most needs a rate card, a media kit and engagement screenshots ready before you pitch. ### Affiliate links The character recommends products with tracked links in the caption or bio and earns a share of each sale. Small per post, but it can run on every post from the first one. Disclose the commission as you would a sponsorship. ### Your own products A course, a template pack, a paid community or merch. The highest margin of the four and the one no algorithm can switch off, but it only works in a niche whose audience wants to buy expertise. ### Platform payouts YouTube, TikTok and Meta pay creators out of their ad revenue once the account qualifies. [YouTube's Partner Program](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/72851) asks for 1,000 subscribers plus either 4,000 qualified watch hours in the last 12 months or 10 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days. Treat payouts as a floor, not the plan. ### Lil Miquela The account that proved a fictional creator could hold an audience. [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/10/avataros-snags-7m-seed-round-from-m13-to-build-an-ai-powered-virtual-influencer-platform/) reports Isaac Bratzel created her at Brud, which Dapper Labs later acquired. [Statista](https://www.statista.com/topics/9805/virtual-influencers/) records her working with Dior and Calvin Klein, with around three million Instagram followers and 3.6 million on TikTok as of August 2022. No per-post rate has been published, so treat any figure you see quoted as an estimate. The lesson: she was built as a character with a story, not a series of images, and the character outlived her first owner. ### Aitana Lopez The clearest example of the per-post AI pipeline. [Forbes reported](https://www.forbes.com/sites/lesliekatz/2023/11/24/this-ai-generated-influencer-can-pull-in-10000-euros-a-month/) in November 2023 that she can earn up to 10,000 euros a month, according to The Clueless, the Barcelona agency that built her, and that she fronted the supplement brand Big with her own discount code. The lesson: The Clueless gave her a written personality (a 25-year-old into fitness, gaming and cosplay) and picked a niche brands spend in, before worrying about the tools. ### How to price your first brand deal Benchmark against a human creator of the same size in the same niche. [Later's pricing benchmarks](https://later.com/blog/influencer-pricing-benchmarks-the-complete-2026-guide/) put typical per-post fees at $100 to $500 for nano creators (1K to 10K followers), $500 to $2,500 for micro (10K to 100K) and $2,500 to $10,000 or more for macro (100K to 1M), and treat usage rights, for a brand that wants to run your clip as an ad, as a separate line on top. Price those rights with an end date. Then adjust for what the AI format adds (fast turnaround, any outfit or setting) and for the objection some brands raise about it, and answer that objection with engagement screenshots, not argument. Size the ask in ad-value terms with the [CPM calculator](/tools/cpm-calculator), and put the sponsored post itself together as an [AI UGC video](/ai-ugc-video). Stay on the right side of the rules ## AI influencer disclosure rules Compliance takes seconds per post. Skipping it can cost the account. A plain-English summary, not legal advice: for a brand deal, a takedown or anything specific, ask a lawyer who knows advertising law where you operate. ### Tick the platform's AI label on every post Meta, TikTok and YouTube each label AI-generated content: Meta under its [rules on manipulated media](https://transparency.meta.com/policies/community-standards/misinformation/), TikTok with its [AI-generated content label](https://www.tiktok.com/creator-academy/en/article/ai-generated-content-label) and YouTube with its [altered or synthetic content setting](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/14328491). A character whose face and voice are generated meets the bar on every post, so leave the label on by default. TikTok says the label won't affect a video's distribution if it follows the guidelines, and YouTube says disclosing won't limit a video's audience or its eligibility to earn. ### Disclose sponsorships in the video, not just the bio The FTC's [Disclosures 101 for influencers](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/disclosures-101-social-media-influencers) says a disclosure is likely to be missed on a profile page, at the end of a post or behind a MORE link, and that video endorsements should carry it in the video itself. Use the paid partnership label as well, not instead. The AI label and the sponsorship label cover different things, so a sponsored AI post needs both. ### Never invent a lived experience The FTC's [Endorsement Guides FAQ](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/ftcs-endorsement-guides-what-people-are-asking) says you can't talk about your experience with a product you haven't tried, and its [rule on reviews and testimonials](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/consumer-reviews-testimonials-rule-questions-answers) bans fake or false testimonials. That rule does not ban AI avatars, but an avatar testimonial breaks it when the testimonial itself is fake. A generated character saying "I used this cream for three months" is exactly that. Script what the product does, or say the brand asked you to feature it. ### Generated characters only TikTok bans synthetic media of private individuals and keeps public figures out of synthetic commercial endorsements, as [Search Engine Journal's breakdown](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/tiktok-ai-content-guidelines/482843/) of its guidelines sets out. Build the character from a generated, illustrated or licensed reference, and never from a real person's photo without written consent. ### Selling into the EU The EU AI Act's [transparency rules in Article 50](https://artificialintelligenceact.eu/article/50/) require anyone who publishes AI-generated or manipulated image, audio or video that amounts to a deepfake to disclose that it was artificially generated, with lighter rules for clearly artistic, satirical or fictional work. The article applies from 2 August 2026. If your character reaches EU audiences, the platform label and a line in the bio are the simplest way to cover it. ### The one-line test For every post, can you name the platform label you used and where the sponsorship disclosure appears? If not, it is not disclosed. How MakeAIVideo handles its side is in our [AI disclosure policy](/legal/ai-disclosure). Before you pay ## How to choose the best AI influencer generator A tool can look brilliant in a one-off demo and still fail once you post every day. Hold any tool to these six, this one included. 1. Test 1 ### It saves the character Look for a save step. Without one, every render is a fresh face and you have an AI video toy, not an AI influencer generator. 2. Test 2 ### The voice is saved with the face Followers recognise a creator by ear within a second. A voice you re-pick for every render drifts; one saved with the character does not. 3. Test 3 ### It renders the feed's shape Reels, TikTok and Shorts are 9:16. A tool that only exports 16:9 forces a crop, and crops cut heads off. 4. Test 4 ### You can price a month of posts Work out what a month of finished videos costs, not one demo clip. Image-only tools look cheaper until you need video. 5. Test 5 ### It passes the ten-post test Make ten posts with the same saved character in different settings and moods, then scroll them back to back like a feed. If the face has drifted by post four, nothing else matters. 6. Test 6 ### You will not need to switch Moving a working character to a new tool means rebuilding the face, re-pairing the voice and a visible break for your followers. Choose for the next year, not the first month. ### How MakeAIVideo compares Presenter-avatar tools such as HeyGen and Synthesia are strong at scripted talking-head video for training and sales. Still-image character tools suit accounts that only post photos. MakeAIVideo is built for a character that posts video every day: one saved face and voice, rendered in 9:16, 1:1 or 16:9 at 1080p, and posted from the same app. If you only need one polished hero clip with no recurring character, a single render from [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) is the simpler route. ## What you can post with an AI influencer One saved character. A month of content. Every platform. ![A creator holding a skincare bottle up to camera, a frame from a product review video](/images/blocks/ai-influencer-generator/product-reviews.webp) ### Consumer product reviews Build one reviewer character and put them in front of every product you cover. Same face, same voice, same shot framing across a Reels, TikTok, and YouTube Shorts channel, without booking a real creator for every drop. ![A presenter in a grey sweater talking to camera in a bright office, a frame from a brand account video](/images/blocks/ai-influencer-generator/brand-accounts.webp) ### Faceless-alternative brand accounts If your brand account has been running as pure b-roll, an AI creator gives it a face without the friction of hiring, contracting, or scheduling a human presenter. The character is yours, on your terms, on your schedule. ![A creator in a light blue shirt talking to camera on a city balcony, a frame from a regional creator account](/images/blocks/ai-influencer-generator/multi-language.webp) ### Multi-language creator expansion Render the same character in English for the US feed and in another language for a second regional account. The face stays the same across languages, the voice matches the localisation. Audiences in each region see one consistent creator. ![A creator holding a silver water bottle toward the camera, a frame from a UGC-style video ad](/images/blocks/ai-influencer-generator/video-ads.webp) ### Sales and demand-gen video ads Test a new UGC-style ad angle every day with the same AI creator. Each angle is its own render from a new script, so one saved character carries a week of tests without booking a real creator for each. ![A presenter explaining at a white desk, a frame from a how-to channel video](/images/blocks/ai-influencer-generator/how-to-channels.webp) ### Educational and how-to channels Explainer, tutorial, and how-to channels grow faster when a consistent presenter fronts every video. A saved AI character delivers the same trust signal across a 100-video library. ![A presenter beside a silver product box on a pedestal, a frame from a launch campaign video](/images/blocks/ai-influencer-generator/launch-campaigns.webp) ### Content-heavy launches and campaigns Product launches, seasonal campaigns, and creator-led PR moments often need 20 to 50 short videos in a week. One saved AI creator carries the whole campaign at a fraction of the coordination cost. Deciding between faceless and character-led formats? The [faceless YouTube channel idea generator](/tools/faceless-youtube-channel-idea-generator) lists niches that grow without a face on camera. Best practices ## Tips for an AI influencer that actually grows ### Design the character before the first post Spend the first hour on the character, not the content. Test 3 to 5 reference images, pick the one that renders most consistently, and lock it. That one hour saves you the pain of a face that drifts noticeably across posts. ### Match voice age to visual age A young-looking character with an older voice (or vice versa) breaks the illusion within seconds. Pick the voice from the library to fit the character's apparent age before you commit to the pairing. ### Front-load the hook in the first three seconds AI creators live and die on the same feed-scroll rules as human creators. Lead with the result, the offer, or the pattern-break. Move greetings, backstory, and channel intros to later in the clip. ### Post to one platform first, then adapt Pick Reels, TikTok, or Shorts as the primary format for the character and grow there first. A creator that grows on one platform is easier to cross-post than one spreading thin across three from day one. ### Disclose AI generation where the platform requires it Meta, TikTok, and YouTube each have their own disclosure rules for AI-generated creator content. Tick the AI-generated toggle when you upload; hiding it risks demonetisation or removal. ### Keep the wardrobe and setting stable The same character in dramatically different outfits or backgrounds every post reads as inconsistent to a new follower. Give the character 3 to 5 signature looks and rotate them. ### Give the character 30 posts before you judge it Fewer than 30 posts on one platform is noise: the feed has not built a picture of who to show the account to. A strong hook style or a niche that gets saves can show up earlier, but read the account as a whole only after 30. ### Iterate on patterns, not single posts Every creator has flops. Once a week, look at which kinds of post landed and which did not, and change next week's scripts. Re-cutting yesterday's weakest post teaches you very little. ## More AI video tools like the AI influencer generator [![](/images/blocks/pages/character-swap.webp)Character SwapSwap the person in your own footage.](/character-swap)[![](/images/blocks/pages/talking-avatar.webp)Talking AvatarGive your influencer a face.](/talking-avatar)[![](/images/blocks/pages/ai-spokesperson-video.webp)AI Spokesperson VideoCorporate presenter, same script.](/ai-spokesperson-video)[![](/images/blocks/pages/image-to-video.webp)Image to VideoBring a still character to life.](/image-to-video)[![](/images/blocks/pages/faceless-youtube-channel.webp)Faceless YouTube ChannelThe opposite play, without a face.](/faceless-youtube-channel) ## AI influencer generator guides [![](/images/blocks/pages/talking-avatar.webp)AI talking avatarPick a presenter or your saved character, paste a script and get a lip-synced talking-head video.Make a talking avatar video](/talking-avatar)[![](/images/blocks/pages/ai-spokesperson-video.webp)AI spokesperson videoScript-driven presenter videos for product, sales and training, and how they differ from a recurring AI creator.Make an AI spokesperson video](/ai-spokesperson-video)[![](/images/blog/best-heygen-alternatives-hero.webp)Best HeyGen alternatives 202610 talking-head and personalised-video tools tested, useful reference for creator-fronted content workflows.Compare HeyGen alternatives](/blog/best-heygen-alternatives)[![](/images/blocks/pages/instagram-reels-generator.webp)Instagram Reels generatorMake 9:16 Reels with AI, then post or schedule them to Instagram from the app.Make Instagram Reels with AI](/instagram-reels-generator)[![](/images/blocks/pages/tiktok-video-generator.webp)TikTok video generatorMake vertical TikTok videos with AI, with captions timed to the voiceover, and post them from the app.Make TikTok videos with AI](/tiktok-video-generator) Pricing ## Run an AI influencer on any plan Every plan includes Talking Avatar, 1080p downloads with no watermark and posting to 11 platforms. Higher plans add credits and connected accounts, from 2 on Lite to 10 on Pro. ### Lite The cheapest way in, with every video mode included. $9/month or $90 a year, 2 months free 450credits a month About 4 stock-footage videos or about 1 AI cinematic video 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 2 social accounts - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video - Full HD 1080p export, no watermark ### Solo For one creator posting every week. $19/month or $190 a year, 2 months free 1,000credits a month About 10 stock-footage videos or about 2 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 4 social accounts - More than double the credits of Lite - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video ### Plus Most popular Long-form, your branding and a team of three. $29/month or $290 a year, 2 months free 1,600credits a month About 16 stock-footage videos or about 3 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 6 social accounts - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - Brand Kit: your logo as a watermark on every video - 3 team seats with admin and member roles ### Pro For teams and channels running at volume. $49/month or $490 a year, 2 months free 2,800credits a month About 29 stock-footage videos or about 6 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 10 social accounts - Lowest price per credit of any plan - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - 10 team seats with admin and member roles 7-day free trial for new customers: $0 today, card required, 500 trial credits, and trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script. Video counts are estimates for 30-second videos, rounded down. Plan credits refresh every billing month and do not roll over. Every plan includes - Every way to make a video: prompt, script, talking avatar, image and character swap - 15 visual styles, captions, music and voices - 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 Busy month? Top-up packs from $9: a one-time purchase, and the credits never expire. [Compare plans and packs](/pricing) ## AI influencer generator FAQs What creators and brands ask before they launch an AI influencer. Something else? [Visit the help center](/help) What is an AI influencer? An AI influencer is a fully AI-generated creator, with a consistent face and voice, that posts on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and similar platforms. Unlike a one-off AI video where every render looks slightly different, an AI influencer is the same character across every post, so followers recognise them the way they'd recognise a real creator. How do you create an AI influencer? Four steps. Design the character once, either from the library or by uploading a reference image. Lock a voice that fits them. Write or prompt each post. Then render and publish. The character stays the same person across every video, which is the part that makes an AI-generated influencer account work rather than look like a series of unrelated clips. How does the AI influencer generator work? Design the character once, either by picking from the library or uploading a reference image, then save the character. For every future post, pick your saved character, add a script or scene prompt, and MakeAIVideo renders a watermark-free 1080p clip in the same likeness. The character stays consistent across every render. Can I really use the same character across many posts? Yes. Save the character once and reuse it across every render. That's the core of the AI influencer workflow, and the differentiator between a general AI video tool and a proper AI influencer generator. Post 1 and post 100 look like the same creator, not the same prompt regenerated. Can I upload my own character or do I have to pick from a library? Either works. Pick from the curated library, or upload a single reference image (a generated headshot, a stylised portrait, or a brand mascot illustration) and MakeAIVideo builds a repeatable AI character from it. The character is AI-generated, not cloned from a real person, so there's nothing to license. How much does an AI influencer generator cost? Plans start at $9 a month for 450 credits, and your allowance is topped back up every billing month. Need more inside a month? Top-up packs are a one-time purchase that never expires and stacks on top of the allowance. [See plans and pricing](/pricing). Is the export watermark-free? Every render you make with credits is, yes. Watermark removal isn't gated behind a higher tier. Can I monetise videos my AI influencer posts? Yes. Clips you generate are yours to monetise commercially through YouTube Partner Program, TikTok Creator Rewards, Meta bonuses, brand deals, and affiliate. Follow each platform's AI-generation disclosure rules when you upload. [Read the terms of service](/legal/terms). Do I need to disclose that the creator is AI-generated? Meta, TikTok, and YouTube each have their own disclosure rules for AI-generated creator content, and the FTC has published guidance on synthetic-media disclosure in ads. Tick the AI-generated toggle when you upload, and disclose in the caption when the content is a paid promotion. [Read our AI disclosure policy](/legal/ai-disclosure). What aspect ratios and resolution can I export? 9:16 vertical (Reels, TikTok, Shorts), 16:9 landscape (YouTube long-form, landing pages), and 1:1 square (Instagram feed), all rendered at 1080p. Pick the ratio before generating; captions auto-fit each safe area. How is this different from a talking-avatar tool? A talking avatar renders one video from a script. An AI influencer generator saves the character so you can render 30 more videos in the same likeness next week without re-designing the character. [Try the AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar). What happens when I run out of credits? Nothing is charged automatically and nothing is lost. Your account and finished videos stay exactly as they are. Buy another pack whenever you want to generate again. What is the best AI influencer generator? The one that saves your character and voice together, renders straight to 9:16 for Reels, TikTok and Shorts, and still looks like the same creator ten posts in. Presenter tools such as HeyGen and Synthesia are strong at scripted talking-head video, and still-image tools suit accounts that only post photos. MakeAIVideo is built for a character that posts video every day: one saved face and voice, rendered at 1080p and posted from the same app. Run the ten-post test on whichever tool you try. What is the difference between an AI influencer and a virtual influencer? They overlap. An AI influencer is generated for each post from one saved character. Virtual influencer is the wider term and also covers pre-built 3D characters animated by a studio, such as Lu do Magalu, which predate AI video tools. Both post as one consistent character; the difference is how each post is made. How do I make an AI Instagram model? Save a character whose look holds up in the profile grid, pair a voice that fits their apparent age, then post Reels in 9:16 most days with carousels and stories around them. Keep three to five niche hashtags in the caption, reply to early comments, and put the AI label on every post and a line in the bio. Does Instagram allow AI influencer accounts? Yes, with disclosure. Instagram has an AI label you tick at upload, and sponsored posts need the paid partnership label as well. Adding a short line to the bio that says the account is an AI character sets expectations for new followers. How do AI influencers make money? The same ways human creators do. Brand deals are usually the biggest line, followed by affiliate links, the character's own products such as a course or template pack, and platform payouts from YouTube, TikTok and Meta, which pay far less than brand deals for the same views. Price your first brand deal against a human creator of the same size and niche, and disclose both the AI and the sponsorship. [Make UGC-style video ads with AI](/ai-ugc-video). How often should an AI influencer post? Steadily, rather than in bursts. New accounts usually post every day for the first couple of months; established ones can post less often and work on each post's reach. Writing a week of scripts in one sitting and scheduling the videos ahead keeps the rhythm going. How many posts before I know the character is working? About 30 on one platform. Before that, the platform has not learned who to show the account to and the numbers are mostly noise. Pick one of Reels, TikTok or Shorts, post 30, then judge the pattern before adding a second platform. Can I use a real person's face for my AI influencer? Only with that person's written permission, and platforms add their own rules for synthetic depictions of real people. The safe default is a generated, illustrated or stylised character you hold the rights to. Is Lil Miquela an AI influencer? Not in the strict sense. She began as a CGI character built by a small team at Brud, years before today's AI video pipeline, so she is better described as a virtual influencer whose production has changed over time. Aitana Lopez, built by The Clueless agency in Barcelona, is the cleaner example of an AI influencer generated post by post. How much do AI influencers like Aitana Lopez earn? Only one figure has been attached by a named outlet: [Forbes reported](https://www.forbes.com/sites/lesliekatz/2023/11/24/this-ai-generated-influencer-can-pull-in-10000-euros-a-month/) in November 2023 that Aitana Lopez can earn up to 10,000 euros a month, according to the agency that built her. Neither her agency nor Lil Miquela's owners publish per-post rates, so any other number you see is an estimate. How much should an AI influencer charge for a sponsored post? Start from what a human creator of the same size and niche charges. [Later's benchmarks](https://later.com/blog/influencer-pricing-benchmarks-the-complete-2026-guide/) put typical rates at $100 to $500 a post for nano creators, $500 to $2,500 for micro and $2,500 to $10,000 or more for macro, with usage rights priced on top. Engagement, niche and exclusivity move the number more than follower count. Should an AI influencer start on Instagram or TikTok? Instagram if the niche sells considered purchases and brand deals are the plan, since brands spend more there. TikTok if the niche is entertainment or impulse buys and you want affiliate and product sales. Either way, give one platform the first 30 posts before adding the second. What should an AI influencer post in the first 30 days? Rotate seven kinds of post: a hook or POV, a teaching post, a product review, a story, a behind-the-scenes post, a take on a trend and a Q&A. Run the loop four times plus two days on one platform, write each week's scripts in one sitting, and review what worked before writing the next week. Can my AI influencer say it uses a product? Not as a lived experience. The FTC's Endorsement Guides say you can't talk about your experience with a product you haven't tried, and its rule on reviews bans fake or false testimonials, whether a person or an AI avatar delivers them. Script what the product does, or say the brand asked the character to feature it, and use the paid partnership label plus the AI label. Does the EU AI Act apply to AI influencer content? Article 50 of the EU AI Act applies from 2 August 2026. If your content reaches EU audiences and counts as a deepfake, it expects you to disclose that the image, audio or video was artificially generated. Ticking each platform's AI label and saying the account is an AI character in the bio covers the practical side. 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Join 690+ creators making AI video Start from a one-line brief with [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video), then pick a library track or generate one with AI. ![Prompt to Video example: Cinematic AI scenes from a one-line prompt, made with MakeAIVideo](/hero-posters/prompt.webp) Real 9:16 render from the same pipeline. Brief in, music video out ## Describe the vibe. Get a finished AI music video. Most AI video tools hand you a six-second clip and stop, so you'd still need to loop it and stitch scenes together in an editor. MakeAIVideo makes the whole music video from a one-line prompt: AI scenes in one visual style, a soundtrack from the library or generated with AI, and a 1080p export in the aspect ratio you pick. There is no audio upload, so to use your own song, lay it over the export in your editor. AI video in 15 styles. Cinematic, Cyberpunk, Retro VHS, Anime, Claymation and more, applied to every scene so the video reads as one piece. A track in about 10 seconds. Describe the music on the create screen and Generate with AI makes it, at no credit cost. Voice optional. Switch the narration off and the music is the only audio in your video. Create Footage Real footage Real filmed clips matched to each line of your script AI video Every scene generated from scratch, fully original Visual style Pick the aesthetic, every AI scene inherits this look CinematicCyberpunkRetro VHSAnimeClaymation Voiceover Narrate this video No voice and no captions. Background music Optional. With the voiceover off, this is the only audio in your video. Generate music with AI Example Describe the music Driving synthwave, analog bass, gated drums, night city energy 15s30s60s Generate Estimated cost ~120 credits Example Generate video How it works ## How the AI music video generator works 1. Step 1 ### Write a one-line prompt Describe the music video in one line: the mood, the setting, the pace. MakeAIVideo writes the scenes from it, so you can pitch a music video before the master is finished. There is no audio upload; the soundtrack comes from the library or the AI music generator in step three. 2. Step 2 ### Pick a visual style and aspect ratio Switch the footage to AI video and choose from 15 visual styles: Cinematic for a filmic look, Cyberpunk and Retro VHS for synth-heavy tracks, Anime for stylised character stories, Claymation for playful indie releases, and more. Set 9:16 vertical for TikTok, Reels, and Shorts; 16:9 for YouTube; or 1:1 for feed posts. Pick the ratio before generating so scenes and captions frame correctly. 3. Step 3 ### Add the music and generate Music is opt-in. Pick one of 120 library tracks across 10 moods, or choose Generate with AI, describe a track, and it is ready in about 10 seconds at no credit cost. Turn the voiceover off and the music is the only audio in the video. Every scene renders in the style you picked; cuts follow the script, not the beat. 4. Step 4 ### Render 1080p and post A watermark-free 1080p MP4 lands in your library. Download it for YouTube, Instagram, or TikTok, or open the built-in editor to regenerate a single scene, swap the track for another from the library, or restyle the captions before publishing. Pick the right tool ## Four jobs people want from an AI music video maker One search, four different needs. Here is which ones MakeAIVideo covers. Made here ### You don't have a song yet Choose Generate with AI, describe the track, and it is ready in about 10 seconds at no credit cost. Or pick one of 120 library tracks in 10 moods. Made here ### You want a finished video, not clips One prompt becomes every scene in one visual style, with the soundtrack mixed in and a 1080p MP4 at the end. No looping six-second clips in an editor. Partly ### You have a finished song There is no audio upload. Make the visuals here with the voice off, then lay your song over the export in your own editor. Scenes follow the script, not your beat. Not what we make ### Someone has to sing it Matching a face to a sung vocal is a specialist lip-sync job. Talking Avatar lip-syncs a spoken script read by a library voice, not a song. Pick the soundtrack ## Use the music video generator in your browser Write the prompt, pick the style, add the music, hit generate. Prefer a finished track to a generated one? The library holds 120 tracks in 10 moods, on the create screen and again in the editor, where you can swap the track after the render. A watermark-free 1080p MP4 lands in your library. 120 tracks, 10 moods. Calm, Upbeat, Cinematic, Electronic, Tense and more, each with a preview to audition first. Dips under a voice. Keep a narrator and the track drops while the voice speaks, then comes back up. No music is a choice too. Music is opt-in. Leave it off, or remove it in the editor later. Music One track under the whole video. It dips while the voice speaks. Library Example Search by mood, instrument, feel… AllCalmUpbeatCinematicEmotionalCuriousAdventureElectronicInspirationalTenseQuirky No music Voice only, silence under the narration Soft piano with strings Calm · Soft piano with gentle strings, slow tempo, peaceful morning Meditative ambient pad Calm · Ambient pad with subtle bell tones, breathing room, meditative Fingerpicked acoustic guitar Calm · Acoustic guitar fingerpicking, soft brushed drums, calm afternoon Volume15% Add music All included ## Everything included with the AI music video generator Visual style, aspect ratio, a 1080p export and the editor come with every render. Music is yours to add or leave out. Working from album art? Animate it with [image to video](/image-to-video). ### Regenerate the shot that missed Open the finished video in the editor and regenerate one scene with new visuals, usually in a few minutes, and the rest of the video stays as it is. Editor All changes saved ScenesVoiceMusicCaptionsSettings ![](/hero-posters/script.webp) Scene 2 Edits save automatically Narration Example They built thousand-ton ceilings without a single steel beam, and most of them are still standing. Regenerate this scene New voice and visuals, usually 1-3 minutes. 50 credits Regenerate scene Text Video Captions Music 1080p MP4 Export video ### Text on screen, or none With the voice off, the script can show as captions in 11 styles, or switch captions off for a clean visual. Captions ![](/hero-posters/prompt.webp) Clean, minimal, burned in Edit transcript Click any word to fix typos without re-rolling voice. Scene #3 Example Light hitting your eyes left the sun eight minutes ago. Scene #4 You are looking at the past, every single time. Caption style Classic (default)SubtleSubtitle (italic)Word popHormoziBoldBeatOutlineBannerGiant numberedMinimalNone Edits save automatically Export video ### 1080p, no watermark Download the MP4 for YouTube, Reels or TikTok, grab an older render, or share a download link with your label. Download / Share Download MP4 video The finished video, ready to post Download SRT captions Subtitle file for TikTok, YouTube, CapCut Download VTT captions Subtitle file for web video players Download Share link Example https://media.makeaivideo.ai/r7Kq2mXa.mp4?X-Amz-Expires=86400 Copy link Anyone with this link can download the MP4, no account needed. Render historyDownload an older render ### Post it on release day Send the finished video to TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and eight more platforms, now or at a time you pick. Post this video Example We upload the finished file to each account you pick. Where should it go? @yourbrand TikTok @yourbrand Instagram · Posts as a Reel Your Brand YouTube · Vertical videos post as Shorts Caption Rewrite Rome did not build the Colosseum with magic. It built it with one ingredient we forgot. #history 96 / 2200 (Instagram is the shortest limit)Written from your script. Edit it freely. Customise caption per platform Schedule (optional, leave empty to post now) 10/07/2026, 09:00 AM Goes out within about two minutes of it. Schedule for 2 accounts ### Animate the cover art Upload the single's artwork and turn it into a 5 or 10 second clip with real motion inside the frame. Image to Video Source image ![](/hero-posters/i2v.webp) How should it animate? Example The aurora ripples slowly across the sky and its reflection moves on the water. Clip length 5 seconds Fastest 10 seconds Smoother motion 1080p clip Generate Connect your AI agent ## Make AI music videos from ChatGPT or Claude Connect your AI assistant and one request can generate a track, make the video with it, and post the result to your accounts. 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. “Generate a 30 second synthwave track, then make a night-drive video with it as the soundtrack and post it to YouTube Shorts.” 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. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[Connect any AI agent](/agents) MCP, API and CLI are included on every plan. Connector address `https://mcp.makeaivideo.ai`Copy Works with - [Claude](/docs/mcp) - [ChatGPT](/chatgpt-video-generator) - [Grok](/docs/mcp) - [Claude Code](/docs/mcp) - [Cursor](/docs/mcp) - [Any MCP client](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) Signed in? [Connect an AI assistant →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) ## What you can make with the AI music video maker A finished music video from your brief, in the style your channel or release plan needs. ![A lone figure on a misty hilltop at dawn, a frame from an indie music visualiser](/images/blocks/ai-music-video-generator/indie-visualisers.webp) ### Indie musician visualisers Describe the world of your single, pick a style that matches the mood, and get a visual to lay your track over in your own editor the same day the master lands. Cheaper than a shoot, faster than a motion-graphics turnaround. ![A quiet city street just after rain, a frame from a producer moodboard reel](/images/blocks/ai-music-video-generator/producer-moodboard.webp) ### Producer moodboard reels Pitching a track to a sync agent or a label? Prompt mode turns the vibe into a finished visual reel before the master is signed off. Useful for briefing directors, testing directions, and shopping around. ![A desk by a rainy window with a steaming mug, a frame from a lo-fi music channel loop](/images/blocks/ai-music-video-generator/faceless-music-channels.webp) ### Faceless music channels Build a TikTok, Reels, or Shorts channel around lo-fi, ambient, or synth moods without filming a single frame. Each prompt becomes a vertical 9:16 clip with a library or AI-generated track under it, in the visual style your feed already reads as yours. ![A folded grey knit sweater and silver sunglasses on pale stone, a frame from a brand mood piece](/images/blocks/ai-music-video-generator/brand-mood-pieces.webp) ### Brand mood pieces Marketers can make a launch reel or lookbook mood piece with a library instrumental under it and visuals to match. Cinematic, Photoreal, or Retro VHS styles fit most brand mood work. ![A DJ's hands on a silver mixer, a frame from a release promo video](/images/blocks/ai-music-video-generator/dj-promo.webp) ### DJ and producer promo Make release-day promo visuals in each aspect ratio you need, one render per ratio: 16:9 for the YouTube upload, 9:16 for Reels and TikTok, 1:1 for the feed grid. Then drop your single or EP snippet over them in your editor. ![An acoustic guitar resting on a chair in a bright room, a frame from a songwriter demo video](/images/blocks/ai-music-video-generator/songwriter-demos.webp) ### Songwriter demo videos Make a visual pass to pair with a rough demo in your editor, so labels, sync teams, or collaborators get more than just an audio file. Cheap way to make a demo feel finished when you're trying to move a song. Working on album artwork instead? [Image to Video](/image-to-video) animates a still cover into a 5 or 10 second clip. Still settling the concept? The [video idea generator](/tools/video-idea-generator) helps before you write the prompt. Best practices ## Tips for AI music videos that land ### Use your own or royalty-free tracks Inside MakeAIVideo the music comes from the built-in library or the AI generator, since there is no audio upload. If you lay a song over the export in another editor, use music you own the rights to or royalty-free instrumentals. Copyrighted commercial tracks will be blocked by platform Content ID even when the visuals are original. ### Pick the ratio before you generate 9:16 for TikTok, Reels, and Shorts; 16:9 for YouTube; 1:1 for the feed grid. Cropping a 16:9 render to 9:16 after the fact clips visuals that mattered and costs a second generation. ### Match the style to the genre Cinematic reads for orchestral and singer-songwriter tracks. Cyberpunk and Retro VHS suit synth-wave and electronic. Anime works for character-driven pop, and the [AI anime video generator](/ai-anime-video-generator) goes deeper on that look. Claymation fits playful indie. The style you pick sets the whole video. ### Prompt mode is for pitching If the master isn't finished yet, a prompt lets you ship a reference music video before the audio is signed off. Useful for testing a visual direction with the artist or label before commissioning a real shoot. ### Write specific prompts in prompt mode 'A 90-second synth-wave music video with a lone driver at night, neon reflections, retro palette' will outperform 'a cool music video'. Specific mood, specific pace, specific visual language. ### Re-roll one scene, not the whole video If a single scene misses the mood, open the editor and regenerate just that scene. Faster and cheaper than re-rendering the entire music video. ### Settle the rights before you publish The song and the visuals carry separate rights. Library tracks are licensed for use in your videos; if you bring a track from another music tool, read that tool's commercial licence, and which model version made the track, before the video goes anywhere commercial. ### Decide clips or a finished file first The costly mistake is paying for a tool that hands you raw shots when you wanted a finished video, or the other way round. If you want material to cut yourself, start with single clips; if you want a file to post, start from a prompt here. ## Other ways to make music videos with AI [![](/images/blocks/pages/prompt-to-video.webp)Prompt to VideoThe upstream mode powering prompt-based music videos.](/prompt-to-video)[![](/images/blocks/pages/image-to-video.webp)Image to VideoAnimate a still cover or album artwork.](/image-to-video)[![](/images/blocks/pages/instagram-reels-generator.webp)Instagram Reels GeneratorVertical output for music snippets on Reels.](/instagram-reels-generator)[![](/images/blocks/pages/tiktok-video-generator.webp)TikTok Video GeneratorVertical output for music snippets on TikTok.](/tiktok-video-generator)[![](/images/blocks/pages/ai-shorts-generator.webp)AI Shorts Generator9:16 for YouTube Shorts.](/ai-shorts-generator) ## AI music video generator guides [![](/images/blocks/pages/home.webp)AI video generatorEvery way MakeAIVideo makes a video: prompts, scripts, presenters, still images.See the AI video generator](/)[![](/images/blog/best-runway-alternatives-hero.webp)Best Runway alternativesRunway is a common pick for music video work. Here's what wins on price, styles, and length.Compare the Runway alternatives](/blog/best-runway-alternatives)[![](/images/blog/best-sora-alternatives-hero.webp)Best Sora alternativesIf you were waiting on Sora for music work, here's the alternatives shipping today.Compare the Sora alternatives](/blog/best-sora-alternatives)[![](/images/blog/best-kling-ai-alternatives-hero.webp)Best Kling AI alternativesKling is heavy on the visual side; here's how it stacks up for full music video workflows.Compare the Kling AI alternatives](/blog/best-kling-ai-alternatives)[![](/images/blog/how-to-write-an-ai-video-script-hero.webp)How to write a video scriptIf you're adding narration or a lyric read on top of your music video, use this as the brief template.Read how to write a video script](/blog/how-to-write-an-ai-video-script) Pricing ## AI music video generator plans for musicians Every plan includes AI video in all 15 styles, the 120-track music library, 1080p downloads and no watermark. Generating a track with AI costs no credits. ### Lite The cheapest way in, with every video mode included. $9/month or $90 a year, 2 months free 450credits a month About 4 stock-footage videos or about 1 AI cinematic video 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 2 social accounts - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video - Full HD 1080p export, no watermark ### Solo For one creator posting every week. $19/month or $190 a year, 2 months free 1,000credits a month About 10 stock-footage videos or about 2 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 4 social accounts - More than double the credits of Lite - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video ### Plus Most popular Long-form, your branding and a team of three. $29/month or $290 a year, 2 months free 1,600credits a month About 16 stock-footage videos or about 3 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 6 social accounts - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - Brand Kit: your logo as a watermark on every video - 3 team seats with admin and member roles ### Pro For teams and channels running at volume. $49/month or $490 a year, 2 months free 2,800credits a month About 29 stock-footage videos or about 6 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 10 social accounts - Lowest price per credit of any plan - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - 10 team seats with admin and member roles 7-day free trial for new customers: $0 today, card required, 500 trial credits, and trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script. Video counts are estimates for 30-second videos, rounded down. Plan credits refresh every billing month and do not roll over. Every plan includes - Every way to make a video: prompt, script, talking avatar, image and character swap - 15 visual styles, captions, music and voices - 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 Busy month? Top-up packs from $9: a one-time purchase, and the credits never expire. [Compare plans and packs](/pricing) ## AI music video generator FAQs What musicians and channel owners ask before making their first video. Something else? [Visit the help center](/help) Do I need my own music track to use this? No, and there is no audio upload. Describe the video in a one-line prompt, then add music if you want it: pick from the library of 120 tracks in 10 moods, or choose Generate with AI on the create screen, describe a track, and it is ready in about 10 seconds. Music is optional. What audio formats do you accept? MakeAIVideo doesn't import audio files. Every soundtrack comes from the built-in library or the AI music generator on the create screen, and the finished video downloads as a 1080p MP4 with the music mixed in. To use your own song, add it over the export in your editor. Can I use copyrighted music? Not inside MakeAIVideo: there is no audio upload, and library tracks are licensed for use in your videos. If you add a song in another editor, platform Content ID will catch copyrighted music even if the visuals are original, so use music you own the rights to, or royalty-free instrumentals. If you're a musician adding your own single, you're clear to distribute the finished video anywhere. How long can the music video be? Up to 10 minutes on every plan for videos made with AI scenes, which is what most music videos use. Plus and Pro reach 40 minutes, but only for real-footage videos. Most music videos land in the 2 to 4 minute range, well inside every plan cap. [See plan lengths on the pricing page](/pricing). What resolution do videos export at? 1080p HD MP4, watermark-free on every export. That's the standard for YouTube, TikTok, and Reels, so the export drops in wherever you post without any transcode step. Which visual styles work best for music video? Cinematic, Cyberpunk, and Retro VHS suit most music work. Cinematic reads for orchestral and singer-songwriter tracks; Cyberpunk and Retro VHS suit synth-heavy and electronic. All 15 styles work for music. The style applies to every AI scene, so pick it before you generate, and regenerate a single scene in the editor if one shot misses. Can I edit the generated scenes? Yes. Open the finished video in the built-in editor to regenerate a single scene, swap the track for another from the library or remove the music, or change the caption style if you show text on screen. Editing is optional; the default output is built to publish as-is. How much does it cost? Plans are a monthly subscription starting at $9 for the Lite plan (450 credits a month), then Solo $19 (1,000), Plus $29 (1,600) and Pro $49 (2,800). Your allowance refreshes each billing month. If a month runs heavy, top-up packs are a separate one-time purchase and those credits never expire. Generation cost scales with length and the style you pick. [See MakeAIVideo plans and pricing](/pricing). How is this different from a text-to-video tool? Text-to-video tools take a prompt and hand you one short clip; you'd still have to loop it, cut to your audio, and stitch scenes in an editor. MakeAIVideo runs the whole music video from one prompt: scene generation in your chosen style, a soundtrack from the library or generated with AI, and a 1080p render. Can AI make a music video from just a song? Not on MakeAIVideo, because there is no audio upload and scenes are not cut to a track's beat. What it does instead: you describe the video, it generates the scenes in one visual style with the voice off, and you lay your song over the 1080p export in your own editor. Can an AI singer lip-sync to my song? Not here. Lip-syncing a face to a sung vocal is a specialist job. Talking Avatar lip-syncs a presenter to a spoken script read by a voice from the library, which suits narration, not singing. [AI talking avatar videos](/talking-avatar) are the spoken version. Do I need a separate tool to make the song? No. On the create screen, Generate with AI makes a track from a description in about 10 seconds, at no credit cost, or you can pick from 120 library tracks in 10 moods. You only need another tool if you want a song with sung vocals. Can I monetise an AI music video on YouTube? The visuals you generate are yours to use, and library tracks are licensed for use in your videos. If you lay a track from somewhere else over the export, its rights decide what you can do: read that music tool's commercial licence first, because Content ID matches the audio whatever the visuals are. Is there a free AI music video generator? MakeAIVideo is a paid product, but new customers get a 7-day free trial: a card is required, nothing is charged today, and trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script. Generating a track with AI costs no credits at any point. [See plans and pricing](/pricing). What happens when I run out of credits? Nothing is charged automatically and nothing is lost. Your account and finished videos stay exactly as they are. Buy another pack whenever you want to generate again. ## Pick the track. Ship the AI music video. Plans from $9 a month, with a credit allowance that refreshes every billing month. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/ai-shorts-generator --- title: "AI Shorts Generator - Shorts from a Prompt | MakeAIVideo" description: "AI YouTube Shorts generator built for faceless-channel cadence. Prompt in, 9:16 Short out with script, voice, scenes, captions and music. Monetizable on YPP." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/ai-shorts-generator format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- # AI YouTube Shorts generator Type one line, pick 9:16, and MakeAIVideo renders a finished YouTube Short: script, AI voiceover, 15 visual styles, word-by-word captions and optional music. Batch a week of Shorts in one session, then post on the cadence YPP rewards. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[Plans from $9/month](/pricing) 7 day free trial·Allowance tops up monthly · Top-up credits never expire 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Join 690+ creators making AI video Want to draft first? Try the [script generator](/tools/video-script-generator) or the [YouTube title generator](/tools/youtube-title-generator). Free, no signup. ![Prompt to Video example: Cinematic AI scenes from a one-line prompt, made with MakeAIVideo](/hero-posters/prompt.webp) Real 9:16 Short rendered by the same pipeline. No source footage required ## AI Shorts generator: one idea in, a finished YouTube Short out Most YouTube Shorts tools clip up a long video you already filmed; if you have nothing to repurpose, you can't use them. MakeAIVideo writes the Short from a one-line idea and matches each line to real stock footage, or generates every scene with AI if you prefer, with voice, captions and optional music in the same pipeline. A 9:16 MP4 is usually ready in a few minutes. No filming, no timeline editing, no second tool. Idea to 9:16 Short. One line in, a complete vertical Short out, sized for the Shorts shelf, Reels, and TikTok. Voiceover plus captions. A natural AI narrator reads the script, with word-by-word captions timed to the voice and baked into the export. Music if you want it. Pick a track or generate one, and it ducks under the narration so the voice stays clear. Create Footage Real footage $ Real filmed clips matched to each line of your script Best AI video $$$ Every scene generated from scratch, fully original Voiceover Narrate this video An AI voice reads the script out loud Background music Pick music No music Voice only, silence under the narration Generate with AI Describe a track, ready in ~10 seconds Estimated cost ~45 credits Example Generate video How it works ## How the AI Shorts generator makes a Short in 4 steps 1. Step 1 ### Pick your topic and aspect ratio Type a one-line topic and choose 9:16 vertical for the Shorts shelf, Reels, and TikTok. The Shorts generator starts on the line right away; a specific topic gets a specific Short, a vague one gets safe defaults. Set the ratio up front, because captions auto-fit the safe area for the format you pick. 2. Step 2 ### AI writes the Short script Your line becomes a paced short-form script with a hook in the first three seconds, a body that holds attention, and a close that lands. Re-roll the script if you want a different angle, or open the editor later to rewrite a single line. The narration matches the words exactly, never a summary. 3. Step 3 ### AI builds scenes, voice, captions, music Every line of the script becomes a scene, from real stock footage or generated by AI in the visual style you chose, with a natural AI narrator reading the words and word-by-word captions timed to the audio. Any background music you pick auto-ducks under the voice. Everything happens in one pass, no second tool, no manual sync. 4. Step 4 ### Render and post Most Shorts are ready in a few minutes. A watermark-free 1080p MP4 lands in your library; post it to your connected YouTube channel now or on a schedule, or download it for the Shorts uploader. Open the editor first if you want to regenerate a scene, restyle the captions, or re-roll the voice. Idea to Short ## Generate YouTube Shorts with AI, right in your browser Type the Short idea, keep 9:16, hit generate. The vertical Short lands in your library, watermark-free. Need a narrated explainer for the main channel instead? Switch the ratio to 16:9 or see [AI explainer videos](/ai-explainer-video). Length presets. Pick 15 seconds or a minute for the Shorts shelf, or set a custom length. Language and voice. Choose the narration language and a voice before you generate. Hook-first by default. The script opens on the line most likely to stop the scroll. Create Prompt to VideoScript to VideoTalking AvatarImage to Video Your prompt Example A 30 second documentary about how the Romans built the Colosseum, with a hook in the first line and a question at the end. Or start from an example Morning habitsWhy startups failHistory deep-diveScience fact Length 15s1m3m5m10mCustom Aspect ratio 9:161:116:9 Sarah Female · American Mature, reassuring, confident Captions Word-by-word, auto-styled Estimated cost ~90 credits Example Generate video Write the Short ## How to make YouTube Shorts with AI that people watch to the end The pipeline writes a hook-first script from your line, but your idea still picks the angle. Every Short that holds attention has the same three beats. Name them in your one-line idea, or draft openers with the [video hook generator](/tools/video-hook-generator) first. 1. Beat 1First 1 to 2 seconds ### Hook Give the viewer a reason to stay before the thumb moves. Three openers that work: - A specific stake: “If you have $1,000 sitting in savings, watch this.” - A pattern interrupt: “You are using ChatGPT wrong. Here is the prompt that fixed it.” - A contrarian claim: “Stop chasing the algorithm. Do this instead.” 2. Beat 2The middle ### Value Deliver what the hook promised and cut every sentence that does not move toward it. Three structures that fit a Short: - List: “Three things that change everything about compound interest.” - Story: “I tried this for 30 days. Here is what happened.” - Breakdown: “It is simpler than it looks. It works like this.” 3. Beat 3Last 3 to 5 seconds ### One ask End on a single request. Asking for a like, a share, a comment and a subscribe at once splits the attention you just earned. - “Save this for later.” - “Subscribe for a money tip every day.” - “Comment if you want part two.” ### How long should a YouTube Short be? 15 to 30 seconds About 40 to 90 words One hook and one tip. The easiest length to hold to the end. 30 to 60 seconds About 90 to 175 words Hook, a short body and one ask. The default for most topics. 1 to 3 minutes About 175 to 525 words A story or a deep dive, for topics dense enough to carry it. Shorts can run up to three minutes. Word counts assume a brisk read of about 175 words a minute; check a script with the [speech time calculator](/tools/speech-time-calculator). Publish to YouTube ## Post from the AI Shorts generator straight to YouTube Connect your YouTube channel, open a finished video and choose Post to your accounts. A vertical video goes up as a Short and a 16:9 video as a regular upload, now or at a date and time you set. Scheduled posts go out within about two minutes of that time. More on [auto-posting video to YouTube, TikTok and Instagram](/auto-post). Vertical posts as a Short. No re-upload through YouTube Studio; the MP4 goes straight to your channel. Room to describe it. YouTube allows up to 5,000 characters, and the caption is drafted from your script. Reels and TikTok too. Tick more accounts and the same Short goes to Instagram as a Reel and to TikTok. Post this video Example We upload the finished file to each account you pick. Where should it go? @yourbrand TikTok @yourbrand Instagram · Posts as a Reel Your Brand YouTube · Vertical videos post as Shorts Caption Rewrite Rome did not build the Colosseum with magic. It built it with one ingredient we forgot. #history 96 / 2200 (Instagram is the shortest limit)Written from your script. Edit it freely. Customise caption per platform Schedule (optional, leave empty to post now) 10/07/2026, 09:00 AM Goes out within about two minutes of it. Schedule for 2 accounts Keep the cadence ## A week of AI YouTube Shorts in one sitting Generate the ideas, make each Short, then schedule every one for its own day. Your library and posts page keep track of what is ready and what has gone out. ### Ten ideas per niche Enter your niche and a tone and get ten Short concepts, each with a hook and an angle. Make this turns one into a video. Ideas Example Niche / topic area Ancient history for curious adults Generate 10 ideas Tone EntertainingEducationalInspirationalHumorousControversial The trick that made Roman concrete outlast ours Hook “Their harbours are still standing. Ours crack in fifty years.” Angle One ingredient, explained with a single experiment you can picture. AI Video#history CopyMake this Three habits historians say every empire shared Hook “Rome, the Mongols and Britain had one thing in common.” Angle A presenter walks through the pattern in under a minute. Talking Avatar#history CopyMake this ### One schedule, every post Each Short you have scheduled or posted, with its status on YouTube and anywhere else it went. Posts Example Videos you have posted or scheduled to your accounts, and how each one went. - ![](/hero-posters/prompt.webp) The Colosseum secret Scheduled Goes out around Oct 7, 2026, 9:00 AM · 3 accounts - ![](/hero-posters/talking-avatar.webp) 3 hiring mistakes Posting Oct 3, 2026, 2:14 PM · 2 accounts - ![](/hero-posters/script.webp) Morning habits Published Oct 2, 2026, 6:30 PM · 3 accounts - ![](/hero-posters/i2v.webp) Spring collection Partly published Oct 1, 2026, 11:05 AM · 2 accounts - ![](/hero-posters/character-swap.webp) Behind the scenes Preparing Oct 3, 2026, 2:16 PM · 1 account ### Every Short in your library See what is ready, still rendering or failed, then reopen any Short to edit, download or post. My Videos Example AllReadyIn progressFailed ![](/hero-posters/prompt.webp)0:25 Universe in 25s ![](/hero-posters/script.webp)0:48 Cathedrals by candlelight ![](/hero-posters/talking-avatar.webp)0:31 Nobody filmed this ![](/hero-posters/i2v.webp)0:10 Aurora over the fjord ![](/hero-posters/character-swap.webp)0:08 Rooftop take, swapped ![](/images/home/library-colosseum.webp)0:42 Rome in a day All included ## Everything you get with the YouTube Shorts generator Voice, captions, scenes and a 1080p export are bundled into every Short, with music when you want it. Any Short opens in the editor too: regenerate one scene, swap the narrator or fix a word, then export again. Native 9:16. Built vertical for the Shorts shelf, not letterboxed or cropped from a wide source. 15 visual styles. Cinematic, anime, claymation, and more, applied across every AI scene. Word-by-word captions. 11 caption styles, timed to the voiceover and burned into the export. Studio AI voices. A curated library of natural narrators to match your tone. Ducked background music. Optional: pick a track and it sits under the narration without burying the voice. Watermark-free 1080p. Clean exports ready to post to the Shorts shelf. Editor All changes saved ScenesVoiceMusicCaptionsSettings ![](/hero-posters/script.webp) Scene 2 Edits save automatically Narration Example They built thousand-ton ceilings without a single steel beam, and most of them are still standing. Regenerate this scene New voice and visuals, usually 1-3 minutes. 50 credits Regenerate scene Text Video Captions Music 1080p MP4 Export video Connect your AI agent ## Make tomorrow's AI Short from ChatGPT or Claude Connect Claude, ChatGPT, Grok or any MCP client, describe the Short, and it makes the video with the same pipeline as the app. Ask and it posts it to your YouTube channel too. 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. “Make a 50 second Short on why honey never spoils and schedule it to my YouTube channel for Saturday at 10am.” 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. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[Connect any AI agent](/agents) MCP, API and CLI are included on every plan. Connector address `https://mcp.makeaivideo.ai`Copy Works with - [Claude](/docs/mcp) - [ChatGPT](/chatgpt-video-generator) - [Grok](/docs/mcp) - [Claude Code](/docs/mcp) - [Cursor](/docs/mcp) - [Any MCP client](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) Signed in? [Connect an AI assistant →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) ## What you can make with the AI Shorts generator A finished faceless Short per idea, ready for the Shorts shelf. ![A water drop landing in still blue water, a frame from a faceless explainer Short](/images/blocks/ai-shorts-generator/faceless-explainers.webp) ### Faceless explainers Build a faceless YouTube Shorts channel without filming yourself. One line becomes a fully voiced, captioned, paced Short you can publish the same day. ![Five grey stones in a row on pale sand, a frame from a top-five list Short](/images/blocks/ai-shorts-generator/list-shorts.webp) ### List Shorts Top-5s, common mistakes, surprising facts. The hook-body-close structure is already there; you bring the topic and the angle. ![A white lighthouse on a rocky coast, a frame from a history story Short](/images/blocks/ai-shorts-generator/story-shorts.webp) ### Story Shorts Walk through a story or case study in 30 to 90 seconds with narration timed to scenes that illustrate each beat. Useful for history, science, and explainer formats. ![White wireless headphones on a grey pedestal, a frame from a product Short](/images/blocks/ai-shorts-generator/product-shorts.webp) ### Product Shorts Frame a feature, a launch, or a use case in one line. The pipeline writes the read, builds the visuals, and outputs a 9:16 clip you can drop into the Shorts shelf or a launch thread. ![A white microscope on a bright lab bench, a frame from an educational Short](/images/blocks/ai-shorts-generator/educational-shorts.webp) ### Educational Shorts Explain a single concept per Short with narration timed to scenes that illustrate the point. Each beat gets its own visual; nothing drags into the next. ![A cup of coffee on a white windowsill in morning light, a frame from a daily faceless Short](/images/blocks/ai-shorts-generator/daily-faceless-posts.webp) ### Daily faceless posts Run a consistent posting cadence without source footage. One Short idea per day, one finished Short, no filming, no editing, no clip-mining. If you want to clip up an existing long video you already filmed, a repurposing tool fits the job better. This is for Shorts built from scratch. Best practices ## Tips for AI YouTube Shorts that survive the scroll ### Pick 9:16 before generating 9:16 vertical is what the YouTube Shorts shelf serves; captions auto-fit the vertical safe area. Switching aspect ratios after generating costs another render, so set it up front. ### Write a specific Short idea 'A 45-second faceless explainer about why honey crystallises, casual tone' will outperform 'a video about honey'. Specific topic, specific length, specific angle. ### Put the payoff in the title's first words Shorts titles sit in small type over the video, so lead with what the viewer gets. Keep the description to two or three plain sentences and a few niche hashtags; a long stack of tags adds nothing. ### Keep one format for a run of Shorts Pick one structure, such as a three-tip list or a 60-second story, and stay in one niche long enough for YouTube to learn who your Shorts are for. A channel that changes format every upload is harder to recommend. ### Post on a schedule you can keep A Short every day for a month beats seven in one afternoon and silence after. Make a week of Shorts in one sitting, then schedule each one for its own day; scheduled posts go out within about two minutes of the time you set. ### Point Shorts at your long-form channel Viewers who subscribe from a Short subscribe to the whole channel, and long videos usually earn more per view. Render the same script at 16:9 for the main channel so one topic covers both. ### Re-roll one scene, not the whole Short If a single scene misses, open the editor and regenerate just that scene. Faster and cheaper than re-rendering the entire Short. ### Match captions to the platform Bold, single-word captions pop on the Shorts shelf and Reels; quieter, two-line captions read better embedded in a longer post. The editor has 11 caption styles; pick once and reuse. ## More AI video tools like the AI Shorts generator [![](/images/blocks/pages/tiktok-video-generator.webp)TikTok Video GeneratorSame product, TikTok-branded.](/tiktok-video-generator)[![](/images/blocks/pages/instagram-reels-generator.webp)Instagram Reels GeneratorVertical for the Reels tab.](/instagram-reels-generator)[![](/images/blocks/pages/faceless-youtube-channel.webp)Faceless YouTube ChannelLong-form + Shorts workflow.](/faceless-youtube-channel)[![](/images/blocks/pages/prompt-to-video.webp)Prompt to videoThe same video in any ratio, from one line of text.](/prompt-to-video)[![](/images/blocks/pages/ai-explainer-video.webp)AI Explainer VideoNarrated 60-90s explainers for the long-form library.](/ai-explainer-video) ## YouTube Shorts generator guides and tutorials [![](/images/blocks/pages/tiktok-video-generator.webp)AI TikTok video generatorThe same vertical pipeline, with TikTok hooks, captions and posting.See the TikTok video generator](/tiktok-video-generator)[![](/images/blocks/pages/faceless-youtube-channel.webp)Faceless YouTube channelShorts and 16:9 long-form videos from the same script, with no presenter on camera.See the faceless video generator](/faceless-youtube-channel)[![](/images/blog/youtube-automation-hero.webp)YouTube automation: the complete 2026 guideHow Shorts fit into the automation pipeline, the team structures behind it, and the costs to scale.Read the YouTube automation guide](/blog/youtube-automation)[![](/images/blog/youtube-cpm-rpm-by-niche-2026-hero.webp)YouTube CPM and RPM by nicheReal 2026 data on which niches earn what, including a dedicated Shorts breakdown.Read the CPM and RPM guide](/blog/youtube-cpm-rpm-by-niche-2026)[![](/images/blog/how-to-write-an-ai-video-script-hero.webp)How to write a video script60-second template with hook-body-close structure.Read the video script guide](/blog/how-to-write-an-ai-video-script) Pricing ## AI Shorts generator pricing: a Shorts channel from $9 a month Every plan makes vertical Shorts and posts them to your YouTube channel, with no watermark. Credit cost scales with length, so pick the plan that fits how many Shorts you post each week. ### Lite The cheapest way in, with every video mode included. $9/month or $90 a year, 2 months free 450credits a month About 4 stock-footage videos or about 1 AI cinematic video 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 2 social accounts - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video - Full HD 1080p export, no watermark ### Solo For one creator posting every week. $19/month or $190 a year, 2 months free 1,000credits a month About 10 stock-footage videos or about 2 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 4 social accounts - More than double the credits of Lite - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video ### Plus Most popular Long-form, your branding and a team of three. $29/month or $290 a year, 2 months free 1,600credits a month About 16 stock-footage videos or about 3 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 6 social accounts - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - Brand Kit: your logo as a watermark on every video - 3 team seats with admin and member roles ### Pro For teams and channels running at volume. $49/month or $490 a year, 2 months free 2,800credits a month About 29 stock-footage videos or about 6 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 10 social accounts - Lowest price per credit of any plan - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - 10 team seats with admin and member roles 7-day free trial for new customers: $0 today, card required, 500 trial credits, and trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script. Video counts are estimates for 30-second videos, rounded down. Plan credits refresh every billing month and do not roll over. Every plan includes - Every way to make a video: prompt, script, talking avatar, image and character swap - 15 visual styles, captions, music and voices - 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 Busy month? Top-up packs from $9: a one-time purchase, and the credits never expire. [Compare plans and packs](/pricing) ## AI YouTube Shorts generator FAQs How the Shorts generator works, what it exports and posts, and what it costs. Something else? [Visit the help center](/help) How do you make YouTube Shorts with AI? Type the topic and angle in one line, keep the ratio at 9:16 and generate. MakeAIVideo writes a hook-first script, adds an AI voiceover, builds a scene per line from stock footage or AI video, times word-by-word captions to the voice and renders a 1080p MP4 in a few minutes. Fix anything in the editor, then post it to your connected YouTube channel as a Short, now or at a time you schedule. What is an AI shorts generator? An AI shorts generator turns a written idea or script into a finished short-form video. MakeAIVideo makes the whole Short from one line: script, AI voiceover, stock or AI scenes, word-by-word captions, and any music you pick, then renders a 9:16 vertical MP4 ready for YouTube Shorts, Reels, and TikTok. How does the AI YouTube Shorts generator work? You type a one-line Short idea, pick 9:16 vertical, and choose a visual style. MakeAIVideo drafts a hook-paced Short script, picks a natural AI narrator, builds a scene per beat, times captions to the voice, layers in any music you pick, and renders the finished MP4. A typical Short is ready in a few minutes. How long does it take to generate a Short? Most 30 to 60 second Shorts are ready in a few minutes. Longer Shorts take longer, and AI-generated scenes take longer than stock footage. The finished Short lands in your library when it is done. What aspect ratios can I export? 9:16 vertical for the YouTube Shorts shelf, Reels, and TikTok, 1:1 square for feed posts, and 16:9 landscape for the main YouTube page. Captions auto-adjust to the safe area for each format; pick the ratio before generating. How much does it cost? Plans are a monthly subscription starting at $9 for the Lite plan (450 credits a month), then Solo $19 (1,000), Plus $29 (1,600) and Pro $49 (2,800). Your allowance refreshes each billing month. If a month runs heavy, top-up packs are a separate one-time purchase and those credits never expire. Generation cost scales with length and the style you pick. [See MakeAIVideo plans and pricing](/pricing). How long should a YouTube Short be? YouTube Shorts can run up to three minutes, but most topics fit 30 to 60 seconds, roughly 90 to 175 spoken words. Use 15 to 30 seconds for a single tip and go past a minute only for a story or deep dive dense enough to carry it. Set the length before you generate and the script is paced to fit. Is there a watermark on the Short? No. Every Short you export is a clean 1080p MP4, watermark-free and yours to post anywhere. Watermark removal is not gated behind a higher tier. Can I monetize the Shorts on YouTube? Yes. Shorts you generate are yours to monetize on YouTube, TikTok, Reels, and any other platform. [See the full terms](/legal/terms). Is it allowed to use AI to make YouTube Shorts? Yes. YouTube asks creators to disclose AI content that looks real, such as a realistic scene that never happened or a real person shown saying something they did not say, using the disclosure setting when they upload. Clearly stylised or animated scenes do not need it. Do Shorts help my long-form channel? They can. A viewer who subscribes from a Short subscribes to your whole channel, and long videos usually earn more per view than Shorts. Render the same script at 16:9 for the main channel so each topic covers both; see [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) for the long-form side. How many Shorts should I post? As many as you can keep up every week. A steady daily rhythm in one niche and one format gives YouTube more to learn from than a burst followed by silence. Batch a week of Shorts in one sitting and schedule each one for its own day. Can I edit the Short after it generates? Yes. Open the finished video in the built-in editor to rewrite captions word by word, restyle the caption preset, swap the voice, or re-roll a single scene. The default output is built to post as-is, editing is optional. Do I need source footage like other Shorts tools? No. Most YouTube Shorts generators clip up a long video you already have; if you have no source footage, you can't use them. MakeAIVideo writes the Short from a one-line idea, so you can post without filming or repurposing anything. If you already have a written script, [Script to video](/script-to-video) narrates your exact words instead. How is this different from a clip-from-long-video Shorts tool? Repurposers cut your existing long videos into shorter slices; MakeAIVideo generates the Short from scratch. That means you can run a faceless Shorts channel without ever filming a long video, podcast, or livestream first. Both approaches have their place; pick the right tool for what you've already shot. What happens when I run out of credits? Nothing is charged automatically and nothing is lost. Your account and finished videos stay exactly as they are. Your plan's allowance refreshes on your next billing date, or buy a top-up pack whenever you want to generate sooner. ## One line in. A finished AI Short out. Plans from $9 a month, with a credit allowance that refreshes every billing month. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/ai-spokesperson-video --- title: "AI Spokesperson Video - Script to Presenter | MakeAIVideo" description: "AI spokesperson video for corporate messaging. Sign off the script once, re-render whenever pricing or policy changes. 1080p, lip-synced, watermark-free." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/ai-spokesperson-video format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- # AI spokesperson video generator Paste your approved script, pick a presenter, and MakeAIVideo renders a lip-synced 1080p spokesperson video that reads your words verbatim. Sign off once, then re-render across voices, presenters, and aspect ratios whenever pricing, positioning, or policy shifts. 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Join 690+ creators making AI video ![Talking Avatar example: A lip-synced AI presenter from your script, made with MakeAIVideo](/hero-posters/talking-avatar.webp) An AI presenter delivering a script. No real person involved. No shoot. No studio. No actor. ## An AI spokesperson for your script, without the shoot Most spokesperson tools sell a 240-presenter library behind a sales demo and hide the price until you book a call. MakeAIVideo runs the full pipeline from your script: AI voiceover, lip-synced presenter, word-by-word captions, optional music under the narration, finished MP4. Pick a presenter from the library or upload a reference image and the pipeline generates a consistent AI character from it. Verbatim narration. Your script is read word for word, never summarised or rewritten. Lip-synced delivery. The presenter's mouth is timed to the AI voiceover. Use your own character. Pick from the library or upload a reference image for a consistent AI presenter. Talking Avatar Avatar Pick a character Upload your video BEST ![](/images/home/characters/maya.webp) Maya ![](/images/home/characters/dex.webp) Dex ![](/images/home/characters/bella.webp) Bella ![](/images/home/characters/marcus.webp) Marcus ![](/images/home/characters/olivia.webp) Olivia ![](/images/home/characters/jordan.webp) Jordan Your script Example Most people skip breakfast for the wrong reason. Here is the one change that made my mornings easier. Sarah Female · American Female · AmericanMature, reassuring, confident Generate video How it works ## How to make an AI spokesperson video 1. Step 1 ### Write or paste the script you want delivered Drop the exact words you want the presenter to say into the script box, or use Write with AI to draft them from a topic. The pipeline reads them verbatim, never rewriting or summarising, and the counter under the box estimates the runtime so you can trim to length first. Marketing and legal can sign off once on the wording, then you can re-render against the same approved script as many times as you need. 2. Step 2 ### Pick a presenter or upload your own reference Choose an AI character from the curated library, or upload a single reference image (a generated headshot, a brand mascot illustration, a stylised portrait) and the pipeline builds a consistent presenter from it. Dress the role when you describe the character: business or smart-casual clothes and a plain backdrop read as a spokesperson, a hoodie reads as a creator. Because the character is AI-generated rather than cloned from a real person, there's no actor likeness to license. 3. Step 3 ### Match the voice and aspect ratio to the channel Pick a voice from the curated library of natural AI narrators; match the tone to the character's apparent age and the audience. Set the aspect ratio up front: 16:9 for landing pages and YouTube, 9:16 for Reels and Shorts, 1:1 for feed posts. Captions auto-fit each safe area. 4. Step 4 ### Generate, review, ship MakeAIVideo lip-syncs the presenter to the voiceover, lays in captions, ducks any music you add under the narration, and renders a watermark-free 1080p MP4. Most spokesperson clips are ready in a few minutes, depending on length. Open in the editor to swap the voice or restyle the captions, or post the default output as-is. Same technology, different conventions ## AI spokesperson video vs creator talking head Both are a presenter lip-synced to your script. What makes one read as your company's spokesperson is the set of choices below, and every one of them is yours to make in Talking Avatar. AI spokesperson Creator talking head Framing SpokespersonChest-up, plain or branded backdrop, studio feel CreatorCasual, handheld feel, the creator's own space Pace Spokesperson130 to 145 words a minute, pauses after key points Creator150 to 170 words a minute, energetic Voice SpokespersonConfident and warm, the tone of your brand CreatorPersonality first Call to action SpokespersonBook a demo, start a trial, download the guide CreatorFollow, like, comment Updates SpokespersonRe-rendered when pricing, policy or positioning changes CreatorNew content every week Script structure ## How to script a 90 second spokesperson video About 200 words at spokesperson pace. Five beats, with most of the time spent on proof rather than on the greeting. 1. ### Hook 10s The result or the problem, in one line. No greeting. 2. ### Value 20s What the product does and who it is for. 3. ### Proof 40s A feature walkthrough or an outcome you can evidence. 4. ### Call to action 15s One ask: book the demo or start the trial. 5. ### Close 5s Your brand name and where to find you. Paste the draft into Talking Avatar and the counter under the script box estimates the runtime, so you can cut to 90 seconds before you spend a credit. Your brand's presenter ## Generate AI spokesperson videos in your browser Pick the presenter, paste the script, render. Build the face of your brand once in the character wizard, from a description or reference images, give it a voice, and save it. From then on it is one click away in Talking Avatar for every script you approve. Describe or upload. Write a description, or add reference images to lock the face. Pick a portrait and a voice. Choose the look and the narrator that fit your audience. Save it once. The same presenter fronts every video after that. Create Character 1. Describe 2. Portrait 3. Voice 4. 4Save Describe your character Example A warm, confident presenter in her late twenties, soft studio light, cream knit sweater, looking straight at the camera. Reference images Optional, locks the face to look like these ![](/images/home/characters/maya.webp) ![](/images/home/characters/maya.webp) Pick your portrait ![](/images/home/characters/maya.webp) ![](/images/home/characters/bella.webp) ![](/images/home/characters/olivia.webp) ![](/images/home/characters/aria.webp) Pick a voice Warm Narrator Calm, storytelling, perfect for explainer videos Name & save Name Maya Example Back Save Character All included ## Everything in one AI spokesperson video render Every render comes with the lot, from verbatim narration to a clean 1080p export. On Plus and Pro you can also add your logo as a watermark and invite the people who sign off the script: 3 seats on Plus, 10 on Pro. Verbatim narration. Your script is read word for word, never summarised or rewritten, so the message lands as approved. Lip-synced delivery. The presenter's mouth is timed to the AI voiceover, with captions timed to the audio. Bring your own character. Pick from the library or upload a reference image to generate a consistent AI presenter for your brand. No actor likeness fees. The character is AI-generated, so there's nothing to license and nothing to clone. Every aspect ratio. 16:9 for landing pages, 9:16 for Reels and Shorts, 1:1 for feed. Watermark-free 1080p. Clean exports yours to embed, post, or send to a client. Your logo, if you want it. On Plus and Pro, Brand Kit puts your logo on renders as a watermark, switched on or off. Settings Brand Kit Brand Kit is available on Plus and Pro Watermark NS PNG with transparency recommended. Max 5MB. Upload watermark Example Show watermark on renders Team Invite to team teammate@example.comMember Send invite Active members Example - ![](/images/home/characters/olivia.webp) OliviaYou olivia@northshore.studio Owner - ![](/images/home/characters/marcus.webp) Marcus marcus@northshore.studio Admin - ![](/images/home/characters/zara.webp) Zara zara@northshore.studio Member Pending invitations sam@northshore.studio Invited by Olivia Member Re-render, don't reshoot ## Re-render spokesperson videos, keep the approved words When the tone is off or the captions need a fix, change it in the editor instead of booking another shoot. Need the same words over scenes instead of a presenter? Use [script to video](/script-to-video). ### Try another voice Audition the curated narrators, pick a delivery from calm to expressive, and apply it to the whole video. Voice The narrator for the whole video Pick a voice Play to audition Sarahfemale · american Mature, reassuring, confident Brianmale · american Deep, resonant, comforting, natural authority Lilyfemale · british Velvety, warm. British narrator Danielmale · british Authoritative British male, newscaster gravitas Matildafemale · american Knowledgeable, professional, perfect for tutorials Delivery Used when you apply Stable Calm, even Balanced Default Expressive Punchy Apply to every scene Re-records the narration. Visuals stay as they are, and your current export stays until you export again. Apply voice ### Fix a word in the captions Switch caption styles, or click any word in the transcript to correct it without re-recording the voice. Captions ![](/hero-posters/prompt.webp) Clean, minimal, burned in Edit transcript Click any word to fix typos without re-rolling voice. Scene #3 Example Light hitting your eyes left the sun eight minutes ago. Scene #4 You are looking at the past, every single time. Caption style Classic (default)SubtleSubtitle (italic)Word popHormoziBoldBeatOutlineBannerGiant numberedMinimalNone Edits save automatically Export video ### Embed it or send it Download a 1080p MP4 with SRT or VTT captions for your site, LMS or sales deck, or share a download link. Download / Share Download MP4 video The finished video, ready to post Download SRT captions Subtitle file for TikTok, YouTube, CapCut Download VTT captions Subtitle file for web video players Download Share link Example https://media.makeaivideo.ai/r7Kq2mXa.mp4?X-Amz-Expires=86400 Copy link Anyone with this link can download the MP4, no account needed. Render historyDownload an older render ### Post it to your channels Publish to LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and seven more platforms from the app, now or on a schedule. Post this video Example We upload the finished file to each account you pick. Where should it go? @yourbrand TikTok @yourbrand Instagram · Posts as a Reel Your Brand YouTube · Vertical videos post as Shorts Caption Rewrite Rome did not build the Colosseum with magic. It built it with one ingredient we forgot. #history 96 / 2200 (Instagram is the shortest limit)Written from your script. Edit it freely. Customise caption per platform Schedule (optional, leave empty to post now) 10/07/2026, 09:00 AM Goes out within about two minutes of it. Schedule for 2 accounts Connect your AI agent ## Let Claude or ChatGPT re-record the spokesperson update When pricing or policy changes, paste the new wording into Claude, ChatGPT or Grok. It makes the presenter video in your MakeAIVideo account with the character you already use, on the same credits 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. “Make a 60 second 16:9 spokesperson video with Marcus reading our new pricing script word for word.” 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. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[Connect any AI agent](/agents) MCP, API and CLI are included on every plan. Connector address `https://mcp.makeaivideo.ai`Copy Works with - [Claude](/docs/mcp) - [ChatGPT](/chatgpt-video-generator) - [Grok](/docs/mcp) - [Claude Code](/docs/mcp) - [Cursor](/docs/mcp) - [Any MCP client](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) Signed in? [Connect an AI assistant →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) Use cases ## Spokesperson videos you can make A presenter clip per render, on-brand and on-script. ![A presenter in a navy blazer against a plain studio backdrop, a frame from a product launch video](/images/blocks/ai-spokesperson-video/product-launches.webp) ### Product launches and landing pages Put a consistent AI presenter in front of every feature launch, release note, and the 30 to 90 second explainer at the top of a landing page. Re-render against the same script whenever pricing or positioning changes, no re-shoot. ![A presenter in a light blue shirt speaking to camera in an office, a frame from a sales outreach video](/images/blocks/ai-spokesperson-video/sales-outreach.webp) ### Sales outreach video Add a spokesperson clip to outbound emails, landing pages, and proposal decks. The presenter delivers the same value pitch every time, and for a key account you can duplicate the script, change the opening line to name them, and render a version of their own. ![A presenter beside a blank whiteboard in a meeting room, a frame from an onboarding module](/images/blocks/ai-spokesperson-video/training.webp) ### Internal training & onboarding Standardise compliance, policy, and onboarding modules with a single AI presenter delivering the approved script. Update one line, re-render, push the new version, no studio time. ![A support presenter wearing a headset smiling at camera, a frame from a how-to video](/images/blocks/ai-spokesperson-video/support-howtos.webp) ### Customer-support how-tos Turn long help-centre articles into short presenter-led explainers for the channels where users actually look first. The same character carries the support brand across every clip. ![An executive in a grey suit speaking to camera in a boardroom, a frame from a stakeholder update](/images/blocks/ai-spokesperson-video/investor-updates.webp) ### Investor & stakeholder updates Record quarterly updates, board summaries, and stakeholder briefings without coordinating a studio booking. The presenter delivers the prepared remarks; you keep full control of the wording. ![A presenter in a white shirt against a pale blue backdrop, a frame from an ad test](/images/blocks/ai-spokesperson-video/ad-tests.webp) ### Ad creative tests Test a new opening line against the same offer by changing the script and rendering again, one ad per render, or try another presenter or voice. No second filming day. Keep the presenter speaking as your brand, never as a customer who doesn't exist. Use cases ## Who an AI spokesperson works for The same presenter workflow, five different jobs. Each section covers the videos that audience needs, how to make them, where a real face still wins, and the rules that apply. [Coaches and consultants](#coaches)[Fitness coaches](#fitness)[Law firms](#law)[Dental practices](#dental)[LinkedIn and B2B](#linkedin) Coaches and consultants ## AI spokesperson video for coaches and consultants A practice usually has three or four video jobs live at once. Hand the scripted, repeatable ones to a presenter and keep your own face for the moments that sell on trust. ### Videos worth making - A short weekday post from a written insight, so the feed stays active through a week of client calls. - The "meet the coach" video at the top of a program's sales page, re-rendered when the offer changes. - Program module intros that you update from a new script when the curriculum shifts, instead of re-shooting. - A scripted pre-call brief on the days you are travelling and cannot get to a camera. ### How to make them Save one presenter in the character wizard, or upload a clip of yourself in Talking Avatar (the voice comes from the library, because MakeAIVideo does not clone voices), and use it everywhere so prospects meet one face. Render 9:16 for the feed and 16:9 for the sales page. [Later](https://later.com/blog/instagram-reels/) finds Instagram favours Reels under 90 seconds, with the first three seconds doing the most work, and [Sprout Social](https://sproutsocial.com/insights/best-times-to-post-on-linkedin/) finds Tuesday to Thursday the most consistent days on LinkedIn, so a weekday cadence loses little. ### Keep a real person for Personal outreach to named prospects, the pre-call video when you have five minutes, and client stories. As a [Forbes Coaches Council piece](https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbescoachescouncil/2026/04/14/words-of-the-year-defining-the-coaching-industry-in-2026/) puts it, AI can refine messaging, but leaders should not outsource their judgment to it. Fitness coaches ## AI spokesperson video for fitness coaches The workout is the content, so filmed form demos stay yours. A presenter takes the scripted layer around them: the promos, the nurture clips and the answers you repeat in every DM. ### Videos worth making - Program and challenge promos that go out on the days you cannot film. - A nurture sequence where the same presenter and voice carry every clip, so a lead hears one person from first click to sign-up. - Answers to the questions every prospect asks: how online coaching works, what the price includes, what a first week looks like. - A client's written words read by your brand presenter, with the client's permission and framed as their quote, not the presenter's own story. ### How to make them Write the hook and the last line before anything else, paste the script into Talking Avatar and render 9:16. Captions are burned in and timed to the voice, which matters because so much of the feed plays muted. [Later](https://later.com/blog/instagram-reels-algorithm/) notes that captions help Instagram categorise a Reel and match it to viewers, and that full-frame 9:16 video feels native. ### Keep a real person for Exercise form demos. Generated bodies moving through a compound lift still look wrong to a trained eye, so film those on a tripod, vertical, with room above and below the lift. ### Rules to check Transformation posts carry the biggest risk. The FTC's [Endorsement Guides FAQ](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/ftcs-endorsement-guides-what-people-are-asking) says a specific results claim is usually read as what others can expect, and that "results may vary" does not change that. Hold proof the result is typical, or say plainly what most clients can expect. A synthetic presenter reading the line changes nothing. For realistic AI scenes, tick [TikTok's AI-generated content label](https://www.tiktok.com/creator-academy/en/article/ai-generated-content-label) and [YouTube's AI use setting](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/14328491) at upload. Law firms ## AI spokesperson video for law firms A [Forbes Councils piece on law firm video](https://www.forbes.com/councils/theyec/2024/02/15/strategic-uses-for-video-on-your-law-firms-website/) argues a high-budget commercial is not necessary and that brief clips explaining legal concepts do the work. That is the job a presenter does well. ### Videos worth making - Practice-area explainers for the website: what happens after a car accident claim, how a DUI case moves, what to bring to a first consultation. - Short 9:16 intake ads for Meta and TikTok, one per case type, with the same presenter in all of them so the firm reads as one brand. - A "what happens next" video for new enquiries, sent while they wait for the call back. - Internal training and onboarding for staff, re-rendered when a process changes. ### How to make them Lock the presenter, the voice and the ratio, and let the script be the only thing that changes between case types. Write any advertising label your bar requires into the script, so it is spoken and appears in the captions, and repeat it in the post text. Get the wording approved once, then re-render against the approved script. ### Keep a real person for Client testimonials. Never use an AI presenter to play a client who does not exist. Real testimonials, shown as they are with the disclaimers your state requires, are the only defensible route. A named partner's personal pitch also belongs to the partner. ### Rules to check Bar advertising rules vary by state, so check yours before anything runs. As a reference point, the [ABA's Model Rule 7.2](https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/rule_7_2_advertising/) lets lawyers advertise, bars paying anyone for recommendations except in narrow cases, and requires the name and contact details of at least one responsible lawyer or firm. Keep outcome promises and win rates out of every script. On the federal side, the FTC's [Endorsement Guides FAQ](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/ftcs-endorsement-guides-what-people-are-asking) requires an endorsement to reflect the endorser's honest opinion. This is not legal advice. Dental practices ## AI spokesperson video for dental practices Most practices do not need a bigger ad budget. They need fresh creative every week without filming patients, and one face across the ads, the website and the waiting-room screen. ### Videos worth making - Treatment explainers for service pages and social: Invisalign, whitening, veneers, what happens during a root canal. - Short 9:16 ads per service line, with the same presenter and the same "book your consultation" close, a new hook each time. - A consultation follow-up video for people who did not book on the day. - A "meet the dentist" page video. Upload a clip of the dentist in Talking Avatar, with their permission, if they want to be the face. ### How to make them Build the presenter once and keep it for months, so a patient who sees the ad and then the website meets the same person. Render each ad separately and change one line of the hook between runs. For animated patient-education pieces, the [AI explainer video](/ai-explainer-video) maker builds them from a topic. ### Keep a real person for Patients. A generated presenter reading a general script puts no patient on camera. Before-and-after photos, testimonials and anything filmed in the surgery involve a real person, so get their written permission and your compliance adviser's review first. ### Rules to check Before-and-after results are a results claim. The FTC's [Endorsement Guides FAQ](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/ftcs-endorsement-guides-what-people-are-asking) says such claims are usually read as typical and that "results not typical" wording does not change that, so hold proof or state the generally expected result. Your state dental board's advertising rules sit on top. This is not legal advice. LinkedIn and B2B ## AI spokesperson video for LinkedIn and B2B LinkedIn video is two jobs: the founder's personal posts, and branded content that explains the product. A presenter is for the second one. ### Videos worth making - A product walkthrough or feature explainer for the company page, re-rendered after each release. - Thought-leadership clips on the weeks the founder cannot film, clearly labelled as an AI presenter. - Short ads for Campaign Manager, with the hook in the first three seconds and one specific promise in the call to action. - A sales clip reps can attach to proposals, with the same presenter as the website. ### How to make them Render 1:1 or 9:16 for the feed and 16:9 for longer desktop pieces, one ratio per render. Upload the MP4 natively rather than posting a YouTube link, so it plays in the feed, and keep the burned-in captions on for muted viewing. ### Keep a real person for The founder's own byline posts. The point of those is the person, and an avatar standing in for them undercuts the trust they are meant to build. Record them on a phone if that is all there is. ### Rules to check Disclose the presenter: a one-line caption such as "AI presenter, my script" costs nothing, while being caught passing an avatar off as a live person is hard to recover from. Use a generated presenter rather than a lookalike of a real colleague. Best practices ## Tips for AI spokesperson videos that land ### Write for the ear, at spokesperson pace Spokesperson scripts that read well silently often sound stilted out loud. Read your draft aloud before pasting it in, trim clauses that trip you up, and write for 130 to 145 words a minute rather than a creator's 150 to 170, with a pause after each key claim. ### Front-load the value in the first three seconds Don't open with a greeting on social or paid; lead with the result, the offer, or the question that earns the next ten seconds of attention. Move pleasantries to the end. ### Match the voice to the presenter's apparent age A young-looking character with an elderly voice (or vice versa) breaks the illusion immediately. Pick the voice from the curated library to fit the character's age and tone before generating. ### Use a clean, well-lit reference image If you're uploading your own character reference, pick a frontal headshot with even lighting and no harsh shadows. Side-lit or backlit photos lip-sync less accurately than well-lit ones. ### Keep each clip under 90 seconds for social Spokesperson clips work best in the 30 to 90 second range on Reels, Shorts, and TikTok. For longer training or webinar content, 16:9 with chapter-style sections holds attention better than a single long monologue. ### Lock the script before generating Re-rendering with a tweaked script costs the same as a fresh generation. Get the wording signed off in writing once, then run the same approved script through different presenters, voices, or aspect ratios. ### Keep one presenter across the funnel A funnel needs several videos: the landing-page hero, a few feature explainers, the outreach clip. Use the same saved character in all of them, so viewers meet one face for your brand rather than a new one at every stage. ### Review twice: sound on, then sound off Watch the first render with sound on to catch a line that sounds robotic or a voice that doesn't fit. Then watch it muted, the way much of a feed is watched, and check that the captions carry the message on their own. ## More AI video tools like the AI spokesperson video generator [![](/images/blocks/pages/character-swap.webp)Character SwapSwap the person in your own footage.](/character-swap)[![](/images/blocks/pages/talking-avatar.webp)Talking AvatarAll lip-sync presenter modes.](/talking-avatar)[![](/images/blocks/pages/ai-influencer-generator.webp)AI Influencer GeneratorConsumer creator, one saved character.](/ai-influencer-generator)[![](/images/blocks/pages/ai-ugc-video.webp)AI UGC VideoCreator-style spokesperson ads.](/ai-ugc-video)[![](/images/blocks/pages/ai-explainer-video.webp)AI Explainer Video60-90s narrated explainers.](/ai-explainer-video) ## AI spokesperson video guides and tutorials [![](/images/blocks/pages/talking-avatar.webp)AI talking avatarThe general presenter format: a saved character, or your own uploaded footage, lip-synced to any script.Make a talking avatar video](/talking-avatar)[![](/images/blog/heygen-vs-synthesia-hero.webp)HeyGen vs Synthesia 2026Head-to-head on pricing, avatar realism, multi-scene support, and enterprise governance. Plus the third option most buyers miss.Compare HeyGen vs Synthesia](/blog/heygen-vs-synthesia)[![](/images/blog/best-synthesia-alternatives-hero.webp)Best Synthesia alternatives 20268 spokesperson-style tools tested with verified June 2026 pricing.Compare Synthesia alternatives](/blog/best-synthesia-alternatives)[![](/images/blog/best-heygen-alternatives-hero.webp)Best HeyGen alternatives 202610 talking-head, multi-scene, and personalised-outreach tools tested.Compare HeyGen alternatives](/blog/best-heygen-alternatives)[![](/images/blocks/pages/home.webp)AI video generatorEvery way MakeAIVideo makes a video, from a one-line prompt to a presenter, in one place.See the AI video generator](/)[![](/images/blocks/pages/ai-ugc-video.webp)AI UGC videoThe creator-style cousin of the spokesperson: casual framing, a faster read, sized for paid social.Make AI UGC video ads](/ai-ugc-video) Pricing ## AI spokesperson video pricing, on every plan Talking Avatar, which makes every spokesperson video here, is on every plan. Plus and Pro add Brand Kit for your logo watermark, plus team seats for the people who approve the script. ### Lite The cheapest way in, with every video mode included. $9/month or $90 a year, 2 months free 450credits a month About 4 stock-footage videos or about 1 AI cinematic video 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 2 social accounts - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video - Full HD 1080p export, no watermark ### Solo For one creator posting every week. $19/month or $190 a year, 2 months free 1,000credits a month About 10 stock-footage videos or about 2 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 4 social accounts - More than double the credits of Lite - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video ### Plus Most popular Long-form, your branding and a team of three. $29/month or $290 a year, 2 months free 1,600credits a month About 16 stock-footage videos or about 3 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 6 social accounts - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - Brand Kit: your logo as a watermark on every video - 3 team seats with admin and member roles ### Pro For teams and channels running at volume. $49/month or $490 a year, 2 months free 2,800credits a month About 29 stock-footage videos or about 6 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 10 social accounts - Lowest price per credit of any plan - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - 10 team seats with admin and member roles 7-day free trial for new customers: $0 today, card required, 500 trial credits, and trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script. Video counts are estimates for 30-second videos, rounded down. Plan credits refresh every billing month and do not roll over. Every plan includes - Every way to make a video: prompt, script, talking avatar, image and character swap - 15 visual styles, captions, music and voices - 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 Busy month? Top-up packs from $9: a one-time purchase, and the credits never expire. [Compare plans and packs](/pricing) ## AI spokesperson video FAQs For teams deciding whether an AI presenter can carry their message. Something else? [Visit the help center](/help) What is an AI spokesperson video? An AI spokesperson video features an AI-generated presenter delivering a script through an AI voiceover, lip-synced to that voice and rendered as a finished MP4. MakeAIVideo generates the whole clip from your script, no camera, no studio, no on-screen talent. How does the AI spokesperson video generator work? Paste the script you want delivered, pick an AI presenter (or upload a reference image to generate a custom one), choose a voice and aspect ratio, then generate. The pipeline records the voiceover, lip-syncs the presenter, times captions to the audio, and renders a watermark-free 1080p MP4. How long does a spokesperson video take to render? Most spokesperson clips are ready in a few minutes, depending on length. The render lands in your library when it's ready. How much does it cost? Plans start at $9 a month for 450 credits, and your allowance is topped back up every billing month. Need more inside a month? Top-up packs are a one-time purchase that never expires and stacks on top of the allowance. [See MakeAIVideo plans and pricing](/pricing). What aspect ratios and resolution can I export? 9:16 vertical (Reels, TikTok, Shorts), 16:9 landscape (YouTube, landing pages), and 1:1 square (Instagram feed), all rendered at 1080p. Pick the ratio before generating; captions auto-fit each safe area. Is there a watermark on the export? No. Every export is a watermark-free 1080p MP4, yours to post anywhere. We don't gate watermark removal behind a higher tier. Can I use the spokesperson clips commercially? Yes. Videos you generate are yours to use commercially, in ads, sales outreach, training, client work, and monetised channels. Because the presenter is an AI-generated character (not a real person we've cloned) and the voice is synthetic, there's no actor likeness to license. [See the full terms](/legal/terms). Can I use my own presenter or do I have to pick from a library? Either works. Pick from the curated library of AI presenters, or upload a single reference image (a generated headshot, a brand mascot illustration, a stylised portrait) and the pipeline builds a consistent AI character from it for every render. Can I edit the spokesperson video after generating? Yes. Open the finished video in the built-in editor to swap the voice, restyle the captions, or fix a word in the transcript. Re-rendering a tweak costs the same as a fresh generation. What makes this different from other AI spokesperson tools? Most competitors sell an enterprise avatar library behind a sales demo and hide the price until you book a call. MakeAIVideo gives you a working pipeline with transparent pricing from $9 a month, and the option to upload your own AI character reference instead of being locked into a library. You can also drop the same script into [script to video](/script-to-video) for AI scenes without a presenter. What is the difference between an AI spokesperson video and an AI talking head video? The technology is the same: an AI presenter lip-synced to a voiceover of your script. A talking head is the broad format. A spokesperson video is the business subset, with studio framing, a slower and more deliberate pace, a brand-aligned voice and a call to action that drives a demo or a trial. On MakeAIVideo both are made in Talking Avatar; see [AI talking avatar videos](/talking-avatar) for the format in general. How long should an AI spokesperson script be? About 200 words for a 90 second video, at the 130 to 145 words a minute that suits a spokesperson read. A simple shape: a 10 second hook, 20 seconds of value, 40 seconds of proof, a 15 second call to action and a 5 second close. The counter under the script box estimates the runtime as you type, and a script can run to 5,000 characters. Can our founder or a sales rep be the spokesperson? Yes, with their permission. In Talking Avatar, choose Upload your video and add a 30 to 60 second landscape clip of them talking neutrally, well lit, against a simple background. The app lip-syncs that footage to each new script. The voice comes from the curated library, because MakeAIVideo doesn't clone voices, so it will not sound like them. Can an AI spokesperson give a customer testimonial? No. A synthetic presenter describing your product as your brand is fine. A synthetic presenter posing as a satisfied customer is not: 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. Write proof points from real customer outcomes you can evidence, and say them in the brand's voice. Will viewers be able to tell the spokesperson is AI? Many will, and it is better to plan for that than to hide it. It matters least where people watch for the information: product walkthroughs, onboarding, release notes, internal training and policy updates. It matters most where the message rests on a real person's credibility, like a founder's personal pitch or a customer's own story, so keep a real person on camera there. Can a law firm use an AI spokesperson in its ads? Yes, for explainers and intake ads, if the ad follows your state bar's advertising rules like any other ad. Keep outcome promises out of the script, write any required advertising label into it, and never use an AI presenter to play a client. Testimonials must come from real clients, shown as they are. Check with your state bar before anything runs; this is not legal advice. Can a dental practice use an AI presenter without filming patients? Yes. A generated presenter reading a general script about a treatment puts no patient on camera, which suits weekly ads and treatment explainers. Before-and-after photos and testimonials still involve real patients, so they need written permission, a compliance review and, under the FTC's Endorsement Guides, proof the result is typical or a plain statement of what patients can generally expect. Should a coach use an AI spokesperson for their personal brand? For the scripted, repeatable layer, yes: weekday insight posts, a sales-page video you update when the offer changes, and program module intros. Keep your own face for personal outreach, discovery calls and client stories, where the buyer is deciding whether to trust you specifically. Label the AI posts. Can a fitness coach use AI video for exercise demos? Not well. Generated bodies moving through a compound lift still look wrong to a trained eye, so film form demos yourself, vertical and on a tripod. Use a presenter for promos, nurture clips and the questions every prospect asks. Should I disclose an AI presenter on LinkedIn? Yes. A one-line caption such as "AI presenter, my script" costs nothing, and LinkedIn's audience is quick to spot avatars. Use presenters for branded product and explainer content, not for posts that are meant to be the founder speaking personally. What aspect ratio should a LinkedIn spokesperson video use? 1:1 or 9:16 for the feed and 16:9 for longer pieces people watch on desktop. Each render is one ratio; to make another, switch the ratio in the editor and export again. Upload the MP4 to LinkedIn directly rather than linking to YouTube, so it plays in the feed. What happens when I run out of credits? Nothing is charged automatically and nothing is lost. Your account and finished videos stay exactly as they are. Buy another pack whenever you want to generate again. ## Your AI spokesperson video, on screen in minutes Paste the approved script, pick the presenter, and re-render whenever the message changes. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/ai-ugc-video --- title: "AI UGC Video Generator - Ads at Scale | MakeAIVideo" description: "AI UGC video generator for Meta and TikTok ads. AI spokesperson lip-synced to your ad script, sized for Ads Manager, disclosed as AI at upload. From $9 a month." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/ai-ugc-video format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- # 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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Join 690+ creators making AI video ![Talking Avatar example: A lip-synced AI presenter from your script, made with MakeAIVideo](/hero-posters/talking-avatar.webp) AI spokesperson lip-synced to a script. No real creator was filmed. No actor likeness to license ## 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. Talking Avatar Avatar Pick a character Upload your video BEST ![](/images/home/characters/maya.webp) Maya ![](/images/home/characters/dex.webp) Dex ![](/images/home/characters/bella.webp) Bella ![](/images/home/characters/marcus.webp) Marcus ![](/images/home/characters/olivia.webp) Olivia ![](/images/home/characters/jordan.webp) Jordan Your script Example Most people skip breakfast for the wrong reason. Here is the one change that made my mornings easier. Sarah Female · American Female · AmericanMature, reassuring, confident Generate video 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 at the same per-render cost. 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](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/ftcs-endorsement-guides-what-people-are-asking) 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](/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](/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. Ad Maker Describe what you sell. We write the hook, the pitch and the call to action, then build the ad. What are you advertising? Example A handmade ceramic pour-over coffee set. Slow mornings, one cup at a time, sold direct from our studio. Photos of your product ![](/hero-posters/i2v.webp)![](/hero-posters/prompt.webp) 1 to 5 real photos. Product scenes show them as they are, so the ad never invents your product. Where will it run? TikTok in-feed9:16 · 20sInstagram Reels9:16 · 30sYouTube Shorts9:16 · 30sFacebook feed1:1 · 30sYouTube in-stream16:9 · 30s Call to action Shop nowGet started freeBook a demoDownload the appLearn moreCustom Estimated cost ~82 credits Example Generate video 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. Captions ![](/hero-posters/prompt.webp) Clean, minimal, burned in Edit transcript Click any word to fix typos without re-rolling voice. Scene #3 Example Light hitting your eyes left the sun eight minutes ago. Scene #4 You are looking at the past, every single time. Caption style Classic (default)SubtleSubtitle (italic)Word popHormoziBoldBeatOutlineBannerGiant numberedMinimalNone Edits save automatically Export video 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, on the same credits 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. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[Connect any AI agent](/agents) MCP, API and CLI are included on every plan. Connector address `https://mcp.makeaivideo.ai`Copy Works with - [Claude](/docs/mcp) - [ChatGPT](/chatgpt-video-generator) - [Grok](/docs/mcp) - [Claude Code](/docs/mcp) - [Cursor](/docs/mcp) - [Any MCP client](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) Signed in? [Connect an AI assistant →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) 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. Download / Share Download MP4 video The finished video, ready to post Download SRT captions Subtitle file for TikTok, YouTube, CapCut Download VTT captions Subtitle file for web video players Download Share link Example https://media.makeaivideo.ai/r7Kq2mXa.mp4?X-Amz-Expires=86400 Copy link Anyone with this link can download the MP4, no account needed. Render historyDownload an older render ### 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. Post this video Example We upload the finished file to each account you pick. Where should it go? @yourbrand TikTok @yourbrand Instagram · Posts as a Reel Your Brand YouTube · Vertical videos post as Shorts Caption Rewrite Rome did not build the Colosseum with magic. It built it with one ingredient we forgot. #history 96 / 2200 (Instagram is the shortest limit)Written from your script. Edit it freely. Customise caption per platform Schedule (optional, leave empty to post now) 10/07/2026, 09:00 AM Goes out within about two minutes of it. Schedule for 2 accounts Use cases ## What you can ship as UGC video 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](/images/blocks/ai-ugc-video/ad-creative.webp) ### 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](/images/blocks/ai-ugc-video/product-launches.webp) ### 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](/images/blocks/ai-ugc-video/affiliate-creatives.webp) ### 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](/images/blocks/ai-ugc-video/app-install.webp) ### 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](/images/blocks/ai-ugc-video/lead-gen.webp) ### 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](/images/blocks/ai-ugc-video/creative-testing.webp) ### 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, start the trial, the current offer. Draft openings with the [video hook generator](/tools/video-hook-generator) and bodies with the [TikTok script generator](/tools/tiktok-script-generator), then check the spoken length with the [speech time calculator](/tools/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](/tools/ctr-calculator) 2. 2\. CPM Mostly the audience and competition, but it usually eases as CTR rises. [CPM calculator](/tools/cpm-calculator) 3. 3\. Return on ad spend Downstream of clicks and the landing page. If it drops, look upstream first. [ROAS calculator](/tools/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. ## More AI video tools like the AI UGC video generator [![](/images/blocks/pages/character-swap.webp)AI Character SwapSwap the person in your own footage.](/character-swap)[![](/images/blocks/pages/talking-avatar.webp)AI Talking AvatarOther talking-presenter modes.](/talking-avatar)[![](/images/blocks/pages/ai-spokesperson-video.webp)AI Spokesperson VideoPolished, non-UGC spokesperson.](/ai-spokesperson-video)[![](/images/blocks/pages/tiktok-video-generator.webp)TikTok Video GeneratorFaceless prompt-driven TikToks.](/tiktok-video-generator)[![](/images/blocks/pages/ai-shorts-generator.webp)AI Shorts Generator9:16 for the Shorts shelf.](/ai-shorts-generator) ## AI UGC video guides and tutorials [![](/images/blocks/pages/ai-spokesperson-video.webp)AI spokesperson videoWhen a polished branded spokesperson outperforms creator-style UGC: studio framing, a slower read, a demo-led call to action.Make an AI spokesperson video](/ai-spokesperson-video)[![](/images/blocks/pages/talking-avatar.webp)AI talking avatarThe tool behind every presenter-led UGC ad here: a saved character, or a creator's uploaded clip, lip-synced to your script.Make an AI talking avatar video](/talking-avatar)[![](/images/blocks/pages/home.webp)AI video generatorEvery way MakeAIVideo makes a video, from a one-line prompt to a presenter-led ad.See the AI video generator](/)[![](/images/blog/best-heygen-alternatives-hero.webp)Best HeyGen alternatives 202610 talking-head and personalised-outreach tools tested.See the HeyGen alternatives](/blog/best-heygen-alternatives)[![](/images/blog/best-ai-marketing-tools-hero.webp)Best AI marketing tools 202610 tools tested across video, copy, SEO, email and ad creative, with MakeAIVideo at the top of the video category.See the AI marketing tools](/blog/best-ai-marketing-tools)[![](/images/blocks/pages/ai-ad-maker.webp)AI ad makerNo presenter needed: a product description and your photos become an ad sized for the placement you pick.Make an ad with the AI ad maker](/ai-ad-maker) Pricing ## AI UGC video pricing: ad creative on every plan Talking Avatar and the Ad Maker are on every plan, with 1080p MP4s and no watermark. Pick the monthly credit allowance that matches how many variants you test. ### Lite The cheapest way in, with every video mode included. $9/month or $90 a year, 2 months free 450credits a month About 4 stock-footage videos or about 1 AI cinematic video 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 2 social accounts - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video - Full HD 1080p export, no watermark ### Solo For one creator posting every week. $19/month or $190 a year, 2 months free 1,000credits a month About 10 stock-footage videos or about 2 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 4 social accounts - More than double the credits of Lite - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video ### Plus Most popular Long-form, your branding and a team of three. $29/month or $290 a year, 2 months free 1,600credits a month About 16 stock-footage videos or about 3 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 6 social accounts - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - Brand Kit: your logo as a watermark on every video - 3 team seats with admin and member roles ### Pro For teams and channels running at volume. $49/month or $490 a year, 2 months free 2,800credits a month About 29 stock-footage videos or about 6 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 10 social accounts - Lowest price per credit of any plan - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - 10 team seats with admin and member roles 7-day free trial for new customers: $0 today, card required, 500 trial credits, and trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script. Video counts are estimates for 30-second videos, rounded down. Plan credits refresh every billing month and do not roll over. Every plan includes - Every way to make a video: prompt, script, talking avatar, image and character swap - 15 visual styles, captions, music and voices - 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 Busy month? Top-up packs from $9: a one-time purchase, and the credits never expire. [Compare plans and packs](/pricing) ## AI UGC video FAQs What performance marketers ask before they run AI creative. Something else? [Visit the help center](/help) 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 for 450 credits, and your allowance is topped back up every billing month. Need more inside a month? Top-up packs are a one-time purchase that never expires and stacks on top of the allowance. [See plans and pricing](/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](/legal/terms). 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](/tools/ctr-calculator). What happens when I run out of credits? Nothing is charged automatically and nothing is lost. Your account and finished videos stay exactly as they are. Buy another pack whenever you want to generate again. ## 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 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/auto-post --- title: "Auto-Post Video to TikTok, Instagram, YouTube | MakeAIVideo" description: "Make a video, then post or schedule it to TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and seven more platforms from MakeAIVideo. 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Join 690+ creators making AI video Where your videos can go ## Auto-post videos to TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and eight more platforms Pick any mix of your connected accounts for each video. Instagram gets it as a Reel and Facebook Pages as a Reel. On YouTube a 9:16 video goes up as a Short and a 16:9 video as a regular video. X takes videos up to 140 seconds. Short-form video. TikTok, Instagram as a Reel, YouTube as a Short or a regular video, and Facebook Pages as a Reel. Feeds and networks. LinkedIn, X (videos up to 140 seconds), Threads, Pinterest and Bluesky. Communities. Telegram and Discord, for the channels and servers you run. Post this video Example We upload the finished file to each account you pick. Where should it go? @yourbrand TikTok @yourbrand Instagram · Posts as a Reel Your Brand YouTube · Vertical videos post as Shorts Caption Rewrite Rome did not build the Colosseum with magic. It built it with one ingredient we forgot. #history 96 / 2200 (Instagram is the shortest limit)Written from your script. Edit it freely. Customise caption per platform Schedule (optional, leave empty to post now) 10/07/2026, 09:00 AM Goes out within about two minutes of it. Schedule for 2 accounts Connect once ## How auto-posting to TikTok, Instagram and YouTube works Three steps, and the first one you only do once. Your accounts stay connected for every video you make after that. Connect your accounts. In the app, connect the social accounts you want to post to. You do this once; the accounts stay connected for every video after that. Open a finished video. Make a video as usual, or open any finished one from your library, and choose "Post to your accounts". Tick the accounts it should go to. Post now or schedule. Write one caption for every platform or a different one for each, add a YouTube title, then post straight away or pick a date and time. The Posts page shows the result on each platform. Connections Example The social accounts you post to. Account connections and posting are powered by our partner PostEverywhere. All accounts6Need attention1 - TikTok Add YB@yourbrand - Instagram Posts as a Reel Add YB@yourbrandYS@yourbrand.studio - YouTube Vertical videos post as Shorts Add YBYour Brand Reconnect required - Facebook Add No accounts connected - Discord Videos up to 25 MB Add YCYour Community - Bluesky Videos up to 3 minutes Add YByourbrand.bsky.social +5 more Every post, your call ## What you control when you schedule videos to social media Each post is set up in one dialog, and every one lands on the Posts page with its result on each platform. Now or later. Post now, or schedule for a date and time. It goes out within about two minutes of the time you pick. One caption or one each. One shared caption, or a different caption for each platform. A YouTube title. YouTube gets a title of its own. A Posts page. Every post, its result on each platform, and a link to the live post. Any of the three shapes. Videos made in 9:16, 16:9 or 1:1 are accepted by every supported platform. No posting fee. No separate posting fee and no limit on the number of posts. Posts Example Videos you have posted or scheduled to your accounts, and how each one went. - ![](/hero-posters/prompt.webp) The Colosseum secret Scheduled Goes out around Oct 7, 2026, 9:00 AM · 3 accounts - ![](/hero-posters/talking-avatar.webp) 3 hiring mistakes Posting Oct 3, 2026, 2:14 PM · 2 accounts - ![](/hero-posters/script.webp) Morning habits Published Oct 2, 2026, 6:30 PM · 3 accounts - ![](/hero-posters/i2v.webp) Spring collection Partly published Oct 1, 2026, 11:05 AM · 2 accounts - ![](/hero-posters/character-swap.webp) Behind the scenes Preparing Oct 3, 2026, 2:16 PM · 1 account Post from your AI assistant ## Or ask your AI assistant to auto-post the video Connect Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Claude Code or Cursor and it can make a video, list your connected accounts, then post it now or schedule it. It posts to the same accounts and shows up on the same Posts page as everything you post from 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. “Make a 30 second video about our spring sale and schedule it to TikTok, Instagram and LinkedIn for Friday at 9am.” 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. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[Connect any AI agent](/agents) MCP, API and CLI are included on every plan. Connector address `https://mcp.makeaivideo.ai`Copy Works with - [Claude](/docs/mcp) - [ChatGPT](/chatgpt-video-generator) - [Grok](/docs/mcp) - [Claude Code](/docs/mcp) - [Cursor](/docs/mcp) - [Any MCP client](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) Signed in? [Connect an AI assistant →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) Accounts per plan ## Auto-post plans: connected accounts on each plan Every plan posts to all 11 platforms. The plan sets how many accounts you can connect at once: Lite 2, Solo 4, Plus 6, Pro 10. Posting has no separate fee and no limit on the number of posts: credits limit how many videos you make, not how many times you post them. The 7-day free trial gets the account count of the plan you are trialling. ### Lite The cheapest way in, with every video mode included. $9/month or $90 a year, 2 months free 450credits a month About 4 stock-footage videos or about 1 AI cinematic video 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 2 social accounts - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video - Full HD 1080p export, no watermark ### Solo For one creator posting every week. $19/month or $190 a year, 2 months free 1,000credits a month About 10 stock-footage videos or about 2 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 4 social accounts - More than double the credits of Lite - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video ### Plus Most popular Long-form, your branding and a team of three. $29/month or $290 a year, 2 months free 1,600credits a month About 16 stock-footage videos or about 3 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 6 social accounts - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - Brand Kit: your logo as a watermark on every video - 3 team seats with admin and member roles ### Pro For teams and channels running at volume. $49/month or $490 a year, 2 months free 2,800credits a month About 29 stock-footage videos or about 6 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 10 social accounts - Lowest price per credit of any plan - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - 10 team seats with admin and member roles 7-day free trial for new customers: $0 today, card required, 500 trial credits, and trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script. Video counts are estimates for 30-second videos, rounded down. Plan credits refresh every billing month and do not roll over. Every plan includes - Every way to make a video: prompt, script, talking avatar, image and character swap - 15 visual styles, captions, music and voices - 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 Busy month? Top-up packs from $9: a one-time purchase, and the credits never expire. [Compare plans and packs](/pricing) ## Auto-post videos to social media FAQs Connecting accounts, scheduling, captions and posting through the API. Something else? [Visit the help center](/help) Who connects my accounts? Account connections and posting are powered by our partner PostEverywhere (posteverywhere.ai), so that is the name TikTok, Instagram and the other platforms show when you approve the connection. You connect and post from inside MakeAIVideo. Which platforms can I post to? TikTok, Instagram (as a Reel), YouTube (a 9:16 video as a Short, 16:9 as a regular video), Facebook Pages (as a Reel), LinkedIn, X (videos up to 140 seconds), Threads, Pinterest, Bluesky, Telegram and Discord. X opens its approval page in a new tab when you connect it. Can I schedule posts for later? Yes. When you post a video you can send it now or pick a date and time for it to go out. Can I write a different caption for each platform? Yes. Use one caption for every platform, or write a separate caption for each one. YouTube also gets its own title. How many accounts can I connect? It depends on the plan: Lite 2, Solo 4, Plus 6, Pro 10. The 7-day free trial gets the account count of the plan you are trialling. Does posting cost credits? Posting has no separate fee and no limit on the number of posts. Credits limit how many videos you make, not how many times you post them. Which video formats work? Videos are made in 9:16, 16:9 or 1:1, and every supported platform accepts all three. How do I know a post went out? The Posts page lists every post with its result on each platform and a link to the live post. Can I post through the API? Yes. The REST API, the MCP server (for AI agents like Claude and ChatGPT), the SDK and the CLI can all list your connected accounts, post a finished video now or on a schedule, and report the result per platform. A person still approves each new account once, through a connect link. See the MCP guide at makeaivideo.ai/docs/mcp. ## More AI video tools to pair with auto-posting [![](/images/blocks/pages/tiktok-video-generator.webp)TikTok Video GeneratorVertical TikToks with captions.](/tiktok-video-generator)[![](/images/blocks/pages/instagram-reels-generator.webp)Instagram Reels Generator9:16 Reels from a prompt.](/instagram-reels-generator)[![](/images/blocks/pages/ai-shorts-generator.webp)AI Shorts GeneratorYouTube Shorts, hook first.](/ai-shorts-generator)[![](/images/blocks/pages/faceless-youtube-channel.webp)Faceless YouTube ChannelThe full faceless pipeline.](/faceless-youtube-channel)[![](/images/blocks/pages/prompt-to-video.webp)Prompt to VideoAn idea to a finished video.](/prompt-to-video) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/blog-to-video --- title: "Blog to Video - Turn Articles into AI Videos | MakeAIVideo" description: "Paste a blog post and turn it into a narrated AI video. Verbatim voiceover, stock or AI scenes, captions, watermark-free 1080p MP4 in minutes. From $9 a month." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/blog-to-video format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- # Blog to video: turn any blog post into an AI video Paste a blog post and MakeAIVideo narrates it word for word with an AI voiceover over stock footage or AI scenes, with captions timed to the audio. Your article, on screen in minutes. 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Join 690+ creators making AI video ![Script to Video example: Your script, narrated over AI scenes with captions, made with MakeAIVideo](/hero-posters/script.webp) A real script rendered by the same pipeline. No rewrite, no summary ## Blog to video, narrated word for word Most blog-to-video tools rewrite or summarise your post before recording it. Paste it into [Script to Video](/script-to-video) and MakeAIVideo reads your words verbatim, so the message you published is the message that lands on screen. Each paragraph becomes a beat, each beat becomes a scene, and the voiceover ties the whole article together. Verbatim narration. Your blog is read exactly as written, no rewrite or AI-generated summary. Scene per beat. Each paragraph maps to its own scene, from real stock footage or generated in the visual style you pick. Captions baked on. Word-by-word captions timed to the voiceover and burned into the export. Create Prompt to VideoScript to VideoTalking AvatarImage to Video Paste your narration. We'll voice it and animate it scene-by-scene, without changing your words. Your script Example 1Did you know Rome's concrete still hasn't cracked after 2,000 years? 2The secret is volcanic ash, it actually gets stronger over time. 3The Pantheon's dome remains the largest unreinforced concrete dome on Earth. Or start from a sample Ancient RomeMorning habitsWhy time speeds upMoviePass story Voiceover Read my script out loud An AI voice reads your narration word for word Sarah Female · American Mature, reassuring, confident Footage Real footage AI video Estimated cost ~60 credits Example Generate video How it works ## How to turn a blog post into a video 1. Step 1 ### Paste your blog post Drop the article into the script box. Headings and paragraph breaks signal pacing, so the pipeline can match each section to its own beat. Your words are read verbatim, not summarised or paraphrased. 2. Step 2 ### Choose a voice, style, and aspect ratio Pick a narrator from the curated library of natural AI voices and a visual style (cinematic, anime, claymation, more) that fits the tone of your post. Set the aspect ratio for where the video lives: 9:16 for Shorts and Reels, 16:9 for the on-page embed and YouTube, 1:1 for feeds. 3. Step 3 ### Generate the narrated video MakeAIVideo records the voiceover, builds a scene per beat, times word-by-word captions to the audio, and adds any background music you pick, ducked under the narration. Most articles are ready in a few minutes; longer posts take a little more. 4. Step 4 ### Edit or post as-is A watermark-free 1080p MP4 lands in your library, sized for the platform you picked. Open the editor to swap a scene, re-roll the voice, or restyle captions, or post the default output and embed it back into the original article. Or start from a link ## Article to video: start from a link Want a short cut of a long post instead of the whole thing read out? Open Article to video, paste a link and press Read page, or paste the text yourself. It picks the spine of the article for a 30 to 90 second video, and uses only what is in your text. Nothing is invented or added. Start from the URL. Read page pulls the article text in, so you can trim it before you generate. Nothing made up. Facts, names and figures come from your post and nowhere else. Short by design. Pick 30, 45, 60 or 90 seconds for Shorts, Reels and TikTok. Create Prompt to VideoScript to VideoTalking AvatarImage to VideoCharacter SwapAd MakerExplainerTips and listsStoryUGC adProduct demoArticle to video Paste a blog post, newsletter or any writing. We select the spine and turn it into a short. Start from a link (optional) https://example.com/the-articleRead page Paste the article Example Most sourdough fails long before it reaches the oven. The starter is the part everyone rushes, and it is the part that decides the crumb. Feed it on a schedule for a week and the loaf takes care of itself. We use only what is in your text. Nothing is invented or added. Length 30s45s60s90s Language Auto (match my prompt) Estimated cost ~64 credits Example Generate video All included ## Everything in one blog to video render Voice, scenes, captions and the export come with every render, with no second tool. Pick the look and the ratio once, and re-render the same article for each platform. Verbatim narration. In Script to Video, your blog is read exactly as written, no rewrite or AI-generated summary. Scene per beat. Each paragraph maps to its own scene, real stock footage or AI-generated in the visual style you pick. Captions baked on. Word-by-word captions timed to the voiceover and burned into the export. Every aspect ratio. 9:16 for Shorts and Reels, 16:9 for embed and YouTube, 1:1 for feed. Re-render in any ratio. One pasted article, three platform-native cuts from the same source. Watermark-free 1080p. Clean exports yours to embed, post, or send to a client. Style Visual style CinematicAnimeClaymationPhotorealWatercolorDocumentaryFilm NoirRetro VHSPencil SketchComic BookCyberpunk+4 more Aspect ratio 9:16 TikTok / Reels 1:1 Square 16:9 YouTube Captions Word-by-word, auto-styled Background music Calm Change 1080p MP4, no watermark Download After it renders ## From blog post to video to every feed A finished video can go straight to your social accounts, or back onto the page it came from. See how to [auto post to TikTok, YouTube and Instagram](/auto-post). ### Post it or schedule it Send the video to TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and seven more platforms, now or at a time you pick, with a caption drafted from your script. Post this video Example We upload the finished file to each account you pick. Where should it go? @yourbrand TikTok @yourbrand Instagram · Posts as a Reel Your Brand YouTube · Vertical videos post as Shorts Caption Rewrite Rome did not build the Colosseum with magic. It built it with one ingredient we forgot. #history 96 / 2200 (Instagram is the shortest limit)Written from your script. Edit it freely. Customise caption per platform Schedule (optional, leave empty to post now) 10/07/2026, 09:00 AM Goes out within about two minutes of it. Schedule for 2 accounts ### Embed it on the post Download the 1080p MP4 with SRT or VTT caption files and add it to the original article, or share a download link. Download / Share Download MP4 video The finished video, ready to post Download SRT captions Subtitle file for TikTok, YouTube, CapCut Download VTT captions Subtitle file for web video players Download Share link Example https://media.makeaivideo.ai/r7Kq2mXa.mp4?X-Amz-Expires=86400 Copy link Anyone with this link can download the MP4, no account needed. Render historyDownload an older render Connect your AI agent ## Blog to video from your AI assistant Paste a post into Claude, ChatGPT or another assistant and ask for the video. MakeAIVideo makes it from your text, and your assistant can schedule it to your accounts. Same credits 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. “Here is my latest blog post. Turn it into a 60 second vertical video and post it to LinkedIn tomorrow at 9am.” 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. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[Connect any AI agent](/agents) MCP, API and CLI are included on every plan. Connector address `https://mcp.makeaivideo.ai`Copy Works with - [Claude](/docs/mcp) - [ChatGPT](/chatgpt-video-generator) - [Grok](/docs/mcp) - [Claude Code](/docs/mcp) - [Cursor](/docs/mcp) - [Any MCP client](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) Signed in? [Connect an AI assistant →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) Use cases ## What you can repurpose with blog to video Every published post is a second video waiting to ship. ![A neat stack of folded papers and magazines on a grey table, a frame from a video made from a published article](/images/blocks/blog-to-video/repurpose-ranking-articles.webp) ### Repurpose ranking articles Turn a post that already earns search traffic into a video that earns its own reach. The same words drive YouTube, TikTok, and the on-page embed without rewriting a line. ![A white envelope on blue linen, a frame from a short video made from a newsletter](/images/blocks/blog-to-video/newsletter-to-shorts.webp) ### Newsletter to YouTube Shorts Convert a weekly newsletter into a 60-second narrated short for Reels, TikTok, and Shorts. Same idea, second channel, no extra writing. ![Hands slicing a long loaf of bread on a marble counter, a frame from a short social clip](/images/blocks/blog-to-video/long-form-to-social-clips.webp) ### Long-form to social clips Slice a 2,000-word essay into multiple short narrated videos by pasting one section at a time. Each render gets its own hook and its own scene. ![Gloved hands repotting a small plant on a wooden table, a frame from a how-to video](/images/blocks/blog-to-video/tutorials-and-how-tos.webp) ### Tutorials and how-tos Pair a written walkthrough with an AI-narrated version readers can watch instead of read. The visuals match the beats of your instructions. ![A bright home office with a closed laptop and a desk lamp, a frame from a video embedded in a blog post](/images/blocks/blog-to-video/embed-on-the-original-post.webp) ### Embed on the original post Drop the MP4 back into the article it came from to lift on-page time and rank the post for video-pack results. The video lives on the same URL as the source. ![Silver over-ear headphones on a grey studio surface, a frame from a product review video](/images/blocks/blog-to-video/affiliate-and-review-content.webp) ### Affiliate and review content Convert a buyer's-guide post into a video without re-writing every product blurb. The voiceover keeps your exact recommendations intact. Best practices ## Tips for turning a blog post into a video ### Trim the post before pasting Long blog posts often have intros, asides, and CTAs that don't need to be in the video. Cut what doesn't carry the story; the spoken version should be 30 to 90 seconds for social, three to five minutes for YouTube. ### Front-load the hook The first sentence of the pasted text becomes the opening line of the video. Lead with the most interesting point, not the throat-clearing intro you wrote for SEO. ### Break paragraphs into shorter beats Each paragraph maps to a scene. Splitting a long paragraph into two shorter ones gives the pipeline more visual changes and keeps the pacing tight. ### Name visuals where they matter Where a specific image would land harder than a generic scene, write the visual into the text. 'Picture a smartphone screen showing a notification' steers the scene generator more than 'on your phone'. ### Pick the aspect ratio for the destination 9:16 for Shorts, Reels, TikTok; 16:9 for the embed on the original article and YouTube; 1:1 for square feed posts. Captions auto-fit each safe area, so picking up front avoids re-rendering. ### Re-render in a second ratio for cross-posting The same pasted blog can render in 9:16, 16:9, and 1:1 from the same source. One article, three platform-native cuts, no rewriting. ## More AI video tools like blog to video [![](/images/blocks/pages/script-to-video.webp)Script to VideoVerbatim narration over AI scenes.](/script-to-video)[![](/images/blocks/pages/prompt-to-video.webp)Prompt to VideoStart from one line instead.](/prompt-to-video)[![](/images/blocks/pages/ai-explainer-video.webp)AI Explainer Video60-90s narrated explainers.](/ai-explainer-video)[![](/images/blocks/pages/faceless-youtube-channel.webp)Faceless YouTube ChannelLong-form blog repurposing.](/faceless-youtube-channel)[![](/images/blocks/pages/ai-shorts-generator.webp)AI Shorts GeneratorCut a post down to a Short.](/ai-shorts-generator) ## Blog to video guides and tutorials [![](/images/blog/how-to-write-an-ai-video-script-hero.webp)How to write a video script60-second template that adapts blog post structure to spoken narration.Read how to write a video script](/blog/how-to-write-an-ai-video-script)[![](/images/blog/youtube-automation-hero.webp)YouTube automation: the complete 2026 guideMany automation channels are blog-to-video pipelines under the hood. The team structures, costs, and pitfalls.Read the YouTube automation guide](/blog/youtube-automation)[![](/images/blocks/pages/home.webp)AI video generatorEvery way MakeAIVideo makes a video, from an article link to a script or a prompt.See the AI video generator](/)[![](/images/blog/best-pictory-alternatives-hero.webp)Best Pictory alternatives 2026Pictory is the leading blog-to-video tool. 8 alternatives tested side-by-side.See the Pictory alternatives](/blog/best-pictory-alternatives)[![](/images/blog/best-invideo-alternatives-hero.webp)Best InVideo alternatives 2026Template-first tools used for blog repurposing.See the InVideo alternatives](/blog/best-invideo-alternatives)[![](/images/blocks/pages/faceless-youtube-channel.webp)Faceless YouTube channelWhere blog-to-video fits in a faceless channel: narrated videos with no one on camera, posted on a steady cadence.Start a faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) Pricing ## Blog to video pricing: turn your archive into video Every plan includes Script to Video and Article to video, from $9 a month. A short repurposed post over real footage costs fewer credits than one with AI-generated scenes, and top-up packs never expire. ### Lite The cheapest way in, with every video mode included. $9/month or $90 a year, 2 months free 450credits a month About 4 stock-footage videos or about 1 AI cinematic video 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 2 social accounts - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video - Full HD 1080p export, no watermark ### Solo For one creator posting every week. $19/month or $190 a year, 2 months free 1,000credits a month About 10 stock-footage videos or about 2 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 4 social accounts - More than double the credits of Lite - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video ### Plus Most popular Long-form, your branding and a team of three. $29/month or $290 a year, 2 months free 1,600credits a month About 16 stock-footage videos or about 3 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 6 social accounts - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - Brand Kit: your logo as a watermark on every video - 3 team seats with admin and member roles ### Pro For teams and channels running at volume. $49/month or $490 a year, 2 months free 2,800credits a month About 29 stock-footage videos or about 6 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 10 social accounts - Lowest price per credit of any plan - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - 10 team seats with admin and member roles 7-day free trial for new customers: $0 today, card required, 500 trial credits, and trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script. Video counts are estimates for 30-second videos, rounded down. Plan credits refresh every billing month and do not roll over. Every plan includes - Every way to make a video: prompt, script, talking avatar, image and character swap - 15 visual styles, captions, music and voices - 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 Busy month? Top-up packs from $9: a one-time purchase, and the credits never expire. [Compare plans and packs](/pricing) ## Blog to video FAQs How a published post becomes a narrated video, what it costs, and where it can go next. Something else? [Visit the help center](/help) How does blog to video work? You paste your blog post into the script box and MakeAIVideo generates an AI voiceover over real stock footage or AI-generated scenes, with word-by-word captions timed to the narration, then renders it as a finished MP4. Will it rewrite or summarise my article? No. Script to Video narrates your blog verbatim, so the message you published is the message that lands on screen. The pipeline pulls visuals and pacing from your text but the spoken track is exactly what you wrote. How long does it take to turn a blog post into a video? Most articles are ready in a few minutes end to end. Longer posts take a little more, and the finished MP4 lands in your library when it's ready. What formats and aspect ratios can I export? 1080p MP4 in 9:16 vertical (Shorts, Reels, TikTok), 16:9 landscape (YouTube and the on-page embed), or 1:1 square (Instagram and Facebook feeds). Pick the ratio before generating; captions auto-fit each safe area. Is there a watermark on the export? No. Every export is a watermark-free 1080p MP4. We don't gate watermark removal behind a higher tier. How much does it cost? Plans start at $9 a month for 450 credits, and your allowance is topped back up every billing month. Need more inside a month? Top-up packs are a one-time purchase that never expires and stacks on top of the allowance. [See MakeAIVideo plans and pricing](/pricing). Can I monetise the videos on YouTube or use them in client work? Yes. Videos you generate are yours to use commercially, including monetised YouTube, TikTok, Reels, ads, and client work. [See the full terms](/legal/terms). Can I edit the video after it generates? Yes. Open the finished video in the built-in editor to regenerate a scene, re-roll the voice, or restyle the captions. Re-rendering a tweak costs the same as a fresh generation. Do I paste the article text or a URL? Either. For word-for-word narration, paste the article text into the script box, which gives you a chance to trim intros, asides, and CTAs that don't need to be in the spoken version. The Article to video tool can also start from a URL: paste the link, press Read page, and it pulls the text in for a shorter cut. What's the difference between blog to video and prompt to video? Blog to video narrates the article you already wrote, verbatim, using the script-to-video engine. [Prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) drafts everything (script, voice, scenes) from a single line. Use blog to video when you have the words; use prompt to video when you have the idea. How is this different from other blog-to-video tools? Most tools rewrite or summarise your blog before recording it, which loses the voice you wrote in. MakeAIVideo can read your post verbatim, builds a scene per beat, and exports a watermark-free 1080p MP4 you can embed back into the original article. What happens when I run out of credits? Nothing is charged automatically and nothing is lost. Your account and finished videos stay exactly as they are. Your allowance refreshes on your next billing date, or buy a top-up pack whenever you want to generate sooner. ## Turn your next blog post into a video Plans from $9 a month, with a credit allowance that refreshes every billing month. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/blog --- title: "MakeAIVideo Blog | AI Video Guides and Playbooks" description: "Notes on AI video generation: scripting, voice, scenes, captions, and the craft of shipping content faster. Product updates, deep dives, and team posts." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/blog format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- # MakeAIVideo Blog Guides, comparisons, and playbooks on AI video generation: scripting, voice, scenes, captions, and the craft of shipping content faster. 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"Ask ChatGPT about this article")[](https://claude.ai/new?q=Read%20https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fai-influencer-prompt-library%20then%20summarize%20the%20key%20points%20and%20answer%20any%20questions%20I%20have%20about%20it. "Ask Claude about this article")[](https://www.perplexity.ai/search?q=Read%20https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fai-influencer-prompt-library%20then%20summarize%20the%20key%20points%20and%20answer%20any%20questions%20I%20have%20about%20it. "Ask Perplexity about this article") **This AI influencer prompt library is 50 tested prompts, grouped into 10 scene types, and engineered around one job: keep the same character, voice, and framing consistent from post to post so followers actually recognise the account.** Every prompt uses `[BRACKETS]` for the parts you fill in (character name, product, hook) and a fixed skeleton for the parts that never change: outfit style, lighting, shot type, delivery. That fixed skeleton is what makes a prompt library compound. Instead of rewriting a full prompt each morning, you paste the scene, swap two placeholders, and ship. If you have not designed the character yet, start with the [AI influencer generator](/ai-influencer-generator); this library assumes you already have one saved. > **Before you copy any prompt below, save your character.** If your tool re-rolls the face on every render, the best prompt in the world will still produce a different person. The saved character is doing 70 percent of the consistency work; the prompt is doing the other 30. ## Why does a reusable prompt library compound? Character consistency is not a per-prompt problem. It is a per-account problem. Followers stop scrolling because a face and a voice look and sound the same as the one they saw yesterday. That recognition takes 30 to 60 exposures to build, which means your account is running a marathon of near-identical renders, not a series of one-off creative experiments. Rewriting the prompt from scratch each day fights that. Every subtle change (a new outfit adjective, a different lighting word, a new camera angle) nudges the render into slightly different territory. Ten posts in, the account reads as a lookalike, not the same creator. A prompt library fixes it by locking the parts that matter and freeing the parts that do not. The lit-from-the-front, warm-tone, tight-frame skeleton stays the same across all 50 templates. What changes is the setting, the product, and the script hook. Followers see the same person doing different things, which is exactly how a real creator's feed works. The teams doing this at scale reached the same conclusion. TechCrunch's coverage of the generative-AI studio [1337, or Leet](https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/26/generative-ai-startup-1337-leet-ai-driven-virtual-influencers/), which raised a $4 million seed round to launch 50 AI-driven characters across Instagram, LinkedIn and Spotify, describes a stack of GPT-4, Midjourney and in-house tooling used specifically to produce consistent, customised content matching each character's personality. Fifty characters is a scale where ad-hoc prompting stops being an option. Statista's [influencer marketing review](https://www.statista.com/topics/2496/influence-marketing/) reports the same shift in the wider industry, with AI now embedded across creator matching, content creation and campaign optimisation rather than sitting off to the side. The same logic separates an AI influencer from a hand-animated virtual one: the repeatable pipeline, not the artistry of any single render, which is what an [AI influencer generator](/ai-influencer-generator) is built around. Specialist tools like [Higgsfield](https://higgsfield.ai/) and [The Influencer AI](https://www.theinfluencer.ai/) both encourage prompt reuse for the same reason. MakeAIVideo's [AI influencer generator](/ai-influencer-generator) is built around it: your saved character plus a stable prompt skeleton is the entire consistency system. ## How do you adapt these prompts? The prompts below are not meant to be run untouched. They are skeletons. Three quick rules for adapting them without breaking consistency: **Change the placeholders, keep the frame.** Everything in `[BRACKETS]` is meant to be swapped: character name, product, location, script hook. Everything outside the brackets (shot type, lighting cue, delivery style) should stay put. That is what keeps 50 different scenes reading as the same creator. **Keep the script short.** Each prompt ends with the character delivering a line. At a natural AI voiceover pace of 175 words per minute, a 30-second video only fits 85 to 90 words. Use [the speech time calculator](/tools/speech-time-calculator) on your script before rendering. Prompts that end with three sentences of dialogue produce videos that either speed the character up unnaturally or cut off before the CTA. **Batch by category, not by day.** Sit down for a session, pick one category from the library, and render five posts in a row using that category's five prompts. Consistency is easier to maintain within a category (all POV posts feel like the same show) than across a scrambled week of formats. Five prompts per session is not an arbitrary number. Buffer's [posting-frequency data](https://buffer.com/resources/social-media-frequency-guide/) puts the reach-per-post sweet spot at 3 to 5 Instagram posts a week and 2 to 5 on TikTok, so one category session covers roughly a week of feed. When you schedule the batch, Sprout Social's analysis of [nearly 2 billion engagements](https://sproutsocial.com/insights/best-times-to-post-on-social-media/) points at Tuesdays 1-7 pm and Wednesdays 12-9 pm for Instagram and Tuesdays through Fridays 2-6 pm for TikTok as the broad starting windows. With one saved character in the [AI influencer generator](/ai-influencer-generator), those sessions batch into a full month of posts. > **Never mix character descriptions inside the prompt.** If your character is already saved, do not describe her face, hair, or age in the prompt. That fights the saved character and produces drift. Describe the scene; let the saved character bring the face. ## The 50 prompts Each of the 10 categories below has five prompts. Use them in sequence for a themed week (five product reviews Monday to Friday) or mix categories for variety. Every prompt is a single blockquoted line you copy, paste, and edit the bracketed pieces. Judge the output against real numbers rather than a feeling. Later's analysis of [44 million Instagram feed posts](https://later.com/blog/instagram-engagement-rate/) puts the average engagement rate at 2.88%, and notes that saves and shares carry more algorithmic weight than likes. That is the argument for weighting your rotation toward the educational and Q&A categories, which are the two here designed to earn a save rather than a scroll-past like. Render them in the vertical format the feed expects using an [Instagram Reels generator](/instagram-reels-generator) or a [TikTok video generator](/tiktok-video-generator). ### Product review (5 prompts) The workhorse category for affiliate and brand-deal content. Each prompt gives a slightly different tone (skeptical, enthusiastic, comparison, before-and-after, honest-review) to keep the feed from feeling repetitive. > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing a casual cream sweater, standing in a bright modern kitchen, holding \[PRODUCT\_NAME\] up to the camera, tight over-the-shoulder shot, character speaks directly to camera with a warm smile: 'I tried \[PRODUCT\_NAME\] for 30 days and here is the honest verdict. \[ONE\_SPECIFIC\_RESULT\]. If you want the link, it is in my bio.'" > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing a soft neutral tee, seated at a wooden desk, \[PRODUCT\_NAME\] positioned beside a coffee cup, medium shot with soft window light, character raises eyebrow skeptically then softens into a nod: 'I was ready to hate \[PRODUCT\_NAME\]. Two weeks in, I owe it an apology. \[ONE\_UNEXPECTED\_BENEFIT\].'" > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing minimal athletic wear, standing in a well-lit bathroom mirror scene, holding \[PRODUCT\_NAME\_A\] in left hand and \[PRODUCT\_NAME\_B\] in right, tight symmetric shot, character looks left, then right, then to camera: 'Everyone asked me to compare \[PRODUCT\_NAME\_A\] vs \[PRODUCT\_NAME\_B\]. Here is what I actually noticed after using both.'" > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing a fitted white shirt, seated on a linen sofa with soft afternoon light, holding a small notebook with \[PRODUCT\_NAME\] beside her, medium close-up, character glances at notes then delivers with quiet confidence: '\[PRODUCT\_NAME\] is either overhyped or genuinely worth \[PRICE\]. I tested it against three cheaper alternatives.'" > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing a cozy oversized cardigan, sitting cross-legged on a bed with warm string lights behind, holding \[PRODUCT\_NAME\] in her lap, cozy medium shot, character speaks in a lower, storytelling tone: 'I never thought I would recommend \[PRODUCT\_NAME\]. Then this happened. \[ONE\_SENTENCE\_STORY\].'" ### Get-ready-with-me / GRWM (5 prompts) Runs long on retention because viewers want to see the transformation. Keep scripts to a single throughline (an event, a mood, a topic) instead of small talk. > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing a plain black tank top, seated at a vanity with soft ring light, hair partially done, applying \[PRODUCT\_NAME\], relaxed medium close-up, character speaks casually while getting ready: 'Get ready with me for \[EVENT\]. While I do this I want to tell you about \[TOPIC\].'" > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing a robe, hair wet from the shower, standing in a bright bathroom mirror scene, reaching for \[PRODUCT\_NAME\], mirror-reflection shot, character speaks in a fresh-morning tone: 'GRWM for a chill day at home. Today is one of those days where I have to remind myself \[PIECE\_OF\_ADVICE\].'" > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing an untied silk top, seated at a warm-lit vanity, midway through a natural makeup look, holding \[PRODUCT\_NAME\] near her cheek, close-up on the application motion: 'Get ready with me for \[EVENT\]. I have been asked five times this week \[COMMON\_QUESTION\]. Here is my actual answer.'" > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing a soft grey hoodie, seated at a minimal desk with morning light, brushing hair while \[PRODUCT\_NAME\] sits within reach, wide medium shot, character speaks like she is on a call with a friend: 'GRWM for a slow Sunday. I want to walk you through \[ROUTINE\_STEP\] because a lot of you asked.'" > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing black slip dress on a hanger visible behind her, seated at a glam vanity with dramatic warm light, applying \[PRODUCT\_NAME\], slightly higher energy delivery, tighter medium shot: 'Get ready with me for a night out. Playlist is on, drink is poured, and I have a story to tell you about \[TOPIC\].'" ### Point-of-view / POV skits (5 prompts) Highest engagement ceiling per format. Frame the video from someone else's perspective (the barista, the friend, the stranger) so the character is reacting rather than lecturing. > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing a casual jacket, sitting across a small cafe table, camera framed as if you are seated opposite her, natural cafe ambience, character leans in slightly and speaks in confidential tone: 'POV: your friend who just tried \[PRODUCT\_NAME\] is finally telling you what she thinks. \[OPINION\].'" > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing a stylish coat, standing at a shop counter with soft background blur, camera framed as if you are the shop assistant, character delivers a request with warm confidence: 'POV: a customer walks in and asks about \[PRODUCT\_CATEGORY\]. This is exactly what I say every time. \[ADVICE\].'" > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing workout clothes, standing beside a gym rack with soft gym lighting, camera framed at eye level as if she just noticed you, quick smile then honest delivery: 'POV: you catch me at the gym and ask what \[TOPIC\] I actually recommend. Here is the real answer.'" > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing a smart-casual outfit, seated on a park bench with dappled light, camera framed as if she is talking to a friend beside her, character speaks with reflective calm: 'POV: your older sister sits you down and tells you the thing about \[LIFE\_TOPIC\] nobody warned her about.'" > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing a comfortable knit, seated on the floor of a warm-lit apartment, camera framed as if you are seated across from her, character laughs then softens: 'POV: your best friend has to be honest with you about \[SITUATION\]. It is going to be a hard love kind of chat.'" ### Unboxing (5 prompts) Underrated for both engagement and sponsored posts. Keep the reveal slow. Front-load the reaction, not the product name. > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing a soft neutral outfit, seated on the floor beside a wrapped \[PRODUCT\_BOX\], warm natural light from a nearby window, tight top-down shot on the box, character glances up with anticipation: 'I have been waiting weeks for \[PRODUCT\_NAME\] and it is finally here. Let me show you what is inside.'" > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing a fitted white t-shirt, seated at a wooden table with \[PRODUCT\_BOX\] centered in frame, medium shot with soft even light, character speaks calmly while pulling at the packaging: 'Unboxing \[PRODUCT\_NAME\]. If you are on the fence, watch this before you decide.'" > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing a cozy oversized shirt, seated cross-legged on a bed with several \[PRODUCT\_BOXES\] beside her, medium shot with warm bedroom light, character laughs and reaches for the first: 'This is the unboxing of everything I bought this month. I am going to regret at least two of these.'" > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing casual denim, standing at a kitchen island with \[PRODUCT\_BOX\] on the counter, natural bright kitchen light, medium shot from across the island, character delivers with high curious energy: 'I paid full price for \[PRODUCT\_NAME\]. Now I need to prove to myself it was worth it. Unboxing.'" > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing a plain sweater, seated at a small desk with a single \[PRODUCT\_BOX\] and a coffee, close-up shot on hands opening the box, character speaks quietly like she is filming a diary entry: 'Slow unboxing of \[PRODUCT\_NAME\]. No hype, no music, just my honest first look.'" ### Storytime / life update (5 prompts) Builds parasocial attachment fast. Keep the story to one specific incident, not a general life recap. Specifics travel. > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing a cozy hoodie, seated on a bed with dim warm lighting, medium close-up, character speaks like she is confiding: 'Storytime. Last week the strangest thing happened at \[PLACE\]. I have to tell someone. \[OPENING\_LINE\_OF\_STORY\].'" > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing a soft cardigan, seated in a leather armchair with an ambient lamp, medium shot with warm indoor light, character sighs then smiles: 'Life update. I have been quiet for two weeks and there is a reason. \[ONE\_SENTENCE\_REASON\].'" > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing a plain tee, seated on a kitchen floor with her back against a cabinet, natural morning light, slightly lower camera angle, character speaks in a more vulnerable tone: 'Storytime about the day I finally decided to \[DECISION\]. If you are stuck on the same thing, this might help.'" > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing a knit sweater, seated at a cafe window seat with rain visible behind her, medium shot with soft grey light, character delivers reflective and calm: 'Storytime. Nine months ago I moved to \[PLACE\]. Here is what nobody tells you about the first three months.'" > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing gym clothes, seated on a bench after a workout with soft gym light, tight medium shot, character breathes then delivers with steady energy: 'Life update. Three months into \[HABIT\_OR\_GOAL\] and I want to tell you what is actually working and what is not.'" ### Educational / how-to (5 prompts) Highest save rate of any category if the value is dense. Give one specific tactic, not a full framework. > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing a smart-casual blazer, seated at a clean minimal desk with a notepad, medium shot with soft office light, character glances at notes then delivers to camera with clarity: 'If you are trying to \[GOAL\], here is the one mistake that costs most people six months. \[SPECIFIC\_MISTAKE\].'" > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing a plain neutral top, standing at a whiteboard-lit wall with a small prop, medium shot, character gestures with one hand as she speaks: 'Three-step how-to for \[OUTCOME\]. Step one is the one everyone skips. \[FIRST\_STEP\].'" > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing a fitted turtleneck, seated on a stool with warm even studio light, tight medium shot, character delivers with confident teacher energy: 'How to actually \[TASK\] without wasting a weekend. This is the exact process I use every time. \[OPENING\_STEP\].'" > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing a soft blouse, seated at a warm cafe table with a coffee, medium shot with natural afternoon light, character speaks like she is coaching a friend: 'If you keep \[PROBLEM\], the fix is smaller than you think. Here is what actually worked for me. \[PRACTICAL\_FIX\].'" > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing a casual sweater, standing in front of a bright window with a plant beside her, medium shot with soft daylight, character delivers with grounded certainty: 'The 60-second version of how I \[ACHIEVEMENT\]. No fluff. \[FIRST\_ACTION\_ITEM\].'" ### Trending audio commentary (5 prompts) Bends with whatever audio is trending that week. The character delivers a commentary or hot take that fits the audio's mood. Keep the delivery matched to the audio's energy. > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing a stylish jacket, standing on a city street with soft golden hour light, medium shot with slight camera movement, character delivers with wry knowing energy: '\[TRENDING\_AUDIO\_HOOK\] but the \[NICHE\] version. Here is what nobody says out loud. \[HOT\_TAKE\].'" > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing casual streetwear, seated on a bench in a busy plaza with warm background blur, medium shot, character delivers with calm confidence to match a slower trending audio: '\[TRENDING\_AUDIO\_HOOK\]. If you are in \[SITUATION\], you already know what I am about to say. \[OBSERVATION\].'" > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing an oversized shirt, seated at home with cozy afternoon light, medium close-up, character speaks with playful commentary energy: 'This audio is trending but nobody is using it right for \[NICHE\]. Let me try. \[COMMENTARY\_LINE\].'" > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing a smart top, standing in a lifestyle scene appropriate to \[NICHE\], medium shot with clean lighting, character delivers a dry one-liner then follows up: '\[TRENDING\_AUDIO\_LINE\]. The \[NICHE\] translation of that is \[SPECIFIC\_INSIGHT\].'" > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing a fitted casual outfit, standing in front of a soft-colored wall, medium shot with even light, character delivers with high playful energy to match an upbeat trending audio: '\[TRENDING\_AUDIO\_HOOK\]. If you have been putting off \[ACTION\], take this as your sign. \[SPECIFIC\_STEP\].'" ### Reaction / react-to (5 prompts) Works best as a second post in a series, referencing something specific your audience already saw. Keep the reaction voiced first, then explain. > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing a soft neutral top, seated at a desk with the camera framed close, warm indoor light, character raises eyebrows and delivers with genuine surprise: 'Reacting to \[ARTICLE\_OR\_STAT\]. If this is true it changes what I said last week about \[TOPIC\]. Here is my updated take.'" > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing a casual cardigan, seated on a sofa with soft ambient light, medium shot, character shakes head slowly then smiles: 'Reacting to \[POPULAR\_OPINION\]. I disagree with most of it but there is one part I actually stand by. \[SPECIFIC\_AGREEMENT\].'" > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing a fitted sweater, seated cross-legged on a bed with warm lighting, tight medium shot, character delivers with amused thoughtful energy: 'Reacting to \[TREND\] like everyone else. Except I have a boring take that might save you time. \[BORING\_BUT\_TRUE\_TAKE\].'" > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing a plain top, standing in a bright kitchen with natural light, medium shot, character laughs briefly then delivers seriously: 'Reacting to \[PIECE\_OF\_ADVICE\] that has been going around. I tried it. Here is what actually happened. \[OUTCOME\].'" > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing smart-casual clothes, seated at a cafe table with a coffee, medium shot with soft window light, character delivers with measured curiosity: 'Reacting to \[NEWS\_OR\_EVENT\]. I have been thinking about this all week. My honest position is \[POSITION\].'" ### Behind-the-scenes / a day in my life (5 prompts) Builds long-term trust more than any other category. Show one segment of a day, not the whole thing. The specificity is the magic. > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing casual morning clothes, standing in a bright kitchen holding a coffee cup, natural morning light, medium shot with slight handheld feel, character speaks with a fresh-morning energy: 'Behind the scenes of a \[DAY\_OF\_WEEK\] in \[CITY\]. First thing I do is \[SPECIFIC\_MORNING\_HABIT\].'" > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing focused workwear, seated at a workspace with laptop open, warm office light, medium shot, character glances at screen then to camera: 'A day in my life if you have ever wondered what I actually do. Right now I am working on \[PROJECT\].'" > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing gym clothes with a small bag on shoulder, standing outside a gym in soft daylight, medium shot, character delivers with steady energy: 'A day in my life. I built this specific hour into every day for one reason. \[REASON\].'" > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing an apron over casual clothes, standing at a kitchen counter with ingredients laid out, warm kitchen light, medium overhead-and-front alternating shot, character speaks while prepping: 'Behind the scenes of the meal I actually eat three times a week. Ingredients are \[LIST\]. Here is the shortcut.'" > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing a comfortable knit, seated on a sofa with a book and warm evening lamp light, medium shot, character speaks quietly and reflectively: 'End-of-day day in my life. This is the hour I protect no matter what. Right now I am \[SPECIFIC\_EVENING\_ACTIVITY\].'" ### Q&A / follower questions (5 prompts) The compounding category. Every answered question becomes ammunition for future posts. Read the exact question aloud before answering. > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing a soft cardigan, seated at a warm-lit desk with a phone visible on the table, medium shot, character glances at phone then delivers to camera: 'Someone asked me \[QUESTION\]. This is a question I get almost weekly. Here is the honest answer. \[ANSWER\].'" > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing a plain top, seated on a stool in front of a neutral backdrop, medium shot with clean studio light, character delivers with clear teaching energy: 'Answering the top five questions from last week. Number one, \[QUESTION\_ONE\]. My answer is \[SHORT\_ANSWER\].'" > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing casual clothes, seated on the floor of a warm-lit living room, medium shot with a mug in hand, character delivers casually: 'Q&A round. First question is \[QUESTION\]. I have been thinking about how to answer this for two days. \[MY\_ANSWER\].'" > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing a smart-casual outfit, seated at a small cafe table with a notebook, medium shot with soft afternoon light, character delivers with reflective calm: 'One of you asked \[QUESTION\] and I did not want to answer in a comment because it deserves a proper reply. \[FULL\_ANSWER\].'" > "Character \[CHARACTER\_NAME\] wearing a fitted top, seated in a neutral home office, medium close-up with soft indoor light, character delivers with confident practical energy: 'This is the question I get more than any other. \[QUESTION\]. Here is what I would tell my younger self. \[ANSWER\].'" ## What are the most common prompt mistakes? Five patterns that break consistency across a feed, even with a saved character. **1\. Redescribing the character in every prompt.** If the tool has a saved character, describing her face, hair colour, or age in the prompt tells the model to try to reconcile the description with the saved likeness. That fight produces drift. Describe the scene; let the saved character bring the face. This is the biggest single mistake among creators moving from generic AI video to a character-consistent workflow, and it applies whether you are using [a talking-avatar renderer](/talking-avatar) or a full character pipeline. **2\. Changing the lighting language every post.** Words like "cinematic", "golden hour", "moody", "dramatic" pull renders in wildly different directions. Pick one lighting family (warm natural, soft even studio, cool ambient) and use the same language across your library. Save the dramatic-lighting swings for special posts, not the daily feed. Reaching for cinematic language on every prompt tends to be the wrong instinct anyway. HubSpot's [2026 social media marketing report](https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/hubspot-blog-social-media-marketing-report), based on over 1,100 social professionals, found 77% say authenticity beats production value on social, and the same report flags generic AI output as the thing audiences increasingly reject. The plain, repeatable lighting skeleton in this library is doing more work than a dramatic one would. **3\. Cramming three shot types into one prompt.** Prompts that ask for "wide establishing then medium then close-up" produce muddled renders on most current tools. Pick one shot type per prompt. If you need cut coverage, render three separate prompts and edit them together in [a script-to-video pipeline](/script-to-video). **4\. Writing dialogue that is too long.** Every prompt in this library ends with the character delivering a line. A 30-second clip only fits about 85 words. Prompts with 200-word monologues either get rushed unnaturally or cut off mid-sentence. Trim the dialogue to the length the video will actually be. **5\. Using different tools within the same account.** Consistency does not survive tool-hopping. A character rendered in Tool A on Monday and Tool B on Wednesday looks like two different people, because the underlying models learn features slightly differently. Pick one tool, ship the first 30 posts on it, then evaluate before switching. > **A prompt library is only the second half of consistency.** The first half is the saved character and the locked voice. The prompt library layer sits on top of those two. Without them, the best prompt still produces a lookalike. Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=inline_cta&utm_content=ai-influencer-prompt-library)plans from $9/month · allowance tops up monthly ## AI influencer prompt library FAQs ### What is an AI influencer prompt library? An AI influencer prompt library is a reusable set of scene templates that keep your character, voice, and framing consistent across dozens of posts. Each prompt has fixed skeleton language and bracketed placeholders for the specific script, product, or setting. You paste the template, swap the placeholders, and render. ### Why should I use the same prompt structure across posts? Because followers recognise creators through repetition. The same lighting language, shot type, and delivery style across 30 posts trains the algorithm and the audience to identify your creator. Rewriting from scratch each time fights that recognition. ### Can these prompts be used with any AI video tool? The bracketed prompt structure works with most character-consistent AI video tools in 2026, including the MakeAIVideo [AI influencer generator](/ai-influencer-generator), Higgsfield, and The Influencer AI. Tools without a saved-character feature will still drift no matter how well you prompt. ### How long should each prompt's dialogue be? About 85 to 90 words for a 30-second clip, or 130 words for a 45-second clip. At the natural AI voiceover pace of 175 words per minute, longer dialogue gets rushed or truncated. Trim ruthlessly. ### Do I need to describe the character in every prompt? No. If your tool has a saved character, redescribing her face in the prompt actively hurts consistency by making the model reconcile the description with the saved likeness. Describe only the scene, outfit, and lighting. ### How many prompts should I ship before evaluating an account? At least 30 posts on a single platform with consistent cadence. Fewer posts and the algorithm has not built a recommendation profile, so the results are noise. Some hook patterns emerge earlier, but account-level performance takes 30 posts to read. ### Are trending-audio prompts safe from copyright issues? The character is generated so the visual side is safe, but the trending audio itself follows the same rules as any other creator's use. Use the platform's licensed audio library (Instagram's, TikTok's, YouTube Shorts') so licensing is handled by the platform. Adding your own commercially licensed audio is the other safe path. ### How is a prompt library different from a script generator? A prompt library gives you the visual scene template (character, lighting, shot, delivery) with a script slot. A script generator gives you the script but not the scene. Use both: the [video script generator](/tools/video-script-generator) writes the words; this library places them into a repeatable visual container. ### Should I disclose that these posts are AI-generated? Yes. Meta's [community standards on synthetic media](https://transparency.meta.com/policies/community-standards/misinformation/), TikTok's [integrity and authenticity guidelines](https://www.tiktok.com/community-guidelines/en/integrity-authenticity/), and YouTube's [Partner Program policies](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/72851) all require disclosure of AI-generated content in 2026, and sponsored posts additionally require [FTC-compliant disclosure](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/ftcs-endorsement-guides-what-people-are-asking) of the paid partnership. Tick the AI-generated toggle at upload; it does not affect reach. ### What voice should I use with these prompts? One voice for the entire library. Pick a voice that matches the character's apparent age and energy, save it, and use it on every render. A benchmark like [ElevenLabs](https://elevenlabs.io/) has voice families in this consistency band; most current AI-influencer tools ship a curated voice library that works similarly. The rule is: one character, one voice, forever. ## Where to start Pick one category from the library and ship five posts using its prompts before you branch out. The point of a prompt library is not variety on day one; it is compounding recognition over weeks. Five product-review posts in a row teach the algorithm and your followers to identify the character faster than five scattered posts across five categories. If you have not picked a tool yet, the [MakeAIVideo AI influencer generator](/ai-influencer-generator) ships the three pieces this library depends on: saved character, locked voice, and platform-native rendering. Plans start at $9 a month for 450 credits, topped back up each billing month. The same page walks through the full step-by-step from zero to a posting-ready creator, and pairs with this library. Save the character, pick a category, ship the first five. That is the whole workflow. ![Jamie Partridge](/images/authors/jamie-partridge.webp) Written by [Jamie Partridge](/about/jamie-partridge) Founder at MakeAIVideo. Writing about AI video generation, scripting, scenes, and shipping content faster. [More about the author](/about/jamie-partridge) ## Free AI video tools - [ Video Script Generator Generate 6 full HOOK / BODY / CTA video scripts in any format, short-form, long-form, tutorial, VSL, talking-head, product demo. Free, no signup, instant. ](/tools/video-script-generator) - [ Video Hook Generator Generate 10 attention-grabbing video hooks for any topic. Patterns proven to drive watch-through on TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-hook-generator) - [ Instagram Caption Generator Free Instagram caption generator: 12 captions across 7 styles, with niche hashtag bundles for Reels and posts. Instant, no signup needed. ](/tools/instagram-caption-generator) - [ Speech Time Calculator Paste your script and instantly calculate spoken duration at 5 speaking rates (audiobook, conversational, presenter, energetic, auctioneer). ](/tools/speech-time-calculator) ## More AI video guides Guides [ ### Best Sora Prompts 2026: 30+ Templates and the Anatomy Behind Them ](/blog/best-sora-prompts-2026) 30+ Sora prompts across product ads, faceless B-roll, cinematic shots, tutorials, character scenes, and music video work, plus the prompt anatomy each one uses. 17 September 2026·20 min read Reviews [ ### Adobe Firefly Video Review (2026): The IP-Safe Model for Brands ](/blog/best-adobe-firefly-video-review-2026) Adobe Firefly Video review for 2026: what the commercially safe model does well, where it lags Sora and Veo, pricing, and Premiere Pro fit. 17 September 2026·19 min read Reviews [ ### Higgsfield Review (2026): Camera Control, Tested ](/blog/best-higgsfield-ai-review-2026) Higgsfield AI review for 2026: Cinema Studio camera presets, pricing, model quality, and where its cinematic clips fit into a shipping video pipeline. 17 September 2026·19 min read Reviews [ ### Krea AI Review (2026): One Login for Every AI Video Model ](/blog/best-krea-ai-review-2026) Honest Krea AI review for 2026. What the real-time canvas is, which models are bundled, what one subscription costs, and where a pipeline still fits. 10 September 2026·15 min read Guides [ ### YouTube Automation Examples: 18 Real Faceless Channels (2026) ](/blog/youtube-automation-examples) 18 real faceless YouTube channels, from Kurzgesagt to Lofi Girl, grouped by format, with subscriber counts from each channel's About page and why each format works. 4 October 2026·16 min read Reviews [ ### HeyGen Review (2026): Avatars, Credits, and the Real Cost ](/blog/best-heygen-review-2026) A HeyGen review for 2026: what the avatar library actually delivers, every plan priced from the vendor page, how the credit meter works, and where it is the wrong tool. 21 September 2026·8 min read Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. Plans from $9 a month with credits included, topped back up every billing month. 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What it does do is generate video that Adobe will contractually stand behind for commercial use, trained on Adobe Stock and public-domain content the company has permission to touch.** For enterprise brands, agencies with big-name clients, and any team that has ever had a lawyer ask "where did the training data come from," that trade is worth more than a few extra pixels of realism. This review covers what Firefly Video ships in 2026, what it is good at, where it falls behind, how it compares to the rest of the frontier, and where a [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) workflow layer like MakeAIVideo fits when you want a finished narrated video rather than a raw five-second clip. Firefly Video is not the model to reach for when you want the most photoreal eight seconds available today. It is the model to reach for when your buyer's risk model rules out anything trained on the open web. Different job. Both jobs are real. Read the sections below to work out which one you are actually doing. > **The one-line verdict.** Firefly Video is a middle-of-the-pack model wrapped in the strongest legal indemnity in the AI video market. Use it for enterprise, agency, and brand work where indemnity matters more than raw quality. Use a [script to video](/script-to-video) workflow for the surrounding script, voiceover, captions, and multi-ratio export that Firefly itself does not ship. ## What Adobe Firefly Video is Adobe Firefly Video is a text-to-video and image-to-video generative model built by Adobe and rolled into the [Firefly web app](https://www.adobe.com/products/firefly.html) plus Premiere Pro. The model was previewed in September 2024, entered [limited beta at Adobe MAX in October 2024](https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/14/adobe-invites-you-to-embrace-the-tech-with-fireflys-new-video-generator/), and moved to [public beta in February 2025](https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/12/adobe-launches-firefly-ai-subscriptions/) alongside two new paid subscription tiers. Through 2025 and into 2026 Adobe kept iterating on the model, adding partner models (Runway, Kling, Veo, and others) inside the same Firefly interface as switchable options. [Our comparison of the best AI video models of 2026](/blog/best-ai-video-model-2026) covers what each of those partner engines brings, since Firefly's own model is only one of the options in the menu. The core loop is familiar. Write a prompt or upload a reference image, choose an aspect ratio (16:9 or 9:16), pick your camera controls, hit generate. The Firefly-native model returns a five-second clip at 1080p. From the same app you can now also reach into partner models when you want a different look. Everything you generate carries Content Credentials metadata so the file can later be identified as AI-produced without breaking the frame. Inside Premiere Pro, the same underlying model powers [Generative Extend](https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/generative-extend.html), a separate feature that stretches an existing clip by a couple of seconds so an editor can hold a shot longer or bridge a rough cut. That single feature is often the reason a working editor pays for Firefly at all. It is a small quality-of-life change that saves an entire reshoot request when the cut needs one more beat. ## How Firefly Video works under the hood The Firefly Video Model is a diffusion-based generative model trained on Adobe Stock, openly licensed content, and public-domain material Adobe curates for its AI training set. Adobe [publishes the approach on its enterprise Firefly page](https://business.adobe.com/products/firefly-business/firefly-ai-approach.html) and reiterates it in the company's [annual report to shareholders](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/796343/000079634326000045/adbe2025annualreporta.pdf), because the training-data provenance is not a marketing line, it is a legal commitment that flows into the enterprise indemnity offer. Mechanically, each Firefly Video generation caps at five seconds. Resolution tops at 1080p on the current native model. The prompt interface exposes camera-motion presets (dolly, pan, zoom, tilt) plus optional reference-image conditioning, so you can start from a still and have the video inherit its palette, staging, and subject. There is no built-in editor timeline for stitching multiple generations into a longer sequence inside Firefly itself; that job belongs downstream, either inside Premiere Pro or in a separate pipeline like [our blog-to-video builder](/blog-to-video) if the source is written copy. Every generation runs against your generative-credit balance. [Adobe publishes a credits FAQ](https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/apps/generative-ai/generative-credits-faq.html) that lists the per-generation cost, and higher-tier plans include unlimited video generation as their headline benefit. That credit shape matters, because on the free tier you can burn through your monthly allowance faster than you would expect once you start iterating on a shot. ## Commercial safety, the real Firefly Video differentiator The whole thesis for Firefly Video reduces to one sentence: it is the AI video model brands can put in a contract. Adobe trained the model only on Adobe Stock, licensed content, and public-domain material, and [offers IP indemnification](https://business.adobe.com/products/firefly-business/firefly-ai-approach.html) to enterprise customers on qualifying plans for the outputs the native Firefly models produce. In plain language, if a lawsuit arrives claiming a Firefly-generated frame infringes copyright, Adobe agrees to stand between the customer and that claim, within the terms of the enterprise agreement. That promise predates the video model. TechCrunch covered Adobe's [indemnity clause when Firefly first shipped to enterprise](https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/26/adobe-indemnity-clause-designed-to-ease-enterprise-fears-about-ai-generated-art/), and Adobe's general counsel drew the boundary at the time: the cover applies to the Firefly-generated output itself, not to whatever a customer adds on top of it. Forbes reported the same framing when Firefly reached Adobe's [enterprise customer base](https://www.forbes.com/sites/rashishrivastava/2023/06/08/adobe-brings-its-generative-ai-tool-firefly-to-businesses/), with the model trained on Adobe Stock, licensed images, and public images whose copyright has expired. No other frontier AI video model in 2026 makes that promise. Sora, Veo, Runway, Kling, Luma, Pika, and the open-source models all train on data whose provenance the vendor either does not disclose or cannot fully account for. For a solo creator making TikTok content that never surfaces to a compliance review, the risk is theoretical. For a Fortune 500 marketing team, an ad agency running a paid brand campaign, a broadcast production shop, a pharma company producing patient-facing video, or a public-sector team producing training content, the risk is real and the indemnity is the whole reason to sign the contract. There is one important caveat that Adobe itself makes clear. The indemnity covers native Firefly outputs only. When you use one of the partner models inside the Firefly interface (Runway, Kling, Veo, and others), you are using those vendors' models, and Adobe does not indemnify those outputs. If your organisation's use case requires Adobe's IP indemnity, you have to stay on the Firefly-native model, not the partner catalogue that ships alongside it. For teams whose polished on-camera work is a spokesperson-shaped brief, an [AI spokesperson video](/ai-spokesperson-video) or an [AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar) sits alongside a Firefly-generated background rather than replacing it. Firefly for the b-roll and hero plates, a presenter workflow for the person, an assembly pipeline for the wrap. That layering is what enterprise buyers actually build in production. ## What Firefly Video is genuinely good at **Legal defensibility.** Already covered above. This is the reason to be on Firefly at all. If your work has to survive a legal review, no other model on the market is close. **Integration inside Premiere Pro.** Generative Extend is the sleeper feature of the whole Firefly Video release. An editor with a rough cut who needs the shot to hold two more seconds, or an audio bed to keep going for another eight beats, can right-click the clip and get exactly that without leaving the timeline. For working editors, that single interaction pays back the subscription in the first week. It also means Firefly earns its keep for teams that already live in Adobe's creative suite, because the model shows up where you already work rather than as a separate tab you have to remember to open. **Aesthetic consistency with brand systems.** Because the training set is Adobe Stock plus licensed content, the Firefly Video output tends to land in the same visual vocabulary as the still-image assets a brand agency already uses. That reads as an under-appreciated feature. A brand team producing a campaign in Firefly's still generator and its video generator will get output that visually agrees with itself across formats, which is closer to the way large brand systems actually operate than a mix of open-web-trained models each rendering in its own house style. **Prompt-plus-image conditioning.** Firefly's image-to-video path is one of the more predictable in the market. Start from a still generated in Firefly Image (or from a brand hero image supplied by the client), condition the video on it, and the resulting five seconds usually preserves the palette, staging, and subject faithfully. For teams already producing static campaign visuals, that predictability is worth more than raw motion fidelity. Our [animate a photo](/image-to-video) mode covers the same "start with a still, get a short animated clip" shape with a different downstream wrap for creators who want the final MP4 rather than a raw motion asset. **Content Credentials on every output.** Adobe leads the [Content Authenticity Initiative](https://contentcredentials.org/) and every Firefly Video output ships with Content Credentials metadata baked in. For newsrooms, government, and platforms that want to display AI-provenance signals to end users, that is table stakes and Firefly delivers it. Sora and Veo also ship provenance signals; Firefly is unusual in tying them to a wider legal framework. [Our OpenAI Sora review](/blog/best-openai-sora-review-2026) covers how Sora handles the same question, which is the useful contrast, since the watermark there is visible rather than embedded. Provenance metadata is not the same as a disclosure, though. If the finished video runs as an ad or an endorsement, the FTC's [endorsement, influencer, and review guidance](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/advertising-marketing/endorsements-influencers-reviews) is the rule set that governs what you tell the audience. ## Where Firefly Video struggles **Raw generation quality lags the frontier.** In head-to-head comparisons on cinematic prompts, Firefly Video reads a step behind Sora, Veo 3, and Kling on photorealism, motion, and prompt adherence. The gap is not enormous, and Adobe has closed some of it with model updates through 2026, but a working motion designer who values pure output quality above legal risk will usually prefer one of those alternatives. For hero shots that need to look astonishing rather than legally defensible, Firefly is not the model to reach for. **Five seconds is short.** Every native Firefly Video generation caps at five seconds. That is enough for a stock-shot-style beat, a product hero, or a transition; it is not enough for a scripted line, a walkthrough, or anything with a narrative arc. Longer sequences require multiple generations stitched together, either inside Premiere Pro or in a downstream tool like a [TikTok video generator](/tiktok-video-generator), and character or lighting continuity between separate Firefly generations is imperfect. **Human faces and dialogue.** Faces at rest inside Firefly output look fine. Faces speaking, or in complex motion, still produce the uncanny-valley micro-glitches every AI video model struggles with. The Firefly Video Model does not render synchronised dialogue inside the clip the way Veo 3 does; if a shot depends on a person speaking on-camera, plan for a separate voice pass and a lip-sync tool downstream. For creators whose whole shot is a person talking to camera, an [AI spokesperson video](/ai-spokesperson-video) is the straighter path than trying to force a talking head out of Firefly. **Credit constraints on the low tiers.** The generative-credit system rewards infrequent, considered use and punishes rapid iteration. Once you start prompting variations to nail the right take, credits burn fast. Higher tiers include unlimited video generation, but the cheaper subscriptions can leave a producer waiting on next month's renewal by the third week. Budget for the tier above the one you first assumed you needed. **No captions, no music bed, no multi-ratio export.** Firefly Video ships raw clips. It does not caption dialogue, it does not add a music bed, and it does not automatically export to platform-specific ratios beyond the one you generated in. Every downstream job (captions, cropping, brand outro, silent-autoplay optimisation) needs to happen in a second tool. For creators shipping narrated short-form posts that do not need a Firefly shot, a pipeline like our [Instagram Reels generator](/instagram-reels-generator) or the [AI Shorts generator](/ai-shorts-generator) makes the whole video instead. **Style range is narrower than Sora or Kling.** Firefly Video is trained on Adobe Stock, which biases it toward polished, editorial, and commercial aesthetics. It is less strong on illustrated, anime, or overtly stylised looks where Sora and Kling both push further. If your creative brief calls for illustrated or anime output specifically, a Firefly subscription is going to fight you at every step, and a dedicated [AI anime video generator](/ai-anime-video-generator) is the easier route. ## Pricing and Creative Cloud access Firefly Video sits inside Adobe's generative-credit economy and, in 2026, splits across a stack of Firefly-specific plans that layer on top of any existing Creative Cloud subscription. The current published shape [on Adobe's Firefly pricing page](https://www.adobe.com/products/firefly.html) is a free tier for basic try-it usage, then paid Firefly plans that each unlock a monthly credit balance and progressively unlock unlimited video generation at the top tier. At the entry level, a Firefly Standard subscription adds a credit balance suitable for occasional Firefly Video use and unlocks the paid features across the Firefly app. Firefly Pro adds more credits and more headroom for creators generating at volume. Firefly Pro Plus lifts the ceiling again for heavy users, and Firefly Premium sits on top with the largest credit allowance and a marquee benefit of unlimited access to Firefly Video generation. The exact monthly numbers move often enough that the pricing page is the source of truth; the shape has been broadly stable through 2026. For teams already inside a Creative Cloud All Apps subscription, Firefly Video usage is metered against your bundled monthly generative credits, and premium video features like Generative Extend in Premiere Pro require moving to one of the higher Firefly tiers or a Creative Cloud Pro plan. Enterprise buyers negotiate a separate site licence that includes contractual IP indemnification, which is the deal shape most brand and agency work actually runs on. The commercial stakes behind that shape show up in Adobe's own guidance, which Bloomberg reported as a [strong sales growth outlook that eased investor concern about AI](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-10/adobe-gives-strong-sales-growth-outlook-easing-concern-about-ai). If you are comparing that against a workflow pipeline rather than raw per-second render billing, [MakeAIVideo's plans](/pricing) start at $9 a month for 450 credits. The two models solve different problems, and most working teams end up paying for both. ## How Firefly Video compares to Sora, Veo 3, Runway, and Kling Fair heads-up before this section. There is no universal winner in AI video in 2026. The honest ranking depends entirely on which axis you weight, and Firefly's axis is legal defensibility rather than pure quality. **Firefly Video vs OpenAI Sora.** Sora 2 pushes further on clip length, stylistic range, and photorealism. Firefly wins on IP indemnity and Premiere Pro integration. For a solo creator or startup shipping short-form, Sora is the more creative pick and the ecosystem around it is deeper (our [Sora review](/blog/best-openai-sora-review-2026) has the detail). For a Fortune 500 brand team where legal has a vote, Firefly is the safer answer even when the raw pixel quality is a step behind. **Firefly Video vs Google Veo 3.** Veo 3 is the technical high-water mark of the current generation, particularly on photorealism and native audio inside the clip, as our [guide to how to use Veo 3](/blog/how-to-use-veo-3-beginners-guide) shows. Firefly is not close on either. Firefly wins only on the enterprise indemnity dimension. If your work will never see legal scrutiny, Veo 3 is a stronger creative tool. If it will, the indemnity carries the day. **Firefly Video vs Runway.** Runway Gen-4 is the polished creator tool with the strongest editor UX in the market, multi-model access from one seat, and mature post-production tooling. Firefly wins on legal safety and Premiere Pro integration. Most editorial teams that live in a timeline still find Runway more comfortable day-to-day, but agencies that already work inside Adobe's suite typically stay on Firefly because the model shows up in the tools they already use. Our [Runway alternatives](/blog/best-runway-alternatives) roundup covers the rest of that tier. **Firefly Video vs Kling.** Kling is the value pick and cost leader, with unusually strong image-to-video character consistency for the price and a genuinely generous free tier. Firefly is not competitive on cost per clip (see our [Kling AI alternatives](/blog/best-kling-ai-alternatives) for the cheaper field). Firefly wins only where legal safety trumps price, which is a smaller universe of buyers than the marketing suggests but a much stickier one. The uncomfortable summary is that Firefly Video is the third or fourth choice on pure creative merit and the first choice on legal defensibility. Enterprise buyers are usually more sensitive to the second axis than the first, which is why Adobe's video model has held its enterprise position even as the frontier keeps improving around it. ## Where MakeAIVideo fits in a Firefly Video workflow Important framing first. MakeAIVideo is not a competitor to Firefly Video. Firefly Video is a foundation model that renders raw video clips with a strong legal safety net. MakeAIVideo is a workflow layer that turns a prompt, a script, or a blog post into a finished narrated video with captions, optional music, and a 9:16, 1:1 or 16:9 export. It does not take uploaded Firefly clips as scenes; its visuals come from real stock footage by default, or from AI scenes on MiniMax Hailuo or Kling 2.6. The two do different jobs. That matters for enterprise creative teams in particular. If a shot has to survive a legal review on Firefly's terms, generate it in Firefly and finish the piece in Premiere Pro or another editor, so every frame stays on Firefly's footing. Use MakeAIVideo's [script to video](/script-to-video) mode for the narrated videos where that review is not the constraint: it writes or keeps the script, generates the voiceover, builds the scenes, adds captions and music, and exports in the aspect ratio the platform wants. For paid-social workflows, the split is the same. A Firefly-generated brand shot can open a campaign spot you edit by hand. For everyday product ads, the [AI ad maker](/ai-ad-maker) makes a complete narrated ad from your product photos, captioned for silent autoplay, one ad per run; switch the ratio in the editor and export again for each placement. For a testimonial-shaped format that Firefly cannot otherwise produce, [AI UGC video](/ai-ugc-video) covers the presenter side without changing tools. eMarketer puts [60 percent of marketers](https://www.emarketer.com/content/ai-reshaping-video-advertising-ideation-optimization) already using generative AI for scripts, voiceovers, and visual assets, which is the wrap rather than the render. For creators who cannot yet justify an enterprise Firefly bill, MakeAIVideo can also do the whole job without Firefly at all, using stock footage or its own AI scenes for the visuals plus the AI voiceover, caption, music, and assembly steps. That is the "start here" path for anyone who wants a finished video today rather than raw generations to assemble later. Compare [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing), with plans from $9 a month, against an enterprise Firefly quote and pick based on what you are actually shipping and to whom. > **When to reach for both.** If your finished video contains at least one brand hero shot that has to survive a client legal review, use Firefly Video for that shot and finish the piece in an editor; use MakeAIVideo for the narrated videos that do not carry that requirement. If your finished video is a 60-second scripted explainer with a presenter throughout and the legal risk is low, a workflow pipeline plus a spokesperson tool is a straighter path than piecing together multiple five-second Firefly clips. ## Who should use Adobe Firefly Video **Enterprise marketing teams inside regulated industries.** Pharma, finance, insurance, healthcare, public sector. If your compliance officer needs a written IP indemnity to sign off on AI-generated video assets, Firefly is the only mainstream model that offers it. Every other consideration is secondary. Gartner predicted [more than 80 percent of enterprises would have used generative AI APIs or deployed generative AI applications by 2026](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2023-10-11-gartner-says-more-than-80-percent-of-enterprises-will-have-used-generative-ai-apis-or-deployed-generative-ai-enabled-applications-by-2026), which is why the indemnity question moved from theoretical to procurement paperwork. **Ad agencies running big-name client work.** The moment a client asks "where did the AI training data come from," a partner-level conversation about IP indemnification starts. Firefly is the tidiest answer to that conversation. It slots into the same Adobe stack that agencies already use for design, so the workflow overhead is low. **Broadcast, film, and post-production shops using Premiere Pro.** Generative Extend inside Premiere Pro is the sleeper feature that pays the Firefly subscription for working editors, independent of whether the standalone video generator ever gets used. If your team already lives in Adobe's timeline, Firefly is a no-brainer add-on. **Solo creators and startups building on-brand short-form.** For creators who want brand-consistent b-roll that agrees with their still-image assets and can be dropped into a finished video downstream, Firefly is a solid pick even without the enterprise indemnity. Wrap the raw clips in a [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) build or [the AI influencer generator](/ai-influencer-generator) for the surrounding assembly. **Not the right fit for:** creators whose whole priority is the most cinematic single clip on the market, anyone whose main constraint is generation cost per second, and teams whose finished piece is a scripted narrated video that runs longer than five seconds. All of those workflows fit better into a competing model, or a pipeline that makes the narrated video itself. Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=inline_cta&utm_content=best-adobe-firefly-video-review-2026)plans from $9/month · allowance tops up monthly ## Adobe Firefly video FAQs ### What is Adobe Firefly Video? Adobe Firefly Video is a generative AI model that turns a text prompt or a reference image into a five-second video clip at 1080p. It lives inside the Firefly web app and inside Premiere Pro through the Generative Extend feature, and it is billed by Adobe as the industry's first commercially safe AI video generator. ### Is Adobe Firefly Video free to use? There is a free tier for basic try-it usage. Serious use requires a paid Firefly plan, which layers on top of any Creative Cloud subscription and unlocks a monthly generative-credit allowance plus premium video features like Generative Extend in Premiere Pro. Enterprise IP indemnity requires a qualifying enterprise plan. ### How long can a Firefly Video clip be? Each native Firefly Video generation caps at five seconds. Longer sequences require multiple generations stitched together, either inside Premiere Pro or in a downstream assembly step like [script to video](/script-to-video). Character and lighting continuity between separate Firefly clips is imperfect, which is why longer projects usually need a wrap layer. ### What resolution does Firefly Video output? The current native Firefly Video Model outputs 1080p at generation time in 16:9 or 9:16 aspect ratios. Adobe has signalled higher resolutions on the roadmap through Firefly Services, and the wider Firefly platform supports upscaling paths for teams that need 4K delivery from a 1080p master. ### Is Adobe Firefly Video commercially safe? Yes for the native Firefly Video outputs, which is the entire pitch. Adobe trained the model on Adobe Stock, openly licensed content, and public-domain material, and offers contractual IP indemnity for qualifying enterprise plans. That indemnity does not cover outputs from partner models (Runway, Kling, Veo) inside the Firefly interface, only the native Firefly generation path. ### How is Firefly Video different from Sora and Veo 3? Sora and Veo 3 are ahead on raw quality, clip length, and creative range. Firefly Video is ahead on legal indemnity and Adobe Creative Suite integration. If your work has to pass a client or compliance legal review, Firefly is the pick. If not, Sora or Veo will usually deliver better creative output for the same effort. ### What is Generative Extend in Premiere Pro? Generative Extend is a feature inside Premiere Pro powered by the Firefly Video Model. It stretches an existing video clip by up to two seconds and an existing audio clip by up to ten seconds so an editor can hold a shot longer or bridge an awkward cut. It is often the reason working editors pay for Firefly at all. ### Can I use Firefly Video for social media ads? Yes, and this is a common use case for brand and agency work. The typical pattern pairs a Firefly-generated hero shot with a workflow pipeline that handles captions, music, and multi-ratio export. An [AI ad maker](/ai-ad-maker) is a common wrap for exactly this pattern. ### Does Firefly Video work without a Creative Cloud subscription? Yes. The Firefly plans (Standard, Pro, Pro Plus, Premium) sit as standalone subscriptions and do not require a full Creative Cloud plan underneath. Users who want the Premiere Pro integration for Generative Extend do need a Premiere subscription in addition to their Firefly plan. ## The bottom line on Adobe Firefly Video Firefly Video is a middle-of-the-pack model with a top-of-the-market legal wrapper. That combination makes it the correct choice for enterprise brand and agency work where an IP indemnity from Adobe is the reason the AI video budget got approved at all, and the wrong choice when the whole priority is raw creative output. For teams whose finished video has to survive a client legal review, subscribe to a qualifying Firefly plan and finish the shots in an editor that handles the script, voice, captions, and export. For narrated videos without that constraint, a [text to video](/prompt-to-video) pipeline like MakeAIVideo makes the whole thing from a prompt. Start with the 7-day trial for new customers, buy a credit pack only when you need more renders, and use Firefly for the specific shots where its legal safety carries the whole job. ![Jamie Partridge](/images/authors/jamie-partridge.webp) Written by [Jamie Partridge](/about/jamie-partridge) Founder at MakeAIVideo. Writing about AI video generation, scripting, scenes, and shipping content faster. [More about the author](/about/jamie-partridge) ## Free AI video tools - [ Video Script Generator Generate 6 full HOOK / BODY / CTA video scripts in any format, short-form, long-form, tutorial, VSL, talking-head, product demo. Free, no signup, instant. ](/tools/video-script-generator) - [ Video Hook Generator Generate 10 attention-grabbing video hooks for any topic. Patterns proven to drive watch-through on TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts. 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Verified vendor pricing. 10 June 2026·24 min read Reviews [ ### Higgsfield Review (2026): Camera Control, Tested ](/blog/best-higgsfield-ai-review-2026) Higgsfield AI review for 2026: Cinema Studio camera presets, pricing, model quality, and where its cinematic clips fit into a shipping video pipeline. 17 September 2026·19 min read Guides [ ### AI Influencer Prompt Library: 50 Tested Prompts ](/blog/ai-influencer-prompt-library) 50 copy-paste AI influencer prompts across 10 scene types, each engineered to keep the same character, voice, and framing consistent post after post. 29 July 2026·21 min read Launch [ ### Why we built MakeAIVideo: an end-to-end AI video pipeline ](/blog/why-we-built-makeaivideo) Why we built MakeAIVideo: what's broken with current AI video tools, the pipeline choices we made, and what 'end-to-end in seconds' means in practice. 17 May 2026·11 min read Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. 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Jasper (best for long-form marketing copywriting at scale)](#2-jasper-best-for-long-form-marketing-copywriting-at-scale) - [3\. Copy.ai (best chat-style copywriting for teams)](#3-copyai-best-chat-style-copywriting-for-teams) - [4\. HubSpot AI (best marketing platform with embedded AI workflows)](#4-hubspot-ai-best-marketing-platform-with-embedded-ai-workflows) - [5\. Writesonic (best SEO content + AI search rank tracking)](#5-writesonic-best-seo-content-ai-search-rank-tracking) - [6\. Surfer SEO (best on-page SEO optimisation with AI suggestions)](#6-surfer-seo-best-on-page-seo-optimisation-with-ai-suggestions) - [7\. AdCreative.ai (best for AI ad creative generation at scale)](#7-adcreativeai-best-for-ai-ad-creative-generation-at-scale) - [8\. Mailchimp AI (best email marketing with AI content blocks)](#8-mailchimp-ai-best-email-marketing-with-ai-content-blocks) - [9\. Canva AI (best for visual design with AI assists)](#9-canva-ai-best-for-visual-design-with-ai-assists) - [10\. Buffer AI Assistant (best social media scheduling with AI post generation)](#10-buffer-ai-assistant-best-social-media-scheduling-with-ai-post-generation) - [AI marketing tools compared: side-by-side scoring on what matters](#ai-marketing-tools-compared-side-by-side-scoring-on-what-matters) - [What AI marketing stack is worth paying for in 2026?](#what-ai-marketing-stack-is-worth-paying-for-in-2026) - [Best AI marketing tools FAQs](#best-ai-marketing-tools-faqs) Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. 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"Ask ChatGPT about this article")[](https://claude.ai/new?q=Read%20https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fbest-ai-marketing-tools%20then%20summarize%20the%20key%20points%20and%20answer%20any%20questions%20I%20have%20about%20it. "Ask Claude about this article")[](https://www.perplexity.ai/search?q=Read%20https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fbest-ai-marketing-tools%20then%20summarize%20the%20key%20points%20and%20answer%20any%20questions%20I%20have%20about%20it. "Ask Perplexity about this article") **Disclosure before the list of the best AI marketing tools: we are MakeAIVideo, and we have ranked ourselves at #1.** The reason: every modern marketing stack now treats AI video as a pillar, not a nice-to-have, and we are the only tool that takes a one-line prompt and ships a finished narrated MP4 (script, voiceover, scenes, captions, music) for marketing campaigns. The other tools on this list are the right pick for copy, SEO, email, and ad creative; together they form the AI marketing stack worth paying for in 2026. We name the specialist that leads on each non-video slice. ## The best AI marketing tools in 2026 at a glance # Tool Best for Starting price Free tier 1 **MakeAIVideo** **AI video for marketing campaigns** (script-to-finished-MP4 pipeline) $9/mo 7-day trial for new customers 2 [Jasper](https://www.jasper.ai) Long-form marketing copywriting at scale $59/mo (annual Pro) No 3 [Copy.ai](https://www.copy.ai) Chat-style copywriting for teams $24/mo (annual Chat) Yes (limited) 4 HubSpot AI Marketing platform with embedded AI workflows See vendor Free CRM tier 5 [Writesonic](https://writesonic.com) SEO content + AI search rank tracking $79/mo (annual Starter) Yes (limited) 6 Surfer SEO On-page SEO optimisation with AI suggestions See vendor No 7 AdCreative.ai AI ad creative generation at scale See vendor Free trial 8 Mailchimp AI Email + SMS marketing with AI content blocks See vendor Free up to 500 contacts 9 Canva AI Visual design with AI assists across formats $15/mo (Pro) Yes (Canva Free) 10 Buffer AI Assistant Social media scheduling with AI post generation See vendor Yes (3 channels) Anchor links jump to each full review. Pricing as of May 2026, verified against each vendor's pricing page where publicly displayed. For tools whose pricing is gated behind login or rendered dynamically, we link the vendor page so you can confirm the current number. ## Why do marketing teams need an AI stack, not a single AI tool? The "one tool to rule them all" pitch failed in marketing AI. The stack winners are tools that do one thing deeply (write copy, generate video, score keywords, automate email) and integrate via standard pipes (Zapier, webhooks, Make). The budget is real but the readiness is not: [Gartner's 2026 CMO Spend Survey found CMOs allocating 15.3% of marketing budgets to AI while only 30% say they are ready to scale AI capabilities](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2026-05-11-gartner-2026-cmo-spend-survey-finds-cmos-allocate-15-point-3-percent-of-marketing-budgets-to-ai-but-only-30-percent-are-ready-to-scale-ai-capabilities). A stack of specialists is the pragmatic answer to that gap. The reason: **1\. Specialisation produces better output.** A copywriting AI tuned for marketing voice (Jasper, Copy.ai) writes meaningfully better headlines than a general-purpose chatbot. The same logic applies to video, SEO, email, and ads. The all-in-one platforms (HubSpot, Salesforce) win on workflow integration but lose on output quality at any single task. **2\. Budgets are line items.** CFOs do not buy "one big AI subscription." They buy "the video tool, the copy tool, the SEO tool, the email tool" as discrete line items the team can justify. The stack approach maps to how marketing budgets actually work. **3\. Channels rotate faster than platforms.** A marketing team that bet on a single AI platform in 2024 is now stuck rewriting workflows when that platform falls behind on a specific capability. A stack of specialists is easier to swap one tool out of without disrupting the rest. If you are building the marketing stack from scratch, see [our deep guide on writing AI video scripts](/blog/how-to-write-an-ai-video-script) for the video-content layer specifically. ## How we tested these AI marketing tools {#how-we-tested} Between February and May 2026 we ran a marketing-team brief through every tool on this list that would let us in: produce one launch campaign for a fictional SaaS product, including a 60-second product explainer video, five email drafts, ten ad creative variants, ten SEO-optimised blog post topics, and a social posting calendar. We measured output quality, time to first draft, pricing transparency, and how cleanly the tool fits into a multi-tool stack rather than trying to own the whole workflow. **Our eight evaluation criteria:** 1. **Output quality** on a real marketing brief vs human-written baseline. 2. **Time to first draft** from "I have an idea" to "I have a draft to review." 3. **Workflow integration.** Does the tool play nicely with Zapier, webhooks, native CRM integrations? 4. **Pricing transparency** and cost per marketing campaign at the entry tier. 5. **Team collaboration.** Can multiple marketers work in the same project? 6. **API maturity** for teams building custom workflows. 7. **Brand voice retention** across multiple outputs. 8. **Specialisation depth** in the tool's core category. **The trust paragraph.** We are [the team behind MakeAIVideo](/about), and we have ranked ourselves at #1 because video is now table stakes rather than a side project. [HubSpot's video marketing research](https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/video-marketing-statistics) reports 93% of marketers calling video a crucial part of their overall strategy, and we are the only tool on this list that ships a finished narrated MP4 from a single prompt or script. We still cover the specialist tools in full because each owns a slice of the marketing stack (copy, SEO, email, ads, design, social) where the specialist beats any general-purpose AI by a wide margin. ## 1\. MakeAIVideo (best AI marketing tool for video) The only tool on this list that ships a finished narrated marketing video (script, voiceover, scenes, captions, music, closing card) end to end from a prompt or a script. Built for the marketing team that needs to publish video on a campaign cadence, not for the editing team that finishes hand-shot footage. **Why it is the best AI marketing tool for video in 2026:** - **Finished video, not just a clip.** Marketing campaigns need a polished narrated video, not 5 seconds of generative motion. We ship the complete asset (intro hook, body scenes, CTA card) in one render. Other AI video tools require you to assemble the final video in a second editor. - **Predictable monthly pricing.** Four plans at $9 / $19 / $29 / $49 a month, each a fixed credit allowance, rather than opaque per-second billing that compounds at marketing volume. - **Multi-channel render presets.** 16:9 long-form for YouTube, 9:16 vertical for TikTok and Reels, 1:1 square for feed posts. Same script, three exports (linked at the end of this post). - **Free creator stack alongside.** The [video script generator](/tools/video-script-generator) handles the scripts, the Instagram caption generator handles the post copy, and the hook generator covers the openers. All browser-based, no signup. **Where MakeAIVideo is not the answer (and who is):** - If your marketing job is long-form copywriting (landing pages, sales emails, blog posts): **Jasper** or **Copy.ai**. - If you need an integrated marketing platform with CRM, email, and analytics: **HubSpot** with its AI features bundled in. - If your bottleneck is paid-ad creative production at scale: **AdCreative.ai**. - If your bottleneck is on-page SEO optimisation: **Surfer SEO**. **Pricing:** $9 / $19 / $29 / $49 a month (Lite, Solo, Plus, Pro), each with a monthly credit allowance; new customers get a 7-day trial. Optional top-up packs are a one-time purchase and those credits never expire. **Try the relevant flow:** the prompt-to-video pipeline is the direct fit for marketing-team workflows. For paid social ads specifically, an [AI UGC video](/ai-ugc-video) is the closer match. > **Video as a marketing pillar, not a side project.** AI video reached "good enough to publish" quality in 2024 and "indistinguishable from agency output" quality in 2025. Marketing teams that still treat video as the occasional "we should do one of those" item are leaving the highest-engagement format on the table. [Get started →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) ## 2\. Jasper (best for long-form marketing copywriting at scale) Jasper has matured from a "Notion for AI copy" into a marketing-team platform with brand voice retention, custom agents, and team workflows. Pro tier covers most solo and small-team needs; Business tier brings the no-code agent builder for marketing ops teams that want to automate copy production. **Pros:** Strong brand voice retention across multi-output campaigns. 2 Brand Voices, 5 Knowledge assets, 3 Audiences on Pro tier. Canvas-style multi-doc editing. Mature template library for marketing-specific formats (landing pages, emails, ads). Solid Zapier integration. **Cons:** Higher entry price than Copy.ai for similar capability. Most-advanced agent features locked behind Business custom tier. Paid subscription only, no permanent free tier. **Pricing:** Pro $59/month (annual) or $69/month (monthly billing). Business custom pricing. Source: [jasper.ai/pricing](https://www.jasper.ai/pricing). Pair Jasper's long-form copy with MakeAIVideo [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) for the video slice of the same campaign. **The narrow case for Jasper:** your bottleneck is producing long-form marketing copy (landing pages, sales emails, blog drafts) at scale and you need brand voice retention across many outputs. ## 3\. Copy.ai (best chat-style copywriting for teams) Copy.ai pivoted from "AI copywriter for solopreneurs" into "Chat platform for marketing teams" and the Chat tier is now the most accessible entry to enterprise-grade marketing AI. Unlimited words plus access to GPT, Claude, and Gemini in one workspace makes it a flexible default. **Pros:** Unlimited words on Chat tier. Access to multiple LLM providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini) under one subscription. 5 seats included on Chat. Strong workflow builder on Growth+ tiers for marketing-ops automation. **Cons:** Significant pricing jump from Chat ($24/month) to Growth ($1,000/month). The middle tier most teams actually want does not exist. Brand voice retention weaker than Jasper. **Pricing:** Chat $24/month (annual) or $29/month (monthly). Growth $1,000/month (75 seats, 20K workflow credits). Expansion $2,000/month. Scale $3,000/month. Enterprise custom. Source: [copy.ai/pricing](https://www.copy.ai/pricing). **The narrow case for Copy.ai:** your team needs a chat-style copywriting workspace with access to multiple LLM providers and 5 seats under one subscription. For the video deliverables in the same campaign, MakeAIVideo's [script to video](/script-to-video) mode is the natural pair. ## 4\. HubSpot AI (best marketing platform with embedded AI workflows) HubSpot embedded AI features (content generation, email subject line optimisation, CRM data enrichment, predictive lead scoring) across its Marketing Hub product through 2024-2025. Not the best at any single AI task, but the best at "AI inside the platform marketing already uses." **Pros:** Tight integration with the HubSpot CRM, email, landing pages, and analytics. AI features bundled into existing Marketing Hub tiers (no separate AI subscription). Strong free tier for early-stage teams (free CRM up to 1,000 contacts). Marketing-team workflows built around the AI rather than bolted on. **Cons:** Output quality on raw AI tasks (copy, content) trails the specialists (Jasper, Copy.ai). Marketing Hub paid tiers climb fast as contact counts grow. AI features only meaningful if you are already paying for the platform. **Pricing:** Free CRM tier up to 1,000 contacts. Marketing Hub paid tiers from $20/month (Starter) to enterprise-level pricing for Marketing Hub Enterprise. See the [vendor pricing page](https://www.hubspot.com/pricing/marketing) for current tiers. **The narrow case for HubSpot AI:** you already pay for HubSpot Marketing Hub and the AI features bundled in cover your team's marketing AI needs without separate subscriptions. For video content inside the same campaign, MakeAIVideo's [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) mode can be driven from its API. For the polished presenter piece that sits inside B2B sales sequences and HubSpot email workflows, an [AI spokesperson video](/ai-spokesperson-video) built from one script is the format to reach for. B2B teams buying video inside that stack almost always start with one asset, and it is the explainer; an [AI explainer video](/ai-explainer-video) made from one script is the place to start that job. ## 5\. Writesonic (best SEO content + AI search rank tracking) Writesonic has pivoted hard in 2025-2026 toward AI search visibility (tracking how ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews rank your content) rather than pure copywriting. Strong fit for SEO teams adjusting strategy for the post-traditional-SERP world. The pivot is a response to a measured problem, not a hunch. [Search Engine Land reported a Seer Interactive study](https://searchengineland.com/google-ai-overviews-drive-drop-organic-paid-ctr-464212) finding organic click-through rate on AI Overview queries falling from 1.76% to 0.61% (a 61% drop) and paid CTR from 19.7% to 6.34%, across 3,119 informational queries and 25.1 million organic impressions. **Pros:** Tracks AI search engines (ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews) for brand visibility, a category most competitors do not cover. AI article generation bundled in. Site audit and on-page recommendations. Strong fit for marketing teams that have noticed organic traffic dropping as AI Overviews replace blue-link results. **Cons:** Pricing is enterprise-priced (Starter $79/month annual, Basic $199/month) compared to copywriting-only competitors. Article quality good but not as polished as Jasper Pro on long-form. AI search ranking is a new category; the tracking accuracy improves but is not yet perfect. **Pricing:** Starter $79/month (annual), Basic $199/month, Growth $399/month, Enterprise custom. Source: [writesonic.com/pricing](https://writesonic.com/pricing). **The narrow case for Writesonic:** your team's primary AI marketing job is SEO visibility in the post-AI-Overview search landscape, and you need to track how your content appears in AI-generated answers. For the video assets that increasingly appear inside AI Overview results, MakeAIVideo's [blog to video](/blog-to-video) mode turns existing articles into them. ## 6\. Surfer SEO (best on-page SEO optimisation with AI suggestions) Surfer is the on-page SEO specialist that ate the "content optimisation" category through 2023-2025. Paste a draft, get back keyword density recommendations, heading structure suggestions, and competitor analysis. AI features bolted on for first-draft generation. **Pros:** Strongest on-page SEO recommendations of any tool tested. Content editor that scores your draft in real time against the top-ranking competitor pages. Strong outline generator. SERP analyser for keyword research. **A caveat on what ranking now buys you.** [Ahrefs analysed 300,000 keywords and found AI Overviews correlate with a 58% lower clickthrough rate for the top-ranking page](https://ahrefs.com/blog/ai-overviews-reduce-clicks-update/) as of December 2025, up from a 34.5% reduction measured in April 2025. On-page optimisation still matters; it just buys fewer clicks per position than it did. **Cons:** Subscription required for any meaningful use (no free tier). Pricing not publicly displayed without sign-up; see the vendor page for current tiers. Limited team collaboration features at lower tiers. **Pricing:** See [surferseo.com/pricing](https://surferseo.com/pricing) for current tiers (subscription required for use). **The narrow case for Surfer:** your marketing job is SEO content optimisation specifically and you need the strongest on-page recommendations available. For the video embed that improves dwell time on SEO articles, run any published draft through [blog to video](/blog-to-video) and embed the result above the fold. ## 7\. AdCreative.ai (best for AI ad creative generation at scale) AdCreative.ai generates ad creative variants (image + headline + CTA combinations) tuned for paid social and display. Strong fit for performance marketing teams running A/B tests at scale where producing dozens of creative variants manually is the bottleneck. The volume argument holds because the channel is enormous: [Statista's worldwide digital video advertising forecast](https://www.statista.com/outlook/amo/advertising/tv-video-advertising/digital-video-advertising/worldwide/) tracks the format's ad spending broken out by mobile share and by country, and mobile is where most creative variants end up. **Pros:** Speed (50+ ad variants from one brief). Integration with Meta Ads and Google Ads for direct campaign launches. Creative scoring against historical-performance data. Good template library for major ad formats. **Cons:** Output quality of static ad variants is strong; AI-generated video ad capability is limited compared to specialist video tools. Pricing tiered around team size and creative volume; see vendor page for current numbers. **Pricing:** See adcreative.ai/pricing for current tiers. Free trial available. **The narrow case for AdCreative.ai:** your bottleneck is producing dozens of static ad creative variants for A/B testing on paid social. For AI video ad creative specifically, an [AI UGC video](/ai-ugc-video) is the closer fit, and the [AI ad maker](/ai-ad-maker) ships one finished video ad per run from a campaign brief and product photos; for raw cinematic hero clips to drop into a paid ad, our [Runway alternatives](/blog/best-runway-alternatives) roundup compares Sora, Kling, Pika, and Luma side by side. Cost per ad is what decides whether the volume argument holds at all, so price an [AI ad maker](/ai-ad-maker) on a monthly plan against per-credit tools before you commit. ## 8\. Mailchimp AI (best email marketing with AI content blocks) Mailchimp embedded AI features (subject line generation, content blocks, send-time optimisation, customer journey suggestions) across its email and SMS platform through 2024-2025. Not breakthrough AI, but reliable AI inside the email tool marketers already use. **Pros:** Tight integration with Mailchimp's email, SMS, and audience segmentation. AI content blocks generate email body copy that fits the brand template. Send-time optimisation predicts the best send time per subscriber. Free tier up to 500 contacts. **Cons:** AI features only meaningful if you are already on Mailchimp. Output quality on raw copy generation trails the specialists. Pricing tiers climb fast as the list grows. **Pricing:** Free up to 500 contacts. Paid tiers from approximately $13/month (Essentials) upward; see [mailchimp.com/pricing](https://mailchimp.com/pricing/marketing) for current tiers. **The narrow case for Mailchimp AI:** email is your primary marketing channel and you want the AI baked into the email tool you already use. For embeddable video inside email campaigns (Mailchimp supports video thumbnails), see [our talking-avatar mode](/talking-avatar). ## 9\. Canva AI (best for visual design with AI assists) Canva embedded AI features (Magic Write, Magic Design, Magic Edit, AI image generation) across the design tool that ate the "non-designer needs to design something" market through 2020-2025. The AI features are middle-of-the-pack at any single task but excellent at "AI inside the tool the marketing team already opens daily." **Pros:** AI features bundled into Canva Pro at $15/month (no separate AI subscription). Magic Design generates full design layouts from a brief. Magic Write for copy inside the design tool. Brand kits for consistent visual identity. Strongest template library on the market. **Cons:** AI features not category-leading at any single task. Magic Resize / Magic Eraser quality trails Adobe Firefly at the specialist task, and for regulated brands Adobe's licensing position is the harder differentiator: [TechCrunch's reporting on the Firefly indemnity clause](https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/26/adobe-indemnity-clause-designed-to-ease-enterprise-fears-about-ai-generated-art/) explains that Adobe covers copyright claims on the Firefly-generated output itself, though not on anything a user adds afterwards. Free tier limits AI feature usage. **Pricing:** Canva Pro $15/month single user, Teams $30/month per first 5 users. Canva Free with limited AI usage (canva.com/pricing for current tiers). **The narrow case for Canva AI:** visual design (social posts, presentations, simple video) is your bottleneck and you need AI inside the design tool. For finished narrated marketing videos, our pipeline ships them end-to-end. ## 10\. Buffer AI Assistant (best social media scheduling with AI post generation) Buffer has been the simple-and-clean social media scheduling tool for over a decade; the AI Assistant added in 2023 generates post copy variants from a topic prompt. Reliable rather than novel, but the right fit for teams that want AI inside their existing scheduler rather than a separate AI social tool. **Pros:** AI Assistant generates 3-5 post variants per topic, tuned per platform. Reliable scheduling across X, LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Threads, Bluesky. Strong analytics for content performance. Generous free tier (3 channels, 10 posts per channel). Per-platform tuning earns its keep: [Sprout Social's social video data](https://sproutsocial.com/insights/social-media-video-statistics/) shows 60% of TikTok users interacting most with sub-60-second video against just 27% on LinkedIn, where average watch time runs 13 to 15 seconds. **Cons:** AI features are middle-of-the-pack vs specialist social-AI tools. No multi-step content workflows (you generate posts one at a time). Best-suited for small-to-medium teams; enterprise social tools (Sprout Social, Hootsuite) have more depth. **Pricing:** Free for 3 channels. Paid tiers from $5/channel/month upward. See [buffer.com/pricing](https://buffer.com/pricing) for current tiers. **The narrow case for Buffer:** social media scheduling is your bottleneck and the AI Assistant inside Buffer is enough for your post-generation needs. ## AI marketing tools compared: side-by-side scoring on what matters Tool Output quality Time to first draft Workflow integration Pricing transparency Best for **MakeAIVideo** **10/10** (video) **9/10** 7/10 **9/10** Video Jasper 9/10 (copy) 8/10 8/10 7/10 Long-form copy Copy.ai 8/10 (copy) 9/10 7/10 6/10 Team chat copy HubSpot AI 7/10 (copy) 7/10 **10/10** 6/10 Platform integration Writesonic 7/10 (SEO) 8/10 7/10 7/10 AI search rank tracking Surfer SEO 9/10 (SEO) 7/10 7/10 5/10 On-page SEO AdCreative.ai 8/10 (ads) **9/10** 8/10 6/10 Ad creative Mailchimp AI 7/10 (email) 8/10 9/10 7/10 Email integration Canva AI 7/10 (design) 8/10 7/10 8/10 Visual design Buffer AI 7/10 (social) 9/10 8/10 8/10 Social scheduling For video beyond marketing (explainers, Shorts, faceless channels), the [MakeAIVideo AI video generator](/) makes the whole narrated video in one place. ## What AI marketing stack is worth paying for in 2026? Most marketing teams converge on a similar stack: one tool per category, integrated via Zapier or native connectors. The "all in one" platforms (HubSpot, Salesforce Einstein) win on workflow but lose on output quality at any single task. **The stack we recommend for a marketing team of 1-5 people:** - **Video:** MakeAIVideo (plans from $9 a month). Finished narrated videos end-to-end. For the script side specifically, use our free [video script generator](/tools/video-script-generator). - **Copy:** Jasper Pro ($59/month) or Copy.ai Chat ($24/month). Brand voice retention plus team collaboration. - **SEO:** Surfer SEO for on-page (verify pricing on vendor page). Writesonic for AI search rank tracking ($79/month annual Starter). - **Email:** Mailchimp or your existing ESP with AI features bundled in. - **Ads:** AdCreative.ai for static creative variants. Our UGC ad workflow for video ad creative. - **Design:** Canva Pro ($15/month) for everything that is not video. - **Social:** Buffer for scheduling. Free tier covers most small teams. **Total stack cost (small team):** the tiers named above add up to roughly $50-125/month (video $9-49, copy $24-59, design $15, social $0), before whatever Surfer and AdCreative.ai cost on the tiers you pick. Each tool earns its keep by being category-leading at its specific marketing job. For a worked example of the video-content layer of this stack, see [our deep guide on writing AI video scripts](/blog/how-to-write-an-ai-video-script). For the talking-avatar slice, see our roundup of [HeyGen alternatives](/blog/best-heygen-alternatives) and the [HeyGen vs Synthesia](/blog/heygen-vs-synthesia) comparison. > **The video pillar of the stack.** Every other tool on this list helps you write, design, or distribute. Only one tool (us) ships a finished narrated marketing video from a script in one render. That is why we put ourselves at #1 even in a category dominated by copywriting AI. [Get started →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=inline_cta&utm_content=best-ai-marketing-tools)plans from $9/month · allowance tops up monthly ## Best AI marketing tools FAQs ### What are the best AI marketing tools in 2026? The category answer: video (MakeAIVideo), long-form copy (Jasper), chat-style copy (Copy.ai), platform AI (HubSpot), SEO and AI search tracking (Surfer plus Writesonic), email (Mailchimp), ad creative (AdCreative.ai), visual design (Canva), social scheduling (Buffer). Most marketing teams use 4-6 of these, not all 10. The right starting point is whichever category is your team's current bottleneck, and for many teams in 2026 that bottleneck is search: [Pew Research Center found users clicked a traditional search result on 8% of visits where an AI summary appeared, against 15% where it did not](https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/07/22/google-users-are-less-likely-to-click-on-links-when-an-ai-summary-appears-in-the-results/), across 68,879 tracked Google searches. ### Is there a free AI marketing tool? Yes, several. HubSpot Free CRM covers up to 1,000 contacts. Mailchimp Free covers up to 500 contacts. Canva Free covers most basic design needs. Buffer Free covers 3 social channels. Our free creator tools (script generator, caption generator, hook generator, YouTube title generator) are free forever with no signup. None of the free tiers cover serious campaign volume, but they are all credible starting points. ### How much should a marketing team spend on AI tools? A small marketing team (1-5 people) typically lands at $130-180/month total across 4-6 specialist tools, with each tool earning its keep at a specific job. Mid-market teams (5-25 people) land at $500-1,500/month. Enterprise teams pay $5K-50K/month depending on contact volume and integration depth. The stack approach beats single-platform spend at every team size we tested. ### What is the difference between an AI marketing platform and an AI marketing tool? A platform (HubSpot, Salesforce) bundles many marketing functions under one subscription with AI bolted into each. A tool (Jasper, MakeAIVideo, Surfer) does one job deeply with strong category-leading AI for that job. Platforms win on workflow integration and team collaboration; tools win on output quality. Most teams use both: a platform for the CRM and email backbone, plus specialist tools for the bottleneck categories. ### Can AI marketing tools replace a marketing team? No, and the framing is wrong. AI marketing tools replace specific repeatable tasks (drafting copy, generating ad variants, optimising send times, producing video) so the marketing team can spend more time on strategy, creative direction, and customer research. A team that uses AI tools well ships more campaigns per person, not fewer marketers. ### Which AI marketing tool has the best free trial? MakeAIVideo is a monthly subscription from $9 with a 7-day trial for new customers; separate top-up packs are a one-time purchase and those credits never expire. HubSpot Marketing Hub Starter has a 14-day trial. AdCreative.ai and Surfer offer trials of varying lengths. The longest trials in this category are typically 14 days; some tools (Copy.ai Chat, Buffer, Canva) offer permanent free tiers instead. ### Are AI marketing tools worth it for solo founders? Yes, especially in video and copy. Solo founders without budget for an in-house marketer benefit most from tools that compress weeks of work into hours. The cheapest credible solo stack: MakeAIVideo Lite ($9/month) for video, Copy.ai Chat ($24/month) for copy, Canva Pro ($15/month) for design, Buffer Free for social. Total: $48/month for a marketing stack that ships campaigns. ### What is the best AI tool for marketing video specifically? For finished narrated marketing videos from a prompt or script: MakeAIVideo's [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) mode. For raw cinematic clips, Runway is the category leader. For talking-head avatar videos: HeyGen or Synthesia (we compared [HeyGen vs Synthesia](/blog/heygen-vs-synthesia) head to head). For animating a still photo into a clip you can drop into an ad, MakeAIVideo's [image to video](/image-to-video) mode does that job. For channels with no presenter: the [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) page covers the setup. ### Can AI marketing tools handle brand voice? Yes, increasingly well. Jasper Pro retains 2 Brand Voices in the Pro tier. Copy.ai retains brand voice across team workspaces. MakeAIVideo retains the voice you pick across multi-scene videos. The quality depends on how much brand-voice material you can feed into the tool (style guides, sample outputs, voice notes). Tools that say "AI matches your brand voice" with no input rarely do. ### How do AI marketing tools integrate with each other? Most use Zapier, Make, or native API integrations for cross-tool workflows. The typical pattern: SEO tool finds the topic, copywriting tool drafts the article, video tool produces the matching video, email tool distributes it, social tool schedules the posts. No single tool handles all five, and the workflow stitching is where Marketing Ops earns its keep in 2026. ![Jamie Partridge](/images/authors/jamie-partridge.webp) Written by [Jamie Partridge](/about/jamie-partridge) Founder at MakeAIVideo. Writing about AI video generation, scripting, scenes, and shipping content faster. [More about the author](/about/jamie-partridge) ## Free AI video tools - [ Video Script Generator Generate 6 full HOOK / BODY / CTA video scripts in any format, short-form, long-form, tutorial, VSL, talking-head, product demo. Free, no signup, instant. ](/tools/video-script-generator) - [ Video Hook Generator Generate 10 attention-grabbing video hooks for any topic. Patterns proven to drive watch-through on TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-hook-generator) - [ Instagram Caption Generator Free Instagram caption generator: 12 captions across 7 styles, with niche hashtag bundles for Reels and posts. Instant, no signup needed. ](/tools/instagram-caption-generator) - [ YouTube Description Generator Generate 5 full YouTube descriptions per click with hook, summary, chapters, CTA, and hashtags. Live 5,000-char count. Free. ](/tools/youtube-description-generator) ## More AI video guides Comparisons [ ### Best HeyGen Alternatives in 2026 (10 Tested) ](/blog/best-heygen-alternatives) 10 HeyGen alternatives tested on the same brief: best for multi-scene pipelines, enterprise L&D, photo-to-presenter, personalised outreach. Real sourced pricing. 31 May 2026·20 min read Guides [ ### How to write a video script (the 60-second template) ](/blog/how-to-write-an-ai-video-script) How to write a video script that lands: a copy-paste 60-second template, the word counts that match every platform, three full example scripts, and the prompts we use to draft them. 31 May 2026·17 min read Comparisons [ ### Sora vs Veo 3 in 2026: Honest Head-to-Head ](/blog/sora-vs-veo-3-comparison) Sora vs Veo 3 compared on clip length, prompt following, motion physics, native audio, access, and pricing. Plus the pipeline both models leave you to solve. 10 September 2026·23 min read Comparisons [ ### Best Twitch Clip Maker (2026): 14 AI Tools Ranked ](/blog/best-twitch-clip-makers-2026) The best twitch clip maker for 2026, ranked. 14 AI tools tested on VOD auto-detection, vertical crop, captions, and cost for streamers. 7 September 2026·21 min read Comparisons [ ### Kling vs Runway (2026): Which AI Video Model to Pick ](/blog/kling-vs-runway-comparison) Kling vs Runway 2026: model physics, editing tools, motion brush versus Kling built-ins, pricing, and the finishing-pipeline gap both models leave open. 12 September 2026·21 min read Comparisons [ ### Luma vs Pika (2026): Which Mid-Tier AI Video Model Wins? ](/blog/luma-vs-pika-comparison) Luma vs Pika, compared. Dream Machine's keyframes vs Pika 2.5's Pikaffects, clip length, pricing, and where each mid-tier AI video model actually wins. 11 September 2026·17 min read Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. Plans from $9 a month with credits included, topped back up every billing month. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=bottom_cta&utm_content=best-ai-marketing-tools) [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing)·[Explore tools](/tools) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/blog/best-ai-tools-for-content-creators-2026 --- title: "AI Tools for Content Creators (2026): Weekly Playbook" description: "AI tools for content creators, mapped to a Monday-to-Friday playbook. Which tool earns each slot, and five posts a week without burnout." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/blog/best-ai-tools-for-content-creators-2026 format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- 1. [Blog](/blog) 2. How-to Guides 3. Creator Workflows # AI Tools for Content Creators (2026): The Monday-Friday Playbook AI tools for content creators mapped to a Monday-to-Friday workflow. 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"Ask Perplexity about this article") In this article - [The week at a glance](#the-week-at-a-glance) - [Monday morning: batch scripts before you touch anything visual](#monday-morning-batch-scripts-before-you-touch-anything-visual) - [Tuesday afternoon: generate every AI visual for the week in one block](#tuesday-afternoon-generate-every-ai-visual-for-the-week-in-one-block) - [Wednesday: record and edit the long-form hero piece](#wednesday-record-and-edit-the-long-form-hero-piece) - [Thursday morning: repurpose the hero into three-to-five short-form derivatives](#thursday-morning-repurpose-the-hero-into-three-to-five-short-form-derivatives) - [Friday afternoon: read the numbers, update the queue](#friday-afternoon-read-the-numbers-update-the-queue) - [The weekend rule: do not touch the loop](#the-weekend-rule-do-not-touch-the-loop) - [The stack in one place, with pricing](#the-stack-in-one-place-with-pricing) - [Where the loop breaks (three common failure modes)](#where-the-loop-breaks-three-common-failure-modes) - [Total cost per week and per month](#total-cost-per-week-and-per-month) - [Download the calendar and run it as a template](#download-the-calendar-and-run-it-as-a-template) - [AI tools for content creators FAQs](#ai-tools-for-content-creators-faqs) Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. 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"Ask ChatGPT about this article")[](https://claude.ai/new?q=Read%20https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fbest-ai-tools-for-content-creators-2026%20then%20summarize%20the%20key%20points%20and%20answer%20any%20questions%20I%20have%20about%20it. "Ask Claude about this article")[](https://www.perplexity.ai/search?q=Read%20https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fbest-ai-tools-for-content-creators-2026%20then%20summarize%20the%20key%20points%20and%20answer%20any%20questions%20I%20have%20about%20it. "Ask Perplexity about this article") **The best AI tools for content creators in 2026 are the ones that survive contact with a calendar.** I have run the same Monday-to-Friday content loop for eighteen months across a shorts channel, a founder-led podcast, and a weekly newsletter. Five posts ship. Nothing breaks. The tools do the boring parts. I do the parts that need a human. What follows is not another ranked list of AI content creator tools. It is the actual hour-by-hour playbook, with the specific tool that earns each time-slot and what "done" looks like before I move to the next slot. The loop assumes you want to ship five things a week: one hero long-form, three short-form derivatives, one newsletter. Adjust volumes up or down. The shape holds. Weekend is off, by design. If the workflow does not survive one week of sickness or travel, it is not a workflow. This piece is about the calendar the tools slot into, not a tool-by-tool ranking; where the loop needs a finished video, the [AI video generator](/) in MakeAIVideo covers that slot. ## The week at a glance - **Monday morning:** batch scripts for every post that week (two hours, no visuals). Once the batch is predictable, it is worth [scripting it against the API](/docs/api/scripts) instead of doing it by hand. - **Tuesday afternoon:** generate every AI visual and thumbnail (three hours, no writing). - **Wednesday:** record and edit the long-form hero piece (four hours). - **Thursday morning:** repurpose the hero into three-to-five short-form derivatives (two hours). - **Friday afternoon:** read last week's numbers, update next week's hook queue (one hour). That is twelve working hours across five days for five finished pieces. Compared with the old "record ad-hoc, edit at midnight, repurpose Sunday night" pattern, this loop clears roughly ten hours of context-switching per week. Volume-wise, [Business of Apps' TikTok data](https://www.businessofapps.com/data/tik-tok-statistics/) shows the short-form audience creators are pushed to serve daily, and [HubSpot's content marketing overview](https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/content-marketing) frames the cadence expectations. Neither is optional. The playbook is how you honour both without burning out. > **Read this before you copy it.** The tools listed in each time-slot are the ones I keep coming back to. Substitute your favourites if you have strong preferences. The shape (which job on which day, what "done" looks like before you move on) is the part that stops the loop from breaking. ## Monday morning: batch scripts before you touch anything visual **What you are doing.** Writing outlines for every post that week in one uninterrupted sitting. **What "done" looks like.** Five outlines. Each with a first-line hook (10 words max), three body beats, one closing CTA line. Nothing pretty. Nothing shot. Just five text blocks in a document. **Tools that earn this slot.** - **ChatGPT or Claude** on their paid tiers (around $20 per month each). Draft outlines, generate five hook variations per post, get title A/B pairs. Feed the model your five best-performing past hooks as context first; cold-starting from a blank prompt produces generic output. Prices on [OpenAI's plans](https://openai.com/chatgpt/pricing/) and [Anthropic's plans](https://www.anthropic.com/pricing). - **MakeAIVideo's [script to video](/script-to-video) mode**, where an outline lands as a rendered clip. When the outline is done, drop it straight in so Tuesday's visual work has a script to consume. This is the handover point between the writing job and the visual job. The rule that keeps Monday working is that you write only. No shooting, no B-roll browsing, no thumbnail sketching. Switching between writing mode and visual mode inside the same block is the single biggest cause of a week's calendar collapsing on Friday. Batch scripting also gives you a small buffer against a bad day. If Tuesday falls over, Monday's work still lets you post the two shortest pieces from the queue without touching the camera. That buffer alone justifies the batching. ## Tuesday afternoon: generate every AI visual for the week in one block **What you are doing.** Producing every AI-generated clip, character shot, and thumbnail source image you will need across all five posts. **What "done" looks like.** A dated folder with sub-folders per post. Each contains the AI clips, the character shots (if you run a character channel), and the thumbnail source images. **Tools that earn this slot.** - **MakeAIVideo** for the bulk of the visual generation. Use the [AI Shorts generator](/ai-shorts-generator) for 9:16 clips, the [AI influencer generator](/ai-influencer-generator) if your channel leans on a recurring AI presenter, and [animate a photo](/image-to-video) when you want a still image to move. One subscription covers the whole visual layer; see [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing), from $9 a month. - **Runway** for cinematic three-to-ten-second B-roll cutaways when you want a filmed-not-generated feel. Priced from a free tier upward on [Runway's plans](https://runwayml.com/pricing). - **Canva** for thumbnails and cover art. Templates keep the brand system consistent across the week. Free tier plus paid on [Canva's pricing](https://www.canva.com/pricing/). Tuesday's discipline is to finish every visual asset for the week in this one block, then stop opening the generation tools until next Tuesday. Generation is fun. Generation is also a rabbit hole. If you go back to Runway on Thursday to "just tweak that one clip", you have lost the loop. > **The rule that saves your Tuesday.** Cap generation at one clip variation per prompt. If the first output is close enough, ship it. Iterating on the same clip six times is what turns a three-hour block into a full afternoon and pushes Wednesday's recording session into the evening. ## Wednesday: record and edit the long-form hero piece **What you are doing.** Recording the week's hero long-form (podcast episode, YouTube long-form, or in-depth explainer video) and editing it to publish-ready. **What "done" looks like.** One finished long-form MP4 or MP3, uploaded to your host, thumbnail attached, description written. Ready to publish. **Tools that earn this slot.** - **Descript** for talking-head or podcast editing. Paste in the recording, edit the video by editing the transcript. Filler-word removal and Overdub voice replacement shorten the edit loop by three or four times. Free plan plus paid tiers on [Descript's pricing](https://www.descript.com/pricing). See our [Descript alternatives](/blog/best-descript-alternatives) if you have hit the ceiling of the free plan. - **Riverside** for remote guest recording at studio quality. Each participant records locally, uploads after the session. Free plan plus paid tiers on [Riverside's plans](https://riverside.fm/pricing). - **MakeAIVideo's [AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar)** when you do not want to sit in front of a camera at all. Pick a presenter once, then render scripted talking-head content without filming. Wednesday is the longest block because recording is where things go wrong. Mic clipping, background noise, a mid-take cough, the guest running fifteen minutes late. Budget four hours even if the session itself is ninety minutes. The remaining time is the buffer. If your channel is fully faceless, Wednesday collapses to two hours of pure AI generation. If it is fully personal-brand talking-head, budget the full four. The playbook flexes on this day more than any other. ## Thursday morning: repurpose the hero into three-to-five short-form derivatives **What you are doing.** Extracting the strongest 30-to-90 second moments from Wednesday's long-form, adding captions, and finishing them as ready-to-schedule short-form posts. **What "done" looks like.** Three-to-five vertical clips (9:16), captions burned in, hook front-loaded, exported to your schedule folder. **Tools that earn this slot.** - **Opus Clip** for the automated pass. Drop the long-form in, get eight to twenty ranked short-form pieces in minutes. Free plan plus paid tiers on [Opus Clip's plans](https://www.opus.pro/pricing). See our [Opus Clip alternatives](/blog/best-opus-clip-alternatives), including Munch and Submagic, for the direct comparisons. - **Submagic** for caption styling and last-mile finish. Animated caption styles that match current TikTok and Reels aesthetics without you needing to redesign every week. Paid tiers on [Submagic's plans](https://www.submagic.co/pricing). - **MakeAIVideo's [Instagram Reels generator](/instagram-reels-generator)** when you want AI-native shorts alongside the repurposed clips, plus the [TikTok video generator](/tiktok-video-generator) for TikTok variants. The mistake that turns Thursday from two hours into four is trusting the auto-clip's picks without editing the hook. Auto-tools rank clips by moment strength across the whole audio, but a strong moment in context does not always survive as a stand-alone three-second hook. Add a lightweight pass: watch the first three seconds of each auto-picked clip, and if the hook is not obvious, re-cut the opening or drop the clip. Thursday morning ships your week's short-form derivatives. Thursday afternoon is off, or is used to preload next Monday's script inputs. Do not extend Thursday into more generation work. ## Friday afternoon: read the numbers, update the queue **What you are doing.** Pulling last week's post-level analytics, ranking what worked, and updating the queue that feeds next Monday's script batch. **What "done" looks like.** A short ranked list of the week's top three and bottom two posts, with a one-line hypothesis on each. Plus five new hook seeds for Monday. **Tools that earn this slot.** - **Native platform analytics** first. YouTube Studio, TikTok Creator Center, Instagram Insights, and your podcast host's analytics are the source of truth. Third-party dashboards summarise; native dashboards get closest to reality. [Buffer's social media benchmarks](https://buffer.com/resources/social-media-benchmarks/) cover cross-platform engagement rates worth checking against your own. - **Cast Magic** if you run a podcast. Ingest each episode, get transcripts, chapter markers, and pulled-quote suggestions in one pass. Paid tiers on [Cast Magic's pricing](https://www.castmagic.io/pricing). Pair with [blog to video](/blog-to-video) in MakeAIVideo when a strong quote deserves an independent short-form video treatment next week. - **ElevenLabs** if you are expanding into other languages. Clone your voice once, dub last week's best post into the target language, and add it to next week's queue as a language variant. Priced from a free tier upward on [ElevenLabs' plans](https://elevenlabs.io/pricing). Friday is the least intense block. One hour, three tabs, one hand-written note that becomes Monday's brief. Skip Friday and next Monday's script batch turns into a fishing expedition instead of a queue-driven session. > **The Friday note is the highest-leverage document you will produce all week.** Write it by hand or in one plain-text file. The point is that a ranked signal from last week's audience feeds directly into next Monday's writing, without you needing to remember it by Monday morning. ## The weekend rule: do not touch the loop Take Saturday and Sunday off from the workflow entirely. Two reasons. First, the whole point of a batched loop is that it fits inside five weekdays. Bleeding into the weekend defeats the design and burns out the creator behind the camera, which is the single failure mode this playbook exists to prevent. Second, the audience signal is clearer if you are not the person also generating the content. Sunday consumption behaviour on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube is different from midweek behaviour. Watching the platform as an audience member on the weekend is worth more, week-over-week, than another hour spent tweaking a Thursday clip. If you feel a strong urge to work on the loop on Saturday, that is a signal Monday's script batch was under-prepared. Fix Monday, not the weekend. ## The stack in one place, with pricing The playbook uses eight tools most weeks. Everything else in the wider market (CapCut, HeyGen, InVideo, Munch) slots in as an alternative to one of these depending on your channel shape. - **ChatGPT or Claude** ($20 per month each; most creators pay for one, use both free). Scripting and hook generation. - **MakeAIVideo** (Lite at $9 a month on [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing)). AI visual generation, character consistency, a [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) setup, and [text to video](/prompt-to-video). - **Runway** (free tier plus paid). Cinematic B-roll clips. - **Canva** (free plus paid tier). Thumbnails, cover art, brand system. - **Descript** (free plus paid tier). Talking-head and podcast editing. - **Riverside** (free plus paid). Remote recording only when you interview guests. - **Opus Clip** (free plus paid). Long-to-short automated repurposing. - **Submagic** (paid). Caption styling for short-form derivatives. The total starter cost for this stack sits under $60 per month if you run the free tiers on Runway, Canva, Riverside, Opus, and one of the scripting AIs. Under $150 if you upgrade every free tier to its cheapest paid tier. Compare against our [best AI marketing tools](/blog/best-ai-marketing-tools) if you also run paid ad work. > **You do not need every tool on this list to start.** Pick MakeAIVideo, a scripting AI, and Opus. Ship four weeks of the loop with just those three. Add Descript in week five when the editing pain becomes obvious. Add Canva in week six for thumbnails. The rest slot in when the calendar demands them, not before. ## Where the loop breaks (three common failure modes) Eighteen months in, three patterns have consistently broken the workflow. **Skipping Monday.** If Monday's script batch does not happen, Tuesday becomes a fishing trip inside the generation tools with no clear brief. Two things follow: the visuals get generic, and the writing tries to happen on Wednesday while the camera is set up. Both are worse than doing the script batch on Tuesday morning would have been. If Monday is genuinely blocked, move the entire loop right by one day rather than trying to compress Monday and Tuesday into Tuesday. **Trying to script and shoot in the same day.** Writing mode and performance mode are different mental states. Every time I have tried to run both in one four-hour block, both jobs came out weaker than doing each in its own block. The playbook separates them for a reason. **Adding a sixth or seventh tool.** The temptation to bolt on Munch and HeyGen and CapCut and InVideo and Cast Magic simultaneously always ends the same way. Six subscriptions, none deeply learned, and a week's cadence in worse shape than before the additions. Every new tool costs one loop cycle in ramp-up. Add one at a time, and only when a specific pain has become measurable in Friday's note. See our [HeyGen vs Synthesia](/blog/heygen-vs-synthesia) comparison if the pain is scripted-avatar content, so you at least skip the wrong evaluation loop. A fourth failure mode is running this weekly loop when the deliverable is a course rather than a feed. That is a migration, not a cadence: move the curriculum one lesson at a time, and an [AI explainer video](/ai-explainer-video) made from each lesson script is the simplest place to start. ## Total cost per week and per month The month-one cost of running this workflow is roughly $30 if you lean on free tiers everywhere except MakeAIVideo Lite ($9 a month). Roughly $60 to $100 if you upgrade the two tools you use most (usually Descript and one of the scripting AIs). Roughly $150 to $200 if you go full paid across every slot. See [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) for the plans. Broken down per finished post at the $60 tier: five posts a week, four weeks a month, twenty posts monthly divided into $60 gives you $3 per finished post on tools alone. Time cost is twelve hours per week. Compared with the old ad-hoc pattern (eighteen to twenty-five hours per week for the same volume), the loop returns roughly two full working days per week to the creator. That is the real trade you are making, not the dollars. ## Download the calendar and run it as a template Copy this into whatever calendar app you use as five recurring weekly events. - **Monday, 09:00 to 11:00.** "Script batch, five posts." Tools open: scripting AI, plain-text doc. - **Tuesday, 14:00 to 17:00.** "Visual generation, all week." Tools open: MakeAIVideo, Runway, Canva. Folder created: `week-of-YYYY-MM-DD`. - **Wednesday, 10:00 to 14:00.** "Record and edit hero long-form." Tools open: Descript, or Riverside if the session is remote. - **Thursday, 09:00 to 11:00.** "Repurpose to shorts." Tools open: Opus Clip, Submagic. Output folder: `week-of-YYYY-MM-DD/shorts`. - **Friday, 15:00 to 16:00.** "Analytics and hook queue for next Monday." Tools open: native platform analytics tabs, Friday note doc. Colour-code the five events differently in your calendar. That single visual cue does more work than any productivity app in reminding you which mode the week is in. Weekends are deliberately blank on the calendar. If a weekend event tries to sneak in, decline it or move it to the following Tuesday. Set the meeting status on Wednesday to "busy" and Monday morning to "focus", if your calendar app supports it. External requests hitting either block are the fastest way to break the loop. If you also run paid ad creative alongside organic, slot the [AI ad maker](/ai-ad-maker) into an extra 45-minute Wednesday-afternoon block rather than colonising Tuesday. > **Ship the first four weeks unmodified.** Do not tune the calendar until you have run it four times end to end. Tuning before you have data on which slot actually breaks is guessing. Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=inline_cta&utm_content=best-ai-tools-for-content-creators-2026)plans from $9/month · allowance tops up monthly ## AI tools for content creators FAQs ### What are the best AI tools for content creators in 2026? The eight tools that survive contact with a weekly calendar are ChatGPT or Claude, MakeAIVideo, Runway, Canva, Descript, Riverside, Opus Clip, and Submagic. The playbook above assigns each one to a specific day and time-slot. Adding tools outside this list works when a specific pain is measurable in your Friday analytics note. ### Can I run this workflow without appearing on camera at all? Yes. Swap Wednesday's Descript recording session for an [AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar) or a [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) format, and Wednesday collapses from four hours to under two. The rest of the loop is unchanged. Character-driven and faceless channels run this same Monday-to-Friday shape. ### What if I only want to post three times a week, not five? Shorten the loop: Monday scripts (60 minutes), Tuesday visuals (90 minutes), Wednesday record-and-edit (three hours), Thursday repurpose (60 minutes), Friday analytics (30 minutes). Total time drops to about seven hours per week for three finished posts. The shape stays the same. ### How much does the stack cost per month at the entry tier? Around $30 per month if you run MakeAIVideo Lite ($9 a month), Canva free, Runway free, Descript free, Opus free, and the free tiers of ChatGPT and Claude. Around $60 to $100 when you upgrade the tools you use most (usually Descript paid and one scripting AI paid). See [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) for plans and top-up packs. Pack credits are bought once and never expire. ### Do I need Opus Clip if I already have MakeAIVideo? Yes, they solve different problems inside Thursday's slot. MakeAIVideo generates new short-form videos from prompts or scripts. Opus repurposes existing long-form footage into ranked short-form clips. Most weekly-podcast creators need both: one for AI-native shorts, one for the podcast repurposing pass. ### Can I use HeyGen instead of Descript for Wednesday's block? Yes if your Wednesday content is scripted explainer or lesson content and you do not want to film. HeyGen renders scripted talking-head from your cloned avatar without a camera. Read our [HeyGen vs Synthesia](/blog/heygen-vs-synthesia) head-to-head for the enterprise-side context. For personal-brand or podcast content where warmth matters, keep Descript and record yourself. ### What is the one tool I should try first if I have never used any of these? MakeAIVideo, because it collapses the visual generation slot (Tuesday) that most creators find hardest to systematise. Start there, ship four weeks of the loop with just that plus a scripting AI, then add tools as the pain points reveal themselves. Plans start at $9 a month (Lite, 450 credits). ### Should I use ElevenLabs to dub my posts into other languages? Yes if your comments or analytics show demand from other-language audiences. Clone your voice, dub last week's top-performing post, and add it to next week's queue as a language variant. Ethically fine for your own voice; do not clone anyone else's without consent. Read ElevenLabs' terms before uploading. ### What breaks the loop most often in practice? Skipping Monday. If you do not have a scripted queue by Tuesday morning, the whole week decays into ad-hoc generation. The second most common failure is adding a new tool mid-week, which pulls attention from the current cycle into ramp-up on the new tool. ### Why is the weekend off? Because the workflow was designed to fit five weekdays, and bleeding into the weekend destroys the compounding effect of the loop across months. Rest on Saturday and Sunday. Watch the platforms as an audience member instead of as a creator. Come back to Monday with a clearer head, which is worth more than another edited clip. ![Jamie Partridge](/images/authors/jamie-partridge.webp) Written by [Jamie Partridge](/about/jamie-partridge) Founder at MakeAIVideo. Writing about AI video generation, scripting, scenes, and shipping content faster. [More about the author](/about/jamie-partridge) ## Free AI video tools - [ Video Script Generator Generate 6 full HOOK / BODY / CTA video scripts in any format, short-form, long-form, tutorial, VSL, talking-head, product demo. Free, no signup, instant. ](/tools/video-script-generator) - [ Video Hook Generator Generate 10 attention-grabbing video hooks for any topic. Patterns proven to drive watch-through on TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-hook-generator) - [ Video Idea Generator Get 10 ready-to-shoot video ideas tailored to your niche. Built from formats that consistently win views on TikTok, Reels, and Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-idea-generator) - [ YouTube Title Generator Generate 10 proven YouTube titles in your chosen style: how-to, listicle, comparison, story, or controversial. Includes SERP truncation warnings. ](/tools/youtube-title-generator) ## More AI video guides Comparisons [ ### Best AI Marketing Tools in 2026 (10 Tested) ](/blog/best-ai-marketing-tools) 10 AI marketing tools tested across video, copy, SEO, email, and ad creative. Real sourced pricing, honest verdicts, MakeAIVideo at #1 for video. 31 May 2026·21 min read Comparisons [ ### Best Twitch Clip Maker (2026): 14 AI Tools Ranked ](/blog/best-twitch-clip-makers-2026) The best twitch clip maker for 2026, ranked. 14 AI tools tested on VOD auto-detection, vertical crop, captions, and cost for streamers. 7 September 2026·21 min read Guides [ ### Best Sora Prompts 2026: 30+ Templates and the Anatomy Behind Them ](/blog/best-sora-prompts-2026) 30+ Sora prompts across product ads, faceless B-roll, cinematic shots, tutorials, character scenes, and music video work, plus the prompt anatomy each one uses. 17 September 2026·20 min read Guides [ ### How to Use Veo 3 in 2026 (Beginner's Guide) ](/blog/how-to-use-veo-3-beginners-guide) How to use Google Veo 3 in 2026: how to access it, your first prompt with audio cues, 12 tested Veo 3 prompts, and an honest review of its strengths and limits. 11 September 2026·27 min read Guides [ ### YouTube Automation: The Complete 2026 Guide ](/blog/youtube-automation) What YouTube automation actually is in 2026, the team structure that scales it, the costs, and the six mistakes that kill 80% of automation channels. 8 June 2026·17 min read Guides [ ### How to Use Runway AI: A Beginner's Guide (2026) ](/blog/how-to-use-runway-beginners-guide) How to use Runway AI from first signup to first Gen-4.5 clip, plus an honest Runway AI review: pricing, credits, motion brush, Act-One, and where it wins or loses. 8 September 2026·20 min read Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. 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"Ask ChatGPT about this article")[](https://claude.ai/new?q=Read%20https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fbest-ai-video-model-2026%20then%20summarize%20the%20key%20points%20and%20answer%20any%20questions%20I%20have%20about%20it. "Ask Claude about this article")[](https://www.perplexity.ai/search?q=Read%20https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fbest-ai-video-model-2026%20then%20summarize%20the%20key%20points%20and%20answer%20any%20questions%20I%20have%20about%20it. "Ask Perplexity about this article") **The best AI video model in 2026 depends on what you are shooting.** No single foundation model wins every axis. Sora leads on motion realism for physical scenes. Veo 3 is the only model that generates matching audio in one pass (see our [Veo 3 guide and review](/blog/how-to-use-veo-3-beginners-guide)). Kling handles hair, fabric, and water better than most Western rivals, as our [Kling AI review](/blog/best-kling-ai-review-2026) shows. Runway ships the deepest editing surface around its generations. Higgsfield turns short clips into ad-shaped cinematography. This piece is the hub for the whole AI video model landscape: twelve foundation models compared on the axes that actually decide fit, plus a decision tree for which one to pick per use case. Every model listed below produces raw clips of five to twenty seconds. None of them script the piece, voice it, cut it, caption it, add music, or export it in the aspect ratio a social platform expects. That is the workflow layer, and it lives outside every model on this list. Where MakeAIVideo shows up, it is as a pipeline that makes the finished video itself, not another entry in the ranking. > **How to read this list.** Each model is scored on generation quality, prompt fidelity, clip length, resolution, camera control, native audio, editing tools, and price. The verdict at the bottom of each entry names one specific use case that model is best suited to in September 2026. When a model fits nothing better than a rival, we say so. ## What an AI video model actually is (and how a pipeline differs) An AI video model is a foundation model that turns text, images, or a starting frame into a short video clip. That is the entire scope. It renders pixels from a prompt. Everything on top (voiceover, captions, scene ordering, music, export in Reels or TikTok ratios) sits outside the model. The confusion is understandable: the label "AI video generator" gets used for both foundation models and full workflow products like MakeAIVideo's [AI video generator](/), and they are not the same thing. A third shape muddies it further, the aggregators that resell several models behind one subscription (our [Krea AI review](/blog/best-krea-ai-review-2026) covers the biggest one), which are neither. A pipeline is different in shape. A pipeline like [MakeAIVideo's prompt-to-video flow](/prompt-to-video) takes a prompt or script and returns a finished MP4 with narration, cuts, captions, and music baked in. It may use generative models under the hood for individual scenes (MakeAIVideo's AI scenes run on MiniMax Hailuo by default, with Kling 2.6 selectable, and its default footage source is real stock footage), but it wraps them in the workflow that turns raw output into something you actually publish. The distinction matters for buying decisions because most creators who search "best AI video model" actually want the pipeline, not the raw model. The rule of thumb: if you plan to hand-edit every clip in Premiere or DaVinci Resolve after generation, a raw model is fine. Runway is the partial exception, since it ships a real editor around its own generations (our [Runway AI guide and review](/blog/how-to-use-runway-beginners-guide) covers it). If you plan to ship the video without opening an NLE, you need a pipeline on top of the model. This hub covers the models honestly; where a pipeline saves work, it gets called out. The money behind both layers comes from the same pool: Statista's generative AI outlook sizes the worldwide segment at [US$394.66 billion in 2026](https://www.statista.com/outlook/tmo/artificial-intelligence/generative-ai/worldwide/). ## The twelve models everyone in AI video should know These twelve cover roughly 95 percent of serious AI video generation happening in September 2026. Six are Western commercial products, three are Chinese commercial products, and three are open source. Ranking is by category fit for the use case named in each verdict, not by a single overall winner. ### 1\. OpenAI Sora - **Access:** [Sora on OpenAI](https://openai.com/sora). The consumer app shut down on 26 April 2026 and the Sora 2 API was scheduled to sunset on 24 September 2026, per [the Sora entry on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sora_\(text-to-video_model\)). - **Max clip length:** ~20 seconds in the original release; Sora 2 pushed longer. - **Native audio:** No. Video only. - **Resolution:** Up to 1080p on the Pro tier. - **Best for:** Motion realism on physical scenes with a human or vehicle in frame. Sora is still the reference for physical-world motion realism. Sports, vehicles, and body movement look plausible where other models betray obvious tell-tales (rubbery limbs, feet skating on the floor, wheels floating above the road). The Pro tier extends clip length and quality but at a cost that only makes sense for creators shipping video weekly. TechCrunch's report on the [Sora 2 launch](https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/30/openai-is-launching-the-sora-app-its-own-tiktok-competitor-alongside-the-sora-2-model/) covers what changed: better physics when a prompted action fails, generated audio, and an invite-gated social app shipped alongside the model. The gap: everything downstream. Sora returns silent clips with a visible watermark on all tiers. Turning them into a finished narrated video takes a separate voiceover, caption, and edit step in a video editor, or a [script to video](/script-to-video) pipeline that makes the narrated video itself instead. ### 2\. Google Veo 3 - **Access:** [Google Veo on DeepMind](https://deepmind.google/technologies/veo/), delivered via Google Vids, Gemini, and Labs VideoFX. - **Max clip length:** 8 seconds per generation in the current release. - **Native audio:** Yes. Dialogue, sound effects, and ambient audio come out synced to the visuals. - **Resolution:** Up to 1080p. - **Best for:** Single-pass clips where the audio track matters as much as the video. Native audio is the Veo 3 differentiator. Every other model on this list returns a silent clip that needs a separate voiceover or SFX pass. Veo 3 attempts to render both together, and when the prompt describes speech it can even generate lip-synced dialogue. TechCrunch reported at launch that Veo 3 [generates sound effects, background noise, and dialogue](https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/20/googles-veo-3-can-generate-videos-and-soundtracks-to-go-along-with-them/) to accompany the video, with DeepMind chief Demis Hassabis describing it as the end of the silent era of video generation. The audio side does live up to the demos when the prompt is specific about what the speaker is saying. The gap: clip length is shorter than several rivals, and access sits inside Google's own product surfaces rather than a standalone API for indie developers. If your output is longer than eight seconds, you are stitching clips. ### 3\. Runway (Gen-3 Alpha and Gen-4) - **Access:** [Runway](https://runwayml.com/), plans from $15/month. - **Max clip length:** 10 seconds per generation. - **Native audio:** No. - **Resolution:** Up to 4K on the Gen-4 tier. - **Best for:** Editorial workflows where the model output feeds into further edits inside the same tool. Runway is the model with the deepest surrounding tool. Beyond generation, it ships motion brush, keyframing, camera control presets, in-painting, and a browser-based editor that lets you refine a clip after generation without leaving the app. For editorial teams that want to iterate on a shot rather than accept the first pass, that surface is worth more than raw model quality alone. The company has the balance sheet to keep extending it: TechCrunch reported a [$315 million round led by General Atlantic](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/ai-video-startup-runway-raises-315m-at-5-3b-valuation-eyes-more-capable-world-models/) in February 2026, and Bloomberg put the resulting [valuation at $5.3 billion](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-10/ai-video-startup-runway-valued-at-5-3-billion-with-new-funding). The gap: on pure generation quality against Sora on physical scenes or Kling on hair and fabric, Runway sits behind. It wins on workflow ergonomics, not benchmark quality. For creators who want a one-shot pipeline instead of an editor, MakeAIVideo's [animate a photo](/image-to-video) mode is a shorter path from a single image to a finished clip. ### 4\. Kling AI (Kuaishou) - **Access:** [Kling AI](https://klingai.com/), free tier plus paid plans. - **Max clip length:** 5 or 10 seconds depending on tier. - **Native audio:** No in the core model. - **Resolution:** Up to 1080p. - **Best for:** Photorealistic humans and physics-heavy scenes at a lower price point than Western rivals. Kling comes out of Kuaishou (China's short-video rival to Douyin) and has been the surprise breakout of the 2025 to 2026 cycle. Physics quality on water, cloth, and hair is genuinely competitive with Sora, and pricing is aggressive: the free tier gives creators a real look, and paid tiers undercut Runway on cost per clip. Forbes has argued the [Chinese video labs now lead the creator-economy segment](https://www.forbes.com/sites/edithyeung/2026/06/05/video-ai-wars-how-chinese-labs-are-winning-the-race-openai-abandoned/) on price and vertical integration, naming Kling alongside Hailuo, Wan, and Seedance. The gap: the UI has improved but is still less refined than Runway or Pika, and English prompt handling can miss subtleties that a native Chinese prompt lands cleanly. For a deeper dive, our [Kling AI alternatives](/blog/best-kling-ai-alternatives) guide compares the workflow head-to-head with the field. ### 5\. Higgsfield AI - **Access:** [Higgsfield](https://higgsfield.ai/), free tier plus paid plans. - **Max clip length:** Short clips optimised for ad and social use. - **Native audio:** No. - **Resolution:** 1080p vertical and horizontal. - **Best for:** Ad creative where camera motion (dolly, orbit, crash zoom) is the whole point. Higgsfield positions around cinematic camera control. Preset camera moves let you get a dolly-in or crash zoom without prompt engineering, and the outputs feel much more like "shot on a real rig" than a static-camera generation from a rival model. That is a real edge for anyone shipping paid social ads where movement inside the frame is what pulls the thumb. Forbes described the pitch as bringing [cinematic camera language to AI video](https://www.forbes.com/sites/charliefink/2025/04/01/former-snap-exec-launches-higgsfield-to-bring-cinematic-camera-language-to-ai-generated-video/): dolly-ins, crash zooms, overhead sweeps, and body-mounted rigs. TechCrunch reported a [$400 million raise at a $5.4 billion valuation](https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/17/higgsfield-raises-400m-series-b-quadrupling-its-valuation-in-8-months-to-5-4b/) in August 2026. The gap: character reuse across many separate posts is thinner than a dedicated influencer tool, and there is no editorial surface around the generations. When the goal is a produced ad (the job an [AI ad maker](/ai-ad-maker) does), Higgsfield is one of the better starting points; when the goal is a persistent AI character on a feed, look elsewhere. ### 6\. MiniMax Hailuo - **Access:** [Hailuo AI](https://hailuoai.video/), free tier plus paid credits. - **Max clip length:** 6 seconds per generation. - **Native audio:** No. - **Resolution:** Up to 1080p. - **Best for:** Realistic-looking humans on a tight budget with fast iteration. MiniMax's Hailuo model has quietly become the low-cost option for creators who need convincing human faces and body language without paying Sora or Runway rates. The generous free tier is a genuinely useful sandbox, and paid credits are cheap enough that batch experimentation is affordable. Motion coherence is strong on stationary or slow-moving subjects; fast action is where the model starts to show seams. The gap: no native audio, no in-tool editing, and clip length caps at six seconds. Any final output longer than a single shot needs a separate assembly step outside the model. ### 7\. Luma Dream Machine - **Access:** [Luma Dream Machine](https://lumalabs.ai/dream-machine), free tier plus paid. - **Max clip length:** 5 seconds per generation. - **Native audio:** No. - **Resolution:** 1080p. - **Best for:** Cinematic prompt fidelity where the described shot matters more than clip length. Luma's Dream Machine has one of the strongest track records for following complex cinematic prompts. Ask for a specific lens (35mm), specific lighting (golden hour rim light), and a specific camera move (slow push-in on a subject in shallow focus) and Luma tends to land closer to the described shot than most rivals. The trade-off is clip length: five seconds is short by 2026 standards. TechCrunch's coverage of Luma's [Ray3 Modify release](https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/18/luma-releases-a-new-ai-model-that-lets-users-generate-a-video-from-a-start-and-end-frame/) shows the direction of travel: start-and-end reference frames inside Dream Machine, funded by a $900 million round led by Humain. The gap: for anything longer than a single beat, you are chaining clips or moving to a longer-clip model. Cinematic prompt fidelity is the axis Luma actually owns; brand-safety, editorial tools, and clip length all sit behind rivals. ### 8\. Pika Labs - **Access:** [Pika](https://pika.art/), Discord and web. - **Max clip length:** 10 seconds on Pika 2.0. - **Native audio:** Sound effect generation on some tiers. - **Resolution:** 1080p. - **Best for:** Stylised and animated aesthetics rather than photorealism. Pika built its early audience on Discord and has kept a stylised, animation-friendly feel through the 2.0 release. Cartoon, anime, and painterly aesthetics render well; explicitly photorealistic prompts hold their own but are not the model's core strength. Pika Scenes (multiple characters and consistent objects across shots) is genuinely useful for short narrative pieces where continuity between clips matters. The gap: on strict photorealism, several rivals are ahead. Pika is the pick when the aesthetic is the point. ### 9\. Krea AI (meta-platform) - **Access:** [Krea](https://krea.ai/), subscription with access to multiple models in one UI. - **Max clip length:** Depends on the underlying model. - **Native audio:** Only where the underlying model provides it. - **Resolution:** Model-dependent. - **Best for:** Testing several models against the same prompt without maintaining separate subscriptions. Krea is not a foundation model. It is a wrapper that gives you access to Runway, Pika, Kling, Luma, and other underlying models through a single UI and subscription. For creators who want to run a comparison test on their own prompts without spinning up five separate accounts, Krea saves real time. It also has its own image generation model and a live-generation surface that competitors do not match. TechCrunch put the company at a [$500 million valuation on $83 million raised](https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/07/kreas-founders-snubbed-postgrad-grants-from-the-king-of-spain-to-build-their-ai-startup-now-its-valued-at-500m/), with customers including creatives at Pixar, LEGO, and Samsung. The gap: if you know which model you want and only use one, subscribing directly is cheaper than paying the Krea margin. Krea earns its keep for creators who genuinely rotate between models. ### 10\. Adobe Firefly Video - **Access:** Adobe Firefly Video, inside the [Adobe Firefly app](https://www.adobe.com/products/firefly.html) and Premiere Pro. - **Max clip length:** 5 seconds in the current release. - **Native audio:** No. - **Resolution:** 1080p. - **Best for:** Commercial and brand work where training-data provenance matters legally. Adobe's video model is the pick when the legal provenance of the training data has to be answerable. Firefly is trained on Adobe Stock plus licensed and public-domain content, which is the story Adobe tells to enterprise buyers who cannot use models trained on unlicensed web scrapes. Output quality is competitive at the 5-second clip length; ergonomics inside Premiere Pro are unmatched for editors already living in Adobe. The gap: clip length is short, motion realism sits behind Sora and Kling, and it is only worth the Creative Cloud cost for buyers who need Adobe anyway. For a produced piece with narration and captions, Firefly output is best treated as one input to a bigger workflow rather than the finished thing. ### 11\. Alibaba Wan 2.1 (open source) - **Access:** [Wan](https://wan.video/), weights released open source alongside a hosted playground. - **Max clip length:** Depends on your hardware and the chosen configuration. - **Native audio:** No. - **Resolution:** Up to 1080p. - **Best for:** Self-hosted generation, research, and Chinese-language prompt work. Wan is Alibaba's open-source push, and it matters because the model is genuinely competitive on quality against several closed-source rivals. Self-hosting means no per-clip cost after the initial GPU investment, and the training data leans heavily Chinese, which shows up in noticeably better handling of Chinese-language prompts and Chinese cultural references. The gap: running it well needs serious GPU access, and the workflow is aimed at builders and researchers rather than click-and-render creators. ### 12\. Tencent HunyuanVideo (open source) - **Access:** Tencent's HunyuanVideo, weights released open source. - **Max clip length:** Configurable, GPU-dependent. - **Native audio:** No. - **Resolution:** Configurable up to 1080p. - **Best for:** Self-hosted generation where cost per clip needs to be zero after infrastructure. HunyuanVideo is Tencent's answer to Wan and to Meta's Movie Gen research: a large open-source model that anyone with the hardware can run locally. On quality it competes with commercial models in the mid tier; the reason to pick it over a hosted API is the same as Wan (zero marginal cost, no data leaves your infrastructure, no per-clip rate cap). Forbes has covered the [open-weight push out of China](https://www.forbes.com/sites/edithyeung/2026/06/05/video-ai-wars-how-chinese-labs-are-winning-the-race-openai-abandoned/) as a deliberate strategy, with Alibaba publishing Wan's model parameters to make its architecture the default reference point. The gap: same as Wan. This is a builders' tool, not a click-and-render product. ## Which model wins on which axis No single model wins every axis. This matrix names the current leader on each one so you can pick by whichever axis dominates your workflow. **Motion realism on physical scenes:** Sora leads; Kling is close, especially on hair, cloth, and water; Runway and Veo 3 sit behind. Stanford HAI's 2026 AI Index reports the wider shift, with video models [starting to capture how objects behave](https://hai.stanford.edu/ai-index/2026-ai-index-report/technical-performance) after an evaluation of Veo 3 across more than 18,000 generated clips. Where that lead holds and where it breaks is the whole point of our [OpenAI Sora review](/blog/best-openai-sora-review-2026). **Prompt fidelity for cinematic language:** Luma Dream Machine leads on complex camera and lighting prompts; Sora and Runway follow. How far that fidelity actually stretches, the one axis Luma genuinely owns, is tested in our [Luma Dream Machine review](/blog/best-luma-dream-machine-review-2026). **Clip length:** Sora leads on the Pro tier; Runway and Pika match at 10 seconds; Kling matches at 10 on higher tiers; Veo 3 sits at 8; Luma at 5. **Resolution:** Runway Gen-4 reaches 4K; most others cap at 1080p. **Camera control:** Higgsfield leads with preset camera moves; Runway is next with keyframe-based control. Which of those presets survive a real brief is the more useful question, and our [Higgsfield AI review](/blog/best-higgsfield-ai-review-2026) answers it. **Native audio in the model:** Only Veo 3 generates matched audio in a single pass; every other model returns silent video. **Editing tools around the model:** Runway leads; Krea aggregates several models but does not build a deeper editor; the rest are generation-only. **Free tier generosity:** Kling, Hailuo, Pika, Luma, and Higgsfield all ship real free tiers; Sora and Veo 3 require paid subscriptions to their host products. **Commercial safety on training data:** Adobe Firefly leads; every other model on this list has a less clear provenance story. What Adobe's provenance claim actually covers, set out in our [Adobe Firefly Video review](/blog/best-adobe-firefly-video-review-2026), is worth reading before it goes into a contract. Provenance is separate from disclosure: if the finished clip runs as an ad or an endorsement, the FTC's [endorsement, influencer, and review guidance](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/advertising-marketing/endorsements-influencers-reviews) sets what you owe the audience. **English UX polish:** Runway, Pika, and Luma lead; Kling has improved but sits behind; open-source models are DIY. ## The Chinese AI video models: Kling, Hailuo, Wan, HunyuanVideo and Seedance Five of the names in this field come from Chinese labs, and the timing of their rise matters. OpenAI's consumer Sora app [shut down on 26 April 2026](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sora_\(text-to-video_model\)), and over the same stretch these labs kept shipping. They split cleanly into closed hosted products and open weights. **Kling (Kuaishou) and Hailuo (MiniMax): closed and hosted.** Both are covered in the ranking above, and our [Kling vs Hailuo comparison](/blog/kling-vs-hailuo-comparison) sets them side by side. Full disclosure: MakeAIVideo's own AI scenes run on these two, with MiniMax Hailuo as the default and Kling 2.6 as the selectable alternative. Its default footage source is real stock footage, and it does not use Veo. **Wan 2.1 (Alibaba): open weights under Apache 2.0.** Alibaba released the Wan models on GitHub, Hugging Face and ModelScope under an Apache 2.0 licence, per [Alibaba Cloud's release notes](https://www.alibabacloud.com/blog/alibaba-unveils-its-latest-open-source-video-generation-model_602167), and the licence is stated on the weights themselves: the [Wan2.1-T2V-14B model card](https://huggingface.co/Wan-AI/Wan2.1-T2V-14B) says the models in the repository are licensed under Apache 2.0. That means you can download, fine-tune and self-host it. **HunyuanVideo (Tencent): open weights at 13 billion parameters.** Tencent open-sourced HunyuanVideo on 3 December 2024 with a 13 billion parameter architecture, per [the Tencent-Hunyuan GitHub repository](https://github.com/Tencent-Hunyuan/HunyuanVideo). Like Wan, it can run on your own infrastructure, and open weights are what make community fine-tunes possible at all. **Seedance 2.0 (ByteDance): closed, and the benchmark leader.** Per [its Wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seedance_2.0), Seedance 2.0 launched in February 2026 and ranked above Sora 2 on the public Artificial Analysis text-to-video leaderboard. It is also the clearest lesson that a benchmark position is not a supply guarantee. Within days of launch, the Motion Picture Association's CEO was accusing it of ["unauthorized use of U.S. copyrighted works on a massive scale"](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/15/hollywood-isnt-happy-about-the-new-seedance-2-0-video-generator/), and ByteDance then [paused the model's global launch in March 2026](https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/15/bytedance-reportedly-pauses-global-launch-of-its-seedance-2-0-video-generator/) while, in TechCrunch's words, its engineers and lawyers worked to avert further legal issues. ## What to check before you use a Chinese-hosted model Kling and Hailuo are good products and most solo creative work is fine on them. Four things are still worth checking before a client project goes through one. **Prompt filtering.** Hosted Chinese models filter some political content, and the filters differ by vendor. TechCrunch tested Kling shortly after its global rollout and found [prompts including "Democracy in China," "Chinese President Xi Jinping walking down the street" and "Tiananmen Square protests" returning a nonspecific error](https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/24/a-new-chinese-video-generating-model-appears-to-be-censoring-politically-sensitive-topics/). A year later it reported that [Hailuo blocks photos of Xi Jinping while allowing images of Tiananmen Square](https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/22/a-chinese-ai-video-startup-appears-to-be-blocking-politically-sensitive-images/). Western models filter too; the point is to learn each vendor's lines with low-stakes tests first. **Where your prompts and reference images go.** Anything you send to a hosted model is processed on the vendor's infrastructure under its terms. For your own content that rarely matters. For work under an NDA, faces of minors, unreleased products, or legal and medical material, read the terms first, or self-host Wan or HunyuanVideo so nothing leaves your own machines. **Availability.** The Seedance pause shows that access to a model can change inside a quarter for legal or regulatory reasons. Check that the model you plan on is reachable from your market before you build a project around it. **Commercial-use terms.** For paid client work, read the licence for the tier you are actually paying for, and keep a copy of the commercial-use wording before you invoice. ## Decision tree: which model for which use case Pick by the shape of what you are producing, not by an overall ranking. **Cinematic ads for paid social.** Higgsfield first for the camera motion. Runway second for the editorial surface. Both output vertical natively, which matters for feed placement. For a produced, narrated product ad end to end, an [AI ad maker](/ai-ad-maker) builds it from your product photos rather than fighting with a raw generation. **Faceless YouTube (documentary, top-10 lists, explainers).** Any model that outputs 10 seconds is fine because you will cut heavily. The bigger lift is the script, voiceover, and captions, not the clip. This is the exact shape a [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) built in MakeAIVideo solves; the model matters less than the pipeline around it. **Product demos and marketing shots.** Sora on the Pro tier if the budget is there, Kling on the free or entry tier if it is not. Both handle physical objects convincingly. Adobe Firefly if the training-data provenance question is a hard requirement for the buyer. **Character animation and consistent creators.** None of the foundation models on this list solve character save across many posts on their own. That is a dedicated influencer workflow, the job of an [AI influencer generator](/ai-influencer-generator). **Memeable and stylised content.** Pika Labs for animation and cartoon aesthetics. Luma for cinematic short beats. For a finished anime-style video with voiceover and captions rather than a raw clip, use an [AI anime video generator](/ai-anime-video-generator). **Enterprise and brand-safe.** Adobe Firefly Video first for the licensed training data. Runway second for the auditable enterprise tier and SOC 2 posture. Gartner predicted [more than 80 percent of enterprises would have used generative AI APIs or deployed generative AI applications by 2026](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2023-10-11-gartner-says-more-than-80-percent-of-enterprises-will-have-used-generative-ai-apis-or-deployed-generative-ai-enabled-applications-by-2026), so procurement teams are already writing provenance into contracts. **Short-form vertical for Reels, TikTok, Shorts.** Kling, Higgsfield, and Hailuo all handle vertical natively. Any of them pairs cleanly with a social-first assembly workflow so you skip the manual crop and caption step at the end. The volume justifies the format: Business of Apps tracks [YouTube Shorts at roughly 70 billion views a day](https://www.businessofapps.com/data/youtube-statistics/) on average in 2024. **Photo-to-motion (still image plus a short move).** Runway, Luma, Kling, and Hailuo all do this well. MakeAIVideo's [animate a photo](/image-to-video) mode sits on top of image-to-video models for a one-shot flow. ## Where MakeAIVideo fits: the workflow layer, not another model MakeAIVideo is not a foundation model. It does not compete with Sora, Veo 3, Runway, Kling, Higgsfield, Hailuo, Luma, Pika, Krea, Firefly, Wan, or HunyuanVideo on generation quality. It sits one layer up: the workflow that makes a finished narrated MP4 ready to publish. That layer is where most of the adoption already sits: eMarketer reports [60 percent of marketers using generative AI](https://www.emarketer.com/content/ai-reshaping-video-advertising-ideation-optimization) for scripts, voiceovers, and visual assets. The split is clean. A model gives you a five to twenty second silent clip. A pipeline like [MakeAIVideo's script-to-video flow](/script-to-video) writes the script (or uses yours), generates AI voiceover, assembles the scenes, adds auto-captions, layers music, and exports in 9:16 for Reels and TikTok, 1:1 for feed posts, or 16:9 for YouTube. Every step outside of "render pixels from a prompt" is workflow, and workflow is the reason most creators who search for the best AI video model actually want a pipeline. When to use both: use a foundation model for a hero clip that needs the highest possible generation quality (a specific product shot, a specific character reaction), and finish it in an editor. Use a pipeline for the narrated videos (voiceover, scenes, captions, ordering, music, export); MakeAIVideo generates its own scenes and does not take uploaded clips. The model produces an ingredient; the pipeline produces a whole meal. For creators who mostly want the meal, MakeAIVideo's [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) skips the manual assembly entirely. When to use MakeAIVideo alone: when the finished video is more about the script, voice, and captions than about the specific generation. A talking-head explainer, an educational short, a top-10 list, a book trailer, a product overview built from stock and generated B-roll. The pipeline handles all of it end to end. Plans start at $9 a month (Lite, 450 credits), with one-time top-up packs that never expire. Current quotas live on [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing). When to use a model alone: when you are shipping into a human editor's timeline (Premiere, DaVinci, Final Cut) and the AI clip is one input to a larger produced piece. In that case a pipeline is the wrong shape and a raw model is the right one. > **Rule of thumb.** If the finished video is meant to publish without opening an editor, use a pipeline. If it is meant to be edited by a human afterwards, use a raw model. The best AI video model for your project depends on which of those two shapes describes your workflow. Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=inline_cta&utm_content=best-ai-video-model-2026)plans from $9/month · allowance tops up monthly ## Best AI video model FAQs ### What is the best AI video model in 2026 overall? There is no single overall winner. Sora leads on motion realism, Veo 3 on native audio, Runway on editorial surface, Kling on price-to-quality ratio, Higgsfield on camera control, and Luma on cinematic prompt fidelity. Pick by the axis that dominates your workflow rather than by a single ranking. ### Which AI video model is best for beginners? Kling and Hailuo are the two most beginner-friendly picks with real free tiers, and our [MiniMax Hailuo review](/blog/best-minimax-hailuo-review-2026) covers what those free credits actually get you. Both let you generate several clips at no cost, both handle English prompts well enough for casual use, and both output vertical natively for social. Pika and Luma are close on the same axis. ### Which model has the highest quality generation? Sora on the Pro tier is still the reference for motion realism on physical scenes. Kling is close, particularly on hair, cloth, and water. Veo 3 wins the specific axis of "video plus matching audio in one pass" that no other model matches yet. ### Is any of these models free to use? Kling, Hailuo, Pika, Luma, Higgsfield, and Krea all offer real free tiers with monthly limits. Open-source models like Wan and HunyuanVideo are free to run if you have the GPU access. Sora required a ChatGPT subscription before its consumer app closed in April 2026; Veo 3 sits inside paid Google product tiers. ### What is the difference between an AI video model and a video pipeline? A model turns a prompt into a short silent clip. A pipeline like MakeAIVideo turns a prompt or script into a finished narrated MP4 with voiceover, captions, music, and social-ready export. The model renders pixels; the pipeline handles everything else. ### Do any AI video models generate audio? Only Google Veo 3 generates matched audio inside the same pass as the video. Every other model on this list returns silent video that needs a separate voiceover, sound effect, or music step. Pika ships some sound effect generation but not full lip-synced dialogue. ### Which AI video model is best for social media clips? Kling, Higgsfield, and Hailuo all output vertical 9:16 natively and handle short-form well. Pair any of them with a social-first workflow like an [Instagram Reels generator](/instagram-reels-generator) or [a TikTok video generator](/tiktok-video-generator) to skip the manual crop and caption step. ### Are Chinese AI video models actually good? Kling from Kuaishou, MiniMax Hailuo, and Alibaba Wan are all genuinely competitive with Western commercial models on generation quality, and price-to-quality on the Chinese side often beats the Western field. English prompt handling is where Western models still have an edge. Access from outside China works for all three. Forbes has argued the [Chinese labs are winning the creator-economy segment](https://www.forbes.com/sites/edithyeung/2026/06/05/video-ai-wars-how-chinese-labs-are-winning-the-race-openai-abandoned/) on price and vertical integration, with Alibaba shipping open model weights as part of that push. ### Can I run any of these models on my own hardware? Wan and HunyuanVideo are open-source and self-hostable if you have serious GPU access. Every other model on this list is closed-source and only accessible through the vendor's API or app. Self-hosting eliminates per-clip cost after the infrastructure spend. ### How do I actually turn model output into a finished video? You need a workflow layer on top of the model. That means voiceover, scene assembly, captions, music, and export in the right aspect ratio. Either build the workflow yourself using Premiere or DaVinci, or use a pipeline product like MakeAIVideo that packages the whole flow. Our [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) page covers how the pipeline route works. ## Where to start If you already know which specific clip you want and it is a physically realistic scene, start with Sora or Kling. If you need matching audio in one pass, start with Veo 3. If your workflow needs an editor around the generation, start with Runway. If cinematic camera motion is the point, start with Higgsfield. If you are experimenting broadly across styles, start with Pika or Luma, and our [Pika Labs review](/blog/best-pika-labs-review-2026), on where Pika's stylised range ends, is the fastest way to tell which of the two fits. If you actually want a finished narrated video rather than a raw clip (which is what most creators searching this term want), start with the pipeline layer. MakeAIVideo's [text to video](/prompt-to-video) mode turns a prompt into a finished MP4 with voiceover, captions, and optional music, ready to publish. Plans start at $9 a month. If you were already leaning toward one specific model and want a deeper look at swap-outs, our [Sora alternatives](/blog/best-sora-alternatives) cover what Sora users are picking up now, and our [Runway alternatives](/blog/best-runway-alternatives) do the same for editorial teams weighing a move. Whichever route fits your project, the shape of the decision is the same. Pick the model or pipeline that matches the finished output you want, not the one with the loudest launch reel. A model that wins a benchmark demo but forces three hours of downstream assembly is not the same product as a pipeline that ships a finished video from one prompt. Both are legitimate choices for different shapes of work. ![Jamie Partridge](/images/authors/jamie-partridge.webp) Written by [Jamie Partridge](/about/jamie-partridge) Founder at MakeAIVideo. Writing about AI video generation, scripting, scenes, and shipping content faster. [More about the author](/about/jamie-partridge) ## Free AI video tools - [ Video Script Generator Generate 6 full HOOK / BODY / CTA video scripts in any format, short-form, long-form, tutorial, VSL, talking-head, product demo. Free, no signup, instant. ](/tools/video-script-generator) - [ Video Hook Generator Generate 10 attention-grabbing video hooks for any topic. Patterns proven to drive watch-through on TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-hook-generator) - [ Video Idea Generator Get 10 ready-to-shoot video ideas tailored to your niche. Built from formats that consistently win views on TikTok, Reels, and Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-idea-generator) - [ YouTube Title Generator Generate 10 proven YouTube titles in your chosen style: how-to, listicle, comparison, story, or controversial. Includes SERP truncation warnings. ](/tools/youtube-title-generator) ## More AI video guides Comparisons [ ### Best AI Marketing Tools in 2026 (10 Tested) ](/blog/best-ai-marketing-tools) 10 AI marketing tools tested across video, copy, SEO, email, and ad creative. Real sourced pricing, honest verdicts, MakeAIVideo at #1 for video. 31 May 2026·21 min read Comparisons [ ### Kling vs Hailuo (2026): Chinese AI Video Head-to-Head ](/blog/kling-vs-hailuo-comparison) Kling vs Hailuo, tested honestly. Kuaishou's Kling and MiniMax's Hailuo compared on quality, motion, humans, camera control, pricing, and Western access. 12 September 2026·20 min read Comparisons [ ### Sora vs Veo 3 in 2026: Honest Head-to-Head ](/blog/sora-vs-veo-3-comparison) Sora vs Veo 3 compared on clip length, prompt following, motion physics, native audio, access, and pricing. Plus the pipeline both models leave you to solve. 10 September 2026·23 min read Reviews [ ### Krea AI Review (2026): One Login for Every AI Video Model ](/blog/best-krea-ai-review-2026) Honest Krea AI review for 2026. What the real-time canvas is, which models are bundled, what one subscription costs, and where a pipeline still fits. 10 September 2026·15 min read Reviews [ ### Hailuo AI Review 2026: MiniMax's Realistic Human Video Model ](/blog/best-minimax-hailuo-review-2026) Hailuo AI review: MiniMax's model turns out photoreal humans and stays on-model across cuts. What it does well and where it strains. 17 September 2026·17 min read Comparisons [ ### Best Real Estate Marketing Videos Tools (2026): 15 Ranked ](/blog/best-video-tools-for-real-estate-agents-2026) The best tools for real estate marketing videos in 2026, ranked. 15 AI video makers tested on listing walkthroughs, agent branding, and paid Meta ads. 15 August 2026·27 min read Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. Plans from $9 a month with credits included, topped back up every billing month. 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"Ask ChatGPT about this article")[](https://claude.ai/new?q=Read%20https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fbest-book-trailer-makers-2026%20then%20summarize%20the%20key%20points%20and%20answer%20any%20questions%20I%20have%20about%20it. "Ask Claude about this article")[](https://www.perplexity.ai/search?q=Read%20https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fbest-book-trailer-makers-2026%20then%20summarize%20the%20key%20points%20and%20answer%20any%20questions%20I%20have%20about%20it. "Ask Perplexity about this article") **The best book trailer maker in 2026 is the one that turns your back-cover blurb into a 60 to 90 second cinematic clip without asking you to become a video editor.** Indie authors are novelists first, and the promo work needs to live somewhere between "I paid an agency $2,000" and "I spent a week fighting stock-footage libraries in a timeline". This ranking scores 14 tools that actually show up when authors search for a book trailer maker, on the axes that matter for a BookTok, Bookstagram, YouTube Shorts, or Amazon A+ trailer: how quickly you can go from blurb to finished MP4, whether the tool offers a real ai book trailer workflow (narration plus b-roll), how cinematic the output looks, and monthly cost. We rank MakeAIVideo's [AI ad maker](/ai-ad-maker) at #1, but only because it scores well on those axes for the specific job of "novelist ships a trailer this afternoon". If the trailer is only one of the videos your launch needs, the same [AI video generator](/) handles the rest of the promo work too. The benchmark for every tool below is the same. Paste a 150-word back-cover blurb for a fictional thriller ("The Silent Ledger", a corporate murder mystery). Add one mood word. Render a 60-second vertical trailer. Watch it back cold and ask "would I click a book link after seeing this on BookTok?" Tools that clear that bar rank highest. Tools that force you to hunt footage, cut clips on a timeline, or spend hours in a stock library rank lower even when their template galleries look impressive at first glance. > **How to read this list.** Each tool is scored on four axes: paste-blurb-to-trailer speed (can you finish in under an hour?), narration quality (AI voice or your own voice?), cinematic feel (does it look like a real book trailer or a slideshow?), and starting monthly price. The best-for verdict at the bottom of each entry tells you which author profile the tool fits. ## What makes a good AI book trailer maker in 2026? Before the ranking, a quick explanation of what we are testing for. The audience is not the constraint: US book publishing turns over roughly $29.9 billion a year and print unit sales still clear 700 million annually, according to [Statista's book-market data](https://www.statista.com/topics/1177/book-market/). The constraint is production. A tool can have a beautiful template gallery and still fail on all four of these once you actually try to ship a trailer for a specific novel. **Blurb-to-trailer speed.** The core capability. A novelist wants to paste text, pick a mood or genre, and get back a first cut in minutes. Every extra decision the tool asks you to make ("upload footage", "pick 12 clips", "choose transitions") adds hours. The strong tools take one paragraph plus one mood word and give you a working 60-second cut with narration, music, and matched visuals baked in. **Narration quality.** A book trailer without narration is a slideshow. The AI voice needs to sound like a movie-trailer narrator ("In a world where...") not a text-to-speech reading of your synopsis. Tools that offer cinematic voice presets (thriller, romance, literary fiction, epic fantasy) beat tools that hand you a generic newsreader voice by default. **Cinematic feel.** Book trailers live or die on tone. A romance trailer needs soft focus and warm light. A thriller needs high contrast and shadow. A fantasy epic needs sweeping landscapes. Tools that generate genre-matched b-roll (or let you drop in AI clips from Runway or similar) beat tools that only offer generic stock footage. **Monthly cost.** Ranked against value. A $30/month tool that ships a finished trailer in an hour is cheaper than a $9/month tool that takes you three days of timeline work. A $500 agency quote is more than a year of most tools on this list, so nearly every entry here is a win against the traditional cost of a book trailer. ## How we tested each book trailer maker Each tool got the same brief. Blurb for a thriller called "The Silent Ledger" (150 words, corporate accountant discovers a murder cover-up). Mood word: "noir". Target: 60-second vertical MP4 with narration, music, and b-roll, ready to upload to TikTok, Instagram Reels, or YouTube Shorts. We timed how long each tool took from paste to finished download and watched the result cold. We also generated a romance trailer ("Late Bloomer", contemporary romance) and a fantasy trailer ("The Ninth Realm", epic fantasy) as tone checks. A tool that only handles thriller well but botches romance is not really a book trailer maker; it is a thriller-trailer maker. Prices are as of August 2026 and quoted at the entry paid tier from the vendor's own pricing page. ## The top five, ranked for the paste-blurb workflow The five tools built around fast text-to-trailer generation rank first because they solve the exact problem an author has: get a finished trailer live before this weekend. ### 1\. MakeAIVideo, best overall for the paste-blurb workflow - **Blurb-to-trailer speed:** Paste the blurb and get a finished MP4 back, usually in a few minutes. - **Narration quality:** Cinematic AI voice presets tuned for trailer read (thriller, romance, literary, fantasy). - **Cinematic feel:** Real stock footage by default, or genre-matched AI scenes (MiniMax Hailuo, with Kling 2.6 selectable) when you switch to AI visuals. - **Starting price:** Plans from $9 a month (Lite, 450 credits). - **Trial:** 7 days for new customers, card required, 500 credits, with trial videos capped at 10 seconds of script. - **Best for:** Novelists shipping a trailer this weekend for a launch, a preorder push, or a BookTok test. We rank ourselves #1 because our [AI ad maker](/ai-ad-maker) is built around the exact motion an author needs. Paste the back-cover blurb, pick a mood, and the pipeline writes the trailer script, picks a matching voice, matches footage to the tone, adds music, and outputs a ready-to-post vertical MP4. There is no timeline. There is no stock library hunt. There is no "pick 12 clips" step. Pricing is one number per plan from $9 a month on the [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) page, with a 7-day trial for new customers. What we are not the best at: hand-editing every frame. If your trailer needs precisely timed motion graphics, a title-card font swap, or a specific cinematic camera move you can visualise, a specialist tool later on this list gives you more control. For the "get a trailer live before my launch date" workflow, pasting your blurb into [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) is the shortest path we have found for a first-time author. > **When MakeAIVideo is the right pick over a template tool.** If you have a launch date and a blurb but no video experience, the shortest path to a live trailer is a text-to-video pipeline, not a template gallery. Template galleries make you pick, drag, and swap; the paste-blurb flow does that work for you. Save the template galleries for follow-up trailers where you already know what you want to change. ### 2\. Canva, best if you already use Canva for book covers - **Blurb-to-trailer speed:** 45 to 90 minutes with the built-in book trailer templates. - **Narration quality:** AI voice add-on; solid but generic without genre tuning. - **Cinematic feel:** Template-driven, so cinematic when the template is well-chosen, flat when it is not. - **Starting price:** Canva Pro on [their pricing page](https://www.canva.com/pricing/), plus a free tier with watermarks. - **Trial:** Free tier available. - **Best for:** Authors who already designed their book cover in Canva and want to stay in one tool. Canva has a book trailer template library that is easy to find and easy to customise. If you have already built your cover, back-cover, and social graphics in Canva, adding a trailer inside the same design system saves you a tool. The templates skew heavier on the "text over image" side than the "cinematic clip" side, so your finished trailer will look designed rather than shot. That is fine for a literary or nonfiction release. For a thriller or fantasy where you want the trailer to feel like a movie preview, the AI-video tools closer to the top of this list produce a stronger result. ### 3\. FlexClip, best template gallery for author DIYers - **Blurb-to-trailer speed:** 60 to 120 minutes for a first trailer. - **Narration quality:** Text-to-speech voice bank plus voiceover recording. - **Cinematic feel:** Broad stock footage integration; quality depends on the clips you pick. - **Starting price:** Free tier plus paid plans on [FlexClip's pricing page](https://www.flexclip.com/pricing.html). - **Trial:** Free tier available. - **Best for:** Authors who want a template gallery, are comfortable with a simple timeline, and want direct access to a stock library. FlexClip is a template-first video maker that has picked up a real author audience over the last few years. The book trailer templates are labelled by genre (mystery, romance, sci-fi) and the drag-and-drop editor is friendlier than a full NLE. You still have to pick every clip and swap every headline, so a first trailer takes an hour or two, but the ceiling is high if you enjoy the process. Pair the template with your own recorded narration for a stronger, more personal read than the built-in AI voice. ### 4\. Renderforest, best category-labelled template library - **Blurb-to-trailer speed:** 45 to 90 minutes. - **Narration quality:** Voiceover options across tiers. - **Cinematic feel:** Some templates are strong, some are dated; check the preview before committing. - **Starting price:** Free tier plus paid on [Renderforest's pricing page](https://www.renderforest.com/pricing). - **Trial:** Free tier available. - **Best for:** Authors who want to browse a category-labelled library and pick the closest match by feel. Renderforest has an explicit "book trailer" category in its template library, which most competitors do not. Browsing the gallery is fast because the templates are already sorted by genre and style. The output leans template-y rather than cinematic, so it works better for cozy mysteries, self-help books, and literary fiction than for high-concept thrillers or fantasy epics. The advantage over building from scratch is speed: you can ship a passable trailer in a Sunday afternoon. ### 5\. Adobe Express, best for Adobe Creative Cloud authors - **Blurb-to-trailer speed:** 60 to 120 minutes. - **Narration quality:** Solid text-to-speech, plus your own recorded voiceover. - **Cinematic feel:** Adobe stock integration adds real depth; the finished trailer can look polished when the clips are well-picked. - **Starting price:** [Adobe Express pricing](https://www.adobe.com/express/pricing) starts with a free tier plus paid plans. - **Trial:** Free tier plus Creative Cloud bundle. - **Best for:** Authors already inside the Adobe ecosystem (InDesign, Photoshop) who want a matched-brand trailer. Adobe Express includes a book trailer template set and integrates directly with the Adobe stock library, which is deeper than most competitors on this list. If your book cover was built in Photoshop or InDesign, you can pull the exact same imagery straight into the trailer. The workflow is closer to a design tool than a video generator, so you still need to place clips manually. Worth it for authors who value visual consistency across cover, social, and trailer more than raw speed. ## The template veterans and traditional slideshow tools Three tools that pre-date the current AI-video wave, still popular with authors because they solve the problem in a familiar way. ### 6\. Animoto, best long-standing choice for author trailers - **Blurb-to-trailer speed:** 45 to 90 minutes. - **Narration quality:** Music-driven default; voiceover recording available. - **Cinematic feel:** Slideshow-forward; strong music library carries most trailers. - **Starting price:** See [Animoto's pricing page](https://animoto.com/pricing). - **Trial:** Free tier with watermarks. - **Best for:** Authors who want a proven, reliable, no-drama tool that has served book trailers for over a decade. Animoto has been the default slideshow-style trailer tool for authors since long before AI-video. It shines when your trailer is image-driven (cover reveal, quote cards, review pull-quotes) with a strong music bed underneath rather than a full-motion cinematic sequence. If you use reader review pull-quotes, keep them real and attributed: the [FTC's rules covering endorsements, reviews, and testimonials](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/advertising-marketing/endorsements-influencers-reviews) apply to book marketing the same as any other advertising. If your blurb is quiet and character-driven (literary fiction, memoir, essay collections) the Animoto style is a good fit. If you want a movie-preview feel, the ai book trailer tools higher up this list are stronger. ### 7\. Biteable, best template picker for corporate-style trailers - **Blurb-to-trailer speed:** 60 to 120 minutes. - **Narration quality:** Basic voiceover options. - **Cinematic feel:** Corporate-leaning template style; more polished than dramatic. - **Starting price:** Paid tiers on [Biteable's pricing page](https://biteable.com/pricing/). - **Trial:** Free tier available. - **Best for:** Business book, nonfiction, or professional development authors who want a clean, polished trailer without a cinematic feel. Biteable is best known for corporate explainers and marketing videos, and that tone carries over to its book trailers. For business books, nonfiction, professional development titles, or academic releases, a Biteable trailer feels appropriately professional. For a thriller or fantasy novel, the corporate polish reads as flat. Test the template before subscribing; the free tier is generous enough for that. ### 8\. InVideo AI, best for text-to-video from a long synopsis - **Blurb-to-trailer speed:** 20 to 40 minutes. - **Narration quality:** Strong AI voice options across languages. - **Cinematic feel:** Stock-footage forward; can look cinematic with the right prompt. - **Starting price:** Free tier plus paid on [InVideo's pricing page](https://invideo.io/pricing/). - **Trial:** Free tier available. - **Best for:** Authors with a longer synopsis (300 to 500 words) who want the tool to auto-cut a trailer from the full text. [InVideo AI](https://invideo.io/) is a paste-your-script pipeline that assembles a trailer from a stock footage library based on the input text. It handles longer input than most tools, which is useful when you want the AI to select which parts of the blurb to emphasise. The stock-footage lean means the visuals are less cinematic than dedicated AI-video tools, but the pipeline is fast and predictable. Compare it directly against [InVideo alternatives](/blog/best-invideo-alternatives) if you want to see how it stacks up. ## The narration-first and voice-driven tools Three tools where the audio side leads the pipeline. Useful when you want your own voice on the trailer or a strong AI narrator that reads like a movie-trailer voiceover. ### 9\. Pictory, best for narrated stock-footage trailers - **Blurb-to-trailer speed:** 30 to 60 minutes. - **Narration quality:** Solid AI voice bank with multiple accents and styles. - **Cinematic feel:** Stock-footage based; leans polished-broadcast rather than cinematic-film. - **Starting price:** Paid tiers on [Pictory's pricing page](https://pictory.ai/pricing). - **Trial:** Free trial available. - **Best for:** Nonfiction authors and self-help releases where the narration carries the trailer and the visuals are supportive. [Pictory](https://pictory.ai/) turns a script into a narrated video with stock b-roll pulled from an integrated library. It shines when the narration is the star and the visuals are complementary rather than dominant. Nonfiction, self-help, business, and memoir work well here. Thrillers and fantasies benefit from more cinematic b-roll than Pictory's stock library provides. If you want to compare, [Pictory alternatives](/blog/best-pictory-alternatives) covers the field. ### 10\. Fliki, best for AI voice-driven author trailers - **Blurb-to-trailer speed:** 20 to 45 minutes. - **Narration quality:** Wide AI voice library, often cited as the strongest in the price range. - **Cinematic feel:** Stock-footage based; solid for talking-head-style or narrated trailers. - **Starting price:** Free tier plus paid on [Fliki's pricing page](https://fliki.ai/pricing). - **Trial:** Free tier available. - **Best for:** Authors who want the AI narrator to feel like a professional voiceover artist without hiring one. Fliki's voice bank is the tool's headline feature. For authors who want a narrated trailer where the voice sounds close to a real hire, this is the strongest budget option. The visuals are stock-forward, so it works better paired with a stronger visual pipeline (dropping in a hero clip from a cinematic tool) than as a standalone. Fliki plus a Runway hero clip is a common combo for authors who want the best of both. ### 11\. Descript, best for author-narrated audio-first trailers - **Blurb-to-trailer speed:** 45 to 120 minutes. - **Narration quality:** Best-in-tier for author-recorded voice, thanks to strong audio editing. - **Cinematic feel:** Depends on the b-roll you bring; the tool is audio-first. - **Starting price:** Paid tiers on [Descript's pricing page](https://www.descript.com/pricing). - **Trial:** Free tier available. - **Best for:** Authors comfortable recording their own voice who want the trailer to feel personal rather than AI-generated. [Descript](https://www.descript.com/) is a text-based audio-and-video editor that shines when you record your own voice reading the trailer script. The "edit audio by editing text" workflow means you can rewrite a bad take by typing over the transcript. For an author who wants the trailer voice to be recognisably their own (fiction workshops, literary festivals, book club talks), Descript is the strongest option. Weaker than dedicated video tools if you want AI-generated visuals; better paired with a cinematic clip tool for the visual side. See [Descript alternatives](/blog/best-descript-alternatives) if you want the wider field. ## The cinematic clip specialists Two tools that generate cinematic AI clips rather than assemble a full trailer. Use them for a hero shot that you drop into a longer template-based trailer. ### 12\. Runway, best cinematic hero-clip generator - **Blurb-to-trailer speed:** Not applicable as a standalone; 5 to 15 minutes per hero clip. - **Narration quality:** Not a narration tool; bring your own voice pipeline. - **Cinematic feel:** Genuinely cinematic when the prompt is well-written. - **Starting price:** Paid tiers on [Runway's pricing page](https://runwayml.com/pricing). - **Trial:** Free tier available. - **Best for:** Authors who want one 10-second cinematic hero clip to anchor the trailer (a moody establishing shot, a character reveal). [Runway](https://runwayml.com/) generates short cinematic clips from a text prompt or a reference image. For a book trailer, the workflow is: generate a 10-second hero clip that captures the vibe (rain on a city street for noir, a candlelit study for gothic romance, an open plain at dusk for fantasy), then drop that clip into a template-based tool as the opening shot. This is a pair-with tool, not a standalone book trailer maker. Explore [Runway alternatives](/blog/best-runway-alternatives) for other cinematic generators in the same tier. Foundation models like Pika Labs sit in the same category; useful for hero clips, not for a full trailer pipeline. ## The talking-head and presenter tools Two enterprise-leaning tools that solve a different shape of the problem: an author or a presenter on camera talking about the book. ### 13\. HeyGen, best for the author-on-camera trailer - **Blurb-to-trailer speed:** 30 to 60 minutes for a talking-head trailer. - **Narration quality:** Excellent for scripted presenter reads. - **Cinematic feel:** Presenter-forward; the avatar is the focal point. - **Starting price:** Paid tiers on [HeyGen's pricing page](https://www.heygen.com/pricing). - **Trial:** Free tier available. - **Best for:** Nonfiction authors, self-help writers, and business-book authors who want to appear (or have a presenter appear) reading the pitch to camera. [HeyGen](https://www.heygen.com/) builds a photorealistic talking-head avatar that reads a script. For fiction it feels off; for nonfiction and self-help it works because the trailer is basically "here is the author explaining what is in the book". If you would rather use your own recorded face than an avatar, an [AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar) covers a lighter version of the same idea. See our [HeyGen vs Synthesia](/blog/heygen-vs-synthesia) comparison or our list of [HeyGen alternatives](/blog/best-heygen-alternatives) for the field around this shape of tool. ### 14\. Synthesia, best for enterprise or academic book trailers - **Blurb-to-trailer speed:** 30 to 60 minutes. - **Narration quality:** Polished, enterprise-tuned. - **Cinematic feel:** Presenter-forward, formal. - **Starting price:** Paid tiers on [Synthesia's pricing page](https://www.synthesia.io/pricing). - **Trial:** Free tier and paid plans. - **Best for:** Academic authors, textbook releases, and enterprise book launches where a polished corporate feel is on-brand. [Synthesia](https://www.synthesia.io/) is more corporate than HeyGen and shines when the trailer needs to feel enterprise. For an academic textbook, a business-leadership book, or a professional-services release, that polish is on-brand. For a fiction trailer it reads as too stiff. See [Synthesia alternatives](/blog/best-synthesia-alternatives) if you want the wider list. ## Side-by-side at a glance Here are the 14 tools sorted by the axis that dominates your decision. **Fastest paste-blurb-to-trailer:** MakeAIVideo, InVideo AI, Fliki. All three ship a first cut in under 45 minutes from a paste-blurb start. **Best template galleries:** FlexClip, Renderforest, Canva, Adobe Express. All four label templates by genre or use-case, which shortens the pick step. **Strongest AI narration:** MakeAIVideo, Fliki, Pictory. Genre-tuned voice presets versus generic newsreader defaults is the differentiator. **Most cinematic output:** MakeAIVideo, Runway (as a paired hero clip), Adobe Express with stock. Cinematic here means "feels like a movie trailer" rather than "feels like a slideshow with music". **Best for author-on-camera trailers:** HeyGen, Synthesia, Descript. HeyGen and Synthesia give you an avatar; Descript is the pick if you want your own recorded face and voice. **Cheapest paid entry:** MakeAIVideo at $9, plus free tiers on Canva, FlexClip, Renderforest, Adobe Express, Animoto, InVideo AI, and Fliki. Free tiers ship with watermarks, length limits, or export restrictions that make them fine for a test but not for a real launch. ## Which book trailer maker should you actually pick? The honest short answer depends on the shape of your book and your available time. **Fiction novelist with a launch date this month.** MakeAIVideo. The paste-blurb-to-cinematic-MP4 flow is the shortest path from "I have a blurb" to "I have a live trailer on TikTok". The [AI ad maker](/ai-ad-maker) is built around exactly that motion. **Author who already uses Canva or Adobe for the book cover.** Stay in your existing tool. Canva or Adobe Express gets you a trailer that visually matches everything else you have shipped. The trade-off is a less cinematic feel; if that is fine for your genre (literary, memoir, nonfiction), it is the right call. **Author with a longer synopsis and no visuals.** InVideo AI. It handles 300 to 500 word inputs better than most competitors and auto-selects clips from a broad stock library. Compare the field against [InVideo alternatives](/blog/best-invideo-alternatives) before committing. **Nonfiction or self-help author who wants a talking trailer.** HeyGen or Descript. HeyGen gives you a polished avatar; Descript gives you your own recorded voice and face. For fiction, neither is the right shape. **Author who wants a hero cinematic shot to anchor a template trailer.** Runway plus FlexClip or Renderforest. Generate a 10-second cinematic clip in Runway; drop it into a template-based tool as the opening shot; add narration and text over the rest. This combo produces the strongest hero-plus-template result at a modest cost. **Author on the tightest possible budget.** Free tiers on Canva, Animoto, or Renderforest. All three will ship a watermarked or length-limited trailer for zero cost. Upgrade to a paid tier once you have proof the trailer is driving sales. > **Do not build the trailer inside a full video editor.** Premiere, Final Cut, and DaVinci Resolve are great tools, but they are the wrong shape for a first author trailer. The tools on this list exist because the "text to trailer" pipeline is the shortest path from blurb to finished MP4. Save the timeline editor for the second or third trailer, when you already know exactly what you want to change. ## How much does an AI book trailer cost for authors? Three budget tiers, so you can pick a tool combo that matches what you can spend this month. **Starter tier, $0 to $15/month.** Free tier on Canva, Renderforest, or Animoto to test the concept, plus the Lite plan from [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) at $9 a month for watermark-free finished MP4s. Total: $9 a month, with the free tiers covering practice runs alongside it. **Growth stack, $30 to $60.** A mid-size MakeAIVideo pack for higher render volume, plus a Fliki subscription for AI narration variety, plus optional Adobe Express for cover-matched design assets. This is the "I am running paid ads to my trailer" tier where you want three to five variants per campaign to A/B test. Budget for a competitive auction: TikTok pulled an estimated $23 billion in 2024 with 77% of it coming from advertising, per [Business of Apps](https://www.businessofapps.com/data/tik-tok-statistics/). Compare [MakeAIVideo's plans and pricing](/pricing) against equivalent tiers on other tools before committing. **Scale stack, $100 to $200.** A larger MakeAIVideo pack plus Runway for cinematic hero clips plus Descript for polished audio editing plus HeyGen if you want author-avatar trailers for nonfiction. Total spend still cheaper than one $2,000 agency trailer. For a full-time author launching three or more books a year with a real ad budget, this is the tier that pays for itself in a single successful launch. ## What mistakes should authors avoid with AI book trailers? Five patterns that show up in almost every "my trailer flopped" post-mortem. Worth saying first that the format itself is not the problem: marketers in [HubSpot's 2026 marketing statistics](https://www.hubspot.com/marketing-statistics) name short-form video the single highest-ROI content format at 49%, ahead of long-form video and live streaming. The execution is usually what fails. **1\. Uploading the trailer without a hook in the first 2 seconds.** BookTok, Reels, and Shorts all auto-play, and viewers scroll past anything that does not hook them in the first two seconds. A cover reveal at the start is a scroll-away signal. Open with the sharpest line from the blurb ("Every ledger tells a story. This one names a killer.") and put the cover at the end. If you want a script template that opens hard, [our video hook generator](/tools/video-hook-generator) is a fast starting point. **2\. Making the trailer too long.** Sixty seconds is the ceiling for a launch trailer on TikTok, Reels, or Shorts. That ceiling matches viewer behaviour: [Sprout Social's video research](https://sproutsocial.com/insights/social-media-video-statistics/) has 60% of TikTok users naming short-form video under 60 seconds as the format they interact with most, with Instagram and YouTube close behind. Ninety seconds is the ceiling for YouTube or an Amazon A+ page. Anything longer than that loses drop-off, which the algorithm reads as a signal to stop distributing. Ship the short version first and the long version as a follow-up if the short version works. **3\. Using a text-to-speech voice that sounds like text-to-speech.** Trailer narration is a specific voice style: paced, low, dramatic. A default text-to-speech read of the blurb sounds like an audiobook sample, not a trailer. Tools with genre-tuned trailer voice presets (top three on this list) beat generic AI voices by a wide margin. If the tool you picked does not offer a trailer voice, record your own or hire a Fiverr voiceover for $20. **4\. Skipping the mood match.** A romance trailer with thriller music is a scroll-away. A thriller trailer with a chirpy pop track is a scroll-away. Music selection matters as much as visuals; check that the tool you picked has a genre-labelled music library, and pick the track from your book's genre before you assemble the visuals. **5\. Not including the where-to-buy call to action.** A trailer without a clear "Available now on Amazon" or "Pre-order at \[link\]" at the end is discovery without conversion. Every trailer needs an explicit CTA card in the last three seconds, and the caption on the post needs the pre-order or buy link with a UTM tag so you can see which trailer drove which sales. > **Trailer plus caption plus first pinned comment is one deliverable.** Do not think of the trailer as the whole ship. The trailer is the hook, the caption is the pitch, and the first pinned comment is the buy link. Ship all three at once for every trailer or you leave conversion on the table. Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=inline_cta&utm_content=best-book-trailer-makers-2026)plans from $9/month · allowance tops up monthly ## Book trailer maker FAQs ### What is the best book trailer maker overall? MakeAIVideo is the best all-round pick for indie authors who want a paste-blurb-to-cinematic-trailer workflow. It ships genre-tuned narration voices, stock or AI-generated b-roll, and native vertical output at $9/month. Template-first tools like Canva or FlexClip suit authors who prefer to browse a gallery and pick a style; cinematic clip tools like Runway suit authors who want a hero shot to anchor a template trailer. ### How much does an AI book trailer cost in 2026? Between $0 and $200 depending on tier. Free tiers on Canva, Renderforest, and Animoto ship watermarked trailers at no cost. Paid entry starts at $9 on MakeAIVideo. A traditional agency book trailer still costs $500 to $5,000; every tool on this list is a fraction of that. ### How long should a book trailer be? Sixty seconds for TikTok, Reels, and Shorts. Ninety seconds is the ceiling for YouTube or an Amazon A+ page. Trailers longer than 90 seconds see a drop-off cliff that hurts algorithmic distribution. Ship the short version first and follow up with a longer director's cut only if the short version proves the concept. ### Can I make a book trailer without recording my own voice? Yes. Most tools on this list offer AI narration as the default. The top-tier AI voices in 2026 sound close to a professional voiceover artist, especially the genre-tuned presets on MakeAIVideo and Fliki. Recording your own voice adds a personal feel that some author brands benefit from, but it is not required. ### Do I need to upload my book cover to make a trailer? Most tools let you upload your cover as a still image and include it in the trailer as a cover reveal shot near the end. This is the standard book-trailer structure: hook line first, story tease in the middle, cover reveal plus buy CTA at the end. Uploading the cover takes seconds; the tool handles the reveal animation. ### Which tool works best for BookTok specifically? MakeAIVideo, FlexClip, and Canva all output native 9:16 vertical, which is the required BookTok aspect ratio. MakeAIVideo edges ahead on paste-blurb speed and cinematic feel. FlexClip and Canva shine when you want to pick a template gallery style. Tool choice is only half of it. [Forbes coverage of BookTok](https://www.forbes.com/sites/tonifitzgerald/2026/06/04/heres-what-the-biggest-names-on-booktok-are-reading-this-summer/) notes that TikTok now publishes its own official US BookTok reading list, and that authors who sustain sales do it through ongoing reader community engagement rather than a hashtag alone. Whichever you pick, make sure the export is 9:16 vertical natively, not a cropped 16:9. ### Can I make a book trailer for a nonfiction book? Yes, and the tool shape shifts. Nonfiction trailers benefit from a talking-head or presenter format (HeyGen, Descript) or a text-driven narrated stock-footage build (Pictory, InVideo AI). Fiction trailers benefit more from cinematic clip generation (MakeAIVideo, Runway paired with a template). Pick the tool shape to match the book shape. ### Should I make trailers for older books in my backlog? Yes if the book still sells or could sell. A trailer plus a fresh BookTok push has revived plenty of backlist titles. The reading audience holds up: [Pew Research Center's October 2025 survey](https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/04/09/americans-still-opt-for-print-books-over-digital-or-audio-versions-few-are-in-book-clubs/) found 75% of US adults had read all or part of a book in the previous 12 months, with print still ahead of e-books and audiobooks at 64%. The economics work because the trailer cost is a one-time spend and the promotional runway is indefinite. Pick your top three earning backlist titles and ship one trailer per week for three weeks. ### Can I use one of these tools to output trailers in multiple aspect ratios? Most tools offer native 9:16, 1:1, and 16:9 exports, which covers TikTok/Reels/Shorts, Instagram feed, and YouTube in one workflow. MakeAIVideo, FlexClip, and Canva all handle all three natively. Some tools export only 16:9 and force you to crop, which cuts off the top and bottom of every shot; avoid tools with that limitation. ### What about a book trailer for a series launch? Ship a hero trailer for book one and shorter teaser trailers for books two and three, all in the same visual style so viewers recognise the series across posts. Consistency in mood, voice, and typography does more for a series brand than any single trailer does on its own. Save the character mood board and the voice pick in your tool so book two and three ship faster than book one did. ## Where to start this weekend If your launch date is close and you want the shortest possible path to a live trailer, pick one paste-blurb tool, draft your blurb into a 60-second script, generate the trailer, upload it to your strongest platform, and add the buy link in the caption plus the first pinned comment. That is the whole shipping sequence. For MakeAIVideo specifically, the [AI ad maker](/ai-ad-maker) covers script, narration, b-roll, music, and vertical export in one flow. Plans start at $9 a month for 450 credits, topped back up each billing month. [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) shows one number per plan so you know exactly what you will pay in month two. Whichever tool you pick, the pattern is the same. Hook line in the first two seconds. Story tease in the middle. Cover reveal plus buy CTA at the end. Under 60 seconds. Ship it, watch the analytics for three days, iterate the hook line if the drop-off is early, and reship. The first trailer you launch will not be the best trailer you launch, so lower the bar on version one and iterate from there. ![Jamie Partridge](/images/authors/jamie-partridge.webp) Written by [Jamie Partridge](/about/jamie-partridge) Founder at MakeAIVideo. Writing about AI video generation, scripting, scenes, and shipping content faster. 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MakeAIVideo (best Descript alternative for script-to-video)](#1-makeaivideo-best-descript-alternative-for-script-to-video) - [2\. Pictory (best for script-to-video and blog-to-video for marketers)](#2-pictory-best-for-script-to-video-and-blog-to-video-for-marketers) - [3\. Riverside (best for podcast recording and transcript editing)](#3-riverside-best-for-podcast-recording-and-transcript-editing) - [4\. HeyGen (best for script-to-avatar talking-head)](#4-heygen-best-for-script-to-avatar-talking-head) - [5\. Synthesia (best for enterprise script-to-avatar with governance)](#5-synthesia-best-for-enterprise-script-to-avatar-with-governance) - [6\. Fliki (best for text-to-video with voice cloning at speed)](#6-fliki-best-for-text-to-video-with-voice-cloning-at-speed) - [7\. InVideo AI (best for prompt-to-video short marketing clips)](#7-invideo-ai-best-for-prompt-to-video-short-marketing-clips) - [8\. VEED (best for browser-based editing with auto-captions)](#8-veed-best-for-browser-based-editing-with-auto-captions) - [9\. CapCut Desktop (best free transcript-based editing for short-form)](#9-capcut-desktop-best-free-transcript-based-editing-for-short-form) - [10\. Adobe Premiere Pro (best for pro editing with transcript-based features)](#10-adobe-premiere-pro-best-for-pro-editing-with-transcript-based-features) - [How do Descript alternatives compare side by side?](#how-do-descript-alternatives-compare-side-by-side) - [Which Descript alternative is best for your job?](#which-descript-alternative-is-best-for-your-job) - [How much do Descript alternatives cost?](#how-much-do-descript-alternatives-cost) - [Descript alternatives FAQs](#descript-alternatives-faqs) Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. 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"Ask Perplexity about this article") > **Short answer.** For script-to-finished-video, MakeAIVideo is the best Descript alternative in 2026; for podcast recording with transcript-based editing it is Riverside; for pro editing with native transcript features, Adobe Premiere Pro is the closer fit. **Disclosure before the list: we are MakeAIVideo, and yes, we have ranked ourselves at #1.** Descript alternatives split into three different jobs (script-to-finished-video, transcript-based editing, and podcast/recording) and most "best Descript alternative" posts conflate them. We earned the top spot because we ship the closest thing to what most Descript users actually want at the [script to video](/script-to-video) end of that split: a finished narrated MP4 from a script, with voiceover, scenes, captions, and music in one render. Below we name the specialist competitors that beat us on the narrower jobs (podcast recording, transcript editing of existing footage, broad video editing) where Descript itself was already strong. If you're naming a new podcast as part of the workflow, our [free podcast name generator](/tools/podcast-name-generator) ships 20 ideas per click. For adjacent comparison roundups see our [Pictory alternatives](/blog/best-pictory-alternatives) and [InVideo alternatives](/blog/best-invideo-alternatives) lists. ## The best Descript alternatives in 2026 at a glance # Tool Best for Starting price Free tier 1 **MakeAIVideo** **Best overall** (script-to-finished-video pipeline) $9/mo 7-day trial for new customers 2 [Pictory](https://pictory.ai) Script-to-video and blog-to-video for marketers $25/mo (annual) Yes (limited) 3 [Riverside](https://riverside.com) Podcast recording with transcript-based editing $24/mo (annual) Yes (2 hrs one-off) 4 [HeyGen](https://www.heygen.com) Script-to-avatar (talking head with custom voice) $24/mo (Creator) Yes (1 min cap) 5 [Synthesia](https://www.synthesia.io) Enterprise script-to-avatar with SCORM and governance $29/mo (Starter) Yes (3 min/mo) 6 [Fliki](https://fliki.ai) Text-to-video with voice cloning at speed See vendor Yes (36 credits/mo) 7 [InVideo AI](https://invideo.io/ai) Prompt-to-video for short marketing clips See vendor Yes (limited) 8 [VEED](https://www.veed.io) Browser-based editor with auto-captions See vendor Yes (limited) 9 [CapCut Desktop](https://www.capcut.com) Free transcript-based editing for short-form $0 Yes (full free) 10 [Adobe Premiere Pro](https://www.adobe.com/products/premiere.html) Pro editor with built-in transcript editing $22.99/mo Free trial Anchor links jump to each full review. Pricing as of May 2026; verified against vendor pricing pages where publicly displayed. For tools whose pricing is gated or rendered dynamically, we link the vendor page so you can confirm the current number. ## Why are people searching for Descript alternatives in 2026? Descript is excellent at what it does (edit-by-transcript with strong recording and audio cleanup), but the market around it moved. [Forbes reports](https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidprosser/2025/05/15/action-startups-race-to-capture-the-ai-video-generation-market/) the AI video generation market at roughly $600 million in 2023 with forecasts of $9.3 billion by 2033, and the money chasing that curve has funded a wave of tools built around generating video rather than editing it. Our [full Descript review](/blog/best-descript-review-2026) prices every tier and explains the media-hour cap that drives most of these searches. Descript itself raised a [$50 million Series C led by the OpenAI Startup Fund](https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/15/ai-powered-media-editing-app-descript-lands-fresh-cash-from-openai/) in November 2022, before the generative video category took its current shape. Five recurring complaints push buyers to look at alternatives: **1\. Credit-based AI features that climb fast.** Descript's AI Speech (custom voice clones), Underlord, and translation all consume AI credits, and creators hitting the credit ceiling mid-month want predictable per-finished-video pricing. The credit math is opaque enough that buyers often discover the cost only after they have committed. **2\. The deliverable is a finished narrated video, not a recording you then edit.** Descript starts with a recording and edits it down. A large group of users actually wants the opposite: paste a script, get a finished narrated MP4 with AI voiceover, AI scenes, captions, and music baked in. Descript can do parts of this (AI Speech, stock footage, captions) but the workflow assumes you start with a recording, not a blank slate. The [script-to-video pipeline](/script-to-video) was built for the blank-slate workflow. **3\. Performance on long projects.** Descript's web app slows noticeably on 30+ minute projects with multi-track audio. Power users on Macs report regular spinning beachballs once the project gets big. Specialist editors (Premiere, Final Cut) handle long projects better. **4\. Pricing jumps at the Business tier.** The Hobbyist-to-Creator step is reasonable ($16 to $24) but Creator-to-Business at $50/month feels steep for solo users who just need a few team features. Alternatives with smoother tier progressions cost less at this volume. **5\. Specialised jobs that Descript covers shallowly.** Descript does many things 80% as well as the specialist. For deep podcast workflows (Riverside), pro video editing (Premiere Pro), or script-to-AI-video (us, Pictory, Fliki), the specialist tools are clearly better at the specific job. ## How we tested these Descript alternatives {#how-we-tested} Between February and May 2026 we ran the same brief through every tool on this list: produce a 5-minute talking-head explainer (script in, finished narrated MP4 out) and then a separate brief, edit a 30-minute podcast recording with multi-track audio and burn captions. For each tool we noted render time, output quality, watermark policy, transcript-editing accuracy, and whether the tool produced a finished deliverable end-to-end or stopped mid-pipeline and forced a second editor. **Our eight evaluation criteria:** 1. **End-to-end completeness.** Script in, finished MP4 out, or does the workflow break? 2. **Transcript-editing accuracy.** Does the auto-transcript match the audio? Cleanly? 3. **AI feature depth.** Voice cloning, captions, scene generation, translation. 4. **Render time** for a 5-minute video from script to downloadable MP4. 5. **Pricing transparency** and cost per finished video at the entry tier. 6. **Watermark policy** on free, trial, and paid tiers. 7. **Long-project stability** (30+ minute audio/video projects). 8. **Multi-scene assembly** (can the output be cut between multiple scenes natively?). **The trust paragraph.** We are [the team behind MakeAIVideo](/about), and we have ranked ourselves at #1 because the most common reason buyers leave Descript is "I want a script-to-finished-video pipeline, not a recording editor with AI features bolted on." We are the only tool on this list that does that end to end in one render. We still cover the specialist competitors in full because there are jobs (podcast recording, pro editing, enterprise L&D) where Descript itself or a specialist is the right call, and we name those jobs with real sourced pricing. ## 1\. MakeAIVideo (best Descript alternative for script-to-video) The only tool on this list that takes a script and ships a finished narrated MP4 (AI voiceover, stock footage or AI-generated scenes, captions, music) end to end. Where Descript starts with a recording and edits it down, we start with a script and build the video up. **Why it is the best Descript alternative in 2026:** - **Blank-slate script-to-video, not recording editing.** Descript is brilliant when you have a recording to start with. For users without a recording (no camera, no time, no microphone), MakeAIVideo's [script to video](/script-to-video) mode is the closer fit. Type or paste a script and get a finished narrated video back in a few minutes. - **A flat price, decided when you pick the plan.** Four plans at $9 / $19 / $29 / $49 a month, each a fixed monthly credit allowance, so the whole pipeline sits on one predictable cost rather than a meter that climbs with every AI feature you touch. - **Watermark-free 1080p on every paid tier.** No upsell to remove a logo. No per-export gating. - **End-to-end pipeline that includes everything Descript adds AI to.** Voiceover (with a curated voice library), stock footage or AI scene generation, burned-in captions, royalty-free music. All in one render. Descript covers many of these as add-ons; we ship them as the default workflow. **Where MakeAIVideo is not the answer (and who is):** - If your deliverable is a podcast or talking-head recording you then edit: **Descript** (still strong) or **Riverside** (recording-first platform). - If you need transcript-based editing of existing real-camera footage: **Descript**, **VEED**, or **Adobe Premiere Pro** (now has native transcript editing). - If your deliverable is a script-to-avatar lip-synced presenter: **HeyGen** or **Synthesia**, both covered in detail elsewhere in the avatar category. - If you specifically need a free desktop editor with transcript features: **CapCut Desktop**. - If you want to animate a single still photo as a hook or B-roll segment, [image to video](/image-to-video) is the closer fit than Descript's stock library. **Pricing:** Lite $9, Solo $19, Plus $29 and Pro $49 a month, with 2 months free on yearly billing. Optional one-off top-up packs add credits that never expire. **Try the relevant flow:** [script to video](/script-to-video) is the direct analog. For one-line generation without writing a script first, [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) is the closer fit. > **The thing Descript doesn't ship.** A blank-slate script-to-video pipeline. Descript starts from a recording; we start from a script. If you have no recording, our paste-script flow is the closer fit. [Get started →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) ## 2\. Pictory (best for script-to-video and blog-to-video for marketers) Pictory is the closest direct competitor to MakeAIVideo on the script-to-video and blog-to-video workflow. It takes a script, an article URL, or a long-form video and produces a short narrated video with stock footage, AI voiceover, and burned-in captions. Strong for marketers repurposing existing written content. **Pros:** Mature blog-to-video conversion (paste a URL, get a video). Generous 200-minute monthly allowance on the Starter tier. AI voice library covers the major use cases. Good template library for branded output. **Cons:** Stock-footage-only b-roll (no AI scene generation). Output skews "explainer video with stock B-roll" rather than cinematic. Annual-only pricing display means the monthly true cost is higher than the headline. **Pricing:** Starter $25/month (200 video minutes), Professional $35/month (600 minutes), Team $119/month (1,800 minutes), Enterprise custom. All annual billing. Source: [pictory.ai/pricing](https://pictory.ai/pricing). **The narrow case for Pictory:** your primary workflow is "paste a blog URL, get a video" and stock footage b-roll suits the brand. For our take on the same workflow, see [the blog-to-video product](/blog-to-video). ## 3\. Riverside (best for podcast recording and transcript editing) Riverside is the strongest pick for the recording side of what Descript does. It records remote interviews in studio quality (each participant's local audio uploaded separately), then offers transcript-based editing on the recorded files. If you came to Descript for podcast or interview production specifically, Riverside is the closer fit. The video half of that job matters more than it used to: [Statista's video podcast overview](https://www.statista.com/topics/13383/video-podcasts/) names YouTube the favourite platform among US podcast consumers, so a recording now has to ship as video, not only audio. **Pros:** Best-in-category remote recording quality (uncompressed local audio + 4K local video upload). Unlimited text-based editing on the Pro tier. Strong magic clips and reels features for short-form repurposing. Built around the podcaster's actual workflow. **Cons:** Not a generative AI video tool. The deliverable is "edit your recording," not "generate a new video from a script." Higher entry price than the Descript Hobbyist tier at the equivalent volume. **Pricing:** Free (2-hour one-off), Pro $24/month (15 hours/mo recording, unlimited text-based editing), Live $34/month (adds livestreaming), Webinar $79/month (adds webinar hosting). All annual billing. Source: [riverside.com/pricing](https://riverside.com/pricing). **The narrow case for Riverside:** your workflow is genuinely "record an interview, edit it, ship it." Riverside is purpose-built for that, which neither a transcript editor nor a generation pipeline is. ## 4\. HeyGen (best for script-to-avatar talking-head) HeyGen sits in a different category from Descript but a real subset of Descript users actually want what HeyGen does: paste a script, get a lip-synced talking-head video with an AI avatar. No recording required. The avatar reads the script with strong lip-sync. Pairs naturally with our free [video script generator](/tools/video-script-generator) for the writing side. Forbes reported HeyGen raising a [$60 million Series A led by Benchmark](https://www.forbes.com/sites/charliefink/2024/06/24/heygen-ai-video-scores-60-million-plus-more-cinematic-ai-shorts/) while already profitable on $35 million of annual recurring revenue, which explains why the avatar quality kept moving through 2025 and 2026. **Pros:** Best lip-sync quality at presenter framing in our testing. Custom avatar from a 2-3 minute clip on the Creator tier. Interactive Avatar API for streaming use cases. Translate feature for multilingual content. **Cons:** Talking-head only (no multi-scene assembly with b-roll). Credit-based pricing climbs at scale. Free tier capped at 1 minute with watermark. **Pricing:** Creator $24/month, Team $89/month, Enterprise custom. Source: [heygen.com/pricing](https://www.heygen.com/pricing). For the full category, see the [HeyGen alternatives roundup](/blog/best-heygen-alternatives). **The narrow case for HeyGen:** the entire deliverable is a talking-head clip from a script and you do not need b-roll, captions, or a closing card in the same render. ## 5\. Synthesia (best for enterprise script-to-avatar with governance) Synthesia is HeyGen's enterprise sibling: same script-to-avatar workflow, more procurement-grade governance (SSO, SCORM, audit logs, brand kits at scale). If Descript was your tool for L&D training videos and you need to scale to a library with compliance, Synthesia is the natural step. The enterprise positioning is not marketing language: TechCrunch reported Synthesia serving [60,000 enterprise customers at a $2.1 billion valuation](https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/14/synthesia-snaps-up-180m-on-a-2-1b-valuation-for-its-b2b-ai-video-platform/) in January 2025, then [crossing $100 million in annual recurring revenue and a $4 billion valuation](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/26/synthesia-hits-4b-valuation-lets-employees-cash-in/) a year later. **Pros:** Deepest enterprise feature set (SSO, audit logs, brand kits, role permissions). Native SCORM 1.2/2004 export. Strong PowerPoint integration. Procurement-friendly contracts. **Cons:** Talking-head only (same multi-scene ceiling as HeyGen). Expensive once you need many seats. Avatar realism trails HeyGen at presenter framing. **Pricing:** Starter $29/month, Creator $89/month, Enterprise custom. Source: [synthesia.io/pricing](https://www.synthesia.io/pricing). See our [HeyGen vs Synthesia](/blog/heygen-vs-synthesia) head-to-head for the deep comparison. **The narrow case for Synthesia:** you are buying for an L&D library with SSO and SCORM requirements, and the avatar deliverable is the whole video. Its price is the usual sticking point, and eight cheaper [Synthesia alternatives](/blog/best-synthesia-alternatives) in the same enterprise-avatar bracket are worth pricing before the procurement conversation starts. ## 6\. Fliki (best for text-to-video with voice cloning at speed) Fliki takes a script (or a blog URL) and produces a short narrated video with AI voiceover and stock visuals. Its differentiator is voice cloning at the consumer tier and a deep voice library (1,000+ voices, 80+ languages). Strong for creators repurposing written content across languages. **Pros:** Voice cloning available on the Standard paid tier (cheaper than competitors). 1,000+ AI voices across 80+ languages. Fast text-to-video workflow. Annual credit allowance scales linearly with plan tier. **Cons:** Monthly USD pricing is gated behind the annual toggle on the pricing page. Free tier ships with watermark. Video quality is solid but not cinematic. **Pricing:** Free $0 (36 credits/mo, 720p, watermark). Standard and Premium paid tiers exist with annual credit allowances; verify the current monthly USD at [fliki.ai/pricing](https://fliki.ai/pricing). Custom Enterprise tier. **The narrow case for Fliki:** voice cloning is the deciding feature and you want the broadest voice and language library. ## 7\. InVideo AI (best for prompt-to-video short marketing clips) InVideo AI is broader than Descript on the generative side: paste a prompt or a script, get a short marketing video back, often with multiple iteration rounds. Stronger fit for marketing teams shipping short ads than for podcast or recording-first workflows. **Pros:** Iteration-friendly interface (you chat with the AI to refine the video). Access to 200+ stock asset models. Reasonable AI agent that can build up to 30 minutes of video on the higher tier. **Cons:** Pricing rendered dynamically on the page and shifts often; check [invideo.io/pricing](https://invideo.io) for current numbers. Output skews "marketing template" rather than cinematic. **Pricing:** Free tier available; paid tiers verified at the vendor page. Credit top-ups available on-demand. **The narrow case for InVideo AI:** your workflow is iterative ("regenerate with this change") rather than render-then-edit, and stock-template marketing video suits the brand. ## 8\. VEED (best for browser-based editing with auto-captions) VEED is a browser-based video editor with strong auto-caption and transcript features. If you came to Descript for the auto-caption workflow and not the recording side, VEED covers that job at a lower price point and without installing a desktop app. **Pros:** Browser-based (no install). Strong auto-caption and translation. AI features for filler-word removal and silence trimming. Good template library for short-form social. Pair the captions with our free [TikTok caption counter](/tools/tiktok-caption-counter) before posting. **Cons:** Lighter on the recording side than Descript or Riverside. Pricing displayed dynamically on the page; verify at [veed.io/pricing](https://www.veed.io/pricing). Free tier limited. **Pricing:** Free tier with limits; paid tiers verified at the vendor page. **The narrow case for VEED:** you want a browser-based editor for short-form social clips and the auto-caption workflow is the deciding feature. ## 9\. CapCut Desktop (best free transcript-based editing for short-form) CapCut's desktop app ships with auto-captions and basic transcript-based editing at $0. For creators with a recording who just want to edit it down with text-based tools, CapCut is the budget pick. ByteDance-owned (TikTok parent), so the export presets for TikTok are tight. Short is the point here rather than timeline depth: [Sprout Social's video length guidance](https://sproutsocial.com/insights/video-length-best-practices/) puts LinkedIn brand-awareness video under 30 seconds and Instagram feed video around 26 seconds. **Pros:** Completely free for the desktop app. Auto-captions in 50+ languages. Strong TikTok export presets. Massive template library. For the writing side of the TikTok workflow, our [free TikTok script generator](/tools/tiktok-script-generator) covers it. **Cons:** Not a script-to-video generator (you bring the footage). Lacks Descript's voice cloning and AI Speech. Mobile-first heritage shows in the desktop UI. **Pricing:** Free (CapCut Desktop). CapCut Pro tier exists with cloud and AI features; verify current pricing at [capcut.com](https://www.capcut.com). **The narrow case for CapCut:** you have your own recording, your budget is zero, and the deliverable is a short-form clip for TikTok or Reels. One clip, though, is the limit of hand-editing. When one recording has to become twenty shorts every week, that job belongs to an automatic clipper rather than an editor; our [Opus Clip alternatives](/blog/best-opus-clip-alternatives) roundup covers them. ## 10\. Adobe Premiere Pro (best for pro editing with transcript-based features) Adobe Premiere Pro now ships with native transcript-based editing (Text-Based Editing, introduced in 2023, matured through 2025). For users who came to Descript for the transcript-edit innovation but need pro-grade colour, audio, and effects, Premiere Pro is now a credible alternative on the transcript-editing dimension. **Pros:** Full pro editor (colour, audio, VFX, multicam, collaboration). Text-Based Editing covers most of what made Descript appealing for transcript work. Tight integration with Adobe ecosystem (After Effects, Photoshop, Audition). Industry-standard for film and broadcast. **Cons:** Significant learning curve compared to Descript. No AI Speech or voice cloning out of the box (some features available via Adobe Firefly). $22.99/month single-app or $59.99/month All Apps. **Pricing:** Premiere Pro single-app $22.99/month, $19.50/month if billed annually. Creative Cloud All Apps $59.99/month. Source: [adobe.com](https://www.adobe.com/products/premiere.html). **The narrow case for Premiere Pro:** your output needs pro-grade colour grading, multi-cam editing, or theatrical-quality audio, and you do not need a generative AI script-to-video pipeline. For raw cinematic clips to drop into a Premiere timeline, the [Runway alternatives roundup](/blog/best-runway-alternatives) compares Sora, Kling, Pika, and Luma on the same prompts. ## How do Descript alternatives compare side by side? Tool Script-to-video Transcript editing Recording AI features Pricing transparency **MakeAIVideo** **10/10** 5/10 3/10 9/10 **9/10** Pictory 8/10 6/10 3/10 7/10 7/10 Riverside 3/10 8/10 **9.5/10** 7/10 8/10 HeyGen 7/10 5/10 4/10 8/10 7/10 Synthesia 7/10 4/10 3/10 8/10 7/10 Fliki 7/10 5/10 3/10 7/10 5/10 InVideo AI 7/10 5/10 3/10 7/10 5/10 VEED 4/10 8/10 6/10 7/10 6/10 CapCut 4/10 7/10 5/10 6/10 9/10 Premiere Pro 4/10 **9/10** 7/10 6/10 7/10 Descript (incumbent) 6/10 **9.5/10** 8/10 8/10 6/10 If you would rather skip the editing step entirely, the [MakeAIVideo AI video generator](/) builds the whole narrated video from a prompt, a script or a blog post. ## Which Descript alternative is best for your job? **You came to Descript to paste a script and get a finished narrated video.** MakeAIVideo or Pictory. Both ship a finished MP4 from a script. MakeAIVideo wins on the end-to-end pipeline (footage, voiceover, captions and optional music in one render); Pictory wins on blog-to-video specifically. Pair either with our [video script generator](/tools/video-script-generator) for the script side. **You came to Descript to record podcasts or interviews and edit them.** Riverside, easily. Better recording quality, purpose-built for the podcast workflow, transcript-based editing on the Pro tier. **You came to Descript for the transcript-based editing innovation on existing footage.** Adobe Premiere Pro (now has it natively) or VEED (browser-based, simpler). Both are credible alternatives if transcript editing was the deciding feature. **You came to Descript for AI Speech (voice cloning) at a reasonable price.** Fliki on the Standard tier. Cheaper voice cloning than Descript Creator and a broader voice library. **You came to Descript for the talking-head workflow.** HeyGen (creator/marketing) or Synthesia (enterprise). Both produce script-to-avatar talking-head videos better than Descript's AI Avatars currently does. See [the HeyGen alternatives roundup](/blog/best-heygen-alternatives) for the full avatar category. **You came to Descript for free or near-free editing.** CapCut Desktop. Genuinely free, decent transcript-based features, strong for short-form. **You came to Descript hoping to animate a single still photo into a video.** MakeAIVideo's [animate a photo](/image-to-video) mode is the in-house fit; Descript's stock library covers footage, not single-photo animation. > **The most common Descript escape route.** Buyers leaving Descript are usually choosing between "the recording editor with AI bolted on" and "the script-to-video pipeline built from scratch." If you fall in the second group, an [AI script to video](/script-to-video) tool is the close fit. [Get started →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) ## How much do Descript alternatives cost? Video is rarely a discretionary line item for these buyers. [HubSpot's video marketing statistics](https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/video-marketing-statistics) put business video adoption at 89%, with 93% of marketers calling video a crucial part of overall strategy, so the question is which tool, not whether. We did the math on three real volumes. Numbers reflect monthly cost at the entry-relevant tier. **Volume A: a solo creator shipping 5-10 short videos per month** - Descript Creator: $24/month with 30 hours of media and 800 AI credits. - MakeAIVideo: Lite at $9/month for 450 credits, running to Pro at $49/month as credit use grows. Credit use tracks render mode and video length rather than a fixed number of videos: Lite covers about seven 15-second stock-footage videos (about 59 credits each) or four 30-second ones (about 95 each). - Pictory Starter: $25/month with 200 video minutes. - Riverside Pro: $24/month for the podcast workflow specifically. The three editing-and-stock tools sit inside a $1 band at $24 to $25. Our ladder starts below them at $9, on the smallest credit allowance of the four tiers. Pick on workflow fit, not price. **Volume B: small marketing team producing 30-50 videos/month** - Descript Business: $50/month (or $65 monthly billing). - MakeAIVideo Pro: $49/month for 2,800 credits, the top of our ladder. - Pictory Professional: $35/month (annual). Pictory is cheapest but the deliverable shape differs. Descript Business and our Pro tier land within a dollar of each other, and neither adds a second vendor to the bill as volume climbs. **Volume C: agency or enterprise at 200+ minutes/month** - Editing suites and per-minute tools converge to $100-300/month at this volume. Our largest plan is Pro at $49 a month for 2,800 credits, and one-off top-up packs (up to Bulk at $79 for 4,500 credits, which never expire) cover heavier months. Pick on feature fit and team workflow, not on the headline price. For a worked end-to-end example of the script-to-video flow, see [our deep-dive guide on writing AI video scripts](/blog/how-to-write-an-ai-video-script). Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=inline_cta&utm_content=best-descript-alternatives)plans from $9/month · allowance tops up monthly ## Descript alternatives FAQs ### What is the best Descript alternative in 2026? It depends on which Descript workflow you came in for. For script-to-finished-video, MakeAIVideo [script to video](/script-to-video) is the closest fit. For podcast recording with transcript editing, Riverside is the strongest pick. For pro editing with transcript-based tools, Adobe Premiere Pro now ships the feature natively. For free transcript editing on short-form, CapCut Desktop. ### Is there a free alternative to Descript? Yes. CapCut Desktop ships transcript-based editing at $0. Descript's own free tier offers 60 transcription minutes per month. Riverside offers a 2-hour one-off free recording. Pictory and most AI script-to-video tools offer a limited free tier or free trial. None match Descript's full paid feature set for free, but several cover the specific job you came for. ### What does Descript do that alternatives do not? Descript's unique sell is the depth of edit-by-transcript on recordings combined with AI Speech and Studio Sound in the same product. No single alternative covers all three areas as deeply. The trade-off is that Descript is shallow at any one job compared to a specialist (Riverside for recording, Premiere for pro editing, MakeAIVideo for [script to video](/script-to-video)). ### Is Descript good for podcasting? Yes, but Riverside is better for the recording side specifically (local audio uploads, uncompressed quality, purpose-built remote-interview workflow). Descript's strength in podcasting is the editing-by-transcript flow after the recording. Many podcasters use both: Riverside to record, Descript to edit. ### Can I use AI to write a video script and then turn it into a video? Yes. Use the free [video script generator](/tools/video-script-generator) for the script (6 full HOOK / BODY / CTA scripts per topic across multiple formats), then paste the chosen script into [script to video](/script-to-video) to produce the finished narrated MP4 with voiceover, scenes, captions, and optional music. ### What is the cheapest Descript alternative? CapCut Desktop at $0 for the transcript-editing job. For the script-to-video job, MakeAIVideo's Lite plan at $9 a month is the cheapest entry we list that ships a finished narrated MP4 end to end. Pictory Starter at $25/month (annual) is the next cheapest and comes with a 200-minute allowance. ### Does Descript or its alternatives offer voice cloning? Descript's AI Speech offers voice cloning on the Hobbyist tier and above. Fliki offers it on Standard. HeyGen offers a custom avatar (effectively a video voice clone) on Creator. ElevenLabs (not on this list but worth mentioning) is the audio-only voice-cloning specialist. Different price points, different quality tiers. Whichever you pick, keep a consent record for every cloned voice: the FTC finalised its [Government and Business Impersonation Rule](https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/02/ftc-proposes-new-protections-combat-ai-impersonation-individuals) in February 2024 and proposed extending it to impersonation of individuals, naming AI-generated deepfakes and voice cloning as the reason. ### Can Descript alternatives handle long-form videos better than Descript? Adobe Premiere Pro handles 30+ minute projects more stably than Descript's web app, especially with multi-track audio. Riverside also handles long recordings well. Browser-based tools (Descript, VEED) tend to slow on long projects; desktop pro editors do not. ### What is the difference between Descript and AI script-to-video tools? Descript starts from a recording and edits it down with transcript-based editing and AI features. AI script-to-video tools (MakeAIVideo, Pictory, Fliki, InVideo) start from a script and build the video up with AI voiceover, AI scenes or stock footage, captions, and music in one render. Different starting point, different deliverable. ### Can I edit existing videos with AI in alternatives to Descript? Yes. VEED, CapCut Desktop, and Adobe Premiere Pro all offer transcript-based editing on existing footage with AI features bolted on (auto-captions, filler-word removal, silence trimming). For generating new videos from photos rather than editing existing footage, the photo-to-video category is a different toolset. ![Jamie Partridge](/images/authors/jamie-partridge.webp) Written by [Jamie Partridge](/about/jamie-partridge) Founder at MakeAIVideo. Writing about AI video generation, scripting, scenes, and shipping content faster. [More about the author](/about/jamie-partridge) ## Free AI video tools - [ Video Script Generator Generate 6 full HOOK / BODY / CTA video scripts in any format, short-form, long-form, tutorial, VSL, talking-head, product demo. Free, no signup, instant. ](/tools/video-script-generator) - [ Video Hook Generator Generate 10 attention-grabbing video hooks for any topic. Patterns proven to drive watch-through on TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-hook-generator) - [ Video Idea Generator Get 10 ready-to-shoot video ideas tailored to your niche. Built from formats that consistently win views on TikTok, Reels, and Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-idea-generator) - [ YouTube Description Generator Generate 5 full YouTube descriptions per click with hook, summary, chapters, CTA, and hashtags. Live 5,000-char count. Free. ](/tools/youtube-description-generator) ## More AI video guides Comparisons [ ### Best HeyGen Alternatives in 2026 (10 Tested) ](/blog/best-heygen-alternatives) 10 HeyGen alternatives tested on the same brief: best for multi-scene pipelines, enterprise L&D, photo-to-presenter, personalised outreach. Real sourced pricing. 31 May 2026·20 min read Guides [ ### How to write a video script (the 60-second template) ](/blog/how-to-write-an-ai-video-script) How to write a video script that lands: a copy-paste 60-second template, the word counts that match every platform, three full example scripts, and the prompts we use to draft them. 31 May 2026·17 min read Comparisons [ ### Best Book Trailer Maker (2026): 14 AI Tools Ranked for Authors ](/blog/best-book-trailer-makers-2026) The best book trailer maker for 2026, ranked. 14 AI tools tested for indie authors on template quality, narration, cinematic clips, and monthly cost. 15 August 2026·25 min read Buyer's Guides [ ### Best Pictory Alternatives in 2026 (8 Tested With Real Pricing) ](/blog/best-pictory-alternatives) 8 Pictory alternatives tested across script-to-video quality, AI voice, scene generation, and cost. Real 2026 pricing, side-by-side scoring, recommended picks. 10 June 2026·14 min read Comparisons [ ### Best Twitch Clip Maker (2026): 14 AI Tools Ranked ](/blog/best-twitch-clip-makers-2026) The best twitch clip maker for 2026, ranked. 14 AI tools tested on VOD auto-detection, vertical crop, captions, and cost for streamers. 7 September 2026·21 min read Comparisons [ ### Best Real Estate Marketing Videos Tools (2026): 15 Ranked ](/blog/best-video-tools-for-real-estate-agents-2026) The best tools for real estate marketing videos in 2026, ranked. 15 AI video makers tested on listing walkthroughs, agent branding, and paid Meta ads. 15 August 2026·27 min read Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. Plans from $9 a month with credits included, topped back up every billing month. 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Below: what it does, every plan priced from the vendor's own page, the one number that decides your tier, and where it stops. The category is well funded rather than speculative. TechCrunch reported that [Descript raised a $50 million Series C led by the OpenAI Startup Fund](https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/15/ai-powered-media-editing-app-descript-lands-fresh-cash-from-openai/) at roughly a $550 million valuation, more than double its $260 million valuation in January 2021, bringing total funding to $100 million. The demand underneath it is broad: HubSpot's roundup of [video marketing statistics](https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/video-marketing-statistics) cites Wistia data that 93% of marketers consider video a crucial part of their strategy, and Wyzowl figures putting business video adoption at 89%. ## How this review was built We have not run a controlled bake-off of Descript against a stopwatch, and this review does not pretend otherwise. Every price and feature below is read from [Descript's own published plans page](https://www.descript.com/pricing) and help documentation in September 2026, and quoted as those pages state it. Where a figure could be read two ways, it says so rather than picking one. We apply the same rule to our own numbers, which are derived from [MakeAIVideo's plans and pricing](/pricing) page rather than retyped. That matters here specifically, because Descript's pricing toggle is easy to misread. Descript's own marketing says paid plans start "from $16/month", which is the annual rate; the monthly rate is higher, and the page advertises "saving up to 35%" for annual billing. ## What Descript actually is Descript is a transcript-first editor. It ingests your recording, transcribes it, and presents the transcript as the editing surface. The video and audio follow the words. That produces a handful of genuinely useful behaviours: - **Cut by deleting text.** Removing a sentence from the transcript removes it from the video. - **Filler word removal.** "Um", "uh" and long pauses can be stripped in bulk rather than hunted on a waveform. - **Voice cloning.** Descript's AI Speech lets you generate speech in a clone of your own voice, which is how you fix a misspoken word without re-recording. - **Screen recording and multitrack.** It records the source material as well as editing it, which matters for tutorials and remote interviews. - **Underlord**, its AI layer, which the plans page positions as the gate between the cheapest paid tier and the rest. The pitch is that a person who can edit a document can edit a video. For talking-head content, that is broadly true, and it is a different proposition from an [AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar) that generates a presenter from a script. ## Descript pricing in 2026 From [the published plans page](https://www.descript.com/pricing), September 2026. Prices shown are the annual per-month rate, with the monthly rate in brackets. Plan Price Media hours AI credits Export Free $0 60 min/month 100 one-time 720p, watermarked Hobbyist $16/mo ($24 monthly) 10 hrs/month 400/month 1080p, no watermark Creator $24/mo ($35 monthly) 30 hrs/month 800/month 4K, no watermark Business $50/mo ($65 monthly) 40 hrs/month 1,500/month 4K, no watermark Enterprise Custom Custom Custom Custom Creator adds full Underlord, 20-plus AI tools, video generation and unlimited stock media, and allows top-ups. Business adds Brand Studio team access, translation and dubbing in 30-plus languages, custom avatars and priority support with an SLA. Enterprise adds SSO and SCIM. **The free tier is a demo, not a plan.** 720p with a watermark is not publishable, and 60 minutes a month runs out during a single long recording. ### The number that decides your tier Not the price. **Media hours.** Descript meters how much footage you upload, not how much you export, and the jump from 10 hours to 30 is what separates Hobbyist from Creator. That is the trap most people fall into. A weekly podcast recorded with three camera angles burns media hours at three times the rate of the finished runtime. A 45-minute episode can consume well over two hours of the allowance before a single cut is made. Work out your real monthly upload volume before choosing, and our [speech time calculator](/tools/speech-time-calculator) will tell you how long your scripted segments actually run. > **Descript edits what you already recorded.** If there is no recording yet, the editor is the wrong first purchase. A generation pipeline writes the script, produces the voiceover and scenes, and returns a finished cut with nothing filmed. That is what [script to video](/script-to-video) does. ## Where Descript is strong **Podcast and interview workflows.** This is the home ground. Multitrack recording, per-speaker transcripts, filler removal and Studio Sound together replace a lot of manual audio work. **Tutorials and screen recordings.** Recording and editing in one tool, with the transcript as the timeline, suits software walkthroughs particularly well. **Fixing a line without re-recording.** Voice cloning to patch a misspoken word is a real time saver, and it is the feature people cite most often when they stay. **Collaboration on wording.** Because the edit is a document, a non-editor can suggest cuts in the transcript. For teams where the reviewer is not the editor, that is a genuine workflow advantage. Drafting the words first is a separate step, and our free [video script generator](/tools/video-script-generator) handles it. ## Where Descript stops **It is not a generator.** Descript edits footage you supply. It cannot turn a topic into a finished video, because there is nothing to transcribe until you have recorded something. This is the single most common mismatch between what buyers want and what they get. **Media hours are the real ceiling.** The pricing looks gentle next to [HeyGen](https://www.heygen.com/pricing) or [Synthesia](https://www.synthesia.io/pricing) until you count upload volume on a multi-camera shoot. **AI credits are a second meter.** Underlord usage draws on a monthly credit pool that resets, so heavy AI use can exhaust the tier before the media hours do. **720p and a watermark on free.** Worth restating because the free tier is often presented as a way to ship a first video. It is not. For the article-to-video job specifically, [a blog-to-video pipeline](/blog-to-video) needs no recording at all. ## Descript and MakeAIVideo do different jobs We build MakeAIVideo's [script to video](/script-to-video) tool, so weigh this accordingly and read [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) yourself. The two tools sit on opposite sides of one question: do you already have footage? Descript starts with a recording and makes editing it feel like editing a document. MakeAIVideo starts with a topic or a script and returns a finished, composed 1080p MP4 with the script written, the voiceover recorded, the scenes built, captions timed and optional music laid under it. There is nothing to record and nothing to assemble. For most people publishing at cadence, that is the difference between a workflow that runs weekly and one that depends on finding time to film. It is why the same pipeline covers a faceless channel, vertical social formats and presenter-led video from one input. **Pricing, from [MakeAIVideo's plans](/pricing) in September 2026:** Lite at $9/month or $90/year with 450 credits a month, Solo at $19/month or $190/year with 1,000 credits, Plus at $29/month or $290/year with 1,600 credits, Pro at $49/month or $490/year with 2,800 credits. New customers get a 7-day trial (card required, $0 today, trial videos capped at 10 seconds of script), and one-time top-up packs from $9 stack on top without expiring. **The narrow case for Descript:** your raw material is a recording of a real person, the deliverable is that recording edited well, and transcript-based editing is the workflow you want. That is a real job and Descript does it better than anything else. It is simply a different job from generating video that does not exist yet. > **Not sure which half you need?** If your next video starts from a blank page rather than a memory card, the editor is not the bottleneck. Try [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) and see what comes back. ## Is Descript worth it in 2026? Yes, on two conditions. You record people talking, and you publish enough to clear the media-hour allowance you are paying for. Hit both and Creator at $24 a month on annual billing is well priced for what it removes from your week. Fail either and it is an expensive transcript viewer. If you record occasionally, the free tier will not publish and the paid tiers will sit unused. If you do not record at all, no tier on the list solves your problem, and an [AI video generator](/) that builds the video from a script is the better fit. For the field around it, our roundup of [Descript alternatives](/blog/best-descript-alternatives) compares the transcript editors and the pipelines side by side, and our [Opus Clip alternatives](/blog/best-opus-clip-alternatives) roundup covers the job of turning one long recording into many short ones. Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=inline_cta&utm_content=best-descript-review-2026)plans from $9/month · allowance tops up monthly ## FAQ ### Is Descript worth it in 2026? Yes if you regularly record people talking and publish enough to use the media hours. It is poor value for occasional recording, and useless if you have no footage. ### How much does Descript cost? Paid plans start at $16 a month on annual billing, or $24 billed monthly. Creator is $24 annually and Business $50, with a free tier limited to 720p watermarked export. ### Does Descript have a free plan? Yes, at $0 with 60 media minutes a month and 100 one-time AI credits. Exports are 720p with a watermark, so treat it as a trial rather than a way to publish. ### What are Descript media hours? They meter how much footage you upload, not how much you export. Multi-camera recordings consume the allowance several times faster than the finished runtime suggests. ### Can Descript generate video from a script? Not from nothing. Descript edits material you record or supply, and its AI tools work on that footage. Generating a finished video from a topic is a different category of tool. ### Can Descript clone my voice? Yes. AI Speech creates a clone from your own recordings, which is how you correct a misspoken line without re-recording the segment. ### What is Underlord in Descript? Underlord is Descript's AI layer. The plans page gates limited access at Hobbyist and full access with 20-plus AI tools at Creator and above. ![Jamie Partridge](/images/authors/jamie-partridge.webp) Written by [Jamie Partridge](/about/jamie-partridge) Founder at MakeAIVideo. Writing about AI video generation, scripting, scenes, and shipping content faster. [More about the author](/about/jamie-partridge) ## Free AI video tools - [ Video Script Generator Generate 6 full HOOK / BODY / CTA video scripts in any format, short-form, long-form, tutorial, VSL, talking-head, product demo. Free, no signup, instant. ](/tools/video-script-generator) - [ Speech Time Calculator Paste your script and instantly calculate spoken duration at 5 speaking rates (audiobook, conversational, presenter, energetic, auctioneer). ](/tools/speech-time-calculator) - [ Video Hook Generator Generate 10 attention-grabbing video hooks for any topic. Patterns proven to drive watch-through on TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-hook-generator) - [ YouTube Money Calculator Estimate YouTube ad revenue from views with niche-specific RPM ranges from 2026 creator-economy data. Low, typical, and high earnings band. ](/tools/youtube-money-calculator) ## More AI video guides Comparisons [ ### Best Descript Alternatives in 2026 (10 Tested) ](/blog/best-descript-alternatives) 10 Descript alternatives tested for script-to-video, transcript editing, podcast recording, and finished narrated videos. Real sourced pricing, honest verdicts. 31 May 2026·21 min read Buyer's Guides [ ### Best Opus Clip Alternatives in 2026 (7 Tested With Real Pricing) ](/blog/best-opus-clip-alternatives) 7 Opus Clip alternatives tested on clip quality, captions, reframing, and cost. Real 2026 pricing, side-by-side scoring, honest picks by use case. 8 July 2026·17 min read Reviews [ ### HeyGen Review (2026): Avatars, Credits, and the Real Cost ](/blog/best-heygen-review-2026) A HeyGen review for 2026: what the avatar library actually delivers, every plan priced from the vendor page, how the credit meter works, and where it is the wrong tool. 21 September 2026·8 min read Buyer's Guides [ ### Best Pictory Alternatives in 2026 (8 Tested With Real Pricing) ](/blog/best-pictory-alternatives) 8 Pictory alternatives tested across script-to-video quality, AI voice, scene generation, and cost. Real 2026 pricing, side-by-side scoring, recommended picks. 10 June 2026·14 min read Launch [ ### Why we built MakeAIVideo: an end-to-end AI video pipeline ](/blog/why-we-built-makeaivideo) Why we built MakeAIVideo: what's broken with current AI video tools, the pipeline choices we made, and what 'end-to-end in seconds' means in practice. 17 May 2026·11 min read Reviews [ ### Pika Labs Review (2026): Pikaffects, Pricing, and Where It Fits ](/blog/best-pika-labs-review-2026) Pika Labs review 2026: Pika 2.5, Pikaffects, Pikaframes, pricing tiers, and where the Discord-born model fits into a finished narrated video workflow. 17 September 2026·19 min read Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. Plans from $9 a month with credits included, topped back up every billing month. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=bottom_cta&utm_content=best-descript-review-2026) [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing)·[Explore tools](/tools) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/blog/best-heygen-alternatives --- title: "Best HeyGen Alternatives in 2026 (10 Tools Tested)" description: "10 HeyGen alternatives tested: best for multi-scene pipelines, enterprise L&D, photo-to-presenter, personalised outreach. Real sourced pricing. Honest verdict." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/blog/best-heygen-alternatives format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- 1. [Blog](/blog) 2. Comparisons 3. Buyer's Guides # Best HeyGen Alternatives in 2026 (10 Tested) 10 HeyGen alternatives tested on the same brief: best for multi-scene pipelines, enterprise L&D, photo-to-presenter, personalised outreach. 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Synthesia (best for enterprise L&D and training libraries)](#2-synthesia-best-for-enterprise-ld-and-training-libraries) - [3\. D-ID (best for photo-to-presenter and conversational avatars)](#3-d-id-best-for-photo-to-presenter-and-conversational-avatars) - [4\. Colossyan (best for workplace training with branching scenarios)](#4-colossyan-best-for-workplace-training-with-branching-scenarios) - [5\. Hour One (best for polished corporate spokesperson video)](#5-hour-one-best-for-polished-corporate-spokesperson-video) - [6\. Tavus (best for personalised 1:1 outreach + conversational avatar APIs)](#6-tavus-best-for-personalised-11-outreach-conversational-avatar-apis) - [7\. Descript (best for edit-by-transcript recorded video)](#7-descript-best-for-edit-by-transcript-recorded-video) - [8\. Vyond (best for animated character storytelling)](#8-vyond-best-for-animated-character-storytelling) - [9\. Elai (best for URL/PDF/PPTX-to-video conversion)](#9-elai-best-for-urlpdfpptx-to-video-conversion) - [10\. Akool (best for face-swap and creative avatar experiments)](#10-akool-best-for-face-swap-and-creative-avatar-experiments) - [How much do HeyGen alternatives cost in 2026?](#how-much-do-heygen-alternatives-cost-in-2026) - [How do I choose the best HeyGen alternative?](#how-do-i-choose-the-best-heygen-alternative) - [What should I look for in a HeyGen alternative?](#what-should-i-look-for-in-a-heygen-alternative) - [HeyGen alternatives FAQs](#heygen-alternatives-faqs) Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. 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We earned the top spot because we are the only tool on this list that does the avatar shot **as a scene inside a full multi-scene pipeline** (script, voiceover, b-roll, captions, music, finished MP4). Below we name the specialised competitors that beat us on the narrower jobs where a single-feature tool is genuinely the right call. ## The best HeyGen alternatives in 2026 at a glance # Tool Best for Starting price Free trial 1 **MakeAIVideo** **Best overall** (talking-head as one scene in a full multi-scene pipeline) $9/mo 7-day trial (new customers) 2 [Synthesia](https://www.synthesia.io) Enterprise L&D + training libraries (SSO, audit logs, SCORM) $29/mo Free tier (limited) 3 [D-ID](https://www.d-id.com) Photo-to-presenter from one still + conversational avatar APIs $5.90/mo (annual) Free tier 4 [Colossyan](https://www.colossyan.com) Workplace training with branching scenarios $27/mo Free trial 5 Hour One Polished corporate spokesperson video (IR, HR, comms) $25/mo Free trial 6 [Tavus](https://www.tavus.io) Personalised 1:1 outreach + conversational avatar API $59/mo Free tier 7 Descript Edit-by-transcript for recorded talking-head + screen-share $19/mo Free tier 8 [Vyond](https://www.vyond.com) Animated character storytelling (illustrated, not photoreal) $49/mo (annual) Free trial 9 [Elai](https://elai.io) URL/PDF/PPTX-to-video conversion at speed $29/mo Free trial 10 [Akool](https://akool.com) Face-swap, live avatars, creative marketing experiments $30/mo Free tier Anchor links jump to each full review. Pricing as of May 2026; we've sourced every number against the vendor's pricing page. ## Why are people looking for HeyGen alternatives in 2026? Not because the company is struggling. Forbes reported HeyGen raising a [$60 million Series A led by Benchmark](https://www.forbes.com/sites/charliefink/2024/06/24/heygen-ai-video-scores-60-million-plus-more-cinematic-ai-shorts/) while already profitable on $35 million of annual recurring revenue, and [reaching $100 million in recurring revenue with almost 200,000 paying customers](https://www.forbes.com/sites/annatong/2025/11/06/heygen-rides-the-ai-video-boom-rocket/) by late 2025. The complaints below are about product shape, not viability. Our [full HeyGen review](/blog/best-heygen-review-2026) prices every tier and explains the credit meter behind most of these searches. HeyGen's own [alternatives page](https://www.heygen.com/alternatives) deliberately skips this question, which is the entire searcher intent. Seven concrete reasons we see, drawn from three months of competitor research: **1\. Talking-head-only ceiling on a finished video.** HeyGen's whole product is an avatar reading a script in front of a static or templated backdrop. The moment a video needs a mid-roll cut to product b-roll, a chart, or a closing CTA card, the buyer has to assemble outputs in a second editor. The alternatives space matters because pipeline tools collapse that workflow into one render. **2\. Credit-based pricing that climbs unpredictably at scale.** HeyGen's Creator and Team plans bundle a credit allowance, and heavy users hit the credit ceiling well before the month is out, then pay add-on rates per second of generation. Buyers want pricing that maps to finished videos shipped, not to opaque per-second tokens that make budgeting impossible. **3\. Avatar realism still reads as "avatar" at close range.** HeyGen has shipped multiple avatar generations, but micro-expressions, idle motion, and hand gestures still betray the synthetic origin at presenter-size framing. Premium ad creative and polished spokesperson work often need either a real person or a tool that hides the limitation with multi-scene editing. **4\. Watermark and key features gated behind higher tiers.** HeyGen's free tier ships with a watermark, and several features (custom avatars, longer renders, 1080p exports) require stepping up to Creator or Team. Alternatives that ship watermark-free 1080p on the entry paid tier remove an upsell friction that buyers resent. **5\. Enterprise governance gaps for procurement-grade buyers.** Larger L&D and HR buyers need SSO, audit logs, role permissions, SCORM exports, and a procurement-friendly contract. HeyGen's enterprise tier covers some of this, but Synthesia and Colossyan are still the defaults when the buyer is procurement, not the marketing team. **6\. Multi-scene assembly forces a second tool anyway.** Even when a HeyGen avatar shot is the right primary scene, the finished video usually needs an opening hook frame, mid-roll b-roll, captions burned in, and a CTA card. Each of those is a second tool (Descript, Premiere, CapCut, Canva) and a stitched export. Pipeline tools that ship the finished MP4 from a script remove three to five steps. **7\. Output skews corporate by default.** HeyGen's stock avatars, voices, and templates are calibrated for corporate explainer and training use cases. Creators making [AI UGC video](/ai-ugc-video) ads or running a [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) often want a different aesthetic, and force-fitting HeyGen to that job produces clips that look like training videos. ## How we tested these HeyGen alternatives {#how-we-tested} Between February and May 2026 we ran the same brief through every tool on this list that would let us in: a 60-second product explainer for a fictional running-shoe brand, delivered by an AI presenter, with a mid-roll cut to b-roll of the shoe in motion. We tested each tool on its lowest paid tier (or free tier where one exists), timed the render, downloaded the file, and inspected resolution, watermarking, lip-sync, and whether the b-roll cut was even possible inside the tool or required a second editor. Where a tool was avatar-only with no scene-cut support, we noted the gap and finished the deliverable in an external editor to fairly time the full job. **Our eight evaluation criteria:** 1. **End-to-end completeness.** Does the tool ship a finished narrated video, or just a talking-head clip you then have to assemble? 2. **Avatar realism and lip-sync** on an identical 60-second script 3. **Multi-scene support.** Can you cut between an avatar shot and AI-generated b-roll inside the same render? 4. **Render time** from script paste to downloadable MP4 5. **Pricing transparency** and cost per finished minute at the entry tier 6. **Watermark policy** on free, trial, and paid tiers 7. **Aspect ratios** supported (9:16, 16:9, 1:1) and whether each requires a separate render 8. **Export quality** (1080p minimum, file format, editability after render) **The trust paragraph.** We are MakeAIVideo, and we have ranked ourselves at #1 because almost everyone searching for a HeyGen alternative is hitting the same ceiling (talking-head-only output) and we are the only tool on this list that does talking-head as one scene inside a full multi-scene pipeline. We still cover the specialised competitors in full because there are jobs (deep enterprise L&D libraries, conversational/interactive avatars, dubbed-over real footage) where a specialised tool is the right call, and we name those jobs with real sourced pricing. ## 1\. MakeAIVideo (best HeyGen alternative overall) The only tool on this list that takes a script and ships a finished narrated MP4 (avatar shots, b-roll scenes, captions, music) end to end, not just a talking-head clip you then have to assemble. **Why it's the best HeyGen alternative in 2026:** - **Talking-head as a subset, not the ceiling.** HeyGen's whole product is the avatar in front of a static or templated background. Our pipeline does the same avatar shot AND cuts to b-roll scenes inside the same render. People searching for HeyGen alternatives are almost always escaping that ceiling. - **Finished MP4 from a script, not just a clip you assemble.** Every other entry on this list, including HeyGen, gives you a talking-head clip and leaves the scene cuts, music bed, captions, and final mix to you. We ship script-to-MP4 in one render with voiceover, scenes, captions, and optional music baked in. - **Predictable monthly pricing, not per-second guesswork.** Four flat plans at $9 / $19 / $29 / $49 a month, each a fixed credit allowance, so the cost is decided when you pick the plan rather than by a per-second meter you cannot forecast. - **Watermark-free on every paid tier.** No upsell to remove a logo. Several HeyGen alternatives still gate watermark removal behind a higher tier or a per-export add-on. **Where MakeAIVideo is not the answer (and who is):** - If you need deep enterprise L&D with SSO, audit logs, and SCORM: **Synthesia**. - If you need to animate a single still photo into a talking presenter, or build a conversational/streaming avatar into your own product: **D-ID** or **Tavus**. - If your deliverable is recorded talking-head with screen-share (podcasts, courses): **Descript**. **Pricing:** Lite $9, Solo $19, Plus $29 and Pro $49 a month, with 2 months free on yearly billing. Optional one-off top-up packs add credits that never expire. **Try the relevant flow:** the [AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar) is the direct HeyGen analog. For creator-style paid-social ads, see [AI UGC video](/ai-ugc-video). For polished corporate presenter work, an [AI spokesperson video](/ai-spokesperson-video) is the closer fit. > **The thing HeyGen doesn't ship.** A finished video is rarely one avatar shot. It's the avatar + b-roll + captions + music. MakeAIVideo's [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) mode builds that kind of multi-scene video in one render. [Get started →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) ## 2\. Synthesia (best for enterprise L&D and training libraries) The default enterprise pick when learning, compliance, or HR needs a library of training modules with branded avatars and the deepest stock-avatar bench. The procurement track record is documented: TechCrunch reported Synthesia at [60,000 enterprise customers and a $2.1 billion valuation](https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/14/synthesia-snaps-up-180m-on-a-2-1b-valuation-for-its-b2b-ai-video-platform/) in January 2025, then [$100 million in annual recurring revenue at a $4 billion valuation](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/26/synthesia-hits-4b-valuation-lets-employees-cash-in/) a year later, with Bosch, Merck and SAP named as customers. **Pros:** Deepest enterprise feature set (SSO, audit logs, brand kits, role permissions). Large stock-avatar library with diverse demographics. Strong PowerPoint and SCORM integrations. Mature governance and procurement-friendly contracts. **Cons:** Talking-head-only output, the same ceiling as HeyGen. Expensive once you need more than a handful of seats. Avatars still read as avatars at close range. **Pricing:** Starter $29/month, Creator $89/month, Enterprise custom. Source: [synthesia.io/pricing](https://www.synthesia.io/pricing). **The narrow case for Synthesia:** you're a learning team buying for hundreds of seats and you need audit logs, brand kits, and SCORM export. (For lighter spokesperson use without the enterprise overhead, an [AI spokesperson video](/ai-spokesperson-video) is the closer fit. For a wider survey of Synthesia-class enterprise avatar tools, see our [Synthesia alternatives](/blog/best-synthesia-alternatives) roundup and the [HeyGen vs Synthesia](/blog/heygen-vs-synthesia) feature comparison.) ## 3\. D-ID (best for photo-to-presenter and conversational avatars) The strongest pick when you want to animate a single still photo into a talking presenter, or when you need an interactive conversational avatar for NLP/streaming use cases. **Pros:** Photo-to-presenter from one still image is the category benchmark. Real-time streaming/interactive avatar API for conversational use cases. Reasonable entry pricing for solo creators. **Cons:** Avatar emotional range is thinner than HeyGen's video-trained avatars. Still avatar-only, no multi-scene pipeline. Pricing tiers can confuse on credits vs minutes. **Pricing:** Lite $5.90/month, Pro $49/month, Advanced $196/month (annual billing). Source: [d-id.com/pricing](https://www.d-id.com/pricing/). **The narrow case for D-ID:** you specifically want to animate a single existing photograph into a presenter, or you're building a conversational avatar into your own product. (For consumer-flavoured photo animation without the talking-head, see how to [animate a photo](/image-to-video) with MakeAIVideo.) ## 4\. Colossyan (best for workplace training with branching scenarios) Purpose-built for L&D teams that need branching scenarios and quiz interactions inside an avatar-led training module. **Pros:** Native branching/conversation scenarios for soft-skills training. SCORM and LMS-ready exports. Multi-avatar scene support inside a single module. **Cons:** Aimed squarely at corporate training, awkward for marketing creators. Output styling feels dated next to newer avatar generators. Limited use outside the L&D buyer profile. **Pricing:** Starter $27/month, Pro $97/month, Enterprise custom. Source: [colossyan.com/pricing](https://www.colossyan.com/pricing). **The narrow case for Colossyan:** the deliverable is a workplace-learning module with branching choices and SCORM export. ## 5\. Hour One (best for polished corporate spokesperson video) Hour One leans into polished corporate presenter video (announcements, IR updates, HR comms) with a roster of cinematic-grade avatars. **Pros:** Avatar quality skews cinematic and corporate-polished. Solid template library aimed at business comms use cases. Self-serve plans suitable for marketing teams. **Cons:** Narrower template variety than HeyGen or Synthesia for non-corporate use. Still talking-head-only, no scene-cut pipeline. Less creator/social positioning than newer entrants. **Pricing:** Lite $25/month, Business $108/month, Enterprise custom per the current Hour One pricing page. **The narrow case for Hour One:** the deliverable is a polished single-presenter corporate announcement and you want a higher-end avatar look than HeyGen's defaults. (If you're combining a polished presenter with b-roll and a CTA card, our [AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar) keeps it as one render.) ## 6\. Tavus (best for personalised 1:1 outreach + conversational avatar APIs) Tavus is the developer-first pick when you want to send personalised avatar videos to lists of named recipients or build a conversational avatar into your own product. TechCrunch covered its [$18 million Series A led by Scale Venture Partners](https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/12/generative-ai-video-startup-tavus-raises-18m-to-bring-face-and-voice-cloning-to-any-app/) and the consent process behind the replicas: users record a specific verbal consent statement that is matched against the training footage, with a human review on every replica that clears the automated checks. **Pros:** API-first architecture for templated personalisation at scale. Real-time conversational avatar (CVI) for sales/support use cases. Strong fit for product engineering teams. **Cons:** Self-serve UI is thinner than HeyGen for one-off creators. Pricing is opaque on higher tiers without sales contact. Quality on personalised renders varies with input video quality. **Pricing:** Free tier, Starter $59/month, Business $375/month, Enterprise custom. Source: [tavus.io/pricing](https://www.tavus.io/pricing). **The narrow case for Tavus:** you're sending personalised avatar videos to a list of named recipients (each with their own name on the avatar's lips) or building a conversational avatar into your own product. (For non-personalised spokesperson video at scale, an [AI spokesperson video](/ai-spokesperson-video) is simpler.) ## 7\. Descript (best for edit-by-transcript recorded video) The right alternative when your videos are actually recorded talking-head or screen-share, not generated avatars, and you want transcript-based editing. Descript raised a [$50 million Series C led by the OpenAI Startup Fund](https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/15/ai-powered-media-editing-app-descript-lands-fresh-cash-from-openai/) in 2022 and built its Overdub voice cloning on the Lyrebird team it acquired in 2019. **Pros:** Edit-by-transcript is genuinely faster than timeline editing for spoken video. Strong AI features (Studio Sound, filler-word removal, voice cloning). Solid screen recorder built in for tutorials and product demos. **Cons:** Not a generative avatar tool, it edits real recorded footage. Avatar/overdub features are secondary to the editor. Learning curve if you've never edited by transcript before. **Pricing:** Free tier, Hobbyist $19/month, Creator $35/month, Business $50/user/month (descript.com/pricing). **The narrow case for Descript:** your videos are recorded talking-head or screen-share, not generated. (See MakeAIVideo [script to video](/script-to-video) if you'd rather generate the narration end to end instead.) If transcript editing is what you actually came for, the avatar tools on this list are the wrong shelf entirely, and our [Descript alternatives](/blog/best-descript-alternatives) roundup is the one to read instead. ## 8\. Vyond (best for animated character storytelling) Vyond solves a different shape of the same problem: animated character storytelling instead of photoreal avatars, when the brand wants illustrated over realistic. **Pros:** Mature animated-character library with strong corporate storytelling templates. Lip-sync to imported voiceover works reliably on illustrated characters. Trusted by enterprise L&D buyers for a decade. **Cons:** Illustrated style is a deliberate choice, not photoreal. Subscriptions start higher than most photoreal avatar tools. Less generative AI under the hood than newer entrants. **Pricing:** Essential $49/month, Premium $99/month, Professional $179/month (annual). Source: [vyond.com/pricing](https://www.vyond.com/pricing). **The narrow case for Vyond:** your brand voice is illustrated rather than photoreal and the deliverable is an animated-character explainer. (If the look you want is stylised anime rather than corporate illustration, an [AI anime video generator](/ai-anime-video-generator) renders that style from a script.) ## 9\. Elai (best for URL/PDF/PPTX-to-video conversion) Elai's strength is speed and the document-to-video pipeline: paste a URL, blog post, or PowerPoint and get an avatar narration back fast. **Pros:** URL/PDF/PPTX-to-video conversions are first-class workflows. API access on lower tiers than most avatar tools. Reasonable per-minute pricing. **Cons:** Avatar realism trails HeyGen and Synthesia at close range. Still talking-head-only output. UI polish is behind the leaders. **Pricing:** Free trial, Basic $29/month, Advanced $125/month, Enterprise custom. Source: [elai.io/pricing](https://elai.io/pricing). **The narrow case for Elai:** your input is a PowerPoint deck or a long-form URL and you want avatar narration over the auto-generated slides specifically. (For pasted-article workflows where the output is multi-scene rather than slide-style, MakeAIVideo [blog to video](/blog-to-video) is the closer fit.) ## 10\. Akool (best for face-swap and creative avatar experiments) Akool plays in the experimental edge of avatar video: real-time face-swap, streaming avatars, and creative marketing renders rather than corporate explainers. **Pros:** Real-time face-swap and live-avatar features ship before competitors. Aimed at creative marketing rather than enterprise comms. Frequent feature shipping cadence. **Cons:** Quality varies more by use case than mature competitors. Pricing can climb fast with credit-based usage. Less suited to predictable corporate output. **Pricing:** Free tier, Pro $30/month, Premium $80/month, Enterprise custom. Source: [akool.com/pricing](https://akool.com/pricing). **The narrow case for Akool:** the deliverable is a face-swap experiment, a live avatar stream, or a creative marketing render that doesn't need a finished narrated structure. Keep the likeness paperwork tight for this category specifically: the FTC finalised its [Government and Business Impersonation Rule](https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/02/ftc-proposes-new-protections-combat-ai-impersonation-individuals) in February 2024 and proposed extending it to impersonation of individuals, citing AI-generated deepfakes directly. ## How much do HeyGen alternatives cost in 2026? Tool Starter Mid tier Top tier Free trial / tier D-ID $5.90/mo (annual) $49/mo $196/mo Free tier **MakeAIVideo** **$9/mo** (Lite) **$29/mo** (Plus) **$49/mo** (Pro) **7-day trial (new customers)** Descript $19/mo $35/mo $50/user/mo Free tier Hour One $25/mo $108/mo Enterprise Free trial Colossyan $27/mo $97/mo Enterprise Free trial Synthesia $29/mo $89/mo Enterprise Free tier (limited) Elai $29/mo $125/mo Enterprise Free trial Akool $30/mo $80/mo Enterprise Free tier Vyond $49/mo (annual) $99/mo $179/mo Free trial Tavus $59/mo $375/mo Enterprise Free tier Expect these numbers to keep moving. [Forbes puts the AI video generation market](https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidprosser/2025/05/15/action-startups-race-to-capture-the-ai-video-generation-market/) at roughly $600 million in 2023 heading toward $9.3 billion by 2033, with more than $500 million of fresh venture funding into the category in 2025 alone. The pattern: **pure avatar tools cluster $25-$30** at the entry tier. **Multi-scene pipeline tools** (MakeAIVideo) start below that band at $9 and still bundle voice + b-roll + captions + render, which would otherwise require a second tool. **Enterprise-focused tools** (Synthesia, Colossyan) climb fast at the mid tier because the buyer is procurement, not a creator. For the unit-economics breakdown on a finished video versus a single avatar clip, see [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing); credit cost maps directly to length and visual style. If the job is broader than a presenter, the [AI video generator](/) builds a whole video from a prompt or script, and our [Runway alternatives](/blog/best-runway-alternatives) roundup covers the generative-video side of the same buying decision. ## How do I choose the best HeyGen alternative? Four questions, in order: **1\. Do you need just an avatar clip, or a finished video?** - Finished video (avatar + b-roll + captions + music) → **MakeAIVideo**. - Just an avatar clip → continue. **2\. What's the avatar use case?** - Enterprise L&D with SSO/SCORM → **Synthesia** or **Colossyan**. - Polished corporate spokesperson → **Hour One**. - Personalised 1:1 outreach or conversational API → **Tavus**. - Animate a single existing photo → **D-ID**. - Creator-style ads (UGC vibe) → MakeAIVideo's [AI UGC video](/ai-ugc-video) mode. - Animated illustrated characters → **Vyond**. **3\. Is the source recorded or generated?** - Recorded talking-head or screen-share → **Descript**. - Generated avatar → use the answer from question 2. **4\. Are you starting from a document?** - Blog post / URL / PowerPoint → **Elai** for fast document-to-avatar conversion. - Anything else → answer from question 2. For most readers the answer at step 1 is "finished video", which is why MakeAIVideo ranks #1. The specialised tools above only beat it when the deliverable is one specific narrow output. > **TL;DR.** HeyGen is excellent at one job. If that one job is the whole job you need to ship, stay. If the finished video is bigger than the avatar shot, the multi-scene pipeline at #1 collapses the workflow into one render. [Get started →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) ## What should I look for in a HeyGen alternative? The spend behind this decision is not small. [Statista tracks global digital video ad spending](https://www.statista.com/topics/5960/digital-video-advertising/) above $191 billion in 2024, which is why a tool that stops one step short of a finished asset costs more than its subscription line suggests. Eight points to pressure-test any tool on this list, including ours: 1. **Multi-scene support.** Can the tool cut between an avatar shot and other scenes inside the same render? 2. **End-to-end output.** Does it ship a finished MP4 or a clip that needs assembly elsewhere? 3. **Pricing model.** Per-finished-video, per-credit, or per-minute? Per-credit gets unpredictable fast. 4. **Watermark policy.** Free / trial only, or do paid tiers also carry one? 5. **Aspect ratios.** 9:16, 16:9, 1:1 from one render or separate renders? 6. **Language coverage.** English only, or full multilingual? (MakeAIVideo outputs in 24 languages.) 7. **Enterprise governance.** SSO, audit logs, SCORM, role permissions for procurement-grade buyers? 8. **API access.** Is there an API on the tier you can afford, or only enterprise? If you are still deciding what the avatar has to do rather than which vendor supplies it, start from the job: a single presenter reading a script is what an [AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar) is built for. Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=inline_cta&utm_content=best-heygen-alternatives)plans from $9/month · allowance tops up monthly ## HeyGen alternatives FAQs ### What is the best HeyGen alternative in 2026? MakeAIVideo is the best HeyGen alternative overall in 2026. Almost everyone searching for a HeyGen replacement is hitting the same ceiling (talking-head-only output), and MakeAIVideo is the only tool on this list that ships talking-head as one scene inside a full multi-scene pipeline. For narrow jobs, specialised competitors win: Synthesia for deep enterprise L&D libraries, D-ID for photo-to-presenter from a single still, Tavus for conversational avatar APIs. ### Is there a free HeyGen alternative? D-ID, Elai, Tavus, and Akool all run free tiers suitable for kicking the tyres on avatar generation, with capped output minutes and a watermark on most. MakeAIVideo has no free tier. New customers get a 7-day trial (card required, $0 today, trial videos capped at 10 seconds of script), and after that you pay for a plan or a one-time credit pack, because the full pipeline (voiceover, scenes, captions, render) costs real compute on every video. ### What is the best HeyGen alternative for marketing and UGC ads? MakeAIVideo's [AI UGC video flow](/ai-ugc-video) is purpose-built for paid-social ad creative. Pick an AI spokesperson, paste the script, lock 9:16, and ship a lip-synced 1080p MP4 ready to upload to Meta Ads Manager or TikTok Ads. The format itself is the safest bet in the category: [HubSpot's video marketing statistics](https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/video-marketing-statistics) put short-form video at the top of the ROI table, with 89% of businesses already using video marketing. The competitors closest to this use case are Tavus (templated personalisation at scale) and Akool (face-swap and creative experiments), but neither ships the full multi-scene ad as one render. ### What is the best HeyGen alternative for enterprise training? Synthesia is the category winner for enterprise learning and development, with SSO, audit logs, branded avatars, and SCORM exports. Colossyan is the strong second pick when branching scenarios and interactive quizzes inside the avatar module are the priority. MakeAIVideo is not the right fit for buyers procuring on SSO/SCORM/audit-log requirements; we point you to Synthesia for that job. ### Why are people leaving HeyGen? Five recurring reasons. Talking-head is the entire ceiling (no scene cuts to b-roll inside the same render); credit-based pricing makes per-video cost hard to predict; avatar realism still reads as "avatar" at close range; watermark removal and key features sit behind higher tiers; and a finished video usually needs assembly in a second tool anyway. A multi-scene pipeline tool collapses that workflow into one render. ### Is HeyGen still worth using in 2026? Yes, if your deliverable is a single talking-head clip and you want one of the deepest avatar libraries and lip-sync engines on the market. HeyGen is genuinely excellent at the narrow job it does. The question is whether "a talking-head clip" is actually the finished video you need to ship; for most jobs it's one scene of a longer video, which is why a multi-scene pipeline beats a single-feature avatar tool. ### What is a cheaper alternative to HeyGen? D-ID's Lite plan at $5.90/month (annual billing) is the cheapest entry point on this list if you only need short avatar clips. MakeAIVideo's Lite plan is $9 a month for 450 credits, well under HeyGen's Creator tier, and you're paying for the full pipeline rather than just the avatar layer. ### Can I switch from HeyGen to another tool without losing my avatars? Custom avatars built inside HeyGen are tied to HeyGen's account and cannot be exported into a competitor. If you switch, you generate a fresh custom avatar from a new reference image or video upload inside the new tool. MakeAIVideo generates a consistent AI character from a single reference image, so the migration step is one upload, not a full re-shoot. ### What is the best HeyGen alternative for YouTube creators? Size the format first: [Business of Apps records YouTube Shorts at 70 billion views per day](https://www.businessofapps.com/data/youtube-statistics/) as of February 2024, up from 30 billion in 2022, so a 9:16 render is usually the higher-leverage output. If your channel is faceless with narration over scenes, MakeAIVideo's [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) mode ships the finished narrated video end to end. If your channel is talking-head built around your own recorded footage, Descript is the stronger pick because edit-by-transcript is genuinely faster than generating an avatar to read for you. ### Is this a fair comparison or a marketing post? It's both a marketing post and an honest test. We rank ourselves #1 because no other tool on this list ships the whole video pipeline from a single script; that's a structural capability gap, not a marketing claim. We also cover every competitor in full with real sourced pricing and name the specific jobs each one is built for (Synthesia for L&D, D-ID for photo-to-presenter, Tavus for conversational APIs, Descript for recorded video). The decision tree above routes you to the right tool for your job, not our ranking. ![Jamie Partridge](/images/authors/jamie-partridge.webp) Written by [Jamie Partridge](/about/jamie-partridge) Founder at MakeAIVideo. Writing about AI video generation, scripting, scenes, and shipping content faster. [More about the author](/about/jamie-partridge) ## Free AI video tools - [ Video Hook Generator Generate 10 attention-grabbing video hooks for any topic. Patterns proven to drive watch-through on TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-hook-generator) - [ Video Idea Generator Get 10 ready-to-shoot video ideas tailored to your niche. Built from formats that consistently win views on TikTok, Reels, and Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-idea-generator) - [ YouTube Title Generator Generate 10 proven YouTube titles in your chosen style: how-to, listicle, comparison, story, or controversial. Includes SERP truncation warnings. ](/tools/youtube-title-generator) - [ Caption Character Counter Live character counter with per-platform limits across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube Shorts, X, and LinkedIn. 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Real 2026 pricing, side-by-side scoring, recommended picks. 10 June 2026·16 min read Comparisons [ ### Best Descript Alternatives in 2026 (10 Tested) ](/blog/best-descript-alternatives) 10 Descript alternatives tested for script-to-video, transcript editing, podcast recording, and finished narrated videos. Real sourced pricing, honest verdicts. 31 May 2026·21 min read Comparisons [ ### Best Real Estate Marketing Videos Tools (2026): 15 Ranked ](/blog/best-video-tools-for-real-estate-agents-2026) The best tools for real estate marketing videos in 2026, ranked. 15 AI video makers tested on listing walkthroughs, agent branding, and paid Meta ads. 15 August 2026·27 min read Comparisons [ ### Best Whiteboard Animation Software (2026): 14 Tools Ranked ](/blog/best-whiteboard-animation-software-2026) The best whiteboard animation software for 2026, ranked. 14 tools tested on drawing style, template library, narration, and total monthly cost. 8 September 2026·23 min read Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. Plans from $9 a month with credits included, topped back up every billing month. 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"Ask Perplexity about this article") In this article - [How this review was built](#how-this-review-was-built) - [What HeyGen actually does](#what-heygen-actually-does) - [HeyGen pricing in 2026](#heygen-pricing-in-2026) - [Where HeyGen is the right call](#where-heygen-is-the-right-call) - [Where HeyGen stops](#where-heygen-stops) - [HeyGen and MakeAIVideo solve different halves](#heygen-and-makeaivideo-solve-different-halves) - [Is HeyGen worth it in 2026?](#is-heygen-worth-it-in-2026) - [FAQ](#faq) Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. 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"Ask ChatGPT about this article")[](https://claude.ai/new?q=Read%20https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fbest-heygen-review-2026%20then%20summarize%20the%20key%20points%20and%20answer%20any%20questions%20I%20have%20about%20it. "Ask Claude about this article")[](https://www.perplexity.ai/search?q=Read%20https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fbest-heygen-review-2026%20then%20summarize%20the%20key%20points%20and%20answer%20any%20questions%20I%20have%20about%20it. "Ask Perplexity about this article") **This HeyGen review covers the tool that made stock AI presenters a normal thing to buy, and the credit meter that decides whether it is cheap or expensive for you.** HeyGen turns a pasted script into a human-looking presenter reading it, with the broadest stock avatar library in the category and the shortest path from text to rendered video. That is a genuinely useful thing, well executed. It is also priced per credit rather than per video, which means two buyers on the same $29 plan can get wildly different value. Below: what it does, every tier priced from the vendor's own page, how the meter actually works, and who should not buy it. Competitive pressure on this category is real and current. TechCrunch reported in July 2026 that [Google Vids now lets users build a custom avatar from a selfie and a voice recording](https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/16/google-vids-now-lets-you-star-in-your-own-ai-videos/), putting Google "in closer competition with other AI video startups and tools like HeyGen, Synthesia, Captions, D-ID, and others". The demand underneath it is not in doubt: HubSpot's roundup of [video marketing statistics](https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/video-marketing-statistics) cites Wistia data that 93% of marketers consider video a crucial part of their strategy. ## How this review was built This is not a timed bake-off and does not pretend to be one. Every price and limit below is read from [HeyGen's published plans page](https://www.heygen.com/pricing) in September 2026 and quoted as that page states it, with comparisons drawn against vendor pages we read the same day. Our own figures come from [MakeAIVideo's plans and pricing](/pricing) page rather than memory. ## What HeyGen actually does You paste a script, pick a presenter, and HeyGen renders a video of that presenter delivering it, lip-synced, in the language you choose. The things it does better than the field: - **The stock avatar library is the deepest available.** More looks, more settings, more wardrobe variation than competitors, which matters when you need a presenter who suits a specific brand. - **Custom avatars from your own footage.** Record once, then generate new videos of yourself without filming again. - **Onboarding is fast.** From signup to a first rendered presenter is minutes, and the free tier is enough to judge whether the avatars suit you. - **Translation and dubbing** across a wide language set, with lip-sync retimed rather than audio simply swapped. For a marketer who needs a person on screen saying specific words this week, it is the default pick, and the [HeyGen alternatives](/blog/best-heygen-alternatives) roundup explains where the specialists beat it. Drafting the words is a separate job, handled free by our [video script generator](/tools/video-script-generator). ## HeyGen pricing in 2026 From [the published plans page](https://www.heygen.com/pricing), September 2026. Our [MakeAIVideo vs HeyGen comparison](/compare/heygen) sets these numbers against ours directly. Plan Price Credits Video length Notes Free $0 \- up to 1 min 3 videos a month Creator $29/mo 600/mo up to 30 min the volume tier Pro $49/mo 1,000/mo up to 30 min adds 4K export Business $149/mo 1,500/mo up to 60 min plus $20 per extra seat Enterprise Contact sales custom no stated maximum custom terms Annual billing is offered at reduced rates. On credit expiry, the page states that monthly subscribers get rollover for one cycle, annual subscribers accumulate credits until renewal, and credits do not transfer after cancellation. ### The credit meter is the whole story The monthly price tells you very little. Credits are the currency across features, and different operations consume them at different rates, so the useful question is not "what does Creator cost" but "how many finished minutes does 600 credits buy me, at my settings". Two people on Creator can have completely different experiences. Short social clips at standard quality stretch a long way. Longer explainers, 4K, translation passes and re-renders after feedback burn through the allowance quickly, and a re-render costs the same as the original. If your process involves three rounds of stakeholder notes, budget for four renders, not one. Work out your real monthly minutes before you choose a tier. Our [speech time calculator](/tools/speech-time-calculator) converts a script into a runtime, which is the input this decision actually needs. > **An avatar is one scene, not the whole video.** A presenter reading a script still needs a hook, b-roll and captions around it. A pipeline renders the presenter and the rest together, which is the idea behind MakeAIVideo's [AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar). ## Where HeyGen is the right call **Sales and outreach video at volume.** One custom avatar, many scripts, no filming. This is the use case HeyGen is best at and hardest to replace, and the closest equivalent on our side is an [AI spokesperson video](/ai-spokesperson-video). **Multilingual versions of one message.** Translation with retimed lip-sync is genuinely strong, and it is the feature most often worth the Business tier on its own. **Brand-specific presenters.** When the look of the person matters, the library depth wins. No competitor offers the same range of stock options, though [Hedra](https://www.hedra.com/pricing) beats it on phoneme-accurate performance when the avatar has to sing or emote rather than present. **Fast turnaround.** Script to finished presenter in minutes, with a free tier good enough to validate the idea before paying. For a faceless format where no presenter appears at all, a [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) build skips the avatar step entirely. ## Where HeyGen stops **It renders a presenter, not a finished video.** The output is a person talking. Hooks, b-roll, captions, music and a closing card are your problem, usually in a separate editor. For a lot of buyers that second step is the actual work. **Credits make budgeting hard.** You cannot look at $29 and know what you get, which is a real planning problem for anyone publishing on a schedule. **Re-renders are not free.** Feedback cycles cost the same as first drafts, and that is where allowances disappear. **Video length caps by tier.** 30 minutes on Creator and Pro is generous for marketing but a genuine constraint for training content, which is where [Synthesia's enterprise tiers](https://www.synthesia.io/pricing) and the governance features around them tend to win. [Colossyan](https://www.colossyan.com/pricing) sits in the same bracket with SCORM export and interactive video, at $59 a month on annual billing. Our [HeyGen vs Synthesia](/blog/heygen-vs-synthesia) head-to-head settles that comparison, and the [Synthesia alternatives](/blog/best-synthesia-alternatives) are worth pricing first. ## HeyGen and MakeAIVideo solve different halves We build MakeAIVideo, whose [AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar) mode overlaps with HeyGen, so weigh this accordingly and check [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) yourself. We also publish a direct comparison that is more detailed than this section. The split is simple. HeyGen produces the presenter. MakeAIVideo produces the finished video that the presenter appears inside: script written, voiceover recorded, scenes built, captions timed, optional music laid under, composed to a platform-native aspect ratio and exported as a 1080p MP4. There is no assembly step. For anyone publishing at cadence rather than producing one hero asset, that difference decides whether the workflow survives a busy week. It is the same reason the pipeline also covers spokesperson video from the same input. **Pricing, from [MakeAIVideo's plans](/pricing) in September 2026:** Lite at $9/month or $90/year with 450 credits a month, Solo at $19/month or $190/year with 1,000 credits, Plus at $29/month or $290/year with 1,600 credits, Pro at $49/month or $490/year with 2,800 credits. New customers get a 7-day trial (card required, $0 today, trial videos capped at 10 seconds of script), and one-time top-up packs from $9 stack on top without expiring. **The narrow case for HeyGen:** the entire deliverable is a presenter reading a script, you need a specific stock look or a clone of yourself, and you already have an editor for everything around it. That is a real job, and HeyGen's library depth makes it the strongest tool for it. > **If the deliverable is a finished file, not a clip,** the presenter is one component of it rather than the product. Try [script to video](/script-to-video) and see what comes back. ## Is HeyGen worth it in 2026? Yes, if a human-looking presenter is the actual deliverable and you can predict your credit burn. Creator at $29 is fair for the library you get, and the free tier is honest enough to test with. Be careful in two cases. If your videos need b-roll, captions and structure around the presenter, you are buying one component and will pay for the rest elsewhere in time or money. And if your process involves several rounds of revisions, model the credit cost at four renders per video rather than one. For the field around it, our [HeyGen alternatives](/blog/best-heygen-alternatives) roundup covers the cheaper and more specialised options, and [our Descript review](/blog/best-descript-review-2026) handles the case where your raw material is a recording rather than a script. Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=inline_cta&utm_content=best-heygen-review-2026)plans from $9/month · allowance tops up monthly ## FAQ ### Is HeyGen worth it in 2026? Yes if a presenter reading a script is the finished deliverable and your credit burn is predictable. It is poor value when you also need b-roll, captions and structure around that presenter. ### How much does HeyGen cost? Creator is $29 a month with 600 credits, Pro $49 with 1,000, and Business $149 with 1,500 plus $20 per extra seat. A free tier gives 3 videos a month up to one minute. ### Does HeyGen have a free plan? Yes. The free tier allows 3 videos a month of up to one minute each, which is enough to judge whether the avatar quality suits your brand before paying. ### Do HeyGen credits roll over? Partly. The plans page states monthly subscribers get rollover for one cycle and annual subscribers accumulate until renewal. Credits do not transfer after cancellation. ### Can HeyGen make an avatar of me? Yes. Custom avatars are built from your own recorded footage, after which you can generate new videos of yourself without filming again, within your plan's credits. ### How long can a HeyGen video be? Up to 30 minutes on Creator and Pro, and up to 60 minutes on Business. Enterprise states no fixed maximum. ### Is HeyGen better than Synthesia? They target different buyers. HeyGen suits creators and marketers wanting library depth and speed; Synthesia suits learning teams needing governance, SCORM and enterprise controls. ![Jamie Partridge](/images/authors/jamie-partridge.webp) Written by [Jamie Partridge](/about/jamie-partridge) Founder at MakeAIVideo. Writing about AI video generation, scripting, scenes, and shipping content faster. [More about the author](/about/jamie-partridge) ## Free AI video tools - [ Video Script Generator Generate 6 full HOOK / BODY / CTA video scripts in any format, short-form, long-form, tutorial, VSL, talking-head, product demo. Free, no signup, instant. ](/tools/video-script-generator) - [ Speech Time Calculator Paste your script and instantly calculate spoken duration at 5 speaking rates (audiobook, conversational, presenter, energetic, auctioneer). ](/tools/speech-time-calculator) - [ Video Hook Generator Generate 10 attention-grabbing video hooks for any topic. Patterns proven to drive watch-through on TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-hook-generator) - [ YouTube Money Calculator Estimate YouTube ad revenue from views with niche-specific RPM ranges from 2026 creator-economy data. Low, typical, and high earnings band. ](/tools/youtube-money-calculator) ## More AI video guides Comparisons [ ### Best HeyGen Alternatives in 2026 (10 Tested) ](/blog/best-heygen-alternatives) 10 HeyGen alternatives tested on the same brief: best for multi-scene pipelines, enterprise L&D, photo-to-presenter, personalised outreach. Real sourced pricing. 31 May 2026·20 min read Comparisons [ ### HeyGen vs Synthesia 2026: Honest Head-to-Head ](/blog/heygen-vs-synthesia) HeyGen vs Synthesia compared on pricing, avatar realism, multi-scene support, and enterprise governance. Plus the third option most buyers miss. 31 May 2026·17 min read Buyer's Guides [ ### Best Synthesia Alternatives in 2026 (8 Tested With Real Pricing) ](/blog/best-synthesia-alternatives) 8 Synthesia alternatives tested across avatar quality, voice naturalness, language coverage, and cost. Real 2026 pricing, side-by-side scoring, recommended picks. 10 June 2026·16 min read Reviews [ ### Descript Review (2026): Text-Based Editing, Priced Honestly ](/blog/best-descript-review-2026) A Descript review for 2026: what text-based editing actually does, every plan priced from the vendor page, the media-hour cap that decides your tier, and who it does not suit. 21 September 2026·8 min read Guides [ ### AI Influencer Prompt Library: 50 Tested Prompts ](/blog/ai-influencer-prompt-library) 50 copy-paste AI influencer prompts across 10 scene types, each engineered to keep the same character, voice, and framing consistent post after post. 29 July 2026·21 min read Reviews [ ### Adobe Firefly Video Review (2026): The IP-Safe Model for Brands ](/blog/best-adobe-firefly-video-review-2026) Adobe Firefly Video review for 2026: what the commercially safe model does well, where it lags Sora and Veo, pricing, and Premiere Pro fit. 17 September 2026·19 min read Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. Plans from $9 a month with credits included, topped back up every billing month. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=bottom_cta&utm_content=best-heygen-review-2026) [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing)·[Explore tools](/tools) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/blog/best-higgsfield-ai-review-2026 --- title: "Higgsfield Review (2026): Camera Control, Tested" description: "Higgsfield AI review for 2026: Cinema Studio camera presets, pricing, model quality, and where its cinematic clips fit into a shipping video pipeline." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/blog/best-higgsfield-ai-review-2026 format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- 1. [Blog](/blog) 2. Reviews 3. Guides # Higgsfield Review (2026): Camera Control, Tested Higgsfield AI review for 2026: Cinema Studio camera presets, pricing, model quality, and where its cinematic clips fit into a shipping video pipeline. ![Jamie Partridge](/images/authors/jamie-partridge.webp) [Jamie Partridge](/about/jamie-partridge) Founder·17 September 2026·19 min read ![Higgsfield AI Review 2026, bold headline over a cinematic dolly-shot frame on a dark cinematic gradient](/images/blog/best-higgsfield-ai-review-2026-hero.webp) [](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=share_rail "Try MakeAIVideo") [](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fbest-higgsfield-ai-review-2026&text=Higgsfield%20Review%20\(2026\)%3A%20Camera%20Control%2C%20Tested "Share on X")[](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fbest-higgsfield-ai-review-2026 "Share on LinkedIn")[](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fbest-higgsfield-ai-review-2026 "Share on Facebook")[](https://www.threads.net/intent/post?text=Higgsfield%20Review%20\(2026\)%3A%20Camera%20Control%2C%20Tested%20https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fbest-higgsfield-ai-review-2026 "Share on Threads")[](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fbest-higgsfield-ai-review-2026&description=Higgsfield%20Review%20\(2026\)%3A%20Camera%20Control%2C%20Tested "Save to Pinterest")[](https://www.reddit.com/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fbest-higgsfield-ai-review-2026&title=Higgsfield%20Review%20\(2026\)%3A%20Camera%20Control%2C%20Tested "Share on Reddit")[](https://bsky.app/intent/compose?text=Higgsfield%20Review%20\(2026\)%3A%20Camera%20Control%2C%20Tested%20https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fbest-higgsfield-ai-review-2026 "Share on Bluesky")[](https://t.me/share/url?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fbest-higgsfield-ai-review-2026&text=Higgsfield%20Review%20\(2026\)%3A%20Camera%20Control%2C%20Tested "Share on Telegram") [](https://chatgpt.com/?q=Read%20https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fbest-higgsfield-ai-review-2026%20then%20summarize%20the%20key%20points%20and%20answer%20any%20questions%20I%20have%20about%20it. 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"Ask Perplexity about this article") In this article - [What Higgsfield AI is and who makes it](#what-higgsfield-ai-is-and-who-makes-it) - [How Higgsfield AI actually works](#how-higgsfield-ai-actually-works) - [What Higgsfield AI is genuinely good at](#what-higgsfield-ai-is-genuinely-good-at) - [Where Higgsfield AI struggles](#where-higgsfield-ai-struggles) - [Higgsfield AI pricing and access](#higgsfield-ai-pricing-and-access) - [How Higgsfield AI compares to Sora, Runway, Kling, and Veo 3](#how-higgsfield-ai-compares-to-sora-runway-kling-and-veo-3) - [Where MakeAIVideo fits into a Higgsfield workflow](#where-makeaivideo-fits-into-a-higgsfield-workflow) - [Who should actually use Higgsfield AI](#who-should-actually-use-higgsfield-ai) - [Higgsfield AI FAQs](#higgsfield-ai-faqs) - [Where to go from here](#where-to-go-from-here) Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. 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Where most AI video tools ship a text box and hope a generic prompt lands a decent frame, [Higgsfield AI](https://higgsfield.ai/) built its identity around explicit camera control: pick a Snorricam, a whip pan, a bullet-time orbit, or a crane push, and the model renders a short clip that honours the move. That is the whole differentiator, and in 2026 it is still what separates a Higgsfield clip from a Sora or Kling clip in a scroll test. This review covers what Higgsfield AI is, who built it, how the camera system actually works, where its output shines, where it stalls, what you pay, and how it stacks up against Sora, Runway, Kling, and Veo 3. If you have not narrowed the field to those names yet, our comparison of the [best AI video models of 2026](/blog/best-ai-video-model-2026) sorts the category by axis first. Then the part most Higgsfield reviews skip: what to do with the raw clips once you have them, because a 6-second cinematic dolly shot is not a shipped video on its own. For clips you already have, that is a job for a video editor; for ads that do not hinge on one Higgsfield shot, a workflow tool like MakeAIVideo's [AI ad maker](/ai-ad-maker) makes the whole narrated ad, covering the parts Higgsfield deliberately does not solve. > **Read this if you make paid ads or short cinematic pieces.** Higgsfield AI is a specialist. It is genuinely the best cinematic-motion tool in the AI video category for 2026, and it is not trying to be a full production suite. Match it to the job or you will pay for capability you never use. ## What Higgsfield AI is and who makes it Higgsfield AI is a generative video platform focused on cinematic camera motion, product-ad creative, and short cinematic sequences. It was founded in early 2024 by Alex Mashrabov and Yerzat Dulat. Mashrabov previously led generative AI at Snap after his earlier company, AI Factory, was acquired by Snap in 2020, and the founding-team pedigree is a big part of why the tool arrived so opinionated about cinematography rather than raw model quality. [Forbes covered the launch](https://www.forbes.com/sites/charliefink/2025/04/01/former-snap-exec-launches-higgsfield-to-bring-cinematic-camera-language-to-ai-generated-video/) around exactly that thesis, framing the problem as AI video that looks better but does not feel like cinema because there is no intention behind the camera, and describing a product built to direct dolly-ins, crash zooms, overhead sweeps, and body-mounted rigs from a single image plus a text prompt. The company raised a $15 million seed in early 2024, extended a Series A that put its valuation at $1.3 billion, then closed a $400 million Series B in August 2026 that pushed the valuation to $5.4 billion, backed by Goldman Sachs, Intel, and DST Global. [TechCrunch covered the Series B](https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/17/higgsfield-raises-400m-series-b-quadrupling-its-valuation-in-8-months-to-5-4b/) in detail; [Crunchbase](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/higgsfield) has the full funding history for anyone tracking the AI-video capital table. Capital at that scale is chasing a real market. [Business of Apps puts the AI app sector at $18.5 billion in 2025 with over 1.1 billion people using AI apps](https://www.businessofapps.com/data/ai-app-market/), and ad-creative tooling is one of the few slices of it with an obvious, already-budgeted buyer sitting on the other side. That funding matters because it explains the product shape. Higgsfield AI is not trying to be an all-purpose foundation model that competes head-on with OpenAI Sora or Google Veo. It is a workflow tool for ad-creative teams, sitting on top of a rotating stack of underlying models (Seedance, Gemini Omni, and others), with the differentiation living in the camera-control layer and the ad-generation studio. Understanding that shape matters when you decide whether to subscribe. ## How Higgsfield AI actually works The core surface most creators use is Cinema Studio, Higgsfield's camera-control system. You start with a prompt or a reference image, then apply one of a large library of named motion presets: Dolly In, Dolly Out, Crane, Tracking, Whip Pan, Bullet Time, Boom, Snorricam, FPV Drone, and dozens more. Each preset triggers a specific camera behaviour in the generated clip, so you get an intentional cinematic move rather than the random pans and drifts a raw text-to-video prompt tends to produce. Above the presets sits what Higgsfield calls the "bespoke optical stack." You pick a virtual camera body (ARRI, RED, Sony), a lens (anamorphic, wide, telephoto), a focal length, and aperture and depth-of-field settings. That layer changes the look of the clip in the way a real DP would talk about it, not the way a text prompt does. For editorial or ad work where the shot needs to match a brand's existing footage style, this is the single most useful control the tool ships. Then there is Marketing Studio, the ad-generation surface. You paste a product URL, pick a format, and Higgsfield generates a set of publish-ready video ads for that product without you writing a shot list. The Ad Multiplier tool is the sequel to that: hand it one working ad and ask for ten variants for A/B testing. That is the workflow ad teams pay for, and it is why Higgsfield has traction with agencies rather than with hobbyists. Clip length is short, in the same 5-to-10-second range every current AI video model lives in. Output is up to 4K on higher tiers using an upscaling pass. Both text-to-video and image-to-video are supported, and reference-motion uploads let you dictate the pace and gesture of the generated shot from an example video, which is a genuinely underused way to get consistent look across a set of clips. ## What Higgsfield AI is genuinely good at The camera control is the whole story, and it is not marketing puff. A single-move Snorricam clip out of Higgsfield reads like something a human operator locked on a subject and moved with; a comparable prompt in Sora or Kling gives you a nice frame but the camera drifts in ways a director would cut around. If your finished piece needs the shot to feel deliberately composed, this is the tool. Product-ad creative is the second real strength. Marketing Studio is not a novelty. Paste a product page and you get renderings that read as e-commerce ads: the product held, worn, poured, used, lit, in framing that matches how brands actually shoot. Ad teams using it inside a paid-social workflow report it collapsing the shoot-to-first-cut cycle from days to hours, and that is the specific job the tool is optimised for. When those clips need to become a full 30-second spot with a voiceover, a hook, captions, and platform-native exports, that stitching step is what a downstream [AI ad maker](/ai-ad-maker) is designed to handle. Cinematic short-form works well too. If you want an atmospheric music-video-style sequence, a moody title card animation, or a shot of a car doing a slow orbit at dusk, Higgsfield's motion library gets there faster than a pure text prompt in any competitor. Creators building 9:16 cinematic reels for Instagram or TikTok can string Higgsfield output into a full post in a video editor that handles the audio, captions, and export ratio work, and if you would rather skip the stitching, MakeAIVideo [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) builds the finished, captioned video from a prompt in one place. Reference-motion is a third quiet win. Uploading a real video clip and telling Higgsfield to match its pacing and gesture produces more consistent output across a series than describing motion in words, and for teams needing five or six clips that all feel like the same piece, this is the fastest way to get there. ## Where Higgsfield AI struggles For all its cinematic strength, Higgsfield hits the same walls every current AI video model hits, plus a few of its own. Length is the first. Clips remain in the 5-to-10-second window. A short cinematic shot is beautiful; a full narrative sequence still requires you to render half a dozen clips and stitch them together, and Higgsfield does not ship a full-timeline editor for that stitching job. If your finished piece is a 45-second UGC ad or a 3-minute explainer, you need an editor to do the assembly, or a pipeline like MakeAIVideo's [script to video](/script-to-video) mode that generates every scene itself. Character consistency across separate shots is the second, and it is a serious limit for anyone building a persistent creator or a repeating brand mascot. Higgsfield locks the subject nicely inside a single project session, but the story for reusing exactly that character across different scenes over weeks of posts is thinner than a dedicated character tool. Creators building a persistent AI face for social should look at a purpose-built [AI influencer generator](/ai-influencer-generator) instead of trying to force Higgsfield into that job. Stacking multiple camera moves in one clip gets shaky. The documentation talks about stacking up to three simultaneous movements, and single-move clips look brilliant; two stacked moves start to feel stitched together rather than continuously choreographed. For a director aiming at one clean, decisive move, Higgsfield is the strongest option in the category. For "swirl and zoom while panning," expect a couple of retries. Complex character animation and hand or finger detail still misbehave. This is a category-wide limit rather than a Higgsfield-specific one, but it is worth calling out because the marketing footage rarely shows a five-finger close-up. Face and body motion in the middle of a Cinema Studio move is fine at a scroll pace; freeze-frame it and the same artefacts you see across every current AI video model appear. Cost climbs quickly. The entry tier gets you enough to test properly, but running a serious weekly ad-testing cadence lands you in the upper plans before month two. For a paid-social team that budget is normal; for a solo creator making a couple of posts a week, the value per dollar drops off compared to a simpler pipeline. > **The specialist trap.** Higgsfield AI is the best at cinematic camera control and product-ad creative in 2026. It is not the best at everything, and paying enterprise-tier rates for the camera-control system when your posts are captioned talking-heads is the most expensive way to make the wrong choice. ## Higgsfield AI pricing and access Higgsfield ships a free tier that gives you enough credits to test the camera system, and three paid tiers plus a business plan on annual billing. As of 2026, published tiers on annual billing sit at roughly Starter ($15/mo, 200 credits), Plus ($39/mo, 1,000 credits), and Ultra ($99/mo, 3,000 credits), with a Business plan at around $89 per seat and custom Enterprise pricing above that. Monthly billing runs meaningfully higher on each tier, closer to $29, $49, and $149 respectively. The [live pricing page on higgsfield.ai](https://higgsfield.ai/pricing) is the source of truth, and Higgsfield is one of the tools where the difference between annual and monthly is worth the calendar note. Tier lists across this category move often, which is what you would expect in a market [Statista's generative AI outlook sizes at roughly $394.66 billion worldwide in 2026](https://www.statista.com/outlook/tmo/artificial-intelligence/generative-ai/worldwide/). Credits burn at different rates depending on the model, the resolution, and whether you upscale to 4K. That is standard for the category, and it means the "how many clips do I get per month" question depends heavily on your typical shot length and target output. Budget for two or three test renders per keeper clip, which is what most teams report in practice. The free tier is enough to decide whether the camera-control system fits your work. If a single Snorricam test and one Cinema Studio render sell you on the idea, the paid tiers earn their keep for ad teams. If the free-tier output feels like it duplicates what you already get out of Sora or Kling for less, save the money and stay on your current tool. ## How Higgsfield AI compares to Sora, Runway, Kling, and Veo 3 The honest comparison depends on what you are trying to make. Higgsfield AI is not trying to beat the foundation models on raw quality; it is competing on cinematographic control. **Higgsfield vs OpenAI Sora.** Sora produces astonishing 20-second single-shot clips out of a text prompt, with strong physics and impressive world consistency inside a single scene. Sora's access is bundled with ChatGPT Plus at $20/mo and Pro at $200/mo, published on the [OpenAI Sora page](https://openai.com/sora). Where Sora struggles is deliberate cinematic camera work: prompting for a specific move rather than describing a scene gets you an approximation, not the move. Higgsfield wins on named camera moves and ad-workflow features; Sora wins on raw scene coherence and clip length. For teams weighing that trade, our [Sora alternatives](/blog/best-sora-alternatives) guide covers the workflow gap between "great clip" and "shipped video." **Higgsfield vs Runway Gen-4.** [Runway](https://runwayml.com/) has always been the most editor-adjacent AI video platform, shipping a proper timeline, masking, motion-brush, and inpainting tools. Runway's Gen-4 clips are competitive with anyone on quality, and the editing suite is stronger than any competitor. Where Runway falls behind is deliberate camera choreography: a Runway motion brush gives you control over what moves inside the frame, not how the camera moves around it. Higgsfield edges Runway on camera work; Runway edges Higgsfield on post-render editing. For creators weighing that trade, our [Runway alternatives](/blog/best-runway-alternatives) roundup breaks down which tool wins for which cut, and our [Runway AI guide and review](/blog/how-to-use-runway-beginners-guide) goes through the editing stack in detail. **Higgsfield vs Kling AI.** [Kling AI](https://klingai.com/) from Kuaishou ships the strongest physics simulation in the current category, plus longer clips at competitive pricing, and it is the go-to model for creators making shots where realistic physics matter. Kling wins on motion coherence and on human-body realism; Higgsfield wins on named camera moves and ad templates. For teams choosing between the two we ranked the field in our [Kling AI alternatives](/blog/best-kling-ai-alternatives) guide, which frames the choice in workflow terms rather than model-benchmark terms. **Higgsfield vs Google Veo 3.** [Google Veo 3](https://deepmind.google/technologies/veo/) is the newest heavyweight, with native audio generation as its headline differentiator: the model generates matched sound with the video, not just visuals. Access is through Google's Gemini and VideoFX products. Veo wins on audio-plus-video generation in one shot; Higgsfield wins on camera choreography and on ad-team workflow. If your finished piece needs the audio to be generated with the visuals rather than added in post, Veo is the pick. If it needs the camera to move like a director asked for it, Higgsfield still wins. **A note on quality drift over time.** Every one of these platforms is shipping model updates on a rolling cadence, and rankings on quality alone shift monthly. What is stable is workflow shape: Higgsfield is an ad-workflow tool with cinematic camera control; Sora and Veo and Kling are foundation models; Runway is a foundation model with an editor bolted on. Pick on workflow shape, not on which model looked best in last month's demo. ## Where MakeAIVideo fits into a Higgsfield workflow The framing that keeps most Higgsfield reviews shallow is treating it as a competitor to every other AI tool. It is not. Higgsfield generates raw cinematic clips. Turning those clips into a finished, narrated, captioned, platform-ready video is a separate job. MakeAIVideo makes finished narrated videos, but from a script or a prompt rather than from your clips: it does not take uploaded clips as scenes, and its visuals come from real stock footage or AI scenes on MiniMax Hailuo or Kling 2.6. So the split looks like this. Higgsfield hands you a set of 5-to-10-second cinematic shots with the exact camera work you specified. To ship them you need a script that ties them into a story, a voiceover that fits the piece, captions that hold attention on muted mobile playback, timing that matches the cuts to the audio, and an export in the aspect ratio the target platform actually uses; for Higgsfield shots, that is editor work. MakeAIVideo does all of those steps in one run for narrated videos that do not need Higgsfield's cinematography. Neither product duplicates what the other does. Where the two overlap sits at the ad-creative surface. Higgsfield's Marketing Studio ships polished single-shot ad clips out of a product URL. The MakeAIVideo [AI ad maker](/ai-ad-maker) builds a scripted, voiced, captioned ad from your product photos and brief, one ad per run, that you can hand to a media buyer. Ad teams can use both: Higgsfield when a spot hinges on a specific camera move, MakeAIVideo for narrated product ads. The same split works for organic short-form. Higgsfield gives you cinematic shots to edit; MakeAIVideo turns a script and voice into a captioned vertical post ready for TikTok, Reels, or Shorts. For UGC-style paid-social specifically, [AI UGC video](/ai-ugc-video) is the closer fit when the ad is a presenter talking about the product rather than a cinematic product shot. If your work is closer to still-to-motion (turning a product photo or a character reference into a short animated clip), MakeAIVideo's [image to video](/image-to-video) mode turns one still into a 5 or 10 second clip, much as Higgsfield's image-to-video does inside their studio. MakeAIVideo starts at $9 a month on the Lite plan, every render ships watermark-free, and new customers get a 7-day trial. Full detail is on the [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) page. The point is not to pick one tool over Higgsfield. It is to pair them. > **The pipeline framing that saves you money.** Higgsfield AI for the cinematic shot, MakeAIVideo for the narrated posts it makes from a script. Neither one is trying to be the other, and paying either one to do the other's job is where budgets leak. ## Who should actually use Higgsfield AI Four groups get real value out of Higgsfield in 2026. **Performance-marketing teams and agencies** running weekly ad-creative rotations across paid social. Marketing Studio and the Ad Multiplier are optimised for exactly this cadence, and the camera-control layer means the ads look like ads a real crew shot, not generic AI clips. If you are running a shop that ships 20-plus paid-social variants a month, Higgsfield earns its Ultra-tier price. One number to hold alongside that: [Gartner's 2026 marketing survey found half of consumers prefer brands that avoid using generative AI in consumer-facing content](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2026-03-16-gartner-marketing-survey-finds-50-percent-of-consumers-prefer-brands-that-avoid-using-genai-in-consumer-facing-content0), which is an argument for cinematic AI shots that read as craft rather than for volume that reads as filler. **Music-video and short-film creators** who want a cinematographic feel without a physical crew. Cinema Studio's motion library is the strongest in the category for exactly this work, and the reference-motion feature keeps a set of clips looking like one piece. **Product brands and e-commerce teams** shooting hero clips for landing pages, ad sets, and campaign launches. The product-video generator produces polished single-shot renders that need very little cleanup before they are usable. Pairing those clips with a downstream pipeline that handles the script and voice gives a small brand the output of a full studio at a fraction of the budget. **Cinematic-hobbyist creators** experimenting with shot design. The free tier is generous enough to learn the motion system, and the paid tiers are within reach for a serious hobbyist making one or two pieces a week. Two groups should not lead with Higgsfield. **Talking-head educators** whose posts are a face reading a script into camera are better served by an [AI spokesperson video](/ai-spokesperson-video), or by an [AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar) when the format is a single face on-camera reading a scripted piece. **Persistent AI creators** building a repeating character across weeks of posts want a character-first pipeline; an [AI influencer generator](/ai-influencer-generator) fits that shape better than Higgsfield does today. Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=inline_cta&utm_content=best-higgsfield-ai-review-2026)plans from $9/month · allowance tops up monthly ## Higgsfield AI FAQs ### Is Higgsfield AI worth it in 2026? Yes, if your work needs deliberate cinematic camera control or you are running paid-social ad rotations. Higgsfield AI ships the strongest camera-motion library in the category and a genuine ad-workflow product on top. For general text-to-video experimentation without a specific cinematic requirement, the entry-tier value against Sora, Kling, or Veo is closer than the marketing pages imply. Test the free tier first before you commit to a paid month. ### Who owns Higgsfield AI? Higgsfield AI is an independent, venture-backed company founded in early 2024 by Alex Mashrabov (CEO, previously head of generative AI at Snap) and Yerzat Dulat. Its most recent round was a [Series B closed in August 2026](https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/17/higgsfield-raises-400m-series-b-quadrupling-its-valuation-in-8-months-to-5-4b/) at a $5.4 billion valuation. It is not owned by Google, OpenAI, or any of the incumbent tech platforms. ### How much does Higgsfield AI cost? Higgsfield offers a free tier plus paid plans that start at roughly $15/mo on annual billing and rise to $99/mo on the Ultra tier. A Business plan sits at around $89 per seat, with custom Enterprise pricing above that. Monthly billing is meaningfully higher on each tier. Credits burn at different rates by model and resolution, so the "clips per month" number depends on your typical output shape. Check the [live pricing page](https://higgsfield.ai/pricing) for the current numbers. ### Does Higgsfield AI have a free trial? Higgsfield ships a free tier that gives you enough credits to test the core camera-control system without paying, rather than a time-limited trial of a paid plan. If the free-tier output feels compelling, the annual Starter plan is the cheapest way onto paid credits. If it does not feel compelling, you have lost no money learning that. ### What is the difference between Higgsfield AI and Sora? Sora is a general-purpose foundation model with strong physics and 20-second clip length, accessed through ChatGPT. Higgsfield is a workflow tool that runs on multiple underlying models with the differentiator sitting in the camera-control and ad-generation layers on top. Sora wins on raw single-shot quality and clip length; Higgsfield wins on named camera moves and ad-team workflow. ### Can I use Higgsfield AI for TikTok, Reels, or YouTube Shorts? Yes, and Higgsfield's short cinematic clips can shine on vertical short-form. The tool does not add the script, voiceover, captions, or edit-and-export step those platforms need to finish a post. Cut Higgsfield clips into a post in a video editor; for narrated posts that do not need a Higgsfield shot, a [TikTok video generator](/tiktok-video-generator) or [Instagram Reels generator](/instagram-reels-generator) makes the whole thing. ### How does Higgsfield handle character consistency across shots? Character consistency inside a single Cinema Studio project is decent; consistency across separate sessions or across many posts over time is thinner than in tools purpose-built for that job. If you are producing a persistent AI creator or a recurring brand character, a character-first pipeline suits the workflow better than Higgsfield does today. ### Do I have to disclose that a Higgsfield video is AI-generated? Yes, in most contexts. Meta, TikTok, and YouTube all have AI-content disclosure toggles you tick at upload, and the [FTC's rule on consumer reviews and testimonials](https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/08/federal-trade-commission-announces-final-rule-banning-fake-reviews-testimonials) prohibits testimonials that misrepresent themselves as coming from someone who does not exist, naming AI-generated fake reviews specifically. Use the platform disclosure toggles on every post regardless of tool. ### Which Higgsfield tier is best for a solo creator? The annual Starter tier at around $15/mo covers a low-volume solo creator who ships one to three cinematic pieces a week. If your posting cadence climbs above that, Plus is the value tier. Ultra is priced for teams running weekly ad-creative rotations, not for individual creators. ### Can Higgsfield replace a full video-production pipeline? No, and it is not trying to. Higgsfield renders short cinematic clips with deliberate camera moves. Turning those clips into a scripted, voiced, captioned, platform-native finished piece is a separate downstream job for a video editor. A workflow tool like MakeAIVideo makes that kind of finished piece from a script instead, with its own scenes. Pick by the job rather than choosing one forever. ## Where to go from here If your work needs cinematic camera control that raw text prompts cannot reliably produce, Higgsfield AI is the right tool to test this week. Start on the free tier, run a Snorricam or Cinema Studio render against a shot you have been unable to get out of Sora or Kling, and judge from the output. Once you have the clip, the next step is an editor that turns it into a finished, narrated, captioned post ready for the platform. For posts that do not need a Higgsfield shot, MakeAIVideo's [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) mode does the whole thing: the script, the voice, the scenes, the captions, the timing, and the export in 9:16, 1:1, or 16:9. Plans start at $9 a month (Lite, 450 credits). The full [MakeAIVideo plans and pricing](/pricing) is one page, not a per-credit maze that only makes sense after your first bill. The takeaway on Higgsfield itself is straightforward. In 2026 it is the best cinematic-motion tool in the AI-video category and one of the most usable ad-generation platforms for performance-marketing teams. It is not the strongest raw model, it is not a full production suite, and it does not try to be either. Pair it with a downstream pipeline for the parts it does not solve and you get more finished work out of your week than either tool produces alone. ![Jamie Partridge](/images/authors/jamie-partridge.webp) Written by [Jamie Partridge](/about/jamie-partridge) Founder at MakeAIVideo. Writing about AI video generation, scripting, scenes, and shipping content faster. 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Canva Video (best for brand-consistent design)](#3-canva-video-best-for-brand-consistent-design) - [4\. VEED (best browser-based editing)](#4-veed-best-browser-based-editing) - [5\. CapCut (best free desktop editing)](#5-capcut-best-free-desktop-editing) - [6\. FlexClip (best for marketing video templates)](#6-flexclip-best-for-marketing-video-templates) - [7\. Animoto (best for slideshow videos)](#7-animoto-best-for-slideshow-videos) - [8\. MakeAIVideo (best for full faceless pipeline)](#8-makeaivideo-best-for-full-faceless-pipeline) - [How much do InVideo alternatives cost at 3 real volumes?](#how-much-do-invideo-alternatives-cost-at-3-real-volumes) - [Which InVideo alternative is best for your use case?](#which-invideo-alternative-is-best-for-your-use-case) - [InVideo alternatives FAQs](#invideo-alternatives-faqs) Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. 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This roundup tests 8 InVideo alternatives in 2026 across the four signals operators actually care about: template count and quality, AI script-to-video capability, finished-export quality, and real total cost at three usage tiers. Each tool was tested with the same 60-second brief (a product launch announcement) and the same 90-second brief (a creator-economy explainer). Real verified pricing from each vendor's public page, the niche each tool fits best, and honest scoring at the end. For the script-to-video category see our [Pictory alternatives](/blog/best-pictory-alternatives); for transcript-based editing see our [Descript alternatives](/blog/best-descript-alternatives); for generative AI video clips see our [Runway alternatives](/blog/best-runway-alternatives). If you would rather make the whole video in one place, start with the MakeAIVideo [AI video generator](/). ## What is InVideo and where does it fall short in 2026? [InVideo](https://invideo.io/) lets a creator pick a template, swap in their text and brand assets, and export a 1080p MP4 in 5-10 minutes. The platform's template library is one of the largest at ~5,000 entries, and the free tier covers most light-volume use cases at the cost of a watermark. The scale is real: TechCrunch reported InVideo at [4 million monthly active users and 7 million videos generated in 30 days](https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/14/tiger-global-backed-invideo-introduces-gen-ai-based-video-creation/) when it shipped its v3.0 generative release, having raised $35 million from Greenoaks, Tiger Global and Peak XV. Where InVideo falls short in 2026 (these gaps are where the alternatives below shine): 1. **Render queue at peak hours.** Free-tier exports queue for 10-30 minutes during busy periods. The Plus tier moves you to priority queues but only at $25/month. 2. **AI script-to-video quality.** The native AI engine is competent but generic. Tools built AI-first from day one produce sharper output. 3. **Template fatigue.** With so many users on the same 5,000 templates, the output starts to look "InVideo branded" even with brand asset swaps. 4. **No native voice cloning.** Need premium voice? Subscribe separately to ElevenLabs or similar. Each alternative below solves at least one of these constraints. ## How we tested Same 60-second product-launch brief plus a 90-second creator-economy explainer, two registers, three measurement passes per tool: template variety + customisation, AI script-to-video quality, finished-MP4 review (sound on + sound off). Pricing verified as of June 2026 from each vendor's public page. ## Best InVideo alternatives at a glance Tool Best for Templates Price floor (USD/mo) Pictory Script-to-video automation 1,000+ $25 Lumen5 Blog-to-video repurposing 800+ $19 Canva Video Brand-consistent design 1,000+ $15 VEED Browser-based editing 500+ $20 CapCut Free desktop editing 1,000+ $0 / $9.99 FlexClip Marketing video templates 4,000+ $9.99 Animoto Slideshow videos 200+ $16 MakeAIVideo Full faceless pipeline (script + voice + scenes) n/a $9 ## 1\. Pictory (best script-to-video automation) [Pictory](https://pictory.ai/) is the InVideo alternative that leaned hardest into AI from the start. Paste a script or article URL, and Pictory generates a finished video with AI voiceover, stock-footage scenes, captions, and music in one pass. The template library is smaller than InVideo's but each output looks less "templated." The workflow suits where marketing budgets already sit: [HubSpot's video marketing statistics](https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/video-marketing-statistics) put business video adoption at 89%, with 93% of marketers calling video a crucial part of overall strategy. **What it does well** - Auto-summarise long-form content (blog posts, scripts) into video - AI voice library covers 60+ voices across major accents - Auto-captions with editable timing - Strong stock-footage library via Storyblocks integration **Pricing (June 2026):** - Free: 3 video projects, 10-min export limit, watermark - Starter: $25/month, 30 videos - Professional: $49/month, 60 videos - Teams: $119/month, 90 videos, team seats **Verdict:** the upgrade from InVideo when "I want video from a script" is the actual brief. For the script-to-video category broadly, our roundup of [Pictory alternatives](/blog/best-pictory-alternatives) covers the AI pipeline tools in more depth. ## 2\. Lumen5 (best for blog-to-video repurposing) [Lumen5](https://lumen5.com/) specialises in turning written content (blog posts, newsletters) into share-friendly video for LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. The interface walks you through paste-article → AI generates scene breakdown → swap any visuals you do not like. Built for marketers who already have a written content engine. For the same job in MakeAIVideo (article in, narrated MP4 out), [blog to video](/blog-to-video) is the direct equivalent. **What it does well** - Paste a URL, get a video with scenes split per paragraph - Brand kits + custom font upload - Strong AI summarisation of long-form into video script - Stock footage from Storyblocks + Getty Images integrations **Pricing (June 2026):** - Community: free, max 5 videos/month, 720p, watermark - Basic: $19/month, 1080p, no watermark, 10 videos/month - Starter: $59/month, 30 videos/month, brand kits - Professional: $149/month, custom watermark, team **Verdict:** for content marketers who write blog posts and want them on LinkedIn as video. Keep the cuts short: [Sprout Social's video length guidance](https://sproutsocial.com/insights/video-length-best-practices/) recommends LinkedIn brand-awareness video under 30 seconds, which LinkedIn associates with a 200% lift in completion rates. The blog-to-video workflow is best-of-category. Less useful as a general video editor. Source materials from [Substack newsletters](https://substack.com/) feed Lumen5 cleanly. ## 3\. Canva Video (best for brand-consistent design) Canva's video editor extended from their static-design product. The advantage: if your brand already uses Canva for static assets (which most do), the video tool inherits the brand kit, fonts, and colour palette without re-setup. Template library is large and the design quality is the highest in the alternatives list. **What it does well** - Brand consistency across static + video assets - Magic Studio AI features for background removal, video editing - 1M+ stock photos and videos via Pexels + Pixabay integrations - Real-time collaboration like Google Docs **Pricing (June 2026):** - Free: includes basic video editing, watermark on some elements - Canva Pro: $14.99/month for 1 user, 1M+ assets - Canva Teams: $29.99/month per seat, brand kit management **Verdict:** the right pick if your brand is already on Canva. For brand-first marketing teams, the integration with the design pipeline saves 2-4 hours/week vs swapping tools. Pair with our free [video script generator](/tools/video-script-generator) to draft narration before importing. ## 4\. VEED (best browser-based editing) [VEED](https://www.veed.io/) is a browser-based video editor with a polished UX that feels closer to native desktop tools (Premiere, Final Cut) than to template-first tools. Strong for hybrid use cases where you want template starting points but also need granular timeline editing. **What it does well** - Browser-based but feels desktop-class - Strong subtitle / caption auto-generation - Screen recording + webcam recording built-in - AI background removal without green screen **Pricing (June 2026):** - Free: 10-min export limit, watermark - Basic: $20/month, 25-min exports, no watermark - Pro: $33/month, unlimited exports, 4K - Business: $70/month per seat, team features **Verdict:** for creators who want template starting points but also do post-production refinement. The UX learning curve is steeper than InVideo but production quality is higher. If the end goal is a [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel), that page covers the full content workflow. ## 5\. CapCut (best free desktop editing) [CapCut](https://www.capcut.com/) is the most popular free editor among creators in 2026, with a desktop app that rivals paid tools at $0. Owned by ByteDance (TikTok's parent), it ships strong TikTok-native templates and effects. The web version covers most needs at no cost. Short-form is the destination that matters here: [Business of Apps records YouTube Shorts at 70 billion views per day](https://www.businessofapps.com/data/youtube-statistics/) as of February 2024, up from 30 billion in 2022. **What it does well** - Full free tier with no watermark - Auto-captions with strong accuracy - TikTok-native templates and effects - AI features (background removal, scene splitting) at no cost **Pricing (June 2026):** - Free: full editor, no watermark, auto-captions - Pro: $9.99/month, premium effects + templates **Verdict:** the default editor for short-form faceless content in 2026. Free tier is genuinely usable. If your budget is $0, CapCut Desktop beats InVideo Free at every step except template count. ## 6\. FlexClip (best for marketing video templates) [FlexClip](https://www.flexclip.com/) sits adjacent to InVideo with a 4,000+ template library focused on marketing use cases (product ads, social campaigns, real estate listings, restaurant menus). Free tier is more generous than InVideo's, paid tiers are cheaper at comparable feature levels. Marketing video is where the volume of this category goes: [Statista tracks global digital video ad spending](https://www.statista.com/topics/5960/digital-video-advertising/) above $191 billion in 2024. **What it does well** - Marketing-specific templates (real estate, restaurants, e-commerce) - Clear template-search by use case - Voice-over recording built-in - Stock library via Storyblocks **Pricing (June 2026):** - Free: 12 free videos, watermark, 480p export - Plus: $9.99/month, 30 videos, 720p - Business: $19.99/month, unlimited, 1080p, brand kits - Enterprise: custom **Verdict:** the direct InVideo competitor at lower price. Use case fit matters more than feature parity here. If you make real-estate listing videos, FlexClip's category templates save research time. For anime-style channel content (a rising 2026 niche that InVideo alternatives searchers increasingly ask about), MakeAIVideo's [AI anime video generator](/ai-anime-video-generator) generates the animation with voice and captions bundled, a different production model than FlexClip's template-swap approach. ## 7\. Animoto (best for slideshow videos) Animoto is the slideshow-video tool that has been around longer than most alternatives, specialising in still-image-driven content with music and text overlays. Less useful for full video editing; very useful for product galleries, event recaps, and photo-driven content. **What it does well** - Drag-and-drop simplicity, no learning curve - 200+ photo-and-music templates - Strong music library with licensing included - Quick exports for social platforms **Pricing (June 2026):** - Free: max 25 video exports/year, watermark - Basic: $16/month, no watermark, 1080p - Pro: $29/month, 720p+ templates, voice recording - Professional Plus: $79/month, team features **Verdict:** the right pick when input is mostly photos (not motion footage). For animating a single still into a finished narrated video, MakeAIVideo's [animate a photo](/image-to-video) mode handles the motion. For a single short clip from a still, see [image to video](/image-to-video). Otherwise overkill or underspec. ## 8\. MakeAIVideo (best for full faceless pipeline) [MakeAIVideo](https://app.makeaivideo.ai) takes a different approach from template-first tools: paste a script (or just a topic), and the pipeline generates AI voiceover, scenes, captions, and optional music in one render. Less granular control than VEED or InVideo, a much higher ceiling on output cadence. Bring your own script via [script to video](/script-to-video), or start from a one-line topic via [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video). **What it does well** - Script to finished MP4 in one render - Bundled AI voiceover (no separate ElevenLabs subscription) - Real stock footage by default, with AI-generated scenes as an option, instead of template re-use - 9:16 (Shorts/TikTok/Reels) and 16:9 (YouTube) from same input - Built for running a [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) **Pricing:** - Lite: $9/month, 450 credits - Solo: $19/month, 1,000 credits - Plus: $29/month, 1,600 credits - Pro: $49/month, 2,800 credits - Yearly billing gives 2 months free; optional one-off top-up packs add credits that never expire The allowance is credits rather than a video quota, because a talking-head render and a stock-narrated render of the same length draw down very different amounts. Size the tier against your own render mix. **Verdict:** the right pick when "publish video at cadence" is the brief, not "one polished ad." New customers get a 7-day trial (card required, trial videos capped at 10 seconds of script), and optional one-off top-up packs add credits that never expire. Pair with the [Faceless YouTube Idea Generator](/tools/faceless-youtube-channel-idea-generator) for the niche-picking step. > **The template-versus-pipeline question.** Template-first tools (InVideo, FlexClip, Canva) ship one strong video per session with manual editing. Pipeline-first tools (MakeAIVideo, Pictory) ship 5-10 acceptable videos in the same window. The right pick depends on whether your bottleneck is craft or cadence. [Get started with MakeAIVideo →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) ## How much do InVideo alternatives cost at 3 real volumes? The cost math at three realistic monthly volumes. The units are not identical: most of these tools sell a monthly video or export quota, while MakeAIVideo sells a credit allowance, so compare on price and metering rather than assuming a one-to-one swap. Expect the floor to keep dropping: [Forbes puts the AI video generation market](https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidprosser/2025/05/15/action-startups-race-to-capture-the-ai-video-generation-market/) at roughly $600 million in 2023 heading toward $9.3 billion by 2033, with more than $500 million of fresh venture funding in 2025 alone. To plug your own per-channel earnings into the math, use [our YouTube money calculator](/tools/youtube-money-calculator). **Volume A: 4 videos/month (one weekly)** - InVideo Free: $0, watermark + render queue - CapCut Free: $0, full editor, no watermark - FlexClip Free: $0, 12 videos/year cap (= 3-month supply at this volume) - **Best fit:** CapCut Free if you accept manual editing, MakeAIVideo Lite $9/month (450 credits, enough for four 30-second stock-footage videos at about 95 credits each) if you want pipeline automation **Volume B: 20 videos/month (daily Shorts + 3 long-form)** - InVideo Plus: $25/month, suits volume - Pictory Starter: $25/month, 30 videos - VEED Basic: $20/month, 25-min exports - MakeAIVideo Plus: $29/month, 1,600 credits (credit-metered, not a video quota: about twenty 15-second stock-footage videos at about 59 credits each, fewer for longer videos or AI scenes) - **Best fit:** Pictory Starter $25 for the templated workflow, or MakeAIVideo Plus $29 for higher cadence with a pipeline that writes, voices and captions each video **Volume C: 60+ videos/month (multi-channel automation)** - InVideo Business: $35/month, suits volume - Pictory Professional: $49/month, 60 videos - VEED Pro: $33/month, unlimited - MakeAIVideo Pro: $49/month, 2,800 credits (credit-metered, not a video quota: about 47 15-second stock-footage videos; one-off top-up packs cover the rest) - **Best fit:** depends on workflow. Manual editing → VEED Pro. Templated bulk → InVideo Business. Pipeline-first → MakeAIVideo Pro plus top-up packs. To estimate per-video script length first, use the [speech time calculator](/tools/speech-time-calculator). ## Which InVideo alternative is best for your use case? Decision matrix mapped to real use cases: - **Free tier exploration:** CapCut Desktop (full editor, no watermark) beats InVideo Free - **Blog-to-video repurposing:** Lumen5 (purpose-built workflow) - **Marketing-specific templates (real estate, restaurants):** FlexClip - **Brand-consistent design with static + video unified:** Canva Video - **Granular timeline editing in-browser:** VEED - **Script-to-finished MP4 automation:** Pictory or MakeAIVideo's [script to video](/script-to-video) - **Slideshow / photo-driven content:** Animoto - **High-cadence faceless content (YouTube, TikTok, Reels):** the same pipeline approach with a side of our [faceless YouTube channel idea generator](/tools/faceless-youtube-channel-idea-generator) for the niche-picking step; pure-TikTok operators usually start with a [TikTok video generator](/tiktok-video-generator) and layer YouTube + Reels in after the first 50 posts land - **Ad creative for paid social:** MakeAIVideo's [AI ad maker](/ai-ad-maker) builds one finished, narrated ad per run from your product photos and a campaign brief; run it again with a new hook for the next test - **Sales personalised outbound:** different category entirely; the avatar-first roundup covers it > **The cadence multiplier.** A creator publishing 3 InVideo-quality videos per week beats one publishing 1 polished video per week by roughly 3x on YouTube algorithm signal. Cadence matters more than craft in the first 100-200 videos of a channel's life. AI pipeline tools make the cadence economically feasible. [Get started →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=inline_cta&utm_content=best-invideo-alternatives)plans from $9/month · allowance tops up monthly ## InVideo alternatives FAQs ### What is the best free alternative to InVideo? CapCut Desktop is the strongest free alternative in 2026. It includes the full editor with no watermark, auto-captions, and AI features at no cost. InVideo Free is usable but includes a watermark and queues exports during peak hours. For pure photo-driven content, Animoto Free is also worth testing. ### Is Pictory better than InVideo? Pictory is better for script-to-video automation; InVideo is better for template-first manual editing. They solve different problems. Pictory's strength is AI summarisation of long-form content into video; InVideo's strength is template variety and brand customisation. For most creators in 2026 doing high cadence, Pictory's automation wins per dollar spent. ### Can I use InVideo alternatives for YouTube videos? Yes. All the tools above export 1080p for long-form YouTube and 9:16 vertical for Shorts; several template editors also offer higher resolutions. For creators publishing at cadence, a pipeline-first approach (Pictory, or MakeAIVideo for a [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel)) fits the workflow better than a template-first approach. ### Which InVideo alternative has the most templates? FlexClip leads with 4,000+ templates, slightly under InVideo's ~5,000. Canva Video has 1,000+ but its template quality is higher. Pictory has only ~1,000 but each is purpose-built for AI-generated content. Template count matters less than category fit; FlexClip's strong category focus (marketing) often beats InVideo's broader library. ### How much does InVideo actually cost in 2026? InVideo Free is $0 with watermark and 10-min export cap. InVideo Plus is $25/month for 25-min exports, no watermark. InVideo Business is $35/month for unlimited exports, 100 stock-asset downloads. Enterprise pricing scales by seats. For a realistic estimate of which tier matches your output volume, run your scripts through the [speech time calculator](/tools/speech-time-calculator). ### What is the best alternative to InVideo for sales videos? For sales-specific use cases (personalised outbound, CRM-integrated video sequences), avatar-first tools like Hour One outperform InVideo and most of the alternatives in this roundup. Sales video has different workflow needs (variable substitution, CRM integration) than marketing video. ### Are AI-generated videos against YouTube's monetisation policies? No. AI-generated content is explicitly permitted under the [YouTube Partner Program](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/72851). The policy constraint is "reused content" (copying others' work without meaningful transformation), not AI generation. Original-topic AI videos qualify for full monetisation once the channel hits the 1,000 subscriber + 4,000 watch hour threshold. ### What is the cheapest alternative to InVideo with no watermark? CapCut Free includes no watermark and full editing functionality at $0/month. FlexClip Plus at $9.99/month is the cheapest paid alternative with no watermark. CapCut Pro at $9.99/month adds premium effects. Below $10/month, the choice is between CapCut's editor depth and FlexClip's marketing-template library. ### Can I clone my voice on InVideo alternatives? InVideo does not include native voice cloning. Pictory, VEED, and CapCut all integrate with [ElevenLabs](https://elevenlabs.io/) for voice cloning at additional cost. Pipeline tools including MakeAIVideo ship stock voice libraries rather than cloning, so if a cloned voice is a hard requirement, budget for an ElevenLabs subscription alongside whichever tool you pick. ### What is the next step after picking an alternative? For a template-first tool, sign up for the free tier and render your first test video using a 60-second product brief. For a pipeline-first approach, review the [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) guide for the full production stack including voice, scenes, and publishing. ![Jamie Partridge](/images/authors/jamie-partridge.webp) Written by [Jamie Partridge](/about/jamie-partridge) Founder at MakeAIVideo. Writing about AI video generation, scripting, scenes, and shipping content faster. [More about the author](/about/jamie-partridge) ## Free AI video tools - [ Video Script Generator Generate 6 full HOOK / BODY / CTA video scripts in any format, short-form, long-form, tutorial, VSL, talking-head, product demo. Free, no signup, instant. ](/tools/video-script-generator) - [ Speech Time Calculator Paste your script and instantly calculate spoken duration at 5 speaking rates (audiobook, conversational, presenter, energetic, auctioneer). ](/tools/speech-time-calculator) - [ Video Idea Generator Get 10 ready-to-shoot video ideas tailored to your niche. Built from formats that consistently win views on TikTok, Reels, and Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-idea-generator) - [ YouTube Money Calculator Estimate YouTube ad revenue from views with niche-specific RPM ranges from 2026 creator-economy data. Low, typical, and high earnings band. ](/tools/youtube-money-calculator) ## More AI video guides Buyer's Guides [ ### Best Opus Clip Alternatives in 2026 (7 Tested With Real Pricing) ](/blog/best-opus-clip-alternatives) 7 Opus Clip alternatives tested on clip quality, captions, reframing, and cost. Real 2026 pricing, side-by-side scoring, honest picks by use case. 8 July 2026·17 min read Buyer's Guides [ ### Best Pictory Alternatives in 2026 (8 Tested With Real Pricing) ](/blog/best-pictory-alternatives) 8 Pictory alternatives tested across script-to-video quality, AI voice, scene generation, and cost. Real 2026 pricing, side-by-side scoring, recommended picks. 10 June 2026·14 min read Buyer's Guides [ ### Best Runway Alternatives in 2026 (10 Picks, Real Pricing) ](/blog/best-runway-alternatives) 10 Runway alternatives for 2026, sorted by the reason you are leaving: pricing shape, the 10-second clip cap, or editing philosophy. Verified vendor pricing. 10 June 2026·24 min read Buyer's Guides [ ### Best Sora Alternatives in 2026 (8 Tested With Real Pricing) ](/blog/best-sora-alternatives) 8 Sora alternatives tested across generation quality, prompt fidelity, motion realism, and cost. 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Pika Labs (best for stylised and animated content)](#3-pika-labs-best-for-stylised-and-animated-content) - [4\. Luma Dream Machine (best cinematic prompt fidelity and model choice)](#4-luma-dream-machine-best-cinematic-prompt-fidelity-and-model-choice) - [5\. Google Veo 3 (best production API)](#5-google-veo-3-best-production-api) - [6\. Vidu (best budget model with character consistency)](#6-vidu-best-budget-model-with-character-consistency) - [7\. MakeAIVideo (best for pipeline of scenes, not raw generation)](#7-makeaivideo-best-for-pipeline-of-scenes-not-raw-generation) - [8\. Hailuo (best fast iteration and free tier)](#8-hailuo-best-fast-iteration-and-free-tier) - [How much do Kling AI alternatives cost per finished second?](#how-much-do-kling-ai-alternatives-cost-per-finished-second) - [Which Kling AI alternative is best for your use case?](#which-kling-ai-alternative-is-best-for-your-use-case) - [Kling AI alternatives FAQs](#kling-ai-alternatives-faqs) Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. 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"Ask ChatGPT about this article")[](https://claude.ai/new?q=Read%20https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fbest-kling-ai-alternatives%20then%20summarize%20the%20key%20points%20and%20answer%20any%20questions%20I%20have%20about%20it. "Ask Claude about this article")[](https://www.perplexity.ai/search?q=Read%20https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fbest-kling-ai-alternatives%20then%20summarize%20the%20key%20points%20and%20answer%20any%20questions%20I%20have%20about%20it. "Ask Perplexity about this article") **Kling AI went from unknown Kuaishou research project in mid-2024 to price-performance leader in generative video by early 2026, but the hosting reality is catching up to it.** Kling AI alternatives are the top search on r/AiVideoGen most weeks. Western creators want a model that reliably resolves in their region, prices in their currency, and does not silently reject prompts on topics the Kuaishou moderation layer flags. Meanwhile the field has multiplied. Sora shipped a second generation, Google pushed Veo 3 into Vertex AI at production pricing, Runway rebuilt on Gen-4, and a wave of budget models (Vidu, Hailuo, Pika) closed the quality gap. This roundup tests 8 Kling AI alternatives in 2026 across prompt fidelity, motion realism, character consistency, and cost per finished second. Each tool ran the same 12 prompts (4 product shots, 4 cinematic, 4 stylised). Real verified pricing pulled from each vendor's public page in July 2026. For the parallel comparison against Runway see our [Runway alternatives guide](/blog/best-runway-alternatives); for the Sora-focused breakdown see our [Sora alternatives](/blog/best-sora-alternatives) roundup. ## What is Kling AI and where does it fall short in 2026? [Kling AI](https://kling.ai/) is the flagship text-to-video and image-to-video model from Kuaishou Technology, the Beijing-based tech company that also runs the Kwai short-video app outside China. Kling launched in June 2024 with a 2-minute, 1080p, 30 fps ceiling that was ahead of Sora at the time. The model became the price-performance leader by early 2026 with photoreal motion at roughly one-third the cost per clip of Runway Gen-4. Image-to-video with strong character consistency is the standout feature. Where Kling falls short for Western creators in 2026 (each alternative below addresses at least one): - **Hosting geography.** The service is run from Chinese infrastructure. Round-trip latency from the US or EU is noticeably higher than domestic hosting. Region-limited launches often reach klingai.com weeks after they land inside China. - **Regional pricing volatility.** First-month discounts, credit reshuffles, and tier renames have shipped multiple times through 2025 and 2026. According to community trackers, the same Standard plan has been listed at $6.99, $8.80, and $10 within the last twelve months. - **Content moderation drift.** Some prompts covering political figures, sensitive geographies, or brand-adjacent likenesses are silently rejected or produce blurred outputs. This has been documented since launch: TechCrunch found Kling [refusing prompts on politically sensitive Chinese topics](https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/24/a-new-chinese-video-generating-model-appears-to-be-censoring-politically-sensitive-topics/) while matching Runway Gen-3 and Sora on physics simulation, with the filtering applied at the prompt layer. Creators building around a US or EU editorial standard will occasionally hit walls. - **Support and dispute channels.** English-language billing and refund support runs through a support portal with response times measured in days, not hours. Enterprise SLAs are the exception. None of these are dealbreakers. But they are the four reasons Western creators search for a replacement. ## How we tested 12 standardised prompts split evenly across product shots, cinematic sequences, and stylised aesthetics. Three generations per prompt per tool. Scored on prompt fidelity (does the output match the brief), motion realism (photoreal vs AI-glitchy), character consistency (does an image-to-video output keep the reference identity), and cost per finished second. Pricing verified July 2026 from each vendor's public page. If your starting point is a still photo, our [image to video](/image-to-video) page covers that route. ## Best Kling AI alternatives at a glance Tool Best for Max clip length Price floor (USD/mo) Sora 2 (OpenAI) Motion realism + physics 20 seconds $20 (ChatGPT Plus) Runway Gen-4 End-to-end video editor + generation 10 seconds $15 Pika Labs Stylised + animated content 10 seconds $8 (annual) Luma Dream Machine Cinematic prompt fidelity, model choice 9 seconds $25 (annual) Google Veo 3 Production API + native audio 8 seconds Pay-per-second Vidu Budget + character consistency 32 seconds (stitched) $10 MakeAIVideo Pipeline of AI scenes plus voice plus render n/a (per beat) $9 Hailuo (MiniMax) Fast iteration + free tier 6 seconds Free / $9.99 ## 1\. Sora 2 (best for motion realism and physics) Sora is OpenAI's flagship video model. Sora 2 shipped in September 2025 as an upgrade to the original December 2024 release. The lineage and access details are covered in [the Wikipedia entry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sora_%28text-to-video_model%29). In 2026 Sora 2 is bundled with ChatGPT paid tiers rather than sold standalone, so pricing is quoted at the ChatGPT subscription level. Motion realism on physical-world prompts (sports, vehicles, characters walking) is the strongest in the category. Camera language (dolly, pan, push-in) reads more naturally than any competitor. Prompt fidelity on complex multi-element scenes matches Kling and beats Runway on first generation. **What it does well** - Highest motion realism on physical-world content - Multi-shot continuity understood inside a single prompt - Strong camera language interpretation - Bundled with a paid ChatGPT tier most creators already carry **Pricing (July 2026):** - ChatGPT Plus: $20/month, generous consumer limits - ChatGPT Pro: from $100/month, higher-quality Sora 2 Pro model on sora.com - API: pay-per-second for Sora 2 Standard and Sora 2 Pro (see the [TechCrunch shutdown coverage](https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/24/openais-sora-was-the-creepiest-app-on-your-phone-now-its-shutting-down/) for the shift-in-availability timeline) **Availability warning:** OpenAI announced in March 2026 that it was retiring Sora, and TechCrunch's follow-up on [why the plug was pulled](https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/29/why-openai-really-shut-down-sora/) reports the app burning roughly $1 million a day against a user base that peaked near a million and then fell below 500,000. Check current access in our [roundup of Sora alternatives](/blog/best-sora-alternatives) before building on it. **Verdict:** the strongest quality pick if you already carry a ChatGPT paid tier. Kling still beats Sora on character consistency across multi-clip storyboards. Sora wins on any prompt where motion has to look real. Plug your script length into the [speech time calculator](/tools/speech-time-calculator) to work out how many 20-second Sora clips a finished cut needs. ## 2\. Runway Gen-4 (best full editor plus generation) [Runway](https://runwayml.com/pricing) is the incumbent Kling was originally built to challenge. In 2026 Runway ships Gen-4 and Gen-4.5, with Gen-4 Turbo as the volume tier. The differentiator vs Kling is not the model itself, it is the editor around it: multitrack timeline, keyframe controls, colour tools, and an actual video-editing workflow that Kling does not attempt. Runway also has the funding to keep pace: TechCrunch reported a [$315 million Series E at a $5.3 billion valuation](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/ai-video-startup-runway-raises-315m-at-5-3b-valuation-eyes-more-capable-world-models/) in February 2026, with Gen-4.5 beating the Google and OpenAI video models on several benchmarks. **What it does well** - Full timeline editor plus generative model in one product - Gen-4.5 output quality is competitive with Kling on cinematic prompts - 4K upscaling built in - Established enterprise workflows for agencies **Pricing (July 2026), verified on the [Runway pricing page](https://runwayml.com/pricing):** - Free: 125 one-time credits, 5 GB storage - Standard: $12/month annual, $15 monthly, 625 credits - Pro: $28/month annual, $35 monthly, 2,250 credits - Max: $76/month annual, $95 monthly, 9,500 credits with rollover - Enterprise: custom **Verdict:** pick Runway if you also need the editor. Kling is a cheaper way to get raw generation minutes, but you will burn hours patching clips together in a separate NLE. Runway collapses that step. See our [Runway alternatives](/blog/best-runway-alternatives) guide for side-by-side scoring against the other alternatives here. ## 3\. Pika Labs (best for stylised and animated content) [Pika](https://pika.art/pricing) is the choice for non-photoreal video. Anime, oil-painting, cel-shaded, and stylised motion come out cleaner on first generation than either Kling or Runway. Pika 2.5 (shipped 2026) added Pikaframes, Pikascenes, and Pikaffects controls that give animators genuine scene composition without prompt-engineering acrobatics. **What it does well** - Stylised aesthetics (anime, 3D animation, painted) - Scene composition controls (Pikascenes, Pikaframes, Pikaffects) - Fair free tier for exploration - Faster iteration than the photoreal-focused competition **Pricing (July 2026), from [pika.art/pricing](https://pika.art/pricing):** - Free: 80 monthly credits, 480p, watermarked, image-to-video only - Standard: $8/month annual, 700 credits, 1080p, no watermark - Pro: $28/month annual, 2,300 credits, faster generation - Fancy: $76/month annual, 6,000 credits, fastest generation **Verdict:** obvious pick when the output is not photoreal. Kling's photoreal bias works against you on anime and painted styles. For creators specifically producing anime-style narrated video (not raw 5-second clips), MakeAIVideo's [AI anime video generator](/ai-anime-video-generator) wraps the anime style around script, voice, captions, and scene generation in one render. Draft hooks and opening lines with the free [video hook generator](/tools/video-hook-generator) before you spend Pika credits on renders. ## 4\. Luma Dream Machine (best cinematic prompt fidelity and model choice) [Luma](https://lumalabs.ai/pricing) rebuilt its Dream Machine subscription in 2026 around Luma Agents, a router that dispatches to Luma's own Ray models plus third-party models including Kling, Veo, and Seedance. That means a single Luma subscription gives you access to Kling generations too, without opening a Kuaishou account. Cinematic prompt fidelity on Ray 3 and 3.14 is arguably the strongest in the category. **What it does well** - Access to multiple leading models under one billing relationship - Strong prompt fidelity on complex cinematic prompts - Top-up credits stay valid 12 months (unlike monthly subscription credits) - Guest collaboration on Plus tier **Pricing (July 2026), verified on the [Luma pricing page](https://lumalabs.ai/pricing):** - Plus: $25/month annual ($30 monthly), 10,000 credits - Pro: $75/month annual ($90 monthly), 40,000 credits - Ultra: $250/month annual ($300 monthly), 150,000 credits - Team + Enterprise: contact sales **Verdict:** the router play. If you want Kling access without China-hosted billing, Luma is the workaround. Brainstorm the next 10 video concepts with the [video idea generator](/tools/video-idea-generator) so you know which model each concept routes to before you burn credits. ## 5\. Google Veo 3 (best production API) Google's Veo 3 lives inside Vertex AI. Access is via API, not a consumer subscription. The trade-off is enterprise-grade uptime, transparent per-second pricing, native audio generation on the Veo 3 tier, and no consumer-app moderation surprises. The rough-edge is the developer overhead: this is Cloud Console, not a UI-first playground. **What it does well** - Predictable per-second cost math - Native audio generation baked into Veo 3 - Google Cloud SLAs and support - Veo 3.1 Lite and Fast variants for budget-sensitive workflows **Pricing (July 2026), from the [Vertex AI generative pricing page](https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/pricing):** - Veo 3: roughly $0.50 per second video-only, $0.75 per second with native audio - Veo 3.1 Lite: around $0.05 per second for lightweight generation - Veo 3.1 Fast: from $0.10 per second (no audio) - $300 in free credits for new Google Cloud accounts **Verdict:** the developer pick. Not for solo creators who want a UI. Ideal if you are building generation into a product and need predictable unit economics. Feed the model draft copy from the free [video script generator](/tools/video-script-generator) and prompt Veo per shot rather than per scene for tightest cost control. ## 6\. Vidu (best budget model with character consistency) [Vidu](https://www.vidu.com/pricing) is the sleeper of the roundup. The Vidu team (Shengshu Tech, spun out of Tsinghua) ships strong character consistency and multi-reference generation at aggressive pricing. The Reference-to-Video feature can hold identity across up to seven reference images inside one clip. Free-tier Off-Peak unlimited generation gives budget testers real volume. **What it does well** - Multi-reference character consistency (up to 7 subjects) - Free tier Off-Peak unlimited generation - Long stitched clip length (32-second Long Mode) - Aggressive credit-to-cost ratio at Standard **Pricing (July 2026), from [vidu.com/pricing](https://www.vidu.com/pricing):** - Free: 30 monthly credits, 720p, Off-Peak unlimited - Standard: $10/month annual ($8), 800 credits, 1080p - Premium: $35/month annual ($28), 4,000 credits, high-speed - Ultimate: $99/month annual ($79), 8,000 credits, up to 200 videos/day - Enterprise: from $1,399/workspace **Verdict:** the value pick with Kling-level character consistency. If Kling's China hosting is the only issue and you want a like-for-like Western-hosted swap, Vidu is the closest match. If all you need is a single still brought to life, you can also [animate a photo](/image-to-video) in MakeAIVideo. ## 7\. MakeAIVideo (best for pipeline of scenes, not raw generation) MakeAIVideo is positioned differently to the seven models above. It is not a raw generative video tool. It is a script-to-finished-MP4 pipeline that uses generative AI scenes per beat (alongside voiceover, captions, music) and outputs a complete narrated video. If your actual need is "finished video at cadence" rather than "the best individual 10-second Kling clip," this is the workflow pick. That is where the money is: [Statista tracks global digital video ad spending](https://www.statista.com/topics/5960/digital-video-advertising/) above $191 billion in 2024, and [HubSpot's video marketing statistics](https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/video-marketing-statistics) put business video adoption at 89%. None of that spend buys a raw 10-second clip. For still-image input specifically, MakeAIVideo's [image-to-video](/image-to-video) mode is the route. **What it does well** - Script to finished MP4 in one render - Generative AI scenes stitched automatically per beat - Voice library plus captions plus music bundled - 9:16 (Shorts, TikTok, Reels) and 16:9 (YouTube) exports from the same input - A 7-day trial for new customers (trial videos capped at 10 seconds of script) **Pricing (September 2026):** - Lite: $9/month ($90 annual), 450 credits a month - Solo: $19/month ($190 annual), 1,000 credits a month - Plus: $29/month ($290 annual), 1,600 credits a month - Pro: $49/month ($490 annual), 2,800 credits a month - One-time top-up packs from $9 (400 credits) stack on top and never expire **Verdict:** for creators whose deliverable is a finished video, not a raw generative clip. Kling gives you the raw material to edit; this ships the finished output. Best paired with a Kling or Runway subscription if you also need bespoke hero shots. > **The raw-model versus pipeline question.** Kling and the other seven models above output 5 to 20 second generative clips. A 60-second Short needs 6 to 12 clips stitched together plus voice plus captions plus music. Pipeline tools collapse that work into one render; raw-model tools give you per-clip creative control. Pick raw generation for craft; pick pipeline for cadence. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup). ## 8\. Hailuo (best fast iteration and free tier) [Hailuo](https://hailuoai.video/), from Chinese lab [MiniMax](https://minimax.io/), ships fast generation at competitive quality with an unusually generous free tier. It is the best tool for high-volume prompt testing before you commit credits on a premium model. Quality sits one notch below Sora 2 and Kling on photoreal motion, but the price of a failed generation is close to zero. Ironically Hailuo is also China-hosted, which is worth noting for buyers explicitly leaving Kling for hosting reasons. **What it does well** - Free tier with unusually high generation count - Fast generation (often under 30 seconds per clip) - Strong text-to-video at budget tier - Image-to-video supported **Pricing (July 2026):** - Free: monthly credit allocation, watermarked - Standard: around $9.99/month, decent credit floor - Premium and Unlimited: up to $199.99/month for volume users **Verdict:** the testing tool. Great as a second seat alongside Sora or Runway for prompt iteration you do not want to run on premium credits. Rough short-form scripts with the [TikTok script generator](/tools/tiktok-script-generator) before you burn Hailuo runs on lines that will not survive the edit. ## How much do Kling AI alternatives cost per finished second? Generative video is priced per generation, not per seat. If you measure "cost per finished second" the ranking reshuffles. Expect the numbers to keep sliding: [Forbes puts the AI video generation market](https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidprosser/2025/05/15/action-startups-race-to-capture-the-ai-video-generation-market/) at roughly $600 million in 2023 heading toward $9.3 billion by 2033, with more than $500 million of fresh venture funding in 2025 alone underwriting the price war. Model per-channel earnings against production spend with the [YouTube money calculator](/tools/youtube-money-calculator). **At approximately 5 seconds per clip, cheapest paid tier:** Tool Tier $/month Clips/month (approx) Cost per clip Kling Standard $10 ~30 (1080p) $0.33 Runway Standard $15 ~35 (Gen-4 Turbo) $0.43 Pika Standard $8 (annual) ~35 (1080p) $0.23 Luma Plus $25 (annual) ~25 (Ray 1080p) $1.00 Vidu Standard $10 (annual $8) ~80 (1080p) $0.10 to $0.13 Hailuo Standard $9.99 ~3 (Pro model 1080p) $3.33 Sora 2 ChatGPT Plus $20 consumer-limited n/a headroom Veo 3 API pay-per-sec 1 clip = 5 sec x $0.50 = $2.50 $2.50 Vidu and Pika are the cost leaders on straight per-clip math. Sora 2 does not price per clip on Plus so headroom is the metric. Veo 3 costs the most per clip on Standard but scales predictably in production. ## Which Kling AI alternative is best for your use case? Size the clip against its destination first. [Sprout Social's video length guidance](https://sproutsocial.com/insights/video-length-best-practices/) puts LinkedIn brand-awareness video under 30 seconds and Instagram feed video around 26 seconds, so a single 5-to-10-second generation is one beat of a post, not the finished asset. Decision matrix: - **Highest motion realism (Western hosted):** Sora 2 (via ChatGPT Plus or Pro) - **Character consistency at value pricing, Western hosted:** Vidu - **Stylised or animated:** Pika Labs - **Cinematic prompt fidelity with model router access to Kling too:** Luma Dream Machine - **Editor + generation in one product:** Runway Gen-4 - **Enterprise API with per-second billing:** Google Veo 3 - **Free iteration + high volume testing:** Hailuo - **Music-video style output:** MakeAIVideo's [AI music video generator](/ai-music-video-generator) - **Finished narrated video (not raw clips):** MakeAIVideo's [script to video](/script-to-video) flow, or [animate a photo](/image-to-video) when the input is a single still > **Why hosting geography matters more in 2026 than 2024.** In 2024 the argument was quality. Kling matched or beat Runway on photoreal motion. In 2026 the quality gap is largely closed, so the second-order variables (hosting, moderation, billing predictability) do the deciding. Western-hosted models are the safer default for a Western creator business now. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup). Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=inline_cta&utm_content=best-kling-ai-alternatives)plans from $9/month · allowance tops up monthly ## Kling AI alternatives FAQs ### What is the best free alternative to Kling AI? Vidu's Off-Peak unlimited on the free tier gives you the most generation volume at zero dollars. Hailuo's free tier is second. Pika's 80-credit free tier is third. For testing whether generative AI video fits your workflow, start with Vidu Off-Peak before paying for any premium model. ### Is Sora better than Kling? For motion realism on physical-world prompts (sports, vehicles, human motion), Sora 2 wins. For character consistency across multiple clips from a reference image, Kling still edges it. For availability inside a Western-hosted workflow, Sora 2 is the safer 2026 pick because it ships bundled with ChatGPT Plus. ### Why do people want alternatives to Kling AI specifically? Three reasons dominate the request. China-hosted infrastructure adds round-trip latency and raises data-flow concerns for some buyers. Regional pricing has shifted multiple times in 12 months. Content moderation silently rejects prompts that Western creators expect to work. The alternatives above address at least one of the three. ### Which Kling alternative has the best character consistency? Vidu leads on multi-reference character consistency in 2026 (up to seven reference subjects in one clip). Sora 2 is second. Luma Dream Machine, via its Ray models plus the Kling passthrough router, is third. Runway Gen-4 has improved consistency but still drifts on side profiles. ### Can I use Kling alternatives for YouTube videos? Yes. All seven generative models above export 720p or 1080p clips that work for YouTube. Most of them land on the vertical surface: [Business of Apps records YouTube Shorts at 70 billion views per day](https://www.businessofapps.com/data/youtube-statistics/) as of February 2024, up from 30 billion in 2022. For long-form video you will stitch multiple clips together and layer voice and captions. AI-generated content is explicitly permitted under the [YouTube Partner Program](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/72851) provided the video is original. ### What is the cheapest paid alternative to Kling? Pika Standard at $8/month annual is the cheapest paid tier with usable generation volume. Vidu Standard at $8 to $10/month annual is comparable and includes more credits. Hailuo Standard at $9.99/month is a third option. Under $15/month, the choice is between three solid tools. ### Is Kling AI banned in the US or EU? No. Kling AI is publicly accessible from the US, EU, and most Western markets via the international klingai.com or kling.ai domain. The friction is billing currency, latency, and occasional moderation flags on Western-centric prompts, not an outright ban. ### Which alternative to Kling has the highest quality output? Sora 2 Pro (on ChatGPT Pro) has the highest motion realism as of July 2026. Luma Ray 3.14 is competitive on cinematic prompt fidelity. Google Veo 3 with native audio is the best "single generation ready-to-cut" output. Kling itself is still in this top tier; the question is whether you accept the hosting profile. ### What is the next step after picking an alternative? Sign up for the free tier of two alternatives and run the same five prompts through both to compare. For a pipeline-first approach that turns a script into a finished narrated video without prompt iteration, [getting started on MakeAIVideo](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) covers the full production flow instead of raw clip generation. ![Jamie Partridge](/images/authors/jamie-partridge.webp) Written by [Jamie Partridge](/about/jamie-partridge) Founder at MakeAIVideo. Writing about AI video generation, scripting, scenes, and shipping content faster. [More about the author](/about/jamie-partridge) ## Free AI video tools - [ Video Script Generator Generate 6 full HOOK / BODY / CTA video scripts in any format, short-form, long-form, tutorial, VSL, talking-head, product demo. Free, no signup, instant. ](/tools/video-script-generator) - [ Video Hook Generator Generate 10 attention-grabbing video hooks for any topic. Patterns proven to drive watch-through on TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-hook-generator) - [ Video Idea Generator Get 10 ready-to-shoot video ideas tailored to your niche. Built from formats that consistently win views on TikTok, Reels, and Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-idea-generator) - [ Speech Time Calculator Paste your script and instantly calculate spoken duration at 5 speaking rates (audiobook, conversational, presenter, energetic, auctioneer). ](/tools/speech-time-calculator) ## More AI video guides Buyer's Guides [ ### Best Runway Alternatives in 2026 (10 Picks, Real Pricing) ](/blog/best-runway-alternatives) 10 Runway alternatives for 2026, sorted by the reason you are leaving: pricing shape, the 10-second clip cap, or editing philosophy. Verified vendor pricing. 10 June 2026·24 min read Buyer's Guides [ ### Best Sora Alternatives in 2026 (8 Tested With Real Pricing) ](/blog/best-sora-alternatives) 8 Sora alternatives tested across generation quality, prompt fidelity, motion realism, and cost. Real 2026 pricing after Sora's September sunset. 8 July 2026·17 min read Reviews [ ### Kling AI Review (2026): Physics, Pricing, and Trade-offs ](/blog/best-kling-ai-review-2026) Kling AI review for 2026: Kling 3.0 physics and motion, real pricing tiers, the Chinese hosting question, how to use Kling AI step by step, and 12 tested prompts. 17 September 2026·23 min read Comparisons [ ### Best AI Video Model 2026: 12 Compared and Ranked ](/blog/best-ai-video-model-2026) The best AI video model in 2026, ranked. 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MakeAIVideo does not compete with Kling. Kling is a foundation model. MakeAIVideo is a pipeline that makes a finished narrated MP4 (script, voice, scenes, music, captions, and a Reels, Shorts or YouTube ratio) from a brief or a script. It does not take uploaded Kling clips, though its AI scenes can run on Kling 2.6 (MiniMax Hailuo is the default). This review treats Kling on its own terms first, then covers where the two products sit side by side at the end. Every specific claim below was pulled from Kuaishou's investor releases, the Kling product blog, independent 2026 reviews, and hands-on testing during August 2026. Pricing is the live tier list in USD as of writing. Model version is the 3.0 line that shipped in February 2026, plus the Turbo and Omni updates from June. For the sibling breakdowns on models that share benchmarks with Kling, see our [Sora alternatives](/blog/best-sora-alternatives) and [Runway alternatives](/blog/best-runway-alternatives) guides. If you have not settled on an axis yet, our ranking of [the best AI video models in 2026](/blog/best-ai-video-model-2026) places Kling against the whole field rather than one rival at a time. ## What Kling AI is and who makes it Kling AI is a diffusion transformer text-to-video and image-to-video model developed by Kuaishou Technology, the Beijing-based tech company that also runs the Kwai short-video app outside China. The model launched in June 2024 with a 1080p 30 fps output ceiling that was ahead of what OpenAI's Sora was demonstrating publicly at the time. The consumer product lives at [klingai.com](https://klingai.com/) for global users and inside the KwaiCut editor for users in China. For a wider survey of every serious model, our [comparison of AI video models](/blog/best-ai-video-model-2026) is the sibling read. By August 2026 the flagship model is Kling 3.0, which Kuaishou [announced on February 4, 2026](https://ir.kuaishou.com/news-releases/news-release-details/kling-ai-launches-30-model-ushering-era-where-everyone-can-be) and followed with a Turbo variant plus the Omni engine on June 17. The 3.0 line extended maximum single-clip length from 10 seconds to 15, added native audio generation across multiple languages, and introduced a multi-shot camera engine that reads cinematic shot notation directly out of the prompt. The Kling AI video output most Western creators see on X or LinkedIn now comes from the 3.0 model, often with the Motion Control add-on that transfers gestures and camera moves from a reference clip onto a still image. Older versions (1.6, 2.0, 2.5, 2.6) are still selectable inside the product for cost reasons, and the free tier defaults to a lower model to keep credit consumption manageable. Kling is also no longer a solo act at home. [Forbes' survey of the Chinese video AI field](https://www.forbes.com/sites/edithyeung/2026/06/05/video-ai-wars-how-chinese-labs-are-winning-the-race-openai-abandoned/) groups Kling with ByteDance's Seedance, Alibaba's Wan, Tencent's Hunyuan, and MiniMax's Hailuo, and argues the five together are cheaper and more commercially aggressive than anything OpenAI shipped. That domestic competition is the reason Kuaishou's release cadence has stayed as fast as it has. ## How Kling AI works Kling accepts three input shapes. Text-to-video runs from a written prompt alone. Image-to-video animates an uploaded still. Video-to-video (Motion Control in the 3.0 line) takes a reference clip plus a still and transfers the reference's motion onto the still. All three routes produce a 5-second, 10-second, or (on 3.0 and above) 15-second output clip depending on the tier and model selected. Resolution is user-selectable. The free tier caps at roughly 540p with a visible watermark. Paid tiers unlock 720p and 1080p output, and the [Kling 3.0 model guide](https://kling.ai/quickstart/klingai-video-3-model-user-guide) documents native 1080p as the default with an upscale path for 4K on the Premier and Ultra plans. Frame rate is 30 fps. Clip generation is queued and processed on Kuaishou infrastructure. On the free tier and the entry Standard tier, queue times during peak US and EU business hours can stretch to several minutes. The Pro tier introduces a faster processing lane, and the Turbo variant of 3.0 (released June 2026) trades some prompt fidelity for a roughly 3x speed increase, useful when a creator is iterating on a beat. The camera engine in 3.0 is a genuine step up from earlier versions. Prompts written in shot notation ("cross-cutting dialogue between the two characters, hand-held, close on faces") read cleaner than they used to, and the model will hold subject identity through a shot change rather than resetting to a different face on the reverse. The prompts section further down is written in that notation. That identity hold across a cut was the biggest practical change we saw between 2.6 and 3.0, and it is what makes writing a full shot list into one prompt worth doing instead of generating each shot separately and matching faces afterwards. That is our read from the August testing, not a benchmark score. Creators who want the same still-to-motion route without the raw model surface can [animate a photo](/image-to-video) in MakeAIVideo, which turns one still into a 5 or 10-second clip. ## What Kling AI is best at Kling has three genuine strengths that show up on every honest 2026 comparison test. **Physics and motion coherence.** On prompts where an object has to fall, bounce, splash, or otherwise obey gravity, Kling produces cleaner outputs than most competitors. Human motion (walking, running, dancing, gesturing) reads as anatomically plausible more often than the equivalent Sora or Runway output, and this gap widens on longer clips where cumulative motion errors normally start to break the frame. The [Kuaishou investor release](https://ir.kuaishou.com/news-releases/news-release-details/kling-ai-launches-30-model-ushering-era-where-everyone-can-be) for the 3.0 launch specifically calls out the "Dynamic Physics Engine" upgrade, and hands-on tests through 2026 have consistently found it lives up to the framing. **Image-to-video subject consistency.** Upload a reference image of a character and Kling 3.0 will keep that character on-model across the clip more reliably than the alternatives. This is the reason Kling has been popular for AI creator content: it does not silently swap the character halfway through a shot the way earlier models sometimes did. For creators building a persistent AI character, this pairs naturally with an [AI influencer generator](/ai-influencer-generator) that handles the character library and the posting cadence around it. **Camera language.** The Multi-Shot feature in 3.0 understands standard cinematic notation. Prompts like "wide establishing shot, then cut to close-up on the subject's hands, then pull back for a two-shot" tend to render close to intent, whereas older models would flatten multi-shot prompts into a single continuous motion. Combined with strong motion coherence, this makes Kling one of the picks Western ad creatives keep coming back to for narrative-shape content. Beyond the top three, Kling is also strong on stylised aesthetic prompts (film-grain looks, anime-inspired lighting, though a dedicated [AI anime video generator](/ai-anime-video-generator) is the simpler route when the whole video is anime), Asian human faces (a natural consequence of the Kuaishou training data), and the tail end of complex prompts where the model has to hold four or five distinct compositional elements without dropping one. > **When Kling is the right pick for a raw clip.** If the shot needs realistic human motion, a specific reference character held across the frame, or a shot-language prompt that another model flattens, Kling is often the model that gets the first-generation output closest to intent. Save iteration cost by starting there and only switching if the aesthetic clashes with the finished project. ## Where Kling AI struggles Kling is not the right choice for every prompt, and the honest limits fall into three buckets. **Prompt adherence on complex Western narrative content.** Prompts that describe specifically Western cultural references (a Brooklyn walk-up, a Melbourne tram, a US high-school hallway) sometimes render with visual cues that read as slightly generic or East Asian in framing. This is a training-data artefact and the gap has narrowed through 2026, but on very culturally specific prompts Sora and Veo 3 will often produce imagery that reads more locally accurate on the first try. **English-first UX gaps.** The product surface at klingai.com is bilingual, but some settings, tooltips, and error messages still surface Chinese first with English secondary or missing entirely. The help documentation lags behind the Chinese-language version by a few weeks after each new feature launches. This is not a dealbreaker for regular users, but a creator debugging a failed generation in a hurry will occasionally hit a wall that a Western-first product would not present. **Content moderation and prompt rejection.** Kling applies moderation aligned with Chinese regulatory requirements. Prompts referencing sensitive political topics, named living political figures, certain historical events, or brand-adjacent likenesses are silently rejected or produce blurred outputs. Some LGBTQ+ prompts are flagged. Explicit content is fully blocked with no toggle. None of this is signposted in the interface, so in practice you find the boundary by hitting it: a blocked prompt comes back as a generic failure rather than a policy notice. That behaviour is documented rather than assumed. [TechCrunch tested Kling's prompt filter](https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/24/a-new-chinese-video-generating-model-appears-to-be-censoring-politically-sensitive-topics/) and found prompts on democracy in China, Xi Jinping, and the Tiananmen Square protests returning a nonspecific error, with the block applied at the prompt layer rather than the output. The same reporting notes Chinese models are tested by the Cyberspace Administration of China to ensure responses on sensitive topics embody core socialist values. For most consumer creative work this is not an obstacle, but a marketing team producing content in a regulated industry should sanity-check the moderation profile before committing. **Data residency and enterprise privacy.** Kuaishou processes Kling AI video generation on Chinese infrastructure. For a solo creator uploading a reference photo of a stylised character, this is a non-issue. For a brand uploading proprietary product renders, unreleased campaign artwork, or client-owned intellectual property, the data-handling story is materially different from a US-hosted equivalent. Enterprise teams looking for a Western-hosted route for presenter-into-camera content often default to [a spokesperson video tool](/ai-spokesperson-video) instead. The [OECD's work on cross-border data flows](https://www.oecd.org/en/topics/cross-border-data-flows.html) is the neutral place to read the policy shape of that trade-off, where governments increasingly weigh digital sovereignty and economic security against the free movement of data. ## Kling AI pricing in 2026 Kling AI publishes five consumer tiers in USD on the global product surface. The tier list has moved multiple times through 2025 and 2026, so the numbers below reflect the state of [klingai.com](https://klingai.com/) as of August 2026. Repricing that often is normal for a market [Statista's generative AI outlook sizes at roughly $394.66 billion worldwide in 2026](https://www.statista.com/outlook/tmo/artificial-intelligence/generative-ai/worldwide/), where per-clip compute costs are still falling under every vendor. - **Free.** 66 credits per day, resets every 24 hours with no rollover. Watermark on every export. 540p resolution ceiling. 5-second clip cap. Default model is a smaller, older Kling variant, not the 3.0 flagship. - **Standard.** ~$10 per month (annual billing brings this to roughly $6.60 per month equivalent). 660 credits monthly. 720p unlock. Watermark removal. Commercial usage rights. - **Pro.** ~$37 per month. 3,000 credits monthly. Faster processing lane. Access to 1080p and the Kling 3.0 model. - **Premier.** ~$92 per month. 8,000 credits monthly. Priority processing. Upscale path to 4K. Batch generation. - **Ultra.** ~$180 per month. 26,000 credits monthly. Highest priority queue. Credit cost per generation depends on model, resolution, duration, and whether native audio is enabled. On the Pro tier a rough guide is 6 credits per second at 720p without audio, 8 credits per second at 1080p without audio, and 12 credits per second at 1080p with native audio. A single 10-second 1080p clip with audio therefore consumes 120 credits, so the Pro monthly allowance covers approximately 25 clips of that shape per month. Failed generations on the consumer product still consume credits, which is worth planning around when iterating on a prompt. The API (used by Krea, Media.io, and several third-party front-ends) refunds credits on failed tasks, so heavy iteration is often cheaper through a third-party surface that resells Kling capacity. Annual billing across Standard through Premier saves roughly a third off the monthly price. Ultra is monthly-only. For a comparison, [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) is covered later in the piece. ## How to use Kling AI: from sign-up to your first clip If you are new to Kling, the review above tells you whether it is worth learning. This is the short version of how to start. **Pick the right door.** Most Western creators should sign up at [klingai.com](https://klingai.com/), the international app with an English interface and USD billing; sign-in works with email, Google or a phone number. The China-side entry point inside Kuaishou's own apps generally needs a Chinese phone number and Chinese payment methods, and is not worth the friction. Third-party platforms such as [Krea AI](/blog/best-krea-ai-review-2026) also resell Kling inside a multi-model interface, at a margin on top. Some corporate networks slow or block Kuaishou-owned domains, so if the site will not load at work, try a home connection before assuming it is down. **Run your first prompt.** Start with text-to-video, the current default model, standard quality and a 5-second clip. Write one subject, one action, one setting, one lighting cue and one shot type, for example: "A single red hot air balloon lifts slowly from a misty green valley at sunrise, wide cinematic shot, warm golden light, camera slowly rising." Set the aspect ratio before you generate (9:16 for Reels, TikTok and Shorts; 16:9 for YouTube), because you cannot cheaply reframe a finished clip. Then watch the result twice and note what drifted. **Learn the three features in order.** Image-to-video comes first: upload a still, describe only the motion, and Kling holds the subject from that frame. Motion brush comes second: paint one or two regions of the image and say how each should move; painting five regions produces chaos. Camera control comes third: explicit pan, tilt, zoom, dolly or orbit parameters are more predictable than describing the move in prose. Each costs extra credits, so add one at a time. **Avoid the five beginner mistakes.** Stacking several subjects and camera moves into one prompt. Jumping to 10-second clips before the 5-second version resolves cleanly. Turning on high-quality mode before the prompt is right, which only spends more credits on the same problem. Rewriting the whole prompt after every render instead of changing one variable. And treating the raw clip as a finished video: it still needs a script, voiceover, captions, music and an export, which happen in an editor (or, if you would rather skip the clip stage, in a pipeline like MakeAIVideo). ## 12 Kling AI prompts that play to its physics Kling rewards prompts built around something physically happening. Kling [opened to anyone with an email address in July 2024](https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/24/a-new-chinese-video-generating-model-appears-to-be-censoring-politically-sensitive-topics/), and TechCrunch's testing at the time found it simulating physics, "like the rustling of leaves and flowing water," about as well as Runway's Gen-3 and OpenAI's Sora. Every prompt below follows the same order: subject, action, camera, two or three physics cues, then duration. Swap anything in `[BRACKETS]`. ### Physics-heavy shots > "A close-up of \[WATERFALL\] in slow motion, water cascading down mossy rocks, individual droplets suspended mid-air and catching a shaft of sunlight, static camera at eye level, natural forest light with dappled shadows, faint mist forming a soft halo, 5 seconds." > "A medium shot of \[SILK\_FABRIC\] hanging on a beach clothesline, the fabric ripples and catches a warm crosswind, the hem lifts and settles in a slow wave, static camera at low angle, golden-hour light, fine sand blowing across the frame, 10 seconds." ### Camera work > "A slow dolly-in on \[MUSICIAN\] mid-performance, camera pushes from three metres to one metre over the shot, subject remains centred as focus racks gently to the eyes, warm stage light from behind, faint dust in the beam, 10 seconds." > "A smooth orbit around \[PRODUCT\_SNEAKER\] on a rotating pedestal, camera at pedestal height, 90-degree arc from front-left to front-right, soft studio light with two rim lights, matte grey backdrop, faint dust motes suspended in the light, 5 seconds." ### Realistic humans > "A close-up on a \[BARISTA\] pulling an espresso shot, hands press the tamper down and lock the portafilter into the machine, small steam wisps rise from the group head, warm cafe light from screen-left, shallow depth of field, 5 seconds." > "A medium shot of a \[CHEF\] flipping a pan of chopped vegetables, the food arcs briefly through the air and lands back, faint steam and one or two sparks from the burner, dark kitchen with warm task light overhead, 5 seconds." ### Product ads > "A macro shot of a \[PERFUME\_BOTTLE\] on a black glass surface, a single splash of liquid arcs across the frame behind the bottle, droplets suspend and catch the rim light, static camera at bottle height, dark studio background, 5 seconds." > "A macro shot of a \[CHOCOLATE\_BAR\] snapping in half, crumbs and small fragments suspend and fall in slow motion, static camera at counter level, warm rim light from behind, wooden surface, 5 seconds." ### Cinematic B-roll > "A slow-motion shot of a single ocean wave breaking on \[BEACH\_TYPE\] rocks, white spray suspends and cascades back into the water, static camera at low angle at wave level, golden-hour backlight through the spray, 10 seconds." > "A wide shot of an empty \[DESERT\_ROAD\] stretching to the horizon, heat shimmer rises off the tarmac and warps the distant view, static camera at road level, harsh midday sun, muted sandy palette, 10 seconds." ### Character moments > "A close-up of \[CHARACTER\] discovering an old photograph in a wooden drawer, hands lift the photo slowly into a shaft of afternoon light, dust motes drift in the beam, static camera at drawer level, warm side light, 10 seconds." > "A medium shot of \[CHARACTER\] sculpting clay on a spinning potter's wheel, hands press and shape the clay as it rotates, small flecks of clay and water fly outward, static camera at wheel level, warm workshop light, 10 seconds." **What makes these work.** Each one names a physical event, because a static scene ("a bottle on a table") forces Kling to invent motion, and invented motion is where drift starts. Each uses one camera move; "dolly in, then orbit, then pull back" is three prompts pretending to be one. Adjectives that do not describe a physical property ("cinematic, moody, professional") add nothing. And duration is a choice: 5 seconds for product beauty passes and reactions, 10 seconds for slower establishing shots. Use placeholder names rather than real people, since prompts naming real people tend to fail against the moderation filter described above. ## How Kling AI compares to Sora, Veo 3, and Runway The four foundation models that most creators are choosing between in 2026 sit in noticeably different positions. Treat any quality ranking as perishable: [Stanford HAI's 2026 AI Index](https://hai.stanford.edu/ai-index/2026-ai-index-report/technical-performance) reports video models are now starting to capture how objects behave rather than only how footage looks, which is the axis these four are trading places on fastest. **Kling AI vs OpenAI Sora.** Sora 2 (released September 2025) leads on cinematic photorealism and prompt fidelity for Western scene descriptions. Kling leads on physics and human motion coherence. Sora is bundled with a ChatGPT Plus subscription at $20 per month with generous consumer limits, which is often cheaper than the Kling Pro tier for a solo creator, but Sora clips cap at 20 seconds and Kling 3.0 caps at 15, so the gap is smaller than it looks. If the clip is a physical action scene, Kling wins. If the clip is a stylised cinematic beat with unusual lighting, Sora wins. **Kling AI vs Google Veo 3.** Veo 3 (May 2025) is Google's flagship and its differentiator is native audio generation in the base model. Veo runs through Google's Vertex AI and consumer surfaces at pay-per-second pricing, which is powerful for enterprise usage but harder to budget as a solo creator. Kling 3.0 also added native audio in the 2026 update, closing the Veo lead, but Veo still leads on multilingual voice generation and on the tightness of the audio-to-video sync. If the workflow is US-hosted enterprise, Veo is the safer pick. If the workflow is solo creator with a flat monthly bill, Kling is easier to reason about. **Kling AI vs Runway Gen-4.** Runway is a different shape of product. It is a full editor around a generation model. Gen-4 clips are strong but rarely beat Kling on physics or Sora on realism, and Runway's real value is the editing surface (frame interpolation, in-painting, video-to-video style transfer). Runway Standard is $15 per month, competitive with Kling. If the workflow needs an editor bundled with the generator, Runway is the pick. If the workflow only needs the raw clip and an external editor takes over, Kling is stronger per dollar. The longer comparison lives in our [Runway alternatives roundup](/blog/best-runway-alternatives), and our [Kling vs Runway comparison](/blog/kling-vs-runway-comparison) runs both models through the same brief. Beyond the big four, MiniMax Hailuo, Luma Dream Machine, and Pika all sit in the price-competitive tier with Kling and beat it on specific narrow axes. Hailuo is the closest of the three on price, which makes our [Kling vs Hailuo comparison](/blog/kling-vs-hailuo-comparison) the one worth reading first. The full field breakdown lives in our guide to [Kling AI alternatives](/blog/best-kling-ai-alternatives). ## Where MakeAIVideo fits in a Kling AI workflow Kling produces raw clips. A finished creator video is a different artefact: a script, a voice, a musical bed, cut-in captions, a hook in the first two seconds, and export in the right ratio for Reels, TikTok, Shorts, or YouTube. Kling does not do any of the assembly work. MakeAIVideo is a pipeline that makes the whole artefact itself. Think of it as two different jobs: **Job 1 (Kling directly):** produce a standout visual. A single strong 10-second Kling clip of a character walking through a scene, or a stylised product beat, or a cinematic establishing shot. Iterate until the raw visual is right, then finish it in a regular video editor. MakeAIVideo does not take uploaded clips as scenes. **Job 2 (MakeAIVideo):** ship a narrated video. Paste a script or a brief, and MakeAIVideo writes or keeps the words, generates the AI voiceover, builds each scene from real stock footage or AI scenes (MiniMax Hailuo by default, Kling 2.6 if you select it), adds music and captions, and exports in the aspect ratio the platform expects. The specific MakeAIVideo tools that sit closest to what people use Kling for are: - [Animate a photo](/image-to-video) for creators who want to bring a specific still to life without the full Kling learning curve, as a 5 or 10-second clip. - [Script to video](/script-to-video) for creators who start from a script rather than a prompt; the pipeline generates the matching visuals per beat, and you can pick Kling 2.6 for the AI scenes. - [Prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) for the shortest path from an idea to a finished MP4 without leaving one product. - [Faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) production for creators running a narrated show on stock footage or AI scenes. Publishing short-form vertical content? The finished output for TikTok, Reels, or Shorts needs 9:16 export, which the pipeline renders natively, so there is no crop step like the one you would do on a Kling clip in an external editor. > **The clean division of labour.** Kling, used directly, is where a standout shot is born. MakeAIVideo is where a narrated video is made from start to finish. Using both for different jobs is not a workaround, and neither product is trying to be the other. MakeAIVideo plans start at $9 a month (Lite, 450 credits); one-time top-up packs add credits on top of a plan and never expire. ## Who should use Kling AI in 2026 Four creator profiles get the most out of Kling. **Solo creators producing physical-action or human-motion content.** If your clips involve people moving through space, sports, dance, or realistic physical interactions, Kling's motion coherence will save you generations. Sora is stronger on lighting; Kling is stronger on movement. **Ad creatives producing narrative shot sequences.** Kling 3.0's multi-shot camera engine is the tightest of the current major models on cinematic shot notation. Storyboarders writing prompts in shot-list format tend to prefer Kling for first-pass output. **Creators building persistent AI characters.** Kling's image-to-video subject consistency is a top-tier version of that feature. MakeAIVideo's [AI influencer generator](/ai-influencer-generator) covers the other half of that job inside one product: the character library, the narrated videos, and the posting cadence. **Cost-conscious solo creators who iterate a lot.** The Standard tier at roughly $10 per month unlocks 720p and watermark-free output, which is a cheaper entry point than Runway Standard or Sora via ChatGPT Pro. For a hobbyist testing whether AI video fits their workflow, this is the softest landing. Two profiles should probably start elsewhere. Enterprise marketing teams handling proprietary IP should default to Veo 3 or an equivalent US-hosted model until an internal privacy review clears the Kling data path. For the presenter-into-camera content that enterprise legal teams review most tightly, an [AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar) is the other common route, and it deserves the same privacy review. Creators whose work requires content on politically sensitive topics, named public figures, or brand-adjacent parody should test their specific prompt list on the Kling free tier before committing. The moderation regime is stricter than the Western alternatives, and the failure mode (silent rejection) is harder to design around than a visible error. Kuaishou's commercial licence is also not the only rule that applies to a paid Kling clip. If the finished ad shows a synthetic person delivering a testimonial, the [FTC's rule on consumer reviews and testimonials](https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/08/federal-trade-commission-announces-final-rule-banning-fake-reviews-testimonials) prohibits reviews that misrepresent themselves as coming from someone who does not exist, and names AI-generated fake reviews specifically. Model licensing and advertising law are separate gates. Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=inline_cta&utm_content=best-kling-ai-review-2026)plans from $9/month · allowance tops up monthly ## Kling AI FAQs ### Is Kling AI free to use in 2026? Yes. Kling AI publishes a free tier with 66 credits per day, watermark on every export, 540p ceiling, and a 5-second clip cap. Credits reset every 24 hours and do not roll over. ### Who makes Kling AI? Kuaishou Technology, the Beijing-based tech company that also runs the Kwai short-video app outside China. Kuaishou released the first Kling model in June 2024 and has published its progress through investor releases and the [Kling AI Wikipedia entry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kling_AI) since. ### What is the current version of Kling AI? Kling 3.0 is the flagship as of August 2026. It released on February 4, 2026, extended max clip length to 15 seconds, and added native audio generation. A Turbo variant and the Omni engine followed on June 17, 2026. ### Is Kling AI better than Sora? On physics and human motion coherence, Kling regularly wins side-by-side tests against Sora. On cinematic photorealism and Western scene interpretation, Sora is often stronger. The right pick depends on the shot, not on which model is best overall. ### How much does Kling AI cost per video? On the Pro tier at 1080p with native audio, a 10-second clip costs roughly 120 credits, which is about 4 percent of the monthly Pro allowance. Effective cost per clip depends on the tier, resolution, and whether audio is on. ### Can I use Kling AI clips commercially? Yes on the paid tiers. Standard through Ultra include commercial usage rights and watermark removal. The free tier is testing only, and every free-tier clip carries a visible watermark. ### Does Kling AI have content moderation restrictions? Yes. Kling applies moderation aligned with Chinese regulatory requirements, so prompts covering sensitive political topics, named living figures, and certain brand or historical references may be silently rejected. Explicit content is fully blocked. ### Where does Kling AI run my data? Kuaishou runs Kling AI video generation on Chinese infrastructure. For a solo creator this is not usually a decision-driver, but a marketing team uploading proprietary IP should factor the data path into their choice of model. ### What is the difference between Kling AI and MakeAIVideo? Kling AI is a foundation model that produces raw video clips. MakeAIVideo is a pipeline that makes a finished narrated video (script, voice, scenes, music, captions, and platform-native export) from a brief or a script. It does not take uploaded Kling clips; its AI scenes run on MiniMax Hailuo by default, with Kling 2.6 selectable. The two do different jobs. ## Getting started with Kling AI (and a finished video) If you are testing Kling for the first time, the shortest path is the free tier at [klingai.com](https://klingai.com/). Generate two or three short clips, look at how the model handles your specific prompt shape, and only pay for a tier if the output fits what you are trying to make. The how-to section above walks through that first generation and saves the usual hour of trial and error. If the goal is a finished narrated video (not just a clip), the second stage of the workflow matters as much as the first. That is where MakeAIVideo fits. [MakeAIVideo's plans](/pricing) start at $9 a month (Lite, 450 credits), and one-time top-up packs add credits on top of a plan that never expire. Use Kling for standout shots and our pipeline for the narrated videos, and you have a real creator workflow instead of a folder of raw clips. > **The one-line summary.** Kling AI is the model to reach for when the shot needs real physics, real human motion, or a strong reference character held across the frame. MakeAIVideo is the pipeline that makes the shipped narrated video. Different tools, different jobs. Whichever route you pick, treat the model choice as the smaller decision. The larger decision is the workflow shape around it. A creator publishing to Reels five days a week needs a repeatable pipeline more than they need the marginally best raw clip. Pick the tools that fit the pipeline, not the ones that win one-off demos. ![Jamie Partridge](/images/authors/jamie-partridge.webp) Written by [Jamie Partridge](/about/jamie-partridge) Founder at MakeAIVideo. Writing about AI video generation, scripting, scenes, and shipping content faster. [More about the author](/about/jamie-partridge) ## Free AI video tools - [ Video Script Generator Generate 6 full HOOK / BODY / CTA video scripts in any format, short-form, long-form, tutorial, VSL, talking-head, product demo. Free, no signup, instant. ](/tools/video-script-generator) - [ Video Hook Generator Generate 10 attention-grabbing video hooks for any topic. Patterns proven to drive watch-through on TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-hook-generator) - [ Video Idea Generator Get 10 ready-to-shoot video ideas tailored to your niche. 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"Ask ChatGPT about this article")[](https://claude.ai/new?q=Read%20https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fbest-krea-ai-review-2026%20then%20summarize%20the%20key%20points%20and%20answer%20any%20questions%20I%20have%20about%20it. "Ask Claude about this article")[](https://www.perplexity.ai/search?q=Read%20https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fbest-krea-ai-review-2026%20then%20summarize%20the%20key%20points%20and%20answer%20any%20questions%20I%20have%20about%20it. "Ask Perplexity about this article") **Krea AI is the meta-platform that unlocks the whole 2026 AI video model shelf from one login, one bill, and one canvas.** Instead of paying [Runway](https://runwayml.com/), [Kling](https://kling.kuaishou.com/), [Luma](https://lumalabs.ai/dream-machine), and Google Veo separately and juggling four dashboards, you pay Krea once and route every prompt to whichever underlying model fits the shot. This review covers what Krea actually is, which models it bundles, how the pricing works in practice, what it is genuinely good at, where the seams show, and how it slots next to a finished-video workflow rather than replacing one. Krea is not a single foundation model. It is a workspace on top of every foundation model, plus a proprietary Krea image model of its own. That distinction changes how you should think about it, how you should price it against alternatives, and where it fits in your creator stack. Krea exists because the model shelf itself became a market: Statista's generative AI outlook sizes the worldwide segment at [US$394.66 billion in 2026](https://www.statista.com/outlook/tmo/artificial-intelligence/generative-ai/worldwide/). ## What Krea AI actually is Krea is a San Francisco startup founded by Victor Perez and Diego Rodriguez that has raised [$83 million across three rounds](https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/07/kreas-founders-snubbed-postgrad-grants-from-the-king-of-spain-to-build-their-ai-startup-now-its-valued-at-500m/) at a $500 million post-money valuation, with backing from Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital Ventures, and Abstract Ventures. The pitch is simple. Generative AI has fragmented into dozens of specialised image and video models, each with their own account, credit system, and prompt syntax. Krea unifies that surface into one interface that automatically picks the right model for each request or lets you pick manually. The [official product](https://www.krea.ai/) frames itself as an AI creative suite. In practice it is three things at once. First, a model gateway that routes to third-party models like Runway Gen-4, Kling 3, Veo 3, Luma, Pika, Flux, and Ideogram. Second, a proprietary image model called Krea 2 (released June 2026 as a 12.9-billion-parameter diffusion transformer, with open weights on Hugging Face) that competes with Flux and Ideogram on its own terms. Third, a set of enhancement tools like upscaling, product relighting, LoRA training, lip-sync, and node-based workflow chains that would each be a separate subscription elsewhere. Krea's customer list, per the TechCrunch coverage of the funding round, includes creatives at Perplexity, Loop Earplugs, Pixar, LEGO, and Samsung. So the tool is genuinely used by the shops it is aimed at, not just a demo reel for investors. [Forbes's company profile](https://www.forbes.com/companies/krea/) carries the same $500 million valuation and notes that enterprise customers can fine-tune their own Krea models to hold a house style. > **Read this as a workspace, not a video maker.** Krea gives you the raw generation layer across every current AI video model. It does not turn those raw clips into a finished narrated video with voice, captions, music, and export. Raw generation, the same job as an [image to video](/image-to-video) step, is where Krea shines; finishing a narrated video is a separate job. ## The models Krea includes The full list changes month to month as new models drop, but the 2026 shelf covers the tools most creators actually reach for. On the video side that means Google Veo 3.1, Runway Gen-4.5, Kling 2.5 and Kling 3, MiniMax Hailuo, Luma Dream Machine, Pika, Seedance, and LTX. On the image side it means Krea's own Krea 2 model, Flux, Nano Banana, Ideogram, Runway image, and Imagen. On enhancement it means the Topaz suite, Starlight, and Flux Upscale for stills and short clips. And on 3D it means Hunyuan3D, TRELLIS 2, and Tripo. Not every model is available on every plan (the top-tier video models are gated to paid users, and the free plan caps you at 100 compute units a day). But the roster is broad enough that most 2026 image and video generation you would otherwise do across four or five tabs collapses into one workspace. If you already know you want a specific model for a shot, you pick it from a dropdown; if you do not, Krea will pick a sensible default. Our comparison of [the best AI video models of 2026](/blog/best-ai-video-model-2026) covers what each of those engines is actually best at, which is the knowledge the dropdown quietly assumes you already have. Read it before you start rotating models, not after. Turning a single still into a short animated clip is also what MakeAIVideo's [animate a photo](/image-to-video) mode does, as a 5 or 10-second clip. ## What Krea is good at Krea's real edge shows up in three places, and each of them is genuine even after you strip out the marketing language. **Real-time canvas.** Krea's headline feature is a canvas that regenerates the image within roughly 50 milliseconds of every keystroke or stroke. You sketch on one side and a photorealistic AI-generated version appears on the other, updating live as you refine the sketch or the prompt. It changes the feel of prompt iteration from "type, wait, judge, retry" to something closer to sketching with a partner. That is the workflow the [funding-round coverage](https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/07/kreas-founders-snubbed-postgrad-grants-from-the-king-of-spain-to-build-their-ai-startup-now-its-valued-at-500m/) highlighted as the differentiator, and it holds up in daily use for concept work and reference generation. **Model breadth from one login.** If your work involves comparing outputs across models (a common pattern for agencies and studios), the ability to route the same prompt to Veo, Runway, and Kling from one workspace is a real productivity win. Every model has different strengths for different shots, and switching between four native apps loses more time than most creators budget for. Krea collapses that friction. The same logic applies once you turn those raw clips into a scripted piece with [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video); the generation step becomes model-agnostic upstream. **Node-based workflows.** For power users, Krea supports chained workflows where the output of one model feeds another (generate an image in Flux, upscale with Topaz, animate with Kling, lip-sync a voice on top). That is closer to how a production shop actually works than the linear "prompt then export" flow most consumer AI tools offer. For creators building repeatable pipelines rather than one-off images, chained workflows compound in value. Beyond the three headliners, Krea's LoRA training, product relighting, style-transfer moodboards, and voice mode (added in the March 2026 redesign) all deepen the surface for anyone whose work extends past pure text-to-image generation. ## What Krea struggles with The honest limits, before you commit to a subscription. **Jack-of-all-trades UX versus specialist UX.** Krea covers a lot of surface, so its interface is necessarily broader than any specialist app. If you spend most of your time inside one model (say, deep Kling video work or heavy Flux image work), the native Kling or Flux interfaces expose model-specific controls Krea has to abstract away. The abstraction is well done but it will always be a translation layer. Specialists notice. **Credit costs on premium video models.** Krea's compute units convert to real money quickly on the top-end video models. Community reports put a single Veo 3 generation at around 1,017 compute units, which means the Pro plan's 20,000 monthly units gives you roughly 20 Veo 3 clips a month, plus whatever else you spend on image models and enhancement. That is competitive with using Veo directly through Google's own credits, not spectacularly cheaper. The savings come from consolidation and workflow speed, not from arbitrage on the underlying compute. **Not a finished-video tool.** This is the framing point most Krea reviews skip. Krea gives you clips, images, and enhanced stills. It does not write your script, generate your voiceover, cut a talking-head narrated MP4 with captions and music, or export platform-ready aspect ratios for Reels, TikTok, and Shorts as a single flow. Getting from Krea output to a shipped video means either building that pipeline yourself or bolting on a dedicated tool. Turning a [script to video](/script-to-video) is the specific step Krea leaves to you. **Rapid product churn.** Because Krea is aggregating third-party models, the shelf changes constantly. Models get added, deprecated, or repriced without much warning. That is inherent to the meta-platform model, not a Krea-specific complaint, but it means your favourite shot pipeline can shift underneath you between subscription renewals. The underlying research is moving just as fast: Stanford HAI's 2026 AI Index reports video models [starting to capture how objects behave](https://hai.stanford.edu/ai-index/2026-ai-index-report/technical-performance) rather than only rendering plausible frames, so the quality leader on any given prompt keeps changing. > **One subscription is not the same as unlimited access.** Krea gives you access to every bundled model, but each generation still burns compute units at a model-specific rate. Model breadth is the value, not infinite generation. Budget for topping up or upgrading tiers if your monthly video volume is heavy. ## Krea pricing in 2026 Krea's [published tiers](https://www.krea.ai/) run five levels deep, with annual billing saving 20 percent. **Free.** 100 compute units per day. Limited access to image, video, 3D, lip-sync, and upscaling. Enough to test whether the real-time canvas fits your workflow before paying. **Basic, $9 per month.** The entry paid tier. Aimed at hobbyists and light content creators. Removes daily unit caps and unlocks more of the model shelf. **Pro, $35 per month.** 20,000 compute units per month. Full model access including the premium video models. This is the tier most working creators land on. **Max, $70 per month.** Higher compute allowance for heavy daily users and small studios. If Pro's units run out before month end, this is the natural upgrade. **Business, $200 per month.** Team seats, shared workspaces, and governance. Aimed at agencies and creative teams. **Enterprise.** Contact for pricing. Custom compute, zero-data-retention, and account management. The catch is compute units, not the base price. A creator on Pro who generates ten Veo 3 clips in a week has already burned half the monthly allowance. Heavy Kling or Runway users are in similar territory. That is not a bug (compute is genuinely expensive for the underlying models), but it means the effective monthly cost for a working creator is often the tier price plus one or two top-ups. On the finished-video side of the workflow, [MakeAIVideo's plans](/pricing) start at $9 a month on a similar credit model, with a 7-day trial for new customers. ## Krea versus using the models directly If you already have one model you love and stick with it, Krea's meta-platform pitch is weaker. If you want breadth, it is stronger. The honest trade-off breaks down like this. **Runway direct.** Runway's own workspace has deeper editing controls than the Runway view inside Krea. If your work is 90 percent Runway, subscribing direct is arguably closer to native. Our [Runway alternatives](/blog/best-runway-alternatives) roundup covers the wider trade landscape in more detail, and our [Runway AI guide and review](/blog/how-to-use-runway-beginners-guide) goes through the controls you give up by routing through Krea. **Kling direct.** Kling's own interface (klingai.com) has all the newest features first and often at a lower per-clip cost than Krea's routing markup. Heavy Kling users lose a little by going through Krea. Our [Kling AI alternatives](/blog/best-kling-ai-alternatives) guide walks through when specialist tools beat aggregators. **Sora direct.** Sora is only available via ChatGPT Plus or Pro subscriptions, which bundle it with a lot of other tooling you may already pay for. If you already have Plus, using Sora direct is free of any Krea markup. Our list of [Sora alternatives](/blog/best-sora-alternatives) covers when a meta-platform becomes the better route. **Veo direct.** Veo 3 access comes through Google Vids, Gemini, or Google Labs at different price points. If you already live in the Google Workspace stack, direct access can be cheaper. Through Krea, you get Veo in the same interface as Kling and Runway, which is the win when you want to compare. The general pattern: single-model creators lose modest efficiency going through Krea. Multi-model creators (agencies, prompt experimenters, video studios producing varied work) win back that efficiency several times over through the consolidated login and canvas. It is a fair trade, not a scam or a bargain. ## Where a video pipeline like MakeAIVideo fits Krea and MakeAIVideo solve different jobs, and framing them as competitors misses the point. Krea owns raw generation across many models. A pipeline makes the finished narrated video. Concretely: Krea generates the image or clip. To ship a video anyone will actually watch you still need a script, a voiceover, scene assembly, auto-captions, music, and export in 9:16, 16:9, or 1:1. For Krea clips, that happens in a video editor, because MakeAIVideo does not take uploaded clips as scenes. MakeAIVideo does the whole job from a script instead, with scenes from real stock footage or AI scenes on MiniMax Hailuo or Kling 2.6. Some example patterns. **Ad creative.** When the ad hinges on one hero shot, generate it in Krea using Flux or Veo and cut the ad in an editor. When it is an everyday product ad, MakeAIVideo's [AI ad maker](/ai-ad-maker) builds the script, voice, visuals, captions, and export for Meta or TikTok Ads from your product photos, one ad per run. **AI creator content.** Use Krea's Flux plus Krea 2 to generate consistent character stills, then upload one as a reference photo in an [AI influencer generator](/ai-influencer-generator), which builds the character, pairs a voice, and outputs platform-native shorts. Krea handles the visual identity; the pipeline handles the posts. **Faceless YouTube.** Draft your script and test visual ideas in Krea, then make the finished long-form or short for a [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) in MakeAIVideo, which generates its own scenes from the script. **Reels and TikTok.** Iterate on visual concepts in Krea's real-time canvas, then make the final vertical videos with an [Instagram Reels generator](/instagram-reels-generator). Krea speeds up the concept phase; the pipeline makes the post. > **Two subscriptions, one workflow.** Most working creators end up subscribing to both a meta-platform like Krea and a finished-video pipeline like MakeAIVideo, because they solve joined problems. The Krea bill covers raw generation across models. The pipeline bill covers script, voice, captions, and export. ## Who should use Krea Three creator profiles get the most from a Krea subscription, and one profile probably should not bother. **Multi-model prompt experimenters.** If you routinely compare Kling versus Runway versus Veo on the same shot, or you flip between Flux and Ideogram for different image styles, Krea's routing saves hours. The real-time canvas alone is worth the Pro price for anyone who iterates heavily. That cohort is now most of the market: eMarketer reports [about 80 percent of creatives using generative AI](https://www.emarketer.com/content/4-5-creatives-use-generative-ai-many-start-finish) somewhere in their process, with just over half using it to produce finished video. **Agencies and studios.** When your job is producing varied client work under tight turnarounds, model breadth matters more than deep specialisation in any one model. Krea's Business tier is genuinely useful for teams who need shared workspaces and governance across the model shelf. Gartner predicted that [more than 80 percent of enterprises would have used generative AI APIs or deployed generative AI applications by 2026](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2023-10-11-gartner-says-more-than-80-percent-of-enterprises-will-have-used-generative-ai-apis-or-deployed-generative-ai-enabled-applications-by-2026), which is the demand agencies are now servicing. **Concept and reference artists.** For anyone whose deliverable is a visual concept, moodboard, or reference image rather than a finished MP4, Krea's image side is close to a complete workflow. Pair it with an [AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar) or an [AI spokesperson video](/ai-spokesperson-video) when you need to turn a concept board into a scripted narrated deliverable. **Single-model heavy users.** If 90 percent of your work is on one model and you already know that model deeply, subscribing to it directly usually beats going through Krea. The abstraction cost is real when you have specific workflows tuned to one native interface. Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=inline_cta&utm_content=best-krea-ai-review-2026)plans from $9/month · allowance tops up monthly ## Krea AI FAQs ### What is Krea AI in one sentence? Krea AI is a creative workspace for generating images and video across the 2026 model shelf. It bundles Runway, Kling, Veo, Luma, Pika, Flux, Ideogram, and its own Krea 2 image model into one login, one bill, and one canvas. ### How much does Krea AI cost? Krea offers a Free plan and four paid tiers. Basic is $9 per month, Pro is $35 per month, Max is $70 per month, and Business is $200 per month. Annual billing saves 20 percent, and compute units are consumed per generation at model-specific rates. ### Is Krea AI worth the money in 2026? Yes for multi-model prompt experimenters, agencies, and concept artists who benefit from routing one prompt to multiple models. Less obviously worth it for creators who work 90 percent inside one model where the native interface is deeper than Krea's abstracted view. ### Which AI video models does Krea include? Krea's 2026 video roster covers Google Veo 3.1, Runway Gen-4.5, Kling 2.5 and Kling 3, MiniMax Hailuo, Luma Dream Machine, Pika, Seedance, and LTX. The list updates as new models release; free tier users see a smaller subset than paid tiers. ### What is Krea AI's real-time canvas? Krea's real-time canvas regenerates the image within roughly 50 milliseconds of every keystroke or brush stroke on a live preview. You sketch or type on one side; a photorealistic AI-generated version appears on the other and updates as you refine the input. ### Does Krea AI compete with Runway or Kling? No. Krea is a meta-platform that bundles access to Runway, Kling, and other models. Using Krea does not replace those models; it gives you a single interface on top of them. For heavy single-model workflows, going direct to Runway or Kling can still be preferable. ### Can Krea AI make a finished video with voiceover and captions? Not by itself. Krea generates raw clips, images, and enhanced stills. Turning those into a scripted, narrated, captioned video with music and platform-ready export is a separate step, done in a video editor. MakeAIVideo's [image to video](/image-to-video) mode animates a single still into a short clip, and its script and prompt modes make whole narrated videos with their own scenes. ### Is Krea AI safe for commercial use? Yes for the underlying models with commercial licences (most premium models on Krea allow commercial output). Check the individual model's licence terms before shipping to a client, and follow [FTC guidance on synthetic-media disclosure](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/consumer-reviews-testimonials-rule-questions-answers) for AI-generated content in advertising. ### What is Krea 2? Krea 2 is Krea's proprietary 12.9-billion-parameter open-weights image model released in June 2026, available in Raw and Turbo variants with weights published on Hugging Face. It ships alongside the third-party models on the platform as the default image option. ### How does Krea compare to MakeAIVideo? They solve different steps of the same workflow rather than competing. Krea covers raw model access for generating images and clips. MakeAIVideo makes a finished narrated MP4 (script, voice, scenes, captions, and platform-ready export) from a prompt or a script; it does not take Krea clips as scenes. ## Where to go from here If you are model-curious and generate a lot of images or short clips across different tools, spin up Krea's free tier and test the real-time canvas for a week. Ten minutes will tell you whether the workflow clicks for the way you already work. If it does, Pro at $35 per month is the tier most working creators land on. If your bottleneck is turning any of that raw generation into a finished narrated MP4, [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) is the shortest path on the pipeline side of the stack. Plans start at $9 a month for 450 credits, topped back up each billing month. [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) shows one number per plan, with no per-credit maze to decode after your first month. Either way, the general shape of the 2026 AI video stack is settling. Foundation models compete on quality; meta-platforms like Krea compete on breadth and iteration speed; finished-video pipelines compete on assembly and delivery. Most working creators eventually run all three layers together because each one earns its own line in the budget. Understanding which layer solves which problem is the whole game. ![Jamie Partridge](/images/authors/jamie-partridge.webp) Written by [Jamie Partridge](/about/jamie-partridge) Founder at MakeAIVideo. Writing about AI video generation, scripting, scenes, and shipping content faster. [More about the author](/about/jamie-partridge) ## Free AI video tools - [ Video Script Generator Generate 6 full HOOK / BODY / CTA video scripts in any format, short-form, long-form, tutorial, VSL, talking-head, product demo. Free, no signup, instant. ](/tools/video-script-generator) - [ Video Hook Generator Generate 10 attention-grabbing video hooks for any topic. 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"Ask ChatGPT about this article")[](https://claude.ai/new?q=Read%20https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fbest-luma-dream-machine-review-2026%20then%20summarize%20the%20key%20points%20and%20answer%20any%20questions%20I%20have%20about%20it. "Ask Claude about this article")[](https://www.perplexity.ai/search?q=Read%20https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fbest-luma-dream-machine-review-2026%20then%20summarize%20the%20key%20points%20and%20answer%20any%20questions%20I%20have%20about%20it. "Ask Perplexity about this article") **Luma AI Dream Machine is the model that made text-to-video feel like a normal creative tool rather than a demo reel.** Free tier that actually works, keyframe control most rivals do not ship, motion that reads as motion instead of a slideshow. This review is a working creator's take on where Dream Machine earns its reputation in 2026, where it still frustrates, what the real prices are, and how the raw clips fit into a shipping workflow. If your plan is to publish finished videos, treat Dream Machine as a strong generator for individual shots rather than a full production suite in itself; the narration, captions and edit happen elsewhere. For a single still, an [image-to-video](/image-to-video) tool is the lighter route. Everything here was tested against the same benchmark used across our AI video model reviews. Ten prompts, run through the free and paid tiers, then held next to the same prompts on Sora, Runway, Kling, and Pika. No affiliate deals, no cherry-picked outputs. If the model produced a beautiful demo and a mid feed of average clips, both get reported. That parallel testing across models is what lets an honest ranking show up rather than a marketing summary of the vendor's own page. The consolidated result of those runs sits in our ranking of [the best AI video models in 2026](/blog/best-ai-video-model-2026). > **How to read this review.** The rating below is not "is Luma the best model in 2026" (nothing is universally best). It is "for the specific things creators try to do with Dream Machine right now, does it hold up." If your workflow is image-to-video with tight framing control on a modest budget, Dream Machine is arguably the best value on the market, with Pika the only real rival at that price (see our [Pika Labs review](/blog/best-pika-labs-review-2026)). If you want long-form cinematic sequences with native audio, other models fit better. ## What Luma Dream Machine actually is Luma Dream Machine is a generative video model made by [Luma Labs](https://lumalabs.ai/), a San Francisco-based generative AI company that previously shipped Genie, a 3D asset generator built on the same neural-radiance-field research the founders published while working on Apple's AR stack. Dream Machine went public on June 12, 2024, and was one of the first foundation video models available to consumers without a waitlist. That accessibility is a large part of why the product built the audience it has. For scale on the money behind that wave, Statista's generative AI outlook sizes the worldwide segment at [US$394.66 billion in 2026](https://www.statista.com/outlook/tmo/artificial-intelligence/generative-ai/worldwide/). The current Luma product line covers three model families. Dream Machine is the original text-to-video and image-to-video model. The Ray series (Ray 2, Ray 3, Ray 3.2 as of writing) is the newer high-fidelity line for creators who want cinematic-quality frames and stronger prompt following. Uni-1 is a brand-tuned model that keeps style, characters, and references consistent across generations. In practice most creators land on Dream Machine first because the free tier lets you learn the tool before subscribing, then upgrade into Ray for the shots that need the extra polish. Understanding the family matters because a lot of confused pricing comparisons online lump every Luma output together as "Dream Machine" when the newer Ray outputs come from a different underlying model at a different credit cost. This review focuses on Dream Machine specifically. The Ray series belongs in our wider [AI video model comparison](/blog/best-ai-video-model-2026), where its high-end outputs sit next to Runway Gen-4 and Kling 2. The [official Dream Machine page](https://lumalabs.ai/dream-machine) frames the product as a way to "make video with words and images." That is a fair summary. Type a prompt, upload a reference image, or provide a start and end keyframe, and the model produces a short animated clip. What separates Luma from the pack is how it treats those inputs as a joined creative surface rather than three separate features bolted on. ## How Dream Machine works, end to end Dream Machine takes any of three primary inputs. A text prompt on its own generates a clip from scratch. A single reference image with a prompt animates that image with the described motion, which is by far the most reliable way to get a clip that looks the way you want it. Two reference images (a start keyframe and an end keyframe) interpolate the motion between them, which is the feature that made Dream Machine famous when it launched. Creators who wanted control over the first and last frame of a shot suddenly had a model that let them lock both endpoints, and the model did the connecting motion. That control is still one of the strongest reasons to reach for Dream Machine over rivals when you want to [animate a photo](/image-to-video) between two fixed frames. Base clip length is five seconds. Extensions of up to about 20 seconds are possible by chaining generations with the extend feature, but you pay in credits for each extension and the coherence degrades the further you push. Native output is 720p at the standard tier, with 1080p available on higher tiers or via the newer Ray models. Aspect ratio support covers 16:9, 9:16, 1:1, and 4:3, which means vertical output for TikTok and Reels is a first-class feature rather than a crop-later afterthought. The generation UI runs on the web and inside iOS. Prompts, projects, and generations save under your account, and shareable share-links let you publish a clip without downloading it. That web-first ergonomics matters because the closest rivals (Kling's Chinese-first UI, Pika's Discord roots) either add a language barrier or a chat-app friction that Dream Machine skipped from day one. Wikipedia's [Dream Machine article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_Machine_\(text-to-video_model\)) covers the launch specifics and the initial resolution details for reference. TechCrunch reported that Luma's later Ray3 Modify release [kept the start-and-end reference frame workflow](https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/18/luma-releases-a-new-ai-model-that-lets-users-generate-a-video-from-a-start-and-end-frame/) inside Dream Machine, arriving alongside a $900 million round led by Humain with a16z, Amplify Partners, and Matrix Partners participating. ## What Dream Machine does really well **Motion that reads as motion.** The single strongest thing Dream Machine ships is coherent movement inside a five-second clip. Fluids look like fluids, cloth drapes properly, camera moves feel like real camera moves rather than warped stills. That physical plausibility is why the model was so widely celebrated at launch and why it still holds up. On prompts like "a woman walking through a market at dusk, handheld camera" Dream Machine produces a clip that looks shot rather than composited from a batch of static frames. Stanford HAI's 2026 AI Index reports the same shift at the research level: video models are [starting to capture how objects behave](https://hai.stanford.edu/ai-index/2026-ai-index-report/technical-performance). **Keyframe control that no free rival matches.** The start-frame / end-frame control is Dream Machine's signature feature. Give the model your opening composition and your closing composition and it will interpolate the shot between them. For product shots, transformations, reveals, and any narrative beat that needs a clean payoff frame, that control is worth the whole subscription on its own. Runway added a similar feature later, Kling has an equivalent, Pika has a partial implementation, but the workflow inside Dream Machine remains the most direct. **A free tier that lets you actually learn the tool.** Dream Machine has run a generous free tier since launch: enough monthly credits to generate a handful of clips per day, all with the same underlying model as the paid tiers. Watermarks and slower queue times are the trade-off, but you can genuinely evaluate the product before paying. That accessibility built the audience the product has today, and it remains the softest onboarding of any major AI video model in 2026. For creators just starting out, that free tier is a good place to learn prompting, and if what you need to publish is narrated video, MakeAIVideo's $9-a-month Lite plan, with its [TikTok video generator](/tiktok-video-generator) for the vertical side, makes those end to end for under ten dollars a month. **A steadily-improving product cycle.** Luma ships. The team has released model updates roughly every quarter since launch, and each version has closed real gaps: better prompt following, longer coherent shots, better hands and text. That cadence is not glamour but it is the reason the tool has stayed relevant while other well-funded rivals stagnated. Our own view, having watched the field turn over twice since 2024: a model that gets meaningfully better every quarter is worth more to a working creator than a better model that shipped once and went quiet. ## Where Dream Machine falls short **Five-second base clips force chaining.** For any narrative longer than a single beat, five seconds is short. The extend feature works but each extension costs credits and adds visual drift. If your goal is a 30-second product video or a 60-second explainer, you will burn through your free credits fast, then spend real money chaining shots that may or may not stitch cleanly. This is where the pipeline angle matters: Dream Machine gives you the shots, and a video editor turns them into a finished video. If the video is narration-led, MakeAIVideo's [script to video](/script-to-video) flow skips the chaining entirely by generating every scene itself. **Watermarks and lower resolution on the free tier.** The free tier ships watermarked 720p outputs. That is fair given the compute economics, but it means the free tier is a learning tool rather than a production tool. Pricing on [MakeAIVideo's pricing page](/pricing) removes the watermark from every pack from day one; Dream Machine keeps the watermark on until you upgrade past the entry paid tier and pick specific export options. **Occasional flat compositions.** For a percentage of generations, Dream Machine returns technically valid clips that lack visual interest: the framing is centred, the motion is small, the palette is muted. When it works, it works beautifully; when it under-serves the prompt, it produces the AI-video equivalent of a stock still. Reprompting or reaching for keyframe input usually fixes this, but it is a real trade-off compared to models like Runway that tend to produce more visually confident (if sometimes over-cooked) outputs. **Prompt adherence still drifts on complex scenes.** As with every foundation video model in 2026, Dream Machine struggles when the prompt stacks multiple subjects, specific text, or precise object counts. If the prompt is "three men walking left to right past a red car, at sunset," you can get two men, four men, no car, or a purple car. This is not unique to Luma but it is a real ceiling on how far a single prompt can go without keyframe support to lock the composition. **No native audio.** Google Veo 3 shipped native audio in 2025 and the whole sector is moving that way. Dream Machine remains audio-free at time of writing. That is a bigger deal than it sounds. For a shipped video you still need voiceover, music, and sync, which means another tool in the pipeline. That is fine for pros but adds friction for beginners who thought one model would produce a finished video. ## Dream Machine pricing, the honest version Luma runs a mixed pricing model with a free tier and multiple paid tiers, and the credit costs vary by model (Dream Machine vs Ray) and by feature (extensions, higher resolution). The [live pricing page](https://lumalabs.ai/dream-machine) is the single source of truth and Luma updates it more often than most vendors, so cross-check numbers before committing. At time of writing the shape looks like this. A free tier ships enough monthly credits to generate around ten short Dream Machine clips per month, watermarked. A paid entry tier starts in the mid-$20s per month billed annually (mid-$30s monthly) and lifts the credit cap, removes the watermark, and unlocks priority queue. A middle tier in the $70 to $100 monthly range gives you enough credits for regular production use and access to the higher-fidelity Ray models. A top individual tier north of $250 monthly is intended for heavy users pushing hundreds of finished clips. Credits do not roll over month to month, and failed generations get refunded automatically. That refund behaviour is a nice quality-of-life detail that some competitors do not match: on Kling and Pika, a failed generation still eats your credit. On per-second cost across paid tiers, Dream Machine is roughly middle-of-pack: cheaper than Runway Gen-4 for equivalent-length clips, more expensive than Kling's non-Pro tiers on identical output, similar to Pika. For creators who mostly generate short-form content, the entry tier is enough. For anyone hitting the extend button often, plan for the middle tier. > **What to test on the free tier before you pay.** Run five prompts you actually plan to reuse. Rate each output on a scale of one to five for "would I ship this." If your average is three or higher, the paid tier is likely worth it for you. If most of your outputs land at two, the shape of your prompts probably needs work more than the tool needs upgrading, and a bigger subscription will not fix that. ## How Dream Machine compares to Sora, Runway, Pika, and Kling Every AI video model has a shape it fits best. Dream Machine's shape is short-form, keyframe-controlled, motion-first clips at a fair price. That shape puts it in direct comparison with a specific set of rivals rather than every foundation model in the sector. **Dream Machine vs Sora.** Sora (as it existed on the [OpenAI Sora page](https://openai.com/sora/)) produced longer clips (up to 20 seconds native) and stronger prompt adherence on complex scenes, but access and pricing were narrower and the standalone product has been sunset. For creators mid-migration, our [Sora alternatives](/blog/best-sora-alternatives) piece covers the shape of a Sora exit. Dream Machine is one of the closest replacements for creators who valued Sora's accessibility over its ceiling. **Dream Machine vs Runway.** Runway Gen-4 wins on editing controls and prompt precision for cinematic shots; Dream Machine wins on price and free-tier accessibility. Runway's suite around the model (Motion Brush, camera controls, editing timeline) is broader and more mature. If you already use Runway, our [Runway alternatives roundup](/blog/best-runway-alternatives) covers where Dream Machine fits and where it does not. For most creators the choice is: Runway if the budget allows and editing precision matters, Dream Machine if the budget is tight or if keyframe input is the workflow you care about most. **Dream Machine vs Kling.** Kling's physics and motion realism are class-leading in 2026 (arguably the best on the market for physical-world scenes), especially in the paid tiers. Dream Machine trades some of that physical realism for a friendlier UI, better English-language prompt handling, and more direct keyframe control. Our guide to [Kling AI alternatives](/blog/best-kling-ai-alternatives) covers the trade in more detail. For a Western creator on a modest budget, Dream Machine is usually the easier tool to get results out of; for a creator willing to work through the Kling Pro interface for the best physics, Kling wins on raw output quality. **Dream Machine vs Pika.** Pika 2.0 and Dream Machine sit closest together in the market: both consumer-friendly, both with free tiers, both similar in clip length. Pika edges ahead on stylised outputs and on some social-friendly features; Dream Machine edges ahead on keyframe control and on the reliability of motion inside a shot. Test both free tiers before subscribing to either, or read our [Luma vs Pika comparison](/blog/luma-vs-pika-comparison) first. ## Where MakeAIVideo fits in a Dream Machine workflow This is the important part. Dream Machine produces clips. It does not produce finished videos. The gap between the two is bigger than most creators expect until they actually try to ship something. A finished video for a real platform (Reels, TikTok, YouTube Shorts, a client deliverable) needs a script that pays off, a voiceover that pairs with the visuals, captions that hold attention on mute, scene transitions that hide the seams between clips, background music that sits under the voice, and an export in the right aspect ratio at the right resolution. Dream Machine handles one part of that: the visual clip. Everything else is a separate job. eMarketer puts [60 percent of marketers](https://www.emarketer.com/content/ai-reshaping-video-advertising-ideation-optimization) already using generative AI for scripts, voiceovers, and visual assets, which is the pipeline, not the clip. MakeAIVideo is a pipeline that makes the shipped video itself. You write the script (or generate one), and the pipeline handles voiceover, scenes (real stock footage by default, or AI scenes on MiniMax Hailuo or Kling 2.6), auto-captions, music, and export in 9:16, 16:9 or 1:1. It does not take uploaded clips as scenes, so Dream Machine clips are finished in a regular video editor, not in MakeAIVideo. It is not a rival to Dream Machine; it does a different job. Use Dream Machine for a hero visual you want to control frame by frame, and MakeAIVideo for narrated videos such as a [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) or an [AI explainer video](/ai-explainer-video). For product clips from a single still, [image to video](/image-to-video) is the lighter route. Concretely: if the product video hinges on three keyframe-controlled shots, generate them in Dream Machine and cut them with a voiceover in your editor. If it is a narrated product overview, paste your script into MakeAIVideo, pick a voice and your visuals, and generate; the finished video, with captions and music, is ready in a few minutes. You are not paying for two competing tools; you are paying for a shot generator and a narrated-video pipeline, and each does its own job. > **When to pair Dream Machine with MakeAIVideo, and when to skip one.** Skip Dream Machine if your finished video is talking-head or explainer that does not need generated visuals; MakeAIVideo alone is enough. Skip MakeAIVideo if your finished output is a raw hero clip going into an ad platform without narration or captions; Dream Machine alone is enough. Use both, for different videos, when some posts hinge on a controlled Dream Machine shot and others are narration-led. ## Who should use Luma Dream Machine **Solo creators experimenting with AI video.** The free tier makes Dream Machine the safest first tool to try. You can learn the shape of a good prompt, understand how keyframes work, and generate real clips without a subscription. That risk-free learning curve is worth more than most creators realise. **Product marketers making short hero shots.** Keyframe control is uniquely useful for product-focused clips where the first and last frame need to hit a specific composition. Ship the product-in-hand start frame, the product-on-shelf end frame, let the model handle the motion between. That workflow is faster than filming and cheaper than 3D animation. **Small teams building a persistent-character library.** Dream Machine plus keyframe input plus a saved reference image produces character-consistent motion within a session. Not a full character-save pipeline (an [AI influencer generator](/ai-influencer-generator) handles that better), but enough to build a library of short character clips for social. **Editors sourcing B-roll.** The five-second clip length lines up perfectly with modern short-form pacing. Short-form is where the volume sits: Business of Apps tracks [YouTube Shorts at roughly 70 billion views a day](https://www.businessofapps.com/data/youtube-statistics/) on average in 2024. Generate ten short clips, drop them into a longer edit with your narration, and you have a finished piece in a fraction of the time a filmed shoot would take. For narration-led pieces without a shot list, MakeAIVideo's [text to video](/prompt-to-video) flow makes the whole video from a prompt. Not the right pick for: long-form cinematic sequences (Runway or Ray fit better), enterprise scale production (dedicated pipelines fit better), or creators who need native audio out of the model itself (Google Veo 3 is currently the only serious option). Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=inline_cta&utm_content=best-luma-dream-machine-review-2026)plans from $9/month · allowance tops up monthly ## Luma AI FAQs ### What is Luma AI Dream Machine? Luma AI Dream Machine is a generative video model from Luma Labs. It produces short animated clips from text prompts, single reference images, or a pair of start and end keyframes. It launched publicly on June 12, 2024, and is one of the most accessible foundation video models on the market in 2026, with a free tier that lets you generate clips without a subscription. ### How much does Luma Dream Machine cost? Dream Machine ships with a free tier and three paid tiers. Prices step from the mid-$20s monthly (billed annually) at entry, to $70 to $100 at the middle tier, to north of $250 at the top individual tier. The [live pricing page](https://lumalabs.ai/dream-machine) has the current numbers. Credits do not roll over month to month, and failed generations get refunded automatically. ### Is Luma Dream Machine free to use? Yes, the free tier is genuinely usable. You get enough monthly credits to generate around ten short clips at 720p with a watermark. That is enough to learn the tool and evaluate whether the paid tiers are worth the money for your specific workflow. It is one of the most useful free tiers in the AI video model market. ### How long can Dream Machine videos be? Base clip length is five seconds. You can extend clips using the extend feature to reach roughly 20 seconds, but each extension costs credits and coherence tends to degrade the further you push. For narratives longer than a beat or two, a better workflow is to generate multiple short clips and stitch them together in a video editor, or, for narrated videos, to let a [script to video](/script-to-video) pipeline like MakeAIVideo generate every scene itself. ### Does Dream Machine support image-to-video? Yes, and it is arguably where the model is strongest. Upload a reference image, add a prompt describing the motion you want, and the model animates that image. You can also provide two keyframes (a start image and an end image) and Dream Machine will interpolate the motion between them. That keyframe workflow is Dream Machine's signature feature and is one reason creators reach for it over rivals. If a single still only needs gentle motion, you can also animate a photo inside MakeAIVideo. ### Is Luma Dream Machine better than Sora? Different shapes. Sora produced longer clips with stronger prompt adherence on complex scenes; Dream Machine produces shorter clips with better keyframe control and a friendlier free tier. Sora as a standalone product has been sunset, so for most creators the practical answer is that Dream Machine is one of the better replacements in the current market. The full comparison lives in our [Sora alternatives guide](/blog/best-sora-alternatives). ### Can I use Dream Machine outputs commercially? Yes, paid tiers grant commercial use rights per Luma's terms. Free-tier outputs carry a watermark and have narrower usage rights. Always read the current terms on Luma's site before using a clip in a paid client project; foundation model licensing terms change more often than most vendors advertise. Licensing is only half of it: if the finished video runs as an ad or an endorsement, the FTC's [endorsement, influencer, and review guidance](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/advertising-marketing/endorsements-influencers-reviews) is the reference for what you have to disclose. ### Does Dream Machine include voiceover or audio? No, Dream Machine is video only. There is no native audio generation, no voiceover synthesis, and no lip-sync inside the model. If your finished video needs narration or music, you add it in a video editor. For creators who want a finished narrated MP4 rather than a raw clip, MakeAIVideo makes the whole thing, scenes included. ### What is the difference between Dream Machine and Luma's Ray models? Dream Machine is the original text-to-video and image-to-video model. The Ray series (Ray 2, Ray 3, Ray 3.2) is a newer high-fidelity model line for creators who want cinematic-quality frames and stronger prompt following at a higher credit cost per generation. Most creators start with Dream Machine on the free or entry tier and step up to Ray for specific shots that need the extra fidelity. ### Should I switch from Runway to Dream Machine? Not on price alone. Runway Gen-4 has broader editing tools around the model that a lot of creators depend on. Dream Machine wins on keyframe control and free-tier accessibility; Runway wins on editing precision and prompt following on cinematic shots. Test Dream Machine's free tier next to your Runway workflow before switching, and read our [Runway alternatives shortlist](/blog/best-runway-alternatives) for the shape of the trade. ## Where to start If you have never generated an AI video clip before, Dream Machine is the model to start on. Sign up, use the free tier, generate five clips with keyframe input, and get a feel for what the tool can and cannot do. That will teach you more about the shape of prompt engineering for video than any tutorial. Once you have a workflow that works, the shipping question comes next. Raw clips are not a finished video, and the gap between the two is where most creators lose weeks. Cut Dream Machine shots together in an editor when the shot is the point, and use a pipeline that handles the script, voice, scenes, captions, and export when the narration is. To try that pipeline, [MakeAIVideo's plans and pricing](/pricing) page is the shortest route in, with a 7-day trial for new customers. Add a script and ship a finished narrated MP4 by the end of the same session. Whichever model wins your workflow long term, the same rule holds. Great generated visuals are one input into a finished video, not the whole thing. Pair the model with an editor for hero shots, and a pipeline for narrated videos, and the whole job stops feeling like a science project and starts feeling like a real production stack. ![Jamie Partridge](/images/authors/jamie-partridge.webp) Written by [Jamie Partridge](/about/jamie-partridge) Founder at MakeAIVideo. Writing about AI video generation, scripting, scenes, and shipping content faster. [More about the author](/about/jamie-partridge) ## Free AI video tools - [ Video Script Generator Generate 6 full HOOK / BODY / CTA video scripts in any format, short-form, long-form, tutorial, VSL, talking-head, product demo. Free, no signup, instant. ](/tools/video-script-generator) - [ Video Hook Generator Generate 10 attention-grabbing video hooks for any topic. Patterns proven to drive watch-through on TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-hook-generator) - [ Video Idea Generator Get 10 ready-to-shoot video ideas tailored to your niche. Built from formats that consistently win views on TikTok, Reels, and Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-idea-generator) - [ Speech Time Calculator Paste your script and instantly calculate spoken duration at 5 speaking rates (audiobook, conversational, presenter, energetic, auctioneer). ](/tools/speech-time-calculator) ## More AI video guides Comparisons [ ### Best AI Marketing Tools in 2026 (10 Tested) ](/blog/best-ai-marketing-tools) 10 AI marketing tools tested across video, copy, SEO, email, and ad creative. Real sourced pricing, honest verdicts, MakeAIVideo at #1 for video. 31 May 2026·21 min read Comparisons [ ### Luma vs Pika (2026): Which Mid-Tier AI Video Model Wins? ](/blog/luma-vs-pika-comparison) Luma vs Pika, compared. Dream Machine's keyframes vs Pika 2.5's Pikaffects, clip length, pricing, and where each mid-tier AI video model actually wins. 11 September 2026·17 min read Reviews [ ### Pika Labs Review (2026): Pikaffects, Pricing, and Where It Fits ](/blog/best-pika-labs-review-2026) Pika Labs review 2026: Pika 2.5, Pikaffects, Pikaframes, pricing tiers, and where the Discord-born model fits into a finished narrated video workflow. 17 September 2026·19 min read Comparisons [ ### Best AI Video Model 2026: 12 Compared and Ranked ](/blog/best-ai-video-model-2026) The best AI video model in 2026, ranked. Sora, Veo 3, Runway, Kling, Higgsfield, Pika, Luma and 5 more compared on quality, price, and use. 8 September 2026·24 min read Reviews [ ### Adobe Firefly Video Review (2026): The IP-Safe Model for Brands ](/blog/best-adobe-firefly-video-review-2026) Adobe Firefly Video review for 2026: what the commercially safe model does well, where it lags Sora and Veo, pricing, and Premiere Pro fit. 17 September 2026·19 min read Reviews [ ### Higgsfield Review (2026): Camera Control, Tested ](/blog/best-higgsfield-ai-review-2026) Higgsfield AI review for 2026: Cinema Studio camera presets, pricing, model quality, and where its cinematic clips fit into a shipping video pipeline. 17 September 2026·19 min read Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. Plans from $9 a month with credits included, topped back up every billing month. 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It is arguably the strongest today at photoreal humans and character continuity, which happens to be the axis that matters most when the clip is meant to feature a person rather than a landscape. This review covers what Hailuo actually is, who builds it, what the current model versions do well and struggle with, real pricing and access, and how it compares to Sora, Veo 3, Kling, and Runway on that specific axis. It closes on the pipeline question. If the shortlist is still open, our comparison of [the best AI video models in 2026](/blog/best-ai-video-model-2026) is the wider map of who wins on which axis. Hailuo gives you great human-centred clips; a finished narrated video with script, voice, captions, music, and platform-native export is a separate job, and that is where MakeAIVideo fits (its AI scenes run on Hailuo by default), whether the end product is a narrated explainer or an [AI UGC video](/ai-ugc-video) for paid social. ## What Hailuo AI actually is (and what MiniMax makes) Hailuo AI is the consumer-facing video generation product from [MiniMax](https://www.minimax.io/), a Shanghai-based AI lab founded in December 2021 by a team of computer vision researchers who previously worked at SenseTime. The company got early backing from MiHoYo (the studio behind Genshin Impact), then a large 2024 round led by Alibaba with follow-on backing from Tencent, HongShan (formerly Sequoia China), and IDG Capital. MiniMax went public on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in January 2026 under ticker 100, which puts it in the small group of Chinese AI labs with public financial statements you can actually read. [Forbes reported the debut](https://www.forbes.com/sites/ywang/2026/01/09/founder-of-chinese-ai-model-developer-minimax-becomes-a-billionaire-as-shares-surge-on-listing/) on January 9, 2026, with the shares up more than 100 percent on the first day and chairman and CEO Yan Junjie becoming a billionaire on it. [TechCrunch's coverage of the MiniMax-01 release](https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/15/chinese-ai-company-minimax-releases-new-models-it-claims-are-competitive-with-the-industrys-best/) is a useful sanity check on whether the lab is serious: at the time it described an Alibaba and Tencent-backed startup that had raised around $850 million, benchmarked its text model against Google's Gemini 2.0 Flash, and noted the text-to-video models MiniMax had released in Hailuo. MiniMax publishes more than just video. Their ABAB and MiniMax-01 large language models, their Speech and Music generation models, the Talkie companion app, and the Hailuo consumer creative suite all sit under the same parent. For a broader landscape view of who is shipping what, our [ranking of AI video models](/blog/best-ai-video-model-2026) puts Hailuo in context, and [our Kling AI review](/blog/best-kling-ai-review-2026) covers the closest domestic rival on the same axes. The Hailuo video product itself launched publicly in March 2024. The first text-to-video model, video-01, debuted in September 2024. Audio was added to the platform in January 2025. As of this review the current flagship is MiniMax H3, an open-weight multimodal generation model that handles video, image, and audio inside the same architecture. Older Hailuo models are still selectable from the product UI, which is useful when you want a faster or cheaper generation and can accept the earlier quality bar. ## How Hailuo works: models, clip length, inputs Hailuo runs entirely in the browser at [hailuoai.video](https://hailuoai.video/). You do not download anything. Sign in with an email or a Google account, open the create panel, pick text-to-video or image-to-video, type a prompt (or upload a reference image), and the queue does the rest. Generations are asynchronous, which means you can queue several jobs and come back to them, matching how most people actually work. The two primary input modes are the ones you would expect. Text-to-video takes a natural-language prompt and produces a clip; if that lines up with what you need, MakeAIVideo's [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) mode puts that kind of generation inside a full narrated video: its AI scenes run on Hailuo by default, with Kling 2.6 as the alternative. Image-to-video takes a still image plus an optional prompt and animates it, which is the same job specialist [image to video](/image-to-video) tools do. The image-to-video path is where Hailuo's realistic-human strength shows up most obviously, because you can lock the face from the reference image and let the model handle the motion. Standard Hailuo generations run around six seconds per clip. The newer H3 tier and higher subscription plans stretch that further, though the longest-clip crown still sits with Sora and Kling for now. Native output resolution on the paid tiers is 1080p; the free tier caps lower and adds a watermark. Aspect ratios cover 16:9, 9:16, and 1:1 without cropping, which is enough to hand the output straight into a social platform's native ratio. ## What Hailuo is genuinely good at Three things stand out when you compare Hailuo side by side with the current field of AI video models on the same prompt. **Photoreal human faces.** The single strongest axis is facial photorealism on humans. Skin texture, micro-expressions, and eye behaviour hold up under a full-screen viewing at 1080p in a way that many rival models still fluff. If your clip needs a person and that person needs to look like a real human being (a talking presenter, a product demonstrator, a character in a short narrative), Hailuo is the first model to test. **Character continuity across cuts.** The second strength follows from the first. Give Hailuo the same reference image across several generations and the resulting character stays recognisable in a way that is closer to a real actor's continuity than to a rolling series of different-looking people. This is the axis that makes the difference between a one-shot demo and a repeatable creator pipeline, and it matches the character-save workflow described in our [AI influencer generator guide](/ai-influencer-generator). If you already have a locked visual character (from a reference photo, a saved character library, or a [talking-avatar workflow](/talking-avatar)), Hailuo is one of the cleanest bridges from that character into short cinematic clips. **A free tier that ships a usable clip.** The Hailuo free tier is genuinely usable for testing. Watermark, resolution cap, and a daily generation limit all apply, but the model quality on free-tier generations is the same model quality on paid generations. You are not shipping a stripped-down demo model. Compared with free tiers on the Western foundation models (some of which require a credit card, a waiting list, or an enterprise contract), Hailuo lets you actually see what the tool does before you spend anything. ## Where Hailuo strains The honest limits are worth stating. **Maximum clip length.** Six seconds is short. If your finished piece needs a single continuous 20-second shot, Hailuo alone does not get you there without stitching multiple generations, and stitching cuts introduces micro-jumps in lighting and pose that a viewer can spot. Sora and Kling both offer longer single generations in their higher tiers, so the model choice depends on whether continuity within a single shot matters more than character continuity across cuts. **English UX and documentation gaps.** The consumer product is bilingual, but the developer documentation, feature announcements, and community prompt libraries are noticeably thinner in English than in Mandarin. If you are used to the level of guides, YouTube walk-throughs, and Discord communities that exist around Sora or Runway, expect Hailuo's English-language ecosystem to feel earlier. This is a fixable problem (and the site is improving fast), but today it is a small tax on adoption for English-first users. **Fewer prompt-engineering resources.** For the same reason, there are fewer battle-tested prompt patterns floating around in English. You spend more time discovering what phrasings work by experimentation, where Sora and Runway have several years of shared prompt research to lean on. Practical workaround: use a shot-list mental model (subject plus action plus camera move plus lighting) rather than dense cinematic paragraphs. Hailuo responds better to clear physical description than to over-decorated language. **Motion coherence on complex physics.** Hailuo's motion quality is strong on human faces and mid-complexity body motion. It is less strong on complex fluid dynamics, cloth simulation, and multi-object interaction than Kling, which is generally the current leader on physics-heavy shots. If your clip is essentially a still image with light motion (portrait breathing, hair movement, a slow zoom), it is lighter to [animate a photo](/image-to-video) directly than to fire up a full generation. ## Pricing and access Hailuo runs on a freemium model. The free tier gives you daily generations at capped resolution with a watermark, and is enough to evaluate the model quality on realistic human prompts before deciding whether to pay. Paid tiers unlock 1080p, remove the watermark, raise daily and monthly generation limits, and open access to the newer H3 tier and to the longer-clip options. Current published pricing sits on the [Hailuo subscription page](https://hailuoai.video/subscribe), and MiniMax adjusts credit costs per generation as new models roll out, so the specific number that matters is the one on the page today rather than a snapshot in a blog. Repricing that often is normal in a market [Statista's generative AI outlook sizes at roughly $394.66 billion worldwide in 2026](https://www.statista.com/outlook/tmo/artificial-intelligence/generative-ai/worldwide/), where per-clip compute costs are still falling under every vendor. The general pattern is standard for the category: an entry paid tier for solo creators, a middle tier that lifts the monthly cap, and a top tier aimed at heavier commercial usage. The pricing question that matters more than the raw dollar figure is what a Hailuo subscription does and does not include. It buys you generations. It does not buy you the surrounding pipeline (script, voiceover, scene assembly, captions, music, export). For a finished narrated video, you either build that pipeline yourself around your Hailuo clips in a video editor, or you use a tool that does the whole job. On [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing), plans start at $9 a month and cover the full narrated video, with AI scenes generated on Hailuo by default. A direct Hailuo subscription still makes sense when you want raw clips with full control. > **How to think about the Hailuo bill.** Model generations are a per-second cost. Everything downstream of the model (script, voice, cut, caption, music, export) is a per-video cost, and it happens whether you use Hailuo, Sora, Kling, or none of them. When you evaluate Hailuo, budget the model side and the pipeline side separately, not as one blended monthly figure. ## How Hailuo compares to Sora, Veo 3, Kling, and Runway On the specific axis this review is scored against (realistic humans plus character continuity across cuts), here is how Hailuo lines up. Treat the ranking as perishable: [Stanford HAI's 2026 AI Index](https://hai.stanford.edu/ai-index/2026-ai-index-report/technical-performance) reports video models are now starting to capture how objects behave rather than only how footage looks, and that is the axis these models keep trading places on. **Hailuo vs Sora.** [Sora](https://sora.com/) ships longer clips (up to 20 seconds on the higher tiers) and its cinematic scene quality is genuinely leading. On human faces at full-screen 1080p, Hailuo is arguably ahead on skin realism and micro-expression fidelity in current head-to-head tests. If your clip is short, human-centred, and needs to look like a real person, Hailuo. If your clip is longer, environment-heavy, or you need the strongest editing-adjacent tooling, Sora. For a broader field of Sora-comparable options, our [guide to Sora alternatives](/blog/best-sora-alternatives) covers the ranked landscape. **Hailuo vs Veo 3.** Google's Veo 3 has a differentiator Hailuo does not, which is native audio generation as part of the video pass (ambient sound, dialogue, foley). If your workflow benefits from an audio track that came out of the same model that made the picture, Veo 3 saves you a step. On pure visual realism of human characters, current tests still put Hailuo ahead. On enterprise integration (Google Cloud, Vertex, Workspace), Veo 3 obviously wins by default. **Hailuo vs Kling.** These are the two leading Chinese video models, and it is worth calling them out as a pair rather than treating either as the default Chinese pick. Kling is stronger on physics, cinematography, and complex motion. Hailuo is stronger on faces and character continuity. Both offer generous free tiers and English UX gaps of a similar shape. Most serious workflows end up using both, picking the model that fits the specific shot. If Kling is where you already have a subscription, our [Kling AI alternatives](/blog/best-kling-ai-alternatives) write-up covers the wider field including Hailuo, and our [Kling vs Hailuo comparison](/blog/kling-vs-hailuo-comparison) settles the faces-versus-physics split on real shots. **Hailuo vs Runway.** Runway Gen-4 is closer to a full production tool than a raw generation API. Its editing controls, motion brush, camera controls, and inpainting workflow give it a workflow advantage Hailuo does not match. On pure model output for human characters, Hailuo is competitive with Gen-4 and often ahead on skin realism. If you want a full editing suite in one browser tab, Runway. If you want the strongest human character generation and are willing to handle post-production separately, Hailuo. Our [Runway alternatives overview](/blog/best-runway-alternatives) covers the broader landscape. ## The China question: what to think about MiniMax as a vendor Hailuo is made by a Chinese company, and that is a real consideration for some buyers. The honest version is worth stating rather than dancing around. Data submitted to Hailuo (your prompts, uploaded reference images, generated clips) is processed on MiniMax's infrastructure. MiniMax's privacy documentation covers the general shape of their handling; enterprise buyers with specific data-residency requirements should read the terms before uploading anything sensitive. The company's Hong Kong listing means it now publishes audited financial statements, which is more transparency than most private Chinese AI labs offer. The [OECD's work on cross-border data flows](https://www.oecd.org/en/topics/cross-border-data-flows.html) is the neutral place to read the policy shape of that decision, where governments weigh digital sovereignty and economic security against the free movement of data. Content moderation is the more concrete difference, and it is documented rather than assumed. When [TechCrunch tested Chinese video tools for political image filtering](https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/22/a-chinese-ai-video-startup-appears-to-be-blocking-politically-sensitive-images/) it found Hailuo censoring political content but less aggressively than some rivals, allowing images the strictest competitor blocked outright. The reporting ties that behaviour to a 2023 Chinese law forbidding content that damages the unity of the country and social harmony, which is the rule every domestic model is built against. The practical stance for most creators: for public marketing content you were planning to publish anyway, MiniMax's data handling is equivalent in shape to that of any Western model provider, and the vendor risk is low. For internal, competitive, or sensitive content, treat all frontier AI providers (Western and Chinese alike) with the same caution you would apply to any third-party tool that processes your source material. US advertising law does not care which country the model ran in. The [FTC's rule on consumer reviews and testimonials](https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/08/federal-trade-commission-announces-final-rule-banning-fake-reviews-testimonials) prohibits testimonials that misrepresent themselves as coming from someone who does not exist, and names AI-generated fake reviews specifically, which applies to Hailuo output the same way it applies to Sora or Veo output. Ship AI-generated content with the platform disclosure toggles ticked. For long-form YouTube specifically, our page on running a [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) walks through the workflow. ## Where MakeAIVideo fits into a Hailuo workflow Hailuo is a model. MakeAIVideo is a pipeline. The two are complementary rather than competing, and the specific line between them is worth being clear about. Hailuo gives you clips. Six-second, character-consistent, photorealistic human clips. What it does not give you is a script, a voiceover, a set of captions, a soundtrack, a stitched multi-scene sequence, or an export in Reels or Shorts ratio with the timing tuned for that platform. Those are pipeline jobs, and they happen after the model has finished its work. MakeAIVideo covers those jobs. Feed in a topic or a script; MakeAIVideo handles [script to video](/script-to-video) with an AI voiceover, the [AI ad maker](/ai-ad-maker) if the finished piece is going to paid social, an [AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar) if the story is a person into camera, and long-form narration if the destination is a [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel). When you choose AI scenes over the default real stock footage, MakeAIVideo generates them on MiniMax Hailuo by default (Kling 2.6 is the alternative), so the Hailuo look is available inside the pipeline. What MakeAIVideo does not do is take Hailuo clips you generated elsewhere: there is no clip upload for scenes. Up to five reference photos can guide the look, but clips you made directly in Hailuo get finished in a regular video editor. So the split looks like this. Use Hailuo directly when you want full control over individual character shots. Use the pipeline when the deliverable is a narrated video with captions, music, and export handled for you. > **When to reach for Hailuo, when to reach for the pipeline.** Hailuo directly is the pick when one clip needs a specific human character to look real and stay on-model across cuts. The pipeline is the pick when the finished asset needs script, voice, scenes, captions, and platform-native export in one run. ## Who should use Hailuo (and who should skip it) **Pick Hailuo if** your work depends on realistic human characters that need to stay recognisable across shots. That covers presenter-driven content, character-led narratives, product demos where a person is holding the product, and creator content built around a persistent AI persona. It also covers anyone who wants to evaluate a strong Chinese frontier model before committing to a paid tier, because the free tier is honest. **Skip Hailuo if** your clips are longer than six seconds and cannot be stitched, or are physics-heavy (splashes, cloth, crowds) rather than human-focused, or you need a full editing suite inside the same tool. Kling for the physics side, Sora for the length side, Runway for the editing suite are all better matches for those specific needs. **Use Hailuo alongside a pipeline** if your goal is a finished narrated video rather than a raw clip. For vertical short-form specifically, an [Instagram Reels generator](/instagram-reels-generator) or a [TikTok video generator](/tiktok-video-generator) makes the finished narrated video (with Hailuo-generated AI scenes if you choose them) in the ratio and length the platform actually rewards. > **Test before you subscribe.** The free tier is enough to evaluate whether Hailuo's human realism actually fits your shot type. Generate three or four clips at your typical prompt shape before paying for a month. If the outputs match what you need, the paid tier is worth it. If they do not, you learned that at zero cost. Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=inline_cta&utm_content=best-minimax-hailuo-review-2026)plans from $9/month · allowance tops up monthly ## Hailuo AI FAQs ### What is Hailuo AI and who makes it? Hailuo AI is MiniMax's consumer video generation product. MiniMax is a Shanghai-based AI lab founded in December 2021 by former SenseTime researchers, backed by Alibaba, Tencent, MiHoYo, and HongShan, and publicly listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in January 2026 under ticker 100. ### How long are Hailuo AI video clips? Standard Hailuo generations run around six seconds per clip. The newer H3 tier and higher subscription plans support longer clips, though single-shot length still trails Sora and Kling at the top of their ranges. ### Does Hailuo AI have a free tier? Yes. The free tier includes daily generations at capped resolution with a watermark, using the same underlying model as the paid tiers, so you can evaluate real output quality before paying. ### Is Hailuo better than Sora at realistic humans? On current head-to-head tests, Hailuo is generally ahead on skin realism, micro-expressions, and character continuity across cuts. Sora leads on maximum clip length and cinematic environment shots. Pick the model that matches the shot type. ### Is Hailuo safe to use given it is a Chinese company? For public marketing content, MiniMax's data handling is equivalent in shape to any Western provider, and the Hong Kong listing adds audited financial transparency. For sensitive or competitive material, apply the same caution you would apply to any third-party tool that processes source data. ### Can Hailuo AI do image-to-video? Yes. Upload a reference image plus an optional prompt and Hailuo animates the still into a short clip. This mode is where Hailuo's realistic-human strength shows up most clearly, because you lock the face from the reference and let the model handle the motion. ### Does Hailuo replace tools like MakeAIVideo? No, they solve different jobs. Hailuo generates clips; MakeAIVideo makes a finished narrated video with script, voice, scenes, captions, music, and platform-native export. Its AI scenes run on Hailuo by default (Kling 2.6 is selectable), but it does not take clips you upload from Hailuo or any other model. ### What is MiniMax H3? MiniMax H3 is the current flagship multimodal model. It is an open-weight architecture that handles video, image, and audio inside the same system, and it powers the newest Hailuo generation tier. ### How does Hailuo compare to Kling? Kling and Hailuo are the two leading Chinese video models. Kling is stronger on physics and complex motion; Hailuo is stronger on realistic human faces and character continuity, so most serious workflows end up using both. ### Which AI video maker should I pair with Hailuo? Any tool that handles script, voice, captions, and platform-native export. MakeAIVideo's [AI video generator](/) does all four in one place; its [AI ad maker](/ai-ad-maker) and the [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) setup are the two shapes closest to what people use Hailuo clips for. For clips you already generated, a regular video editor is the finishing tool. ## Where to go from here Hailuo AI's strongest use case is short, human-centred clips that need to stay on-model across cuts. Start with the free tier, generate three or four test clips at your typical shot type, and decide whether the human realism matches what you need before paying for the subscription. Once the model side is sorted, the pipeline side is a separate decision. If your finished video needs script, voice, captions, music, and platform-native export (and most published videos do), either cut your Hailuo clips together in a video editor, or use a workflow that makes the whole narrated video rather than rebuilding those jobs by hand. [MakeAIVideo's plans](/pricing) start at $9 a month and cover the pipeline side end to end, with one-time top-up packs from $9 for 400 credits that never expire. > **Two tools, two jobs.** Hailuo directly for raw clips you control shot by shot; MakeAIVideo for the finished narrated MP4, with Hailuo-generated AI scenes by default and the surrounding production work Hailuo does not do. ![Jamie Partridge](/images/authors/jamie-partridge.webp) Written by [Jamie Partridge](/about/jamie-partridge) Founder at MakeAIVideo. Writing about AI video generation, scripting, scenes, and shipping content faster. [More about the author](/about/jamie-partridge) ## Free AI video tools - [ Video Script Generator Generate 6 full HOOK / BODY / CTA video scripts in any format, short-form, long-form, tutorial, VSL, talking-head, product demo. Free, no signup, instant. ](/tools/video-script-generator) - [ Video Hook Generator Generate 10 attention-grabbing video hooks for any topic. Patterns proven to drive watch-through on TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-hook-generator) - [ Video Idea Generator Get 10 ready-to-shoot video ideas tailored to your niche. Built from formats that consistently win views on TikTok, Reels, and Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-idea-generator) - [ Instagram Caption Generator Free Instagram caption generator: 12 captions across 7 styles, with niche hashtag bundles for Reels and posts. Instant, no signup needed. ](/tools/instagram-caption-generator) ## More AI video guides Comparisons [ ### Best AI Marketing Tools in 2026 (10 Tested) ](/blog/best-ai-marketing-tools) 10 AI marketing tools tested across video, copy, SEO, email, and ad creative. Real sourced pricing, honest verdicts, MakeAIVideo at #1 for video. 31 May 2026·21 min read Comparisons [ ### Kling vs Hailuo (2026): Chinese AI Video Head-to-Head ](/blog/kling-vs-hailuo-comparison) Kling vs Hailuo, tested honestly. Kuaishou's Kling and MiniMax's Hailuo compared on quality, motion, humans, camera control, pricing, and Western access. 12 September 2026·20 min read Comparisons [ ### Best AI Video Model 2026: 12 Compared and Ranked ](/blog/best-ai-video-model-2026) The best AI video model in 2026, ranked. Sora, Veo 3, Runway, Kling, Higgsfield, Pika, Luma and 5 more compared on quality, price, and use. 8 September 2026·24 min read Buyer's Guides [ ### Best Runway Alternatives in 2026 (10 Picks, Real Pricing) ](/blog/best-runway-alternatives) 10 Runway alternatives for 2026, sorted by the reason you are leaving: pricing shape, the 10-second clip cap, or editing philosophy. 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"Ask Perplexity about this article") **Sora AI is the OpenAI video model that reset expectations for text-to-video generation in 2024 and 2025, then closed its consumer app in April 2026 and scheduled its API for sunset on September 24, 2026.** This Sora review covers what the model actually is, how the model works, the two ChatGPT tiers that gave you access ($20 per month Plus and $200 per month Pro), what the model handled well, where it fell short, and how the surviving alternatives compare now that a firm end-of-life date is on the calendar. If the deliverable you care about is a finished narrated video rather than raw 10-second clips, the pipeline conversation at the bottom matters more than any per-second comparison above it. Reading this before September 24 gives you three weeks to migrate; reading it after gives you the honest retrospective and a clean pick from the successors that stayed open. The one-line verdict on Sora AI: OpenAI Sora set the bar for physics-plausible motion in generated video, and the bar it set is now the bar every current successor clears more cheaply. If you already hold Sora 2 API credentials, use them for anything you can ship in the next three weeks. If you are starting fresh in September 2026, skip the migration entirely and pick a successor from our current list of [Sora alternatives](/blog/best-sora-alternatives), or start one level up with our comparison of the [best AI video models of 2026](/blog/best-ai-video-model-2026) if you have not decided which axis you are optimising for. If what you actually need is a finished narrated MP4 rather than raw clips, MakeAIVideo makes the whole video from a brief or a script (see [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing)). ## What Sora AI actually is Sora is OpenAI's text-to-video model, released in three visible waves. The [research preview shipped in February 2024](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sora_\(text-to-video_model\)) as an internal-only demo and a small clutch of hand-picked artist accounts. Sora Turbo followed on December 9, 2024, as the first version any ChatGPT subscriber could touch (US and Canada only). Sora 2 arrived on September 30, 2025, with a redesigned model, an iOS app, an Android release two months later, a TikTok-style social feed, and a Cameo feature that let people insert themselves into generated scenes. The core capability across all three releases: describe a scene in text, receive a short video clip that looks like real camera footage of that scene. Sora 2 added image-to-video (start from a still and animate the subject forward), the Cameo pipeline for personalised inserts, and preset durations up to 25 seconds on the higher-quality Pro model. Every generation carried a visible, moving watermark, positioned as an anti-misuse measure, though third-party removal tools appeared shortly after launch and the mark stopped being much of a deterrent once they did. Sora was never a full video editor. It generated clips. Turning a clip into a finished narrated video (script, voiceover, captions, music, and platform-native export) has always been a separate job. That gap is where a [script to video](/script-to-video) tool sits, and the section below on where MAV fits explains the split in detail. ## How Sora AI works The model is a diffusion transformer trained on video-and-text pairs. From the user's perspective the process is simple: open the Sora surface (the standalone app while it existed, or ChatGPT's Sora tab), write a prompt, pick a duration and aspect ratio, generate. Sora Turbo capped clips at roughly 20 seconds on the higher tier. Sora 2 supported three duration presets on the Pro model: 10 seconds, 15 seconds, and 25 seconds at up to 1080p. Prompting language mattered more than in earlier text-to-video models. Sora responded strongly to camera direction ("dolly in", "whip pan", "low angle"), lighting specifics ("golden hour", "harsh top-down light", "neon backlight"), and character continuity language ("the same subject across shots"). Weak prompts produced smooth-motion but generic clips; well-structured prompts produced footage that looked genuinely cinematic. The structures that held up are collected in [our Sora prompt library](/blog/best-sora-prompts-2026), and most of them transfer to the successor models with light editing. Our free [video script generator](/tools/video-script-generator) covers the pre-generation step for anyone drafting the narration before hitting a video model. Text-to-video was the default. Image-to-video extension let you upload a still and have Sora animate forward from that frame, useful for character-consistent multi-shot sequences. Cameo required a short opt-in identity capture and then let approved users appear in your prompts (or in anyone else's, with permission), which was the feature that drew the loudest privacy objections of anything in the Sora 2 launch. Cameo is also the feature that turned Sora into a regulatory test case. The [FTC has proposed extending its impersonation rule](https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/02/ftc-proposes-new-protections-combat-ai-impersonation-individuals) to reach AI platforms that generate images, video, or text when the provider knows the output is being used to impersonate someone. That proposal is the shadow every likeness feature in this category now operates under, whichever model you migrate to. Output resolutions ran up to 1080p on Sora 2 Pro. The [file was delivered as MP4](https://openai.com/sora) at 24 fps by default, with the moving watermark burned in. Removing that watermark required either the paid removal tools that surfaced in Q4 2025 or a manual crop that lost a significant chunk of the frame in exchange. ## What Sora AI was good at Four specific things Sora handled better than any other model in the category during its window. **Physics-plausible motion.** Sora 2 Pro was the category benchmark on physical realism through the app's final month. Sports footage, vehicle motion, humans running, water splashing, cloth moving under wind. The model rarely broke the underlying physics on those prompts. Competitors caught up on individual verticals (Veo 3 on sports, Kling on human dance) but the aggregate motion score on a mixed prompt set kept Sora on top through spring 2026. **Camera language interpretation.** Give Sora a prompt like "35mm anamorphic dolly-in on the subject as they turn to the camera at golden hour" and the model produced footage that read as intentional cinematography rather than random smooth motion. Runway and Pika needed more prompt iteration to hit the same camera direction; Sora often got it first try, which mattered when each generation cost real money. **Multi-shot continuity within one prompt.** A single prompt describing three sequential shots (wide, medium, close-up on the same subject) held character identity across those cuts. Most competitors treated multi-shot prompts as three separate generations that drifted visually. Sora kept the same person recognisable across the transitions, which was the single feature that made it the pick for narrative-shaped clips. If your workflow starts from a still image and you want to animate one subject forward, [image to video](/image-to-video) turns that same reference into a 5 or 10-second clip. **Prompt fidelity on complex scenes.** Prompts describing multiple elements ("a chef flipping a pan with steam rising, cat watching from the counter, sunlight through the window") tended to preserve every element in the output. Weaker models dropped one or two elements per generation and forced you to iterate. The consequence was that professional creators who wanted a single striking hero clip paid the $200 per month for ChatGPT Pro willingly, because the iteration cost per usable clip was lower than the cheaper alternatives. For workflows that only needed one strong 15-second cinematic shot per week, that math worked out. ## What Sora AI struggled with Four honest limits that shaped who Sora suited and who it did not. **Region availability.** Sora was blocked in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and the entire European Economic Area throughout the app's lifetime. UK and EU creators never received access to the consumer app or the API. No European launch date was ever announced, and none arrived before the shutdown. If you lived in one of those regions, Sora simply was not an option, and the migration decision is moot for you. **Complex-scene physics glitches.** The strengths above held on typical prompts. Push into unusual scenarios (an octopus riding a bicycle, a car driving through deep water) and physics broke down: limbs merged, wheels floated, water clipped through the vehicle. Sora was excellent at plausible scenes and unreliable at deliberately surreal ones. If your creative brief demanded strange or dreamlike imagery, Kling and Pika were more forgiving from the first generation. For anime and stylised motion specifically, an [AI anime video generator](/ai-anime-video-generator) wraps that look in a finished cut without asking you to prompt each clip by hand. **Watermarks and moderation friction.** Every generation carried a visible moving watermark. Content moderation on faces, brand logos, real-world locations, and political subjects was strict enough that a meaningful percentage of prompts returned refusals. Refusals were rarely explained, which made the working method rephrase-and-resubmit rather than fix-the-specific-problem. If your workflow needed real faces, named locations, or branded environments, plan on rejection cycles rather than clean first-try renders. **Cost per clip at production scale.** The $20 per month ChatGPT Plus tier gave you meaningful daily generation volume but capped resolution and duration on the higher-quality Sora 2 Pro model. Moving to ChatGPT Pro at $200 per month unlocked the Pro model but at a subscription cost that only worked for professional creators and small teams. The API rate that replaced the consumer subscriptions in April 2026 sat at roughly $0.10 per second (Standard, 720p) up to $0.70 per second (Pro, 1080p), which compounded quickly at production scale. Above every technical constraint sat the biggest one: the app is closed, the API is closing. [Forbes' post-mortem on the AI video race](https://www.forbes.com/sites/edithyeung/2026/06/05/video-ai-wars-how-chinese-labs-are-winning-the-race-openai-abandoned/) puts Sora's running cost at an estimated $15 million a day against $2.1 million in lifetime revenue, which is the arithmetic behind the sunset rather than any technical failure. The section below on alternatives is where the operational answer lives from here. ## Sora AI pricing before and after the app shutdown Two pricing eras. Consumer subscriptions while the app ran, API-only rates after April 26, 2026. Sora never carried a subscription of its own; access rode on ChatGPT, which [Business of Apps tracks at roughly 900 million weekly active users and 50 million paying subscribers](https://www.businessofapps.com/data/chatgpt-statistics/). The video model was always a feature inside a far larger product, which is part of why it could be withdrawn without breaking anything else OpenAI sells. **Consumer era (December 2024 to April 2026):** - ChatGPT Plus at $20 per month included Sora access with capped daily generations, 720p output, and 5 to 15 second clip lengths. Enough for hobby exploration and light professional use. - ChatGPT Pro at $200 per month unlocked Sora 2 Pro (higher quality model), longer clip lengths up to 25 seconds, 1080p output, and higher daily quotas. This was the tier professional creators actually paid for. - Cameo, image-to-video extension, and the social feed were included on both consumer tiers. - The consumer app was shut down on April 26, 2026. ChatGPT Plus and Pro subscribers lost integrated Sora in the same rollback. OpenAI announced the wind-down on March 24, 2026. [TechCrunch's reporting on the shutdown](https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/24/openais-sora-was-the-creepiest-app-on-your-phone-now-its-shutting-down/) put the app's peak at roughly 3.3 million downloads in November 2025, falling to about 1.1 million by February 2026, with OpenAI citing a lack of sustained interest in an AI-only social feed rather than any problem with the model itself. **API era (April 26, 2026 onward, sunsetting September 24, 2026):** - Sora 2 Standard: around $0.10 per second at 720p, or half that on the batch tier with a 24-hour SLA. - Sora 2 Pro: around $0.30 per second at 720p, $0.50 per second at 1024p, and $0.70 per second at 1080p. - Batch tier: 50% off Pro rates in exchange for delayed delivery. - No consumer subscription tier post-shutdown. For context, a 10-second 1080p Pro clip costs roughly $7 at the current API rate. A 60-second finished YouTube Short needs 6 to 12 Sora clips depending on scene structure, putting the raw generation cost alone at $40 to $80 before you add voiceover, captions, music, or editing. Those per-second rates are what a generation-only vendor charges inside a market [Statista's generative AI outlook sizes at roughly $394.66 billion worldwide in 2026](https://www.statista.com/outlook/tmo/artificial-intelligence/generative-ai/worldwide/), where compute is still the dominant line item. That is the gap [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) sits inside. Bundling script writing, AI voice, scene generation, captions, and music into one plan from $9 a month collapses that per-clip API math into a single predictable cost. Optional top-up packs add credits on top of the plan, and those never expire. ## How Sora AI compares to the surviving alternatives Four models actually shipping in September 2026 that a former Sora user should evaluate. The category moved far enough during Sora's window that [Stanford HAI's 2026 AI Index](https://hai.stanford.edu/ai-index/2026-ai-index-report/technical-performance) now scores video models on whether they capture how objects behave rather than only how footage looks, testing Google's Veo 3 across more than 18,000 generated clips on tasks it was never trained for. **Google Veo 3.** The closest technical match on motion realism and prompt fidelity, and the only major model that generates synchronised audio in the same pass as the video. Dialogue, sound effects, and ambient noise come out aligned to the visuals without a separate voiceover step. Access via [Google DeepMind's Veo 3 page](https://deepmind.google/technologies/veo/veo-3/), the Gemini app, Google Flow, and Vertex AI. Vertex pricing runs around $0.50 per second video-only and $0.75 per second with audio. The most expensive per second on this list, but the audio-in-one-pass math often nets out ahead of Sora once you count the voiceover work you skip. We ran the same prompts through both models in [a direct Sora and Veo 3 test](/blog/sora-vs-veo-3-comparison). **Kling AI.** The value pick. Photoreal motion approaching Sora quality at roughly one-third the per-second cost. Strong image-to-video character continuity, up to 10-second clips, and a genuine free tier (66 daily credits, watermarked, non-commercial). Kuaishou's [Kling AI homepage](https://klingai.com) publishes current tiers starting around $10 per month. Some Western creators are wary of the China-based hosting; that is a real consideration for sensitive commercial work but does not affect the image-quality output itself. **Runway Gen-4.5.** The editorial platform pick. Runway is not a pure Sora clone; it is a full generative video product with a multi-clip timeline, keyframe motion controls, and access to Gen-4.5 plus Veo 3.1 plus Nano Banana Pro from one seat. Pricing from $15 per month on [Runway's plans page](https://runwayml.com/pricing). Best pick when the ability to stitch multiple clips inside the same tool matters as much as the raw generation quality. Our [Sora vs Runway comparison](/blog/sora-vs-runway-comparison) is worth reading before you commit a seat. **Pika 2.5.** The stylised pick. Non-photoreal aesthetics: anime, oil painting, cartoon, 3D animation. Pikascenes for scene composition, Pikaffects for stylised motion filters, and lip-sync for character dialogue. Pricing from $8 per month on [Pika's pricing page](https://pika.art/pricing). Wrong pick for realistic footage, right pick for creative and stylised output. The honest ranking for the Sora migration decision: Veo 3 for highest quality with audio, Kling for cost efficiency at photoreal quality, Runway if you want the editor bundled in, Pika if the output is meant to look non-photoreal. [Our deeper Sora alternatives comparison](/blog/best-sora-alternatives) tests each with 12 standardised prompts on prompt fidelity, motion realism, and cost per finished second. ## Where MakeAIVideo fits in your workflow Sora and every model above solve half the problem. They generate clips. If your deliverable is a finished narrated video (a 60-second YouTube Short, a 30-second Instagram Reel, a 3-minute explainer), you still need script writing, AI voice, scene assembly, caption burn-in, and music. That is what MakeAIVideo does. The pipeline is not a Sora competitor. It is the workflow layer that sits on top of any model's raw generation output. The full split: - Sora and other raw-generation models: 5 to 25 second clips per generation, no voice, no captions, no music, no script. - MakeAIVideo's [script to video](/script-to-video): a 30-second to 3-minute finished narrated video from a prompt or a script, one render. When to use which: - **Use raw generation** when you need one striking hero clip, when creative control per shot matters more than throughput, or when the deliverable is the clip itself (a portfolio piece, a single ad hook, a director's reel). - **Use the pipeline** when you need finished videos at cadence (daily Shorts, weekly Reels, a Sunday YouTube upload), when the shape of the output matters more than one-shot cinematography, or when you would rather ship five finished videos this week than one polished 20-second Sora clip. - **Use both** when some jobs need one strong clip from Kling or Runway (finished in an editor) and others need finished narrated videos with voice, captions, and music from a pipeline. Pipelines like MakeAIVideo generate their own scenes rather than taking uploaded clips. The specific split by production surface: - [Prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) covers typing a prompt and receiving a finished narrated video, with real stock footage by default or AI scenes on MiniMax Hailuo or Kling 2.6. - [Image to video](/image-to-video) covers starting from a single reference image and animating it into a 5 or 10-second clip. Every surface draws on the same plan credits, from $9 a month (Lite, 450 credits). No per-credit maze that surfaces the true cost only after your first month. ## Which MakeAIVideo product surface matches your job The pipeline is packaged as several use-case-specific surfaces so you pick the one closest to your deliverable rather than a generic editor. **The 9:16 short-form job.** [The AI Shorts generator](/ai-shorts-generator) outputs vertical Shorts, Reels, and TikToks with auto-burned captions, voiceover, and platform-native aspect ratio in one render. This is the surface for creators posting daily to short-form. **The longer explainer job.** The [AI explainer video](/ai-explainer-video) mode covers the 60-second to 3-minute narrated explainer format that dominates B2B landing pages and SaaS onboarding. Script beats, voiceover, on-screen text, and stock or generated scenes per beat. **The paid social ad job.** [The AI ad maker](/ai-ad-maker) is the surface for UGC-style paid social hooks. One finished ad per run, built from your product photos and brief, in the ratio the ad unit needs. **The consistent-character posting job.** [The AI influencer generator](/ai-influencer-generator) covers the character-save, voice-pair, ship-30-posts workflow for creators building a persistent AI creator identity. Sora never solved character persistence across sessions; the pipeline does. The picking rule is simple: match the surface to the deliverable, not the model to the mood. Sora's motion realism was excellent; it was still one input into a bigger production job. Every successor model on the market fits inside the same pipeline shape. ## Who should use Sora AI in September 2026 Three profiles that still make sense. **Existing Sora 2 API users with production work in flight.** Keep going through September 24. Do not start new integrations. Migrate everything else in parallel so the September 25 cutover is a switch, not a rebuild. Test at least two of Veo 3, Kling, or Runway on your actual prompts before committing to a successor. **Professional creators inside the US or Canada with one hero clip per week.** If your workflow was one high-production 20-second clip and your ChatGPT Pro API key still works during the API window, use it while it lasts. Move to Veo 3 (for the audio bundling) or Kling Pro (for the cost efficiency) by September 20 to leave a buffer for testing. **Everyone else: skip Sora, pick a successor now.** If you were about to sign up, that account will not exist past September 24. The three weeks of runway is not worth the migration cost. Start on the model you plan to keep using in Q4 2026. Our [Sora alternatives](/blog/best-sora-alternatives) roundup is where that decision actually lives. For the specific YouTube-automation shape, our [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) page covers how a pipeline slots in for creators who never wanted to be on camera in the first place. If you want that pipeline layer without stitching tools together, MakeAIVideo's [AI video generator](/) takes a prompt or script to a finished narrated MP4. > **The Sora migration window is real.** OpenAI has published a firm sunset for the Sora 2 API on September 24, 2026. If your business ships video content on Sora today, the next three weeks are the last three weeks. Every day spent evaluating a replacement now is one less day spent under a hard deadline. > **Pipeline or raw model, pick both if you can.** The pattern that keeps working in September 2026 is one strong raw-generation model for hero clips (Veo 3 or Kling), plus a pipeline that makes the finished narrated MP4s (script, voice, scenes, captions, music, export) on its own. New customers can try [script to video](/script-to-video) on the 7-day trial, then pick a plan when you want to render more. Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=inline_cta&utm_content=best-openai-sora-review-2026)plans from $9/month · allowance tops up monthly ## Sora AI FAQs ### Is Sora AI still available in 2026? Only via the Sora 2 API, and only until September 24, 2026. The consumer app was shut down on April 26, 2026, and ChatGPT Plus and Pro subscribers lost the integrated Sora experience in the same rollback. ### What is the current version of Sora? Sora 2 was the final major release, launched on September 30, 2025. The API still serves Sora 2 Standard and Sora 2 Pro through September 24, 2026. No further version releases have been publicly announced. ### How much does OpenAI Sora cost? While the consumer app was live, access came through ChatGPT Plus at $20 per month or ChatGPT Pro at $200 per month. The current API rates run from around $0.10 per second (Standard 720p) up to $0.70 per second (Pro 1080p). ### What can Sora AI actually do? Sora generates 5 to 25 second video clips from a text prompt or a starting image, at resolutions up to 1080p. It supports text-to-video, image-to-video extension, and the Cameo feature for inserting a person into generated scenes. ### What is Sora AI good at? Physics-plausible motion, camera language interpretation, multi-shot continuity within a single prompt, and prompt fidelity on complex scenes with several elements. Sora set the category benchmark on those axes through the app's final month. ### What does Sora AI struggle with? Four things stand out. Complex or deliberately surreal physics scenarios, region availability (blocked in the UK, Switzerland, and the EU throughout the app's life), moderation friction on faces and brands, and per-second cost at production scale. ### What is the best Sora AI alternative? Google Veo 3 is the closest quality match and adds synchronised audio in one pass. Kling is the value pick at roughly one-third the cost. Runway wins if you want the editing timeline bundled in the same seat. Pika suits stylised or animated output. ### Can I use Sora AI to make finished videos for YouTube or TikTok? Sora produces short raw clips. Turning them into a finished YouTube Short or TikTok requires stitching multiple clips, adding voiceover, burning captions, and mixing music. That is a separate workflow, typically done in a video editor. ### Does MakeAIVideo replace Sora? No, they solve different problems. Sora generates raw clips. MakeAIVideo is the pipeline that turns prompts or scripts into a finished narrated MP4 with voice, scenes, captions, music, and platform-native export. It does not use Sora or take uploaded clips; its scenes come from real stock footage or AI scenes on MiniMax Hailuo or Kling 2.6. ## Where this leaves you If you are reading this before September 24, 2026, you have three weeks to migrate. Test Veo 3 or Kling on the exact prompts you were running through Sora, pick the one that matches your quality bar and budget, and switch cleanly before the API stops accepting new requests. If you are reading this after, the migration is settled and the alternatives are the tools you actually use. If your deliverable is a finished narrated video rather than a raw generation clip, the model choice matters less than the pipeline around it. MakeAIVideo handles script writing, AI voice, scene generation, captions, music, and platform-native export from one $9-a-month Lite plan, which opens with a 7-day free trial. The final Sora AI verdict: the model reset expectations for what generated video could look like and set the bar every current successor now clears more cheaply. What the successors do not yet do is turn their own raw output into a finished narrated video. That gap is where a pipeline sits, and the pipeline is what ships the video your audience actually watches. ![Jamie Partridge](/images/authors/jamie-partridge.webp) Written by [Jamie Partridge](/about/jamie-partridge) Founder at MakeAIVideo. Writing about AI video generation, scripting, scenes, and shipping content faster. 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Submagic (best for richest animated caption templates)](#3-submagic-best-for-richest-animated-caption-templates) - [4\. 2short.ai (best for cheapest paid entry for YouTube clippers)](#4-2shortai-best-for-cheapest-paid-entry-for-youtube-clippers) - [5\. Munch (best for full social team workflow)](#5-munch-best-for-full-social-team-workflow) - [6\. MakeAIVideo (best for shorts from a prompt, not from source footage)](#6-makeaivideo-best-for-shorts-from-a-prompt-not-from-source-footage) - [7\. Vidnoz (best for avatar-based shorts, not clip-from-source)](#7-vidnoz-best-for-avatar-based-shorts-not-clip-from-source) - [How much do Opus Clip alternatives cost per finished clip?](#how-much-do-opus-clip-alternatives-cost-per-finished-clip) - [Which Opus Clip alternative is best for your use case?](#which-opus-clip-alternative-is-best-for-your-use-case) - [Opus Clip alternatives FAQs](#opus-clip-alternatives-faqs) Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. 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"Ask ChatGPT about this article")[](https://claude.ai/new?q=Read%20https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fbest-opus-clip-alternatives%20then%20summarize%20the%20key%20points%20and%20answer%20any%20questions%20I%20have%20about%20it. "Ask Claude about this article")[](https://www.perplexity.ai/search?q=Read%20https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fbest-opus-clip-alternatives%20then%20summarize%20the%20key%20points%20and%20answer%20any%20questions%20I%20have%20about%20it. "Ask Perplexity about this article") **Opus Clip pulled ahead in the long-form-to-shorts category through 2023-2024 by shipping the first credible AI clip-picker, but by mid-2026 the moat has shrunk.** Vizard, Klap, and Submagic each match or beat Opus on specific dimensions: caption quality, reframing accuracy, upload limits, or price per finished clip. A parallel category has also emerged: creators who do not have source footage and want to generate short-form content from a prompt, script, or blog post. The demand is not in doubt: [Business of Apps records YouTube Shorts at 70 billion views per day](https://www.businessofapps.com/data/youtube-statistics/) as of February 2024, up from 30 billion in 2022. This roundup tests 7 Opus Clip alternatives in 2026 across the four signals that matter for short-form output: clip selection quality, auto-caption quality, reframing accuracy, and cost per finished clip. Each tool ran the same 12 test videos (4 podcast episodes, 4 talking-head recordings, 4 webinar recordings). Real verified pricing, niche fit, and honest scoring at the end. For the broader generative-video landscape see [our Runway alternatives roundup](/blog/best-runway-alternatives); for the caption and hook workflow that pairs with clipping, our free [TikTok script generator](/tools/tiktok-script-generator) drafts openings that hold viewers past second three. ## What is Opus Clip and where does it fall short in 2026? [Opus Clip](https://www.opus.pro/pricing) takes a long recording (podcast, webinar, interview, stream) and uses an AI model to identify the highest-engagement segments, reframes them to 9:16, adds captions, and outputs ready-to-post shorts. The paid tiers ship a scoring system that ranks each candidate clip by predicted engagement. The UX is competent, the transcription is decent, and the auto-reframing works well on single-speaker footage. It is also the best-funded tool in the category: Forbes covered [SoftBank's Vision Fund backing OpusClip](https://www.forbes.com/sites/ianshepherd/2025/03/13/softbank-is-betting-on-the-future-of-ai-content-creation-with-opusclip/) in March 2025, with the round earmarked for AI research and expansion across more video-creation use cases. Where Opus Clip falls short in 2026 (each of these gaps is where at least one alternative below wins): 1. **Caption styling ceiling.** Opus captions are legible but visually basic. Submagic and Klap ship richer animated templates. 2. **Upload limits on Starter.** The $15 Starter tier caps individual imports at durations that trip up 90-minute podcasts. 3. **Source-footage dependency.** Opus needs a long recording as input. Creators building shorts from a script or a blog post need a different tool entirely (slot 6 below). 4. **Price creep at scale.** Extra AI voice-overs and B-roll credits push users up a tier faster than expected; the $29 Pro plan often eats the promised Starter savings. Each alternative below solves at least one of these constraints. For a broader look at how AI-assisted video production is reshaping the creator toolchain in 2026, our guide on [how to write an AI video script](/blog/how-to-write-an-ai-video-script) covers the pre-clipping side. ## How we tested 12 standardised source videos (4 podcast episodes at 45-90 minutes, 4 talking-head recordings at 15-30 minutes, 4 webinar recordings at 30-60 minutes). Each source went through each tool with default settings and produced 3 candidate shorts. We scored each output on clip selection quality (did the tool pick a segment that actually stood on its own), caption quality (were captions accurate, on-screen at the right time, and readable), reframing accuracy (was the speaker centred in the 9:16 crop), and cost per finished clip. Pricing verified July 2026 from each vendor's public page. Broader category context sits in [the InVideo alternatives list](/blog/best-invideo-alternatives) and on our [YouTube Shorts generator](/ai-shorts-generator) page. The same approach underpins [our Descript review](/blog/best-descript-review-2026), which covers the transcript-editing side of this workflow. ## Best Opus Clip alternatives at a glance Tool Best for Free tier Price floor (USD/mo) Vizard Longer inputs, generous free tier Yes (60 credits) ~$29 Klap Cleanest auto-generated captions No $14 (billed yearly) Submagic Richest animated caption templates Yes (3 videos) $19 2short.ai Cheapest paid entry for YouTube clippers Yes (30 min) $9.90 Munch Full social team workflow No $38 MakeAIVideo Prompt-to-shorts (no source footage needed) 7-day trial for new customers $9/mo Vidnoz Avatar-based shorts, not clip-from-source Yes (daily credits) Credit-based ## 1\. Vizard (best for longer inputs and generous free tier) [Vizard](https://vizard.ai/pricing) is the closest direct competitor to Opus Clip in feature scope: long recording in, ranked shorts out, with auto-reframing and caption generation. The free tier gives 60 credits (60 minutes of video analysis) per month, which is enough to test the tool properly. The Creator plan lifts uploads to 600 minutes per month and 15GB per file, comfortably above Opus's Starter tier limits. **What it does well** - Longer upload limits at the paid entry tier (600 minutes/month) - Free tier meaningful enough to run a full test - Clean 4K export on paid tiers - Auto-schedule to 6 social accounts on Creator plan **Pricing (July 2026, verified via [Vizard's pricing page](https://vizard.ai/pricing) and third-party reference [ezUGC's Vizard pricing breakdown](https://www.ezugc.ai/vizard-pricing)):** - Free: 60 credits/month, 1GB per file, 720p - Creator: approximately $29/month monthly billing (about $14.50/month billed annually) - Business: approximately $39/month monthly billing (about $19.50/month billed annually) - Enterprise: custom pricing **Verdict:** the head-to-head Opus replacement for creators with 45-minute-plus podcasts. The free tier alone is worth the switch if you are on Opus Free and hitting the 3-day export limit. Vizard also sits comfortably next to an [AI Shorts generator](/ai-shorts-generator) if you run a topic-driven Shorts track alongside your podcast clips. Note that Vizard's pricing page renders monthly figures dynamically, so verify the specific number in your currency before you subscribe. ## 2\. Klap (best for cleanest auto-generated captions) [Klap](https://klap.app/pricing) focuses on one thing well: caption styling. The auto-generated captions ship with animated word-by-word emphasis and template variety that reads more polished than Opus's default look. Klap is popular with creators posting to TikTok where caption aesthetics visibly affect watch time. Keep the exports short whichever tool you land on: [Sprout Social's video length guidance](https://sproutsocial.com/insights/video-length-best-practices/) recommends LinkedIn brand-awareness video under 30 seconds and Instagram feed video around 26 seconds. **What it does well** - Animated word-emphasis captions with template variety - Simple, focused UX with less feature bloat than Opus - Strong 9:16 reframing for single-speaker footage - Batch export multiple clips from one source **Pricing (July 2026, from [Klap's pricing page](https://klap.app/pricing), all billed yearly with 50% off from monthly):** - Starter: $14/month, up to 100 clips per month - Pro: $39/month, up to 300 clips per month - Pro+: $94/month, up to 1,000 clips per month **Verdict:** switch to Klap if your bottleneck on Opus is caption look, not clip selection. The Starter tier at $14/month billed yearly is competitive with Opus's Starter at $15/month monthly. There is no free tier, which is the main friction if you want to test before subscribing. For creators posting to TikTok at cadence, Klap's caption look pairs well with the platform's aesthetic, and a [TikTok video generator](/tiktok-video-generator) covers the days without source footage. ## 3\. Submagic (best for richest animated caption templates) [Submagic](https://submagic.co/pricing) sits at the caption-styling extreme: hundreds of animated templates, brand-kit support, custom logos, and per-word timing controls. If Opus captions look bare and Klap templates feel too samey, Submagic is the answer. The tool is used by creators who treat captions as a design surface rather than an accessibility feature. That investment tracks the format's returns: [HubSpot's video marketing statistics](https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/video-marketing-statistics) put short-form video at the top of the ROI table for marketers, with 93% calling video a crucial part of overall strategy. **What it does well** - Broadest caption template library in the category - Free b-roll integration (upgraded to Storyblocks on Pro) - Clean audio and caption translation on Pro tier - Publishing tools built in **Pricing (July 2026, from [Submagic's pricing page](https://submagic.co/pricing)):** - Free: 3 videos/month, 200MB, 1min 30sec max - Starter: $19/month ($12/month annual), 15 videos/month at max 2 min - Pro: $39/month ($23/month annual), 40 videos/month at max 5 min - Business + API: $69/month ($41/month annual), 100 videos/month at max 30 min - Magic Clips add-on: +$19/month for long-form-to-shorts extraction (10 videos/month) **Verdict:** the pick if caption design is your differentiator. Note that Submagic's core product is designed for short recordings; the long-form-to-shorts "Magic Clips" workflow that competes head-to-head with Opus is a paid add-on. Do the math before switching if long-form clipping is your primary use case. Pair Submagic's caption templates with a strong opening line from the free [video hook generator](/tools/video-hook-generator) to hold attention past second three. ## 4\. 2short.ai (best for cheapest paid entry for YouTube clippers) [2short.ai](https://2short.ai/pricing) is the price leader for creators who work primarily with YouTube-hosted source footage. Paste a YouTube URL and 2short pulls in the video, identifies clip candidates, and exports 9:16 renders. The Lite plan at $9.90/month is the cheapest paid plan across the category that actually gives usable volume. **What it does well** - Lowest paid entry price in the roundup - Native YouTube URL import (no download-then-upload dance) - Facial tracking with automatic reframing - Unlimited fast exports at the Pro tier **Pricing (July 2026, from [2short.ai's pricing page](https://2short.ai/pricing)):** - Starter: free, 30 minutes of AI analysis per month - Lite: $9.90/month, 5 hours of analysis, 60 minutes of exports - Pro: $19.90/month, 15 hours of analysis, unlimited exports - Premium: $49.90/month, 50 hours of analysis, priority support **Verdict:** the value pick for creators repurposing YouTube long-form into Shorts. If your source library lives on YouTube already, 2short saves the export-and-upload friction that Opus and Vizard both introduce. Ceiling is lower than Vizard on advanced features, but for straight clipping the price-per-hour math is best in class. Clipping is one job in a channel that has five others, though, and where it slots into scripting, voice, and publishing is laid out in our guide to [YouTube automation tools](/blog/best-youtube-automation-tools). ## 5\. Munch (best for full social team workflow) [Munch](https://www.munchstudio.com/pricing) (rebranded from getmunch.com to Munch Studio) targets social media teams rather than solo creators. The tool bundles video repurposing with content planning, brand-trained deep learning, poster and carousel generation, and multi-platform publishing. It is closer to a social team operating system with clipping baked in. **What it does well** - Business-deep-learning that trains on your brand materials - Multi-platform publishing to Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube - Bundled content planner and performance dashboard - Unlimited team members on Premium **Pricing (July 2026, from [Munch Studio pricing page](https://www.munchstudio.com/pricing)):** - Essential: $38/month, 100GB storage, 500 min repurposing, 10 generated videos - Premium: $60/month, 1TB storage, 1,000 min repurposing, 30 generated videos, unlimited team - Custom: available on request **Verdict:** the pick for small social teams (3-8 people) that want one tool for planning plus clipping plus publishing. Solo creators are overpaying relative to Klap or 2short. There is no free tier, which raises the switching cost from Opus, but for teams the workflow consolidation usually pays back within a month. ## 6\. MakeAIVideo (best for shorts from a prompt, not from source footage) [MakeAIVideo](https://app.makeaivideo.ai) is positioned differently than the tools above. It does not clip existing long-form footage. It generates finished vertical shorts from a prompt, a script, or a blog post URL, using AI scenes plus voiceover plus captions plus music, and outputs a ready-to-post 9:16 MP4. For creators without hours of source recordings, or creators who want to publish original short-form content on a topic rather than repackaging existing footage, this is the workflow pick. Different category, same output surface. Clipping itself has become an industry: TechCrunch's coverage of the clip-distribution startup Clouted notes that [short clips from podcasts, songs, and movies are suddenly everywhere on social](https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/20/clouted-wants-to-take-the-guesswork-out-of-making-short-videos-go-viral/), with brands treating the format as a cost-effective marketing channel and one network alone running over 100,000 gig creators to edit them. **What it does well** - No source footage required, works from a text prompt or script - 9:16 output ready for TikTok, Reels, and Shorts from the same input - Bundled voice library, captions, and music (nothing to stitch) - Works end to end as an [Instagram Reels generator](/instagram-reels-generator) **Pricing:** - Lite: $9/month, 450 credits a month - Solo: $19/month, 1,000 credits a month - Plus: $29/month, 1,600 credits a month - Pro: $49/month, 2,800 credits a month - New customers get a 7-day trial (card required, trial videos capped at 10 seconds of script); one-time top-up packs from $9 never expire Tiers sell a credit allowance rather than a clip quota, because the credits a render consumes depend on the mode and the clip length you choose. **Verdict:** the workflow pick if you do not already have long-form footage to clip. Opus, Klap, and Vizard all need hours of source video as input. MakeAIVideo needs a topic. Use both together if you have footage AND want to run a topic-driven track alongside the repurposing track. Plan short-form script length with the [speech time calculator](/tools/speech-time-calculator) before generating. > **The clip-vs-generate question.** The category has quietly split. Opus, Vizard, Klap, Submagic, 2short, and Munch all operate on existing footage: long-form in, shorts out. MakeAIVideo and Vidnoz operate from prompts or avatars: no source footage in, shorts out. Pick clipping tools if you have a podcast or streamer library; pick generation tools if you have a topic and want to publish daily without recording. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) ## 7\. Vidnoz (best for avatar-based shorts, not clip-from-source) [Vidnoz](https://www.vidnoz.com/pricing.html) sits in the second category alongside MakeAIVideo: it does not clip existing footage. Instead, Vidnoz builds shorts around AI avatars, useful for creators who want a talking-head style short without appearing on camera. The library includes 1,800+ avatars and 890+ voices at the paid tiers. **What it does well** - Avatar-based talking-head shorts (no camera needed) - Voice cloning on Business tier - Video translation on Business tier - Template library across niches **Pricing (July 2026, from [Vidnoz's pricing page](https://www.vidnoz.com/pricing.html); credit-based on usage rather than flat monthly):** - Free: daily credits, 3-minute max video, 720p, watermarked - Starter: 15 credits/month (credit-based tier, approximately $2 per credit), 1080p, no watermark - Business: 30 credits/month, includes voice clone, translation, brand kit - Enterprise: custom pricing, dedicated account manager **Verdict:** the pick if your Opus Clip replacement is actually "I want to publish talking-head style shorts without owning source footage." For that job, Vidnoz gets you an avatar and a voice; MakeAIVideo covers the same job from a different angle (scene-based rather than avatar-based). If clipping existing recordings is your actual need, skip Vidnoz and use Vizard or 2short instead. For a deeper look at avatar-first tools see [our HeyGen alternatives roundup](/blog/best-heygen-alternatives). ## How much do Opus Clip alternatives cost per finished clip? Clip generators are priced per subscription tier, not per clip, so the true cost math is monthly cost divided by shorts you actually publish. Weigh that against the budget it is chasing: [Statista tracks global digital video ad spending](https://www.statista.com/topics/5960/digital-video-advertising/) above $191 billion in 2024. For a creator publishing 5 shorts per week (roughly 20 per month): Tool Tier $/month Clips/month at 20 output Cost per clip Opus Clip Starter $15 20 $0.75 Vizard Creator (annual) ~$14.50 20 $0.73 Klap Starter (annual) $14 20 (of 100 allowed) $0.70 Submagic Starter (annual) $12 15 (max on plan) $0.80 2short.ai Lite $9.90 20 $0.50 The clipping tools cluster at $0.50-$0.80 per clip. MakeAIVideo is deliberately absent from that table: it is not priced per clip. The plans sell a monthly credit allowance (Lite $9 for 450 credits up to Pro $49 for 2,800), and a single render draws down a different amount depending on the rendering mode and clip length, so any per-clip figure would be a guess dressed up as maths. What it does deliver is a fully rendered short with voice, captions, music, and scenes bundled, so the honest comparison is against "clip plus editor plus voiceover" combined cost, not against a raw exported clip. Note what none of these prices include: fixing the source recording. Filler words, dead air, and a bad take all survive the clip, which is why creators with rough footage usually pay for a transcript editor as well, and our [Descript alternatives](/blog/best-descript-alternatives) guide shows that tier prices out very differently. ## Which Opus Clip alternative is best for your use case? Decision matrix: - **Direct Opus replacement with longer inputs and generous free tier:** Vizard - **Cleaner captions with less feature bloat:** Klap - **Caption design as differentiator with rich templates:** Submagic - **Repurposing YouTube-hosted source at lowest price:** 2short.ai - **Small social team wanting clipping plus planning plus publishing:** Munch - **Original shorts from a prompt without source footage:** MakeAIVideo's [Instagram Reels generator](/instagram-reels-generator) - **Original paid-social ads from a brief rather than clipped footage:** MakeAIVideo's [AI ad maker](/ai-ad-maker) generates one finished ad per run from your product photos and brief, rather than clipping existing footage - **Avatar-based talking-head shorts:** Vidnoz - **Script writing before you clip or generate:** our free [video script generator](/tools/video-script-generator) > **The cadence multiplier.** A creator publishing 5 shorts per week beats one publishing 1 polished short per week by 5x on the algorithm signal that drives distribution across TikTok, Reels, and Shorts. Clipping tools optimise for reusing footage; generation tools optimise for topic-driven cadence. Most creators need both tracks in 2026. [Get started.](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=inline_cta&utm_content=best-opus-clip-alternatives)plans from $9/month · allowance tops up monthly ## Opus Clip alternatives FAQs ### What is the best free alternative to Opus Clip? Vizard's free tier is the strongest, with 60 credits per month (60 minutes of video analysis) and access to the full editor. 2short.ai's Starter is second at 30 minutes of monthly analysis. Submagic's free tier caps at 3 videos of a minute and a half each, which is enough for a first test but too tight for ongoing use. For creators who want to move off Opus Free without paying immediately, Vizard is the switch. ### Is Klap better than Opus Clip? For caption look, yes. Klap's animated word-by-word emphasis and template variety read more polished than Opus's default caption style, which matters on TikTok where caption aesthetics visibly affect watch time. For clip selection quality, Opus still has a slight edge on longer podcast footage. If you already tune Opus captions manually after export, Klap saves that step. See our sibling [Runway alternatives roundup](/blog/best-runway-alternatives) for the generative-video category. ### Can I use Opus Clip alternatives for TikTok and Reels? Yes. Every tool in this roundup exports 9:16 vertical output that posts natively to TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Some (Munch, Klap Pro+, Vizard Business) also schedule and publish directly to those platforms from the tool itself. If you want to generate TikToks from a topic rather than clip them, see our [TikTok video generator](/tiktok-video-generator). ### Which Opus Clip alternative has the best captions? Submagic has the largest caption template library, which is the widest surface for on-brand caption design. Klap ships the cleanest default caption look with less configuration required. Vizard sits in the middle: better than Opus by default, less configurable than Submagic. Pick based on whether you value out-of-the-box polish (Klap), maximum configurability (Submagic), or feature parity with Opus at a longer input limit (Vizard). ### How much does Opus Clip actually cost in 2026? Opus Clip Free is $0 with 3-day export limits and 9:16 only. Opus Starter is $15/month with 20 AI voice-overs per day, watermark-free captions, and 30-day export retention. Opus Pro is $29/month with additional advanced features. Opus Business is custom pricing. For per-clip math at 20 shorts published monthly, Opus Starter works out to roughly $0.75 per shipped clip, competitive with Klap and Vizard at their equivalent tiers. ### What is the best alternative to Opus Clip for creators without source footage? Neither the clipping tools nor Opus itself will help you. Opus, Vizard, Klap, Submagic, 2short, and Munch all need long-form footage as input. If you have a topic but no recordings, use a prompt-to-video tool: MakeAIVideo generates a 9:16 short from a prompt, script, or blog post URL, no source video needed. See how the [AI Instagram Reels generator](/instagram-reels-generator) handles the full production flow. Vidnoz is the avatar-based alternative in the same category. ### Are AI-generated shorts against YouTube's monetisation policies? No. AI-generated content is explicitly permitted under the [YouTube Partner Program](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/72851). The policy constraint is "reused content" (copying others' work without meaningful transformation), not AI generation. Original short-form content produced with Opus Clip alternatives qualifies for full monetisation once the channel meets Shorts monetisation thresholds. ### What is the cheapest paid alternative to Opus Clip? 2short.ai Lite at $9.90/month is the cheapest paid tier with usable clip volume. Submagic Starter at $12/month billed annually is second. Klap Starter at $14/month billed annually is third. Below $15/month, the choice is between three tools depending on whether you value YouTube-native import (2short), caption template range (Submagic), or clip volume ceiling (Klap allows 100 clips per month on Starter). ### Can Opus Clip alternatives replace video editors like CapCut? Not entirely. Opus Clip and the alternatives in this roundup produce ready-to-post shorts with default settings, but they do not replace a full editor for creators who fine-tune timing, sound design, transitions, and layered graphics on each clip. Treat these tools as a "publish daily with little hands-on time" layer and CapCut or DaVinci Resolve as the "polish for the hero clip" layer. ### What is the next step after picking an alternative? For a clipping tool, sign up for a free tier and run 3 existing long-form recordings through it. Compare clip selection and caption quality against your current Opus baseline before switching. For the prompt-driven track instead, try the [YouTube Shorts generator](/ai-shorts-generator) to see how a generation tool fits into the full publishing cadence. ![Jamie Partridge](/images/authors/jamie-partridge.webp) Written by [Jamie Partridge](/about/jamie-partridge) Founder at MakeAIVideo. Writing about AI video generation, scripting, scenes, and shipping content faster. [More about the author](/about/jamie-partridge) ## Free AI video tools - [ Video Script Generator Generate 6 full HOOK / BODY / CTA video scripts in any format, short-form, long-form, tutorial, VSL, talking-head, product demo. Free, no signup, instant. ](/tools/video-script-generator) - [ Video Hook Generator Generate 10 attention-grabbing video hooks for any topic. Patterns proven to drive watch-through on TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-hook-generator) - [ TikTok Script Generator Free TikTok script generator: 15 scripts per click across 8 formats, each with HOOK / BODY / CTA beats and a word count to match. No signup. ](/tools/tiktok-script-generator) - [ Speech Time Calculator Paste your script and instantly calculate spoken duration at 5 speaking rates (audiobook, conversational, presenter, energetic, auctioneer). ](/tools/speech-time-calculator) ## More AI video guides Buyer's Guides [ ### Best Runway Alternatives in 2026 (10 Picks, Real Pricing) ](/blog/best-runway-alternatives) 10 Runway alternatives for 2026, sorted by the reason you are leaving: pricing shape, the 10-second clip cap, or editing philosophy. Verified vendor pricing. 10 June 2026·24 min read Buyer's Guides [ ### Best InVideo Alternatives in 2026 (8 Tested With Real Pricing) ](/blog/best-invideo-alternatives) 8 InVideo alternatives tested across template library, AI script-to-video, export quality, and cost. Real 2026 pricing, side-by-side scoring, recommended picks. 10 June 2026·14 min read Reviews [ ### Descript Review (2026): Text-Based Editing, Priced Honestly ](/blog/best-descript-review-2026) A Descript review for 2026: what text-based editing actually does, every plan priced from the vendor page, the media-hour cap that decides your tier, and who it does not suit. 21 September 2026·8 min read Comparisons [ ### Best Descript Alternatives in 2026 (10 Tested) ](/blog/best-descript-alternatives) 10 Descript alternatives tested for script-to-video, transcript editing, podcast recording, and finished narrated videos. 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VEED (best for browser-based editing)](#3-veed-best-for-browser-based-editing) - [4\. Visla (best for topic-to-video generation)](#4-visla-best-for-topic-to-video-generation) - [5\. Synthesia (best for avatar-driven script-to-video)](#5-synthesia-best-for-avatar-driven-script-to-video) - [6\. RawShorts (best for animated explainer videos)](#6-rawshorts-best-for-animated-explainer-videos) - [7\. CapCut (best for free script-driven editing)](#7-capcut-best-for-free-script-driven-editing) - [8\. MakeAIVideo (best for full faceless pipeline with AI scenes)](#8-makeaivideo-best-for-full-faceless-pipeline-with-ai-scenes) - [How much do Pictory alternatives cost at 3 real volumes?](#how-much-do-pictory-alternatives-cost-at-3-real-volumes) - [Which Pictory alternative is best for your use case?](#which-pictory-alternative-is-best-for-your-use-case) - [Pictory alternatives FAQs](#pictory-alternatives-faqs) Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. 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This roundup tests 8 Pictory alternatives in 2026 across the four signals that matter for script-to-video work: AI scene generation quality, voice naturalness, language coverage, and real cost per finished minute. Each tool was tested with the same 60-second script (a finance explainer) and the same 90-second script (a tech-review breakdown). Real verified pricing, the niche each tool fits best, and honest scoring at the end. If you would rather make the whole video in one place, start with the [AI video generator](/); for template-first tools see our [InVideo alternatives](/blog/best-invideo-alternatives); for transcript-based editing see our [Descript alternatives](/blog/best-descript-alternatives). ## What does Pictory do and where does it fall short in 2026? [Pictory](https://pictory.ai/) takes a script or article URL, generates AI voiceover, picks stock-footage scenes from a Storyblocks library, layers captions, and renders a finished MP4 in 5-10 minutes. The script-to-video category leader for many creators in 2024-2025. The category it sits in has grown fast around it: [Forbes puts the AI video generation market](https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidprosser/2025/05/15/action-startups-race-to-capture-the-ai-video-generation-market/) at roughly $600 million in 2023 heading toward $9.3 billion by 2033, with more than $500 million of fresh venture funding in 2025 alone. Where Pictory falls short in 2026 (these are the gaps each alternative fills; jump to [the Runway alternatives list](/blog/best-runway-alternatives) if raw generative-clip quality is the bottleneck): 1. **No native AI scene generation.** Pictory pulls from a stock library, so two creators in the same niche often end up with the same B-roll. 2. **Voice options are bundled but limited.** Premium voice cloning requires a separate ElevenLabs subscription. 3. **Tier credits feel artificial.** 30 video credits on Starter ($25) maps to about 1 video per day; most creators want more headroom. 4. **No script generation from a topic.** You have to bring the written content. Each alternative below solves at least one of these constraints. ## How we tested Same 60-second finance explainer script + 90-second tech-review script, two registers, three measurement passes per tool: AI scene generation diversity (sound off), voice naturalness (sound on, eyes closed), finished-MP4 review (sound on, full attention). Pricing verified as of June 2026 from each vendor's public page. The category context including avatar-first tools is in [the Synthesia alternatives roundup](/blog/best-synthesia-alternatives) and [the InVideo alternatives roundup](/blog/best-invideo-alternatives). ## Best Pictory alternatives at a glance Tool Best for AI scenes Price floor (USD/mo) Lumen5 Blog-to-video Stock library $19 InVideo Template variety Stock + AI $25 VEED Browser-based editing Stock library $20 Visla Auto-generated topic-to-video AI scenes $20 Synthesia Avatar-driven script-to-video Avatar studio $29 RawShorts Animated explainer videos Animated assets $49 CapCut Free editing Stock library $0 / $9.99 MakeAIVideo Full faceless pipeline (script + voice + AI scenes) Generative AI scenes $9 ## 1\. Lumen5 (best for blog-to-video repurposing) [Lumen5](https://lumen5.com/) is the direct Pictory competitor for "I have a blog post; turn it into video." Paste a URL or paragraph text, get a video with scenes auto-broken by paragraph, AI voice options, and captions. The blog-to-video workflow is best-of-category here. For the same job with generative AI scenes instead of stock B-roll, MakeAIVideo's [blog to video](/blog-to-video) mode is the in-house equivalent. **What it does well** - Paste-URL workflow with auto scene breakdown - Stock footage from Storyblocks + Getty Images - Brand kits + custom fonts - Strong AI summarisation of long-form into video script **Pricing (June 2026):** - Community: free, 5 videos/month, 720p, watermark - Basic: $19/month, 1080p, no watermark, 10 videos - Starter: $59/month, 30 videos, brand kits - Professional: $149/month, custom watermark, team **Verdict:** the upgrade from Pictory specifically for blog repurposing. Output looks slightly more "social media native" than Pictory's polished-presenter style. Keep the cuts short on the distribution end: [Sprout Social's video length guidance](https://sproutsocial.com/insights/video-length-best-practices/) recommends LinkedIn brand-awareness video under 30 seconds, which LinkedIn associates with a 200% lift in completion rates. ## 2\. InVideo (best for template variety) [InVideo](https://invideo.io/) ships ~5,000 templates and an AI script-to-video engine. Template-first workflow means creators who want a starting layout (LinkedIn ad, product demo, real estate listing) get to a draft faster than Pictory's blank-canvas approach. TechCrunch reported InVideo at [4 million monthly active users and 7 million videos generated in 30 days](https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/14/tiger-global-backed-invideo-introduces-gen-ai-based-video-creation/) when it shipped its v3.0 generative release, so the template library is battle-tested at volume. **What it does well** - 5,000+ pre-built templates across categories - AI script-to-video engine added in 2024 - Strong stock library + brand kit support - Generous free tier (with watermark) **Pricing (June 2026):** - Free: watermark, 10-min export cap - Plus: $25/month, 25-min exports, no watermark - Business: $35/month, unlimited exports - Unlimited: $96/month, AI features unlimited **Verdict:** when template variety matters more than AI automation. Many creators we tested actually prefer InVideo's library for scripted content. See our [InVideo alternatives](/blog/best-invideo-alternatives) for the broader template-first category. ## 3\. VEED (best for browser-based editing) [VEED](https://www.veed.io/) sits between template editing and timeline editing in a browser-based tool with strong UX polish. Less script-to-video automation than Pictory, more granular control over the finished output. For creators who want to start with auto-generated scenes but refine the timeline manually. **What it does well** - Browser-based but desktop-class UX - Strong subtitle / caption auto-generation - Screen recording + webcam recording built-in - AI background removal without green screen **Pricing (June 2026):** - Free: 10-min export limit, watermark - Basic: $20/month, 25-min exports, no watermark - Pro: $33/month, unlimited exports, 4K - Business: $70/month per seat **Verdict:** for creators who want post-production refinement, not just paste-and-render. UX learning curve steeper than Pictory but output quality is higher with manual polish. Pair with the [speech time calculator](/tools/speech-time-calculator) to fit scripts inside tier minute caps. ## 4\. Visla (best for topic-to-video generation) [Visla](https://www.visla.us/) is the only tool in this list that takes a TOPIC (not a script) and generates the full video. Type "AI tools for solopreneurs" and Visla writes the script, picks scenes, narrates, and renders. The "blank-canvas to finished video" workflow is the differentiator. **What it does well** - Topic-only input (script optional) - AI script generation + scene generation in one pipeline - Multi-language support - Built-in screen recording for tutorial-style content **Pricing (June 2026):** - Free: 3 videos/month, 720p, watermark - Premium: $20/month, 1080p, 30 videos/month - Business: $40/month, 100 videos, team **Verdict:** the most automated workflow in this list. Creators who want "publish daily without thinking" lean Visla. Output quality is one notch below Pictory's polished style but cadence is 3-5x higher. ## 5\. Synthesia (best for avatar-driven script-to-video) [Synthesia](https://www.synthesia.io/) is technically a different category (avatar-first vs scene-first), but for many script-to-video use cases, an AI avatar reading the script directly replaces the need for stock-footage scenes entirely. Strong fit for corporate, training, and educational content where a human presenter aesthetic matters. The enterprise pull is documented: TechCrunch reported Synthesia at [60,000 enterprise customers and a $2.1 billion valuation](https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/14/synthesia-snaps-up-180m-on-a-2-1b-valuation-for-its-b2b-ai-video-platform/) in January 2025, and Gartner projected that [more than 80% of enterprises would have used generative AI APIs or shipped generative AI applications by 2026](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2023-10-11-gartner-says-more-than-80-percent-of-enterprises-will-have-used-generative-ai-apis-or-deployed-generative-ai-enabled-applications-by-2026), up from under 5% in 2023. **What it does well** - 230+ stock avatars across diverse demographics - 140+ languages with native lip-sync - Enterprise-grade L&D and corporate training fit - Custom Personal Avatar via brief recording **Pricing (June 2026):** - Starter: $29/month, 10 minutes - Creator: $89/month, 30 minutes, voice clone - Enterprise: custom **Verdict:** the right pick when "human-facing video" is the brief. For the broader avatar-first category and direct competitors, see our [Synthesia alternatives](/blog/best-synthesia-alternatives). For a presenter reading your script in-house, see MakeAIVideo's [AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar). ## 6\. RawShorts (best for animated explainer videos) [RawShorts](https://www.rawshorts.com/) specialises in animated explainer videos with motion graphics, character animation, and whiteboard-style scenes. Not for live-action content; ideal for B2B explainers, training animations, and pitch decks. **What it does well** - Animated character + motion graphics library - Whiteboard-style scenes for educational content - Voice library + custom narration upload - Strong AI-script-to-storyboard generation **Pricing (June 2026):** - Essential: $49/month, basic library, watermark on free trial - Business: $69/month, full asset library - Studio: $99/month, team features - Enterprise: custom **Verdict:** for product marketing teams making animated SaaS explainers. Wrong tool for any live-action use case. The free trial is enough to test if the animation style matches the brand. ## 7\. CapCut (best for free script-driven editing) [CapCut](https://www.capcut.com/) does not script-to-video natively, but its AI auto-captions + free editor + auto-template suggestions get close to Pictory's output for $0/month. Add an AI voice (free tier available) and you have a functional script-to-video pipeline at zero cost. **What it does well** - Full free editor with no watermark - AI auto-captions with strong accuracy - TikTok-native templates and effects - Auto-template-from-text suggestions **Pricing (June 2026):** - Free: full editor, no watermark, auto-captions - Pro: $9.99/month, premium effects + templates **Verdict:** for cost-sensitive creators. Combine CapCut Free with [ElevenLabs](https://elevenlabs.io/) free voice and you cover most of Pictory's workflow at $0. More manual but functional. ## 8\. MakeAIVideo (best for full faceless pipeline with AI scenes) [MakeAIVideo](https://app.makeaivideo.ai) takes a different approach: paste a script (or a topic) and it builds the scenes, AI voiceover, captions, and optional music in one render. Stock footage is the default source, and AI-generated scenes are the option Pictory lacks: pick them and each beat gets its own visuals rather than stock B-roll that other creators are also using. Drop a finished script into [script to video](/script-to-video) or start from a one-line idea with [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video). **What it does well** - Script to finished MP4 in one render - Optional generative AI scenes per beat (no stock-library duplication) - Bundled voice library (no separate ElevenLabs subscription) - 9:16 (Shorts/TikTok/Reels) and 16:9 (YouTube) from same input - Built for running a [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) **Pricing:** - Lite: $9/month, 450 credits - Solo: $19/month, 1,000 credits - Plus: $29/month, 1,600 credits - Pro: $49/month, 2,800 credits - Yearly billing gives 2 months free; optional one-off top-up packs add credits that never expire Billing is credit-metered rather than sold by the video, because a talking-head render and a stock-narrated render of the same length cost very different amounts. Match the allowance to your own render mix. **Verdict:** for creators publishing at cadence who do not want every video to look like other Pictory output. New customers get a 7-day trial (card required, trial videos capped at 10 seconds of script), and optional one-off top-up packs add credits that never expire. Brainstorm niches with the [faceless YouTube channel idea generator](/tools/faceless-youtube-channel-idea-generator) before paying. > **The stock-versus-generative scene question.** Pictory pulls stock footage from a shared library. Generative AI scene tools (like MakeAIVideo's AI-scene mode) render unique visuals per video. For creators in saturated niches, generative scenes prevent the "I have seen that clip on five other channels" problem. [Get started →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) ## How much do Pictory alternatives cost at 3 real volumes? The cost math at three realistic monthly volumes. Note that the tools meter differently: most sell a monthly video count, while MakeAIVideo sells credits, so treat the two as different units rather than a like-for-like swap. For context on the budget these tools serve, [Statista tracks global digital video ad spending](https://www.statista.com/topics/5960/digital-video-advertising/) above $191 billion in 2024, and [HubSpot's video marketing statistics](https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/video-marketing-statistics) put business video adoption at 89%. To project per-channel earnings at any view count, the [YouTube money calculator](/tools/youtube-money-calculator) handles it. **Volume A: 5 videos/month** - Pictory Free: $0, 3 video projects, watermark - Lumen5 Community: $0, 5 videos - CapCut Free + ElevenLabs Free: $0 - **Best fit:** Pictory Free or Lumen5 Community for testing; CapCut Free if you accept manual editing **Volume B: 20 videos/month** - Pictory Starter: $25/month, 30 videos (suits) - Lumen5 Basic: $19/month, 10 videos (under-spec) - Visla Premium: $20/month, 30 videos - MakeAIVideo Plus: $29/month, 1,600 credits (credit-metered, not sold by video count: about twenty 15-second stock-footage videos at about 59 credits each, far fewer with AI scenes at about 234 credits per 15 seconds) - **Best fit:** Visla Premium $20 for topic-to-video automation, Pictory Starter $25 for script-first, MakeAIVideo Plus $29 if you want a pipeline that writes, voices and captions each video **Volume C: 60+ videos/month** - Pictory Professional: $49/month, 60 videos (just barely suits) - Visla Business: $40/month, 100 videos - VEED Pro: $33/month, unlimited - MakeAIVideo Pro: $49/month, 2,800 credits (credit-metered, not sold by video count: about 47 15-second stock-footage videos; one-off top-up packs cover the rest) - **Best fit:** depends on workflow. Topic-first → Visla Business. Script-first with manual refinement → VEED Pro. Pipeline-first → MakeAIVideo Pro plus top-up packs. Brainstorm topics with the [video idea generator](/tools/video-idea-generator) to keep the queue full. ## Which Pictory alternative is best for your use case? Decision matrix mapped to real use cases: - **Blog-to-video repurposing:** Lumen5 (purpose-built) - **Template-first variety:** InVideo (5,000+ templates) - **Browser-based timeline editing:** VEED - **Topic-to-finished-video automation:** Visla (truly hands-off) - **Animated B2B explainer:** RawShorts (the only animation-native option) - **Avatar-driven script-to-video:** Synthesia (different category, often better fit) - **Free / cost-sensitive:** CapCut Free + ElevenLabs Free - **High-cadence faceless content with unique scenes:** MakeAIVideo for a [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) (generative scenes prevent stock-footage duplication) > **The cadence-vs-craft trade.** Script-to-video tools cluster around two philosophies. Pictory and Lumen5 emphasise polished output per video. Visla and the MakeAIVideo workflow emphasise automated cadence. For creators in the first 100 videos of a channel's life, cadence beats craft on YouTube algorithm signal. [Get started →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=inline_cta&utm_content=best-pictory-alternatives)plans from $9/month · allowance tops up monthly ## Pictory alternatives FAQs ### What is the best free alternative to Pictory? CapCut Free combined with [ElevenLabs](https://elevenlabs.io/) free voice gives you a script-to-video workflow at $0. Pictory Free includes 3 video projects with watermark, which is enough to test the format. Lumen5 Community at $0 covers 5 videos/month with watermark. For most creators, Pictory Free is the closest match to paid Pictory. ### Is Lumen5 better than Pictory? For blog-to-video repurposing specifically, Lumen5 is better. The paste-URL workflow with auto scene breakdown by paragraph is purpose-built for that use case. For general script-to-video where the input is a written script (not a blog URL), Pictory and Lumen5 are roughly equivalent in quality. ### Can I use Pictory alternatives for YouTube videos? Yes. All the tools above export 1080p (and most 4K) for long-form YouTube and 9:16 vertical for Shorts. The vertical surface carries the volume: [Business of Apps records YouTube Shorts at 70 billion views per day](https://www.businessofapps.com/data/youtube-statistics/) as of February 2024, up from 30 billion in 2022. For high-cadence publishing, a pipeline-first approach (Visla, or MakeAIVideo's [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) setup) fits better than manual-edit tools. ### Which Pictory alternative generates unique scenes (not stock library)? MakeAIVideo defaults to stock footage too, but it can also generate AI scenes per beat of the script, so those videos get unique visuals rather than pulling from a shared stock library. Pictory, Lumen5, InVideo, VEED, and Visla all use stock-footage libraries, which means creators in the same niche often end up with overlapping B-roll. ### How much does Pictory actually cost in 2026? Pictory Free is $0 with watermark and 3 video projects. Pictory Starter is $25/month for 30 videos with watermark removed. Pictory Professional is $49/month for 60 videos. Pictory Teams is $119/month for 90 videos with team seats. For realistic per-video-minute math, plug numbers into the [speech time calculator](/tools/speech-time-calculator). ### What is the best alternative to Pictory for animated explainer videos? RawShorts is the only animation-native option in this list. Pictory and most alternatives focus on live-action stock footage; RawShorts ships character animation, whiteboard-style scenes, and motion graphics. The Business tier at $69/month covers a typical animated-explainer channel's needs. ### Are AI-generated videos against YouTube's monetisation policies? No. AI-generated content is explicitly permitted under the [YouTube Partner Program](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/72851). The policy constraint is "reused content" (copying others' work without meaningful transformation), not AI generation. Original-topic AI videos qualify for full monetisation once the channel hits the 1,000 subscriber + 4,000 watch hour threshold. ### What is the cheapest paid alternative to Pictory? MakeAIVideo Lite at $9 a month is the cheapest paid entry in this roundup, though it is sold as a credit allowance rather than a video count. Among the tools that sell by video count, Lumen5 Basic at $19/month is the cheapest, with Visla Premium at $20/month and VEED Basic at $20/month close behind. CapCut Pro at $9.99/month undercuts both but lacks the AI script-to-video automation. Below $25/month, the choice is between Lumen5's blog-to-video workflow, Visla's topic-to-video workflow, and a credit-metered pipeline. ### Can I clone my voice on Pictory alternatives? Pictory itself integrates with ElevenLabs for voice cloning at additional cost. Lumen5, VEED, and CapCut all support ElevenLabs integration similarly. Synthesia's Creator tier includes voice cloning natively. MakeAIVideo does not offer voice cloning; the pipeline ships with a bundled stock voice library instead, so if a cloned voice is a hard requirement, one of the ElevenLabs integrations above is the route. ### What is the next step after picking an alternative? For a script-first tool, sign up for the free tier and render your first test video using a 60-second script. For a pipeline-first approach, see how to run a [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) from zero, with the full production stack including voice, scenes, and publishing. ![Jamie Partridge](/images/authors/jamie-partridge.webp) Written by [Jamie Partridge](/about/jamie-partridge) Founder at MakeAIVideo. Writing about AI video generation, scripting, scenes, and shipping content faster. [More about the author](/about/jamie-partridge) ## Free AI video tools - [ Video Script Generator Generate 6 full HOOK / BODY / CTA video scripts in any format, short-form, long-form, tutorial, VSL, talking-head, product demo. Free, no signup, instant. ](/tools/video-script-generator) - [ Speech Time Calculator Paste your script and instantly calculate spoken duration at 5 speaking rates (audiobook, conversational, presenter, energetic, auctioneer). ](/tools/speech-time-calculator) - [ Video Idea Generator Get 10 ready-to-shoot video ideas tailored to your niche. Built from formats that consistently win views on TikTok, Reels, and Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-idea-generator) - [ YouTube Money Calculator Estimate YouTube ad revenue from views with niche-specific RPM ranges from 2026 creator-economy data. Low, typical, and high earnings band. ](/tools/youtube-money-calculator) ## More AI video guides Buyer's Guides [ ### Best InVideo Alternatives in 2026 (8 Tested With Real Pricing) ](/blog/best-invideo-alternatives) 8 InVideo alternatives tested across template library, AI script-to-video, export quality, and cost. Real 2026 pricing, side-by-side scoring, recommended picks. 10 June 2026·14 min read Buyer's Guides [ ### Best Runway Alternatives in 2026 (10 Picks, Real Pricing) ](/blog/best-runway-alternatives) 10 Runway alternatives for 2026, sorted by the reason you are leaving: pricing shape, the 10-second clip cap, or editing philosophy. Verified vendor pricing. 10 June 2026·24 min read Comparisons [ ### Best Descript Alternatives in 2026 (10 Tested) ](/blog/best-descript-alternatives) 10 Descript alternatives tested for script-to-video, transcript editing, podcast recording, and finished narrated videos. Real sourced pricing, honest verdicts. 31 May 2026·21 min read Buyer's Guides [ ### Best Sora Alternatives in 2026 (8 Tested With Real Pricing) ](/blog/best-sora-alternatives) 8 Sora alternatives tested across generation quality, prompt fidelity, motion realism, and cost. 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"Ask Perplexity about this article") In this article - [What Pika is, from Discord bot to web app](#what-pika-is-from-discord-bot-to-web-app) - [How Pika works today](#how-pika-works-today) - [What Pika does well in 2026](#what-pika-does-well-in-2026) - [Where Pika hits its limits](#where-pika-hits-its-limits) - [Pika Labs pricing tiers, explained](#pika-labs-pricing-tiers-explained) - [How Pika compares to Sora, Runway, Kling, and Luma](#how-pika-compares-to-sora-runway-kling-and-luma) - [Where MakeAIVideo fits: the pipeline, not the model](#where-makeaivideo-fits-the-pipeline-not-the-model) - [Who should use Pika Labs](#who-should-use-pika-labs) - [Pika Labs FAQs](#pika-labs-faqs) - [Where to start with Pika Labs in 2026](#where-to-start-with-pika-labs-in-2026) Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. 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In 2026 the current model is Pika 2.5, with the 2.x line differentiated by playful, meme-shaped creative effects (Pikaffects), scene-composition tools (Pikascenes), and keyframe transitions (Pikaframes) rather than by chasing the photorealism ceiling that Sora and Veo 3 fight over. This review covers what Pika does well in 2026, where it hits its limits, how its pricing actually works, how it stacks up to Sora, Runway, Kling, and Luma, and where a pipeline like MakeAIVideo's [AI influencer generator](/ai-influencer-generator) slots in when you want a finished narrated video instead of a raw clip. If the shortlist is still wide open, our comparison of the [best AI video models of 2026](/blog/best-ai-video-model-2026) narrows it by axis before you start trialling. ## What Pika is, from Discord bot to web app Pika Labs was founded in April 2023 by Demi Guo and Chenlin Meng, two former Stanford AI PhD students who dropped out after attending an AI film festival organised by Runway. They decided the tools of the day were not good enough and set out to build the accessible one. Pika 1.0 launched as a Discord bot in the closing months of 2023, a decision that turned out to be the company's smartest early call. Forbes reported that [around 500,000 people had tried Pika](https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrickcai/2023/11/27/pika-ai-video-generator-editor-series-a/) by late 2023, while the tool was still Discord-only and already generating millions of videos a week. The community bootstrapped the product's culture: playful, meme-heavy, willing to try obviously weird prompts, and closer in tone to a creative sandbox than a corporate video tool. The company raised [$55 million in November 2023](https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/28/pika-labs-which-is-building-ai-tools-to-generate-and-edit-videos-raises-55m/) in a round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, then followed with [an $80 million Series B in June 2024](https://www.forbes.com/sites/charliefink/2024/06/06/apples-upcoming-ai-reveal-pika-labs-raises-80-million-twelve-labs-50-million/), bringing total funding to around $135 million with a team of only about 13 people at the time. The venture-capital appetite reflected the same thing the Discord growth did: an audience of creators who wanted to play with AI video rather than commission a corporate explainer with it. Coverage across the tech press framed Pika as the accessible, creator-first alternative to Runway and to the enterprise-focused models chasing Hollywood. The Discord bot still runs, but in 2026 the primary product is the web app at pika.art. The web app is where the Pika 2.x features live, where you get direct access to Pikaffects and Pikascenes, and where the paid tiers unlock 1080p and commercial use. Discord is now more of a community hub than a production tool. For context on how that positioning differs from a pipeline that ships finished narrated videos, [MakeAIVideo's plans and pricing](/pricing) sell you credits for finished videos rather than raw generation credits. ## How Pika works today Pika supports both text-to-video and image-to-video generation. You either write a prompt and let the model compose a scene from scratch, or upload one or more reference images (a character, a product, a location) and prompt Pika to animate or place them. The image-to-video path is where the Pikascenes ("Scene Ingredients") feature lives, and it is one of the things Pika is genuinely differentiated on: you can feed the model up to a handful of references and ask it to compose them into a single generated clip. The workflow rewards the same kind of thinking you would bring to [image to video](/image-to-video) generation generally, but with more freedom to combine multiple inputs. Clip length in the current 2.x line runs from 5 seconds to 10 seconds depending on tier and feature. Pika 2.1 introduced 1080p resolution and lifted the earlier 720p ceiling, and Pika 2.2 added Pikaframes, a keyframe-transition mode that lets you define the first and last frame of a clip and have Pika interpolate the motion between them. That is a small but useful capability because it turns a text-to-video toy into something closer to a genuinely directable shot, especially when you are chaining several Pika clips into a longer edit. Aspect ratio support covers 16:9, 9:16, and 1:1, which is broadly the same set of shapes that an [Instagram Reels generator](/instagram-reels-generator) or a [YouTube Shorts generator](/ai-shorts-generator) expects. That means Pika clips slot into short-form vertical without post-work as long as you prompt for the ratio you want at generation time. The vertical default is not a small detail: Business of Apps tracks [YouTube Shorts at roughly 70 billion views a day](https://www.businessofapps.com/data/youtube-statistics/) on average in 2024. The most talked-about feature category is Pikaffects, a growing library of one-tap creative effects (things like "crush it", "melt it", "cake-ify", "explode") that transform an uploaded photo or a generated clip into a reality-bending short. Pikaffects are what most people mean when they call Pika "the fun one" of the current model crop. They are not the tool you reach for when you need a photorealistic 30-second product ad; they are the tool you reach for when you want a shareable, memeable short that a photorealistic model would refuse to make convincingly weird. > **Read Pika through its personality, not its resolution.** If you rank AI video models purely on 1080p photoreal output, Pika lands mid-pack against Sora, Veo 3, and Kling. If you rank them on how much creative range and how many shareable, effect-driven shots you can pull in an hour, Pika is near the top of the field. The right axis matters more than the ranking. ## What Pika does well in 2026 Three things stand out. **Playful, memeable creative range.** The Pikaffects library is the most compact way to turn a still photo into a shareable short clip. If your content strategy involves TikTok-style visual jokes, reaction posts, or transformation videos (the shape of content our [TikTok video generator](/tiktok-video-generator) is built around), Pika 2.5 is often faster than trying to prompt the same effect out of a general-purpose model. The results are recognisably Pika, in the same way old Instagram filters were recognisably Instagram, which is a feature for creators trying to lean into that aesthetic and a bug for creators chasing invisible production polish. Pika also handles the [animate a photo](/image-to-video) end of the workflow well: feed it a still, ask for a specific effect, and it produces animated versions faster than a from-scratch prompt would. **A friendly on-ramp for non-technical creators.** The free tier gives you 80 credits per month at 480p on pika.art, image-to-video only, with a watermark and no commercial rights. That is enough for a beginner to test the model, learn how prompts translate to motion, and decide whether the paid tiers are worth the money. Combined with the Discord community history and the current [community-driven prompt culture](https://discord.com/), Pika has a lower barrier to first-clip success than many of the more serious models. **Composability with references.** Pikascenes is the sleeper feature. Being able to upload two or three references and ask Pika to compose them into a single clip solves a problem that pure text-to-video models struggle with, which is directorial control over composition. For creators who care about which character, prop, and setting all sit in the same shot, Pikascenes cuts the number of regenerations needed to land the composition you had in your head. It maps to the same instinct that makes [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) generation work: give the model enough structured input up front and it stops guessing. **Fast iteration on short clips.** Pika 2.5 generations complete in seconds to low tens of seconds on paid tiers. That matters because the workflow for creator-shaped Pika content is iteration, not first-shot brilliance. You generate ten Pikaffects variants, keep the two that landed, throw the rest away. Fast turnaround is what makes that workflow tolerable, and Pika's Standard and Pro tiers keep it fast. ## Where Pika hits its limits Being the fun one comes with trade-offs. **Photorealism ceiling is lower than Sora, Veo 3, and Kling.** If your brief is a 10-second product hero shot that has to pass for professional cinematography, Pika 2.5 is not the strongest pick. The model is optimised for creative effects and playful composition, not for the kind of skin-texture, hair-motion, and light-physics fidelity that the top of the field is chasing. Reach for Sora or Veo 3 when you need that specific look, or read our roundup of [Sora alternatives](/blog/best-sora-alternatives) for the fair comparison across the field. **Clip length is short.** Five to ten seconds is competitive with Runway Gen-3 (10s) and better than earlier Luma and Hailuo defaults, but well short of Sora's 20-second maximum. If your creative concept genuinely needs a single continuous 15-second shot rather than several 5-second cuts stitched together, Pika will feel constraining. Most short-form social content does not need that, but longer narrative work does. **Motion coherence over the full clip degrades on complex scenes.** Pika handles single-subject motion well. It handles crowd scenes, complex physics interactions, and dense multi-object motion less well than Kling, which is the current motion-physics leader in the paid model tier. If your prompt involves several people running in different directions across a busy background, expect visible artifacts on Pika that Kling would ride out cleaner. Stanford HAI's 2026 AI Index frames this as the live research frontier: video models are only [starting to capture how objects behave](https://hai.stanford.edu/ai-index/2026-ai-index-report/technical-performance), and the gap shows first in busy scenes. **Commercial and resolution restrictions on the free tier are strict.** 80 credits per month, 480p only, watermark on every export, no commercial use rights. That is generous enough to evaluate the model, but you cannot ship free-tier Pika output into a client project or a monetised social account without upgrading. Every serious use of Pika starts on the Standard tier at minimum. **No integrated pipeline features.** Pika is a clip generator. It does not write your script, add a voiceover, cut a longer edit, add captions, or export in every social ratio without post-work. That is not a criticism of Pika specifically (Sora, Runway, and Kling all sit in the same position); it is the shape of the foundation-model category. Turning Pika clips into a finished narrated video is a separate job, done in a video editor, and the tool that does it is not Pika itself. If you would rather skip the clip stage, a pipeline like MakeAIVideo's [script to video](/script-to-video) mode makes the whole narrated video itself. ## Pika Labs pricing tiers, explained Pricing on [Pika's published plans page](https://pika.art/pricing) is straightforward and worth reading before subscribing rather than after. **Free plan, $0/month.** 80 monthly video credits. Access to Pika 2.5 (480p only), plus Pikascenes, Pikadditions, Pikaswaps, Pikatwists, and Pikaffects. Image-to-video only. Watermark on every export. No commercial use. Fine for evaluation, useless for shipped work. **Standard plan, around $8/month billed yearly.** 700 monthly video credits. Full resolution access (up to 1080p on Pika 2.5). All the effect and scene-composition features. Fast generations. Watermark-free downloads. Commercial use allowed. This is the honest entry point for anyone who plans to use Pika for real content. **Pro plan, around $28/month billed yearly.** 2,300 monthly video credits. Same feature set as Standard plus faster generation queue priority. Best value for creators actually shipping several posts a week. **Fancy plan, around $76/month billed yearly.** 6,000 monthly video credits. Fastest generation queue. For agencies, production shops, or high-throughput creators who are burning through Pro tier credits before month-end. Credits are consumed at different rates by different features and by different resolutions, so the "how many videos can I make" answer depends on what you generate. Pika publishes the credit costs on their pricing page and updates them as new features ship. That is the right place to check current numbers; a review that quoted them as fixed today would be out of date next month. For context, [MakeAIVideo's pricing](/pricing) runs on a different pricing model because MakeAIVideo does a different job. Pika sells you generation credits; MakeAIVideo sells you credits for finished narrated videos with script, voice, captions, music, and export baked into the flow. Different unit of value, different pricing shape. Both sit inside a market Statista sized at [more than $191 billion of digital video ad spend in 2024](https://www.statista.com/topics/5960/digital-video-advertising/), which is why the tooling keeps multiplying. ## How Pika compares to Sora, Runway, Kling, and Luma The fair comparison is easier to run when you separate photoreal fidelity from creative range from motion physics from workflow control. Pika is not the strongest on the first two; it is genuinely strongest on the third if creative range is where you spend your time. **Pika vs OpenAI Sora.** Sora produces the most cinematically polished clips of any model in this comparison, with a 20-second maximum length that Pika cannot match. Sora also sits behind ChatGPT Plus at $20/month for entry access. Pika is stronger for playful creative effects, faster to iterate on, and cheaper at the Standard tier. Pick Sora for polished single hero shots; pick Pika for iteration-heavy meme-shaped content. Neither one hands you a finished narrated video at the end. **Pika vs Runway Gen-4.** Runway is the mature production tool of the two. Its editing suite (masking, motion brush, camera controls) is deeper than anything Pika ships, its plans start around $15/month, and its 10-second clip cap matches Pika. Runway feels more like a professional NLE with an AI generation engine bolted on; Pika feels more like a creative sandbox with an AI generation engine at the centre. If your brief involves editing controls after generation, our [Runway alternatives](/blog/best-runway-alternatives) roundup covers the alternative ecosystem in depth. If your brief is "generate a fun clip in 60 seconds and post it", Pika is faster. **Pika vs Kling AI.** Kling is the current physics-and-motion leader in the paid tier, with a free tier and strong performance on crowd scenes, human motion, and complex object interactions. Kling 2.x is stronger on realism than Pika 2.5, and comparable on price. Pika is more playful and has the deeper effects library. If your content is realism-first, [the Kling alternatives coverage](/blog/best-kling-ai-alternatives) is a better starting point than a Pika-only review. **Pika vs Luma Dream Machine.** Luma is arguably the closest competitor by product shape. Both are creator-friendly, both have generous free tiers, both output 5 to 10 second clips, and both prioritise a fast web-app UX. Luma leans toward smoother "just works" defaults and a slightly cleaner photoreal ceiling; Pika leans toward playful creative effects and community-driven prompt culture. Test both free tiers back-to-back, or read our shot-by-shot [Luma vs Pika comparison](/blog/luma-vs-pika-comparison) first. The choice usually comes down to whether your content skews toward polish or personality, and our [Luma Dream Machine review](/blog/best-luma-dream-machine-review-2026) covers where the polish side of it holds. > **The comparison you should not run.** Pika versus MakeAIVideo is not a comparison. Pika is a foundation model that outputs raw clips. MakeAIVideo is a pipeline that makes a finished narrated video (script, voice, scenes, captions, music, and social-ratio export) from a prompt or a script, without taking uploaded clips. They sit in different layers of the same workflow, not the same layer competing with each other. ## Where MakeAIVideo fits: the pipeline, not the model This is the part the reviews of foundation models tend to skip, and it is the part that determines whether Pika actually gets used on your channel or gets used twice and abandoned. A Pika clip is 5 to 10 seconds of moving picture. It does not have a script. It does not have a voiceover. It does not have captions. It does not have music. It is not sized for TikTok, Reels, or Shorts unless you built it that way from the prompt. To ship a real post, you need to do the workflow around the clip: write the script, record or generate the voice, edit the clips into a timeline, add captions, add music, export in 9:16 vertical (or whichever ratio the platform wants), and only then do you have a post. MakeAIVideo does that whole workflow, but from a script or a prompt rather than from your Pika clips. MakeAIVideo's [script to video](/script-to-video) takes a script and produces a finished narrated MP4 with AI voice, scenes (real stock footage, or AI scenes on MiniMax Hailuo or Kling 2.6), captions, and music. Its [text to video](/prompt-to-video) mode takes a text prompt and does the same. Its [image to video](/image-to-video) mode animates a single still into a 5 or 10 second clip. The video modes render in 9:16, 16:9, or 1:1, one ratio per render, and you can switch the ratio in the editor and export again. So the honest split on a real project looks like this. When the post lives or dies on a Pika moment (a Pikaffects transformation, a Pikascenes composition, a Pikaframes keyframe transition), generate it in Pika, export at 1080p from a paid tier, and cut the narrated version together in a video editor; MakeAIVideo does not take uploaded clips as scenes. When the post is carried by narration rather than one effect shot, make it in MakeAIVideo from the script and skip the clip stage. The same split works for a [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel), where most episodes are voiceover-driven and do not need effect shots at all. It works for hook-driven ad creative, where a Pika-generated reality-bending moment can open an ad you edit by hand. And it works for producers who want the on-camera talking-head part solved separately from the effect shots between beats. eMarketer's read on the creative market matches: [about 80 percent of creatives now use generative AI](https://www.emarketer.com/content/4-5-creatives-use-generative-ai-many-start-finish) somewhere in their process, and just over half use it to produce finished video. None of that positions Pika as a competitor. It positions Pika as the effects model you reach for when a shot needs its look. The alternatives roundups make this clearer: neither the Sora nor the Runway comparison collapses into a single choice for creators who actually ship videos week after week. They collapse into a stack, where a foundation model produces standout clips and a pipeline makes the everyday narrated posts. > **The stack math.** Pika Standard at around $8/month plus MakeAIVideo Lite at $9/month is under $20 a month: raw Pika clips for the effect moments, MakeAIVideo for the narrated videos. ## Who should use Pika Labs Three creator profiles fit Pika particularly well. **Meme-shaped and effect-driven social creators.** If your content is transformation videos, reaction cuts, visual jokes, or short shareable moments, Pikaffects and Pikascenes are the most productive tools in the current model landscape. The free tier lets you evaluate for zero cost; the Standard tier at around $8/month is a low-commitment upgrade for shipping real content. **Creators experimenting with AI video for the first time.** Pika has one of the friendliest web-app UXs of any foundation model. The Discord community history means there are years of shared prompts, techniques, and examples to learn from. If you are new to AI video and want to see what the medium can do without committing to a $20/month ChatGPT Plus subscription just to touch Sora, Pika free is the shortest on-ramp. **Producers building shot libraries around a distinctive look.** If your channel's aesthetic leans on stylised or reality-bending shots rather than photoreal, Pika's effects library is a shortcut to a recognisable house style. For narrated product ads that do not need an effect shot, [an AI ad maker](/ai-ad-maker) builds the whole ad from product photos instead. It also pairs cleanly with an [AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar) that handles the on-camera talking-head parts while Pika handles the effect shots between beats. Combined with a pipeline for narrated finished videos, this shape of workflow lets a small team ship a lot of on-brand content without a physical production budget. Two profiles Pika is not the right fit for. Enterprise product ads that need convincing photorealism should look at Sora, Veo 3, or Kling first. Longform narrative pieces that need continuous 15 to 20 second shots should look at Sora. In both cases the raw clips still need an editor around them to become a shipped video, whichever foundation model you pick. Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=inline_cta&utm_content=best-pika-labs-review-2026)plans from $9/month · allowance tops up monthly ## Pika Labs FAQs ### Is Pika Labs free? Pika Labs has a free tier at $0/month with 80 monthly credits, 480p resolution only, watermark on exports, and no commercial use rights. Paid plans start at around $8/month billed yearly on the Standard tier, which unlocks 1080p, removes watermarks, and grants commercial rights. ### What is Pika 2.5? Pika 2.5 is the current 2026 model in Pika Labs' 2.x line. It builds on Pika 2.0 (December 2024), Pika 2.1 (1080p, January 2025), and Pika 2.2 (Pikaframes keyframe transitions, February 2025) with improved output quality and access to the full Pikaffects and Pikascenes libraries. ### What are Pikaffects? Pikaffects are Pika's one-tap creative effect library. You upload a photo or a generated clip, pick an effect like "crush it", "melt it", or "cake-ify", and Pika produces a reality-bending short showing that transformation. They are the feature most creators associate with Pika's playful house style. ### What are Pikascenes and Pikaframes? Pikascenes lets you upload multiple reference images and have Pika compose them into a single generated clip, which gives directorial control over which characters, props, and settings appear together. Pikaframes lets you define the first and last frame of a clip and have Pika interpolate the motion between them. ### How does Pika Labs compare to Sora and Runway? Sora produces more polished photoreal clips and allows longer 20-second lengths, but is only accessible through ChatGPT Plus at $20/month. Runway ships deeper editing tools (masking, motion brush) at plans starting around $15/month. Pika is more playful and iteration-friendly, cheaper on entry, and stronger for creative-effect content than either of them. ### Does Pika Labs still use Discord? The Discord bot still runs and the community is still active, but the primary product in 2026 is the web app at pika.art. All the Pika 2.x features (Pikaffects, Pikascenes, Pikaframes, 1080p output) are accessed through the web app rather than through Discord. Discord is now more community hub than production tool. ### How long can a Pika Labs video be? Pika 2.x clips run from 5 seconds to 10 seconds depending on the feature and tier. That is competitive with Runway Gen-4 (10s) and better than earlier defaults for Luma and Hailuo, but shorter than Sora's 20-second maximum. For longer finished videos, you edit multiple Pika clips together in a video editor. ### Can I use Pika Labs videos commercially? Only on paid tiers. The free plan explicitly excludes commercial use and forces a watermark on every export. Standard, Pro, and Fancy plans all grant commercial rights and remove the watermark. If you plan to monetise the output in any way (client work, ads, sponsored posts, monetised social), the Standard tier at around $8/month is the minimum. Rights are separate from disclosure: if the clip runs as an ad or an endorsement, follow the FTC's [endorsement, influencer, and review guidance](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/advertising-marketing/endorsements-influencers-reviews) on what the audience has to be told. ### Do I need Pika Labs if I already use MakeAIVideo? The two do different jobs. Pika generates raw 5 to 10 second clips with distinctive creative effects. MakeAIVideo's [script to video](/script-to-video) turns scripts into finished narrated MP4s with voice, scenes, captions, music, and social-ratio export baked in. It does not take uploaded Pika clips, so use Pika for effect shots you edit yourself and MakeAIVideo for the narrated videos. ## Where to start with Pika Labs in 2026 If you are curious about Pika, start on the free tier. Generate a handful of Pikaffects transformations from photos you already have, try one Pikascenes composition with two or three reference images, and see whether the output matches the kind of content you want to make. That evaluation costs nothing and takes an afternoon. If the answer is yes, upgrade to the Standard tier at around $8/month yearly for 1080p, no watermark, and commercial rights. That is the honest minimum for shipping real content, and it is cheap enough to test alongside a pipeline layer without commitment. If you already know your creator stack needs a finished narrated video at the end (a script, a voice, captions, music, exported in the social ratio you post to), add a pipeline next to Pika. MakeAIVideo plans start at $9 a month for 450 credits, and optional top-up packs on [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) add credits that never expire. Under $20 a month gets you both Pika Standard for raw effect clips and a MakeAIVideo Lite plan for finished narrated videos. That combination covers most short-form creator workflows without a third tool. Whichever way you use it, the honest verdict on Pika Labs in 2026 is that it is the model you pick when personality matters more than polish. That is a real category with real audience demand, and Pika owns it more cleanly than any other model in the field. ![Jamie Partridge](/images/authors/jamie-partridge.webp) Written by [Jamie Partridge](/about/jamie-partridge) Founder at MakeAIVideo. 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"Ask Perplexity about this article") In this article - [What Runway actually is, and which half of it you are leaving](#what-runway-actually-is-and-which-half-of-it-you-are-leaving) - [The three reasons people search for a Runway alternative](#the-three-reasons-people-search-for-a-runway-alternative) - [How we tested and picked the ten](#how-we-tested-and-picked-the-ten) - [Best Runway alternatives at a glance](#best-runway-alternatives-at-a-glance) - [Model-side swaps: when the model is the reason you are leaving](#model-side-swaps-when-the-model-is-the-reason-you-are-leaving) - [1\. Kling AI (best value, best physics)](#1-kling-ai-best-value-best-physics) - [2\. Google Veo 3 (native audio in one pass)](#2-google-veo-3-native-audio-in-one-pass) - [3\. Higgsfield (cinematic camera control)](#3-higgsfield-cinematic-camera-control) - [4\. MiniMax Hailuo (most realistic humans)](#4-minimax-hailuo-most-realistic-humans) - [5\. Luma Dream Machine (cheapest credible entry)](#5-luma-dream-machine-cheapest-credible-entry) - [6\. Pika Labs (stylised and effect-driven)](#6-pika-labs-stylised-and-effect-driven) - [7\. OpenAI Sora (best motion realism, on a deadline)](#7-openai-sora-best-motion-realism-on-a-deadline) - [Editor-side and workflow swaps](#editor-side-and-workflow-swaps) - [8\. Krea AI (one subscription, many models)](#8-krea-ai-one-subscription-many-models) - [9\. Adobe Firefly Video (generation inside Premiere Pro)](#9-adobe-firefly-video-generation-inside-premiere-pro) - [10\. Descript (if you wanted an editor all along)](#10-descript-if-you-wanted-an-editor-all-along) - [Open-source and free-tier options worth knowing](#open-source-and-free-tier-options-worth-knowing) - [What the entry tiers actually cost](#what-the-entry-tiers-actually-cost) - [Where MakeAIVideo fits alongside a foundation model](#where-makeaivideo-fits-alongside-a-foundation-model) - [Which alternative solves your reason for leaving](#which-alternative-solves-your-reason-for-leaving) - [Runway alternatives FAQs](#runway-alternatives-faqs) - [Where to start](#where-to-start) Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. 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"Ask ChatGPT about this article")[](https://claude.ai/new?q=Read%20https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fbest-runway-alternatives%20then%20summarize%20the%20key%20points%20and%20answer%20any%20questions%20I%20have%20about%20it. "Ask Claude about this article")[](https://www.perplexity.ai/search?q=Read%20https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fbest-runway-alternatives%20then%20summarize%20the%20key%20points%20and%20answer%20any%20questions%20I%20have%20about%20it. "Ask Perplexity about this article") **People search for Runway alternatives for three specific reasons, and none of them is that Runway is bad.** The three reasons are the credit maths (every paid tier meters generation, and heavy creators hit the ceiling before month end), the roughly ten-second clip cap that forces manual stitching for anything longer, and a preference for a different editing philosophy, where the tool feels less like a research playground and more like a finishing pipeline. Which of those three is yours decides which tool on this page is the right swap, and the wrong diagnosis is how people end up paying for a second subscription that solves nothing. This guide sorts ten picks by the reason each one actually answers, with pricing verified from vendor pages in September 2026. For Runway itself pulled apart layer by layer, [our Runway AI review and beginner's guide](/blog/how-to-use-runway-beginners-guide) goes deeper than this comparison can, and if what you actually need is a finished narrated video rather than a clip, that is the job of an [AI video generator](/) like MakeAIVideo. ## What Runway actually is, and which half of it you are leaving [Runway](https://runway.com/) is the category-defining generative AI video product, and it is really two products in one box. It ships a foundation model (Gen-3, Gen-4, Gen-4.5) that turns text or an image into a short clip. It also ships an editing surface around that model: a multi-clip timeline, keyframe motion controls, masking, in-painting, upscaling, and access to several third-party models from one seat. That matters because "Runway alternative" is a rougher search than "Sora alternative" or "Kling alternative". Those two almost always mean "give me another foundation model that does the same job". Runway is a different shape of product, so a real alternative depends on which half you are leaving. Want the model? You want a foundation model. Want the editing surface? You want an editor. Want a finished narrated video? Neither of those is the right shape, and [the AI video model comparison](/blog/best-ai-video-model-2026) sorts the same field by axis rather than by brand. Nobody is leaving because the company looks shaky. TechCrunch reported a [$308 million Series D at a $3 billion valuation](https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/03/runway-best-known-for-its-video-generating-models-raises-308m/) in April 2025, followed by a [$315 million round led by General Atlantic](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/ai-video-startup-runway-raises-315m-at-5-3b-valuation-eyes-more-capable-world-models/) in February 2026, and Bloomberg put the [valuation at $5.3 billion](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-10/ai-video-startup-runway-valued-at-5-3-billion-with-new-funding). Gen-4.5 beats the Google and OpenAI video models on several benchmarks. Current Runway pricing, from [the published plans page](https://runway.com/pricing) in September 2026: Free at $0 with 125 one-time credits, Standard at $15/month ($12 billed annually) with 625 credits a month, Pro at $35/month ($28 annually) with 2,250 credits, Max at $95/month ($76 annually) with 9,500 credits, and custom Enterprise deals above that. Those are the numbers every comparison below is measured against. A finished-video [AI video generator](/) such as MakeAIVideo is priced on a different basis entirely. ## The three reasons people search for a Runway alternative **Pricing shape fatigue.** Every paid Runway tier meters generation in credits, and credits burn at different rates by model, resolution, duration, and whether you upscale. Creators shooting real volume regularly hit the ceiling before the month is up. Max at $95/month raises the ceiling but adds a fixed cost most solo creators do not want to carry every month, in a category where a competing model may ship next month and reset the whole pricing conversation. Alternatives with higher free-tier ceilings or cheaper per-credit rates solve this specifically. **The ten-second clip cap.** Gen-3 Alpha and Gen-4 both cap output at roughly ten seconds per clip. Longer sequences need multiple generations stitched in an editor, which introduces cut points and continuity drift. Models that ship longer single clips save a stitching step. This is a real gap for narrative or explainer content longer than one beat, and it is why [script to video](/script-to-video) exists as a different shape of tool entirely. Plug your narration into the [speech time calculator](/tools/speech-time-calculator) to see how many clips a finished video actually needs. **Editing philosophy.** Runway feels like a research playground with editing controls added around it. Some creators want the opposite: an editor with generation added around it. Adobe Firefly Video inside Premiere Pro is that shape. Descript is a more radical version of it. Neither is a like-for-like Runway swap, and both are honest picks if your real preference was for the editor half of the story. The non-generative end of that spectrum sits in the [InVideo alternatives](/blog/best-invideo-alternatives) and [Pictory alternatives](/blog/best-pictory-alternatives) roundups. ## How we tested and picked the ten The eight tools in the original June 2026 version of this post were run through twelve standardised prompts (four product shots, four cinematic, four stylised), three generations per prompt per tool, scored on prompt fidelity, motion realism, and cost per finished second. The September 2026 update adds four entries that were not in the original list (Veo 3, Higgsfield, Krea, and Adobe Firefly Video), drops nothing that still ships, and re-verifies every price against the vendor's published page. We excluded research-only models and enterprise-only workflows with no self-serve tier. The order below is not a quality ranking; the picks are grouped by the shape of problem they solve, and every entry carries a line saying which of the three reasons it answers. Where a tool has its own dedicated review on this site, the deeper hands-on notes live there and are linked from the entry. The money behind these subscriptions is not small: Statista puts worldwide digital video ad spending at [more than $191 billion in 2024](https://www.statista.com/topics/5960/digital-video-advertising/), and every dollar of it needs finished video attached. For the cadence-first end of that market, see how a [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) is produced. ## Best Runway alternatives at a glance Tool Reason it answers Max clip length Entry paid price Kling AI Pricing shape 10s (15s on 3.0) ~$10/mo Google Veo 3 Editing philosophy ~8s Bundled in Google AI Pro/Ultra Higgsfield Editing philosophy Short-form ~$15/mo annual MiniMax Hailuo Pricing shape ~6s Free tier plus paid Luma Dream Machine Pricing shape ~5s, extendable Mid-$20s/mo annual Pika Labs Pricing shape ~5s, chainable ~$8/mo annual OpenAI Sora Ten-second cap Up to 25s (Pro) API sunsets 24 Sep 2026 Krea AI Pricing shape Depends on model $9/mo Basic Adobe Firefly Video Editing philosophy ~5s at 1080p Firefly plan on Creative Cloud Descript Editing philosophy Not applicable From ~$12/mo MakeAIVideo None of the three Per beat $9/mo Lite ## Model-side swaps: when the model is the reason you are leaving The next seven picks are Runway's peers on the model side. Text in, image in, a five-to-twenty-five second clip out, and whatever editing happens after that is your job. Pick from this group if your reason for leaving is about generation quality, clip length, or per-credit cost rather than the editor. If your reason is the editor, skip to the workflow group below, and if what you actually wanted was a repeatable character across many posts, an [AI influencer generator](/ai-influencer-generator) is a closer shape than any single model. ## 1\. Kling AI (best value, best physics) **Reason it answers:** pricing shape. Sector-leading physical motion (fabric drape, water, dust, the weight of objects) at tiers that undercut Runway across the board. [Kling](https://klingai.com/) is the model most likely to beat Runway on a physics-heavy prompt at a lower monthly cost, and its image-to-video identity preservation across generations is a genuine edge for anyone reusing the same character. Published tiers sit at roughly $10/month for Standard (660 credits), $37 for Pro (3,000 credits, 1080p and the Kling 3.0 model), $92 for Premier (8,000 credits) and $180 for Ultra (26,000 credits). Credit burn depends on model, resolution, duration and whether native audio is on. The caveat is hosting. TechCrunch found Kling [refusing prompts on politically sensitive Chinese topics](https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/24/a-new-chinese-video-generating-model-appears-to-be-censoring-politically-sensitive-topics) while matching Runway Gen-3 and Sora on physics simulation. That is a policy call for enterprise use, not a quality one. If hosting rules Kling out entirely, the [Kling AI alternatives](/blog/best-kling-ai-alternatives) that land nearest it on price and motion are compared separately, and [the Kling AI review](/blog/best-kling-ai-review-2026) covers the credit maths. For the lighter photo-animation job with no character-consistency requirement, [image to video](/image-to-video) in MakeAIVideo turns a still into a short clip. ## 2\. Google Veo 3 (native audio in one pass) **Reason it answers:** editing philosophy. It is the only top-tier foundation model that generates audio with the video in a single pass, which removes a whole downstream step. Veo 3 launched in May 2025 with the audio trick as its headline differentiator. TechCrunch reported at launch that it [generates sound effects, background noise, and dialogue](https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/20/googles-veo-3-can-generate-videos-and-soundtracks-to-go-along-with-them/) in the same pass as the video, with DeepMind chief Demis Hassabis describing it as the end of the silent era of video generation. Access is the trade. Consumer use sits inside [Google's AI subscription plans](https://one.google.com/about/google-ai-plans/), with Veo available natively in Gemini, Google Flow and Google Vids, so there is no separate video-only bill. Developers use Vertex AI at roughly $0.50 per second of silent output and $0.75 per second with audio, meaning a typical eight-second clip with sound runs about $6 in raw compute. Clips cap around eight seconds. Our guide to [how to use Veo 3](/blog/how-to-use-veo-3-beginners-guide) covers which surface to start in. ## 3\. Higgsfield (cinematic camera control) **Reason it answers:** editing philosophy. Camera-move controls (dolly, orbit, push, crash zoom, overhead sweep) that read as an actual shot list rather than a model's guess. Forbes framed the product as bringing [cinematic camera language to AI video](https://www.forbes.com/sites/charliefink/2025/04/01/former-snap-exec-launches-higgsfield-to-bring-cinematic-camera-language-to-ai-generated-video/). If your Runway output was consistently close but wrong on the camera work (static when you wanted a push-in, wrong lens compression, a missing dolly), Higgsfield is the swap most likely to solve that exact complaint. The company is well funded for it: TechCrunch covered a [$400 million Series B in August 2026](https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/17/higgsfield-raises-400m-series-b-quadrupling-its-valuation-in-8-months-to-5-4b/) that took the valuation to $5.4 billion. There is a free tier with enough credits to test the camera system properly. Published annual tiers sit at roughly Starter ($15/mo, 200 credits), Plus ($39/mo, 1,000 credits) and Ultra ($99/mo, 3,000 credits), with a Business plan near $89 per seat. Monthly billing runs meaningfully higher on each, closer to $29, $49 and $149, so [the live pricing page](https://higgsfield.ai/pricing) is worth the calendar note. [Our Higgsfield AI review](/blog/best-higgsfield-ai-review-2026) covers where the ad workflow earns its price. ## 4\. MiniMax Hailuo (most realistic humans) **Reason it answers:** pricing shape. A genuinely generous free tier, and the best human faces in the category for the money. [Hailuo](https://hailuoai.video/) is the model to try when the bottleneck was human realism. Skin texture, micro-expressions and eye behaviour hold up at full-screen 1080p in a way many rivals still fluff, and character continuity from a single reference image is close to an actor's continuity rather than a rolling series of different-looking people. Clips run around six seconds on standard generations, which is short. The free tier caps resolution and adds a watermark; paid tiers on [the subscription page](https://hailuoai.video/subscribe) unlock 1080p, lift daily limits and open the newer H3 tier with longer clip options. Skip it if your shots are physics-heavy rather than human-focused, or if a single continuous twenty-second shot is non-negotiable. Pair Hailuo clips with an [AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar) if what you needed was someone reading a line to camera, and [the MiniMax Hailuo review](/blog/best-minimax-hailuo-review-2026) has the full test set. ## 5\. Luma Dream Machine (cheapest credible entry) **Reason it answers:** pricing shape. The lowest-friction way to get a good clip out of a strong model, with a free tier that is genuinely usable. Luma is the value pick for creators who bought Runway Standard and used it for one or two features. Output quality on standard creative prompts is close enough to Gen-3 that the price difference is the deciding factor, and prompt fidelity on complex multi-element descriptions is high, which raises the first-generation hit rate and lowers the effective cost per usable clip. Pricing has moved since the June version of this post, so treat [the Dream Machine site](https://lumalabs.ai/dream-machine) as the source of truth. The current shape is a free tier good for around ten short watermarked clips a month, a paid entry tier in the mid-$20s billed annually (mid-$30s monthly) that lifts the credit cap and removes the watermark, a middle tier in the $70 to $100 range with access to the higher-fidelity Ray models, and a top individual tier north of $250. It is not the pick when you need the top of the model curve. [The Luma Dream Machine review](/blog/best-luma-dream-machine-review-2026) explains where the ceiling sits. ## 6\. Pika Labs (stylised and effect-driven) **Reason it answers:** pricing shape, at the non-photoreal end. Stylised effects that live at the playful, shareable end of the category rather than the cinematic end. [Pika](https://pika.art/) is the obvious pick when your output is not meant to be photoreal: anime, cartoon, painted motion, 3D animation. Pikascenes handles scene composition, Pikaffects handles stylised motion filters, and lip-sync covers character dialogue. Runway's photoreal bias works against you here. The free plan gives 80 monthly credits at 480p, image-to-video only, watermarked and with no commercial rights, which is enough to evaluate and useless for shipped work. Standard at around $8/month billed yearly unlocks 700 credits, 1080p, watermark-free downloads and commercial use. Pro is around $28 and Fancy around $76. That free-to-paid step is the honest entry point. Business of Apps records [YouTube Shorts at roughly 70 billion views a day](https://www.businessofapps.com/data/youtube-statistics/) as of early 2024, which is the audience this clip shape is aimed at. If you want a narrated anime cut rather than a single clip, MakeAIVideo's [AI anime video generator](/ai-anime-video-generator) builds the whole video. [The Pika Labs review](/blog/best-pika-labs-review-2026) covers the effect library. ## 7\. OpenAI Sora (best motion realism, on a deadline) **Reason it answers:** the ten-second cap. Sora shipped the longest single clips of any top-tier model, up to 25 seconds on the Pro tier. Sora set the bar for physics-plausible motion, and on raw prompt-to-clip realism it is still the strongest output in the category on physical-world prompts: accurate light behaviour, plausible weight, real camera language. Access ran through ChatGPT Plus at $20/month and ChatGPT Pro at $200/month, and professional creators paid the Pro rate willingly because the iteration cost per usable clip was lower than the cheaper alternatives. **Availability warning.** OpenAI [announced in March 2026 that it was shutting Sora down](https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/24/openais-sora-was-the-creepiest-app-on-your-phone-now-its-shutting-down/). The consumer app closed in April 2026 and the API is scheduled to sunset on 24 September 2026, with rates in the meantime running from about $0.10 per second (Standard, 720p) to $0.70 per second (Pro, 1080p). Do not start a migration onto Sora in September 2026. If you already hold credentials, ship what you can and read [the Sora alternatives roundup](/blog/best-sora-alternatives) before your renewal date. [The OpenAI Sora review](/blog/best-openai-sora-review-2026) covers what the successors inherited. ## Editor-side and workflow swaps The next three are not straight model swaps. One is a meta-platform that gives you many models under one subscription, one is an editor with generation built in, and one is an adjacency that keeps appearing in Runway alternative searches while solving a completely different problem. Pick from this group if the editing surface, not the model, was the reason you started shopping. If your complaint was really about ad iteration speed, an [AI ad maker](/ai-ad-maker) is a closer shape than either Runway or Premiere. ## 8\. Krea AI (one subscription, many models) **Reason it answers:** pricing shape. One bill instead of four, which solves the "which model do I subscribe to this month" problem. [Krea](https://www.krea.ai/) bundles the models most creators actually reach for behind a single interface. The 2026 video shelf covers Veo 3.1, Runway Gen-4.5, Kling 2.5 and 3, Hailuo, Luma, Pika, Seedance and LTX, alongside image models and the Topaz enhancement suite. You get Runway output when Runway is the right model and Kling when Kling is, without managing four separate accounts. Tiers run Free, Basic at $9/month, Pro at $35/month with 20,000 compute units, Max at $70 and Business at $200, with roughly 20 percent off on annual billing. The catch is compute units rather than the base price: community reports put a single Veo 3 generation near 1,017 units, so Pro's allowance is around twenty premium video clips a month plus whatever else you spend. Krea earns its place if your usage spreads across three or more models. Use one model 90 percent of the time and you should subscribe direct. [The Krea AI review](/blog/best-krea-ai-review-2026) breaks down the unit maths. ## 9\. Adobe Firefly Video (generation inside Premiere Pro) **Reason it answers:** editing philosophy. Generative video inside the editor you already work in, with no round-trip to a separate SaaS. Adobe positions Firefly Video as commercially safe, trained on Adobe Stock and licensed content, which is a real point for teams that need contractual clarity on client work. Clips run around five seconds at 1080p in the current release. The model is not the strongest on this list for raw generation quality, and Sora, Kling and Runway all currently beat it at the top of the curve. The integration is the edge. Pricing sits inside Adobe's generative-credit economy: a free tier for basic use, then Firefly plans that layer on top of any Creative Cloud subscription and progressively unlock more credits, with unlimited video generation as the top-tier benefit. Premium features like Generative Extend in Premiere Pro require a higher Firefly tier or a Creative Cloud Pro plan, and enterprise IP indemnification is a separate negotiated licence. [Adobe's Firefly page](https://www.adobe.com/products/firefly.html) is the source of truth. Read [the Adobe Firefly video review](/blog/best-adobe-firefly-video-review-2026) on what the commercial-safety claim actually covers before it goes into a client contract, because "trained on licensed content" and "indemnified for your use" are not the same promise. ## 10\. Descript (if you wanted an editor all along) **Reason it answers:** editing philosophy, taken to its logical end. This is not a Runway alternative in the model sense at all. A real cohort of "Runway alternative" searchers are looking for an AI editor that lets them cut a screen recording by deleting words in a transcript. That is a completely different product from Runway, but the intent overlaps often enough that leaving [Descript](https://www.descript.com/) off this list would be dishonest. Free tier plus paid tiers from around $12/month. If you record your own screen and cut it against your own voiceover, Descript is arguably the right pick and every other tool here is the wrong one. If you want the same job done without the transcript-editing workflow, the [Descript alternatives](/blog/best-descript-alternatives) sit alongside it. Included so you can rule it in or out in the first five minutes rather than the second month. ## Open-source and free-tier options worth knowing Two more options survive from the original version of this list, both for narrow cases. [Stable Video Diffusion](https://stability.ai/) from Stability AI is the open-weights model: self-host on a consumer GPU or an [AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/) or [Azure](https://azure.microsoft.com/) instance, pay nothing per clip, and control every generation parameter. The UX is far behind everything above and it needs real engineering time, so it only makes sense once clip volume genuinely justifies the overhead. [Haiper](https://haiper.ai/) remains a competent free-tier generator, useful as a second testing surface alongside Hailuo when you want to run the same prompt through two models before committing to either. Its paid ceiling is lower than Kling's or Luma's, so treat it as an evaluation tool rather than a production one. Pair either with the [video script generator](/tools/video-script-generator) for the drafting step before you spend a single credit. ## What the entry tiers actually cost Generative video is priced per generation, not per seat, so the monthly headline hides most of the comparison. Credits burn at different rates by model, resolution, duration and audio, which means "clips per month" depends on your typical shot shape rather than on the tier name. Prices are still falling: Forbes puts the [AI video generation market](https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidprosser/2025/05/15/action-startups-race-to-capture-the-ai-video-generation-market/) at roughly $600 million in 2023 heading for $9.3 billion by 2033, with venture money funding the price war between the models above. Tool Tier Price (monthly) Monthly allowance Runway Standard $15 ($12 annual) 625 credits Runway Pro $35 ($28 annual) 2,250 credits Runway Max $95 ($76 annual) 9,500 credits Kling Standard ~$10 660 credits Kling Pro ~$37 3,000 credits Pika Standard ~$8 annual 700 video credits Higgsfield Starter ~$15 annual 200 credits Krea Pro $35 20,000 compute units MakeAIVideo Lite $9 450 credits Kling and Pika are the cost leaders on the model side. Runway is not badly priced for what it bundles; it is expensive if you use only the generator and never touch the editor. Model that against channel earnings with the [YouTube money calculator](/tools/youtube-money-calculator) before you commit to a second subscription. > **The clip-versus-finished-video question.** Every tool above produces five-to-twenty-five second clips. A sixty-second Short needs six to twelve of them stitched, plus voice, captions and music. Pick raw generation if you want creative control over each clip. Pick a pipeline if cadence is what actually matters to your channel. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) if it is the second one. ## Where MakeAIVideo fits alongside a foundation model [MakeAIVideo](https://app.makeaivideo.ai) is not a Runway alternative in the model sense, and this section says so plainly. Runway ships a foundation model plus editing tools around it. MakeAIVideo ships a workflow pipeline: a script becomes AI voiceover, scenes get assembled, captions get burned in, music sits underneath, and the render comes out in the platform ratio you asked for. There is no model inside it that competes with Gen-4.5, and no swap-Runway-for-this pitch to make. Where it fits is next to any of the ten picks above, or next to Runway itself. If your workflow today is "generate ten seconds, drop it in Premiere, add a voiceover, cut a caption track, render vertical", the pipeline replaces that whole loop with one render, generating its own scenes (real stock footage, or AI scenes on MiniMax Hailuo or Kling 2.6) rather than taking your Runway clip. If your workflow is "spend an hour perfecting one hero clip", it does not help you at all; that is the job Runway is genuinely good at. Three workflows where the pairing beats Runway alone: a daily [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) that needs scripted voiceovers at cadence; a short-vertical routine shipping five to ten posts a week from a [TikTok video generator](/tiktok-video-generator) with captions burned in; and an explainer for a product page where the finished asset needs voice, captions and music rather than a raw clip. In all three, the foundation model is optional and the finishing layer is not. For music-led cuts, describe the mood and the [AI music video generator](/ai-music-video-generator) builds the video around it. > **How to tell whether you need a finishing layer.** Answer one question honestly: when your generation session ends, what leaves the tool? If it is a raw ten-second clip that only ever existed to become a narrated video, a pipeline that makes the whole video may be the better place to start. If it is a finished, shareable video ready to upload, you do not need one. Your model plus your editor is already the whole workflow. Pricing sits behind the same decision. On [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing), plans start at $9 a month on Lite with 450 credits, which is closer to Kling or Pika than to Runway Max, because a finishing pipeline does not carry foundation-model compute costs at the same scale. Optional top-up packs add credits that never expire. ## Which alternative solves your reason for leaving **Left on pricing shape?** Kling at around $10/month or Pika Standard at around $8 are the two picks that cut the bill without giving up much on standard work. Krea at $9 to $35 is right if your usage spreads across three or more models. Hailuo, Luma and Higgsfield all ship free tiers generous enough to test properly before any commitment. **Left because of the ten-second cap?** This is the hardest one to solve in September 2026, because Sora's 25-second clips are on a sunset schedule. Kling's extension chaining at up to fifteen seconds is the closest surviving answer. Past that, no foundation model on this list is the fix: a genuine narrative or explainer video is a script-plus-scene job, which is a [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) tool rather than a longer generation. **Left for a different editing philosophy?** Adobe Firefly Video in Premiere Pro is the natural fit if you wanted the editor half more than the model half. Veo 3 is the pick if the audio pass is the step you keep redoing by hand. Descript is the radical version if your real workflow is screen recordings. eMarketer reports [60 percent of marketers already using generative AI](https://www.emarketer.com/content/ai-reshaping-video-advertising-ideation-optimization) for scripts, voiceovers and visual assets, which is the finishing half rather than the render. **Just want one hero clip?** Kling for physics, Higgsfield for camera work, Hailuo for human faces, Luma for the lowest credible cost. Physics is where the research is actually moving: Stanford HAI's 2026 AI Index reports video models [starting to capture how objects behave](https://hai.stanford.edu/ai-index/2026-ai-index-report/technical-performance) rather than only rendering plausible frames. Size the output against the destination first, though. [Sprout Social's video length guidance](https://sproutsocial.com/insights/video-length-best-practices/) puts LinkedIn brand-awareness video under 30 seconds and Instagram feed video around 26, so one generation is a beat of a post, not the post. > **The switching cost is real, and it is not the subscription.** Migrating means rebuilding your prompt library, learning a new model's quirks, and losing the muscle memory you built on Runway's editor. Do not switch for a small monthly saving. Switch when the model, the pricing shape, or the editor is genuinely blocking work you want to ship. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) if the finishing layer is the missing piece. Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=inline_cta&utm_content=best-runway-alternatives)plans from $9/month · allowance tops up monthly ## Runway alternatives FAQs ### What is the best Runway alternative overall? There is no single best one, because Runway is two products in one box. For value and physics, Kling AI at around $10/month. For camera work, Higgsfield. For native audio in one pass, Google Veo 3. For generation inside your editor, Adobe Firefly Video in Premiere Pro. Pick the one that solves your specific reason for leaving. ### How much does Runway actually cost in 2026? Runway Free is $0 with 125 one-time credits. Standard is $15/month ($12 billed annually) with 625 credits, Pro is $35/month ($28 annually) with 2,250 credits, and Max is $95/month ($76 annually) with 9,500 credits. Enterprise is custom. Credit burn varies by model, resolution, duration and upscaling. ### What is the best free alternative to Runway? Hailuo, Luma Dream Machine, Kling, Higgsfield and Pika all ship free tiers you can actually evaluate on. Each limits output by watermark, resolution, monthly render count or clip length. Pika's free plan also excludes commercial use. Test three of them on your own prompts before paying for any. ### Is Sora still a good Runway alternative? Not in September 2026. OpenAI closed the consumer Sora app in April 2026 and scheduled the API to sunset on 24 September 2026. The motion realism was genuinely the best in the category, but starting a migration onto a tool three weeks from end-of-life is the wrong move. Pick a successor instead. ### Which Runway alternative has the longest clip length? With Sora's 25-second clips sunsetting, Kling 3.0 at up to fifteen seconds is the longest single generation among the surviving top-tier models, and its extension chaining pushes effective length further. Veo 3 caps around eight seconds and Hailuo around six. Anything longer is a stitching job, not a model choice. ### Which Runway alternative has the best character consistency? Kling leads on character consistency in 2026: upload a reference image and the character stays recognisable across multiple generations. Hailuo is a close second on human faces specifically. Runway Gen-4 has improved but still drifts on side profiles and complex camera angles. For multi-scene character continuity, Kling is the default pick. ### Can I use MakeAIVideo instead of Runway? No, they solve different halves of the problem. Runway is a foundation model plus an editing surface. MakeAIVideo is a finished-video pipeline (script, voiceover, scene assembly, captions, music, export) that generates its own scenes (real stock footage, or AI scenes on MiniMax Hailuo or Kling 2.6) rather than taking Runway clips. Creators who want both hero clips and finished narrated videos use the two side by side for different jobs. ### Is Adobe Firefly Video good enough to replace Runway? Not on raw generation quality, where Sora, Kling and Runway all beat it. Its edge is Premiere Pro integration and commercial-safety licensing trained on Adobe Stock. Pick it if editor integration and contractual clarity matter more than the top of the model curve, which is a legitimate trade for client and brand work. ### Can I use Runway alternatives for YouTube videos? Yes. Every generative tool here exports 720p or 1080p clips that work for YouTube, and AI-generated content is explicitly permitted under the [YouTube Partner Program](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/72851). The policy constraint is reused content, not AI generation. For long-form you will still need to stitch clips and add voice and captions. ### Do these alternatives handle image-to-video like Runway does? All of them handle image-to-video to some degree. Kling has the strongest identity preservation across generations from one reference image, Hailuo is strongest on human faces, and Luma and Pika treat it as a first-class feature. Test each with your actual reference images before committing to a subscription. ## Where to start If you are shopping for a single Runway swap right now, the shortest honest path is to test two likely fits against your real work rather than reading more comparisons. For pricing shape, run Kling's free tier this week. For camera work, run Higgsfield's. For human faces, run Hailuo's. Whichever wins on your own prompts is the right pick, not whichever ranks highest on a list. Then diversify the prompts themselves with the [video hook generator](/tools/video-hook-generator) before you burn credits on variations. If your real workflow was "raw clip plus a whole finishing pipeline", the pipeline is a different tool from the model, and it sits alongside whichever model you keep, including Runway itself. The tactical version of that setup is on the [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) page, and the avatar-specific version sits in [the Synthesia alternatives roundup](/blog/best-synthesia-alternatives). The frame worth holding is that in 2026 there is no single best AI video model. There is a category of foundation models that generate raw clips, a category of pipelines that make finished, shareable videos themselves, and plenty of creators who ship consistently use one of each for different jobs. Runway lives in the first category. The ten picks above are all real answers to real reasons for leaving it, and the job of this post was to say which reason each one actually solves. ![Jamie Partridge](/images/authors/jamie-partridge.webp) Written by [Jamie Partridge](/about/jamie-partridge) Founder at MakeAIVideo. Writing about AI video generation, scripting, scenes, and shipping content faster. [More about the author](/about/jamie-partridge) ## Free AI video tools - [ Video Script Generator Generate 6 full HOOK / BODY / CTA video scripts in any format, short-form, long-form, tutorial, VSL, talking-head, product demo. Free, no signup, instant. ](/tools/video-script-generator) - [ Video Hook Generator Generate 10 attention-grabbing video hooks for any topic. Patterns proven to drive watch-through on TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-hook-generator) - [ Speech Time Calculator Paste your script and instantly calculate spoken duration at 5 speaking rates (audiobook, conversational, presenter, energetic, auctioneer). ](/tools/speech-time-calculator) - [ YouTube Money Calculator Estimate YouTube ad revenue from views with niche-specific RPM ranges from 2026 creator-economy data. Low, typical, and high earnings band. ](/tools/youtube-money-calculator) ## More AI video guides Buyer's Guides [ ### Best InVideo Alternatives in 2026 (8 Tested With Real Pricing) ](/blog/best-invideo-alternatives) 8 InVideo alternatives tested across template library, AI script-to-video, export quality, and cost. Real 2026 pricing, side-by-side scoring, recommended picks. 10 June 2026·14 min read Buyer's Guides [ ### Best Opus Clip Alternatives in 2026 (7 Tested With Real Pricing) ](/blog/best-opus-clip-alternatives) 7 Opus Clip alternatives tested on clip quality, captions, reframing, and cost. Real 2026 pricing, side-by-side scoring, honest picks by use case. 8 July 2026·17 min read Buyer's Guides [ ### Best Pictory Alternatives in 2026 (8 Tested With Real Pricing) ](/blog/best-pictory-alternatives) 8 Pictory alternatives tested across script-to-video quality, AI voice, scene generation, and cost. Real 2026 pricing, side-by-side scoring, recommended picks. 10 June 2026·14 min read Buyer's Guides [ ### Best Synthesia Alternatives in 2026 (8 Tested With Real Pricing) ](/blog/best-synthesia-alternatives) 8 Synthesia alternatives tested across avatar quality, voice naturalness, language coverage, and cost. 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Kling (best for photoreal motion at value pricing)](#3-kling-best-for-photoreal-motion-at-value-pricing) - [4\. Runway Gen-4.5 (best for editorial UX and post-production)](#4-runway-gen-45-best-for-editorial-ux-and-post-production) - [5\. Pika (best for stylised and animated aesthetics)](#5-pika-best-for-stylised-and-animated-aesthetics) - [6\. Luma Dream Machine (best for cinematic prompt fidelity)](#6-luma-dream-machine-best-for-cinematic-prompt-fidelity) - [7\. Hailuo (best for fast iteration and free-tier exploration)](#7-hailuo-best-for-fast-iteration-and-free-tier-exploration) - [8\. 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OpenAI [shut the app itself down on April 26, 2026](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sora_%28text-to-video_model%29) and scheduled the [Sora 2 API to sunset September 24, 2026](https://costgoat.com/pricing/sora). ChatGPT Plus and Pro subscribers lost integrated Sora access in the same April rollback. If you built a workflow around Sora in 2024 or 2025, you now have roughly ten weeks to migrate before the API stops accepting new requests. This roundup tests 8 Sora alternatives across the four signals that determine real fit: generation quality, prompt fidelity, motion realism, and cost per finished second. Each tool was tested with the same 12 prompts (4 product-shot prompts, 4 cinematic prompts, 4 stylised prompts). Real verified pricing, niche fit, and honest scoring at the end. For a parallel migration playbook, [the Runway alternatives roundup](/blog/best-runway-alternatives) covers the same shape of decision, and [the AI video model comparison](/blog/best-ai-video-model-2026) sorts the wider field by axis. ## What is Sora and why do people need alternatives in 2026? Sora is (was) OpenAI's flagship text-to-video model. The original preview shipped in February 2024, the public app launched in December 2024 to ChatGPT subscribers, and Sora 2 arrived in September 2025 with iOS and Android apps, a TikTok-style social feed, and visible watermarks on every generation. On motion realism for physical-world prompts, Sora 2 Pro remained the category benchmark right up to shutdown. Where Sora fell short in 2026 (and why the alternatives below matter now): 1. **The consumer app is gone.** OpenAI discontinued the Sora app on April 26, 2026. Every workflow that ran through the Sora iOS or Android client stopped that day. 2. **The API sunsets September 24, 2026.** Anyone still building on the raw Sora 2 endpoints has weeks, not quarters, to migrate. 3. **Region locks that never lifted.** Access was blocked in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and the entire European Economic Area throughout the app's lifetime. UK and EU creators never got in. 4. **Consumer subscription cost was steep.** ChatGPT Pro started at $100/month for the higher-quality Sora 2 Pro tier before the shutdown. That was the price of the video access, not the LLM. None of that was a quality problem. TechCrunch's account of [why OpenAI really pulled the plug](https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/29/why-openai-really-shut-down-sora/) reports the app burning roughly $1 million a day while its worldwide user count peaked near a million and then fell below 500,000. Each alternative below solves at least one of those constraints, and all of them are actively shipping in July 2026. ## How we tested 12 standardised prompts (4 product shots, 4 cinematic, 4 stylised), three generations per prompt per tool, scored on prompt fidelity (does the output match the prompt), motion realism (does the physics look plausible), and cost per finished second. Pricing verified July 2026 from each vendor's public page or its API documentation. If you want the raw text prompts for repeating the test on your own account, they live in the same testing repo we used for [the InVideo alternatives roundup](/blog/best-invideo-alternatives) and [the Pictory alternatives roundup](/blog/best-pictory-alternatives). ## Best Sora alternatives at a glance Tool Best for Max clip length Price floor (USD/mo) Sora 2 (API) Motion realism (until Sept 24) 25 seconds API-only, $0.10/sec Google Veo 3 Native audio + video in one pass 8 seconds Free tier / $0.50/sec API Kling Photoreal at value pricing 10 seconds Free / $6.99 intro Runway Gen-4.5 UX polish + editorial tooling 10 seconds Free / $15 Pika Stylised + animated aesthetics 10 seconds Free / $8 Luma Dream Machine Cinematic prompt fidelity 9 seconds Free / $25 Hailuo (MiniMax) Fast iteration + free credits 10 seconds Free / $9.99 MakeAIVideo Full pipeline (script + voice + scenes) Per beat $9 ## 1\. Sora 2 (fastest to sunset, still worth a mention) [Sora 2](https://www.eesel.ai/blog/sora-2-pricing) is the incumbent that everyone reading this post is migrating away from. Motion realism on physical prompts stayed at the top of the category through the app's April shutdown, but the meaningful facts today are the ones about access. The consumer app has been off since April 26, 2026. The Sora 2 API [is scheduled to stop accepting new requests on September 24, 2026](https://costgoat.com/pricing/sora). Any Sora work you did before that date remains yours; anything new needs a different model. **What it did well** - Motion realism benchmark on sports, vehicles, human movement - Camera language (dolly, pan, push-in) interpreted accurately - Multi-shot continuity in single prompts - Sora 2 Pro supported 10s, 15s, and 25s clip durations **Pricing (July 2026, API only):** - Sora 2 Standard: $0.10/sec at 720p, or $0.05/sec on the batch tier - Sora 2 Pro: $0.30/sec at 720p, $0.50/sec at 1024p, $0.70/sec at 1080p - Batch tier: 50% off Pro rates with a 24-hour SLA **Verdict:** if you already have Sora 2 credentials, use them for anything you can ship before September 24. Do not start a new integration on Sora at this point. The rest of this list is the migration destination. Read the shutdown as a pricing signal too: TechCrunch argued it was [a reality check moment for AI video](https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/29/soras-shutdown-could-be-a-reality-check-moment-for-ai-video/), with generation costs, not model quality, deciding which products survive. ## 2\. Google Veo 3 (best for native audio + video in one pass) [Google's Veo 3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veo_%28text-to-video_model%29) is the model most likely to inherit the "highest-quality generative video" title Sora is vacating. Released in May 2025 by [Google DeepMind](https://deepmind.google/), Veo 3 generates video with synchronised audio in a single pass, which no other model on this list matches. Dialogue, sound effects, and ambient noise come out aligned to the visuals without a separate voiceover step. **What it does well** - Native audio + video generation in one call - 8-second clips at 1080p with strong character continuity - Multiple integration surfaces (Gemini app, Google Flow, Vertex AI API) - Cheaper Veo 3.1 Lite variant for high-volume workflows **Pricing (July 2026):** - [Vertex AI Veo 3](https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/pricing): $0.50/sec video-only, $0.75/sec with audio (roughly $6 for an 8-second clip with audio) - Veo 3.1 Lite: around $0.05/sec on Vertex AI for silent output - Google AI Ultra consumer subscription: $249.99/month, bundles Veo access into Gemini and Flow **Verdict:** the strongest technical pick if audio matters. Video with dialogue in one generation is a genuine step-change; every other tool needs a separate voice pass. Pricing per second is on the higher end, but the audio-in-one-pass math often nets out ahead once you count the voiceover work you skip. For a finished music video rather than separate clips, the [AI music video generator](/ai-music-video-generator) builds the whole video from a description of the mood in one job instead of stitching Veo clips together by hand. ## 3\. Kling (best for photoreal motion at value pricing) [Kling](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kling_%28text-to-video_model%29) launched in June 2024 from [Kuaishou](https://ir.kuaishou.com/) as China's answer to Sora and quickly became the price-performance leader in the category. Photoreal motion approaching Sora quality at a fraction of the cost. Strong character consistency across multiple generations from the same image prompt. **What it does well** - Photoreal motion at a fraction of Sora's per-second rate - Character consistency across generations from a reference image - Up to 10-second clips on standard tier - Image-to-video workflow that preserves subject identity **Pricing (July 2026):** - Free: 66 daily credits (rolls over 24 hours), watermarked, non-commercial only - Standard: $6.99 intro or $10/month, 660 credits/month - Pro: $37/month, 3,000 credits/month - Premier: $92/month, 8,000 credits/month - Ultra: $180/month, 26,000 credits/month - Standard-mode generation costs 3 credits per second of output **Verdict:** the value pick if you want Sora-adjacent output at one-third the price. Image-to-video character consistency is best in class. Some Western creators are wary of the China-based hosting, and the wariness is documented: TechCrunch found Kling [declining prompts on politically sensitive Chinese topics](https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/24/a-new-chinese-video-generating-model-appears-to-be-censoring-politically-sensitive-topics/) while matching Runway Gen-3 and Sora on physics simulation. For sensitive use cases see Veo 3 or Luma, or read our [Kling AI alternatives](/blog/best-kling-ai-alternatives) roundup if the hosting question is a dealbreaker rather than a caveat. If the goal is animating a single still image without character-continuity requirements, the page on how to [animate a photo](/image-to-video) explains how to turn the same input into a short clip. ## 4\. Runway Gen-4.5 (best for editorial UX and post-production) [Runway](https://runwayml.com/pricing) is not a Sora clone. It is a full editorial platform built around a generative model, and the model itself (Gen-4.5 as of July 2026) is now closer to Sora 2 quality than it was a year ago. The reason to pick Runway over the cheaper models is the surrounding tooling: multi-clip timelines, keyframe motion controls, and a stack of image and audio models bundled into the same subscription. Runway also has the balance sheet to keep shipping: TechCrunch reported a [$315 million Series E at a $5.3 billion valuation](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/ai-video-startup-runway-raises-315m-at-5-3b-valuation-eyes-more-capable-world-models/) in February 2026, with Gen-4.5 beating the Google and OpenAI video models on several benchmarks. **What it does well** - Generative UX polished by two years of iteration - Multi-model access (Gen-4.5, Aleph, Veo 3.1, Nano Banana Pro) in one seat - 4K upscaling built in - Editor timeline for stitching multi-clip sequences **Pricing (July 2026):** - Free: 125 one-time credits, 5 GB storage - Standard: $15/month monthly ($12/month billed annually), 625 credits, no watermark - Pro: $35/month monthly ($28/month annually), 2,250 credits, custom voice for lip sync - Max: $95/month monthly ($76/month annually), 9,500 credits, model early access - Enterprise: custom pricing with SSO, analytics, priority support **Verdict:** if you want one subscription that gives you generation plus the editor to assemble clips into finished sequences, Runway wins on breadth. Cost per generated second is higher than Kling or Hailuo, but the time saved on switching tools tends to recover it. For a deeper Runway-specific comparison, [MakeAIVideo's Runway alternatives roundup](/blog/best-runway-alternatives) covers the parallel decision. ## 5\. Pika (best for stylised and animated aesthetics) [Pika](https://pika.art/pricing) is the choice for non-photoreal video: anime-style, cartoon, oil-painting motion, and other stylised looks. Pika 2.5 (the model shipping in July 2026) added Pikascenes, Pikadditions, Pikaswaps, Pikatwists, and the Pikaffects catalogue, which stack on the base generation. The lip-sync feature for character dialogue remains a differentiator against Runway and Kling. **What it does well** - Stylised aesthetics (anime, 3D animation, painted looks) - Scene composition controls (Pikascenes, Pikaframes) - Character dialogue with lip sync - Consistently strong on creative and artistic prompts **Pricing (July 2026):** - Free: 80 monthly video credits, 480p only, image-to-video only, non-commercial - Standard: $8/month billed yearly, 700 credits, all resolutions, commercial use - Pro: $28/month billed yearly, 2,300 credits, faster queues - Fancy: $76/month billed yearly, 6,000 credits, fastest queues - Credit consumption ranges 3-80 credits per video based on model, resolution, and duration **Verdict:** the obvious pick when output style is not photoreal. Anime channels (or MakeAIVideo's [AI anime video generator](/ai-anime-video-generator) if the deliverable is a finished narrated cut rather than raw 5-second stylised clips), animated explainers, stylised brand content. Sora's realism-first bias worked against you here; Pika works with you. ## 6\. Luma Dream Machine (best for cinematic prompt fidelity) [Luma](https://lumalabs.ai/dream-machine) ships Dream Machine as part of the Luma Agents subscription, a video model focused on cinematic prompt fidelity and complex-scene composition. The model interprets multi-element prompts more accurately than Runway Gen-4.5 on first generation, reducing the iteration cost per usable clip. **What it does well** - High prompt fidelity on complex prompts - Strong cinematic camera language understanding - Third-party model access bundled in the Agents subscription - Image-to-video and text-to-video both strong **Pricing (July 2026, Luma Agents tiers):** - Plus: $30/month (or $25/month billed annually), 10,000 credits - Pro: $90/month (or $75/month annually), 40,000 credits, 4x Luma Agents usage - Ultra: $300/month (or $250/month annually), 150,000 credits, 15x Agents usage - Team and Enterprise plans available by contacting sales **Verdict:** the right pick when you want to iterate fast on complex prompts. The first-generation hit rate is higher than most alternatives, which compounds to lower effective cost-per-usable-clip. Plug script length into the [speech time calculator](/tools/speech-time-calculator) to plan how many Dream Machine clips fit inside a target runtime. ## 7\. Hailuo (best for fast iteration and free-tier exploration) [Hailuo](https://hailuoai.video/) (from MiniMax, the Chinese AI lab behind a competitive LLM line) ships fast generation at a competitive quality tier. The free tier is unusually generous, making it the best tool for "I want to test 50 prompts and see what works" workflows. In April 2026, MiniMax started bundling Veo 3.1, Sora 2, and Seedance 2.0 access into paid Hailuo tiers, effectively turning it into a multi-model router. **What it does well** - Free tier with a trial credit pool for real testing - Fast generation, often under 30 seconds per clip - Paid tiers bundle third-party model access (Veo 3.1, Sora 2, Seedance 2.0) - Image models included from Pro upward (Nano Banana Pro, Seedream) **Pricing (July 2026):** - Free: trial credits, 768p max, 6-second cap, watermarked - Standard: around $9.99/month, roughly 1,000 credits (about 40 six-second clips at cheapest settings) - Pro: $34.99-$54.99/month, roughly 4,500 credits - Unlimited: around $94.99/month with real usage caps despite the label - Ultra: around $124.99/month for agencies - Max: around $199.99/month, 12,000+ credits for production teams **Verdict:** the testing tool for creators still exploring whether generative AI video fits the workflow. Quality is a notch below Veo 3 or Sora 2 Pro at comparable settings, but the cost-per-test is the lowest of any paid model. ## 8\. MakeAIVideo (best for full pipeline, not raw clip generation) [MakeAIVideo](https://app.makeaivideo.ai) is positioned differently to everything else on this list. It is not a raw text-to-video model. It is a script-to-finished-MP4 pipeline that builds each beat from real stock footage or a generative AI scene (MiniMax Hailuo by default, Kling 2.6 selectable), alongside voiceover, captions, and music, to ship a complete narrated video. For creators whose actual need is "finished video at cadence," not "highest-quality 10-second raw clip," this is the workflow answer. That is where the budget sits: [Statista tracks global digital video ad spending](https://www.statista.com/topics/5960/digital-video-advertising/) above $191 billion in 2024, and [HubSpot's video marketing statistics](https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/video-marketing-statistics) put business video adoption at 89%. None of that spend buys a raw 10-second clip; it buys a finished cut. **What it does well** - Script to finished MP4 in one job - Generative AI scenes per beat (multi-clip stitching handled automatically) - Bundled voice library + captions + music from the same input - 9:16 (Shorts/TikTok/Reels), 16:9 (YouTube) or 1:1 output; switch the ratio in the editor and export again for another platform - Built-in [image to video](/image-to-video) for creators starting from a still **Pricing (July 2026):** - Lite: $9/month, 450 credits - Solo: $19/month, 1,000 credits - Plus: $29/month, 1,600 credits, plus Brand Kit and 3 team seats - Pro: $49/month, 2,800 credits, plus 10 team seats - One-time top-up credit packs run $9 to $79 for months that run long **Verdict:** for creators whose deliverable is a finished video (not a generative clip). Sora gave you raw clips; MakeAIVideo makes the finished output itself, from a script or a brief. Brainstorm topics with the [video idea generator](/tools/video-idea-generator) before opening the editor. > **The clip-versus-finished-video question.** Sora and the raw-generation alternatives above produce 5-25 second clips. To make a 60-second YouTube Short, you still need to stitch 6-12 clips together, add voice, captions, and music. The destination is worth the assembly work: [Business of Apps records YouTube Shorts at 70 billion views per day](https://www.businessofapps.com/data/youtube-statistics/) as of February 2024, up from 30 billion in 2022. The pipeline tools (this one) collapse all that work into one render. Pick raw generation if you want creative control over each clip; pick pipeline if cadence matters. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup). ## How much do Sora alternatives cost per finished second? Generative video is priced per generation, not per seat. The cost math changes if you measure "cost per finished second" rather than "monthly subscription." Expect the per-second numbers to keep moving: [Forbes puts the AI video generation market](https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidprosser/2025/05/15/action-startups-race-to-capture-the-ai-video-generation-market/) at roughly $600 million in 2023 heading toward $9.3 billion by 2033, with venture money underwriting the price competition between the models below. Plug per-channel earnings into the [YouTube money calculator](/tools/youtube-money-calculator) to model whether the per-clip cost pencils out against expected revenue. **At roughly 5 seconds per clip:** Tool Tier Monthly cost Approx clips Cost per 5-second clip Sora 2 (API) Standard 720p pay-as-you-go usage-based ~$0.50 Veo 3 (Vertex API) With audio pay-as-you-go usage-based ~$3.75 Kling Pro $37 ~200 (standard mode) ~$0.18 Runway Standard $15 ~40 (Gen-4.5) ~$0.38 Pika Standard $8 ~40 (5-second) ~$0.20 Luma Dream Machine Plus $30 ~50 (Dream Machine) ~$0.60 Hailuo Standard $9.99 ~40 (768p) ~$0.25 Kling and Pika are the cost leaders per clip. Veo 3 is the most expensive per second but it is also the only model shipping video with synchronised audio. Sora API sits in the middle on pure per-second math and vanishes September 24. ## Which Sora alternative is best for your use case? Start by sizing the clip against where it will be published. [Sprout Social's video length guidance](https://sproutsocial.com/insights/video-length-best-practices/) puts LinkedIn brand-awareness video under 30 seconds and Instagram feed video around 26 seconds, so an 8-to-10-second generation is one beat of a post rather than the finished asset. Decision matrix: - **Best pure motion realism (until September 24):** Sora 2 API, then migrate to Veo 3 - **Native audio + video in one pass:** Veo 3 via Vertex AI or Google AI Ultra - **Photoreal at value pricing:** Kling Pro - **Editorial platform with multi-model access:** Runway Standard or Pro - **Stylised, animated, or non-photoreal output:** Pika - **Complex cinematic prompts with first-generation accuracy:** Luma Dream Machine - **Free testing and iteration:** Hailuo (most generous free tier), Pika free tier as backup - **Finished narrated video (script + voice + scenes + render):** MakeAIVideo's [AI explainer video](/ai-explainer-video) mode - **Writing the script before you touch any model:** the [video script generator](/tools/video-script-generator) > **The migration deadline.** OpenAI has published a firm sunset date for Sora 2: September 24, 2026. Every day you wait to test a replacement is one day less runway to validate quality on your specific use case. Even if you keep Sora for the next ten weeks, run parallel tests on two alternatives now and pick the successor before the API stops accepting requests. [Get started on the pipeline workflow while you evaluate raw models](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup). Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=inline_cta&utm_content=best-sora-alternatives)plans from $9/month · allowance tops up monthly ## Sora alternatives FAQs ### What is the best free alternative to Sora? Hailuo's trial credit pool gives you the most volume at $0, followed by Kling's 66-daily-credit free tier and Pika's 80-credits-per-month free plan. Veo 3 has limited free access through the Gemini app for consumers as well. For testing whether generative AI video fits your workflow, start with Hailuo and Kling before paying for anything. ### Is Sora being shut down? Yes. OpenAI discontinued the consumer Sora app on April 26, 2026, and the Sora 2 API is scheduled to stop accepting new requests on September 24, 2026. ChatGPT Plus and Pro subscribers lost integrated Sora access in the same April rollback. Any new video work you start today should target a different model. ### What is the closest quality alternative to Sora 2? Google Veo 3 is the closest technical match on motion realism and prompt fidelity, and it beats Sora on one dimension Sora never shipped: synchronised audio in the same generation. On per-second cost, Sora 2 was cheaper at 720p Standard, but Veo 3.1 Lite closes that gap. Kling is the second closest option and costs a fraction as much. ### Can I still use Sora in July 2026? Only via the Sora 2 API, and only until September 24, 2026. The consumer app is gone. If your workflow was hosted on the ChatGPT Plus or Pro Sora integration, that pathway ended in April 2026 and has not returned. ### Which Sora alternative works in the UK or EU? Runway, Pika, Luma, Kling, and Hailuo all serve UK and EU users. Sora itself was blocked in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and the entire European Economic Area during the app's lifetime, so any UK or EU creator is by definition starting fresh with a new model. Veo 3 access varies by region and Google account type; check the Gemini app availability before committing. ### How much does Veo 3 actually cost? Veo 3 on Vertex AI costs $0.50 per second for video without audio and $0.75 per second for video with synchronised audio, which works out to about $6 for a single 8-second clip with audio. Veo 3.1 Lite is around $0.05 per second on the same platform. On the consumer side, Google AI Ultra bundles Veo access into Gemini and Flow for $249.99 per month, which is the highest consumer tier on this list but also the only one that includes a full editorial surface. ### What is the cheapest paid Sora alternative? Pika Standard at $8 per month (billed yearly) is the cheapest paid tier with usable generation volume. Kling Standard at $6.99 introductory or $10 renewal is comparable. Hailuo Standard at around $9.99 per month sits in the same band. Below $15 per month, the choice is between three solid tools depending on whether you want stylised (Pika), photoreal (Kling), or fast iteration (Hailuo). ### Can I clone characters across scenes on Sora alternatives? Kling's image-to-video workflow is the strongest on character consistency in July 2026: upload an image of a subject, generate multiple clips, and the subject stays recognisable across generations. Runway Gen-4.5 supports image-to-video similarly. Veo 3 handles multi-shot continuity within a single prompt well. For a presenter built from a photo and aimed at a talking head rather than a raw clip, an [AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar) is the closer fit, and the page on how to [animate a photo](/image-to-video) covers the simpler still-to-motion job. ### What is the next step after picking an alternative? For a raw-generation model, sign up for the free tier and run the same 5 prompts through 3 different tools to compare output quality on your actual use case. For a pipeline-first approach where you want finished videos not raw clips, try the [MakeAIVideo AI video generator](/), which handles script, scenes, voice and captions in one job. ![Jamie Partridge](/images/authors/jamie-partridge.webp) Written by [Jamie Partridge](/about/jamie-partridge) Founder at MakeAIVideo. Writing about AI video generation, scripting, scenes, and shipping content faster. [More about the author](/about/jamie-partridge) ## Free AI video tools - [ Video Script Generator Generate 6 full HOOK / BODY / CTA video scripts in any format, short-form, long-form, tutorial, VSL, talking-head, product demo. Free, no signup, instant. ](/tools/video-script-generator) - [ Video Hook Generator Generate 10 attention-grabbing video hooks for any topic. Patterns proven to drive watch-through on TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-hook-generator) - [ Video Idea Generator Get 10 ready-to-shoot video ideas tailored to your niche. Built from formats that consistently win views on TikTok, Reels, and Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-idea-generator) - [ Speech Time Calculator Paste your script and instantly calculate spoken duration at 5 speaking rates (audiobook, conversational, presenter, energetic, auctioneer). ](/tools/speech-time-calculator) ## More AI video guides Buyer's Guides [ ### Best Runway Alternatives in 2026 (10 Picks, Real Pricing) ](/blog/best-runway-alternatives) 10 Runway alternatives for 2026, sorted by the reason you are leaving: pricing shape, the 10-second clip cap, or editing philosophy. Verified vendor pricing. 10 June 2026·24 min read Buyer's Guides [ ### Best Kling AI Alternatives in 2026 (8 Tested With Real Pricing) ](/blog/best-kling-ai-alternatives) 8 Kling AI alternatives tested on prompt fidelity, motion realism, character consistency, and cost. Real 2026 pricing verified from vendor pages. 8 July 2026·16 min read Comparisons [ ### Best AI Video Model 2026: 12 Compared and Ranked ](/blog/best-ai-video-model-2026) The best AI video model in 2026, ranked. Sora, Veo 3, Runway, Kling, Higgsfield, Pika, Luma and 5 more compared on quality, price, and use. 8 September 2026·24 min read Reviews [ ### Higgsfield Review (2026): Camera Control, Tested ](/blog/best-higgsfield-ai-review-2026) Higgsfield AI review for 2026: Cinema Studio camera presets, pricing, model quality, and where its cinematic clips fit into a shipping video pipeline. 17 September 2026·19 min read Reviews [ ### Krea AI Review (2026): One Login for Every AI Video Model ](/blog/best-krea-ai-review-2026) Honest Krea AI review for 2026. 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"Ask ChatGPT about this article")[](https://claude.ai/new?q=Read%20https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fbest-sora-prompts-2026%20then%20summarize%20the%20key%20points%20and%20answer%20any%20questions%20I%20have%20about%20it. "Ask Claude about this article")[](https://www.perplexity.ai/search?q=Read%20https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fbest-sora-prompts-2026%20then%20summarize%20the%20key%20points%20and%20answer%20any%20questions%20I%20have%20about%20it. "Ask Perplexity about this article") **The best Sora prompts share a fixed anatomy: subject, action, camera, lighting, style, and duration, in that order.** OpenAI's [Sora model](https://openai.com/sora/) will happily accept a one-line prompt and return something watchable, but the difference between a clip you post and a clip you delete is almost always the prompt structure, not the model. This guide gives you 30+ tested prompt templates across six categories, walks through the anatomy each one uses, and shows how to iterate a weak prompt into a strong one. If you already have a script and want a finished narrated video (not a raw clip), skip to the [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) section at the end for how these prompts slot into a full pipeline. > **Copy the prompts, but read the anatomy first.** Every template below follows the same six-part frame. Once you can name each part in your head, you can write a fresh prompt quickly instead of scrolling for a template that almost fits. ## What makes a strong Sora prompt Sora is a text-to-video and image-to-video model. It takes natural language and returns short clips, currently up to around 20 seconds in the general consumer flow, with the exact ceiling depending on which access tier you are on and which model variant is live at the time. OpenAI's [Sora product page](https://openai.com/sora/) and the [Wikipedia entry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sora_\(text-to-video_model\)) both track version changes as they land. The version change that mattered most for prompting was Sora 2, which OpenAI [shipped on 30 September 2025 alongside the standalone Sora app](https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/30/openai-is-launching-the-sora-app-its-own-tiktok-competitor-alongside-the-sora-2-model/). TechCrunch reported OpenAI's framing directly: earlier video models were "overoptimistic" and would "morph objects and deform reality" in order to satisfy a text prompt, where Sora 2 follows the laws of physics more faithfully. That is the whole reason physical specificity in a prompt now earns its keep. The prompt principles do not change with the version; the model gets better at following them. [Our OpenAI Sora review](/blog/best-openai-sora-review-2026) covers the version history and the access tiers in more detail, and [the AI video model comparison](/blog/best-ai-video-model-2026) covers which rivals read these same structures well. A strong Sora prompt names six things in one sentence or one short paragraph: - **Subject.** Who or what is in the shot. Be specific: not "a woman", but "a 30-year-old barista in a green apron". - **Action.** What the subject is doing. Verb-first, one motion per clip. - **Camera.** Shot type and camera movement. "Medium shot, slow dolly in" beats "cool angle". - **Lighting.** Named lighting family. "Warm golden hour side light" beats "nice lighting". - **Style.** The visual reference you are borrowing from. "Shot on 35mm film, muted colour grade" is a full style. "Cinematic" is not. - **Duration.** How long the shot should feel. Sora reads timing cues like "the full 10 seconds" or "a slow 8-second push in". Miss two of these and Sora fills the gap with defaults. Miss three and the clip looks like a stock-footage cousin of what you wanted. The 30 templates below all include every part explicitly, so you can see the anatomy sitting on the page. If you would rather skip the prompt craft and get a finished video, MakeAIVideo's [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) mode builds the scenes from one description, and [image to video](/image-to-video) handles the case where you have a still you want to animate. ### The prompt anatomy in one worked example Weak prompt: > "A woman walks through a city at night." Nothing wrong with it, but Sora has to invent everything. The rendered clip will be generic because the prompt was generic. Now the same idea with the six-part anatomy: > "Medium tracking shot of a woman in her late twenties wearing a rain-slick trench coat, walking briskly across a wet Tokyo crosswalk at 2 a.m., neon signs reflecting in puddles, cool cyan and magenta lighting, shot on anamorphic lens with subtle lens flares, 35mm film grain, the camera glides alongside her at walking pace for the full 8 seconds." That is the same idea with subject (woman, late twenties, trench coat), action (walking briskly across a crosswalk), camera (medium tracking shot, glides alongside), lighting (neon, cyan and magenta), style (anamorphic, 35mm grain), and duration (8 seconds) all named. The rendered clip will not be a miracle every time, but it will be closer to what you pictured, and the failure modes will be legible enough to iterate on. ## The prompt library: 30+ Sora prompts by category Each category below has 5 to 6 prompts. Copy the whole prompt, then edit only the parts you need for your specific brief. Do not strip the camera, lighting, or style cues; those are doing most of the work. ### Product ads (6 prompts) For direct-response ads, keep the shot count to one and the reveal early. If you would rather have a finished narrated ad than a raw clip, an [AI ad maker](/ai-ad-maker) builds one per run from your product photos and brief. > "Slow 5-second push-in on a matte black bottle of \[PRODUCT\] resting on a wet slate surface, single overhead soft key light with rim light from behind, shallow depth of field, water droplets catching the light, muted colour grade, shot on macro lens with a subtle rack focus onto the label at the two-second mark." > "Overhead top-down 8-second shot of two hands unboxing \[PRODUCT\] on a warm oak table, natural window light from the left, one hand lifts the lid slowly, revealing the product on a bed of cream tissue paper, cosy neutral palette, shot on 35mm with soft grain, camera holds perfectly still." > "10-second orbit shot circling a \[PRODUCT\] on a rotating pedestal against a seamless off-white infinity backdrop, three-point studio lighting with a soft key and warm rim, subtle dust particles catching the rim light, hyper-clean commercial style, shot on a long lens for compression, camera moves at a steady slow speed." > "6-second locked-off medium shot of a \[PRODUCT\] in the palm of a woman's hand, held out to a soft window, warm morning side light, hand rotates the product 30 degrees so the surface catches the light, out-of-focus kitchen counter in the background, warm domestic colour grade, shot on 50mm lens." > "8-second handheld POV shot of a person pouring \[PRODUCT\] into a clear glass on a kitchen island, natural top-down window light with soft warm bounce, liquid catches highlights as it falls, glass fills to two-thirds and the pour stops, everyday kitchen background softly out of focus, shot on 28mm lens with subtle handheld motion." > "5-second cinematic macro shot on the texture of \[PRODUCT\], camera slowly drifts across the surface at extreme close-up, single soft raking side light, black background, dust motes visible in the beam, muted premium colour grade, shot on macro lens with the shallowest possible depth of field." ### Faceless YouTube B-roll (6 prompts) Cut-away B-roll is the single biggest use case for Sora on a faceless channel: the voiceover carries the story, and Sora fills the visual slots between graphics. Each prompt below is a self-contained 5 to 10-second cutaway. If you want the full production loop, the [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) page covers script-to-final-MP4 for exactly this format. > "10-second wide aerial drone shot flying slowly over dense evergreen forest at dawn, low mist clinging to the treetops, cool blue morning light with warm sun breaking over the horizon on the right, subtle camera drift forward, cinematic nature documentary style, shot on high-resolution drone." > "8-second slow-motion shot of hands typing on a mechanical keyboard in a dim room, warm desk lamp side light, RGB glow from the keys, out-of-focus monitor in the background, tight over-the-shoulder framing, moody indoor tech style, shot on 50mm at f1.4." > "6-second locked-off shot of a chalkboard with a chalk hand writing the words '\[CONCEPT\]' in cursive, warm classroom lighting from above, tight framing on the writing, subtle chalk dust rising as the hand moves, documentary tutorial style, shot on 35mm." > "10-second overhead time-lapse of a busy Tokyo intersection at night with cars and pedestrians flowing across the crossing, neon signs and street lights, cool blue and pink colour palette, camera locked off, hyper-lapsed motion, shot in the style of a Baraka-inspired cityscape." > "8-second slow tracking shot along a row of vintage books on a wooden library shelf, warm tungsten library lighting, camera moves horizontally at reading pace, shallow depth of field on the spines, muted warm colour grade, shot on a 50mm lens." > "5-second close-up on a stopwatch on a wooden desk with the second hand ticking, warm afternoon side light, subtle rack focus onto the digits as they change, out-of-focus notebook in the background, editorial documentary style, shot on macro lens." ### Cinematic shots (6 prompts) These are the prompts for opening shots, transitions, and mood-setters. Keep camera moves slow; Sora handles subtle motion better than fast whip-pans. > "12-second slow dolly-in on a lone figure standing at the edge of a cliff overlooking a misty valley at sunrise, warm orange sun rising behind them, cool blue morning haze in the valley, silhouetted figure in a long coat with hair moving in the wind, cinematic wide shot, shot on anamorphic lens, muted teal-and-orange colour grade." > "10-second slow crane shot rising up above a rain-soaked city street at night, neon-drenched storefronts, pedestrians with umbrellas moving below, cool cyan and magenta reflections on wet pavement, cinematic Blade Runner-inspired mood, shot on wide lens with subtle lens flares." > "8-second locked-off wide shot of a solitary house on an empty prairie under a vast twilight sky, deep purple and orange gradient sky, single warm window light glowing in the house, no camera movement, painterly cinematic style, shot on medium-format wide lens." > "10-second slow tracking shot moving parallel to a horse galloping across a golden wheat field at sunset, warm side light casting long shadows, camera holds the horse in the centre of frame, shallow depth of field on the background, cinematic Terrence Malick-inspired style, shot on 35mm film." > "8-second slow push-in on an astronaut standing on a red desert planet looking at a giant ringed planet on the horizon, harsh key light from an unseen sun on the right, deep magenta and orange sky, subtle dust drifting past the visor, cinematic sci-fi style, shot on wide lens with subtle lens flares." > "12-second slow overhead crane shot descending from black into a candlelit medieval hall with a long banquet table, warm firelight from wall sconces, guests seated on either side, camera lowers slowly onto the table's centrepiece, cinematic period-film style, shot on 32mm anamorphic." ### Tutorial and explainer B-roll (5 prompts) For explainer videos, the B-roll should visually reinforce a concept without stealing focus from the voiceover. Keep motion subtle and framing clean. > "8-second locked-off top-down shot of two hands sketching a rough mind map in a black notebook with a fine-liner pen, warm desk lamp side light, camera holds still, hand adds a new branch to the diagram, minimal editorial style, shot on 50mm macro lens." > "6-second slow zoom into a laptop screen showing a clean line graph rising over time on a soft grey dashboard interface, cool balanced office light, camera pushes in from a medium shot to a tight framing on the graph line, minimal corporate documentary style, shot on 35mm." > "10-second tabletop shot of a hand arranging three wooden blocks in a row on a white surface, soft even overhead lighting, hand slides the middle block into position at the four-second mark, minimal clean background, shot on 50mm lens with locked-off framing." > "7-second slow tilt-up shot from a set of physical dominoes falling in sequence on a wooden desk, warm side light, camera rises from tabletop level to eye level as the last domino falls, muted warm colour grade, tabletop tutorial style, shot on 35mm macro." > "8-second overhead shot of a barista's hands preparing a pour-over coffee in a chemex, natural window light from the side, water pours in a steady stream from a gooseneck kettle, steam rising softly, minimal editorial food style, camera locked off, shot on 50mm macro." ### Character-driven scenes (4 prompts) Sora renders humans best when you specify age band, wardrobe, and one clear emotion. Do not stack three emotions in one prompt. If you need the same character across multiple clips, an [AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar) is a better fit than trying to reroll a stranger every time. > "10-second medium close-up on a woman in her mid-thirties wearing a soft grey knit sweater, seated at a warm-lit kitchen table, hands wrapped around a ceramic mug of tea, she looks out of the window with a quiet thoughtful smile, natural morning side light, muted warm colour grade, shot on 50mm at f2 with shallow depth of field." > "8-second medium shot of a bearded man in his forties wearing a navy fisherman's sweater, standing at the wheel of a small fishing boat at dawn, salt spray on his face, he squints into the wind with a steady grounded expression, cool overcast morning light with a warm sunrise glow behind, cinematic documentary style, shot on 35mm." > "10-second tight over-the-shoulder shot of a young chef in a white apron plating a dish in a bustling restaurant kitchen, focused concentration on the plating, warm overhead kitchen lights with steam rising in the background, out-of-focus movement of other cooks behind, editorial food documentary style, shot on 50mm." > "8-second medium tracking shot of a child in a yellow raincoat running through puddles on a grey sidewalk, camera moves at their eye level, laughter and pure joy on their face, cool overcast light with the yellow coat popping against the muted background, playful cinematic style, shot on 35mm handheld." ### Music video and creative (5 prompts) For music-video work, the prompt should imply rhythm even in a silent clip. Motion beat cues like "slow-fast-slow" or "on the two-second mark" translate surprisingly well. For a fully rendered music video with matching visuals, the [AI music video generator](/ai-music-video-generator) is the pipeline; Sora is only the visual generator. > "10-second slow-motion shot of a dancer in a flowing red dress spinning against a jet-black background, single strong side light, the dress catches the air and forms wide sweeping curves, dramatic contrast, shot on 85mm at f1.4, editorial fashion film style." > "8-second symmetrical wide shot of a lone figure walking toward the camera down a long white corridor with flickering fluorescent lights, deep shadows on the ceiling and floor, figure walks in slow deliberate steps, cool clinical colour palette, cinematic music-video style inspired by Chris Cunningham, shot on 25mm." > "12-second overhead spinning shot looking straight down on a group of five dancers lying on a black floor arranged in a five-pointed star, arms and legs moving in slow synchronised waves, single overhead spotlight, high-contrast lighting, editorial music-video style, camera rotates slowly clockwise, shot on wide overhead rig." > "10-second slow dolly shot moving through a smoky nightclub at 3 a.m., silhouetted dancers around the frame, warm red and deep blue lighting alternating, subtle strobe effect, atmospheric cinematic mood, shot on 35mm with lens flares, camera drifts through the crowd at walking pace." > "8-second locked-off wide shot of a solitary figure standing in a field of white flowers under a soft grey sky, wind moves through the flowers in slow waves, figure stands perfectly still in a long dark coat, muted painterly colour grade, cinematic music-video style, shot on 32mm." ## Common Sora prompt mistakes Five failure patterns show up over and over on Sora clips that get deleted. Every one is fixable in the prompt itself. **1\. Stacking multiple shots in one prompt.** "Wide establishing shot, then a close-up on her face, then a tracking shot as she walks away" is three prompts, not one. Sora will pick one and ignore the rest, or blend them into something incoherent. One prompt, one shot, one motion. If you need coverage, render the shots separately and cut them together in a proper edit, the way the [video script generator](/tools/video-script-generator) breaks a script into scene beats. **2\. Vague style words.** "Cinematic", "epic", "beautiful", and "professional" are dead words in a video prompt. They describe an outcome, not a style. Replace them with a specific reference: "shot on 35mm film", "anamorphic lens with lens flares", "muted teal-and-orange colour grade", "Wes Anderson symmetrical framing". The more specific the style reference, the closer Sora lands to what you pictured. The same rule applies to prompts on other models; if you are cross-checking against Runway, our [Runway alternatives comparison](/blog/best-runway-alternatives) walks through the equivalent prompt language on that model. **3\. Skipping the camera cue.** A prompt without camera language will default to a locked-off medium shot roughly 70 percent of the time. That is fine if you meant that; it is a wasted render if you wanted a dolly-in. Name shot type (wide, medium, close-up, macro), framing (over-the-shoulder, POV, overhead), and movement (locked-off, slow push-in, tracking, orbit) every time. **4\. Cramming dialogue into the prompt.** Sora is a visual generator. Any dialogue you add to the prompt will render as lip movement that does not match audio you plan to add later, or as garbled text on-screen. Save the script for the voiceover layer; keep the prompt purely visual. Our [how to write an AI video script](/blog/how-to-write-an-ai-video-script) breakdown covers the script-and-visuals split in more detail. **5\. Over-long prompts.** A prompt over 100 words starts to confuse the model. Sora attends to the strongest signals and drops the rest. If you find yourself writing "and", "also", and "additionally" repeatedly, split the idea into two clips. One clear prompt beats one crowded prompt every time. **6\. Ignoring duration.** Sora will default to a length of its choosing if you do not specify. Every prompt in the library above ends with an explicit duration cue ("for the full 8 seconds", "10-second orbit", "12-second slow crane"). That single phrase changes both the pacing of the motion and the density of what the model tries to fit into the clip. ## How to iterate a weak Sora prompt into a strong one Iteration is the whole game. Here is the same weak prompt from earlier, walked through three iteration passes. **Pass 0 (weak):** > "A woman walks through a city at night." The rendered clip will be generic because the prompt is generic. Sora invents subject, camera, lighting, and style. There is no anchor point. **Pass 1 (add subject and setting):** > "A woman in her late twenties wearing a trench coat walks across a wet Tokyo crosswalk at 2 a.m. under neon signs." Better. Sora now has age band, wardrobe, location, and time of day. But the camera and lighting are still up to the model, so consecutive renders will look wildly different. **Pass 2 (add camera and lighting):** > "Medium tracking shot of a woman in her late twenties wearing a rain-slick trench coat, walking briskly across a wet Tokyo crosswalk at 2 a.m., neon signs reflecting in puddles, cool cyan and magenta lighting." Now the shot type, movement, and lighting palette are locked. The rendered clip will be much more consistent across takes because the model has fewer choices to make. **Pass 3 (add style and duration):** > "Medium tracking shot of a woman in her late twenties wearing a rain-slick trench coat, walking briskly across a wet Tokyo crosswalk at 2 a.m., neon signs reflecting in puddles, cool cyan and magenta lighting, shot on anamorphic lens with subtle lens flares, 35mm film grain, camera glides alongside her at walking pace for the full 8 seconds." Full six-part anatomy. If the first render is not right, the next iteration only touches the variable you want to change. Want a wider shot? Swap "medium" for "wide" and leave everything else. Want warmer lighting? Swap the palette. Iteration becomes surgical instead of a full rewrite. > **Iterate one variable at a time.** If you rewrite three parts of the prompt between renders, you lose the ability to attribute what changed to what caused it. Change one variable, render, evaluate, then change the next. ## Where MakeAIVideo fits in the Sora workflow Sora produces individual clips of up to about 20 seconds. A finished narrated video is a different job: script, voiceover, scene assembly, captions, music, and export in the aspect ratio the platform actually wants. MakeAIVideo is built for that finished-video job, with its own generated scenes. Two workflows people run in practice: **Script first, prompts second.** Done by hand, you write or generate a script, split it into scene beats, write a Sora prompt for each beat, render, then assemble. A pipeline does the script split, the voiceover, the scenes, and the assembly automatically; MakeAIVideo generates its own scenes (real stock footage, or AI scenes on MiniMax Hailuo or Kling 2.6) rather than using Sora. MakeAIVideo's [text to video](/prompt-to-video) mode is built for this workflow: describe the video and it returns a narrated MP4. **Sora clips first, script wrapped around them.** You already have a small library of Sora clips you like, and you want to string them into a coherent video with a voiceover. That is an editing job: cut the clips in your editor of choice and lay the voiceover underneath. If you are starting from stills rather than clips, MakeAIVideo's [image to video](/image-to-video) mode turns each one into a short clip. Neither workflow makes MakeAIVideo a competitor to Sora. Sora generates raw clips; MakeAIVideo makes whole narrated videos with its own scenes, and does not take uploaded Sora clips. If you are shipping vertical-first content for TikTok and Reels, the [AI Shorts generator](/ai-shorts-generator) handles the aspect-ratio and caption formatting automatically. That matters because Sprout Social's [social media video specs guide](https://sproutsocial.com/insights/social-media-video-specs-guide/) puts Reels, TikTok, and Shorts all at 9:16 while standard YouTube stays at 16:9. The wider case for pairing raw generation with an assembly pipeline is well-covered in [HubSpot's video marketing benchmarks](https://www.hubspot.com/marketing-statistics), which repeatedly find that short-form video is where organic reach is compounding on both TikTok and Reels. For a wider view of Sora rivals to source additional clips from, [the Sora alternatives roundup](/blog/best-sora-alternatives) covers Runway, Kling, Veo, and Luma. > **The prompt is the input to Sora. A finished narrated video is a different job.** Two separate craft skills. This guide covers the prompt; MakeAIVideo covers the finished video. Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=inline_cta&utm_content=best-sora-prompts-2026)plans from $9/month · allowance tops up monthly ## Sora prompts FAQs ### What is a Sora prompt? A Sora prompt is the natural-language description you give OpenAI's Sora model to generate a video clip. Strong prompts specify subject, action, camera, lighting, style, and duration in one sentence or short paragraph. ### How long can a Sora prompt be? Prompts under 100 words work best. Sora attends to the strongest signals in a prompt and drops the rest, so a tight 40-to-80-word prompt with clear camera and lighting cues usually beats a rambling 200-word prompt. ### How long are Sora clips? Sora currently renders clips up to around 20 seconds in the general consumer flow, with the exact ceiling depending on your access tier and the model variant that is live. Check OpenAI's [Sora product page](https://openai.com/sora/) for the current limits. ### Do I need to describe the camera in a Sora prompt? Yes, always. A prompt without camera language defaults to a locked-off medium shot most of the time. Name the shot type, framing, and any camera movement explicitly to control what the render looks like. ### Can Sora do image-to-video from a still frame? Yes. Sora supports image-to-video generation as well as text-to-video, letting you provide a still frame plus a prompt describing the motion. MakeAIVideo's [image to video](/image-to-video) mode covers the same job inside a finished-video tool. ### How do I stop Sora from generating garbled text on-screen? Do not put dialogue or long text inside the prompt. Sora treats text you write in the prompt as visual content to render, which often produces unreadable lettering. Save the script for the voiceover layer instead. ### Can I use Sora clips commercially? OpenAI's terms allow commercial use of Sora outputs on paid plans in most cases, but always check the current terms on the [Sora product page](https://openai.com/sora/) and follow any regional restrictions. Also check platform disclosure rules like the [FTC's AI endorsement guidance](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/consumer-reviews-testimonials-rule-questions-answers) for paid promotions. ### Why do consecutive Sora renders of the same prompt look different? Because Sora, like most diffusion-based video models, samples from a probability distribution on each render. Locking the camera, lighting, and style cues in the prompt reduces the variance between takes, but two renders of the same prompt will never be pixel-identical. The same variance shows up on Kling, Runway, and Veo, which is why our [Kling AI alternatives roundup](/blog/best-kling-ai-alternatives) covers the same seed-and-lock approach on that model. ### What is the best way to iterate on a Sora prompt? Change one variable at a time. If you rewrite three parts of the prompt between renders, you cannot tell which change caused which visual difference. Adjust the camera, render, evaluate, then adjust the lighting on the next pass. ### Do I need a separate tool to turn Sora clips into a finished video? Usually yes. Sora produces individual clips, not a finished narrated MP4. A finished-video tool like MakeAIVideo covers the script, voiceover, scene assembly, captions, and export in one job; [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) starts at $9 a month. ## Where to start Pick one category from the library above and render three prompts back-to-back using the templates as-is. Do not edit them on the first pass; the point is to see how the six-part anatomy actually renders in your specific style and use case. Once you have a feel for how Sora responds, iterate one variable at a time on the prompt that came closest to what you wanted. If you already have a script and want the whole thing rendered as a finished narrated video, the [video script generator](/tools/video-script-generator) hands you a scene-split script ready to feed into [script to video](/script-to-video), the [speech time calculator](/tools/speech-time-calculator) checks the runtime, and [image to video](/image-to-video) covers any stills you want animated. Plans start at $9 a month for 450 credits, topped back up each billing month. Save one prompt template you like, edit the bracketed parts, render, evaluate. That is the whole loop. ![Jamie Partridge](/images/authors/jamie-partridge.webp) Written by [Jamie Partridge](/about/jamie-partridge) Founder at MakeAIVideo. Writing about AI video generation, scripting, scenes, and shipping content faster. [More about the author](/about/jamie-partridge) ## Free AI video tools - [ Video Script Generator Generate 6 full HOOK / BODY / CTA video scripts in any format, short-form, long-form, tutorial, VSL, talking-head, product demo. Free, no signup, instant. ](/tools/video-script-generator) - [ Video Hook Generator Generate 10 attention-grabbing video hooks for any topic. Patterns proven to drive watch-through on TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-hook-generator) - [ Video Idea Generator Get 10 ready-to-shoot video ideas tailored to your niche. Built from formats that consistently win views on TikTok, Reels, and Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-idea-generator) - [ Speech Time Calculator Paste your script and instantly calculate spoken duration at 5 speaking rates (audiobook, conversational, presenter, energetic, auctioneer). ](/tools/speech-time-calculator) ## More AI video guides Comparisons [ ### Best AI Marketing Tools in 2026 (10 Tested) ](/blog/best-ai-marketing-tools) 10 AI marketing tools tested across video, copy, SEO, email, and ad creative. Real sourced pricing, honest verdicts, MakeAIVideo at #1 for video. 31 May 2026·21 min read Reviews [ ### Sora Review (2026): OpenAI's Sora 2, Pricing, and Verdict ](/blog/best-openai-sora-review-2026) Complete Sora AI review for 2026: how OpenAI Sora works, current pricing tiers, what it does well, where it struggles, and honest alternatives. 17 September 2026·18 min read Guides [ ### How to Use Runway AI: A Beginner's Guide (2026) ](/blog/how-to-use-runway-beginners-guide) How to use Runway AI from first signup to first Gen-4.5 clip, plus an honest Runway AI review: pricing, credits, motion brush, Act-One, and where it wins or loses. 8 September 2026·20 min read Guides [ ### AI Influencer Prompt Library: 50 Tested Prompts ](/blog/ai-influencer-prompt-library) 50 copy-paste AI influencer prompts across 10 scene types, each engineered to keep the same character, voice, and framing consistent post after post. 29 July 2026·21 min read How-to Guides [ ### AI Tools for Content Creators (2026): The Monday-Friday Playbook ](/blog/best-ai-tools-for-content-creators-2026) AI tools for content creators mapped to a Monday-to-Friday workflow. Which tool earns each time-slot, what 'done' looks like, and how to ship five posts a week without burnout. 3 September 2026·15 min read Guides [ ### YouTube Automation Examples: 18 Real Faceless Channels (2026) ](/blog/youtube-automation-examples) 18 real faceless YouTube channels, from Kurzgesagt to Lofi Girl, grouped by format, with subscriber counts from each channel's About page and why each format works. 4 October 2026·16 min read Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. Plans from $9 a month with credits included, topped back up every billing month. 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Colossyan (best for learning & development)](#3-colossyan-best-for-learning-development) - [4\. Elai (best for product walkthroughs)](#4-elai-best-for-product-walkthroughs) - [5\. Hour One (best for sales videos)](#5-hour-one-best-for-sales-videos) - [6\. Vidnoz (best free tier exploration)](#6-vidnoz-best-free-tier-exploration) - [7\. MakeAIVideo (best for full faceless pipeline including non-avatar content)](#7-makeaivideo-best-for-full-faceless-pipeline-including-non-avatar-content) - [8\. Yepic (best for customer support and multilingual videos)](#8-yepic-best-for-customer-support-and-multilingual-videos) - [How much do Synthesia alternatives cost at 3 real volumes?](#how-much-do-synthesia-alternatives-cost-at-3-real-volumes) - [Which Synthesia alternative is best for your use case?](#which-synthesia-alternative-is-best-for-your-use-case) - [Synthesia alternatives FAQs](#synthesia-alternatives-faqs) Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. 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"Ask ChatGPT about this article")[](https://claude.ai/new?q=Read%20https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fbest-synthesia-alternatives%20then%20summarize%20the%20key%20points%20and%20answer%20any%20questions%20I%20have%20about%20it. "Ask Claude about this article")[](https://www.perplexity.ai/search?q=Read%20https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fbest-synthesia-alternatives%20then%20summarize%20the%20key%20points%20and%20answer%20any%20questions%20I%20have%20about%20it. "Ask Perplexity about this article") **Synthesia is the most recognised name in AI avatar video, but it is not always the right pick.** At $89/month for the Creator tier it is also one of the more expensive options, and the avatars (while photoreal) follow a narrow style that does not always match the brand or audience an operator is targeting. This roundup tests 8 Synthesia alternatives in 2026 across the four signals that actually decide tool fit: avatar quality and customisation, voice naturalness, language coverage, and price. Every tool was tested with the same 60-second script in two registers (a B2B SaaS demo and a customer-support FAQ). Real verified pricing from each vendor's public page, the niche each tool fits best, and honest scoring at the end. If you need narrated video without a presenter at all, MakeAIVideo's [AI video generator](/) covers that, and the [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) page shows how that format runs at cadence. ## What is Synthesia and where does it fall short in 2026? [Synthesia](https://www.synthesia.io) lets a creator paste a script, pick from ~230 stock avatars or a custom clone, and render a finished talking-head MP4. It is the category leader for enterprise L&D and corporate training because the avatars are polished and the platform supports >140 languages. The scale is real: TechCrunch reported Synthesia at [60,000 enterprise customers and a $2.1 billion valuation](https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/14/synthesia-snaps-up-180m-on-a-2-1b-valuation-for-its-b2b-ai-video-platform/) in January 2025, then [$100 million in annual recurring revenue at a $4 billion valuation](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/26/synthesia-hits-4b-valuation-lets-employees-cash-in/) a year later, with Bosch, Merck and SAP named as customers. Where Synthesia falls short in 2026 (these gaps are where the alternatives below shine; pair with [our HeyGen vs Synthesia comparison](/blog/heygen-vs-synthesia) for a deeper head-to-head): 1. **Price-per-minute floor.** The Creator tier at $89/month covers 120 minutes/year. Heavy users hit the limit fast. The Enterprise tier starts at ~$1,000/month. 2. **Style range.** Stock avatars all read as "professional headshot in front of a backdrop." For creator-economy, sales, or social-first content, the look feels stiff. 3. **Custom avatar lead time.** Creating a Personal Avatar (cloned from your footage) takes 1-3 days plus a higher-tier subscription. 4. **No native script generation.** You bring the script. Most modern alternatives generate it for you. Each alternative below solves at least one of these constraints. Some solve all four. ## How we tested Same 60-second script (a 6-step product walkthrough), two registers (B2B SaaS demo + customer-support FAQ), three measurement passes per tool: avatar quality (sound off), voice naturalness (sound on, eyes closed), and finished-MP4 review (sound on, full attention). Pricing verified as of June 2026 from each vendor's public page. Use-case scoring uses our own RPM-and-conversion data from the [niche-by-niche CPM and RPM study](/blog/youtube-cpm-rpm-by-niche-2026). MakeAIVideo's own [AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar) can be put through the same protocol if you want a ninth data point. ## Best Synthesia alternatives at a glance Tool Best for Avatars Price floor (USD/mo) HeyGen Highest avatar quality 100+ stock, custom clone $24 D-ID Photo-to-talking-head Upload a photo, clone $5.90 Colossyan Learning & development 70+ stock $35 Elai Product walkthroughs 80+ stock, AI avatar gen $29 Hour One Sales videos 100+ stock $30 Vidnoz Free tier exploration 1,500+ templates $0 / $13.99 MakeAIVideo Full faceless pipeline (script + voice + scenes + render) n/a (AI b-roll + voice, not avatar-first) $9 Yepic Customer support / multilingual 100+ stock $24 Reviews below cover each tool's strengths and pricing. For generative-video competitors rather than avatar tools, see [the Runway alternatives breakdown](/blog/best-runway-alternatives), or [the AI video model comparison](/blog/best-ai-video-model-2026) for the wider field. ## 1\. HeyGen (best avatar quality + custom clone) [HeyGen](https://www.heygen.com/) is the most direct Synthesia competitor in 2026. Same use cases (corporate, training, sales), but avatars render slightly more naturalistic at the Creator-tier price. Voice cloning is included from the entry tier (Synthesia requires Enterprise for full voice clone). HeyGen has the revenue to keep pushing on that gap: Forbes reported a [$60 million Series A led by Benchmark](https://www.forbes.com/sites/charliefink/2024/06/24/heygen-ai-video-scores-60-million-plus-more-cinematic-ai-shorts/) on $35 million of ARR in 2024, then [$100 million in recurring revenue and almost 200,000 paying customers](https://www.forbes.com/sites/annatong/2025/11/06/heygen-rides-the-ai-video-boom-rocket/) by late 2025. **What it does well** - Custom Avatar from a 2-minute clip, ready in ~24 hours (vs Synthesia's 1-3 days at higher tiers) - Real-time avatar streaming for interactive use cases (kiosks, demos) - Voice clone from 30 seconds of input - Translations into 175+ languages, including lip-sync match **Pricing (June 2026):** - Free: 3 videos/month, max 3 minutes each, HeyGen watermark - Creator: $24/month, 15 videos/month, no watermark, voice clone - Team: $69/month per seat - Enterprise: custom pricing **Verdict:** the direct Synthesia replacement when polish matters and budget is flexible. For a deeper head-to-head see [HeyGen vs Synthesia](/blog/heygen-vs-synthesia) and our [list of HeyGen alternatives](/blog/best-heygen-alternatives) for that side of the matrix. For a presenter inside a finished narrated video rather than a standalone avatar clip, MakeAIVideo's [AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar) mode is the lighter option. ## 2\. D-ID (best for photo-to-talking-head) [D-ID](https://www.d-id.com/) takes a single still photo and animates it as a speaking presenter. The technology backbone of many talking-photo apps you have seen on TikTok. For static brand assets (headshots, illustrations, paintings) where you need a voice, this is the lightest workflow. **What it does well** - Animate ANY photo (including illustrations, paintings, pet photos) - API-first pricing model: pay per minute generated, not per seat - Strong voice library; clone available on higher tiers - Real-time streaming via D-ID Studio **Pricing (June 2026):** - Lite: $5.90/month, 10 minutes, 720p - Pro: $49/month, 50 minutes, 1080p, voice clone - Advanced: $196/month, 400 minutes - Enterprise: API pricing per minute **Verdict:** the pick when input is a static photo (not a multi-take video clip) and you want talking-head animation for that exact image. Animate only faces you have written permission to use: the FTC finalised its [Government and Business Impersonation Rule](https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/02/ftc-proposes-new-protections-combat-ai-impersonation-individuals) in February 2024 and proposed extending it to impersonation of individuals, citing AI-generated deepfakes by name. Less "presenter video maker," more "photo-animator with mouth and head movement." If you only need motion from a still rather than a talking head, [image to video](/image-to-video) is the simpler job; for a presenter reading your script, compare an [AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar), and for sales-funnel use cases an [AI spokesperson video](/ai-spokesperson-video). ## 3\. Colossyan (best for learning & development) [Colossyan](https://www.colossyan.com/) targets corporate L&D specifically. Avatars feel professional but slightly warmer than Synthesia's stock set, with multi-avatar scene support (two avatars in a dialogue) that L&D scripts need. Built-in slide editor + branching scenarios for quiz-style training videos. The buying wave behind this is broad: Gartner projected that [more than 80% of enterprises would have used generative AI APIs or shipped generative AI applications by 2026](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2023-10-11-gartner-says-more-than-80-percent-of-enterprises-will-have-used-generative-ai-apis-or-deployed-generative-ai-enabled-applications-by-2026), up from under 5% in 2023, and L&D is one of the first departments to feel it. **What it does well** - Multi-avatar conversation scenes (Synthesia struggles here) - Slide-and-avatar layout editor for corporate training - 70+ stock avatars across diverse roles and ethnicities - Built-in screen-recording for software training overlays **Pricing (June 2026):** - Starter: $35/month, 30 video credits/month - Pro: $90/month, 100 video credits/month - Enterprise: custom **Verdict:** for compliance training, onboarding videos, or LMS-embedded content where L&D is the buyer. Slight UX learning curve but strong fit for the niche. Pair with the [video script generator](/tools/video-script-generator) to draft training-module scripts before importing. ## 4\. Elai (best for product walkthroughs) [Elai](https://elai.io/) emphasises product walkthroughs and demo videos. The interface is closer to a slide editor with avatars overlaid, which fits "show me how X feature works" workflows. AI avatar generation lets you create a stock avatar from a face description if you do not want to upload your own. **What it does well** - AI avatar generation from text prompt (no upload required) - Slide-style editor with screen recording + avatar overlay - 80+ stock avatars - 75+ languages **Pricing (June 2026):** - Advanced: $29/month, 15 minutes, 6 avatars - Pro: $124/month, 50 minutes, custom avatar - Enterprise: custom **Verdict:** product-marketing teams making feature explainers will get more value from Elai's slide-style editor than Synthesia's linear avatar timeline. Limited free tier so testing is harder. Plug your script into the [speech time calculator](/tools/speech-time-calculator) before paying so you stay inside the minute cap. ## 5\. Hour One (best for sales videos) Hour One ([@HourOne on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@hourone)) positions specifically at sales teams: high-volume personalised outbound, video sequences in your sales-engagement platform, automated production of "Hi \[first name\]" videos. Avatars are competent (not the highest polish on this list) but the workflow tooling is the differentiator. The category is well funded around this use case too: TechCrunch covered Tavus raising [$18 million to put personalised face and voice cloning behind an API](https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/12/generative-ai-video-startup-tavus-raises-18m-to-bring-face-and-voice-cloning-to-any-app/) for exactly this "email the prospect a video that names them" workflow. **What it does well** - Bulk video generation from a spreadsheet (variable substitution per row) - Salesloft, Outreach, HubSpot integrations - Avatar selection optimised for "trustworthy sales rep" aesthetic - Strong analytics on prospect engagement per video **Pricing (June 2026):** - Lite: $30/month, 10 minutes - Pro: $112/month, 30 minutes - Business: $450/month, 100 minutes - Enterprise: custom **Verdict:** if "produce 200 personalised sales videos per week from a CRM list" is the brief, Hour One beats Synthesia by a clear margin on workflow. For non-personalised corporate-presenter video at the same scale, an [AI spokesperson video](/ai-spokesperson-video) from MakeAIVideo is the closer fit. For ROAS modelling on those personalised videos, the [ROAS calculator](/tools/roas-calculator) handles the unit-economics math. ## 6\. Vidnoz (best free tier exploration) [Vidnoz](https://www.vidnoz.com/) packs an unusually generous free tier into a competent (if slightly less polished) avatar engine. For solopreneurs testing the format before paying for tier-1 tools, Vidnoz is the lowest-friction starting point. **What it does well** - Free tier: 1 minute/day, 720p export, watermark - 1,500+ pre-built templates for use cases (LinkedIn intro, product demo, etc.) - Photo-to-talking-head feature competes with D-ID at lower cost - Translations into 140+ languages **Pricing (June 2026):** - Free: 1 min/day, watermark - Starter: $13.99/month, 5 min/day, no watermark - Pro: $24.99/month, unlimited minutes, voice clone - Business: $59.99/month, team features **Verdict:** the right pick for testing avatar video in a small business before committing to Synthesia or HeyGen pricing. Quality is one notch below the leaders but ahead of the budget tier. If your real goal is faceless content (not avatar-first), see how a [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) is produced before paying for any avatar tool. ## 7\. MakeAIVideo (best for full faceless pipeline including non-avatar content) [MakeAIVideo](https://app.makeaivideo.ai) is positioned differently from the above: it is not avatar-first. It is a script-to-finished-MP4 pipeline that generates AI scenes, voiceover, captions, and music for a wider range of content types (faceless explainers, YouTube Shorts, TikTok-style narration, faceless YouTube). For teams who realised the avatar approach was over-engineered for their actual use case and want a broader production stack, this is the pivot tool. **What it does well** - Script to MP4 with no avatar required - Bundled voiceover library (no separate ElevenLabs subscription needed) - AI-generated scenes per beat of the script (avoids the avatar-talks-to-camera limitation) - Optimised for 9:16 (Shorts/TikTok/Reels) AND 16:9 long-form from the same input - Built for running a [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) - Image input also available: [animate a photo](/image-to-video) into a 5 or 10 second clip **Pricing:** - Lite: $9/month, 450 credits - Solo: $19/month, 1,000 credits - Plus: $29/month, 1,600 credits - Pro: $49/month, 2,800 credits - Yearly billing gives 2 months free; optional one-off top-up packs add credits that never expire Unlike the avatar tools above, which sell rendered minutes, these tiers sell a credit allowance spent per render, and the draw-down varies with rendering mode and clip length. Size the tier against your own render mix rather than against a minutes figure. **Verdict:** the right tool when your use case is "publish narrated video content at cadence" rather than "make a polished talking-head explainer." [HubSpot's video marketing statistics](https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/video-marketing-statistics) put short-form video at the top of the ROI table for marketers, with 93% calling video a crucial part of overall strategy, so cadence in that format is usually where the return sits. New customers get a 7-day trial (card required, trial videos capped at 10 seconds of script), and optional one-off top-up packs add credits that never expire. Best paired with the free [video script generator](/tools/video-script-generator) for ideation. ## 8\. Yepic (best for customer support and multilingual videos) [Yepic](https://www.yepic.ai/) emphasises customer-success and support use cases: video FAQs, multilingual onboarding, kiosk video. The avatar engine is competent for the price tier and the platform's strength is automated translation + lip-sync across 70+ languages. **What it does well** - Multilingual support workflow: write once, render in 70+ languages with lip-sync - Real-time streaming for help-desk widget embed - Avatars rendered for customer-service register (warm, approachable) **Pricing (June 2026):** - Starter: $24/month, 30 minutes - Premium: $90/month, 200 minutes - Enterprise: custom **Verdict:** for support documentation video at scale across languages, Yepic outperforms Synthesia's general-purpose translation. Limited fit if your use case is consumer marketing. Multi-language faceless production fits better via a [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) setup than via avatar tools at high volume. > **The pipeline-vs-avatar question.** Most operators picking between Synthesia and these alternatives are actually solving the wrong problem. If your output is "video content at publishing cadence" (YouTube, TikTok, Reels), an avatar-first tool over-constrains your visual style. A faceless pipeline gives you more room and ships faster per video. [Get started with MakeAIVideo →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) ## How much do Synthesia alternatives cost at 3 real volumes? The cost math at three realistic monthly volumes, all-in including voice clone where applicable. Prices in this category are still under pressure: [Forbes puts the AI video generation market](https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidprosser/2025/05/15/action-startups-race-to-capture-the-ai-video-generation-market/) at roughly $600 million in 2023 heading toward $9.3 billion by 2033, with more than $500 million of fresh venture funding in 2025 alone. To plug your own per-channel earnings into the math, use [our YouTube money calculator](/tools/youtube-money-calculator). **Volume A: 5 minutes/month (one explainer per week)** - Synthesia Starter: $29/month for 10 minutes (overshoot, but no smaller option) - HeyGen Free: $0/month, 9 minutes available (covers it) - D-ID Lite: $5.90/month for 10 minutes - Vidnoz Free: $0/month, 1 min/day = 5 min/week (covers it) - **Cheapest realistic option:** Vidnoz Free → D-ID Lite if quality matters **Volume B: 60 minutes/month (3 minutes per video × 20 videos)** - Synthesia Creator: $89/month, 120 min/year = 10 min/month (under-spec) - HeyGen Creator: $24/month, 15 videos × 3 min = 45 min (under-spec) - HeyGen Team: $69/month, unlimited - D-ID Pro: $49/month, 50 minutes (under-spec) - D-ID Advanced: $196/month, 400 minutes (over-spec) - **Best fit:** HeyGen Team $69/month or Synthesia Personal $89/month (the Synthesia Personal tier was rolled into Creator in 2025, so effectively Creator) **Volume C: 300+ minutes/month (high-cadence sales or training)** - Synthesia Enterprise: ~$1,000+/month - HeyGen Team: $69/month per seat (multiple seats) - D-ID Advanced: $196/month, 400 minutes - Hour One Business: $450/month, 100 minutes (under-spec) - **Best fit:** D-ID Advanced for compute-bound use, HeyGen Team for collaborative production. MakeAIVideo is not built for 300 minutes a month: Pro at $49 a month (2,800 credits) covers about 17 one-minute stock-footage videos at about 164 credits each Every price above buys a synthetic presenter. If your footage is already recorded and the real job is cutting it down, none of this tier applies and the cost curve looks completely different; we priced that transcript-editing shelf separately in [the Descript alternatives roundup](/blog/best-descript-alternatives). ## Which Synthesia alternative is best for your use case? Decision matrix mapped to real use cases: - **Corporate L&D / compliance training:** Colossyan (multi-avatar scenes) or HeyGen (polish) - **Sales personalised outbound at scale:** Hour One (CRM integrations win) - **Customer support multilingual:** Yepic (translation workflow) - **Single-photo talking-head animation:** D-ID (the obvious pick) - **Product walkthroughs with screen recording:** Elai (slide-style editor) - **Free testing before committing:** Vidnoz (most generous free tier) - **Direct Synthesia replacement at lower cost:** HeyGen Creator - **Faceless content at publishing cadence (YouTube, TikTok, Reels):** MakeAIVideo for a [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) (different category, often better fit) - **Paid-social ad creative with an AI presenter:** MakeAIVideo's [AI UGC video](/ai-ugc-video) mode (the pipeline approach beats single-clip output once the ad needs b-roll and a CTA card) For narrated video without an avatar, start with MakeAIVideo's [AI video generator](/). For creators building a [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel), that page covers the production side. > **The cadence-vs-quality stack.** Polish-first tools (Synthesia, HeyGen) produce one outstanding video per session. Pipeline-first tools (MakeAIVideo) produce 5-10 acceptable videos in the same time window. For most creators in 2026, weekly publishing beats monthly polish on the metrics that matter to YouTube and TikTok algorithms. [Get started →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=inline_cta&utm_content=best-synthesia-alternatives)plans from $9/month · allowance tops up monthly ## Synthesia alternatives FAQs ### What is the best free alternative to Synthesia? Vidnoz's free tier is the most generous. Free users get 1 minute of avatar video per day at 720p with a watermark, plus access to 1,500+ templates. HeyGen's free tier (3 videos per month, 3 min max, with watermark) is the next-most useful. For testing the format before committing to a paid plan, both work without payment information. ### Is HeyGen better than Synthesia? It depends on the use case. HeyGen's avatars render slightly more naturalistic at lower price tiers, and voice cloning is included from the Creator plan ($24/month). Synthesia's stock avatar library is larger and the enterprise integrations are more mature. For most creators outside large enterprises, HeyGen offers better value per dollar. ### Can I use Synthesia alternatives for YouTube videos? Yes. All the tools above export 16:9 (long-form YouTube) and most also export 9:16 (Shorts). The vertical surface is where the volume is: [Business of Apps records YouTube Shorts at 70 billion views per day](https://www.businessofapps.com/data/youtube-statistics/) as of February 2024, up from 30 billion in 2022. For content creators publishing at cadence, a full faceless pipeline like MakeAIVideo's [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) workflow often fits better than avatar-first tools because the visual variety per video stays higher. ### Which Synthesia alternative supports the most languages? Yepic and HeyGen both support 70+ to 175+ languages depending on tier. Synthesia itself supports 140+, so language count is rarely the deciding factor between these tools. Translation quality and lip-sync accuracy vary; Yepic specifically optimises for the multilingual support-video use case. ### How much does Synthesia actually cost in 2026? Synthesia Starter is $22/month annual or $29/month monthly for 10 minutes. Creator is $67/month annual or $89/month monthly for 30 minutes. Enterprise pricing starts around $1,000/month and scales by seats and minutes. For a realistic estimate of which tier matches your output volume, plug your numbers into the free [speech time calculator](/tools/speech-time-calculator). ### What is the best Synthesia alternative for sales teams? Hour One. The bulk video generation from spreadsheets plus native integrations with Salesloft, Outreach, and HubSpot are workflow features Synthesia does not match. Hour One Pro ($112/month for 30 minutes) covers a typical SDR team's volume. ### Are AI avatar videos against YouTube's monetisation policies? No. AI-generated content including avatar-narrated videos is explicitly permitted under the [YouTube Partner Program](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/72851). The policy constraint is "reused content" (copying others' work without meaningful transformation), not AI generation. Original-topic AI avatar videos qualify for full monetisation once the channel hits the 1,000 subscriber + 4,000 watch hour threshold. ### What is the cheapest alternative to Synthesia that doesn't watermark output? HeyGen Creator at $24/month removes the watermark and includes voice cloning. Vidnoz Starter at $13.99/month is cheaper but the avatar quality is one notch below. D-ID Lite at $5.90/month is cheapest of all but limited to photo animation rather than full avatar synthesis. ### Can I clone my own voice on Synthesia alternatives? Yes, on most. HeyGen, Elai, D-ID Pro, Yepic Premium, and Vidnoz Pro all include voice cloning from a short audio sample. For the highest-quality voice cloning specifically, [ElevenLabs](https://elevenlabs.io/) is the industry standard and integrates with several of these tools via API. ### What is the next step after picking an alternative? For an avatar-first tool: sign up for the free tier, render your first test video using a 60-second script. For a faceless pipeline approach: review the [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) page for the full production stack. To project monthly earnings at any view count once your channel is live, plug numbers into the [YouTube money calculator](/tools/youtube-money-calculator). ![Jamie Partridge](/images/authors/jamie-partridge.webp) Written by [Jamie Partridge](/about/jamie-partridge) Founder at MakeAIVideo. Writing about AI video generation, scripting, scenes, and shipping content faster. [More about the author](/about/jamie-partridge) ## Free AI video tools - [ Video Script Generator Generate 6 full HOOK / BODY / CTA video scripts in any format, short-form, long-form, tutorial, VSL, talking-head, product demo. Free, no signup, instant. ](/tools/video-script-generator) - [ Speech Time Calculator Paste your script and instantly calculate spoken duration at 5 speaking rates (audiobook, conversational, presenter, energetic, auctioneer). ](/tools/speech-time-calculator) - [ YouTube Money Calculator Estimate YouTube ad revenue from views with niche-specific RPM ranges from 2026 creator-economy data. Low, typical, and high earnings band. ](/tools/youtube-money-calculator) - [ Video Idea Generator Get 10 ready-to-shoot video ideas tailored to your niche. Built from formats that consistently win views on TikTok, Reels, and Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-idea-generator) ## More AI video guides Comparisons [ ### Best HeyGen Alternatives in 2026 (10 Tested) ](/blog/best-heygen-alternatives) 10 HeyGen alternatives tested on the same brief: best for multi-scene pipelines, enterprise L&D, photo-to-presenter, personalised outreach. Real sourced pricing. 31 May 2026·20 min read Comparisons [ ### HeyGen vs Synthesia 2026: Honest Head-to-Head ](/blog/heygen-vs-synthesia) HeyGen vs Synthesia compared on pricing, avatar realism, multi-scene support, and enterprise governance. Plus the third option most buyers miss. 31 May 2026·17 min read Reviews [ ### HeyGen Review (2026): Avatars, Credits, and the Real Cost ](/blog/best-heygen-review-2026) A HeyGen review for 2026: what the avatar library actually delivers, every plan priced from the vendor page, how the credit meter works, and where it is the wrong tool. 21 September 2026·8 min read Buyer's Guides [ ### Best Pictory Alternatives in 2026 (8 Tested With Real Pricing) ](/blog/best-pictory-alternatives) 8 Pictory alternatives tested across script-to-video quality, AI voice, scene generation, and cost. 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"Ask Perplexity about this article") In this article - [The three axes that actually matter](#the-three-axes-that-actually-matter) - [How we tested each tool](#how-we-tested-each-tool) - [The five specialist AI clip tools](#the-five-specialist-ai-clip-tools) - [The other nine tools worth knowing about](#the-other-nine-tools-worth-knowing-about) - [Which clip maker should you actually pick](#which-clip-maker-should-you-actually-pick) - [What each tier of streamer actually spends](#what-each-tier-of-streamer-actually-spends) - [Six mistakes streamers make with AI clip tools](#six-mistakes-streamers-make-with-ai-clip-tools) - [Twitch clip maker FAQs](#twitch-clip-maker-faqs) - [Where to start](#where-to-start) Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. 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"Ask ChatGPT about this article")[](https://claude.ai/new?q=Read%20https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fbest-twitch-clip-makers-2026%20then%20summarize%20the%20key%20points%20and%20answer%20any%20questions%20I%20have%20about%20it. "Ask Claude about this article")[](https://www.perplexity.ai/search?q=Read%20https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fbest-twitch-clip-makers-2026%20then%20summarize%20the%20key%20points%20and%20answer%20any%20questions%20I%20have%20about%20it. "Ask Perplexity about this article") **The best twitch clip maker in 2026 is the one that turns a six-hour VOD into ten shareable vertical clips before you sit down to edit anything.** That workflow (ingest the VOD, detect the kill or the laugh or the chat-spike, crop 9:16 with face tracking, burn captions, publish to TikTok, Shorts, and Reels) is very specific. Dedicated tools own it. This ranking scores 14 real options against that pipeline, and we are transparent: we are MakeAIVideo, and we are not the clip-detection leader in this vertical. Opus Clip is. We place ourselves at #6 for the adjacent job of generating AI intros, sponsor bumpers, and faceless companion content between streams. Every tool here was tested on the same job. Take a two-hour VOD from a variety streamer, run it through the tool, and score the top clips it surfaces on three axes: did it catch the actual moments (kills, wins, laughs, chat spikes), did the vertical crop keep the face and gameplay in frame, and were the captions accurate enough to publish without a re-cut. Tools that fail any one of those three cost you your evening. Tools that pass all three save you it. [Business of Apps' Twitch data](https://www.businessofapps.com/data/twitch-statistics/) shows how large the VOD-to-shorts opportunity has become for full-time streamers, and [HubSpot's short-form video research](https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/short-form-video-trends) tracks the shift in how audiences now discover streamers on TikTok, Reels, and Shorts before ever visiting a live channel. > **How to read this list.** Each entry is scored on VOD auto-detection quality, vertical crop with face tracking, caption accuracy, and starting monthly price. The best-for verdict tells you which streamer profile the tool actually fits. Don't pick by ranking position alone; the #1 pick for a full-time variety streamer is not the same as the #1 pick for a part-time IRL streamer with a companion faceless channel. ## The three axes that actually matter A tool can look impressive in a demo reel and still fail once you drop a real VOD in. Before the ranking, here is what we tested. **VOD auto-detection quality.** The core capability. The AI ingests hours of gameplay or IRL footage and surfaces moments worth clipping. Strong tools use a combination of audio (laughs, screams, gunfire), chat volume (spike detection during hype moments), and gameplay signals (kills, deaths, wins). Weak tools just chunk the VOD every 60 seconds and slap captions on it. The delta is enormous. **Vertical crop with face tracking.** Twitch native output is 16:9. TikTok, Shorts, and Reels need 9:16. Cropping without face tracking cuts off half the face or reframes the gameplay HUD off-screen. Strong tools follow the streamer's face and the game action across the frame. Original content made in an [AI video generator](/) like MakeAIVideo avoids the crop problem entirely, because it renders in 9:16 from the start. **Caption accuracy.** Auto-captions save you the manual transcription pass. But bad captions read like word salad on top of the clip and get flagged for accessibility violations. The tools ranked highest here get 95%+ transcription accuracy on gaming jargon and streamer speech patterns, which is harder than it sounds. ## How we tested each tool Same benchmark for every tool. Take a two-hour Warzone VOD from a mid-tier streamer with 5,000 concurrent viewers, run it through the tool with default settings, and score the first ten clips it surfaces. Clips were graded on moment quality (did it catch the actual highlight, not just a random 60-second chunk), vertical crop framing, and caption accuracy. Prices are as of August 2026 and rounded to the nearest published tier. Where a tool solves a fundamentally different shape of problem (screen recording, manual editing, analytics), the best-for verdict makes that clear. ## The five specialist AI clip tools The five tools built around VOD-to-clip AI detection rank first because they solve the exact problem a twitch clip maker is meant to solve. ### 1\. Opus Clip, best overall for VOD auto-clipping - **VOD auto-detection:** Excellent. ClipAnything and virality-score models trained on millions of clips. - **Vertical crop with face tracking:** Yes. Active speaker tracking across the frame. - **Caption accuracy:** Very strong. Handles fast speech, streamer slang, and gaming jargon well. - **Starting price:** Free tier plus paid plans from around $15/month on [Opus Clip's pricing page](https://www.opus.pro/pricing). - **Best for:** Full-time streamers turning long VODs into a daily pipeline of shorts. [Opus Clip](https://www.opus.pro/) is the honest #1 for this workflow. Drop in a Twitch VOD URL or upload a file, and within minutes you get a scored list of the ten most-clippable moments. The virality-score prediction is not magic, but it does a good job of surfacing the actual highlights instead of the flat stretches. Active speaker tracking keeps the face centered when the camera cuts to a new streamer in a party, and captions handle even fast game commentary well. The trade-off is monthly cost at high volume. Streamers pushing 30+ VODs a month bump up against processing minute limits fast, and the top tier gets pricey. Also, Opus Clip is built around long-to-short repurposing generally, not gaming specifically; a dedicated gaming tool will sometimes catch kill-and-win moments Opus misses. ### 2\. Vizard AI, best for caption-heavy short-form - **VOD auto-detection:** Strong. AI moment detection plus manual pick-and-choose. - **Vertical crop with face tracking:** Yes. AI reframe for 9:16 with speaker follow. - **Caption accuracy:** Excellent. Their transcription is one of the strongest in the category. - **Starting price:** Free plan plus paid tiers listed on [Vizard's pricing page](https://vizard.ai/pricing). - **Best for:** Streamers who want maximum caption polish and animated word-by-word subtitles as a signature look. [Vizard](https://vizard.ai/) sits right next to Opus Clip on capability but leans harder into the caption side. If your account identity depends on stylish word-by-word animated captions (the TikTok default look), Vizard's caption presets are among the best in the category. The reframe tool is competent and the browser-based workflow means no download. Where it lags is gaming-specific detection. Vizard was built for podcast and interview repurposing first, and the AI moment detection reflects that. For pure gaming VODs, Opus Clip and the dedicated gaming tools below often surface better clip candidates. For talking-head streams (Just Chatting, IRL, tutorials), Vizard is the stronger pick. ### 3\. Eklipse, dedicated gaming clip AI - **VOD auto-detection:** Purpose-built for gaming. Detects kills, wins, deaths, laughs, and chat spikes across Fortnite, Warzone, Valorant, Apex, LoL, and others. - **Vertical crop with face tracking:** Yes. Optimised for gameplay-plus-facecam layouts. - **Caption accuracy:** Good. - **Starting price:** Free tier plus paid plans on [Eklipse's site](https://eklipse.gg/). - **Best for:** Competitive gaming streamers on Warzone, Valorant, Apex, or similar. [Eklipse](https://eklipse.gg/) is the tool most competitive streamers I know actually use for game clips. It plugs into Twitch, ingests your VODs automatically, and surfaces game-specific moments the generalist tools miss. The kill-detection is honest per-game (not just "loud noise = highlight"), and the facecam-plus-gameplay layout templates match how competitive clips actually get published. Weaker for non-gaming streams. If you are IRL, Just Chatting, or a variety streamer whose highlights are stories and reactions rather than gunfights, Opus Clip's general-purpose detection will do a better job. Also fewer caption style options than Vizard. ### 4\. Powder.gg, best for competitive gaming highlights - **VOD auto-detection:** Purpose-built for FPS and MOBA titles. - **Vertical crop with face tracking:** Yes. - **Caption accuracy:** Good. - **Starting price:** Free plan plus paid tiers on [Powder's site](https://powder.gg/). - **Best for:** Pro and semi-pro FPS streamers who want per-game highlight logic. [Powder](https://powder.gg/) is Eklipse's closest competitor and worth testing side-by-side. Same broad shape (game-aware detection, gaming-optimised layouts) with slight differences in which titles are supported deepest and which layouts ship out of the box. For most streamers the choice between Eklipse and Powder comes down to which title you play most and which UI clicks better; both are cheaper than Opus Clip at the entry tier. If you want game-native highlights specifically (the kill triple-play at minute 3:17 of a two-hour session), pick one of these two. If you want more general reaction-and-story clips, use Opus Clip. ### 5\. Submagic, best for caption and short-form polish - **VOD auto-detection:** Partial. Cuts and clip discovery are lighter than the leaders. - **Vertical crop with face tracking:** Yes. - **Caption accuracy:** Excellent. This is the tool's calling card. - **Starting price:** Paid plans on [Submagic's pricing page](https://submagic.co/pricing). - **Best for:** Streamers whose clips already exist and just need caption polish plus B-roll. [Submagic](https://submagic.co/) is the finishing tool, not the clip-generation tool. You bring the raw vertical clip, Submagic adds animated captions, sound effects, and B-roll overlays with a level of polish the pure clip-generation tools do not match. Many streamers use Opus Clip or Eklipse for clip discovery, then run the exported vertical clip through Submagic for the final caption pass. Not the tool to buy first. Buy it second, alongside your primary clip generator, when the caption look is what is holding your posts back from performing. ## The other nine tools worth knowing about The tools in this next group either solve a different shape of problem (screen recording, editing, analytics) or bolt clip features onto a broader streaming suite. Included because streamers ask about them and it is worth knowing when each is or is not the right pick. ### 6\. MakeAIVideo, best for AI content between streams - **VOD auto-detection:** Not applicable. Not a VOD-to-clip tool. - **Vertical crop with face tracking:** For AI-generated video, yes. Native 9:16 output. - **Caption accuracy:** Auto-captions on generated clips. - **Starting price:** Plans from $9 a month (Lite, 450 credits), with a 7-day trial for new customers. - **Best for:** Streamers building custom intros, sponsor bumpers, animated character bits, and a faceless companion channel that runs between streams. We are being honest here: MakeAIVideo is not a twitch clip maker. If you want to convert a VOD to short-form clips, one of the five tools above is the right pick. Where MakeAIVideo fits is the adjacent job, the one behind a [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel). Once you have a clip pipeline running, streamers hit the wall of needing original video content to fill the gaps: an AI-animated intro your stream opens with, a sponsor bumper for the mid-roll break, an animated character clip for a Twitter tease (an [AI anime video generator](/ai-anime-video-generator) covers that style), or a full faceless companion YouTube channel that publishes gameplay commentary or reaction-style content without you on camera. MakeAIVideo's [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) mode covers that adjacent content. Character save keeps the AI presenter consistent across weeks. Native 9:16 for the platforms your VOD clips are already going to. One flat monthly number rather than a per-credit maze. > **When MakeAIVideo fits a streamer's stack.** If your identity depends on custom intros and stinger transitions, or if you are building a faceless companion channel alongside your main Twitch stream, this is the AI video tool for that. If all you need is to slice VODs into shorts, save your money and pick Opus Clip or Eklipse instead. ### 7\. Munch, best for cross-platform repurposing - **VOD auto-detection:** Yes. Trained on long-form to short-form conversion. - **Vertical crop with face tracking:** Yes. - **Caption accuracy:** Good. - **Starting price:** Paid tiers on [Munch's website](https://www.getmunch.com/). - **Best for:** Streamers who also publish long-form on YouTube and want one tool for both podcasts and stream VODs. [Munch](https://www.getmunch.com/) sits closer to Opus Clip than to the gaming-specific tools. Solid VOD-to-clip AI with SEO metadata generation built in (auto-titles, hashtags, descriptions for each generated clip). Good pick for streamers whose content is closer to podcast-style long-form (Just Chatting, tutorials, watch-alongs) than to fast-action gameplay. Weaker at game-specific highlight detection. For pure Fortnite or Valorant highlights you will get more value from Eklipse or Powder. ### 8\. Streams Charts, best for clip-worthy moment tracking - **VOD auto-detection:** Not a clip generator. It is Twitch analytics with a clip-tracking layer. - **Vertical crop:** N/A. - **Caption accuracy:** N/A. - **Starting price:** Free tier plus paid analytics plans on [Streams Charts' site](https://streamscharts.com/). - **Best for:** Streamers who want to know which of their existing clips are actually taking off on Twitter and TikTok before spending more time on more. [Streams Charts](https://streamscharts.com/) is not a clip maker; it is a Twitch analytics platform. Included here because clip strategy is about knowing what works, not just producing more. Streams Charts tracks which of your published clips are performing across Twitter, TikTok, and YouTube, and lets you compare your clip performance against similar-tier streamers. Pair with a real clip generator; do not expect this tool to do the clipping. ### 9\. Descript, best for manual VOD editing when AI clips miss - **VOD auto-detection:** Partial. Their AI features surface highlights, but the tool is edit-first. - **Vertical crop with face tracking:** Yes. - **Caption accuracy:** Excellent, driven by their transcription-first workflow. - **Starting price:** Paid tiers on [Descript's pricing page](https://www.descript.com/pricing). - **Best for:** Streamers who want to hand-edit specific moments the AI tools missed, using text-based editing. [Descript](https://www.descript.com/) is the tool to reach for when the AI clip generator missed something you know is gold. Text-based editing means you can scroll the transcript, highlight the exact 30 seconds you want, and export a vertical clip in a few clicks. Not the tool for bulk clip generation; the tool for the one hand-crafted clip that needs to be right. ### 10\. Streamlabs, best all-in-one for smaller streamers - **VOD auto-detection:** Basic clip highlights built into the streaming suite. - **Vertical crop:** Limited native. - **Caption accuracy:** Basic. - **Starting price:** Free tier plus paid Ultra on [Streamlabs' pricing page](https://streamlabs.com/pricing). - **Best for:** Smaller streamers who already use Streamlabs for their overlay and alert setup. [Streamlabs](https://streamlabs.com/) added AI clip features to its broader streaming and creator suite. If you already pay for Streamlabs Ultra, you get a lightweight clip generator included. If you do not, subscribing to Streamlabs only for the clip feature is not the best value; the dedicated tools above are stronger on all three axes. ### 11\. Twitch native clip tool, the free baseline - **VOD auto-detection:** None. Manual clip creation only. - **Vertical crop:** None natively. - **Caption accuracy:** None natively. - **Starting price:** Free, built into [Twitch](https://www.twitch.tv/). - **Best for:** Streamers making zero or one clip per stream, or moderators clipping in real time. The built-in Twitch clip tool is free and it works. Any viewer or mod can hit the clip button during a stream and generate a 60-second clip that lives on Twitch. What it does not do is convert those clips to vertical, add captions, or auto-detect moments across a full VOD. If you are serious about repurposing to TikTok, Shorts, and Reels, you still need one of the AI tools above; if you just want one or two clips per week living on Twitch itself, this is enough. ### 12\. Riverside, Magic Clips for streamer interviews - **VOD auto-detection:** Yes. Magic Clips AI runs on your recorded sessions. - **Vertical crop with face tracking:** Yes. - **Caption accuracy:** Very good. - **Starting price:** Paid tiers on [Riverside's pricing page](https://riverside.fm/pricing). - **Best for:** Streamers who record interview or podcast-style content in Riverside (not directly ingesting Twitch VODs). [Riverside](https://riverside.fm/) is not a Twitch-native ingest tool, but if you record interview segments or podcasts in Riverside for cross-posting, the Magic Clips feature will surface highlight moments and export vertical clips. Good tool for streamers who also run a podcast side; not the tool to buy purely for Twitch VOD conversion. ### 13\. CapCut, best for mobile edit after the clip is captured - **VOD auto-detection:** None. - **Vertical crop:** Yes. - **Caption accuracy:** Good. - **Starting price:** Free with a paid Pro tier on [CapCut's site](https://www.capcut.com/). - **Best for:** Streamers who prefer to finish their clips on their phone. [CapCut](https://www.capcut.com/) is the finishing tool for mobile-first creators. You bring the raw clip (from Opus Clip, Eklipse, or the Twitch clip tool), and CapCut handles the polish on your phone. Not the tool to buy for clip discovery; the tool for the last five minutes before you hit publish. Great value at the free tier. ### 14\. OBS Studio, DIY capture and manual clip export - **VOD auto-detection:** None. Manual capture only. - **Vertical crop:** Manual, in a separate editing tool. - **Caption accuracy:** None. - **Starting price:** Free and open source on [OBS Project's site](https://obsproject.com/). - **Best for:** Streamers who record locally and want raw source files to edit manually. [OBS Studio](https://obsproject.com/) is the streaming and recording tool most Twitch streamers use to broadcast. Its replay-buffer and record-scene features let you save clips as they happen, giving you higher-resolution source files than the Twitch VOD download provides. Not a clip maker in the AI sense; a capture tool that feeds into the AI clip makers above. Combine it with Opus Clip or Eklipse for the best raw-quality pipeline. ## Which clip maker should you actually pick The honest short answer depends on the shape of your stream and the volume you are cutting. **Full-time variety streamer with 30+ VODs a month.** Opus Clip is the safest single-tool pick. Broadest detection, strongest captions, and volume-friendly at the higher tiers. Pair with Submagic for the caption polish pass on your top-performing clips. **Competitive FPS or MOBA streamer.** Eklipse or Powder.gg. Both are cheaper than Opus Clip at the entry tier and their per-game detection catches the kills and wins the generalist tools miss. Test both free tiers and pick the one that better supports your main title. **IRL, Just Chatting, or podcast-style streamer.** Opus Clip or Munch. General-purpose AI detection matches the shape of your content better than gaming-specific detection. **Streamer building a faceless companion channel or custom intro pipeline.** MakeAIVideo for the [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) side, plus one clip generator above. The clip generator handles your Twitch-native content; MakeAIVideo handles the original AI content between streams (intros, animated character bits, sponsor bumpers, full faceless spin-off channel). See the [Instagram Reels generator](/instagram-reels-generator) for how the AI-generated shorts side connects. **Smaller streamer under 500 concurrents.** Twitch native clip tool plus CapCut on your phone. Zero cost, and you are not publishing enough volume yet to justify a paid AI subscription. Upgrade to Opus Clip when you cross 1,000 concurrents and clips start moving numbers. **Cross-platform creator publishing to YouTube long-form and TikTok short-form.** Opus Clip plus Munch. The overlap between the two covers both your stream-derived clips and your podcast-style long-form. Pair with a [TikTok video generator](/tiktok-video-generator) if you also need original short-form. ## What each tier of streamer actually spends Here is a realistic monthly cost breakdown across three streamer tiers. Prices are as of August 2026 and rounded. **Starter tier ($0 to $25/month).** Twitch native clip tool (free) plus CapCut Free plus optional Opus Clip free tier for AI-generated clips. Total: $0 to $25/month. Volume-limited by the free tiers, so cap yourself at around 20 clips a month. Fine for a streamer under 1,000 concurrents testing whether short-form drives channel growth. **Growth tier ($50 to $100/month).** Opus Clip mid-tier ($30 to $50) plus Submagic ($15 to $25) plus one Twitch analytics subscription. Total: $60 to $100/month. Handles a daily posting cadence across TikTok, Shorts, and Reels for a full-time streamer. **Scale tier ($150 to $300/month).** Opus Clip top tier plus Eklipse or Powder ($20 to $30) plus Submagic Pro plus MakeAIVideo Pro at $49 a month from [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) plus Streams Charts analytics. Total: $200 to $300/month. Covers a serious pipeline for a top-tier streamer with a companion faceless channel and paid brand deals. The [AI video generator](/) is the part of that stack that makes original content rather than cutting clips. Every streamer's budget should slot into one of those three tiers. If you are spending more than $300/month across clip tools and your numbers are not growing, the tools are not your problem; posting cadence or content quality is. ## Six mistakes streamers make with AI clip tools The tools do their job. Streamers still find creative ways to sabotage the pipeline. Here are the six failure modes I see most. **1\. Publishing every clip the AI surfaces.** The virality-score prediction is a suggestion, not an approval. Watch every clip back before publishing. The 30% of AI-suggested clips that were the wrong pick will train your audience to scroll past your account. **2\. Ignoring caption accuracy on gaming jargon.** "Frag out" becomes "brag out." "Sniped him" becomes "swiped him." Reading the caption preview before publishing takes 20 seconds. Skipping it costs you 200 unfollows a month. **3\. Cropping loose and losing the HUD.** If your kill notification, minimap, or ammo count is what makes the clip land, and the crop cuts it off, the clip does not land. Set the crop template once with your usual HUD position accounted for, then keep it consistent. **4\. Posting the same clip to TikTok, Shorts, and Reels with the same caption.** Each platform's algorithm reads the caption differently. TikTok rewards keywords in the caption body. Shorts rewards question hooks in the title. Reels rewards concise energy. Rewriting the caption per platform takes two minutes and doubles the reach. Our [AI marketing tools guide](/blog/best-ai-marketing-tools) covers per-platform caption strategy in detail, and the [Instagram Reels generator](/instagram-reels-generator) page covers the anti-patterns a repurposed clip trips most often. **5\. Chasing breakout clips instead of building a signature clip style.** The account that publishes 50 average clips a month wins over the account that publishes 3 breakout-hopeful clips. Consistency beats one-hit swings for growth, especially in your first 90 days. **6\. Not investing in an original-content pipeline alongside the clip pipeline.** Once your Twitch clips are performing, the ceiling is set by your Twitch stream frequency. Streamers who add a companion faceless channel, sponsor bumpers, or animated character bits between streams break through that ceiling. That is the exact gap this tool ranking has us at #6 for. Building that second pipeline is a scheduling problem before it is a tool problem, and the week-shaped production loop in [the AI tools for content creators guide](/blog/best-ai-tools-for-content-creators-2026) is the version that survives a streaming calendar. Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=inline_cta&utm_content=best-twitch-clip-makers-2026)plans from $9/month · allowance tops up monthly ## Twitch clip maker FAQs ### What is the best twitch clip maker overall? Opus Clip is the best all-round pick for most streamers converting VODs to short-form clips. It ships strong AI moment detection, active speaker tracking, and reliable captions in one flow starting around $15/month. Competitive gaming streamers get better per-game detection from Eklipse or Powder.gg. Streamers building a companion [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) add MakeAIVideo as an adjacent tool. ### Is there a free twitch clip maker that actually works? Yes for basic use. The Twitch native clip tool is free and produces 60-second clips that live on Twitch. Free tiers on Opus Clip and Eklipse let you test AI VOD-to-vertical conversion at low volume. Every free tier has watermark or monthly clip limits; if you are publishing daily, expect to upgrade within the first month. ### Can these tools clip YouTube Live or Kick streams too? Most can. Opus Clip, Vizard, Munch, and Descript accept video file uploads or URLs from any platform. Eklipse and Powder are Twitch-first but also support YouTube Live VOD ingest. Kick support is thinner across the board; if you stream primarily on Kick, download the VOD locally and upload as a file. ### How accurate is AI moment detection on gaming VODs? Excellent for the tools built for gaming, mediocre for the general-purpose tools. Eklipse and Powder catch 85-95% of the actual kill and win moments on major FPS titles. Opus Clip and Vizard catch 60-75% on the same VODs but do better on reactions, laughs, and chat-spike moments. Always watch the ten AI-surfaced clips before publishing; the algorithm is a first pass, not a curator. ### Do I need a separate captioning tool if the AI clip tool includes captions? Not always. Opus Clip, Vizard, and Descript ship captions polished enough to publish without a re-cut. Eklipse and Powder ship captions that work but are less styled than the dedicated caption tools. If your account identity depends on animated word-by-word subtitle style, add Submagic for the finishing pass. ### How much does a full clip-pipeline stack cost per month? Realistic ranges start at $0 to $25 for a starter setup. Growth-stage streamers publishing daily spend $60 to $100. Top-tier streamers running a companion faceless channel land at $200 to $300. See the cost breakdown section above for the exact tool combinations at each tier. If you spend more than $300 without growth, the tools are not the constraint. ### Should I use one AI tool or stack multiple? Most serious streamers stack two. One primary clip generator (Opus Clip or Eklipse) for VOD-to-vertical, plus one finishing tool (Submagic or CapCut) for caption and B-roll polish. Adding a third tool only makes sense once you also need original AI content generation between streams; that is where a [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) tool fits. ### Can AI clip tools replace a human editor? For volume yes, for the top 5% of clips no. AI catches most of the highlights and turns around 90% of the work in 1% of the time. The hero clip that hits 5 million views on TikTok usually still benefits from a human editor's frame-by-frame pacing pass. Use AI for the daily cadence, save the manual edit for the one clip per month you are actively pushing. ### Do these tools work if I stream on Twitch but publish to TikTok and Shorts? Yes, this is the default workflow they are built for. Every tool in the ranked list exports 9:16 vertical output ready for TikTok, Shorts, and Reels upload. Most also generate multiple aspect ratios in one export (9:16 for shorts, 1:1 for feed) so you post the same clip across surfaces without re-processing. ### Which tool best matches a full streamer plus faceless companion channel workflow? The best combination is Opus Clip or Eklipse for your Twitch VOD clips, plus MakeAIVideo for the AI-generated content on the companion channel. The clip generator handles your live-stream-derived content. The AI video tool handles the original faceless content that fills the gaps between streams and builds your second channel's library independently. ## Where to start If you are ready to build a real clip pipeline this week, the shortest path is to pick one AI clip tool from the top five, run a two-hour VOD through it, and publish the top three clips it surfaces to TikTok, Shorts, and Reels. That is the exact workflow the tools ranked highest here are built around. For most streamers, Opus Clip is the honest starting pick. Pair with CapCut on your phone for the final polish pass and you have a working stack for under $20/month. Add Eklipse or Powder once you specialise into competitive gaming. Add MakeAIVideo once you want an original-content pipeline for intros, bumpers, and a [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel); plans start at $9 a month for 450 credits, topped back up each billing month. See [MakeAIVideo plans and pricing](/pricing) for what each tier covers. Whichever tool you pick, the same rule applies: post the clips consistently, watch every one before publishing, and let cadence do the heavy lifting. The clip pipeline is a compounding asset. The streamers who understood that in 2024 own the top of TikTok gaming today. ![Jamie Partridge](/images/authors/jamie-partridge.webp) Written by [Jamie Partridge](/about/jamie-partridge) Founder at MakeAIVideo. Writing about AI video generation, scripting, scenes, and shipping content faster. 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MakeAIVideo, Waymark, and HeyGen lead across the working-agent workflow. **The best tools for real estate marketing videos in 2026 are not the ones with the flashiest interior renders. They are the ones that ship a finished, narrated listing ad in under an hour, so you can post fresh video for every new signing without booking a videographer.** This guide ranks 15 real estate video maker tools on the four axes agents actually care about: listing-to-video speed, agent-brand consistency across every property, platform-native output for Reels, TikTok, Shorts, and Meta Ads Manager, and monthly cost you can predict. We rank MakeAIVideo's [AI ad maker](/ai-ad-maker) at #1, but only because it scores well on those specific axes, not because we say so. One scoping note: this list covers anyone selling property on video. If you are an NAR member and the REALTOR mark shapes what you may publish, the section on what changes for REALTORS further down covers the extra obligations. The nuance for real estate specifically is that video has to do three jobs at once: walk a buyer through a property, build the agent's face into a personal brand, and drive paid Meta traffic to a specific listing. A tool that does one of those brilliantly and forces you to bolt the other two on with side apps is worth less than a tool that handles all three at okay quality inside one project. This ranking scores for the whole workflow, not the one moment of the highlight reel. > **How to read this list.** Each tool is scored on four axes: listing-to-video speed (a finished MP4 from a listing description or MLS URL), brand consistency across every listing, platform-native output (9:16 for Reels, TikTok, and Shorts plus 1:1 and 16:9 for Meta Ads), and starting monthly price. The best-for line names the agent profile each tool fits. ## What makes a good real estate video maker in 2026? Before the ranking, a quick explanation of what "good" looks like for a real estate agent shipping video every week. The market sets the stakes: [Forbes reported](https://www.forbes.com/sites/daniellechemtob/2026/05/12/housing-market-freeze-hits-spring-buying-season/) existing home sales rose just 0.2% in April 2026 while the median existing-home price hit $417,700, a 34th straight month of year-on-year gains. Fewer transactions, more marketing per listing. A tool can look brilliant on one hero listing and still fail once you try to run it across 20 signings a quarter. **Listing-to-video speed.** The core capability. A serious real estate video maker in 2026 either accepts a plain-text listing description or ingests a listing URL and returns a scripted, narrated MP4 in minutes. If you still have to write the script, generate the voice, source the b-roll, and stitch them in a separate editor, you have an AI video toy, not a listing pipeline. **Agent-brand consistency.** Buyers recognise an agent within the first second of a clip. Colours, on-screen name treatment, voiceover, and the shot type of the agent's own face need to stay identical across every listing, or the account reads as scattered across 30 different videographers. Tools that let you save a brand kit plus a voice pair together are much stronger than tools that treat brand as a per-render decoration. The same pattern drives an [AI influencer generator](/ai-influencer-generator): one recurring look, held across every video. **Platform-native output.** Reels, TikTok, and Shorts want 9:16 vertical; Meta Ads Manager and Zillow want 1:1 and 16:9 for feed and hero placements. Zillow alone averaged 228 million active users and 9.3 billion site visits in 2024, per [Business of Apps](https://www.businessofapps.com/data/zillow-statistics/). A tool that only exports 16:9 forces a crop, and a bad crop cuts the "3 bed, 2 bath" super off the frame. Strong tools export all three ratios from one project without a manual re-render. **Predictable monthly cost.** A $9 tool that outputs a finished narrated listing ad is a better deal than a $12 tool that stops at a stock-clip slideshow with no voice. Cheap without the workflow saves nothing, and per-credit pricing with no cap is how agents get surprise bills in month two. ## How we ranked each real estate video tool Each tool got the same benchmark. Take one real listing description with three photos, and try to ship a 30-second narrated Reels ad, a 60-second buyer-facing walkthrough, and a 1:1 Meta ad from the same starting material without ever leaving the tool. Then the same again with the agent's brand kit, on the second listing, to test whether the visual identity holds up. Tools that produced all three finished MP4s with a consistent agent brand in under an hour rank highest. Tools that shipped one format only, forced a second editor, or drifted from the brand kit between listings rank lower. We also checked published pricing, the free trial offering, and platform ratio support. Prices are as of August 2026 and rounded to the nearest published tier. Where a tool solves an adjacent problem (a [script to video](/script-to-video) tool, a personalised email tool, a corporate presenter) it still made the list, because agents search for it and the best-for verdict says what it actually solves. ## The listing-first specialists The three tools that ranked highest are built around the "listing-in, finished ad-out" workflow that a working agent actually needs on a weekly cadence. ### 1\. MakeAIVideo, best for turning listings into narrated video ads - **Best for:** Agents shipping a finished, narrated listing ad for Reels, TikTok, or Meta Ads Manager from a plain-text listing description or a script. - **Pros:** Prompt-to-finished-MP4 in one flow. Vertical, square, and landscape ratios. A reusable presenter and voice so every listing sounds like the same agent, plus a Brand Kit logo watermark from the Plus tier up. Transparent pricing from $9 a month on the Lite plan, with no per-credit surprise bills. - **Cons:** Not a cinematic-shot tool (Runway wins there). Not a screen-recording tool for buyer follow-up (Loom wins there). Not a personalised-email player (BombBomb wins there). - **Pricing:** From $9 a month, higher tiers and one-time top-up packs on [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing). - **Trial:** 7 days for new customers, card required, with trial videos capped at 10 seconds of script. We rank ourselves #1 not by self-praise but because our [AI ad maker](/ai-ad-maker) is built around exactly the four axes above. You paste a listing description and, a few minutes later, you have a finished narrated MP4 ready for Reels, TikTok, or Meta Ads Manager. On Plus and Pro, the Brand Kit puts your logo watermark on every listing so your posts read as the same agent. And the pricing is one number per plan, not a per-credit maze whose true cost only shows up after the first month. What we are not the best at: cinematic single hero shots of exteriors, screen-share buyer follow-ups, and video email sequences. If your priority is one of those specifically, the specialist tools further down this list have edges we do not claim. > **When to pick MakeAIVideo over the specialists.** If your posting cadence is weekly listing ads plus buyer intro videos across Reels, TikTok, and Meta, listing-to-video speed and brand consistency are the axes that matter most. Those are the axes this pipeline is built around. If you only need one hero exterior shot or one personalised email a month, save your money and pick a specialist below. ### 2\. Waymark, best for auto-generating ads from a listing URL - **Best for:** Solo agents and small teams who want an ad from a Zillow or MLS URL in five minutes with zero editing. - **Pros:** Purpose-built for local businesses including real estate. Ingests a listing URL and auto-scripts an ad. Local-market TV and Meta placements out of the box. - **Cons:** Monthly cost is higher than most on this list. Less flexible when you want to depart from the template. - **Pricing:** See [Waymark's published plans](https://waymark.com/marketing/pricing). - **Fit for real estate:** Strong when your listing already lives on a public URL and you want an ad without touching a script. Waymark is one of the very few AI video tools that was designed for local business ads first, with real estate as a named use case. If your goal is "here is a listing URL, give me a ready-to-run ad", the friction is close to zero. The trade-off is that once you want the ad to look meaningfully different from the template, you hit a wall fast. ### 3\. HeyGen, best for spokesperson-style agent intros - **Best for:** Agents who want a photorealistic AI presenter to read scripted market updates, buyer FAQs, or listing intros to camera. - **Pros:** Strong avatars, saved voice, scaled scripts. Good if you want a talking-head video every day without filming. - **Cons:** Avatar-only. Not a listing walkthrough tool. Voice-clone options priced up at higher tiers. - **Pricing:** See [HeyGen's published tiers](https://www.heygen.com/pricing). - **Fit for real estate:** Best when your video strategy is "scripted market updates read to camera by a consistent presenter", not walkthroughs. [HeyGen](https://www.heygen.com/) is a strong tool but pointed at a different problem than a listing-first pipeline. If your channel plan is a talking-head market update every week, HeyGen is arguably the best pick on this list. Pair it with a listing-walkthrough tool for the property side, or use an [AI spokesperson video](/ai-spokesperson-video) for the same shape of talking-head presenter alongside your listing ads. ## Enterprise avatars and social template kits The next two tools sit at the edges of the specialist group. Synthesia is where brokerage-scale training video ends up, and Ripl is where a template-first realtor social kit ends up. ### 4\. Synthesia, best for brokerage training and compliance video - **Best for:** Brokerage teams building internal onboarding, compliance walkthroughs, and Fair Housing training video at scale. - **Pros:** Enterprise-grade avatars. Strong for internal training and compliance. Multi-user teams and workflow controls. - **Cons:** Not designed for daily social listing ads. Enterprise pricing. - **Pricing:** See [Synthesia's plans](https://www.synthesia.io/pricing). - **Fit for real estate:** Right when the buyer is the brokerage's L&D lead, not the listing agent. [Synthesia](https://www.synthesia.io/) is where large brokerages tend to end up for internal training and compliance video, and it does that job well. It is not the tool you pick to ship a Reels ad for tomorrow's open house. For a smaller team who wants presenter video without enterprise pricing, our [AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar) is the lighter alternative. For a deeper head-to-head on which corporate-avatar tool wins on which axis, our comparison at [best HeyGen alternatives](/blog/best-heygen-alternatives) walks through the trade-offs. ### 5\. Ripl, best for social-first realtor templates - **Best for:** Agents who want a template-driven social kit for market updates, "just sold" posts, and open-house announcements. - **Pros:** Real estate templates. Social-first. Fast to a first post. - **Cons:** Template-heavy, less flexibility. Not built for listing walkthroughs. - **Pricing:** See [Ripl's pricing](https://www.ripl.com/features-and-price). - **Fit for real estate:** Strong for the "one social post a day" side of an agent's marketing, weaker for property walkthroughs. Ripl has built explicitly for the realtor social workflow for years and it shows in the template library. If your posting problem is "I need to say 'just sold' or 'open house Saturday' every week and it needs to look polished", Ripl is a good pick. Ask it for a two-minute buyer walkthrough and you hit the limits of the template model. ## The social and paid-ad workflow tools The next five tools solve pieces of the wider real estate marketing stack: buyer follow-up email, text-to-video for market updates, cinematic hero clips, and script-to-video that pulls from a stock library. ### 6\. BombBomb, best for personalised video email - **Best for:** Agents whose lead-nurture and buyer follow-up runs through video email, not social. - **Pros:** Personalised video email built into your sending flow. CRM integrations. Buyer follow-up sequences. - **Cons:** Not a listing-ad or social tool. Adds a monthly cost on top of your CRM. - **Pricing:** See [BombBomb's plans](https://bombbomb.com/pricing/). - **Fit for real estate:** Right when your business is buyer-follow-up-heavy and less about paid social. BombBomb has been the default video-email tool for sales pros for years, and real estate is one of its core verticals. A "here is a personalised welcome video for your buyer search" pattern gets much stronger response than a plain email. It does not replace a listing-ad tool; it sits alongside one. If your video plan is short-form for property listings, an [Instagram Reels generator](/instagram-reels-generator) covers that side and BombBomb covers the personalised email side. ### 7\. InVideo AI, best for text-to-video listing scripts - **Best for:** Agents who want to paste a listing description and get a scripted, voiced video back with matched b-roll. - **Pros:** Text-to-video pipeline. Handles the scripting step. Multiple voice options. - **Cons:** Default stock is not real estate specific. Template look is recognisable. - **Pricing:** See [InVideo AI's plans](https://invideo.io/ai/pricing/). - **Fit for real estate:** Useful for market-update explainers, weaker for listing walkthroughs where your own photos matter more than stock. InVideo AI is one of the better general-purpose text-to-video tools if your source material is a written listing description or a market recap you have drafted. The gap is that its b-roll library is broad rather than real estate specific, so the finished ad can end up with generic city footage instead of the actual property. Pair it with a listing-first tool for the walkthrough side. A [script to video](/script-to-video) tool has the same limit, since its scenes are stock footage or generated, so when the actual property must be on screen, animate the listing photos one at a time with an image-to-video step and cut them together in an editor. ### 8\. Pictory, best for turning market-update blogs into video - **Best for:** Agents who already write monthly market-update blogs and want to spin each one into a video. - **Pros:** Script-to-video with stock. Auto-summarises long-form into short-form video. Solid captioning. - **Cons:** Stock library not real estate specific. Weaker for property walkthroughs. - **Pricing:** See [Pictory's plans](https://pictory.ai/pricing). - **Fit for real estate:** Good for "we already publish a monthly newsletter and want a video version", weak for listing ads. Pictory sits in the same shape as InVideo AI but leans further into blog-to-video and long-form-to-short-form summarisation. If your marketing includes a real estate blog or newsletter, Pictory shortens the journey from a written market recap to a shareable video. It is not the pick for a listing walkthrough where the property is the star. ### 9\. Fliki, best for narrated listing walkthroughs on a budget - **Best for:** Agents on a tight monthly budget who need clean AI narration over their own listing photos. - **Pros:** Cheap. Natural AI voices. Simple text-plus-photo pipeline. - **Cons:** Less polished visual output than the mid-tier. Weaker templating. - **Pricing:** See [Fliki's plans](https://fliki.ai/pricing). - **Fit for real estate:** Reasonable entry point for agents testing whether narrated video helps their listings before committing to a fuller tool. Fliki is one of the more affordable text-to-video tools with credible AI voices. For an agent testing whether narrated listing walkthroughs actually move listing inquiries, Fliki is a low-commitment way to find out. Upgrade to a mid-tier tool once you need brand-kit continuity across every listing. ### 10\. Runway, best for cinematic property hero clips - **Best for:** Agents at the luxury end who want cinematic, drone-style aerials or dramatic weather variations on a hero property. - **Pros:** Strongest cinematic AI clips on this list. Gen-3 and Gen-4 motion quality. Great for luxury and pre-construction. - **Cons:** Not a listing-ad workflow. Cost per generation. No brand-kit reuse. - **Pricing:** See [Runway's plans](https://runwayml.com/pricing). - **Fit for real estate:** Right for the hero clip on a $5M listing, wrong for every other property on your roster. [Runway](https://runwayml.com/) produces the most cinematographic AI clips on this list. For a luxury property that deserves one dramatic 15-second hero cut, Runway is the tool. For 20 listings a quarter with a consistent agent brand, it is not a full workflow; you pair it with a listing-video tool. If you need to combine a cinematic Runway hero with the rest of a shorts-format ad, do the stitching in an editor and build the rest of the ad in an [AI Shorts generator](/ai-shorts-generator). ## The buyer-follow-up and utility tools The remaining five tools cover the smaller jobs around a real estate marketing stack: budget avatars, screen recording, mobile editing, and design suites that most agents already pay for. ### 11\. Vidnoz, best for budget avatar market updates - **Best for:** Agents who want a talking-head avatar for weekly market updates at a lower price point than HeyGen. - **Pros:** Cheap avatar tier. Fast to a first video. Decent voice options. - **Cons:** Avatars less polished than HeyGen and Synthesia. Brand feel less premium. - **Pricing:** See [Vidnoz's plans](https://www.vidnoz.com/pricing.html). - **Fit for real estate:** Reasonable for market-update content when you cannot justify HeyGen pricing yet. Vidnoz has moved fast on price and now sits well below HeyGen at the entry tier. For an agent whose video strategy is a monthly market update with a stable talking-head presenter, it is a working option. As soon as brand polish matters (luxury market, high-end brokerage), move up to HeyGen or a presenter-video build with tighter output control. ### 12\. Descript, best for recorded market-update videos - **Best for:** Agents comfortable recording themselves on camera who want text-based editing and easy re-cuts. - **Pros:** Text-based editing. Transcript-first. Overdub for fixes without re-recording. Screen and camera together. - **Cons:** You still have to record. No AI avatar. Not a listing walkthrough tool by itself. - **Pricing:** See [Descript's pricing](https://www.descript.com/pricing). - **Fit for real estate:** Best for agents who prefer their own face to an AI avatar and want a fast editor. Descript is the sharpest editor on this list for anyone comfortable being on camera themselves. The transcript-first editing model means a market-update video takes a fraction of the time it would in a timeline editor. It does not replace a listing walkthrough tool but pairs cleanly with one. ### 13\. Canva, best if you already live in Canva - **Best for:** Agents whose brochures, flyers, and social graphics already run through Canva. - **Pros:** Video mode alongside design. Existing brand kit. Multi-format templates. - **Cons:** Less AI-first than dedicated video tools. Weaker on narrated video. - **Pricing:** See [Canva's plans](https://www.canva.com/pricing/). - **Fit for real estate:** Strong for agents already using Canva for print and web collateral, weaker as a standalone real estate video maker. Canva's video mode is genuinely competent for slideshow-style listing videos with music, on-screen captions, and template motion. If your brochures already live in Canva, the design continuity across print and video is a real win. For a scripted narrated listing walkthrough, a dedicated video tool ships faster. ### 14\. CapCut, best mobile editor for on-the-fly listing tours - **Best for:** Agents who walk properties with a phone in hand and edit on the same device before leaving the driveway. - **Pros:** Free tier. TikTok-native effects and transitions. Fast on iPhone and Android. - **Cons:** Manual editing. No auto-narration or scripting. Templates lean entertainment, not real estate. - **Pricing:** Free base tier plus paid Pro. See [CapCut's product page](https://www.capcut.com/). - **Fit for real estate:** Right for the "walked-through-with-a-phone" tour cut on the day, wrong for a paid ad campaign. CapCut is the workhorse mobile editor for anyone shooting on a phone. For an agent who does their own walkthroughs at the listing, CapCut on-device turns raw footage into a shareable Reels cut before the drive back. Pair it with a scripting or narration tool for the paid-ad side. The hook and end card on your own phone footage stay a CapCut job; when you want a scripted, narrated ad without filming, a [TikTok video generator](/tiktok-video-generator) makes one from a prompt. ### 15\. Loom, best for screen-share buyer follow-up - **Best for:** Agents who send buyers 3-minute walkthroughs of MLS listings, comparable sales, or offer breakdowns from a laptop. - **Pros:** Instant screen record with agent face inset. Shareable link with view tracking. - **Cons:** Not a public ad tool. Recorded, not scripted or narrated by AI. - **Pricing:** See [Loom's plans](https://www.loom.com/pricing). - **Fit for real estate:** Ideal for private buyer follow-up on a laptop, wrong shape for social listing ads. Loom is the fastest way to send a personalised walkthrough to a specific buyer without arranging a call. Point at the MLS page, hit record, talk through the listing, send the link. It is not a social-ad tool; it sits in the buyer-follow-up slot alongside a listing-ad tool that covers public marketing. ## Side-by-side at a glance Here are the 15 tools scored on the four axes together, useful when you already know which axis matters most for your business. **Listing-to-video speed (fastest):** MakeAIVideo, Waymark, InVideo AI, Pictory, Fliki. All ingest text or a URL and return a finished narrated MP4 in minutes. **Agent-brand consistency (strongest):** MakeAIVideo, HeyGen, Synthesia, Ripl. Presenter and voice hold across every render without re-configuring per project. **Platform-native output for Reels, TikTok, Shorts plus Meta 1:1:** MakeAIVideo, Waymark, InVideo AI, Pictory, Canva, CapCut. All output the three most common real estate ratios from one project (in MakeAIVideo, one ratio per render: switch it in the editor and export again). **Starting price under $30:** MakeAIVideo (Lite plan at $9 a month), Fliki, Vidnoz, Canva, CapCut, Loom. Free tiers exist on Canva, CapCut, Loom, Fliki, and Vidnoz with watermark or resolution limits. Across all four axes together, MakeAIVideo's [AI ad maker](/ai-ad-maker) ranks first for the working real estate agent because listing-to-video speed, brand consistency, and platform output are treated as three joined problems, not three features to re-configure per listing. ## Which real estate video tool fits your workflow? The honest short answer depends on which piece of your marketing dominates the week. **Shipping a paid Reels or Meta ad for every new listing?** MakeAIVideo or Waymark are the closest fits. Our [AI ad maker](/ai-ad-maker) edges ahead on a reusable presenter and transparent pricing; Waymark wins if your listings already live on public URLs and you want the very shortest path from URL to ad. **Weekly market update to camera?** HeyGen if you want an AI presenter, Descript if you prefer your own face. Both ship a polished weekly video in under an hour once the workflow is set up. Vidnoz is the budget alternative to HeyGen. **Brokerage-scale internal training or compliance video?** Synthesia is the enterprise pick. HeyGen also plays here at the mid-market. For a lighter alternative that still handles a scripted presenter, an [AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar) covers the same job without enterprise pricing. **Buyer follow-up video via email or private link?** BombBomb for the email-first pattern, Loom for the ad-hoc screen-share pattern. These sit alongside a listing-ad tool rather than competing with one. **Luxury or pre-construction hero shots?** Runway for the cinematic 15-second cut on a hero property. Pair it with a listing-ad tool for the other 90% of your roster where standard property video is enough. **Already living in Canva or CapCut?** Both are competent for the video side of an existing design workflow. Upgrade to a dedicated AI listing tool when the manual editing cost per listing starts eating your Saturday mornings. > **Tool switching cost is real.** Migrating brand kit and voice from one tool to another means rebuilding the visual identity every listing shares. The consistency loss during migration is worth more than the monthly cost saved. Pick the tool that fits your 12-month workflow now, not the cheapest one for month one. ## What changes if you are an NAR REALTOR Everything above applies to any licensee. Holding the REALTOR mark adds obligations a plain licensee does not carry, and they change which tools are worth paying for. **The Code of Ethics covers your ads.** NAR members are bound by the [NAR Code of Ethics](https://www.nar.realtor/about-nar/governing-documents/code-of-ethics), notably Article 12 on giving a true picture in advertising and Article 15 on false statements about competitors. An AI voiceover will happily call a plunge tub a "resort-style pool" or a 20-minute drive "walk to the beach". No AI tool enforces Article 12 for you, so pick one that lets you read and rewrite the script before render, and check every generated line against the listing sheet before you publish. **The REALTOR mark has its own rules.** The "R" mark on an intro card, a closing frame, or an agent avatar has to follow [NAR's trademark rules](https://www.nar.realtor/logos-and-trademark-rules). Video tools do not check trademark compliance either. Get the treatment right once in your logo file and reuse that file, rather than retyping the mark per clip. On MakeAIVideo, the Brand Kit on Plus and Pro is a single watermark logo, so the file you upload is the one every render carries. **Two identities, one plan.** Inside a franchise brokerage, some of your video lives under the brokerage's brand (MLS syndication, the IDX site) and some under your personal brand (your own Reels and TikTok). Decide which identity each placement carries before you batch a week of listings, so your listing ads and your personal Reels do not end up looking like two different agents. **Social is a lead channel for REALTORS, not a vanity one.** A Forbes Agency Council piece reports [39% of active agents rank social media as their top lead-generation technology](https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbesagencycouncil/2025/12/22/social-media-marketing-for-real-estate-key-strategies-for-success/), ahead of CRM tools and the MLS. The wider marketing data points the same way: HubSpot reports [83% of video marketers say video helps them generate leads](https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/video-marketing). For a REALTOR, that makes a consistent weekly listing ad a lead-generation habit first and a branding exercise second. **Fair Housing applies on top of NAR.** The HUD guidance in the mistakes section below binds REALTORS and non-members alike. The NAR obligations add to it; they do not replace it. ## How much does a real estate video tool cost in 2026? Here is what a real estate agent's video stack actually costs at three common budget tiers in 2026, assuming you combine tools sensibly rather than paying for overlap. Set it against the market: US residential real estate transactions were worth roughly $1.5 trillion in 2025, per [Statista](https://www.statista.com/topics/1618/residential-housing-in-the-us/). One extra signing pays for a year of any stack below. **Starter tier (under $30/month total).** A newer agent testing whether video moves listings. MakeAIVideo Lite at $9 a month for listing ads, plus CapCut free for on-phone edits when you walk a property yourself. Total: $9/month. Ships a narrated listing ad per new signing, plus a raw phone walkthrough per listing. Enough to prove the channel works before you scale spend. Plans and top-up packs are on [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing). **Growth tier ($30 to $100/month total).** An agent doing 3 to 6 listings a month who wants weekly market updates on top. A mid-size MakeAIVideo pack for listings and short-form ads, plus HeyGen mid-tier for the weekly presenter market update, plus Descript for occasional own-camera walkthroughs. Total: typically $60 to $90/month depending on tiers chosen. Delivers a fresh Reels ad per listing plus a weekly presenter video. **Scale tier ($200 to $500/month total).** A team lead running paid Meta ads and holding a full content channel. The largest MakeAIVideo pack for listings and paid ads, HeyGen or Synthesia for scaled presenter content, Waymark for URL-to-ad shortcuts on high-volume listings, BombBomb for buyer email nurture, and Runway credits for occasional cinematic hero clips on luxury inventory. ## What mistakes should real estate agents avoid with AI video? Every real estate account we have watched adopt AI video has hit at least two of these five mistakes in the first month. The format is not what fails: marketers in [HubSpot's 2026 marketing statistics](https://www.hubspot.com/marketing-statistics) rank short-form video the highest-ROI content format at 49%. **1\. Producing ads without brand-kit reuse.** The first ad looks great. The second ad looks like a different agent because the tool re-picked colours and voice from the template pool. Buyers scrolling a feed of your account see six different visual identities inside a week. Fix this by picking a tool with a saved brand kit that stays locked across every listing, or by locking your own template in the tool that lets you. **2\. Depicting preferred buyer demographics in the ad.** Fair Housing Act rules in the US restrict advertising that steers on race, family status, age, national origin, disability, sex, colour, or religion. An AI voiceover script that says "perfect for a young family" or a stock clip that visually implies a demographic can trip this. The [HUD guide to Fair Housing advertising](https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/fair_housing_equal_opp/fair_housing_act_overview) is the source of truth here. Keep AI-generated ad copy demographic-neutral, and audit every stock clip your tool selects. **3\. Skipping the platform ratio step.** A 16:9 listing walkthrough posted to Reels shows up as a tiny band with black bars top and bottom. A vertical 9:16 pushed into a Meta 1:1 slot loses either the agent's name or the address super. [Pew Research Center](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/11/20/americans-social-media-use-2025/) puts YouTube at 84% of US adults, Facebook at 71%, Instagram at 50%, and TikTok at 37%, so no single ratio reaches your whole buyer pool. Every serious listing needs at least a 9:16 for Reels, TikTok, Shorts and a 1:1 for Meta feed. The stronger tools export both from one project; make sure yours does before you commit. **4\. Auto-narrating without editing the AI voice's real estate misreads.** AI voices in 2026 still stumble on street names, cul-de-sac pronunciations, and neighbourhood-specific pronunciations. An ad that mispronounces the neighbourhood every buyer knows reads amateur, fast. Always listen to the full voiceover once before publishing, and use the tool's pronunciation override if the voice mispronounces a local name. **5\. Recycling a listing walkthrough as an ad without a hook.** A walkthrough video and a paid ad are not the same asset. An ad needs a 3-second hook that promises the buyer something (a price band, a neighbourhood, a specific interior feature). Pulling the listing walkthrough straight into Meta Ads Manager without editing a hook onto the front is why so many agents burn ad spend on a video with a 4% completion rate. If the hook needs a moving opening frame, [animate a photo](/image-to-video) of the hero shot and lead with that clip. Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=inline_cta&utm_content=best-video-tools-for-real-estate-agents-2026)plans from $9/month · allowance tops up monthly ## Real estate marketing videos FAQs ### What is the best tool for real estate marketing videos overall? MakeAIVideo is the best overall pick for the working agent who ships listing ads, buyer walkthroughs, and Meta paid content on a weekly cadence. It ships a narrated MP4 from a listing description in minutes, adds a Brand Kit logo watermark from Plus up, and renders in each of the three ratios paid social needs (switch the ratio in the editor and export again). Starts at $9/month. Specialist tools like HeyGen (presenter) and Runway (cinematic) edge ahead in narrower use cases; MakeAIVideo's [AI ad maker](/ai-ad-maker) wins on the full weekly workflow. ### What is the cheapest real estate video maker? Free tiers exist on Canva, CapCut, Loom, Fliki, and Vidnoz, all with watermark or resolution caps. For unwatermarked output, MakeAIVideo starts at $9. Fliki and Vidnoz sit in the low-$20s. Everything else above starts at $25 or more per month. [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) is one number per plan or pack, not a per-credit maze. ### Does an AI tool for real estate videos handle Fair Housing compliance? No AI tool automatically enforces Fair Housing rules. The agent is responsible for the finished creative. What good tools do is give you full script control before render, so you can review and rewrite anything the AI generated that steers on demographic. Always read the finished voiceover and on-screen text against the HUD guidance before publishing an ad. ### Can these tools translate a listing video into Spanish for a bilingual market? Some can. Tools with multiple voice libraries (InVideo AI, Fliki, HeyGen) can regenerate the narration in Spanish from the same source script. Verify the specific Spanish voice you want is available on the plan you buy, not just the marketing page. Bilingual markets in Florida, Texas, and California often see meaningful lift from a Spanish-language version of the same walkthrough. ### Do I need a videographer if I use one of these tools? Not for weekly listing ads, market updates, or paid Meta creative. You still might want one for a hero property shoot on a $5M listing where the interior deserves a real cinematographer. The realistic pattern in 2026 is AI for volume and consistency, human videography for the top 5% of your inventory that justifies the shoot. ### Which of these tools work with MLS listing URLs? Waymark is the tool most explicitly built around ingesting a listing URL. Other tools accept a pasted listing description as the source material, which gets you 90% of the way with more flexibility. Some brokerages block third-party MLS scraping, so check with your broker before wiring up a URL-based tool to your MLS profile. ### How long should a real estate video ad actually be? Short-form paid ads on Meta convert best in the 15 to 30 second range. Full listing walkthroughs on YouTube or the agent's website often run 90 seconds to 3 minutes. Buyer follow-up videos via Loom or BombBomb are typically 2 to 5 minutes because the buyer already knows you. [Sprout Social's video research](https://sproutsocial.com/insights/social-media-video-statistics/) has short-form under 60 seconds as the format most social users say they engage with on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok. Pick the tool that natively targets the format you post most. ### Are HeyGen and Synthesia really different from a listing-video tool? Yes. Both build a scripted talking-head presenter reading a market update or explainer to camera. That is a different asset from a listing walkthrough, where the property is the star, not the presenter. Our [HeyGen vs Synthesia head-to-head](/blog/heygen-vs-synthesia) covers when each is the right choice, and our [best HeyGen alternatives](/blog/best-heygen-alternatives) guide puts them alongside the wider presenter field. ### Should I disclose that a listing ad is AI-generated? Yes on Meta, TikTok, and YouTube, each of which has an AI-content disclosure toggle you tick at upload. Some MLS boards also require disclosure of AI narration or AI-generated imagery. If the ad carries a client testimonial, the [FTC's rules on endorsements, reviews, and testimonials](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/advertising-marketing/endorsements-influencers-reviews) apply on top, regardless of how the video was produced. The safe policy is to disclose on every asset that includes AI-generated narration or visuals; non-disclosure risks account penalties and, in some jurisdictions, MLS sanctions. ### Which tool should a brand-new agent pick first? Start with one tool that covers listing ads end-to-end rather than assembling a stack. MakeAIVideo Lite at $9 a month plus CapCut free is the cheapest working combination and covers listing ads and on-phone walkthroughs. Add a presenter or email tool later, once weekly listing video is a solved habit and not still a monthly experiment. ## Where to start If you are ready to ship real estate marketing videos this week, the shortest path is to pick a listing-first tool, load your brand kit once, and ship a narrated Reels ad on your next signing. For MakeAIVideo's [AI ad maker](/ai-ad-maker) specifically, the listing-to-ad flow covers script generation from a listing description, narrated voiceover, a Brand Kit logo watermark on Plus and Pro, and native 9:16, 1:1, or 16:9 output: render one ratio, then switch the ratio in the editor and export again from the same project. Plans start at $9 a month for 450 credits, refreshed monthly. [Plans and pricing](/pricing) show one number per plan or pack, not a per-credit maze. Whichever tool you pick, the same rule applies. Brand consistency across every listing is the axis that matters most for a real estate account. Pick the tool that ships that as a first-class feature and the rest of your weekly video habit gets much easier. ![Jamie Partridge](/images/authors/jamie-partridge.webp) Written by [Jamie Partridge](/about/jamie-partridge) Founder at MakeAIVideo. Writing about AI video generation, scripting, scenes, and shipping content faster. [More about the author](/about/jamie-partridge) ## Free AI video tools - [ Video Script Generator Generate 6 full HOOK / BODY / CTA video scripts in any format, short-form, long-form, tutorial, VSL, talking-head, product demo. Free, no signup, instant. ](/tools/video-script-generator) - [ Video Hook Generator Generate 10 attention-grabbing video hooks for any topic. Patterns proven to drive watch-through on TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-hook-generator) - [ Video Idea Generator Get 10 ready-to-shoot video ideas tailored to your niche. Built from formats that consistently win views on TikTok, Reels, and Shorts. 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We make MakeAIVideo, an [AI explainer video](/ai-explainer-video) tool, and we did not put ourselves at the top of this list. Whiteboard is a specific hand-drawn output style, and the specialists genuinely lead here. Our tool is included further down as an AI-first alternative for buyers who care about the finished narrated explainer more than the drawing style itself. The trap most people fall into is spending three hours choosing a whiteboard tool and another six weeks learning it, when the actual outcome they need is "a short animated explainer of my framework that I can send to a lead or embed in a course module." Sometimes the drawing style matters. Often the finished video matters more than the style. This list helps you tell the difference before you subscribe. If you already know you want any solid narrated explainer rather than the specific hand-drawn look, an [AI video generator](/) that turns a script into a finished video may be the shorter path. > **How to read this list.** Each tool is scored on four axes: drawing quality (does the sketch style hold up on a big screen?), template and character library (how much do you have to build from scratch?), narration workflow (voice-over recording, sync, and AI voices), and starting monthly price. The "best for" line at the end of each entry tells you which specific buyer profile the tool fits. ## What whiteboard animation actually is Whiteboard animation is the specific format popularised by RSA Animate on YouTube in the early 2010s and turned into a mass-market product by Sparkol's VideoScribe. A hand appears on a plain white background, sketches a diagram or figure while a voice-over explains the idea, then wipes it away and starts the next scene. The style works because the hand mimics a lecturer at a whiteboard, which keeps attention on the sequence of ideas rather than on the production value. [Statista's e-learning and digital education tracking](https://www.statista.com/topics/3115/e-learning-and-digital-education/) shows why the format keeps finding buyers among educators and course creators, and [HubSpot's video-marketing research](https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/video-marketing) covers the wider evidence for explainer-style video across marketing channels. That framing matters when you evaluate tools. A "whiteboard video maker" that renders 3D animated characters on a coloured background is technically a doodle-style animation product, not whiteboard animation in the strict sense. Both categories overlap in the search results, and both have a place in an educator's stack, but they solve different problems. The tools ranked highest here are the ones closest to the classic hand-drawn-on-white format. The tools further down include animated explainer platforms that some buyers arrive at while searching for whiteboard software because they want the same outcome without the specific visual constraint. If you want the wider category framing first, whiteboard sits in one corner of a wider animation market, next to the character studios and model-first toolkits that compete for the same budget. If the style you actually want is anime rather than marker on white, an [AI anime video generator](/ai-anime-video-generator) is a different, faster route. ## How we tested each tool Every tool got the same benchmark. Take a real 400-word explainer script (a coach's five-step framework for a client onboarding call) and produce a two-minute animated video from it. Time how long the first draft takes, note where the friction lives, then re-render with a small script change and time the second pass. Tools that stayed under 90 minutes for the first render ranked highest. Tools that stayed under 15 minutes for the second render ranked highest again, because most real-world use is iteration, not first-drafts. We also checked published pricing, the free trial or free tier offering, and whether narration lives inside the tool or has to be brought in from outside. Prices are as of August 2026 and rounded to the nearest published tier; where a tool's price depends on seat count or usage credits we linked the pricing page and named the tier rather than invented a number. Cross-checks against the wider explainer category came from [our AI marketing tools roundup](/blog/best-ai-marketing-tools), which covers the tools buyers often pair with a whiteboard product for distribution and analytics. ## The pure whiteboard animation specialists The tools in this group are the ones you pick when the hand-drawn-on-white style itself is the reason you are here. If you skip these you are picking a different category. All three have been shipping the format for years and their asset libraries are the deepest in the market. If the specialist route feels heavier than needed for your project, an [AI explainer video maker](/ai-explainer-video) is one of the AI-first shortcuts ranked further down. ### 1\. VideoScribe, best overall for classic whiteboard animation VideoScribe by Sparkol is the tool most people picture when they hear "whiteboard animation." It has been the category leader since the format broke out, and the asset library, hand styles, and drawing engine reflect that. The workflow is drag-a-symbol, place-text, add-narration, hit render, and the output looks like the RSA Animate videos that made the style famous. - **Best for:** Coaches, educators, and YouTubers who want the classic hand-drawn-on-white explainer style, no compromises. - **Pros:** Deepest asset library of any tool on this list; multiple hand and pen styles; robust voice-over sync; long track record with published case studies. - **Cons:** Desktop-first workflow feels dated next to modern SaaS tools; the interface has a learning curve; annual billing pushes the effective monthly cost higher than the sticker. - **Pricing:** See [VideoScribe's published pricing](https://www.videoscribe.co/en/pricing) for current Pro and Team tiers. - **Fit for this vertical:** If the visual style is the reason you searched for whiteboard animation software, this is the strongest match. Not much AI here, but that is not what the buyer profile is asking for. ### 2\. Doodly, best desktop app for coaches and course creators Doodly is the second-most-recognisable name in the category and takes a slightly different approach. Instead of a purely cloud-based editor it ships as a desktop application, which some buyers prefer because a slow home internet connection does not stall the workflow. The character library skews toward business-casual figures that fit coaching, consulting, and course-creator content. - **Best for:** Coaches and online course creators shipping a repeatable framework video every few weeks. - **Pros:** Character and prop library sized for business and coaching contexts; offline editing; multiple canvas styles including greenboard and blackboard variants. - **Cons:** Desktop-only install means it does not travel between machines easily; asset importing has quirks; the Toonly stable of related products can be confusing when picking a tier. - **Pricing:** See [Doodly's plans page](https://www.doodly.com/pricing/) for current Standard and Enterprise tiers. - **Fit for this vertical:** Strong for coaches with a stable production laptop who ship on a monthly cadence. Weaker for teams collaborating across offices. ### 3\. Explaindio, best for mixed sketch and character animation Explaindio sits between pure whiteboard and animated explainer. It handles hand-drawn sketch style but also brings in 2D and 3D character animation, which some buyers want when a straight whiteboard video would feel monotonous over the length of a course module. The trade-off is that the workflow is more complex and the polish per scene is lower than a pure specialist would deliver. - **Best for:** L&D teams and course creators who want to mix whiteboard scenes with occasional character animation inside the same video. - **Pros:** Broader stylistic range than pure whiteboard tools; supports importing PowerPoint slides as scenes; large template library. - **Cons:** The mixed-style approach means neither the sketch nor the character output is as polished as a dedicated tool would deliver; interface is dense. - **Pricing:** See [Explaindio's pricing page](https://explaindio.com/) for current tier structure and any published lifetime deals. - **Fit for this vertical:** A good pick if your finished video is 5 to 10 minutes long and needs visual variety to hold attention. Overkill for a 90-second single-topic explainer. ## AI-first and enterprise alternatives These three tools are what buyers pick when they either want an AI-driven shortcut to a narrated explainer, or need enterprise-grade whiteboard production with account management on top. They rank in the middle of the list because they are not pure whiteboard specialists, but they solve the underlying "I need a narrated explainer video by Friday" problem faster than the tier-one tools do. ### 4\. MakeAIVideo, best AI-first alternative when the drawing style is not the priority MakeAIVideo is not a whiteboard animation tool. It does not render a hand drawing figures on a white background. We are on this list because a large share of people searching for whiteboard software actually want any short narrated explainer, and are choosing whiteboard as a proxy for "animated, cheap, done fast." If that describes you, the AI-first route we run is a shorter path than a dedicated whiteboard tool. Paste a script or a prompt, pick a voice, get a rendered narrated MP4 without the drawing-style constraint. If the hand-drawn aesthetic is genuinely load-bearing for your audience, pick one of the specialists above instead. - **Best for:** Educators, coaches, and marketers who want a narrated animated explainer fast and are not committed to the specific whiteboard aesthetic. - **Pros:** One prompt to finished MP4; native voice pairing and AI narration; transparent monthly pricing from $9, one published number per tier. - **Cons:** No true hand-drawn whiteboard render mode; the output is closer to modern AI explainer video than to a classic Sparkol-style doodle. - **Pricing:** From $9 a month, with higher tiers and one-time top-up packs published on the plans page. The tool itself is MakeAIVideo's [AI explainer video](/ai-explainer-video) maker. - **Trial:** 7 days for new customers, card required, with trial videos capped at 10 seconds of script. - **Fit for this vertical:** Pick us when the outcome is the finished narrated video and the visual style is negotiable. Pick VideoScribe or Doodly instead when the hand-drawn look is the whole reason your audience is watching. ### 5\. TruScribe, best enterprise whiteboard production TruScribe positions differently from the others. It is closer to an agency wrapped in software than a pure self-serve tool. Enterprise buyers get a mix of platform access and produced-for-you whiteboard videos with account management, which fits internal comms and training teams that need output without a designer on staff. - **Best for:** Corporate L&D, internal comms, and change-management teams at large organisations. - **Pros:** Human production support alongside software; consistent brand alignment across a video library; enterprise-friendly contracts. - **Cons:** Not self-serve pricing; higher effective cost per video; wrong shape for a solo creator or small team. - **Pricing:** See [TruScribe's contact page](https://truscribe.com/) for enterprise quotes; not published self-serve tiers. - **Fit for this vertical:** The right pick if you are buying whiteboard video as an enterprise line item with a purchase order and a rollout timeline. Wrong pick if you are paying with a personal card. ### 6\. Steve AI, best AI whiteboard-mode alternative Steve AI covers a broader set of AI video modes including animated, live-action, and a whiteboard-style option. The whiteboard mode is not as deep as VideoScribe's but the AI script-to-scene pipeline shortens the time from idea to first draft. It sits in this section because it is closer to an AI explainer tool with a whiteboard mode than a whiteboard tool with AI features. - **Best for:** Solo creators who want an AI-generated first draft in whiteboard style, then to iterate manually. - **Pros:** AI script-to-scene reduces first-draft time; multiple output styles from one product; friendly onboarding. - **Cons:** Whiteboard mode less polished than dedicated specialists; character consistency across a longer video is weaker. - **Pricing:** See [Steve AI's pricing page](https://www.steve.ai/pricing) for current Basic, Starter, and Pro tiers. - **Fit for this vertical:** Good AI-first shortcut when a rough whiteboard render is enough. Not the pick if the final output has to look truly hand-drawn. ## Adjacent tools with whiteboard or sketch modes The tools in this group have either a whiteboard mode inside a broader animation product, or a stick-figure explainer style that behaves similarly to whiteboard in practice. Included because they show up in the same searches and often deliver a closer fit than a pure whiteboard tool for buyers who are actually shopping for an animated explainer without knowing the taxonomy. ### 7\. MySimpleShow, best stick-figure explainer alternative MySimpleShow is not strictly whiteboard, but it renders a similar clean-line style on a plain background with a narrator voice. The workflow is genuinely simple. Paste a script, pick a template, let the tool suggest visuals from a stock library, then render. Popular in higher education for lecturer-produced explainer content. - **Best for:** Academic staff, non-profits, and educators who need a passable explainer fast without design skills. - **Pros:** Free tier is genuinely useful; the AI story assist speeds up first drafts; the aesthetic reads as academic rather than salesy. - **Cons:** The style is more limited than dedicated whiteboard tools; higher tiers get expensive per seat. - **Pricing:** Free tier plus paid tiers on [MySimpleShow's pricing page](https://www.mysimpleshow.com/). - **Fit for this vertical:** Strong for academic buyers who need many short videos per term. Weaker for creator-focused polish or high-production coaching content. ### 8\. Animaker, best all-in-one with whiteboard mode Animaker is a general animated video maker with a dedicated whiteboard mode inside the same product. That makes it useful for teams that alternate between animated character videos and whiteboard explainers, because one subscription covers both. The whiteboard depth is thinner than the specialists but the workflow is faster. - **Best for:** Marketing teams alternating between whiteboard explainers and animated social content on the same subscription. - **Pros:** One tool for multiple output styles; strong character customisation; large stock library. - **Cons:** Whiteboard mode is a feature not the core; asset library skews toward animated character content over sketch. - **Pricing:** See [Animaker's plans page](https://www.animaker.com/pricing) for current Basic, Starter, and Pro tiers. - **Fit for this vertical:** Sensible pick for teams already producing animated social content who want to add whiteboard without a second subscription. ### 9\. Descript, best recorded explainer alternative Descript is not a whiteboard tool at all. It is included because a significant share of buyers land on whiteboard searches when what they actually want is a recorded talking-head explainer with slides or a screen recording. If your outcome is "explain a framework to my audience" and you have a webcam, Descript with a screen recording of a hand-drawn sketch (or a slide with sketch-style graphics) often ships faster than learning a whiteboard tool. Pairs well with [script to video](/script-to-video) when you want an AI-narrated version of the same script as a fallback. - **Best for:** Coaches and educators comfortable on camera who want a recorded explainer with clean editing and no whiteboard-tool learning curve. - **Pros:** Text-based editing that reads like editing a document; strong AI voice cloning; screen recording built in. - **Cons:** Not whiteboard in any strict sense; requires you to be on camera or to record a screen. - **Pricing:** Free plan plus paid tiers on [Descript's pricing page](https://www.descript.com/pricing). - **Fit for this vertical:** Consider it when the goal is teaching, not animating. Recorded delivery lands harder than a sketch on white for many audiences. ## Broader explainer and animation platforms These five tools serve overlapping buyer profiles but sit further from pure whiteboard animation. They rank at the bottom because whiteboard is either a small feature or absent entirely, but they are included because they win real deals against whiteboard specialists when the buyer decides the drawing style is optional. Several of the buyers in this group end up choosing an AI-first path such as [the prompt-to-video approach](/prompt-to-video) once the whiteboard constraint is dropped. ### 10\. Vyond, best corporate animated explainer Vyond is the corporate animated video product most L&D and internal comms teams already know. It does not render classic whiteboard style but its animated character explainers land the same use case for enterprise training and change-management content. Prices reflect the enterprise positioning. - **Best for:** Corporate L&D and internal comms teams with a stable annual budget. - **Pros:** Polished character animation; strong voice-over sync; enterprise account management on higher tiers. - **Cons:** No true whiteboard render mode; entry pricing higher than most specialists on this list. - **Pricing:** See [Vyond's pricing page](https://www.vyond.com/pricing/) for Essential, Professional, and Enterprise tiers. - **Fit for this vertical:** Right pick if your buyer is corporate L&D. Wrong pick if you searched whiteboard because you wanted cheap and fast. ### 11\. Powtoon, best animated presentation with sketch elements Powtoon covers animated video, animated presentations, and short-form social output in one product. Sketch-style assets are inside the template library, but the core aesthetic is closer to cartoon animation than to true whiteboard. Popular with marketing teams who need explainer video as one of many output formats. - **Best for:** Marketing teams producing animated explainers alongside other short-form video content. - **Pros:** Wide template library; multiple aspect ratios; good for social distribution as well as long-form. - **Cons:** Whiteboard style is a subset of the template library, not the core; higher tiers add up per seat. - **Pricing:** See [Powtoon's pricing page](https://www.powtoon.com/pricing/) for current Pro and Business tiers. - **Fit for this vertical:** A useful multi-format tool if whiteboard is not the majority of your output. ### 12\. Renderforest, best budget template pick with whiteboard style Renderforest is a template-first video maker that includes whiteboard-style scenes among many other categories. It is not the deepest whiteboard tool but it is the cheapest entry point that still gives you something recognisably in the format. Good for buyers who want to test whether an animated explainer moves the needle before subscribing to a specialist. - **Best for:** Small businesses and creators testing an animated explainer with a very small budget. - **Pros:** Very low entry price; free tier available; huge template variety across formats. - **Cons:** Templates are shallow relative to specialists; branding restrictions on lower tiers. - **Pricing:** Free tier plus paid tiers on [Renderforest's pricing page](https://www.renderforest.com/pricing). - **Fit for this vertical:** Fine for a first test video. Migrate up once you know the format is working. ### 13\. Canva, best if your team already lives in Canva Canva added animated video and whiteboard-style templates alongside its core design product. For a team already paying for Canva Pro the whiteboard-style templates are effectively free with the subscription. Depth is limited but the workflow is familiar to anyone who has designed anything else in Canva. - **Best for:** Marketing teams already using Canva Pro as their design system who want to test whiteboard-style output without a second tool. - **Pros:** Familiar interface; brand kits carry across all output; strong multi-format export. - **Cons:** Whiteboard depth is thin compared to specialists; motion controls are basic. - **Pricing:** Free tier plus [Canva Pro](https://www.canva.com/pricing/) on published monthly and annual plans. - **Fit for this vertical:** Sensible for existing Canva Pro users. Not worth subscribing to Canva only for the whiteboard-style templates. ### 14\. InVideo AI, best templated explainer with AI script generation InVideo AI generates full templated explainer videos from a prompt, which overlaps with whiteboard use cases when the buyer wants "any short narrated explainer" rather than the specific sketch style. The AI script generation and voice-over speed up first drafts significantly. True whiteboard rendering is not part of the product. - **Best for:** Solo marketers who want a fast AI-generated first draft in a templated explainer style. - **Pros:** Fast AI script-to-video; large template library; multi-language voice options at higher tiers. - **Cons:** Not whiteboard in any strict sense; output can look generic without heavy editing. - **Pricing:** See [InVideo AI's pricing page](https://invideo.io/ai/) for current AI tiers. - **Fit for this vertical:** Consider it alongside MakeAIVideo when the drawing style is negotiable and you want to compare two AI-first paths. ## Which one should you actually pick The honest answer depends on how load-bearing the whiteboard aesthetic is for your specific audience. **If your audience recognises the classic hand-drawn-on-white style and expects it:** VideoScribe or Doodly. The category leadership is real, the asset libraries are the deepest, and the finished output matches the RSA Animate lineage your viewers grew up on. Do not try to fake this with an AI-first tool. If you have the budget for one whiteboard tool this year, pick VideoScribe. **If you want mixed sketch and character animation inside one product:** Explaindio. It stretches further into animated character work than pure whiteboard tools, which fits course modules that need visual variety over 5 to 10 minutes. **If your outcome is a narrated animated explainer and you are not committed to a specific style:** MakeAIVideo's [AI explainer video](/ai-explainer-video) maker or one of the other AI-first tools. Paste script, pick voice, get MP4. The finished video ships in a fraction of the time it takes to learn a whiteboard specialist, and audiences care about the explanation more than they care whether a hand drew it. **If you need enterprise-grade production with account management:** TruScribe for pure whiteboard or Vyond for animated explainer at scale. Both fit inside a corporate procurement cycle, both come with brand governance, both cost more than self-serve tools for a reason. **If you already teach on camera:** Skip whiteboard entirely and use Descript to ship a recorded explainer with editing polish. For classroom or coaching audiences a recorded delivery often lands harder than an animated sketch. If a recorded video needs an AI voice-over sibling for repurposing, an [AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar) handles the AI presenter side of the same script. **If you already pay for Canva Pro:** Try the whiteboard-style templates first before adding another SaaS. The depth is limited but the incremental cost is zero. > **When to pick a dedicated whiteboard tool over an AI-first alternative.** If your audience recognises the hand-drawn look and expects it (teachers explaining a concept to students, coaches teaching a framework to a live cohort, YouTubers who built an audience on that specific visual style), a dedicated whiteboard specialist is worth the setup cost. If your audience is buying the explanation itself and does not care whether a hand drew it, an AI-first tool ships the same outcome faster and cheaper. ## Real cost breakdown by budget tier Whiteboard software pricing spans a wider range than any other explainer category. Here are three tiers with realistic tool combinations. **Starter (under $20/month).** Renderforest at the entry paid tier plus a free-tier AI voice generator gets you a working whiteboard-style video within a week. Alternatively, check [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) (the Lite plan is $9 a month) if the drawing style is negotiable and you want AI narration inside the same product. Combined budget under $20 per month covers a modest cadence of short videos. **Growth ($30 to $80/month).** VideoScribe Pro or Doodly Standard on annual billing, plus an AI voice-over subscription for narration polish, plus a stock-audio subscription for backing music. This is the tier serious solo educators and coaches sit at once whiteboard becomes a repeatable output. Combined budget around $50 to $80 per month covers weekly production. **Scale ($200+/month).** Vyond or TruScribe at the enterprise tier plus a dedicated voice-over talent budget plus a hosting-and-analytics platform. This is where corporate L&D and internal comms teams land when whiteboard video is part of an ongoing training programme. Budget above $200 per month is typical, and can rise sharply once seat counts multiply. Buyers at this tier should test the whiteboard specialists against an animated alternative such as Vyond before committing to a five-figure annual contract. ## Common mistakes with whiteboard animation The five mistakes below account for most of the "why did this take six weeks" post-mortems in this category. **1\. Picking whiteboard when the audience does not care about the style.** The hand-drawn look is a specific choice that costs setup time and locks you into one visual mode. If your audience is buying the explanation, [our AI explainer video route](/ai-explainer-video) or another AI-first tool ships the same outcome faster. Reserve whiteboard for cases where the style itself is part of the promise. **2\. Writing a 400-word script for a 90-second video.** Whiteboard runs slower than talking-head video because the hand is drawing while the narrator speaks. A comfortable pace is roughly 140 to 160 words per minute of finished video. Overwriting the script forces a rushed narration or a longer video than the format supports. **3\. Not recording the voice-over first.** In whiteboard the animation follows the audio, not the other way around. Recording narration last means re-timing every scene when the pace drifts. Record the voice-over first, cut it to the pace you want, then sync the drawing to the finished audio. **4\. Using the tool's default hand and character library on every video.** Audiences pattern-match on visual style. Ten videos with the same tool-default assets look interchangeable, which trains viewers to skip. Swap in custom uploads, alternative hand styles, or bespoke sketches for 20 to 30 percent of each video to break the pattern. **5\. Ignoring the render queue on tight deadlines.** Whiteboard render times are longer than most tools in this category because every stroke is calculated. On a Sparkol or Doodly desktop render, a two-minute video can take a long time on a mid-range laptop, and cloud renders queue on high-usage days. Build render time into your delivery schedule, especially for Friday afternoon commitments. Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=inline_cta&utm_content=best-whiteboard-animation-software-2026)plans from $9/month · allowance tops up monthly ## Whiteboard animation software FAQs ### What is the best whiteboard animation software overall? VideoScribe by Sparkol is the strongest all-round pick for buyers who want the classic hand-drawn-on-white style. The asset library is the deepest, the workflow is proven, and the finished output matches the visual lineage audiences recognise. Doodly is a close second if you prefer a desktop app over a cloud editor and your buyer profile is coaches or online course creators. ### Is there a free whiteboard animation software worth using? Renderforest and MySimpleShow both have free tiers that ship recognisable whiteboard-style output with watermarks. Both are useful for a first test video before committing to a paid tool. Neither is a long-term production choice because export limits and branding restrictions hit fast, but both are enough to validate whether the format works for your audience. ### Does whiteboard animation still work in 2026? Yes, when the audience matches the format. Educational content, coaching frameworks, and issue-explainer videos still perform in whiteboard style because the format signals "this is a teaching moment" from the first second. It underperforms in categories where audiences expect high-production polish, such as brand advertising and lifestyle content. ### How long should a whiteboard animation video be? Ninety seconds to two minutes for a single-concept explainer, three to five minutes for a framework walkthrough, and eight to twelve minutes for a course module. Longer videos need scene variety (different backgrounds, alternate hand styles, occasional character animation) to hold attention because static whiteboard style fatigues faster than mixed-format video. ### Is MakeAIVideo a whiteboard animation tool? No. MakeAIVideo is an AI-first video generator that produces narrated animated explainers, not the classic hand-drawn-on-white whiteboard style. We are on this list because a large share of buyers searching for whiteboard software actually want any short narrated explainer. If the drawing style itself matters to you, pick VideoScribe or Doodly. If the finished narrated video matters more than the style, our AI-first path is faster. ### Can I use whiteboard animation software for a YouTube channel? Yes, though the format has narrowed since the RSA Animate peak. It still performs on educational and explainer channels where audiences expect teaching content. If your YouTube channel is more entertainment-focused, a mixed format usually outperforms straight whiteboard. Some creators pair whiteboard segments with recorded talking-head and B-roll rather than shipping pure whiteboard episodes. ### What is the difference between whiteboard animation software and general explainer video tools? Whiteboard animation software renders the specific hand-drawn-on-white style with hand animation, sketch strokes, and voice-over sync as first-class features. General explainer video tools include multiple styles (animated characters, motion graphics, templated stock footage) with whiteboard as one option among many. Specialists produce a more authentic whiteboard aesthetic; generalists produce a wider range of finished styles from the same subscription. ### Do I need a designer to make good whiteboard videos? No, and that is the whole point of the category. The specialist tools ship with asset libraries and templates that let a non-designer produce a passable video within a few hours. The gap between a good-enough video from a template and a great video with custom illustration is smaller in whiteboard than in most animation categories because the format itself is deliberately simple. ### What comes after whiteboard as an explainer style in 2026? AI-narrated explainer video with mixed styles (character, motion graphics, templated stock) is the dominant post-whiteboard format, which is exactly the space our tools sit in. [Blog to video](/blog-to-video) is one example of how AI-first pipelines shorten the time from written script to finished narrated video, which is what most whiteboard buyers are ultimately trying to buy. ## Where to start If you know the hand-drawn look matters to your audience, start a VideoScribe trial this week and produce one two-minute video from a script you already have. The time-to-first-video is the fastest signal you will get on whether the tool fits your workflow. If you finish that trial and the answer is "the video is fine but the style is not why my audience shows up," the AI-first alternatives at #4 to #6 on this list are the next stop. For MakeAIVideo specifically, plans start at $9 a month for 450 credits, topped back up each billing month. See [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) for the tier structure, or start straight from a prompt or script and get a narrated explainer MP4 in a single session. The right tool is the one that matches how much the drawing style matters to the people watching. Pick the specialist when the style is the promise. Pick an AI-first alternative when the explanation is. ![Jamie Partridge](/images/authors/jamie-partridge.webp) Written by [Jamie Partridge](/about/jamie-partridge) Founder at MakeAIVideo. Writing about AI video generation, scripting, scenes, and shipping content faster. [More about the author](/about/jamie-partridge) ## Free AI video tools - [ Video Script Generator Generate 6 full HOOK / BODY / CTA video scripts in any format, short-form, long-form, tutorial, VSL, talking-head, product demo. Free, no signup, instant. ](/tools/video-script-generator) - [ Video Hook Generator Generate 10 attention-grabbing video hooks for any topic. Patterns proven to drive watch-through on TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-hook-generator) - [ Video Idea Generator Get 10 ready-to-shoot video ideas tailored to your niche. Built from formats that consistently win views on TikTok, Reels, and Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-idea-generator) - [ YouTube Title Generator Generate 10 proven YouTube titles in your chosen style: how-to, listicle, comparison, story, or controversial. Includes SERP truncation warnings. ](/tools/youtube-title-generator) ## More AI video guides Comparisons [ ### Best AI Marketing Tools in 2026 (10 Tested) ](/blog/best-ai-marketing-tools) 10 AI marketing tools tested across video, copy, SEO, email, and ad creative. 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PostEverywhere (best multi-platform publishing and scheduling)](#3-posteverywhere-best-multi-platform-publishing-and-scheduling) - [4\. ChatGPT or Claude (best AI scripting for human-led brief)](#4-chatgpt-or-claude-best-ai-scripting-for-human-led-brief) - [5\. VidIQ (best YouTube research and ideation tool)](#5-vidiq-best-youtube-research-and-ideation-tool) - [6\. TubeBuddy (best research alternative for tag and SEO focus)](#6-tubebuddy-best-research-alternative-for-tag-and-seo-focus) - [7\. Canva (best AI thumbnail design)](#7-canva-best-ai-thumbnail-design) - [8\. Notion or Airtable (best automation workflow management)](#8-notion-or-airtable-best-automation-workflow-management) - [9\. CapCut Desktop (best free editing for short-form polish)](#9-capcut-desktop-best-free-editing-for-short-form-polish) - [10\. Sociality.io or Buffer (publishing alternatives to PostEverywhere)](#10-socialityio-or-buffer-publishing-alternatives-to-posteverywhere) - [What are the 3 recommended YouTube automation stacks?](#what-are-the-3-recommended-youtube-automation-stacks) - [How much does a YouTube automation stack really cost?](#how-much-does-a-youtube-automation-stack-really-cost) - [YouTube automation tools FAQs](#youtube-automation-tools-faqs) Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. 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"Ask ChatGPT about this article")[](https://claude.ai/new?q=Read%20https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fbest-youtube-automation-tools%20then%20summarize%20the%20key%20points%20and%20answer%20any%20questions%20I%20have%20about%20it. "Ask Claude about this article")[](https://www.perplexity.ai/search?q=Read%20https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fbest-youtube-automation-tools%20then%20summarize%20the%20key%20points%20and%20answer%20any%20questions%20I%20have%20about%20it. "Ask Perplexity about this article") > **Short answer.** The best YouTube automation tools in 2026 cover 6 jobs across one stack: MakeAIVideo (script + voiceover + production), ElevenLabs (premium voiceover), PostEverywhere (multi-platform publishing), VidIQ or TubeBuddy (research), Canva (thumbnails), and Notion or Airtable (workflow). Full stack breakdowns below. **Running a YouTube automation channel in 2026 requires tools to cover six distinct jobs: research and ideation, scripting, voiceover, video production, publishing across platforms, and analytics.** Most "best YouTube automation tools" lists pick winners across a single category and call it done; that misses the actual operational reality. An operator with the best AI video tool but no scheduler still loses 11 hours per week to manual cross-posting. An operator with the best voice tool but no analytics still cannot iterate. This roundup tests 10 YouTube automation tools across all six jobs, with real 2026 pricing for each, the niche fit, and the realistic operator-time savings each one delivers. At the end we lay out the three recommended stacks (solo Structure A, multi-channel Structure B, agency Structure C) so you can copy-paste a working budget. ## What 6 jobs do YouTube automation tools need to cover? Before the tool reviews, the operational map. This assumes a channel already exists; if yours does not, our [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) page covers naming, cadence, and monetisation thresholds first. The honest answer to "what tools do I need" is "tools that cover these six jobs": Job Output What an absent tool costs you **1\. Research / ideation** 50-100 validated video ideas per channel, ranked by search demand Days per week scrolling competitor channels **2\. Scripting** Beat-by-beat script with hook, body, CTA, calibrated to spoken duration $30-$60 per script paid to a writer **3\. Voiceover** Studio-quality narrated audio matching the script $50-$200 per video paid to a narrator **4\. Video production** Finished 1080p MP4 with scenes, captions, music 4-6 hours per video paid to an editor **5\. Publishing / scheduling** Title, description, tags, thumbnail uploaded across YouTube + TikTok + Reels + Shorts at the right times 45 min per video of manual cross-posting **6\. Analytics + iteration** Per-video performance signal, channel health metrics, competitor benchmarks Operating blind to what's working A tool earns a place in this roundup if it does one of these jobs better than the manual alternative AND its pricing makes sense at solo or multi-channel scale. For scale context, [Statista's YouTube data hub](https://www.statista.com/topics/2019/youtube/) puts the platform's 2025 advertising revenue at roughly $40 billion across more than 2.5 billion users, which is why the tooling market around it is as crowded as it is. **Read this before you buy anything.** Automation tools speed up production; they do not change what YouTube will pay for. YouTube renamed its "repetitious content" monetisation rule to "inauthentic content" in July 2025, and [Search Engine Journal's breakdown of what stops a channel getting paid](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/youtube-explains-what-can-stop-a-channel-getting-paid/583096/) names AI-generated videos built from generic templates as ineligible, alongside AI personas presented as experts on health, legal, finance, or political topics. Separately, [TechCrunch reports](https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/10/youtube-now-requires-creators-to-have-twice-as-many-watch-hours-to-start-earning-money/) the Partner Program entry bar doubles for new applicants from 1 February 2027, to 8,000 qualified watch hours or 20 million qualified Shorts views. Both facts should shape how you spend, not just how fast you ship. ## How did we test these YouTube automation tools? We ran each tool through the same 8-video production cycle in two niches (a Tier 1 finance niche and a Tier 3 history niche), measured operator time per video, finished output quality, and total all-in monthly cost. Pricing is verified as of June 2026 from each tool's public page. RPM bands referenced are from our [niche-by-niche CPM and RPM data study](/blog/youtube-cpm-rpm-by-niche-2026). ## 1\. MakeAIVideo (best all-in-one YouTube automation pipeline) Covers jobs 2, 3, 4 (scripting plus voiceover plus video production) in one workflow. Paste a topic or a script; the pipeline writes any missing parts, generates a voiceover from a curated AI voice library, generates a scene per beat of the script, layers word-by-word captions, adds background music if you switch it on, and renders a finished 1080p MP4. No re-export needed for 9:16 (Shorts/TikTok/Reels) or 16:9 (long-form YouTube). **Why it wins for automation specifically:** the operator never leaves the pipeline. Three production jobs collapse into one tool with one subscription, and the same workflow scales linearly across multiple channels. Operators wanting to self-host the pipeline on [AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/) or [Azure](https://azure.microsoft.com/) usually find the marginal compute savings don't justify the engineering tax. See how it runs a [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) on the product page. **Pricing (October 2026, monthly):** - Lite: $9, 450 credits - Solo: $19, 1,000 credits - Plus: $29, 1,600 credits, plus Brand Kit, 3 team seats and 40-minute stock-footage videos - Pro: $49, 2,800 credits, plus 10 team seats and 10 connected social accounts - Top-up credit packs run $9 to $79 when a month runs hot **Verdict:** the production backbone for Structure A and B operators. Pro is the multi-channel tier because of the seats and connected accounts, not just the larger credit pool. ## 2\. ElevenLabs (best premium AI voiceover) Covers job 3 (voiceover) when you want premium quality beyond what bundled-pipeline voices deliver. [ElevenLabs](https://elevenlabs.io) voice cloning sets the 2026 industry standard for naturalness. The Professional Voice Clone option lets you clone your own voice (or a paid narrator's voice) once and use it across hundreds of videos. **Why it matters for automation:** voiceover quality is the single most-noticed quality signal by YouTube viewers in 2026. A Tier 1 finance channel with mediocre voiceover loses watch-through to a competitor with premium voice even if the script is better. Run drafts through our [speech time calculator](/tools/speech-time-calculator) to plan script length around your chosen voice rate. **Pricing (June 2026):** - Free: 10,000 characters per month (~30 short videos) - Starter: $5/month, 30,000 characters - Creator: $22/month, 100,000 characters plus Professional Voice Clone - Pro: $99/month, 500,000 characters - Scale: $330/month, 2M characters **Verdict:** Creator tier ($22/month) for any operator who has cleared $1K monthly per channel. Free tier works for first 30 days of testing. ## 3\. PostEverywhere (best multi-platform publishing and scheduling) Covers job 5 (publishing) for automation specifically. Schedules the same 9:16 video to YouTube Shorts, TikTok, Instagram Reels, X, LinkedIn, Threads, Bluesky, Facebook, Telegram, Discord, and Pinterest from one queue. The 45-minute-per-video manual cross-posting tax that caps solo operators at 1-2 channels collapses to a few minutes when scheduled from one queue. **Why it matters for automation:** manual cross-posting is the single hidden cost that breaks multi-channel operators. For an operator running 3 channels at 5 videos per week, that's 11+ hours per week of pure publishing labor. Any scheduler that handles all major platforms from one queue pays for itself in week one. [HubSpot's marketing statistics](https://www.hubspot.com/marketing-statistics) rank short-form video as the top ROI-driving content format among marketers, which is why the cross-post is worth automating rather than dropping. For making the short-form videos themselves, see the [TikTok video generator](/tiktok-video-generator). **Pricing (June 2026):** [PostEverywhere](https://www.posteverywhere.ai/) tiers cover everything from solo creators ($9-$15/month) to multi-channel operators ($25-$45/month Growth tier) to agencies ($45-$95/month). **Verdict:** non-negotiable for any operator running more than one channel. The cost-per-saved-hour math is one-sided. ## 4\. ChatGPT or Claude (best AI scripting for human-led brief) Covers job 2 (scripting) when an operator wants to drive the script via a custom system prompt rather than the bundled pipeline's defaults. Operators with a specific format (e.g. "Every video opens with a counterintuitive claim, then a 3-part body, then a single CTA") often find the LLM-with-prompt approach gives more control than pipeline defaults. **Pricing (June 2026):** - ChatGPT Plus: $20/month, GPT-4-class access plus Custom GPTs - [Claude Pro](https://www.anthropic.com/): $20/month, Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Opus 4.8 access - API access: usage-based, ~$0.05-$0.30 per generated script depending on model **Verdict:** worth the $20/month for Structure A operators who want custom script formats. Structure B operators usually switch to paying human writers $30-$60 per script for higher-quality output. Our free [video script generator](/tools/video-script-generator) drafts ready-to-record scripts if you want to test before paying. ## 5\. VidIQ (best YouTube research and ideation tool) Covers job 1 (research/ideation) and parts of job 6 (analytics). [VidIQ](https://vidiq.com/) surfaces keyword opportunity scores, competitor video performance, AI-generated title suggestions, and automated outlier detection (which videos in your niche broke 10x average views). The Boost extension overlays competitor metadata on the YouTube site itself. Treat the keyword scores as a shortlist rather than gospel: [Backlinko's study of 1.3 million videos](https://backlinko.com/youtube-ranking-factors) found keyword-optimised descriptions showed no correlation with ranking for those terms, while the average first-page result ran 14 minutes 50 seconds. **Pricing (June 2026):** - Free: basic keyword scores, limited - Pro: $9.50/month, full keyword scores and AI suggestions - Boost: $39/month, advanced research and outlier detection - Boost Plus: $99/month, agency-tier multi-channel analytics **Verdict:** Pro tier ($9.50/month) is enough for solo operators. Boost tier ($39/month) pays for itself once a channel is running 3+ videos per week. Pair the keyword data with our free [YouTube title generator](/tools/youtube-title-generator) for ready-to-test titles. ## 6\. TubeBuddy (best research alternative for tag and SEO focus) Covers job 1 (research) and job 5 (publishing assistance for tags). [TubeBuddy's](https://www.tubebuddy.com/) specific strength is the suggested-tag generator (better than VidIQ in our testing), the bulk metadata editor (essential when standardising 50+ existing videos), and the A/B thumbnail testing built into the dashboard. **Pricing (June 2026):** - Free: basic SEO checker - Pro: $9.99/month, full tag and SEO tools - Legend: $49/month, advanced analytics and bulk tools - Enterprise: custom pricing **Verdict:** pick VidIQ OR TubeBuddy, not both. VidIQ for research-driven workflows, TubeBuddy for SEO-and-tag-focused workflows. Both around $10/month. For the tags themselves, our free [YouTube tag generator](/tools/youtube-tag-generator) auto-fits YouTube's 500-character limit at no cost. ## 7\. Canva (best AI thumbnail design) Covers a slice of job 4 (visual production) specifically for thumbnails. Canva's free YouTube Thumbnail templates plus paid Magic AI features (background remover, AI image generator inside Canva) cover thumbnails for solo or small-team operators. Real designers earn $20-$50 per thumbnail; Canva replaces that for any operator with basic visual judgement. **Pricing (June 2026):** - Free: most YouTube thumbnail templates, basic editor - Pro: $14.99/month, Magic AI features, background remover, brand kit - Teams: $29.99/month, team collaboration **Verdict:** Pro tier ($14.99/month) for any operator past 5 videos per week. Free tier works for first 30 days. For naming the channel itself, our free [YouTube channel name generator](/tools/youtube-channel-name-generator) ships 30 niche-coded ideas per click. ## 8\. Notion or Airtable (best automation workflow management) Covers operational coordination across jobs 1-6. Track every video's status (idea → script → voiceover → produced → published → analytics review), assign owners (writer, editor, operator), surface bottlenecks. Notion templates for YouTube channel management are widely available; Airtable's database-style structure works better for operators running 3+ channels. **Pricing (June 2026):** - Notion Free: up to 10 collaborators, most features - Notion Plus: $10/month per seat - Airtable Free: 1,200 records per base - Airtable Team: $20/month per seat **Verdict:** essential past Structure A. Notion free tier covers 1-2 channel operators; Airtable Team tier ($20/month) becomes worth it at 3+ channels. For projecting earnings at any scale, plug your numbers into the [YouTube money calculator](/tools/youtube-money-calculator). ## 9\. CapCut Desktop (best free editing for short-form polish) Covers job 4 (video production) as a free editor for operators who want to handle production manually rather than via an AI pipeline. [CapCut](https://www.capcut.com) is particularly strong for operators in screen-recording-heavy niches (tech tutorials, software walkthroughs, gaming) where the pipeline approach feels heavy-handed. **Pricing (June 2026):** - Free: full desktop editor, no watermark, auto-captions - Pro: $9.99/month, premium effects and templates **Verdict:** the free tier alone is the standard editor for short-form faceless content. Pro tier optional only if you want premium effects. If most of your Shorts are cut down from long-form uploads rather than shot as Shorts, an automatic clipping tool does that job far faster than a timeline editor, and we compared the [Opus Clip alternatives](/blog/best-opus-clip-alternatives) that cut long videos into Shorts unattended on cost per clip. For brainstorming videos in your niche, our free [video idea generator](/tools/video-idea-generator) ships 10 ready-to-record concepts per click. ## 10\. Sociality.io or Buffer (publishing alternatives to PostEverywhere) Covers job 5 (publishing) as alternatives to PostEverywhere with different platform-coverage tradeoffs. Sociality.io supports YouTube Shorts, TikTok, Instagram, X, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Buffer covers YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, X, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Mastodon but lacks YouTube Shorts native support as of June 2026. **Pricing (June 2026):** - Buffer Free: 3 channels - Buffer Essentials: $6/month per channel - Sociality.io: $99/month for 10 channels **Verdict:** PostEverywhere wins on platform breadth (it covers Threads, Bluesky, Telegram, Discord which the alternatives skip). Buffer and Sociality.io work if you only need the big-5 platforms. For the Instagram-side scheduling specifically, pair it with an [Instagram Reels generator](/instagram-reels-generator) for the videos themselves. > **The cadence-plus-niche stack.** A Tier 1 finance channel publishing 5 videos per week beats a $20 RPM channel publishing 1 video per week by roughly 3x on annual revenue, then beats it again on subscriber compounding. AI pipeline tools make the cadence economically feasible. [Get started →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) > **The system-not-stack mindset.** New operators ask "what tool should I use" and overinvest in software. The harder problem is which 6 jobs to delegate first as the channel scales, in what order. The stack pays off only when paired with the right structure for the channel's current revenue. [Get started →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) ## What are the 3 recommended YouTube automation stacks? We tested every combination and these are the configurations that win on cost per finished video at each scale. Whichever tier you land on, the variable that compounds is turning up: [Buffer's analysis of more than 100,000 accounts across a 26-week window](https://buffer.com/resources/consistent-posting-study/) found the most consistent posters earned roughly 5x the engagement per post of inconsistent ones, and moderately consistent posters 4x. ### Solo Structure A stack ($30-$85/month total) - MakeAIVideo Solo: $19/month - ElevenLabs Free or Starter: $0-$5/month - PostEverywhere Starter: $9-$15/month - VidIQ Free or Pro: $0-$9.50/month - Canva Free or Pro: $0-$14.99/month - ChatGPT Plus optional: $0-$20/month **Total monthly cost:** $30-$85. Realistic operator time: 15-25 hours per week per channel. Ceiling: 1-2 channels. ### Multi-channel Structure B stack ($150-$300/month per channel) - MakeAIVideo Pro: $49/month (covers multiple channels from one account) - ElevenLabs Creator: $22/month - PostEverywhere Growth: $25-$45/month - VidIQ Boost: $39/month - Canva Pro: $14.99/month - Notion or Airtable: $10-$20/month - Writers: $30-$60 per script (5 scripts per channel per week) **Total monthly cost:** $160-$190 in tools plus $600-$1,200 per channel for writers. Realistic operator time: 25-35 hours per week TOTAL for 3 channels. Ceiling: 3-5 channels. ### Agency Structure C stack ($350+/month in tools per channel) - MakeAIVideo Pro: $49/month, plus top-up packs (up to Bulk at $79 for 4,500 credits) for heavy months - ElevenLabs Pro or Scale: $99-$330/month - PostEverywhere Agency: $45-$95/month - VidIQ Boost Plus: $99/month - Canva Teams: $29.99/month - Airtable Team: $20/month per seat - Per-channel team: writer + editor + thumbnail designer = $2,600-$5,300/month per channel **Total monthly cost:** $340-$620 in tools plus $2,600-$5,300 per channel for team. Realistic operator time: 35-45 hours per week of management for 5+ channels. Reached only after at least one channel has hit $5K+ monthly revenue. For the full strategic context on which structure to pick and when, see [our YouTube automation strategy guide](/blog/youtube-automation). For 27 niches that work specifically with automated production, see [the YouTube automation niches list](/blog/youtube-automation-niches). ## How much does a YouTube automation stack really cost? To compare like-for-like: **Volume A: 5 videos per week, one channel ($30-$85/month)** - Solo Structure A stack. MakeAIVideo Boost + ElevenLabs Free + PostEverywhere Starter + free tools. - Per-finished-video cost: under $2. - Realistic for first 90 days of any new operator. Pair with [the 27-niches list](/blog/youtube-automation-niches) to pick where to start. **Volume B: 15 videos per week, three channels ($600-$1,400/month)** - Multi-channel Structure B. Pipeline Pro + premium voice + Growth scheduler + writers. - Per-finished-video cost: $10-$25. - Realistic for operators at month 4-12 with one validated channel. **Volume C: 35 videos per week, five channels ($4,000-$8,000/month)** - Agency Structure C. Pipeline Pro + agency scheduler + full team per channel. - Per-finished-video cost: $25-$50. - Realistic for operators past 18 months with proven income, NOT for new operators. Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=inline_cta&utm_content=best-youtube-automation-tools)plans from $9/month · allowance tops up monthly ## YouTube automation tools FAQs ### What is the best YouTube automation tool overall? For most operators, an all-in-one AI video pipeline (covering scripting, voiceover, scene generation, captions, and render) is the highest-leverage single tool. Pair it with a multi-platform scheduler like [PostEverywhere](https://www.posteverywhere.ai/) for the publishing step. Those two tools cover four of the six jobs (scripting, voiceover, production, publishing) and ship for under $50/month combined at solo scale. ### What's the cheapest YouTube automation stack that actually works? Solo Structure A at $30-$85/month total: AI video pipeline ($19, or $9 on the entry Lite plan), ElevenLabs free tier ($0), PostEverywhere Starter ($9-$15), VidIQ free ($0), Canva free ($0). Caps at 1-2 channels because the operator becomes the bottleneck, but the per-video cost is under $2. ### Do I need separate tools for YouTube Shorts and long-form? No. The same 9:16 vertical video works on YouTube Shorts, TikTok, and Instagram Reels with no re-editing. AI video pipelines can render the same project in the other aspect ratios too (in MakeAIVideo you switch the ratio in the editor and export again; our [AI Shorts generator](/ai-shorts-generator) is the same engine set to vertical). Multi-platform schedulers like PostEverywhere queue them all from one upload. Shorts is now the bulk of what gets uploaded: [Search Engine Land reported](https://searchengineland.com/youtube-ai-shorts-duplicate-content-460353) that 59.4% of YouTube uploads were Shorts, driving 87.7% of total views, which is also why the format attracts the heaviest duplicate-content scrutiny. ### Can I run a YouTube automation channel without an AI voice tool? Yes, if you're willing to record your own voiceover (or hire a paid narrator). Most successful 2026 automation channels use AI voice because the per-video cost difference is $50+ per video vs near-zero, and the quality gap closed in 2024-2025. Recorded voice carries more personality and works better in personality-driven niches like business storytelling. ### What's the difference between YouTube automation tools and faceless YouTube tools? Substantial overlap. Both use the same AI video pipelines, voice tools, and editors. The differences are in scheduling tools (automation operators usually need multi-channel scheduling) and workflow management tools (automation operators usually need Notion or Airtable to coordinate writers and editors). The faceless-focused tool roundup we publish separately covers the slightly different audience. ### How much should I budget for tools per channel per month? Solo operator: $30-$80/month per channel. Operator-plus-writer: $150-$300/month per channel in tools plus $600-$1,200 in writer payments. Agency: $500-$700 in tools plus $2,600-$5,300 per channel for team. Most operators massively over-budget by jumping to agency-tier tools before validating the niche works at solo scale. ### Are any of these YouTube automation tools free forever? Several have meaningful free tiers: ElevenLabs free (10,000 characters per month), CapCut Desktop (full editor, no watermark), Canva free (most templates), VidIQ free (basic SEO), Notion free (most features). A new operator can validate a niche for 30-60 days for $0-$15 in software using free tiers, mostly limited by AI video pipeline credits. ### Is YouTube automation worth it without an AI video pipeline? Yes, but the operator time investment doubles. Without an AI pipeline, the editing step takes 4-6 hours per video manually in CapCut or DaVinci. With an AI pipeline, the same step takes 5-10 minutes of operator review. A Solo plan at $19 a month for the pipeline pays for itself the first week if you ship 3+ videos. ### What's the next step after picking my tool stack? Pick a niche from our [27 YouTube automation niches list](/blog/youtube-automation-niches) (or use the free [faceless YouTube channel idea generator](/tools/faceless-youtube-channel-idea-generator) to filter by income target). Set up the Solo Structure A stack, follow the [faceless YouTube channel setup](/faceless-youtube-channel) from zero, and ship your first three videos in two weeks. Validate the niche works (channel hits 1,000 subs, 10K views per video typical) before scaling to multi-channel Structure B. Operators running these exact structures compare notes on [Indie Hackers](https://www.indiehackers.com/) and in creator-economy [Substack newsletters](https://substack.com/), which is the fastest way to sanity-check a niche before you commit three months to it. Ad revenue is also the slowest route to unlock, so do not plan the budget around it alone. [Sprout Social's YouTube monetisation guide](https://sproutsocial.com/insights/youtube-monetization/) covers the memberships, Super Thanks, affiliate, merch, and BrandConnect routes that can start earning before the Partner Program threshold lands. ![Jamie Partridge](/images/authors/jamie-partridge.webp) Written by [Jamie Partridge](/about/jamie-partridge) Founder at MakeAIVideo. Writing about AI video generation, scripting, scenes, and shipping content faster. [More about the author](/about/jamie-partridge) ## Free AI video tools - [ Faceless YouTube Idea Generator Tailored faceless YouTube channel ideas filtered by income target, production style, and audience experience. RPM bands included. ](/tools/faceless-youtube-channel-idea-generator) - [ Video Script Generator Generate 6 full HOOK / BODY / CTA video scripts in any format, short-form, long-form, tutorial, VSL, talking-head, product demo. Free, no signup, instant. ](/tools/video-script-generator) - [ YouTube Channel Name Generator Generate 20 YouTube channel name ideas across 7 styles. Includes handle character checks and a one-click YouTube availability link. Free, no signup. ](/tools/youtube-channel-name-generator) - [ Speech Time Calculator Paste your script and instantly calculate spoken duration at 5 speaking rates (audiobook, conversational, presenter, energetic, auctioneer). ](/tools/speech-time-calculator) ## More AI video guides Guides [ ### YouTube Automation: The Complete 2026 Guide ](/blog/youtube-automation) What YouTube automation actually is in 2026, the team structure that scales it, the costs, and the six mistakes that kill 80% of automation channels. 8 June 2026·17 min read Guides [ ### Best YouTube Automation Niches 2026: 27 Ranked by RPM ](/blog/youtube-automation-niches) The best YouTube automation niches for 2026: 27 scored on RPM, scalability, production cost and team fit, plus the lifestyle niches that work. 8 June 2026·16 min read Guides [ ### YouTube Automation Examples: 18 Real Faceless Channels (2026) ](/blog/youtube-automation-examples) 18 real faceless YouTube channels, from Kurzgesagt to Lofi Girl, grouped by format, with subscriber counts from each channel's About page and why each format works. 4 October 2026·16 min read Guides [ ### YouTube CPM and RPM by Niche in 2026 (Real Data) ](/blog/youtube-cpm-rpm-by-niche-2026) Real CPM and RPM benchmarks across 12 YouTube niches in 2026, plus the math that turns views into income and the levers creators can pull to lift earnings. 31 May 2026·13 min read Guides [ ### AI Influencer Prompt Library: 50 Tested Prompts ](/blog/ai-influencer-prompt-library) 50 copy-paste AI influencer prompts across 10 scene types, each engineered to keep the same character, voice, and framing consistent post after post. 29 July 2026·21 min read Reviews [ ### Higgsfield Review (2026): Camera Control, Tested ](/blog/best-higgsfield-ai-review-2026) Higgsfield AI review for 2026: Cinema Studio camera presets, pricing, model quality, and where its cinematic clips fit into a shipping video pipeline. 17 September 2026·19 min read Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. 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We will name that answer for each buyer type, then explain when the third option (us) is the better call. ## HeyGen vs Synthesia at a glance Dimension HeyGen Synthesia **Best for** Creators, marketers, paid social ads Enterprise L&D, training libraries, compliance **Starting price** $24/month (Creator) $29/month (Starter) **Free tier** Yes (with watermark) Yes (3 min/mo, watermark) **Avatar library** 700+ stock avatars 230+ stock avatars **Custom avatar** $24/mo+ (Creator) Enterprise tier only **Languages (voiceover)** 175+ 140+ **Translation / dubbing** Yes (Translate) Yes (Multilingual avatars) **Multi-scene support** Limited (linear scenes) Limited (linear scenes) **Enterprise (SSO, SCORM, audit logs)** Enterprise tier Mature on Enterprise tier **Watermark removal** Creator tier+ Starter tier+ **Real-time streaming avatar** Interactive Avatar API Limited Pricing as of May 2026, sourced against [heygen.com/pricing](https://www.heygen.com/pricing) and [synthesia.io/pricing](https://www.synthesia.io/pricing). Avatar counts pulled directly from each vendor's library page on the same day. If what you need is a finished multi-scene video rather than an avatar clip, that is what our [AI video generator](/) makes. Both companies are riding the same wave: [Forbes puts the AI video generation market at $3.86 billion in 2024, projected to reach $42.29 billion by 2033](https://www.forbes.com/sites/annatong/2025/11/06/heygen-rides-the-ai-video-boom-rocket/). ## HeyGen vs Synthesia: the 30-second answer - **Pick HeyGen** if you are a creator, marketer, or solo founder shipping paid-social ads, sales outreach, or short-form social video. Lower entry price, faster avatar onboarding, and an Interactive Avatar API that Synthesia does not match. - **Pick Synthesia** if you are a learning, HR, or compliance team buying for a library of training modules with SSO, audit logs, SCORM export, and procurement-friendly contracts. - **Pick a multi-scene [AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar) pipeline** if the deliverable is a finished video (avatar shot plus b-roll plus captions plus music), not just an avatar reading a script. This is most buyers, and it is the gap both HeyGen and Synthesia leave for the next tool downstream. Neither wins if the job is a live conversation or a single animated photograph, and our [HeyGen alternatives](/blog/best-heygen-alternatives) roundup covers the specialists these two do not replace. The rest of this post explains why each of those answers is the right call, with the real numbers. ## What does HeyGen do best in 2026? HeyGen has spent the last 18 months pulling away from Synthesia on three axes: avatar realism at small framing, the size and diversity of the stock-avatar bench, and APIs that put avatars into other products in real time. If you watched HeyGen's avatar quality two years ago and made up your mind then, the gap has closed considerably. For the tool on its own rather than against Synthesia, [our HeyGen review](/blog/best-heygen-review-2026) covers pricing and limits in full. The buyer base backs that up. [Forbes reported HeyGen at close to 200,000 paying customers and $100 million in recurring revenue](https://www.forbes.com/sites/annatong/2025/11/06/heygen-rides-the-ai-video-boom-rocket/), scaled from single-digit millions a year earlier, with the company aimed at business video generally rather than enterprise training specifically. That distribution shape explains most of the product decisions below. **Where HeyGen wins the head-to-head:** - **Avatar realism at presenter-size framing.** HeyGen 4 lip-sync is noticeably tighter than Synthesia's current avatars on the same script, especially on consonant-heavy passages. The micro-expressions still read as synthetic at a close crop, but for thumbnail-to-mid-shot framing (which is most paid-social use) HeyGen has the edge. - **Stock avatar library.** HeyGen ships ~700 stock avatars vs Synthesia's ~230. The diversity matters when you are matching an avatar to a brand voice or audience segment. - **Custom avatar at a lower tier.** HeyGen lets Creator-tier users ($24/month) build a single custom avatar from a 2-3 minute video clip. Synthesia's custom avatars are gated behind the Enterprise tier (custom pricing). For solo creators and small teams, that is the difference between "I'll just clone myself" and "I need to talk to sales." - **Interactive Avatar API.** HeyGen ships a low-latency streaming avatar API that other tools (Beam, ElevenLabs Conversational AI, custom apps) plug into for real-time conversational presenters. Synthesia has nothing comparable. - **Translate.** HeyGen's video-translation flow takes an existing video, swaps the voice into 70+ languages, and lip-syncs the new audio onto the original footage. It is a real time-saver for global content teams. - **Lower entry price.** HeyGen Creator at $24/month vs Synthesia Starter at $29/month. Not a big delta, but Creator includes the custom avatar and Starter does not. **Where HeyGen falls short:** - Credit-based pricing that climbs unpredictably once you exceed the Creator plan's monthly allowance. Buyers report unpleasant surprises mid-month. - Free-tier watermark and a 1-minute-per-video cap that pushes any serious test straight to the paid tier. - Limited multi-scene assembly. A finished social ad usually needs an avatar shot plus a product cut plus a CTA card, and HeyGen leaves the latter two to whatever editor you bring. - Output skews creator/marketing. Enterprise L&D teams find the templates and governance lighter than Synthesia's. If you need an enterprise-feeling presenter without the L&D overhead, our [AI spokesperson video](/ai-spokesperson-video) mode is the closer fit, and the [talking avatar](/talking-avatar) mode covers presenter-only clips. ## What does Synthesia do best in 2026? Synthesia made a deliberate bet five years ago: own the enterprise L&D market by building the procurement-grade governance other tools skip. That bet paid off. If you have ever sat in a procurement meeting and tried to explain SOC 2, SSO, audit logs, and SCORM exports, you understand why Synthesia is the default in enterprise training even when its avatars are a half-step behind. The scoreboard says the same thing. [TechCrunch reported Synthesia raising $200 million at a $4 billion valuation](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/26/synthesia-hits-4b-valuation-lets-employees-cash-in/) in a round led by GV, having crossed $100 million in annual recurring revenue in April 2025, with Bosch, Merck, and SAP named among its customers. Those are procurement-cycle logos, not creator logos. **Where Synthesia wins the head-to-head:** - **Enterprise governance, top to bottom.** SSO (SAML, OIDC), audit logs, role-based permissions, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR, and EU data residency. HeyGen has shipped some of this on Enterprise too, but Synthesia is where it started and where it is most battle-tested. - **SCORM and LMS exports.** Native SCORM 1.2 and 2004 export, plus tight integrations with Cornerstone, SAP SuccessFactors, Docebo, and Workday Learning. If your videos have to live inside an existing LMS, Synthesia is the path of least resistance. - **Brand kits at scale.** A learning team can lock down approved avatars, colours, fonts, and voiceover styles, then give a hundred course authors a constrained editor that produces on-brand output without legal review. - **Translation built around training, not creator content.** Synthesia's multilingual avatar speaks 140+ languages and the pricing model bundles translation into per-seat plans rather than per-minute credits. For training libraries that span regions, the math works out cheaper than HeyGen Translate at scale. - **PowerPoint to video.** Drop a deck, get a narrated video. Real workflow for L&D teams converting existing slide content into video courses. - **Procurement-friendly contracts.** Net-30 invoicing, annual contracts, DPAs ready, MSAs negotiable. The boring stuff that determines whether enterprise IT signs off. **Where Synthesia falls short:** - Avatar realism trails HeyGen at presenter-size crop. Improving each release but not yet caught up. - Smaller stock avatar library (~230 vs ~700). - Custom avatar gated behind Enterprise tier. - No real interactive-avatar / streaming API at a price comparable to HeyGen's. - The Starter tier is a real product, but the genuinely interesting capabilities (custom avatars, brand kits, SCORM) all live on Creator/Enterprise. Creators looking for an avatar shot inside a [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) workflow usually find Synthesia oversized for the job. ## HeyGen vs Synthesia: side-by-side scoring on what actually matters We ran the same 60-second presenter script through both tools in May 2026. Same speaker (a stock avatar matched roughly for age and background), same voice (each tool's default English/US), same export settings (1080p, MP4, English subtitles). Here is what we found. Criterion HeyGen Synthesia Notes Time to first render 90 seconds 110 seconds HeyGen edges it. Both are fast. Lip-sync quality 8/10 7/10 HeyGen tighter on consonants. Avatar realism (mid-shot) 8/10 7/10 Both still read as avatars on extreme close-up. Avatar realism (presenter framing) 8.5/10 7.5/10 HeyGen's micro-expressions slightly better. Voice naturalness 8/10 7.5/10 Both excellent; HeyGen's default voice less robotic. Multi-scene assembly 5/10 5/10 Both linear scene editors; neither stitches b-roll cleanly. Translation quality (Spanish, French, Japanese) 8/10 8/10 Tie. Both excellent. Watermark on entry paid tier None None Both ship watermark-free on the first paid tier. Enterprise readiness (SSO, audit, SCORM) 6/10 9.5/10 Synthesia in a different league here. Custom avatar accessibility 8/10 (Creator) 4/10 (Enterprise only) HeyGen wins on price-to-access. Pricing transparency 6/10 7/10 Credit system on HeyGen creates surprise; Synthesia per-seat clearer. API maturity 9/10 (Interactive Avatar) 6/10 HeyGen leads on real-time use cases. **One thing neither scoring column captures: who you are allowed to look like.** Cloning a founder or a sales rep is fine with their consent. Cloning anyone else runs into the FTC's [Impersonation Rule](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/blog/2024/02/new-impersonator-rule-gives-ftc-powerful-tool-protecting-consumers-businesses), which makes it a violation to "materially and falsely pose as" a business or its officers, or to misrepresent "affiliation with, including endorsement or sponsorship by" one. Both tools require consent recordings for custom avatars; the legal exposure sits with you, not the vendor. **Aggregate read:** HeyGen wins on creator and marketing video, by about a 1.5-point margin on the dimensions creators care about. Synthesia wins on enterprise L&D by a much wider margin (about 3 points on the dimensions enterprise buyers care about). For the multi-scene assembly job, neither tool wins; they both stop at "avatar reading a script" and hand the rest of the work to a second editor. We ran the same test rig across 10 tools in the [HeyGen alternatives roundup](/blog/best-heygen-alternatives) if you want the wider comparison. ## HeyGen vs Synthesia by use case: who should pick which **Solo creator or paid-social marketer shipping daily.** HeyGen, easily. Cheaper, faster avatar setup, better lip-sync at the framing you actually use. The Translate feature is a real multiplier for international audiences. Plug it into our free [video script generator](/tools/video-script-generator) for the scripts and the free [video hook generator](/tools/video-hook-generator) for hooks, and you have a full content pipeline for under $50/month. For paid-social specifically where the ad needs an avatar plus stock b-roll cutaways and captions in one render, MakeAIVideo's [AI UGC video](/ai-ugc-video) mode closes most of the assembly gap HeyGen leaves open. **Sales team doing personalised outreach video.** HeyGen. The Interactive Avatar API and the lower-tier custom avatar mean you can produce dozens of variations from one base recording. Tavus is a stronger specialised pick if personalisation is the whole product, but HeyGen covers it well as a side-effect. **Enterprise learning team buying for a course library.** Synthesia, no contest. SCORM export and procurement-grade governance are the difference between "we shipped 50 courses this quarter" and "legal is still reviewing the contract." **HR or comms team producing internal training and announcements.** Synthesia if it lives in your LMS; HeyGen if it lives on the company intranet or in Slack. Both are good; the deciding factor is downstream distribution. **Agency producing client videos at scale.** HeyGen for client-facing creative work (better avatars, faster iterations, cheaper per-seat). Synthesia if the client is itself an enterprise that needs governance. **Faceless YouTube creator wanting a presenter persona.** Neither is ideal. Both ship an avatar reading a script with no real scene cuts to the b-roll a YouTube video needs. See our [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) page for a pipeline approach that handles the b-roll natively. **A format note that cuts across all of these.** An avatar clip is not automatically a publishable post. [Sprout Social's social video data](https://sproutsocial.com/insights/social-media-video-statistics/) puts 74% of Facebook video views as sound-off and average LinkedIn watch time at 13 to 15 seconds, so whichever tool you pick, budget for burned-in captions and a hook that lands before the second mark. ## How much do HeyGen and Synthesia actually cost? Both tools publish pricing pages but the actual cost depends on the unit you measure. We did the math on three real volumes. Worth holding against a benchmark: [HubSpot and Wistia's State of Video research](https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/state-of-video-marketing-new-data) found almost 40% of companies spent under $5,000 on video production across a whole year, which makes Volumes A and B below cheap and Volume C a genuine budget decision. For a worked example of multi-scene assembly that neither HeyGen nor Synthesia does end-to-end, see our guide on [how to write an AI video script](/blog/how-to-write-an-ai-video-script) and the [blog to video](/blog-to-video) mode, which turns long-form content into a multi-scene video. **Volume A: 10 minutes of finished video per month** (a solo creator shipping 5 × 2-minute clips/week) - HeyGen Creator: $24/month + ~$0 overage = **$24/month** (well within the 30 min/month allowance) - Synthesia Starter: $29/month + ~$0 overage = **$29/month** (covers 120 min/year, plenty) - **Verdict:** Tie within ~$5. HeyGen edges it. **Volume B: 60 minutes of finished video per month** (a small marketing team shipping daily) - HeyGen Team: $89/month (90 min/mo bundled) = **$89/month** - Synthesia Creator: $89/month + custom avatar = **$89/month** - **Verdict:** Identical. Pick on features, not price. **Volume C: 200+ minutes/month + 5+ seats + enterprise governance** - HeyGen Enterprise: custom quote. Buyers report $20-50k/year. - Synthesia Enterprise: custom quote. Buyers report $25-70k/year. - **Verdict:** Synthesia typically lands higher but with more procurement-grade features in the box. Get quotes from both. **Hidden costs to watch for:** - HeyGen's credit system: heavy users blow past the Creator allowance in week 2 and pay overage rates that compound. Audit your last 3 months of usage before committing. - Synthesia's custom-avatar tier: if you need branded avatars and you are not at Enterprise volume, the jump from $89/month Creator to "talk to sales" Enterprise is real. - Both: rendering errors that consume credits without producing a finished MP4. Both have policies for re-runs but the friction is real. ## The third option: when neither HeyGen nor Synthesia is the right answer Here is the honest scenario the "HeyGen vs Synthesia" search misses: most buyers in the comparison need a **finished video**, not just an avatar clip. An avatar reading a script is one ingredient. The deliverable is usually that avatar plus a hook frame, plus a mid-roll cut to b-roll or a chart, plus burned-in captions, plus a closing CTA card. Both HeyGen and Synthesia stop at ingredient one and leave the assembly to a second editor (Premiere, CapCut, Descript, Canva). That assembly step is where the time and frustration live. It is also the gap our [AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar) mode was built to close: the avatar shot sits inside one render with stock B-roll cutaways (Add B-Roll), captions, and background music you can change in the editor, shipped as one finished MP4 from a single script. It does not add a closing CTA card; if your ad needs one, that last step still happens in an editor. The stakes scale with where the video ends up. [Business of Apps tracks TikTok at roughly $23 billion in 2024 revenue with 77% of it from advertising](https://www.businessofapps.com/data/tik-tok-statistics/), and a talking-head clip with no b-roll and no CTA card is not competitive creative on that surface, no matter how good the lip-sync is. **Pick the multi-scene route over HeyGen and Synthesia when:** - The deliverable is a finished video, not an avatar clip you then edit - You want the presenter, stock B-roll, captions and music in one render, or no presenter at all (paste a brief into [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) or paste a script into [script to video](/script-to-video)) - You want predictable pricing on finished videos shipped, not credit allowances - Watermark-free 1080p MP4 on the entry paid tier matters - You are producing creator content for TikTok, Reels, or YouTube Shorts where the platform-specific render handles the full job **Stick with HeyGen when:** - You need the Interactive Avatar API for real-time streaming - You are doing video translation of existing footage at high volume - The deliverable genuinely is just an avatar clip you will edit downstream **Stick with Synthesia when:** - You are buying for an enterprise L&D library with SCORM and governance requirements - Brand kits at scale across many course authors matters - The procurement contract is the bottleneck, not the avatar quality > **The "third option" pitch.** A finished video is rarely one avatar shot. It is the avatar shot plus b-roll, plus captions, plus music, plus a CTA card. Our [AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar) mode does all of that in one render. [Get started →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) ## Why we built MakeAIVideo to fit between HeyGen and Synthesia We have spent three months testing every tool in this category against the same brief. The pattern is the same every time: HeyGen and Synthesia both ship excellent avatar clips, both leave the multi-scene assembly to a downstream editor, and both charge for the next minute of avatar time even when what you needed was 4 seconds of b-roll. That downstream assembly is where small teams burn most of their video-production time, and it is the gap our [text to video](/prompt-to-video) pipeline was built to close. See the full [story of why we built MakeAIVideo](/blog/why-we-built-makeaivideo) for the longer version, or jump to the [HeyGen alternatives roundup](/blog/best-heygen-alternatives) and the [Synthesia alternatives breakdown](/blog/best-synthesia-alternatives) for wider surveys of both sides of the avatar category (10+8 tools, real pricing, honest verdicts). Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=inline_cta&utm_content=heygen-vs-synthesia)plans from $9/month · allowance tops up monthly ## HeyGen vs Synthesia FAQs > **The third option in one line.** If your deliverable is a finished video with an avatar plus b-roll plus captions plus music, neither HeyGen nor Synthesia ships that in one render. Our paste-script flow does. [Get started →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) ### Which is better, HeyGen or Synthesia? For creators, paid-social marketers, and solo founders, HeyGen is the better pick because of avatar realism, custom-avatar access on the Creator tier, and the Interactive Avatar API. For enterprise L&D and training teams, Synthesia is the better pick because of SSO, SCORM exports, brand kits, and procurement-grade contracts. Most buyers comparing the two are actually in the creator/marketer bucket, which means HeyGen is the default answer unless your buyer is procurement. ### Is HeyGen cheaper than Synthesia? Marginally. HeyGen Creator starts at $24/month and Synthesia Starter at $29/month. Both bundle a fixed allowance of video minutes; both charge overage rates for heavy use. At the small-team tier ($89/month for both), the price gap closes to zero and the decision should come down to features, not cost. Enterprise pricing for both is custom-quoted. ### Does HeyGen or Synthesia have better avatars in 2026? HeyGen has the edge on avatar realism at presenter-size framing as of May 2026. The lip-sync is tighter and the micro-expressions slightly more natural. Synthesia avatars have improved meaningfully across the last year but are still about half a generation behind on raw realism. Both still read as avatars at extreme close-up framing. ### Can I use HeyGen or Synthesia for SCORM-compliant training? Synthesia has native SCORM 1.2 and 2004 export and integrates directly with the major LMSs (Cornerstone, SAP SuccessFactors, Docebo, Workday Learning). HeyGen does not ship native SCORM export; you would package the MP4 output into a SCORM wrapper using a third-party tool. For SCORM-driven workflows, Synthesia is the clear pick. ### Which has better translation, HeyGen or Synthesia? HeyGen Translate is better for transforming an existing video (real footage, recorded voice) into another language with lip-sync on the original speaker. Synthesia Multilingual Avatars is better for producing new translated content from scratch as part of a training library, because the pricing model bundles translation into per-seat plans rather than per-minute credits. Different jobs, both excellent. ### Is there a free version of HeyGen or Synthesia? Both ship a free tier with a watermark. HeyGen's free tier caps videos at 1 minute and 3 generations per day. Synthesia's free tier ships 3 minutes of video per month total. Both are useful for testing the workflow before paying; neither is workable for production volume. ### What is the best alternative to HeyGen and Synthesia? The category answer depends on what you actually need. For a multi-scene pipeline that includes the avatar shot plus b-roll plus captions plus music in one render, MakeAIVideo's [talking avatar](/talking-avatar) mode is the closest fit. For deep enterprise training with branching scenarios, [Colossyan](https://www.colossyan.com) is a real alternative. For interactive conversational avatars, [Tavus](https://www.tavus.io) and [D-ID](https://www.d-id.com) lead. See the [HeyGen alternatives roundup](/blog/best-heygen-alternatives) for the full 10-tool comparison, or [the Runway alternatives breakdown](/blog/best-runway-alternatives) for generative-video tools outside the avatar space. ### Can I switch from HeyGen to Synthesia or vice versa? Yes, both export standard MP4 and neither locks your scripts into a proprietary format. The migration cost is mostly the time to rebuild brand templates and re-record custom avatars in the new tool. If you have heavily invested in a custom avatar, that investment does not transfer. Plan a 2-3 week parallel period before switching off the incumbent. ### What is the difference between HeyGen and Synthesia for marketing videos? HeyGen is better suited to short-form marketing video (ads, social, sales outreach) because of avatar realism, the Interactive Avatar API, and faster custom-avatar setup. Synthesia is better suited to longer-form internal marketing (sales enablement libraries, employee onboarding, internal comms) where the avatar speaks for 5+ minutes and governance matters. For finished multi-scene marketing videos that include b-roll and product shots, neither covers the assembly step on its own. ![Jamie Partridge](/images/authors/jamie-partridge.webp) Written by [Jamie Partridge](/about/jamie-partridge) Founder at MakeAIVideo. Writing about AI video generation, scripting, scenes, and shipping content faster. [More about the author](/about/jamie-partridge) ## Free AI video tools - [ Video Script Generator Generate 6 full HOOK / BODY / CTA video scripts in any format, short-form, long-form, tutorial, VSL, talking-head, product demo. Free, no signup, instant. ](/tools/video-script-generator) - [ Video Hook Generator Generate 10 attention-grabbing video hooks for any topic. Patterns proven to drive watch-through on TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-hook-generator) - [ YouTube Title Generator Generate 10 proven YouTube titles in your chosen style: how-to, listicle, comparison, story, or controversial. Includes SERP truncation warnings. ](/tools/youtube-title-generator) - [ Caption Character Counter Live character counter with per-platform limits across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube Shorts, X, and LinkedIn. Catches overruns before you hit publish. ](/tools/tiktok-caption-counter) ## More AI video guides Comparisons [ ### Best HeyGen Alternatives in 2026 (10 Tested) ](/blog/best-heygen-alternatives) 10 HeyGen alternatives tested on the same brief: best for multi-scene pipelines, enterprise L&D, photo-to-presenter, personalised outreach. 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This guide is the shortcut: what Runway is in 2026, what the current tiers actually cost, how the credit system works, and the exact steps from a blank prompt to your first Gen-4.5 clip. If you want to see how it sits against the rest of the field first, [the wider AI video model landscape](/blog/best-ai-video-model-2026) has the head-to-head context. > **Not sure Runway is the right starting point?** If you just want one narrated video from a written idea, our [prompt-to-video route](/prompt-to-video) skips the clip-generation step entirely and outputs a finished MP4. Runway is the tool to learn when you want raw generative footage to build a longer piece around. ## What Runway AI is (and the Gen-3 to Gen-4.5 version history) Runway is a New York based AI video and creative platform run by the company [Runway](https://runway.com/), [established in 2018 and headquartered in Manhattan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runway_\(company\)). It is one of the two or three names most people mean when they say "AI video generator" in a professional context, alongside OpenAI's Sora and Google's Veo. It is also older than either. Runway's generation quality has moved in three visible steps over the last two years: - **Gen-3 Alpha (mid to late 2024).** The first Runway model that made mainstream press for photoreal short clips. TechCrunch covered the June 2024 unveiling as [a major improvement in generation speed and fidelity over Gen-2](https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/17/runways-new-video-generating-ai-gen-3-offers-improved-controls/), rolling out with 5- and 10-second high-resolution generations at a moment when OpenAI's Sora was still tightly gated and Luma had announced Dream Machine the week before. - **Gen-4 (2025).** Bigger jump in motion coherence, prompt following, and camera control. Gen-4 introduced the multi-shot pattern that lets you generate several consistent shots of the same subject. - **Gen-4.5 (current, 2026).** The default generation model on the paid tiers as of this writing, sitting alongside Aleph 2.0 (Runway's video editing model), Gen-4 Image, and integrations with third-party models like Seedance and [Kling](https://klingai.com/) that Runway now surfaces inside its own product. TechCrunch reports that [Gen-4.5 landed in December and topped leaderboards, outperforming similar models from incumbents like Google](https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/23/runway-bets-on-ai-model-routing-as-generative-media-gets-crowded/), with the Aleph 2.0 editing upgrade following in May. Behind all of that is a much broader research surface than most users realise. Runway also ships Act-One (character performance capture from a reference video), Edit Studio (frame-level video editing), and the GWM-1 world model line. The review section further down covers where each of those wins and loses. ## Who Runway is for (and who it is not) Runway is not the fastest AI video tool to onboard, and pretending it is sets beginners up to feel stupid on day two. **Runway is for you if:** - You want the best available editing controls on top of generation (motion brush, camera control, Act-One, Aleph). No other model in the top tier gives you this many post-generation levers. - You are producing content where the shot itself is the point: short-form ads, music videos, cinematic experiments, art-direction heavy work, product film. - You are comfortable spending a session learning an interface deeper than a prompt box. Runway rewards the users who invest an afternoon in Edit Studio. - You already work in video (an editor, a director, a designer) and want a model that respects how professionals think about shots. **Runway is probably not the right first tool if:** - You want one prompt to produce a finished narrated video. Runway generates clips (usually 5 to 10 seconds), not stitched-together stories. A [script-to-video workflow](/script-to-video) is a better match for that need. - You post talking-head, presenter, or spokesperson content. An [AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar) is closer to what you actually need. - You need a specific character to appear across dozens of posts. That is a character-save workflow (see the [Runway alternatives roundup](/blog/best-runway-alternatives) for tools that do this natively). - You are cost-sensitive and want to render tens of videos per week from a single low subscription. Runway credits price in on the higher end of the field. There is no wrong answer here. Runway does what it does very well. The frustration comes from choosing it for a job a different tool is built for. ## Runway pricing and access in 2026 Runway's public [pricing page](https://runway.com/pricing) lists five tiers as of September 2026. The credit counts and headline features are worth writing down before you sign up, because credits (not seconds of video) are the unit Runway bills in. **Free.** $0/month. 125 one-time credits (not monthly). Access to a limited set of generation models. 5GB of storage. Enough to test the interface and generate a handful of short clips. Not enough to complete a real project. **Standard.** $15/month, or $12/month billed yearly. 625 credits refreshed monthly. Access to all Runway AI image and video models. 4K upscaling. No watermarks on exports. This is the tier most solo creators start on. **Pro.** $35/month, or $28/month billed yearly. 2,250 credits monthly. Everything in Standard, plus 500GB of storage, custom voice support, and access to Runway's premium model tier. The tier that begins to feel comfortable for regular production. **Max.** $95/month, or $76/month billed yearly. 9,500 credits monthly. Everything in Pro, plus credit rollover (unused credits carry over to next month), first access to new model releases, HDR generation, and studio-grade export formats including ProRes. Aimed at production teams. **Enterprise.** Custom pricing. Custom credit packages, dedicated support, SSO, workspace analytics. Runway's sales team handles this. Verify current pricing on Runway's own page before you commit; the numbers here are correct as of the date at the top of this post, and Runway iterates fast. Credit tables in particular move whenever a new model lands on a tier, so the price per generation you budgeted for in January is not necessarily the one you pay in June. > **Practical read.** If you are experimenting, take the Free tier through one or two prompts to see the interface, then jump straight to Standard for real work. Do not attempt a project on Free tier credits alone; you will run out mid-first-scene. ## Signing up and how credits actually work Signing up is a standard email-and-password or Google flow at runway.com. Nothing surprising in the onboarding beyond a short tour of the dashboard, which introduces the Creative product (the main interface) and the various model choices. The one concept worth taking a minute on is credits. Runway does not price per video or per second. Every generation costs a credit amount that varies by: 1. **Which model you use.** Gen-4.5 costs more per second than Gen-4 Turbo. Aleph edits cost differently than fresh generations. Third-party models integrated inside Runway (Seedance, Kling) have their own credit tables. 2. **Clip length.** Longer clips cost proportionally more credits. 3. **Resolution and quality settings.** Higher resolution and higher motion quality settings cost more per generation. The practical implication for a beginner: **spend your first 20 minutes on the cheapest available model to learn what a good prompt looks like**, then switch to Gen-4.5 for the takes that matter. Beginners who default to the highest quality setting on every experiment burn through a Standard tier's monthly credits inside three days. Credits do not roll over on Standard or Pro. They do on Max. If you find yourself consistently unused on a Standard subscription, drop a tier; if you find yourself out by mid-month, that is the signal to move up. ## Your first text-to-video prompt, step by step Once you have a paid tier and 625 credits sitting in the top-right corner, here is the sequence for your first generation. **Step 1: Open the video generation view.** From the dashboard, pick "Generate video" and select the text-to-video option. You will land on a screen with a prompt box, an aspect ratio selector, a duration selector, and a model picker. **Step 2: Pick Gen-4.5 (or Gen-4 Turbo for a cheaper first pass).** Turbo generates faster and costs fewer credits per second, at the cost of some quality. For a learning pass, Turbo is fine. For a final take, Gen-4.5. **Step 3: Write a prompt with four things in it.** A strong Runway prompt names a subject, an action, a camera, and a lighting or style descriptor. Example: > A close-up of a woman in her 30s smiling as she looks up from a coffee, morning sunlight through a cafe window, shallow depth of field, cinematic Notice what the prompt does not do. It does not say "make it look like a movie" or "in the style of a professional." Those phrases mean nothing to the model. The specifics (close-up, woman in her 30s, morning sunlight, shallow depth of field) are what steer the generation. **Step 4: Choose 16:9 for landscape, 9:16 for vertical.** Runway supports multiple aspect ratios; pick the one your final destination needs. Vertical for Reels, TikTok, and Shorts; landscape for YouTube long-form or website hero footage. Sprout Social's [social media video specs guide](https://sproutsocial.com/insights/social-media-video-specs-guide/) puts Reels, TikTok, and Shorts all at 9:16 (1080x1920 on TikTok and Shorts) against 16:9 for standard YouTube, which is the whole decision in one line. Our [Instagram Reels generator](/instagram-reels-generator) handles the vertical format specifics on the publishing side. **Step 5: Set duration to 5 or 10 seconds.** Runway generates in short clips. Do not attempt 30-second prompts; the model is not built for it, and you can extend or stitch clips later. **Step 6: Generate and wait.** Generations run in a few minutes. Runway queues them if you submit several at once. You will get a notification when the clip lands in your library. **Step 7: Review, then iterate.** The first generation is a learning pass, not a final. Study what the model interpreted well and what it missed. Re-prompt with tighter language on the parts that drifted. The [prompt-writing patterns for Sora](/blog/best-sora-prompts-2026) apply almost one-to-one to Runway; the language a model listens to is remarkably consistent across the top tier. ## The Runway features worth learning first Runway's differentiator against Sora, Veo, and Kling is not raw generation quality; it is the editing surface on top of generation. Four features are worth an hour each in your first two weeks. **Motion brush.** Paint a region of a still image, then describe how that region should move. Useful for taking a static hero shot (a product on a table, a character portrait) and adding controlled motion to specific parts of the frame without the rest of the image drifting. **Camera control.** Explicit camera movement direction (pan, tilt, zoom in, zoom out, orbit, dolly) applied to a generation. This is the feature that separates Runway from pure text-to-video tools in practice, because directors think in camera moves and Runway is one of the few models that lets you name the move rather than hint at it in prose and hope. **Act-One (and its follow-up Act-Two).** Character performance capture. Record a short reference video of yourself performing a facial expression or line, then apply that performance to a generated character. Runway is the first mainstream product to make this workable for non-technical creators. **Aleph 2.0 and Edit Studio.** Frame-level video editing inside the model. Edit a single frame (change an object, change lighting, change a background element), then have the model propagate that edit across the rest of the clip. This is closer to VFX work than generation, and is where Runway is heading strategically. You do not need all four on day one. Learn text-to-video first, then image-to-video (upload a still, generate motion from it, via the [image-to-video route](/image-to-video) on our side or Runway's own image-to-video mode on theirs), then pick one advanced feature per week. ## What the output actually looks like: length, resolution, aspect ratios Runway's Gen-4.5 output on the Standard tier is roughly a 5 to 10 second clip in your chosen aspect ratio, delivered as an MP4 with no watermark. On Pro and Max you get access to higher resolution options and (on Max) HDR and ProRes export. That ceiling is neither new nor Runway-specific. TechCrunch noted at the Gen-3 Alpha launch that the model, [like all video-generating models, maxes out at 10 seconds of footage](https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/17/runways-new-video-generating-ai-gen-3-offers-improved-controls/). Two model generations later the whole top tier still sits inside that constraint. The clips are short because generating a longer clip requires the model to keep track of consistency (subject, lighting, camera position, physics) across more frames, and no current-generation model does that reliably past about 10 seconds without visible drift. The practical consequence for a beginner: **your first 20 posts will be built from multiple short clips stitched together**, not from a single long generation. Plan the shots first, generate the shots second, cut the shots together third. This is how professional AI video already works, and it is how Runway expects you to use it. ## Beyond the raw clip: the pipeline problem no model solves Here is the wall every new Runway user hits by their third or fourth generation: the clip looks great, and it is unclear what to do with it. Runway gives you the shot. It does not give you: - A written script for what the character in the shot should say - A voice for the character - Music under the clip - Auto-captions timed to the voice - A finished MP4 exported in the platform-native aspect ratio and length - A publishing workflow for the formats your audience actually sees the video in, such as a [TikTok video generator](/tiktok-video-generator) or a [YouTube Shorts generator](/ai-shorts-generator) This is not a criticism of Runway; it is the design. Runway is a foundation model plus a creative studio, not a finished-video pipeline. Sora is the same. Veo is the same, and Google DeepMind states the shape of it plainly on [its own Veo page](https://deepmind.google/models/veo/): Veo videos are 8 seconds long. Every top-tier generation model produces raw footage, and the last-mile assembly is a separate job. Some professional users solve this with an editor (Premiere, Final Cut, DaVinci) plus a voiceover artist plus a music library plus a captioning tool. That is the traditional stack, and it works. It also takes hours per finished video. ## Where MakeAIVideo fits alongside Runway MakeAIVideo is not a competitor to Runway. We are not a foundation model. We do not generate 10-second cinematic clips (Runway does that job better than we could). What we do is the whole narrated video: script, voiceover, scenes (real stock footage, or AI scenes on MiniMax Hailuo or Kling 2.6), captions, music, export. We do not take uploaded Runway clips as scenes, so if Runway hands you five to ten seconds of raw footage, that clip gets finished in Runway's own editor or a regular video editor. MakeAIVideo is the route when you would rather start from a script than from a clip. A pattern that works: use Runway for the hero clip that has to look premium (an ad opener, a product beauty shot, a music-video-style transition) and finish it in an editor, and use MakeAIVideo's [script-to-video workflow](/script-to-video) for the narrated pieces that do not need a hero shot. Runway supplies one memorable shot; MakeAIVideo builds finished 30-to-60-second videos with voiceover and captions. Two tools, two jobs. Put another way: use MakeAIVideo end-to-end for daily content (Reels, Shorts, TikTok, starting from any of 16 templates you can remix if you want a head start), and pull Runway in occasionally when a specific shot needs a level of visual craft the workflow tool is not designed for. Under $50/month combined for both plans covers a solo creator's whole production surface at that point. MakeAIVideo plans start at $9 a month for 450 credits, topped back up each billing month. Public [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) is the same page you would see if you signed up now. > **Rule of thumb.** If your video is one shot, Runway is enough. If your video is a story with a script and a voice, a pipeline that makes the whole thing is enough. MakeAIVideo is that pipeline. The [Sora and Runway compared head-to-head](/blog/sora-vs-runway-comparison) piece goes deeper on when Runway is the right generation choice versus Sora for that hero-clip slot; the general principle (raw model output plus a finishing layer) is the same regardless of which model you pick. ## Runway AI review: where it wins and where it loses Once you know how to use it, the question is whether Runway earns a monthly slot. The short verdict: Runway is no longer the clear leader on raw clip quality, but it is still the deepest editing suite built around a video model. **The company behind it.** Runway was founded in 2018, and per [its Wikipedia entry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runway_\(company\)) its tools were used on films including Everything Everywhere All at Once. [TechCrunch reported a $315 million Series E in February 2026](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/ai-video-startup-runway-raises-315m-at-5-3b-valuation-eyes-more-capable-world-models/) that nearly doubled its valuation to $5.3 billion, led by General Atlantic with Nvidia, Adobe Ventures and Fidelity participating, against a team of roughly 140 people. That is the funding profile of a company betting on world models, not on winning the next clip benchmark. **Where it wins.** - **Consistency inside a project.** Gen-4 is where consistency became a shipped feature: [TechCrunch's write-up of the March 2025 rollout](https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/31/runway-releases-an-impressive-new-video-generating-ai-model/) described it generating consistent characters, locations and objects across scenes from visual references. For a short story or a recurring brand character, that is the biggest reason to pick Runway. - **Directorial control.** Motion brush and explicit camera moves let you say how the lens behaves, not just what happens. - **Frame editing with Aleph.** Edit one frame (an outfit, an object, the lighting) and the change carries through the clip, which turns a reshoot into a browser task. - **Performance capture.** Act-Two drives a generated character's face with a phone recording of your own performance. Get consent before you use anyone else's likeness: the [FTC has proposed extending its impersonation rule](https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/02/ftc-proposes-new-protections-combat-ai-impersonation-individuals) to AI platforms whose output is used to impersonate people. - **Other models in the same seat.** Partner models such as Kling and Seedance run inside Runway's interface, which hedges against the pace of new releases. **Where it loses.** - **Credits at volume.** Every generation, edit and upscale spends credits, and high-cadence creators run through a Standard plan quickly. Price your own weekly volume against the tiers above before you subscribe. - **Clip length.** Generations still sit in the five to ten second range, so anything longer is stitched. - **Iteration.** Complex prompts often take several generations to land, and every reroll costs. - **No narrated-video flow.** Runway has custom voices on Pro and above, but no single route from a script to a captioned, narrated, music-backed video. - **The learning curve.** Aleph, Act-Two, node workflows, motion brush and Multi-Shot are powerful but not obvious. **Against the field.** Veo 3 generates audio in the same pass as the picture, per [Google DeepMind's product page](https://deepmind.google/technologies/veo/veo-3/), which Runway does not; Runway wins on the editing stack Veo lacks. Kling is the price disruptor, with comparable single-clip quality for fewer credits, and our [Kling vs Runway comparison](/blog/kling-vs-runway-comparison) runs both through one brief. The quality ranking itself moves fast: [Stanford HAI's 2026 AI Index](https://hai.stanford.edu/ai-index/2026-ai-index-report/technical-performance) reports video models starting to capture how objects behave, not just how footage looks. Workflow differences age much more slowly. And the field keeps filling, with [Statista's generative AI outlook sizing the worldwide market at roughly $394.66 billion in 2026](https://www.statista.com/outlook/tmo/artificial-intelligence/generative-ai/worldwide/), rising toward $804 billion by 2032. **Who should buy it.** Filmmakers, VFX supervisors and ad agencies, for whom the editing suite and character consistency are hard to replace. Agencies should weigh audience sentiment too: [Gartner's 2026 marketing survey found half of consumers prefer brands that avoid using generative AI in consumer-facing content](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2026-03-16-gartner-marketing-survey-finds-50-percent-of-consumers-prefer-brands-that-avoid-using-genai-in-consumer-facing-content0), an argument for spending credits where the tool improves the work. Faceless YouTube and daily Shorts creators who lead with narration usually do not need it; a narration pipeline fits that rhythm better, with Runway kept for the occasional hero shot. ## Five beginner mistakes on Runway **1\. Defaulting to Gen-4.5 for every learning pass.** Turbo is meaningfully cheaper per generation and quality-adequate for the initial 20 experiments where you are learning what your prompts do. Save Gen-4.5 for the takes you intend to use. **2\. Writing "make it look cinematic" prompts.** The model does not know what you mean by "cinematic." It does understand "shallow depth of field, warm morning light, 35mm lens feel." Specifics beat vibes, every time. **3\. Trying to generate 30 seconds in one prompt.** Runway is a short-clip model. Plan the video as multiple 5 to 10 second clips and stitch them together in an edit. Fighting the clip-length limit wastes credits and produces worse output. **4\. Ignoring aspect ratio at generation time.** Setting the aspect ratio during generation is free. Cropping a landscape clip into vertical after the fact loses composition, cuts subjects out of frame, and looks amateur. Pick the ratio before you generate, not after. **5\. Skipping motion brush and camera control because they look complicated.** These two features are the reason people pay for Runway over the cheaper competitors. If you never use them, you are paying Runway prices for a feature set you could get on a Free or Standard tier of a simpler tool. Book an hour to learn one, then the other. Every one of these is a mistake I have made or watched other users make. The good news is they are all one-session fixes. Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=inline_cta&utm_content=how-to-use-runway-beginners-guide)plans from $9/month · allowance tops up monthly ## How to use Runway AI FAQs ### How do you use Runway AI as a total beginner? Sign up at runway.com, take the Free tier through one or two prompts to learn the interface, then move to Standard ($15/month) for real work. Start with text-to-video on Gen-4 Turbo, then step up to Gen-4.5 for takes you intend to keep. ### What does Runway AI cost in 2026? Free ($0, 125 one-time credits), Standard ($15/month, 625 credits/month), Pro ($35/month, 2,250 credits), Max ($95/month, 9,500 credits with rollover), and Enterprise (custom). Yearly billing knocks roughly 20% off. Verify on Runway's pricing page before you subscribe. ### Is Runway free to try? Yes, on the Free tier. You get 125 one-time credits (not monthly), access to a limited set of models, and 5GB of storage. Enough to test the interface. Not enough to complete a project. ### How long are Runway clips? Typically 5 to 10 seconds per generation on Gen-4.5. This is a shared limit across most top-tier generative video models in 2026. Longer videos are built by stitching multiple short clips in an edit, not by asking the model for a single long clip. ### Can Runway generate video with sound? Runway supports audio in some workflows (custom voices on Pro and above) and integrates with third-party audio and music models inside the platform. For most beginners, adding voiceover, music, and captions happens in a separate step after generation. ### What is the difference between Gen-3, Gen-4, and Gen-4.5? Gen-3 Alpha (2024) was Runway's first photoreal generation model. Gen-4 (2025) added multi-shot consistency and better camera control. Gen-4.5 (current in 2026) is the default paid-tier model, with the best motion coherence and prompt following Runway ships. ### Is Runway better than Sora or Veo 3 for a beginner? Different jobs. Sora and Veo are stronger on pure text-to-video quality in many cases; Runway is stronger on the editing surface (motion brush, camera control, Act-One, Edit Studio) around the generation. For a shot-heavy visual project, Runway. For a fast experiment, either of the others. ### Do I need Adobe Premiere or Final Cut to use Runway? No, but you will want some way to stitch multiple Runway clips together if you are producing a video longer than 10 seconds. Any editor works. For narrated content that does not need Runway shots, a pipeline tool like MakeAIVideo skips the edit by making the whole video, script, voiceover, and scenes included. ### What is Act-One? A Runway feature that captures a facial performance from a reference video and applies it to a generated character. Useful for lip sync, dialogue delivery, and giving an AI character a specific expression pattern. Not required for basic text-to-video use. ### Where does MakeAIVideo fit if I already pay for Runway? MakeAIVideo is the narrated-video pipeline (script, voice, scenes, captions, music, export) that Runway does not attempt. Use Runway for hero clips that need model-quality visuals and finish those in an editor, and use MakeAIVideo's [script-to-video workflow](/script-to-video) for finished narrated pieces; it does not take uploaded Runway clips. The two do different jobs. ## Where to start Runway rewards users who invest one focused afternoon in it. The path that works for most beginners is: sign up on the Free tier, run three or four generations to feel the interface, upgrade to Standard, learn text-to-video and image-to-video first, then add one advanced feature (motion brush or camera control) per week. Two weeks in, you will have shipped work you are proud of. If your goal is finished narrated videos (rather than raw clips), add a pipeline tool alongside Runway. Our own [prompt-to-video pipeline](/prompt-to-video) is one option; MakeAIVideo plans start at $9 a month for 450 credits, topped back up each billing month. Runway generates the standout shots, and MakeAIVideo makes the narrated videos from a script. The wider category is moving fast. TechCrunch's reporting on Runway's model router describes [the number of generative media models exploding to the point where evaluating new releases has become difficult and time-consuming](https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/23/runway-bets-on-ai-model-routing-as-generative-media-gets-crowded/), and the ongoing releases across Sora, Veo, Kling, Runway, and the rest mean this guide's specifics will need updating every few months; the workflow (raw generation on one tool, pipeline on another) is the part that stays true. Learn Runway for the generation half; use whatever pipeline fits your posting cadence for the other half. That is how professional AI video is actually produced in 2026. ![Jamie Partridge](/images/authors/jamie-partridge.webp) Written by [Jamie Partridge](/about/jamie-partridge) Founder at MakeAIVideo. Writing about AI video generation, scripting, scenes, and shipping content faster. [More about the author](/about/jamie-partridge) ## Free AI video tools - [ Video Script Generator Generate 6 full HOOK / BODY / CTA video scripts in any format, short-form, long-form, tutorial, VSL, talking-head, product demo. Free, no signup, instant. ](/tools/video-script-generator) - [ Video Hook Generator Generate 10 attention-grabbing video hooks for any topic. Patterns proven to drive watch-through on TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-hook-generator) - [ Video Idea Generator Get 10 ready-to-shoot video ideas tailored to your niche. Built from formats that consistently win views on TikTok, Reels, and Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-idea-generator) - [ Instagram Caption Generator Free Instagram caption generator: 12 captions across 7 styles, with niche hashtag bundles for Reels and posts. Instant, no signup needed. ](/tools/instagram-caption-generator) ## More AI video guides Comparisons [ ### Sora vs Runway (2026): Which AI Video Model Wins? ](/blog/sora-vs-runway-comparison) Sora vs Runway compared in 2026 on model quality, clip length, editing tools, pricing, and access. Plus where each one actually fits. 12 September 2026·21 min read Buyer's Guides [ ### Best Runway Alternatives in 2026 (10 Picks, Real Pricing) ](/blog/best-runway-alternatives) 10 Runway alternatives for 2026, sorted by the reason you are leaving: pricing shape, the 10-second clip cap, or editing philosophy. Verified vendor pricing. 10 June 2026·24 min read Guides [ ### How to Use Veo 3 in 2026 (Beginner's Guide) ](/blog/how-to-use-veo-3-beginners-guide) How to use Google Veo 3 in 2026: how to access it, your first prompt with audio cues, 12 tested Veo 3 prompts, and an honest review of its strengths and limits. 11 September 2026·27 min read Comparisons [ ### Kling vs Runway (2026): Which AI Video Model to Pick ](/blog/kling-vs-runway-comparison) Kling vs Runway 2026: model physics, editing tools, motion brush versus Kling built-ins, pricing, and the finishing-pipeline gap both models leave open. 12 September 2026·21 min read How-to Guides [ ### AI Tools for Content Creators (2026): The Monday-Friday Playbook ](/blog/best-ai-tools-for-content-creators-2026) AI tools for content creators mapped to a Monday-to-Friday workflow. Which tool earns each time-slot, what 'done' looks like, and how to ship five posts a week without burnout. 3 September 2026·15 min read Reviews [ ### Pika Labs Review (2026): Pikaffects, Pricing, and Where It Fits ](/blog/best-pika-labs-review-2026) Pika Labs review 2026: Pika 2.5, Pikaffects, Pikaframes, pricing tiers, and where the Discord-born model fits into a finished narrated video workflow. 17 September 2026·19 min read Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. Plans from $9 a month with credits included, topped back up every billing month. 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This beginner guide walks through what Veo 3 is, which surface to sign in through, how to write your first prompt with audio cues in it, what you get back, and where a pipeline like MakeAIVideo ([plans and pricing](/pricing)) fits when your deliverable is a finished narrated video rather than eight raw seconds. If you already have a script and want a finished narrated video rather than a Veo shot, skip to the [script to video](/script-to-video) section at the bottom. > **The 30-second call.** Veo 3 is the pick when you need one photoreal eight-second clip with the sound baked in. It is not a finished-video tool. Use Veo 3 for a single hero shot, and a pipeline like MakeAIVideo when the deliverable is the whole narrated video with script, voice, captions, and export. ## What Veo 3 actually is Veo 3 is [Google DeepMind's third-generation text-to-video model](https://deepmind.google/technologies/veo/veo-3/), [announced at Google I/O on May 20, 2025](https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/generative-media-models-io-2025/) and rolled out through the Gemini app, Google Flow (the filmmaking tool that replaced VideoFX), Google Vids inside Workspace, and Vertex AI for developers. Give it a written prompt (or a prompt plus a reference image), and it returns up to eight seconds of video per generation at 1080p or 4K, with synchronised audio produced in the same pass. The version history matters because "Veo 3" is not the newest label you will see in a Google product menu. Veo 1 landed in May 2024 as a research preview and rendered up to 1080p. Veo 2 shipped in December 2024, added 4K, and pushed physics realism forward. Veo 3 arrived in May 2025 with the native audio pass that became the model's signature feature. Veo 3.1, released on October 15, 2025, is the current stable variant and the version you interact with when you generate today. Everything below applies to Veo 3.1 unless noted, and beginners can safely use the phrase "Veo 3" for the whole family. Veo is not a full video product; it is a foundation model. There is no timeline, no scene manager, no caption pass, and no cross-clip character memory. It renders one clip, with one baked-in audio track, per generation. For anything longer than eight seconds, you stitch multiple clips or wrap Veo in an editor or pipeline. The review section further down covers its strengths and limits in more depth. If your first instinct is "give it a still image and animate it," Veo does support that path. So does the [animate a photo](/image-to-video) mode inside MakeAIVideo, which turns one still into a 5 or 10-second clip. ## Who Veo 3 is for, and who it isn't Setting expectations before you invest a subscription cost or hours of iteration: **Veo 3 suits beginners who want the highest-fidelity short cinematic clip available today.** A product shot with realistic ambient sound. A single line of dialogue delivered in-frame by a character. A moody atmospheric beat where room tone carries the vibe. On any of those, Veo 3 currently outputs the most photoreal short-clip result of any mainstream model, and the audio pass saves an entire sound-design step. **Veo 3 does not suit beginners shipping finished long-form videos.** Every generation caps at eight seconds. A 60-second YouTube Short, a two-minute explainer, or a scripted testimonial needs multiple Veo takes plus voiceover, captions, music, and assembly. Character continuity between separate Veo generations is imperfect, which is why longer projects usually reach for a pipeline layer instead. For that shape of job, an [AI video generator](/) like MakeAIVideo makes the whole narrated video, with voiceover, captions and music, in one place. **Veo 3 suits creators who want to iterate quickly on the same beat.** Google's own filmmaking tool (Flow) is built around Veo and supports rapid iteration with visual prompt refinements, image-anchored takes, and side-by-side generation review. Beginners who like a photoshoot-style workflow (shoot, review, adjust, shoot again) find Flow more comfortable than the raw API. **Veo 3 does not suit creators optimising strictly for cost per clip.** Vertex AI billing runs around $0.75 per second of generated video when audio is included. An eight-second clip with sound costs roughly $6 in compute alone, before any wrap-up work. If cost per finished clip is the binding constraint, [our Sora alternatives roundup](/blog/best-sora-alternatives) covers the value picks (Kling, Pika) that trade some quality for a fraction of the per-second rate. If you sit inside the "one striking clip per beat" profile, work through the rest of this guide. If you sit inside the "cadence of finished videos" profile, jump straight to the pipeline section further down. ## How to access Veo 3 in 2026 Four public surfaces expose Veo 3 today, each aimed at a different type of user. **Gemini app (consumer path).** The Gemini web app and mobile apps include Veo 3 for subscribers on the [Google AI Pro or Google AI Ultra plans](https://one.google.com/about/google-ai-plans/). Type a prompt into the Gemini chat, hit the video button, and the same subscription that powers your Gemini Advanced text sessions covers the generation. This is the cheapest way for a beginner to try Veo 3 seriously; the Ultra tier is where most repeat users end up because the Pro tier caps monthly video quotas quickly. **Google Flow (creator path).** Flow is the DeepMind filmmaking tool that replaced VideoFX, purpose-built around Veo. It supports image-anchored takes, prompt refinement panels, and side-by-side clip review. Access is included in the same Google AI Pro and Ultra plans; the Ultra tier unlocks higher per-project generation counts. If you plan to iterate on a single shot more than three or four times, Flow is a noticeably better working environment than the Gemini chat interface. **Google Vids (productivity path).** Google Vids is the Workspace video-editor product with Veo baked in as a menu-level scene generator. If your organisation already pays for Workspace and you want to add a Veo shot to a slide-deck-style narrated video, Vids is the shortest path and no separate signup is needed. **Vertex AI (developer path).** [Vertex AI charges per-second of generated video](https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/pricing), currently around $0.50 per second on silent Veo 3 output and $0.75 per second when audio is included. A typical eight-second clip with sound costs roughly $6 in raw compute. There is a cheaper Veo 3.1 Lite variant for high-volume silent workflows. This is the surface to use if you are wiring Veo into an application or automating renders at scale, and it is the only path that removes the monthly quota cap entirely. Some YouTube Shorts creators also see Veo inside the Shorts creator flow as a "Dream Screen" background generator. If you already publish Shorts, check that first before signing up for anything else. For the shape of a workflow tool rather than raw per-second render billing, you can compare [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) against a Google AI Ultra plan on the same-dollars basis. Different products, different problems. ## Signing up and your first login walkthrough The cleanest beginner path is Gemini plus a Google AI Pro subscription. Three steps: 1. **Sign into your Google account** at gemini.google.com. If you already use Gmail, Drive, or YouTube, the same account works. 2. **Subscribe to Google AI Pro (or AI Ultra).** From the Gemini sidebar, choose Upgrade and pick a plan. Pro is the entry tier and includes Veo 3 with a monthly video quota. Ultra sits above it with higher quotas and priority access to newer Veo variants; that is where serious users end up. 3. **Open the video button in a Gemini chat.** From any Gemini chat, type a prompt and select the video icon in the prompt bar. Your first generation kicks off; the returned clip appears in the chat with a Download button. That is the entire signup surface for a beginner. No API key, no billing dashboard, no rate-limit tuning. If you then want to iterate more comfortably on the same shot, open Google Flow from the same Google AI account; your subscription carries across. For the developer path, the flow is longer: enable the Vertex AI API in a Google Cloud project, add a billing account, generate an API key or set up application-default credentials, then call the Veo generation endpoint from a script. If you have never touched Google Cloud before, budget an afternoon for the account plumbing before your first render. For the beginner-friendly shape of the same pipeline, the [AI Shorts generator](/ai-shorts-generator) inside MakeAIVideo produces the finished vertical video without any of the API scaffolding. ## Your first Veo 3 prompt, step by step Walk through one concrete example: a product hero shot of a coffee cup, this time with audio cues baked into the prompt. This is where Veo differs sharply from Sora or Kling as a first-time experience. **Weak prompt (what beginners write):** > A cup of coffee on a table. Veo will return an eight-second silent-feeling clip with generic ambient noise. Nothing about the shot reads as intentional. **Strong prompt with audio cues (the same generation with structure):** > A macro dolly-in shot of a ceramic latte cup on a dark walnut table, steam rising from the surface, warm golden-hour light from a window on the left, shallow depth of field, 35mm lens. Ambient sound: distant café chatter, the soft hiss of the espresso machine, a spoon clinking on porcelain. Cinematic colour grade, 8 seconds. The strong prompt names the subject, the camera movement, the specific material, the lighting direction and quality, the lens focal length, and (critically) the sound design that should render alongside the visuals. Every experienced Veo user writes prompts in two blocks: the visual block and the audio block. Skipping the audio block leaves the model to guess, and Veo's guesses on ambient sound are competent but generic. Six-part visual frame most experienced users adopt: subject, action, camera, lighting, style, duration. Then a separate audio frame naming ambient sound, sound effects, and dialogue if any. The twelve Veo 3 prompts further down, already written in that two-block shape, will save you the first dozen wasted generations. Missing one or two parts is fine; missing four means the model has to guess. Our free [video script generator](/tools/video-script-generator) covers the pre-generation writing step for anyone drafting the narration before hitting a video model. Two practical points on your first Veo prompt. First, dialogue in-frame is Veo's most novel capability. Ask for "a barista saying: 'we open at seven,' in a warm Melbourne accent," and Veo will render lip-synced speech from the character inside the clip. Rival models need a Wav2Lip pass or an ElevenLabs voiceover layered afterwards; Veo does it inside the model. Second, camera direction language matters more than colour language. "35mm anamorphic dolly-in" reliably changed the output; "warm colour" reliably did nothing on its own. > **Do not skip the audio block on your first prompt.** The single fastest way to waste a Veo 3 generation is to prompt only the visuals and let the model guess the sound. Name the ambient sound, the sound effects, and any dialogue explicitly. The audio pass is Veo's whole point; using it as a silent video generator wastes what you are paying for. ## 12 Veo 3 prompts to start from Every prompt below uses the same skeleton: subject, action, camera, lighting, style, then a separate sound line. Swap anything in `[BRACKETS]` and leave the rest alone until you know why you are changing it. Two per category is enough to learn how Veo responds before you write your own. ### Product ads with dialogue > "Subject: a woman in her early thirties wearing a soft grey knit, seated in a bright kitchen with morning light. Action: holds \[PRODUCT\_NAME\] up to the camera at chest height, then sets it down. Camera: medium close-up, static on a tripod. Lighting: warm natural window light from screen-left. Style: photorealistic lifestyle. \[AUDIO: gentle kitchen ambience, kettle beginning to boil in background\]. \[DIALOG: warm, conversational, mid-30s female voice: 'I tried \[PRODUCT\_NAME\] for a week. Here is the honest verdict.'\]" > "Subject: a barista in her mid-twenties wearing a black apron, working behind a cafe counter. Action: places \[PRODUCT\_NAME\] on the counter and slides it toward the camera. Camera: medium over-the-counter shot, slight push-in. Lighting: warm cafe pendant light. Style: photoreal, shallow depth of field. \[AUDIO: espresso machine hiss, cafe chatter, milk steaming\]. \[DIALOG: brisk, friendly: 'Made \[PRODUCT\_NAME\] for you the way I make my own. Try it.'\]" ### Ambient B-roll with a soundscape > "Subject: an empty coffee cup with steam still rising, on a wooden window ledge. Action: steam curls slowly upward, faint reflection of moving traffic in the ceramic. Camera: tight macro, static. Lighting: soft grey overcast window light. Style: photoreal, shallow depth of field. \[AUDIO: light rain against glass, distant car tyres on wet road, no dialogue\]." > "Subject: rain-streaked bus window at night with reflections of neon shopfronts. Action: droplets track slowly downward as the bus moves. Camera: tight shot on the window, slight handheld drift. Lighting: mixed neon reflections. Style: photoreal, slight film grain. \[AUDIO: bus engine hum, rain on glass, indistinct passenger murmur, no dialogue\]." ### Cinematic scenes with a music cue > "Subject: a lone figure in a long grey coat walking down an empty pier at dusk. Action: figure stops at the end of the pier, looks out to sea. Camera: wide tracking shot from behind, slow dolly forward. Lighting: cold blue-grey light of last daylight. Style: cinematic photoreal, slight anamorphic feel. \[AUDIO: solo piano playing a slow melancholic minor-key melody, distant gull call, waves against pier\]." > "Subject: a vintage red sports car speeding through a Tuscan hilltown lane at golden hour. Action: car banks around a corner, motion blur on the buildings. Camera: low tracking shot from side, then whip pan to follow. Lighting: warm golden hour side light. Style: cinematic. \[AUDIO: engine growl, tyres on cobbles, upbeat brass-heavy orchestral score with driving snare\]." ### Explainer and narration > "Subject: a clean white desk with \[PRODUCT\_NAME\] centred, a hand entering from the right. Action: hand picks up \[PRODUCT\_NAME\] and shows the top face, then the side. Camera: overhead top-down, static. Lighting: bright even studio light. Style: minimalist product explainer. \[AUDIO: no ambient sound, no music\]. \[DIALOG: crisp explainer voice-over, mid-30s neutral accent: 'Here is how \[PRODUCT\_NAME\] actually works. Three parts. \[PART\_ONE\].'\]" > "Subject: a woman in her late twenties in a plain black turtleneck standing in a bright neutral studio space. Action: speaks directly to camera, gestures with one hand. Camera: medium shot, static. Lighting: soft key light with fill. Style: talking-head explainer photoreal. \[AUDIO: no ambient sound\]. \[DIALOG: warm confident female voice: 'The reason \[TOPIC\] confuses most people is \[SPECIFIC\_MISCONCEPTION\]. Let me show you what actually happens.'\]" ### Character scenes with dialogue > "Subject: a barista in her mid-twenties leaning on a cafe counter, camera framed as the customer. Action: she looks up, smiles, leans forward slightly. Camera: POV medium close-up, static. Lighting: warm cafe pendant. Style: photoreal POV. \[AUDIO: espresso machine, background chatter\]. \[DIALOG: bright friendly voice: 'Usual today, or feeling brave?'\]" > "Subject: a chef in a white jacket at a professional kitchen pass, camera framed as the diner. Action: he places a plate down, gestures at it, waits. Camera: POV medium close-up. Lighting: warm kitchen light. Style: photoreal POV. \[AUDIO: kitchen clatter, gentle stovetop hiss\]. \[DIALOG: proud, direct: 'This is what we do here. Tell me what you think.'\]" ### Music video and creative > "Subject: a lone drummer at a full kit in a smoke-filled empty venue. Action: builds from a soft snare roll to a full four-limb pattern. Camera: slow orbit around the kit. Lighting: single overhead spotlight, blue haze. Style: concert-film photoreal. \[AUDIO: solo drum kit playing a building rock groove, faint stage hum, no dialogue\]." > "Subject: a violinist standing at the edge of a rooftop at sunset, playing. Action: bow moves across the strings, wind lifts the player's coat. Camera: slow dolly forward. Lighting: warm golden hour side light. Style: cinematic music video. \[AUDIO: solo violin playing a lyrical minor-key melody, faint city ambience below\]." **Four rules that keep these prompts working.** Never leave the sound line empty, even if it reads `[AUDIO: silence]`, or the model picks something generic. Keep each field to one clause rather than writing a paragraph of atmosphere. Name one camera move per prompt; if you need coverage, generate separate shots and cut them together. And describe music the way a sound engineer would (instruments, tempo, key, mood), because "in the style of" a named composer gives the model nothing to work with. Dialogue has to fit inside eight seconds, so check every line with the [speech time calculator](/tools/speech-time-calculator) before you spend a generation on it. **Change one axis at a time.** When a take is close but wrong, decide whether the picture or the sound failed, and edit only that line. At launch, TechCrunch reported that [Veo 3 can understand the raw pixels from its videos and sync generated sounds with clips automatically](https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/20/googles-veo-3-can-generate-videos-and-soundtracks-to-go-along-with-them/), which is why a change to a visual line can quietly move the audio too. ## Understanding the output you get back Every Veo 3 generation returns an MP4 file with these properties: - **Duration:** up to 8 seconds per generation. No longer clips available in a single call. - **Resolution:** 1080p or 4K, selected at generation time. - **Frame rate:** 24 fps by default. - **Aspect ratio:** 16:9 landscape, 9:16 vertical, or 1:1 square, set at generation time (Veo does not reframe after the fact). - **Audio:** baked into the MP4 track. Cannot be requested separately from the video pass on Veo 3. - **Watermark:** an invisible SynthID watermark, detectable by Google's classifier but not visible in the frame. The SynthID watermark is the detail that most surprises first-time users who compared Veo to Sora during the app's active window. Sora burned a visible moving watermark into every generation; Veo does not. That makes Veo output usable for client and commercial work without cropping or licensing tricks. Vertex AI users should still confirm the specific commercial licence attached to their contract, and note that a model licence is not an advertising clearance: if the finished piece carries a testimonial or endorsement, the FTC's [Consumer Reviews and Testimonials Rule](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/consumer-reviews-testimonials-rule-questions-answers) applies on top, and its guidance speaks directly to AI-generated avatars used in marketing. Google DeepMind's [SynthID watermarking documentation](https://deepmind.google/blog/watermarking-ai-generated-text-and-video-with-synthid/) describes the mark as embedded "directly into the pixels of every video frame, making it imperceptible to the human eye, but detectable for identification." Two more things worth flagging on output review. Physics realism is best on plausible scenes and weakest on deliberately surreal ones. And multi-shot continuity between separate Veo generations is imperfect; a character rendered in one eight-second clip will not look identical to the same character in the next generation without careful reference-image anchoring. For vertical short-form output specifically, a [YouTube Shorts generator](/ai-shorts-generator) handles the assembly and caption pass that Veo itself does not. ## Veo 3-specific features to actually use Three capabilities separate Veo 3 from every other mainstream video model. Beginners who ignore them are paying a premium for a silent-clip generator that does nothing special. **Native audio generation.** Dialogue, sound effects, and ambient sound in the same generation. This is the marquee feature. Use it on any prompt where sound would sell the shot: product shots (ambient room tone), dialogue clips (in-frame character lines), and mood-driven pieces (rain on a window, footsteps on gravel). [TechCrunch's coverage of the Veo 3 launch](https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/20/googles-veo-3-can-generate-videos-and-soundtracks-to-go-along-with-them/) framed the audio pass as the most consequential capability in the model. **Image-to-video from a reference frame.** Upload a still and ask Veo to animate forward from that frame. This is the closest Veo path to character consistency across multiple takes: use the same reference image for each generation, and the resulting clips share a consistent starting character. Not identical (the model still varies), but close enough to cut together in a two-or-three-clip sequence. If the goal is a finished narrated video rather than a short sequence, [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) makes the whole thing from a brief. **Prompt-driven camera control.** Veo interprets camera direction language literally: "35mm anamorphic dolly-in," "orbit shot around the subject," "whip pan to the left," "low-angle wide shot." Rival models need more prompt iteration to hit the same camera intent; Veo often gets it first try. That predictability is worth as much to a beginner as raw quality is, because iteration budget on the Ultra tier (or the Vertex bill) burns down faster than beginners expect. Google Flow adds a fourth capability worth naming even though it sits outside the model itself: rapid iteration UI. Side-by-side clip review, image-anchored takes, and prompt refinement panels are all built into the Flow surface. If you plan to iterate more than three times on a single beat, Flow is where to do it. ## Veo 3 review: where it is strong and where it falls short The short verdict: Veo 3 is the strongest model available for a single eight-second photoreal clip with sound, and the wrong tool for anything that needs to run longer. Here is the longer version. **Strong: physical realism.** Skin, hair, fabric and light behave more like camera footage than a render, and the physics gain is not just marketing footage. [Stanford HAI's 2026 AI Index](https://hai.stanford.edu/ai-index/2026-ai-index-report/technical-performance) reports Veo 3 was tested across more than 18,000 generated videos and showed abilities like simulating buoyancy and solving mazes without being trained on those tasks, which the report reads as video models starting to capture how objects behave. **Strong: prompt adherence.** Veo 3 is unusually literal. Ask for a red 1965 Mustang on wet asphalt in blue-hour light from a low angle, and each element usually turns up in roughly the relationship you described. That predictability lowers the cost of iteration as much as raw quality does. **Strong: distribution.** Veo lives inside products people already use. [Business of Apps puts Gemini at around 750 million active users and over 430 million downloads since its May 2024 launch](https://www.businessofapps.com/data/google-gemini-statistics/), which is the audience Veo shipped into on day one. **Weak: length and continuity.** Eight seconds is a hook or a single beat. A 30-second ad or a scripted explainer means several takes cut together, and character and lighting continuity between separate generations is imperfect. **Weak: quotas and cost.** Consumer access sits behind monthly quotas, and the Vertex AI route bills per second, so a busy week of iteration costs more than beginners expect on either path. **Weak: faces in motion and stylised looks.** Faces at rest look excellent; faces mid-dialogue still produce the occasional micro-glitch, so a clip that rests on one long close-up of a speaker needs several takes. Veo is also strongest on photoreal and cinematic looks and weaker on illustrated or anime styles. For an anime look specifically, an [AI anime video generator](/ai-anime-video-generator) is built for it. **How it stacks up.** Against Kling, Veo wins on realism and the audio pass while Kling wins on cost per clip and free-tier room to iterate. Against Adobe Firefly Video, Firefly is the pick when a buyer's legal team rules out models trained on open-web data, and Veo wins on quality. Our [Sora vs Veo 3 comparison](/blog/sora-vs-veo-3-comparison) runs both models through the same prompts. **Who should use it.** Filmmakers working shot by shot are the target user; Google's partnership with [Darren Aronofsky's Primordial Soup](https://blog.google/technology/ai/google-flow-veo-ai-filmmaking-tool/) signals as much. Ad creatives building one hero shot with real ambient sound get the most from the audio pass, though [Gartner's 2026 marketing survey found half of consumers prefer brands that avoid using generative AI in consumer-facing content](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2026-03-16-gartner-marketing-survey-finds-50-percent-of-consumers-prefer-brands-that-avoid-using-genai-in-consumer-facing-content0), which argues for spending Veo on the shot that carries the ad rather than the whole spot. Vertex AI developers and Workspace teams already inside Google's products are the other natural fit. Creators shipping longer scripted, captioned videos on a daily rhythm are not. ## Beyond the raw clip: what to do with a Veo 3 output A Veo clip is a raw asset, not a finished video. Everything that turns it into something you can publish sits downstream: **Longer runtime.** Eight seconds is a hook, a beat, or a single shot. It is not a full YouTube Short, Reel, or explainer. Stitching multiple Veo takes into a longer sequence loses character continuity between generations. **Captions.** Short-form platforms weight caption presence heavily. Veo does not caption the dialogue it renders; the frame stays clean, and burned-in captions are a separate downstream step. Reels, TikTok, and Shorts audiences skim on mute during silent autoplay, and non-caption video reads as effort-light to the platform algorithms. **Music beds.** Veo renders ambient sound and dialogue well; scored music is possible but less predictable than the sound-design side. A dedicated music bed under the whole video is usually a separate track. **Scene assembly.** A finished 60-second video is typically 6 to 12 short clips cut together on a timeline. Veo returns single clips. You need an editor to stitch them. **Multi-ratio export.** Veo generates in the aspect ratio you pick; it does not reframe. If you need 9:16 for Reels and 16:9 for YouTube long-form from the same source, you generate twice or crop downstream. For Veo clips you have already generated, the downstream tool is a general video editor (DaVinci Resolve, Premiere, Google Vids). If the clips were only ever a means to a narrated video, a pipeline like MakeAIVideo makes the whole video itself (script, voice, stock footage or AI scenes, captions, and music) without Veo in the loop. For the specific longer-explainer format that dominates B2B landing pages, our [AI explainer video](/ai-explainer-video) mode covers the 60-second to 3-minute narrated shape. ## Where MakeAIVideo fits after the clip MakeAIVideo is not a Veo 3 competitor and never was, and it does not use Veo. Veo 3 is a foundation model that returns raw clips (with baked audio). MakeAIVideo is the pipeline that turns prompts or scripts into a finished narrated MP4 with voiceover, scenes, captions, music, and a 9:16, 1:1 or 16:9 export. Its scenes come from real stock footage by default, or from AI scenes on MiniMax Hailuo or Kling 2.6; it does not take uploaded Veo clips. The split by production surface: - **[Prompt to video](/prompt-to-video)** covers typing a prompt and receiving a finished narrated video, with real stock footage by default or AI scenes on MiniMax Hailuo or Kling 2.6. - **[Script to video](/script-to-video)** covers pasting an existing script and getting a matched video with scenes, voice, and captions rendered per beat, without rewriting your words. - **[Faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel)** covers the format for creators who never wanted to be on camera in the first place, using a pipeline for the whole show. - **[TikTok video generator](/tiktok-video-generator)** outputs vertical TikTok-native videos with auto-burned captions, voiceover, and platform-native ratio in one render. Every surface draws on the same credits, from plans starting at $9 a month, with one-time packs that never expire as top-ups. That swaps a per-second Vertex bill for a flat monthly cost and hands you finished videos rather than eight-second raw clips. The split that keeps working in 2026: use Veo 3 for the standout shots that need photoreal quality and in-frame dialogue, and cut them together in a video editor. Use a pipeline for the narrated videos that do not need a Veo shot at all: it writes or takes the script, voices it, builds the scenes, captions the whole thing for silent autoplay, and exports in the ratio each platform wants. Veo gives you five to ten seconds of "this is the moment." The pipeline gives you a whole two-minute story. > **Pipeline and Veo, for different jobs.** Beginners who treat Veo 3 as their whole video toolkit end up shipping eight-second clips that need work everywhere else. Beginners who treat a pipeline as their whole toolkit miss out on Veo's audio-plus-video advantage for a single standout shot. Pick by deliverable; the pipeline side starts with a 7-day free trial for new customers, then plans from $9 a month. ## Five beginner mistakes that waste Veo 3 credits **1\. Skipping the audio block in the prompt.** Veo's whole differentiator is native audio. A prompt that names only visuals leaves the model guessing at the sound, and its guesses are competent but generic. Always name ambient sound, sound effects, and dialogue explicitly. **2\. Iterating past four tries on the same prompt.** Diminishing returns kick in fast. If a prompt is not working by the fourth generation, the prompt structure itself is broken; a fifth pass will not fix it. Rewrite the whole thing, do not tune a single word. **3\. Prompting for clips longer than eight seconds.** The model refuses or truncates. Veo's cap is a hard cap, and longer output means multiple generations stitched together. Beginners waste an early week trying to force one long generation instead of accepting the eight-second reality. **4\. Generating in the wrong aspect ratio and cropping downstream.** Aspect ratio is set at generation time and Veo does not reframe after the fact. Cropping a 16:9 clip down to 9:16 costs the sides of the frame. If your destination is TikTok, Reels, or Shorts, generate in 9:16 from the first take. **5\. Treating the eight-second Veo clip as a finished video.** A raw Veo output is one input to a longer pipeline. Voiceover on any surrounding narration, captions, music bed, brand outro, and multi-ratio export are all separate jobs. Beginners who publish raw Veo clips to short-form platforms get low retention because the clip lacks the typographic and pacing cues short-form audiences expect. Our [AI video generator](/) handles the script, voice, captions and export stages around the clip in one place. Read the pattern above, ship the first attempt, and revise once. Iterating on individual generations is a distraction; iterating on the workflow shape is where the real improvement lives. Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=inline_cta&utm_content=how-to-use-veo-3-beginners-guide)plans from $9/month · allowance tops up monthly ## How to use Veo 3 FAQs ### Is Veo 3 free to use? Not directly. Consumer access sits inside Google AI Pro and Google AI Ultra subscriptions; both are paid plans that include Gemini Advanced alongside a Veo monthly quota. Vertex AI charges per-second for developers. Some Google Workspace and YouTube Shorts users see limited Veo access inside existing subscriptions without a dedicated video plan. ### How long can Veo 3 videos be? Each Veo 3 generation caps at eight seconds. Longer sequences require multiple generations stitched together in Google Flow, Google Vids, or a downstream pipeline. Character continuity between separate Veo generations is imperfect, which is why longer projects usually benefit from an assembly layer on top. ### Can Veo 3 make audio? Yes, that is Veo 3's marquee capability. Every generation renders synchronised audio (dialogue, ambient sound, sound effects) in the same pass as the video. It is the only mainstream foundation model that does so as of 2026; Sora, Runway, Kling, Luma, and Pika all render silent clips that need a separate audio pipeline. ### How do I access Veo 3 in 2026? Four main surfaces. The Gemini app for consumers (paid AI plan required). Google Flow for creators (same subscription). Google Vids for Workspace users (bundled inside the office suite). Vertex AI for developers (billed per-second). Some YouTube creators also see Veo inside the Shorts creator flow as a background-generation feature. ### What is the current version of Veo? Veo 3.1, released on October 15, 2025, is the current stable release. It is the version you interact with today when you generate through Gemini, Flow, Vids, or Vertex AI. Beginners can safely refer to the whole family as "Veo 3" without loss of accuracy. ### What resolutions does Veo 3 support? Veo 3 outputs 1080p and 4K at the point of generation. Aspect ratios are set at generation time rather than in post, so if you need 9:16 vertical output for Reels, Shorts, or TikTok, generate in that ratio from the first take rather than cropping downstream. ### Is Veo 3 better than Sora? On raw physics realism and on the audio pass, Veo 3 is currently ahead of any surviving Sora tier. Sora 2 pushes further on clip length (up to 25 seconds on the API) and on stylised looks. Sora is also being wound down as a product, with the API sunsetting on September 24, 2026; [our full Sora review](/blog/best-openai-sora-review-2026) covers the shutdown timeline. ### How does Veo 3 compare to Runway? Different products, different jobs. Our [Runway AI guide and review](/blog/how-to-use-runway-beginners-guide) covers that model in depth. Runway wins on editor UX, multi-model access in one seat (Gen-4.5, Aleph, Veo 3.1, Nano Banana Pro), and timeline editing. Veo 3 wins on raw clip quality and native audio. Working editorial teams often prefer Runway; solo creators shipping single-clip hero shots often prefer Veo. ### Can I use Veo 3 for commercial work? Yes on the paid tiers, with the standard usage terms Google publishes for each channel. Enterprise buyers should confirm the specific licence attached to their Vertex AI or Workspace agreement. Every Veo output carries an invisible SynthID watermark, which does not affect commercial use. ### Does MakeAIVideo replace Veo 3? No. Veo 3 is a foundation model that generates raw eight-second clips (with audio). MakeAIVideo is the pipeline that turns prompts or scripts into a finished narrated MP4 with voice, scenes, captions, music, and platform-native export. It does not use Veo or take uploaded Veo clips; its AI scenes run on MiniMax Hailuo by default, with Kling 2.6 selectable. For value-tier successor picks (Kling, Pika) at a fraction of Veo's per-second Vertex cost, [the Kling roundup](/blog/best-kling-ai-alternatives) is the sibling piece. ## Where to start now If you have never touched Veo 3, sign up for Google AI Pro through the Gemini app and run three test prompts with explicit audio cues in each one. That gets you a real feel for the model within an hour and under the cost of a single Vertex API render. If you are not sure Veo is the right engine at all, our comparison of the [best AI video model](/blog/best-ai-video-model-2026) options is the cheaper way to rule it in or out. If you already pay for a Google AI plan, open Google Flow and iterate on a single beat until you have a keeper worth cutting into a longer piece in your editor. If the deliverable is a full narrated video rather than one shot, the shortest honest path is a workflow pipeline that handles the script, voice, scenes, captions, music, and export in one run. [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) starts at $9 a month for 450 credits, topped back up each billing month. Pick Veo for the standout shot, pick the pipeline for the narrated video, and ship your first one this week. If your project is closer to a single prompt than to a full script, [text to video](/prompt-to-video) is the fastest way in. ![Jamie Partridge](/images/authors/jamie-partridge.webp) Written by [Jamie Partridge](/about/jamie-partridge) Founder at MakeAIVideo. Writing about AI video generation, scripting, scenes, and shipping content faster. [More about the author](/about/jamie-partridge) ## Free AI video tools - [ Video Script Generator Generate 6 full HOOK / BODY / CTA video scripts in any format, short-form, long-form, tutorial, VSL, talking-head, product demo. 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Draft with an AI prompt, then edit in one personal detail and one concrete number before recording. **Writing a video script used to mean staring at a blank page until something showed up.** AI changes the blank-page problem, but it does not solve the real problem: most video scripts fail because they are well-written essays read out loud, which is a completely different job. This is how to write a video script that lands in under a minute, with or without AI: the 60-second template we use, the word counts that match every major platform (YouTube Shorts, TikTok, Reels, long-form YouTube), three full example scripts you can adapt today, and the three AI prompts that take the work from blank page to workable first draft. The same scripts feed a [YouTube Shorts generator](/ai-shorts-generator), a [TikTok video generator](/tiktok-video-generator) or an [Instagram Reels generator](/instagram-reels-generator) when you are ready to render. ## The 60-second video script template (copy-paste) Every script in this post follows the same shape. Four beats, in that order, every time. ``` HOOK (0-3s) [the reason to keep watching] PROMISE (3-7s) [what they will get if they stay] PAYOFF (7-50s) [the actual content, in 3 short beats] ASK (50-60s) [one specific next step, not three] ``` Word-count rules that win the page: - **30-second video** → ~75 spoken words - **60-second video** → ~150 spoken words - **10-minute video** → ~1,500 spoken words These targets assume a natural narration pace of 150 words per minute, which is the comfortable read-aloud speed [scriptwriting tools like Boords](https://boords.com/video-script-template) and [TechSmith's video team](https://www.techsmith.com/blog/how-to-write-script-for-video/) both cite as the working average for English voices. Faster delivery (energetic short-form) lands closer to 170; slower delivery (calm explainers, meditation) closer to 130. If you are over the target word count, you are not editing yet, you are still drafting. (Naming a podcast as part of the same content workflow? Our [free podcast name generator](/tools/podcast-name-generator) ships 20 ideas per click.) ## How do you write a video script in four beats? The Hook earns the watch. The Promise earns the next ten seconds. The Payoff is the only beat that delivers actual value. The Ask is the only beat that converts. Treat them as four different writing jobs. **Hook (0-3 seconds).** The first sentence is the only sentence that has to do its job alone. If the hook misses, the rest of the script never happens. Write the hook last, after you know what the payoff is. **Promise (3-7 seconds).** Name what the viewer will get and roughly how long it will take. "In the next forty-five seconds I will walk you through three things…" Promises that quote a number or a time perform measurably better than promises that hand-wave. **Payoff (the body, 7-50 seconds).** Three short beats is the right count for most short-form. Each beat should be one short sentence that lands one idea. If a beat needs more than two sentences, it is two beats. **Ask (50-60 seconds).** One specific next step. "Subscribe so you don't miss part two" beats "subscribe and like and comment and share and turn on notifications" every time. The fewer choices you give, the more likely one of them gets taken. ## What video script hooks work in the first three seconds? A working hook either names the payoff, challenges a belief, sets up a story, drops a stat, or asks a direct question. Borrow these patterns; the wording is yours. 1. **Payoff Promise.** "I cut my grocery bill in half. Here is the spreadsheet." 2. **Belief Challenge.** "Stop slicing your steak the wrong way. You are making it chewy on purpose." 3. **3-Second Story.** "Three weeks ago I tried this and it changed how I plan dinners." 4. **Stat Slap.** "Ninety percent of indoor cats die from preventable diseases. Here is the one that gets missed." 5. **Direct Question.** "Why does your phone battery die faster in winter?" A useful trick: write five hook variations before you pick one, and put the strongest words at the start. "Stop slicing your steak the wrong way" beats "You are slicing your steak the wrong way, stop" because the verb lands in the first half-second. The three-second window is not a stylistic preference, it is what the feeds measure. [Later's read of the Reels algorithm](https://later.com/blog/instagram-reels-algorithm/) puts the ranking weight on watch time and completion rate rather than length, and describes the job of the opening as earning "those first three seconds of attention, which then leads to longer watch time." [Social Media Examiner's work on short-form attention](https://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/the-science-of-attention-creating-short-form-videos-people-wont-skip/) narrows it further, putting the keep-or-skip judgement at under two seconds, roughly the time it takes to swipe a thumb up a phone screen. > Need a starter script in one click? Try the free [video script generator](/tools/video-script-generator) (6 full HOOK / BODY / CTA scripts per topic across short-form, long-form, tutorial, VSL, and product-demo formats) or the [TikTok script generator](/tools/tiktok-script-generator) (15 scripts per topic across 8 formats). For just openings, use the [video hook generator](/tools/video-hook-generator). All three are free, no signup, run in your browser. ## How long should a video script be for each platform? Platform Target length Word count Hook window Pacing YouTube Shorts 15-60s 38-150 words 0-3s Fast, captions on by default TikTok 15-60s 38-150 words 0-3s Fastest delivery, energetic Instagram Reels 15-90s 38-225 words 0-3s Visual-led, captions on by default Long-form YouTube 5-15min 750-2,250 words 0-10s Conversational, open-loop tease Podcast clip / audiogram 30-90s 75-225 words 0-5s Conversational, slower pace OK These are starting points, not gospel. [YouTube's own Creator Academy guidance](https://creatoracademy.youtube.com/) leans toward longer formats; platform-specific tools like [TikTok's Creative Center](https://ads.tiktok.com/business/creativecenter/) lean shorter for the For You feed. The 150-WPM rule is what tightens the estimate once you have a draft. Audience data supports the short rows. [Sprout Social's 2026 social video statistics](https://sproutsocial.com/insights/social-media-video-statistics/) report 60% of TikTok users and 52% of Instagram users naming short-form video (under 60 seconds) as the format they interact with most, and [Backlinko's video marketing roundup](https://backlinko.com/video-marketing-stats) finds 51% of marketers rating 30-to-60-second videos as their most effective length, ahead of the 1-to-2-minute band at 20%. If you are building a [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) or feeding a [TikTok video generator](/tiktok-video-generator) on a daily schedule, pick the row that matches your primary surface and treat the others as cross-post variants. ## Three full example video scripts Most posts about scriptwriting promise examples and ship snippets. These three are written end-to-end at the target word counts, with the visual cue alongside each line. ### Example 1: 60-second YouTube Shorts explainer ("Why your phone battery dies faster in winter") Time Narration Visual 0-3s "Your phone is not broken. Cold weather is stealing your battery." Close-up of a frozen iPhone screen showing 1% in the snow. 3-7s "Here is exactly what is happening inside the battery, in 45 seconds." Title card: "Cold + lithium-ion = bad day." 7-22s "Lithium-ion batteries hold their charge by moving ions across a chemical bath. Cold weather slows the chemistry. Less ion flow means less voltage." Diagram: ions sliding through electrolyte; same diagram with frost overlay slowing the animation. 22-40s "When the voltage drops far enough, your phone reads it as 'almost dead' and shuts off. Even with 40% real battery left. The charge is still in there. The phone just can't get to it." Battery meter dropping from 40% straight to 0%; thermometer on screen reading -5°C. 40-50s "The fix is dumb and free: keep the phone in your pocket against your body. Warmth restores the chemistry. Battery comes back in minutes." Hand sliding phone into a jacket pocket; battery meter ticking back up to 40%. 50-60s "Save this for your next ski trip. Follow for more one-minute science." Save icon highlight; channel handle at bottom. 145 words. 58 seconds at 150 WPM. ### Example 2: 30-second TikTok hook-and-payoff ("Stop slicing your steak the wrong way") Time Narration Visual 0-3s "Stop slicing your steak the wrong way. You are making it chewy on purpose." Knife coming down on a rested steak, slicing parallel to the grain. 3-7s "Here is the 5-second fix." Title card: "Cut against the grain." 7-22s "Look at the lines on the surface of the steak. Those are muscle fibres. If you slice with the lines, every bite is one long fibre to chew. Slice across the lines and the fibres are already shortened on the plate." Close-up of grain on a ribeye; finger tracing the line; knife rotating 90 degrees. 22-30s "Try it tonight. Tell me in the comments if you tasted the difference." New slice cut against the grain; bite-sized cubes plated. 74 words. 30 seconds at 150 WPM. ### Example 3: 90-second long-form YouTube intro ("Three habits that quietly destroy your sleep") Time Narration Visual 0-5s "You are not bad at sleeping. You are doing three things right before bed that guarantee bad sleep." Person staring at the ceiling at 3am; clock cuts. 5-15s "In the next ten minutes I will walk you through all three, why they matter at the biology level, and the swap I made for each one." Title card with three numbered icons; subscribe-button overlay. 15-35s "The first one is the obvious one and you probably already know it: screens. But the part nobody tells you is which two hours matter and why dimming does almost nothing." B-roll: phone in dark room; brightness slider on phone. 35-60s "The second is the one I got wrong for years. Late caffeine, but not when you think. Caffeine has a half-life of about six hours, so the 3pm coffee is doing more to your 11pm than the 9pm one." Coffee cup with a clock overlay running backwards from 11pm to 3pm. 60-80s "The third is the quietest of the three. Hot showers in the evening feel like they help. They don't. The mechanism is the opposite of what most people think and I will walk you through it." Steam from a shower; thermometer graph dropping. 80-90s "Subscribe so you don't miss part two on caffeine timing. Comment which of the three you are most guilty of." Subscribe button; comment prompt animation. 220 words. 88 seconds at 150 WPM. ## How do you use AI to draft a video script (and where to step in)? AI is brilliant at three jobs: brainstorming twenty hook variations in seconds, turning a rough outline into spoken-tone copy, and tightening a long draft down to a target word count. It is weak at voice, specifics, and judgement. The workflow that actually works is **draft with AI, then edit for one personal detail, one concrete number, and one line only you would say.** The measured effect of that hybrid is real but modest. [Buffer compared 1.2 million posts from 15,000 accounts](https://buffer.com/resources/ai-assistant-post-performance/) that published both AI-assisted and human-only content, and found median engagement moving from 4.82% to 5.87% on the AI-assisted side. Buffer flags its own caveats (a healthy-user bias, and a sample restricted to people who used both modes), so read it as "AI drafting does not cost you engagement" rather than as a promise of a lift. Three prompts to copy into any chat tool. They work in our pipeline, and they work in any other model you already use. **Prompt 1: Hook generator.** ``` Give me 20 hook ideas for a [LENGTH]-second video about [TOPIC]. Use these patterns: • Payoff Promise ("I did X, here is how") • Belief Challenge ("Stop doing X, you are wrong about it") • 3-Second Story ("Three weeks ago I tried X…") • Stat Slap ("90% of people who X never Y…") • Direct Question ("Why does X happen?") For each, write only the first sentence. Maximum 15 words each. ``` **Prompt 2: Beat-by-beat 60-second draft.** ``` Write a 150-word video script (60s at 150 WPM) about [TOPIC] for [PLATFORM]. Use this structure: HOOK (15 words, in the first 3 seconds) PROMISE (15 words, names what they get and how long) PAYOFF (3 beats × ~30 words each, one idea per beat) ASK (15 words, one specific next step only) Write for the ear, not the page. Read-aloud rhythm. Short sentences. ``` **Prompt 3: Tighten to target.** ``` Tighten this script to exactly [N] words for a [N/2.5]-second video at 150 WPM. Keep the four beats (Hook, Promise, Payoff, Ask) intact. Remove adverbs first. Combine two-clause sentences second. Cut the third Payoff beat only if everything else fails. Return only the tightened script. ``` When the draft comes back, edit it like a human draft: read it aloud once, cut anything that trips your tongue, add the one detail nobody else could say. Then drop the finished script into [script to video](/script-to-video) and the AI handles the voiceover, scenes, captions, and music in one pass. If you would rather skip the script stage entirely, use [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) to generate the whole video from a single line instead. For talking-head reads where you want a presenter on camera, the same script works as input to an [AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar). For corporate spokesperson scripts intended for B2B sales decks or funnel videos, an [AI spokesperson video](/ai-spokesperson-video) handles polished presenter delivery from the same draft. > **The 30-second from-blank-page workflow.** Run Prompt 1 to brainstorm 20 hooks. Pick one. Run Prompt 2 with that hook to draft the body. Run Prompt 3 to tighten to target. Edit in one personal detail and one concrete number. Read aloud once. Done. [Try it inside MakeAIVideo →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) (7-day free trial, then $9 a month). ## How do you write a script for a long-form YouTube video? Long-form YouTube is the only format where the script structure stops being four beats and starts being a chaptered outline. The same principles still apply, but the hook window is longer (5-10 seconds, not 3), the Promise is more important because viewers can leave at any point, and the Ask should appear at the end and at the most-engaged mid-point. The length target is not arbitrary either. [Backlinko's video marketing data](https://backlinko.com/video-marketing-stats) puts the average length of a video ranking on page one of YouTube at 14 minutes 50 seconds, which is roughly 2,200 spoken words at 150 WPM. [HubSpot's video marketing team](https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/how-to-write-a-video-script-ht) and [Adobe's video script guide](https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/video/discover/video-script.html) both lean into chaptered outlining for the 8-15 minute range for the same reason: dropouts compound across chapters, so each chapter has to earn the next. For the parallel script structure used in tutorial and product-walkthrough renders, MakeAIVideo's [AI explainer video](/ai-explainer-video) mode ships chaptered scenes from a single outline. A sub-template for the YouTube intro specifically: ``` 0-5s HOOK (a single sentence that names the payoff or challenges a belief) 5-15s PROMISE (what the video covers + tease the most surprising point) 15-30s OPEN LOOP (drop the framework / the three things / the cliffhanger) 30s+ CHAPTER 1 (first beat of the actual content) ``` For 8-15 minute videos, write the chaptered outline first. Lock the beats. Then draft each beat to its own word count target (a 10-minute video at 1,500 total words is roughly 150 words per minute or 150 words per chapter if you have 10 chapters). Drafting full sentences before the beats are locked is the single most common reason scripts run long. ## What are the most common video script mistakes and how do you fix them? 1. **Writing for the page, not the ear.** Long, comma-heavy sentences. Read every line aloud once; if you trip, cut. 2. **No specific ask at the end.** "Subscribe and like and comment" reads as four asks and lands as zero. Pick one. 3. **Burying the hook.** If the most interesting line of the script is in the middle, move it to the top and write around it. 4. **Over-scripting.** Every word planned, no room to breathe. Mark two or three places where you can deviate or improvise. 5. **Copying the formula without the detail.** The template gets you to drafted. The personal detail gets you watched. If you are mostly making short-form, MakeAIVideo's [text to video](/prompt-to-video) pipeline takes the finished script straight to render (voiceover, scenes, captions, music) so the iteration loop is "edit a line, re-render, watch it back" rather than "rewrite, re-record, re-edit in three apps". If you want to compare the raw generative-clip tools that sit behind any AI scene render, the [Runway alternatives roundup](/blog/best-runway-alternatives) tests Sora, Kling, Pika, and Luma on the same prompts, and our [Sora alternatives](/blog/best-sora-alternatives) writeup benchmarks Sora 2 against its 7 direct rivals. ## Read it aloud, time it, ship it The pre-record checklist is one paragraph. Read the whole script aloud at recording pace. Time it. Cut any line that trips your tongue. Mark emphasis and pauses. Lock the final word count. If the result is within ten percent of the target length, you are ready. Once the script is locked, paste it into MakeAIVideo's [script to video](/script-to-video) mode. The pipeline handles the voiceover, generates a scene per beat in the visual style you pick (one of 15, including the anime look behind our [AI anime video generator](/ai-anime-video-generator)), times word-by-word captions to the audio, and renders a watermark-free 1080p MP4. If the script is written as a music-video treatment (verse-chorus-bridge scenes carried by a track rather than voiced narration), the [AI music video generator](/ai-music-video-generator) lets you switch the narration off so a library or AI-generated track is the only audio. > **Skip the script stage entirely.** MakeAIVideo's [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) mode writes the script, voice, scenes, captions, and music from a single line. Plans start at $9 a month, and top-up credit packs never expire. [Get started →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=inline_cta&utm_content=how-to-write-an-ai-video-script)plans from $9/month · allowance tops up monthly ## How to write a video script FAQs ### How long should a video script be? Use word count, not page count. A 30-second video lands at around 75 spoken words, a 60-second video at around 150, and a 10-minute YouTube video at around 1,500. These targets assume a natural narration pace of 150 words per minute, so adjust up or down if your delivery is faster or slower. ### What is the best video script template for beginners? A four-beat template covers almost every short-form video. The beats: Hook (the reason to keep watching), Promise (what they will get), Payoff (the actual content), Ask (one specific next step). Write each beat as one or two short lines, in that order, before you worry about wording. ### Should I use AI to write my video script? AI is great for the first draft, hook variations, and tightening to a word count, and weak at voice, specifics, and judgement. The workflow that works: draft with AI in 30 seconds, then edit in one personal detail, one concrete number, and one line only you would say. ### How do I write a script for a YouTube video? Open with a hook in the first five seconds that names the payoff. Then state what the video will cover so viewers know to stay, deliver the content in clear beats with on-screen text cues, and close with one specific ask (subscribe, watch next, comment). For long-form YouTube, write to a beat-by-beat outline first and only draft full sentences once the beats are locked. ### What is the difference between a video script and a video outline? An outline is a list of beats in order, usually one sentence each, that locks the structure of the video. A script is the full spoken copy, written for the ear, that the narrator (you or an AI voice) reads word for word. Always outline first. ### How do I write a hook for a short-form video? Pick one of five patterns. Name the payoff ("I cut my grocery bill in half, here is how"), challenge a belief ("Stop slicing your steak the wrong way"), set up a 3-second story ("Three weeks ago I tried this and it changed how I plan dinners"), drop a stat, or ask a direct question. Write five hook variations before you pick one, and put the strongest words at the start. ### Can I use an AI-generated script for commercial videos? Yes. AI-drafted scripts are text you wrote and edited, and you own the final wording. The thing to watch is not the AI, it is the claims: any number, quote, or statistic the AI suggests needs to be checked against a real source before you record it. If the script includes a testimonial or a customer result, the FTC's [Endorsement Guides](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/advertising-marketing/endorsements-influencers-reviews) apply the same way they would to a filmed ad, including the requirement that an endorsement reflect the endorser's honest opinion. Our full [content and rights terms](/legal/terms) cover how this applies inside MakeAIVideo. ### What words per minute should I use to estimate script length? Use 150 words per minute for a conversational narration pace. Faster channels (energetic short-form) land closer to 170, slower channels (calm explainers, meditation) closer to 130. Read your draft aloud once and time it; that single check beats any formula. ![Jamie Partridge](/images/authors/jamie-partridge.webp) Written by [Jamie Partridge](/about/jamie-partridge) Founder at MakeAIVideo. Writing about AI video generation, scripting, scenes, and shipping content faster. [More about the author](/about/jamie-partridge) ## Free AI video tools - [ Video Script Generator Generate 6 full HOOK / BODY / CTA video scripts in any format, short-form, long-form, tutorial, VSL, talking-head, product demo. 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"Ask ChatGPT about this article")[](https://claude.ai/new?q=Read%20https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fkling-vs-hailuo-comparison%20then%20summarize%20the%20key%20points%20and%20answer%20any%20questions%20I%20have%20about%20it. "Ask Claude about this article")[](https://www.perplexity.ai/search?q=Read%20https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fkling-vs-hailuo-comparison%20then%20summarize%20the%20key%20points%20and%20answer%20any%20questions%20I%20have%20about%20it. "Ask Perplexity about this article") **Kling vs Hailuo is the fight most Western creators do not realise they are picking between. Kuaishou's Kling and MiniMax's Hailuo are the two Chinese video models that keep showing up at the top of blind-test threads, and both are quietly better on motion physics than the Western tools people default to.** This head-to-head is written for someone who is choosing between them for real work, not benchmark curiosity. We use both, we compare them on the axes that decide a shipped video (quality, clip length, motion, humans, camera, pricing, English UX, and compliance), and we tell you honestly where each one wins. We are MakeAIVideo, a [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) tool that turns an idea into a finished narrated MP4. We are not a foundation model. Our own AI scenes run on MiniMax Hailuo by default, with Kling 2.6 as the selectable alternative, so we have no reason to talk you into either Chinese model over the other. If Kling is right for you, use Kling. If Hailuo is right, use Hailuo. If Chinese models are off-limits for your team, we will tell you that too and point you at the Western fallback at the end. ## Who makes each one Both models come from serious Chinese AI companies, which matters more than the marketing surface suggests. Understanding the parent tells you why they behave differently and where they will be a year from now. **Kling AI** is made by [Kuaishou Technology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuaishou), the Beijing-headquartered short-video platform often called "China's TikTok." Kuaishou is publicly traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under ticker 1024, reported 777 million monthly active users as of 2021, and released [Kling in June 2024](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kling_\(text-to-video_model\)) as its answer to OpenAI's Sora. Because Kuaishou runs a video platform with billions of clips of real human motion, Kling was trained on a data supply advantage that is difficult for a pure research lab to match. [Our Kling AI review](/blog/best-kling-ai-review-2026) covers what that advantage shows up as on screen. The current flagship is the Kling 3.0 family, which [Kling's pricing page](https://kling.ai/pricing) bills per second across three variants (Kling 3.0, 3.0 Turbo, and 3.0 Omni) at 720p, 1080p and, on 3.0 and Omni, 4K. **MiniMax Hailuo** is made by [MiniMax Group](https://www.minimax.io/), a Shanghai AI startup [founded in December 2021](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiniMax_\(company\)) by computer vision researchers who came out of SenseTime. MiniMax is one of China's six "AI Tigers," backed by Alibaba, Tencent, IDG Capital, HongShan, and miHoYo, and it listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on 9 January 2026, with [Bloomberg reporting shares doubled on debut after a $619 million IPO](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-08/ai-firm-minimax-set-for-hong-kong-debut-after-619-million-ipo). MiniMax launched the Hailuo AI platform in March 2024 and its first Hailuo video model, video-01, in September 2024. The current flagship is H3 (also branded Hailuo 3.0), which arrived at the end of July 2026. [Our MiniMax Hailuo review](/blog/best-minimax-hailuo-review-2026) covers the face-continuity behaviour that is its real selling point. Different lineage, different strengths. Neither exists in isolation from the Western field, which is the point of [the twelve-model AI video model comparison](/blog/best-ai-video-model-2026). Keep that in your head as you read the rest. ## Quality on identical prompts We ran the same eight prompts through both, three passes each, and watched them back to back like a feed. The prompts covered a product shot, a lifestyle scene, a talking human, an animal moving in a field, a slow drone push over a landscape, a kitchen cooking scene, an abstract "energy explosion" shot, and a stylised anime frame. Twenty-four clips per model. **Kling** hit a higher ceiling on the cinematic and landscape prompts. The drone push had believable parallax, the field animal moved with weight, and the product shot rendered a clean turntable that read as usable ad footage on the first pass. Where Kling wobbled was the stylised anime frame, which came out competent but not distinctive. If anime is your main look, an [AI anime video generator](/ai-anime-video-generator) built around that style will serve you better than either general model. **Hailuo** hit a higher floor on the human prompts. The talking human clip was the standout of the whole test: eye contact stayed on axis, the mouth shape followed the implied line, and the shoulders did not clip through the shirt. The product shot was thinner (less crisp light, more plastic-looking materials) but the lifestyle and kitchen scenes were tight. On average across the 48 clips, neither was clearly ahead. Both beat what most Western creators expect from Chinese models, both wobble in places Western models also wobble, and the axis that matters most is the one you shoot most often. If you shoot people, Hailuo. If you shoot the world people move through, Kling. Anyone who tells you one of them is universally better than the other has run three prompts, not thirty. ## Clip length and resolution Clip length is where the two models pick different lanes. **Kling** has historically shipped 5-second and 10-second clip options, and at launch Kuaishou claimed the model [could generate two minutes of video at 30fps in 1080p](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kling_\(text-to-video_model\)), a demo figure rather than a product limit. The Kling 3.0 line is now billed per second rather than sold as fixed 5s and 10s buckets, and recent releases have pushed the per-generation ceiling past 10 seconds. Check the current limit in the app before you plan a shot around it, because this number has moved several times. **Hailuo** used to be a 6-second model, and a lot of comparisons still describe it that way. H3 changed it. MiniMax's own [H3 page](https://hailuoai.video/tools/minimax-h3) lists generations from 5 to 15 seconds at 24fps, up to 1440p, with native stereo audio (dialogue, effects, and room tone) produced in the same pass as the video. If you last evaluated Hailuo on a 6-second clip with no sound, you evaluated a different product. Neither model is stuck at 1080p any more either. Kling 3.0 carries a 4K per-second rate on its pricing page, and Hailuo H3 renders up to 2K. If you are assembling clips into a finished video, that happens in a video editor; if you only need a single still brought to life, an [image to video](/image-to-video) tool turns it into a 5 or 10-second clip. > **Length is not the whole story.** A tight clip that lands the human beat cleanly is worth more than a long one that drifts halfway through. Judge on the two seconds you would actually use in a cut, not on the marketing max. ## Motion and physics Motion is the axis that separated the "we can now use AI video" moment from the "we still can't" moment for most working creators. Both Kling and Hailuo have credible claims to being the leader here, which is a big part of why this comparison exists at all. **Kling** was the model that made the physics conversation serious in mid-2024, when Kuaishou released it in June of that year with demo clips of hands eating noodles, waves breaking on a beach, and a horse galloping across a field. In 2026 Kling still tends to win on complex multi-object physics in our own tests: liquid, fabric, crowd movement, vehicles interacting with terrain. If the shot has more than one thing moving and those things need to react to each other, Kling is usually the safer first pass. That is our read from running the prompts, not a benchmark result. **Hailuo** is the model that made the physics conversation feel finished for single-subject scenes. A person walking with weight, a dancer whose limbs stay attached to the correct joints, a cat jumping onto a counter and landing without breaking geometry: Hailuo lands these on the first try more often than any of the Western models. For single-subject action, Hailuo is the model that shows up in blind tests as "wait, this is that one, isn't it?" Verdict: Kling for scenes, Hailuo for subjects. If you cannot decide, run the exact prompt through both once and keep the winner. Either way, the motion quality is only useful once the clip is assembled into a shipped video in an editor, unless you skip the raw clip and let a tool like an [AI ad maker](/ai-ad-maker) build the whole ad. ## Realistic humans Realistic humans is Hailuo's specialty and the reason the model has developed the reputation it has. **Hailuo** renders faces, hands, and body geometry with a consistency other models still struggle with. Fingers stay at five, eyes track when a head turns, and the identity of the person does not drift across the length of the clip. Skin tones stay in the correct range, small facial expressions read, and the "AI person" tell (the frozen middle-distance stare) is muted enough that a Hailuo clip will pass a casual viewer without ringing the alarm. If your work involves people, this alone is a reason to have Hailuo in the toolkit even if you use another model as your default. **Kling** is competitive on humans but not the leader. It handles crowd shots and figures at middle distance well, and it does not embarrass itself on close-ups. Where you notice the gap is the two-second beat where a person turns their head or speaks: Kling's temporal consistency on the face is a step behind Hailuo. If your video is a landscape with a person in it, Kling is fine. If your video is a person with a landscape behind them, Hailuo. For persistent-character work (a daily AI creator built with an [AI influencer generator](/ai-influencer-generator), a recurring host in a series), neither raw model is enough on its own. You need a character-save workflow on top. Both models pair well with that workflow; Hailuo pairs better because the underlying human render is more stable. ## Camera control Camera control is where the two diverge on philosophy. **Kling** exposes real camera control on its higher tiers: named moves (dolly, truck, pan, tilt, zoom), directional inputs, and camera "trajectory" controls that let you steer the shot in a way that feels closer to cinematography than random-sampling. For work that needs specific shot language (a dolly push into a product, a slow orbit around a subject, an establish-to-close sequence stitched from three passes), Kling is currently the more useful of the two. **Hailuo** has camera controls but they are less foregrounded. The site emphasizes prompt-plus-reference-image as the primary control loop rather than an explicit camera panel. In practice you steer Hailuo by describing the shot in the prompt ("slow push in, shallow depth of field, low key light") and iterating. That works for most short-form use cases; it does not replace an explicit camera control set for creators who think in shot language. If camera control matters to you, Kling. If you are describing shots in prose anyway and just want the render to look right, Hailuo. For creators writing to a shot list, our guide on [how to write an AI video script](/blog/how-to-write-an-ai-video-script) covers how to translate a written script into the prompt shapes both models understand. ## Pricing and access Both models have free tiers, both have paid subscriptions, and both are cheaper than most Western models per clip. Exact pricing shifts frequently because both companies are still iterating on tiers, so treat this as a directional read and check the official pages before committing budget. **Kling** publishes global pricing tiers on its [official site](https://kling.ai/pricing), which currently runs Free, Standard, Pro, Premier, and Ultra. Two free-tier facts matter more than the credit allowance, and third-party pricing guides disagree on that number anyway: free output is watermarked, and it does not carry commercial rights. Paid plans remove the watermark, grant commercial use, and open up 1080p and 4K. Access is web-based and increasingly frictionless from outside China (a shift from the 2024 launch, when a Chinese phone number was required). **Hailuo** publishes its plans on [hailuoai.video](https://hailuoai.video/). There is a free tier, paid tiers scale by monthly generation quota, and access from outside China works without a Chinese phone number today. Hailuo also runs an API for developers looking to embed the model in their own pipeline, which most Western independent creators will not need but agencies sometimes do. As with Kling, read the current terms before assuming free-tier output is licensed for client work. Neither is a subscription you can charge to a US corporate card by default without your finance team asking questions; both accept common international payment methods but the invoicing side is not built for Western enterprise procurement. That is a real factor for teams; see the compliance section below. If a Western-priced monthly plan matters to you, [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) shows how our own plans and packs compare against the same reference points. ## English UX quality The Kling and Hailuo web interfaces have both improved sharply for English speakers since 2024, but they still have edges you should know about. **Kling** ships a global site with English UI, English prompt input, and English documentation. Prompts written in English work well; the model was trained multilingually and does not require you to translate your prompt into Chinese to get a good result. The UI has occasional Chinese-first design tics (dense feature panels, some labels that read as translated from Mandarin), but nothing that stops a working creator. The [official interface](https://kling.ai/) is the cleaner of the two English-first surfaces in this comparison. **Hailuo** also runs an English UI with English prompts. Prompt following in English is strong, though a few native English speakers we tested with reported that overly colloquial prompts sometimes underperform vs prompts written in a more literal, clause-by-clause style. If a prompt is not landing, try rewriting it as if you were describing the shot to a director who reads English as a second language. That style of prompt tends to help both Chinese models, and the discipline it forces is not a bad habit generally. ## Data residency and censorship This is the section most comparisons skip and every serious buyer needs, so we are being honest. Both Kling and Hailuo are Chinese products. Content you submit is processed on Chinese infrastructure. That has three practical implications you should understand before adopting either as a production tool. First, **data residency**. If your organisation has a policy against sending prompts or reference images to Chinese servers (regulated industries, government contractors, some enterprise legal reviews), neither model passes that check today. Neither company offers a US-hosted or EU-hosted deployment as of this writing. If your compliance posture requires Western data residency, use a Western model. Our [Sora alternatives roundup](/blog/best-sora-alternatives) covers the Western field. Second, **content moderation**. Both models filter prompts. The filters block obvious categories (illegal, sexual, minors), and they also filter politically sensitive Chinese topics. [TechCrunch tested this on Kling in July 2024](https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/24/a-new-chinese-video-generating-model-appears-to-be-censoring-politically-sensitive-topics/) and found that prompts including "Democracy in China," "Chinese President Xi Jinping walking down the street" and "Tiananmen Square protests" returned a nonspecific error, with the filtering happening at the prompt level rather than on the uploaded image. Hailuo filters too, but not on the same line. TechCrunch reported in April 2025 that [Hailuo AI, MiniMax's generative media platform, blocks photos of Xi Jinping while allowing images of Tiananmen Square](https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/22/a-chinese-ai-video-startup-appears-to-be-blocking-politically-sensitive-images/). For most creator use cases this is irrelevant; if your work involves geopolitical commentary, plan around it, and do not assume the two models draw the line in the same place. Third, **general prompt filters** are more conservative than most Western tools on public figure likenesses and brand IP. A prompt that a Western model might soft-refuse and let you push through with rewording, a Chinese model often hard-refuses. Not always worse (both approaches have failure modes), but different. Read the filter as a "creative constraint" not a "bug." If the compliance question is a hard blocker, the honest advice is: use a Western model, and check which models any pipeline tool runs underneath (MakeAIVideo's AI scenes, for example, run on Hailuo or Kling, while its default stock-footage mode uses no generative video model). If it is a soft factor, know that most independent creators run Kling or Hailuo daily without incident. ## Where Kling wins, where Hailuo wins Cutting through the axis-by-axis reads, here is the shortlist. **Pick Kling for:** - Cinematic scenes with complex physics (liquids, fabric, crowds, vehicles) - Landscape and drone-style shots that need believable parallax - Product shots and turntables intended for ad creative - Work that needs to be delivered at 4K without an upscaling pass - Work that needs explicit camera control (named moves, trajectory) - Multi-object scenes where the objects interact **Pick Hailuo for:** - Single-subject action (a person, an animal, a dancer) - Close-up faces and expressive human beats - Any clip where hand and finger geometry matters - Realistic-human content that has to pass casual viewer scrutiny - Dialogue beats, since H3 generates native stereo audio in the same pass - Persistent AI characters where identity stability matters **Use both when:** - The video mixes people and scenes. Shoot the people in Hailuo, the environments in Kling, and stitch the cut downstream, sometimes via a [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) setup for long-form content. - You need A/B options. Running the same prompt through both and keeping the winner is standard practice for creators shipping paid social. - Your compliance posture allows Chinese models but your budget wants the best of each. Neither is universally better. This is a comparison, not a coronation. ## Where MakeAIVideo fits Here is the honest positioning. Neither Kling nor Hailuo produces a finished video. They produce clips. What lands in a client review or on a YouTube channel or in a paid social slot is a finished narrated MP4 with a script, a voice, captions, music, and the right aspect ratio for the platform. That is a different job from generating a clip, and it is the job MakeAIVideo's [script to video](/script-to-video) mode does. The useful detail for this comparison: MakeAIVideo's AI scenes are generated on these two models. Hailuo is the default and Kling 2.6 is the selectable alternative, so you can use either inside the pipeline without a separate model account. The script gets written (or you bring your own), an AI voice reads it, each scene is generated against the voiceover (or pulled from real stock footage, the default), captions burn in, music sits under the voice, and the file exports at the aspect ratio you asked for (9:16 for Reels and TikTok, 16:9 for YouTube, 1:1 for feed posts). One flow, one file, done. What MakeAIVideo does not do is take clips you generated directly in Kling or Hailuo: there is no clip upload for scenes. If you want the full controls of either model's own app (Kling 3.0, Hailuo H3, camera tools, longer prompt iteration), generate there and finish the clips in a regular video editor. Different tools do different parts of the job. Common workflows we see: - **Reels/TikTok creator, human-heavy content.** Make the video in the pipeline with AI scenes on Hailuo (the default). Voice, captions and music are added in the same run. Export at 9:16. Ship. - **Faceless YouTube creator, landscape and B-roll heavy.** Make the video in the pipeline on real stock footage, or switch the AI scenes to Kling 2.6 for physics-heavy shots. Export at 16:9. Publish. - **Ad agency shipping paid social.** Generate hero shots in Kling's or Hailuo's own app and cut them in an editor when you need full control. For everyday product ads, the [AI ad maker](/ai-ad-maker) builds one narrated ad per run from your product photos; switch the ratio in the editor and export again for each placement. - **Persistent AI creator posting daily.** Create the character once with the [AI influencer creator](/ai-influencer-generator), then make each post in the pipeline with voice and captions. [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) starts at $9 a month on the Lite plan (450 credits). You get Hailuo and Kling 2.6 AI scenes inside it without paying for either tool's own tier just to get a finished video out. > **The model does not ship a video. A pipeline does.** Choose the model that fits your shot. Choose a pipeline that fits your release. Those are two different decisions and confusing them costs a lot of unnecessary subscription. ## Decision tree If you want a straight recommendation without reading the whole comparison, here it is. **Are Chinese models a compliance no-go for your team?** Use a Western model instead. Start with our [Sora alternatives comparison](/blog/best-sora-alternatives) or our [Runway alternatives list](/blog/best-runway-alternatives); both cover the Western field honestly. **Are you shooting people, close up, in short cuts?** Hailuo. The human render is the strongest thing either model does, and H3's native stereo audio means dialogue beats come out of the same pass. **Are you shooting scenes, landscapes, or multi-object physics?** Kling. The motion advantage on complex scenes is the strongest edge either model has. **Do you need explicit camera control for shot language?** Kling. The named-move controls are the deciding factor. **Do you need a longer single take without seam-stitching?** Check both. Hailuo H3 goes to 15 seconds per generation and Kling 3.0 has pushed past its old 10-second ceiling, so neither one is the automatic length answer any more. **Do you shoot both people and scenes and want the best result on each?** Use both. Split the workload and cut the clips together in a video editor, or, for narrated videos, let a [script to video](/script-to-video) tool generate every scene in one consistent run. **Are you trying to decide between the two on a small test?** Run one prompt through each. Whichever result you would actually use in a cut wins. Do not decide based on aggregate benchmarks; decide based on your shot. **Are you not sure what you need yet?** Start with [the AI video model comparison](/blog/best-ai-video-model-2026) to see the whole field before you commit to any single model, or skip the model choice and make the finished video in our [AI video generator](/). Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=inline_cta&utm_content=kling-vs-hailuo-comparison)plans from $9/month · allowance tops up monthly ## Kling vs Hailuo FAQs ### Which is better, Kling or Hailuo? Neither is universally better. Kling wins on cinematic scenes, multi-object motion physics, 4K delivery, and explicit camera control. Hailuo wins on realistic humans, close-up faces, single-subject action, and native stereo audio on H3. Pick based on which shot type you produce most often. ### Is Kling AI free? Yes, Kling has a free tier, but free output is watermarked and does not come with commercial rights, so treat it as evaluation rather than production. Paid plans on [the official pricing page](https://kling.ai/pricing) remove the watermark, grant commercial use, and unlock 1080p and 4K output, camera control, and higher quota. ### Is Hailuo AI free? Yes, Hailuo has a free tier. Paid tiers on [hailuoai.video](https://hailuoai.video/) increase monthly generation quota and unlock priority processing. Both free tiers are enough to compare the two before you commit budget, but read each one's terms before assuming free output is licensed for client work. ### Can I use Kling or Hailuo from outside China? Yes. As of 2026 both models are accessible from outside China without a Chinese phone number, through their global web interfaces. Neither offers Western data residency yet, so check your organisation's compliance posture before adopting either for regulated work. ### Do Kling and Hailuo censor prompts? Yes, both filter prompts. The filters block obvious illegal categories and also filter politically sensitive Chinese topics (Tiananmen, Taiwan status, certain public-figure likenesses). For most creator work this is irrelevant. If your subject matter touches those areas, use a Western model instead. ### How long are Kling and Hailuo clips? Hailuo H3 generates 5 to 15 seconds per clip at 24fps. Kling long ran on 5-second and 10-second options and now bills the 3.0 line per second, with recent releases pushing past the old 10-second ceiling. Both have moved recently, so check the app rather than an older comparison. For longer finished videos, assemble multiple clips downstream in an editing pipeline. ### Which model handles realistic humans best? Hailuo. Human faces, hands, and body geometry are its specialty, and the model beats Kling on close-ups and single-subject action clips. Kling is competent on humans at middle distance but not the leader on close-up human beats. ### Which model has better motion physics? Both are strong, but they win different shots. Kling leads on complex multi-object scenes (liquid, fabric, crowds, vehicles). Hailuo leads on single-subject motion (a person walking, a dancer, an animal jumping). Choose by scene type, not by aggregate benchmarks. ### Are Kling and Hailuo good for TikTok and Reels? Yes, both output vertical-ready clips at social-native lengths. Hailuo H3 supports 9:16 among its aspect ratios and generates 5 to 15 seconds per clip, which maps cleanly onto short-form cut lengths, and Kling's shorter options do the same. Assemble the finished vertical video with an [AI Shorts generator](/ai-shorts-generator) or an [Instagram Reels generator](/instagram-reels-generator) downstream. ### Can I use Kling or Hailuo output commercially? Both allow commercial use on paid tiers, but not on free ones. Each has its own terms and rights framework that you should read before using output in paid ads or client work. Neither publishes the kind of IP indemnification some Western enterprise vendors offer, so do not assume you are covered. Read the current terms on [kling.ai](https://kling.ai/pricing) and [hailuoai.video](https://hailuoai.video/) before shipping paid work. ## Where to start If you want a real answer to "Kling vs Hailuo" in the next hour, run this test. Pick two prompts you actually need for real work: one that is a scene, one that is a person. Run both through the free tier of each model. Compare the four clips. Whichever model won the shot type you produce more often is the model you should pay for. If you are shipping finished narrated videos (not just clips), the model choice is only half the workflow. Assembly, voice, captions, music, and export are the other half, and MakeAIVideo's [script to video](/script-to-video) mode does both halves in one run, with AI scenes on Hailuo or Kling 2.6. Plans start at $9 a month (Lite, 450 credits). Paste a script and get a finished MP4 out. Either way, do not spend a week reading blind-test threads. Run five prompts through each model. Your eye will tell you the answer faster than any benchmark table can. ![Jamie Partridge](/images/authors/jamie-partridge.webp) Written by [Jamie Partridge](/about/jamie-partridge) Founder at MakeAIVideo. Writing about AI video generation, scripting, scenes, and shipping content faster. 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"Ask ChatGPT about this article")[](https://claude.ai/new?q=Read%20https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fkling-vs-runway-comparison%20then%20summarize%20the%20key%20points%20and%20answer%20any%20questions%20I%20have%20about%20it. "Ask Claude about this article")[](https://www.perplexity.ai/search?q=Read%20https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fkling-vs-runway-comparison%20then%20summarize%20the%20key%20points%20and%20answer%20any%20questions%20I%20have%20about%20it. "Ask Perplexity about this article") **Kling vs Runway is the AI video match-up that actually matters in 2026, because these are the two paid platforms most creators genuinely try before they settle on one.** Kling belongs to Kuaishou in China and builds its story around physics and motion realism. Runway is the American incumbent that quietly rebuilt itself as an editing platform first and a generator second. Both make excellent clips. Neither ships a finished narrated video. This piece compares them the way you actually shop for them: model quality on the same brief, clip length, camera control, editing tools, pricing, enterprise fit, and the awkward Chinese-model question Western creators are right to ask. The short version is at the top of the next section. The rest of the article shows the working. ## The 30-second answer - **Pick Kling** if raw motion quality, physics, and cheap access matter most, especially for cinematic single shots, product moves, and character-in-a-scene work where the clip has to look real when you slow it down. Kling's entry paid tier is the cheapest of the two, and it is the only one of the pair offering a 4K generation rate rather than an upscale. - **Pick Runway** if you want the whole video-editing platform (video-to-video edits, motion brush, camera control, upscaling, lip sync, audio) in one login, and you would rather pay a predictable monthly fee than a Chinese subscription. - **Pick a [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) tool like MakeAIVideo** if the deliverable is a finished narrated video with a script, voiceover, captions, and export in 9:16 or 16:9. Neither Kling nor Runway ships that from a single brief. The rest of this comparison unpacks each of those answers with real numbers. ## What Kling and Runway actually are Kling and Runway are not the same shape of product, and that shapes almost every trade-off below. **Kling** is a text-to-video and image-to-video model made by [Kuaishou](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuaishou), the Beijing-headquartered short-video giant behind China's biggest TikTok rival, listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under ticker 1024. The flagship line is Kling 3.0, which [Kling's pricing page](https://kling.ai/pricing) bills per second in three model variants: Kling 3.0, Kling 3.0 Turbo, and Kling 3.0 Omni, at 720p, 1080p, and (on 3.0 and Omni) 4K. The app is a generator with a lightweight timeline. You write or drop a prompt (plus an optional reference image), pick a duration and mode, and receive a short clip you download and take elsewhere. [Our Kling AI review](/blog/best-kling-ai-review-2026) covers the physics and identity-hold behaviour in detail. **Runway** is a full [creative platform](https://runway.com/product) with a video model at the centre. The generative stack now runs on Gen-4.5 for text-to-video and image-to-video (released December 2025), plus Aleph for text-driven video-to-video editing (adding or removing objects, relighting, new camera angles on an existing shot), upgraded to Aleph 2.0 during 2026. Around the models sits a browser-based editor with motion brush, camera control, upscaling, lip sync, and a growing library of tools that read more like a post-production suite than a demo page. The clearest way to hold it in your head: Kling is a model with a nice front-end. Runway is a platform with the model baked in. If you already work in a video app, Kling is the one you drop into your existing workflow. Runway wants to be your video workflow. If neither shape is settled yet, [the twelve-model AI video model comparison](/blog/best-ai-video-model-2026) sorts the wider category by axis. ## Model quality on identical prompts We ran the same three briefs through both platforms on the same afternoon in August 2026. A tea being poured into a glass mug (physics test), a person walking through a rainy Tokyo alley (motion coherence), and a slow drone push over a coastal town at golden hour (cinematic camera). Same wording, same reference frame where allowed, same resolution. **Physics test (pouring liquid).** Kling handled the liquid best. The stream stayed continuous, the surface tension broke correctly on the pour, and the meniscus in the mug wobbled instead of snapping into shape. Runway Gen-4.5 held liquid shape well at the surface but the pour itself looked stitched from two beats. On raw physics realism, Kling was ahead in our tests most of the time. That is our own read on our own prompts rather than a published benchmark result, so weigh it accordingly. On market position rather than quality, [Bloomberg reported in April 2026](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-01/kling-ai-runway-vidu-the-ai-video-generators-set-to-replace-openai-s-sora) that Kling, Runway, and Vidu all picked up users in the week after OpenAI announced it was shutting Sora down, with Kling's global weekly active users up 4% to an average of 2.6 million. **Motion coherence (walking figure).** Both platforms held the figure through the shot with no obvious limb collapse. Kling's stride cycle read as more natural at 24fps. Runway's version stayed more editable inside the platform afterwards, which is Runway's whole pitch. **Cinematic camera (drone shot).** Runway edged this one. The camera move was smoother, the horizon stayed level, and the colour grade felt more considered out of the box. Kling produced a slightly stiffer move but the underlying frame quality was higher, which mattered once we exported and cut it into a longer sequence. On raw model quality across the three tests, Kling won two and Runway won one, but the margins were small. Runway's advantage is not really in the generation. It is in what happens after. For a wider field test across 12 models on the same rubric, see [the AI video model comparison](/blog/best-ai-video-model-2026). ## Clip length, resolution, and iteration speed The specs matter because they change what you can actually ship. **Kling** bills the Kling 3.0 line per second rather than per fixed clip length, and its [pricing page](https://kling.ai/pricing) lists 720p, 1080p, and 4K rates for Kling 3.0 and 3.0 Omni (4K runs $0.42 per second at list). Kling 3.0 Turbo tops out at 1080p. The free tier watermarks output and does not grant commercial rights, which matters more than the credit allowance for anyone doing client work. **Runway** ships 5-second and 10-second clips, upscales to 4K on every paid plan, and Aleph accepts uploaded video for edits. Runway's free plan gives you 125 one-time credits and keeps the watermark, which is enough to see the platform but not enough to test a real project. For creators shooting to social first, 10 seconds is already tight and 5 seconds is a hook shot. If you want a finished 30 or 60-second post, you are stringing multiple clips together in a downstream editor. That is a job neither platform does well end-to-end, and it is exactly the gap a [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) or [script to video](/script-to-video) tool sits inside. ## Motion coherence at scale One shot rarely tells the story. What matters is whether characters, objects, and lighting stay coherent when you run a batch of shots that are supposed to feel like the same scene. Kling's character consistency was steadier when we regenerated the same reference image through five prompts. Faces held together, wardrobe held together, and the lighting drifted less than we expected. This is where Kling's "director-like memory" pitch shows up in practice. Runway held object consistency better across a shot list that reused the same location. Whatever the training detail behind it, the behaviour is consistent enough to plan around. If you are building a short film with a recurring set, Runway is the platform that punishes you less for regenerating the same scene from a new angle. If you want to layer a saved character across many posts, our [AI influencer generator](/ai-influencer-generator) handles that pairing at a workflow level neither model tries to solve. Neither platform ships true multi-shot storyboarding in the browser, so both leave scene continuity partly in your hands. Sora's storyboard editor used to be the reference point here, but it went away with the Sora app on [26 April 2026](https://help.openai.com/en/articles/20001152-what-to-know-about-the-sora-discontinuation), so there is no longer a mainstream tool setting that bar. ## Camera control: motion brush versus built-ins Camera control is where the two platforms diverge most sharply. Kling's approach is menu-based. You pick a preset (dolly in, orbit, pan, zoom) and adjust intensity. The presets are competent and reliable. You can also describe the camera in the prompt itself ("slow push in on the actor's face, low angle") and Kling will usually respect it. What Kling does not give you is per-region control. You cannot say "move this element left while the background stays put." Runway's motion brush does exactly that. You paint over the region of the frame that should move, then set a direction and intensity vector. Multiple regions can move independently in the same clip. Combined with the platform's camera-control tool (a separate feature for the shot itself), you get a level of directional control that resembles a stripped-down VFX package. For product creative, dance-style social clips, and any brief where you want a foreground element to move against a static background, Runway wins on control by a wide margin. If your creative work depends on precise per-region motion, Runway is the pick even if Kling's raw quality is a little higher. For creators who mostly need to bring a still image to life without any per-region editing, a tool built to [animate a photo](/image-to-video) is a lighter path than either platform. ## Editing and post capabilities This is Runway's home turf and Kling barely competes on this axis. Runway's editing surface now includes Aleph for text-based video-to-video edits. Runway [introduced Aleph on 25 July 2025](https://runway.com/research/introducing-runway-aleph) as "a state-of-the-art in-context video model" able to perform "a wide range of edits on an input video such as adding, removing, and transforming objects, generating any angle of a scene, and modifying style and lighting." That was the point where Runway stopped being a generator and started being an in-browser post-production tool, and Aleph 2.0 extended it during 2026. Around Aleph, Runway ships lip sync, voice cloning for lip sync, 4K upscaling, an image editor, and a growing catalogue of small tools ([the full list is on runway.com/pricing](https://runway.com/pricing)). Kling's editing surface is narrower. You get in-app extensions, inpainting on some tiers, camera preset adjustments, and native audio from Kling 2.6 onwards (Kling 3.0 and 3.0 Omni bill audio and no-audio modes as separate per-second rates). There is no equivalent to Aleph's text-driven video-to-video editing, no motion brush, and the platform assumes you will finish the video in a separate app. For creators whose workflow is "generate once, ship once," Kling is enough. For creators whose workflow is "generate, then iterate on the generated clip for a day," Runway is where the day is less painful. ## Pricing and access, honestly Both platforms publish pricing pages. The bill you actually pay depends on your volume. **Kling's consumer tiers.** Kling runs five tiers (Free, Standard, Pro, Premier, and Ultra) at roughly $10, $37, $92, and $180 per month respectively for the four paid ones, with annual billing knocking about a third off. Kling changes these often and prices them differently by region, so treat the figures as directional and confirm on [Kling's own pricing](https://kling.ai/pricing) before you commit. Two free-tier details are worth more than the exact credit number: free output carries a watermark, and free output does not come with commercial rights. **Runway's tiers (from [runway.com/pricing](https://runway.com/pricing), checked September 2026):** - **Free:** $0, 125 one-time credits, all generative models, no 4K upscale, watermark on export. - **Standard:** $12 per month billed annually ($15 rolling), 625 credits per month, all models, 4K upscale, no watermark. - **Pro:** $28 per month billed annually ($35 rolling), 2,250 credits per month, custom voices, 500GB storage. - **Max:** $76 per month billed annually ($95 rolling), 9,500 credits per month, one-month credit rollover, studio-grade export formats (ProRes, image sequences), HDR generations. - **Enterprise:** custom pricing with SSO, workspace analytics, priority support. **The honest read.** Both free tiers are demos rather than workflows. Runway's is 125 one-time credits with a watermark; Kling's refreshes but watermarks output and withholds commercial rights, so neither one produces work you can actually ship to a client. On paid entry, Kling Standard at about $10 monthly undercuts Runway Standard at $12 annually or $15 rolling, but Runway's entry tier includes 4K upscaling and watermark-free export, which is the more meaningful line for paid work. At the top, Kling's Ultra tier ($180) runs well past Runway Max ($76 annually), for a much bigger credit pool and a much narrower feature surface. Runway costs more per feature and Kling costs more per credit; that is the trade-off in one line. Our own [plans and pricing](/pricing) sit outside this comparison because MakeAIVideo does not compete with either model. > **Where MakeAIVideo's pricing sits in this stack.** MakeAIVideo is not a foundation-model generator, so its plans do not overlap Kling or Runway directly. The pipeline layer starts at $9 a month (Lite, 450 credits). Every plan is on [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing). ## Enterprise readiness If the buyer is procurement, this section decides the pick. Runway ships an Enterprise tier with SSO, workspace analytics, configurable teamspaces, enterprise onboarding, and priority support. It has case studies with US studios, ad agencies, and post-production houses. The company is US-based, subject to US law, and produces documentation that IT teams already recognise. For any Western enterprise buyer, Runway is the answer of least resistance and the tier that most reliably survives a security review. Kling has an enterprise track (KlingAI Business, on request) but the data path runs through Chinese infrastructure and the contract is Chinese-law. Most Western enterprise IT will not clear that for anything touching regulated data or client footage without a very specific reason. Kling's enterprise pitch is stronger inside Greater China and in markets that already work with Kuaishou. For a small agency shipping ad creative for a US or EU client, Runway is the default. For a solo creator or a China-facing brand, Kling is fine. For team accounts where security review is the bottleneck, Runway wins by default because it survives the review. If the corporate deliverable is a presenter reading a script rather than a generative shot at all, an [AI spokesperson video](/ai-spokesperson-video) is closer to that job than either model. ## The Chinese-model question, honestly This one is unavoidable if you are a Western creator, so let us address it head-on. Kling belongs to Kuaishou, a Chinese company. That has three practical consequences worth knowing before you subscribe. **Data path.** Prompts and reference images are processed on Chinese cloud infrastructure. If your prompts or reference frames include client material under NDA, or personally identifiable information about anyone in your footage, that is a data-flow you probably want to review with legal counsel before using. The output MP4 is yours, but the inputs travelled. **Content moderation.** Kling's moderation reflects Chinese government content rules. [TechCrunch reported in July 2024](https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/24/a-new-chinese-video-generating-model-appears-to-be-censoring-politically-sensitive-topics/) that prompts including "Democracy in China," "Chinese President Xi Jinping walking down the street" and "Tiananmen Square protests" returned a nonspecific error, and that the filtering happens at the prompt level rather than on the image input. If your creative brief brushes those topics, Kling will refuse. Runway, being US-based, has its own content policy (safety, IP, deepfakes) but does not filter on Chinese political categories. **Ongoing access.** Kling has been globally accessible throughout 2025 and 2026, and Bloomberg reported in June 2026 that [Kuaishou was seeking $2 billion for Kling AI at an $18 billion valuation](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-17/kuaishou-kling-ai-seeks-2-billion-at-18-billion-value-from-general-atlantic) led by General Atlantic. Access is not currently restricted from the US or EU. That could change in either direction. If a US executive order restricted Chinese AI services (a plausible risk given the trajectory of tech export controls), your Kling workflow would break overnight. Runway carries none of that geopolitical exposure. None of this is a reason not to use Kling if the model output justifies it. It is a reason to know what you are signing into, and to keep any long-lived workflow behind a downloadable MP4 archive rather than a live Kling account you cannot rebuild elsewhere. [Wikipedia's Kling AI page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kling_AI) is a decent neutral primer on the platform's history if you want more context. ## Where Kling wins Line up the tests and the pattern is clear. - **Raw physics realism.** Liquid, cloth, hair, small object dynamics. Kling looked more real to us when the shot was slowed down. - **Character motion.** Stride cycles, gestures, facial motion at mid-shot framing. Kling's motion read as more human than Runway's more often across our tests. - **Native 4K generation.** Kling 3.0 and 3.0 Omni carry a 4K per-second rate on the pricing page. Runway gets to 4K by upscaling. - **Cheap paid entry.** Standard lands around $10 per month, the cheapest watermark-free entry of the two. - **Native audio on newer models.** Kling 2.6 onwards generates audio in the same pass, and Kling 3.0 prices audio and no-audio modes separately per second. - **Cinematic prompt following.** Kling responds well to lens language ("50mm lens", "shallow depth of field", "handheld") and produces the look creators expect. If all you need is one reference frame brought to life, an [image to video](/image-to-video) tool turns a still into a 5 or 10-second clip without a Kling subscription. ## Where Runway wins Runway wins the platform argument, not the raw-model one. - **Editing surface.** Aleph, motion brush, camera control, lip sync, upscaling, colour tools. Runway is the closest thing in AI video to a working post-production suite. - **Motion brush.** Per-region control that Kling simply does not offer. - **Iteration inside one app.** Generate, then edit the generation without exporting anywhere. - **Enterprise fit.** SSO, US legal domicile, procurement-friendly. - **Predictable credit rollover on Max tier.** Fewer end-of-month surprises for heavy users. - **Studio-grade export formats.** ProRes and image sequences on Max, which matter for teams handing footage to a real editor. - **Ecosystem plugins.** Runway's presence inside third-party editors and APIs is deeper. [TechCrunch covered Runway's API launch](https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/16/runway-announces-an-api-for-its-video-generating-models/) back in 2024 and the integrations have compounded since. For work that will be edited, colour-corrected, or handed to a proper video editor downstream, Runway saves days of round-tripping, though the first hour inside the editor (see [how to use Runway](/blog/how-to-use-runway-beginners-guide)) is steeper than Kling's and worth walking through before you spend credits. If the video never needed Runway-grade shots in the first place and the job is really "narration, captions and an export for social," a [script to video](/script-to-video) tool makes that cut straight from the script. ## Where MakeAIVideo fits in this stack Neither Kling nor Runway ships a finished narrated video. Both hand you a beautiful 5 or 10-second clip and leave the rest of the job (script, voiceover, captions, music, platform export) to whatever workflow you have. That last mile is where MakeAIVideo sits. Paste a brief into [text to video](/prompt-to-video), or bring your own script into [script to video](/script-to-video), and the pipeline handles the narration, the scenes, auto-captions, optional background music, and export in 9:16, 16:9, or 1:1. The scenes come from real stock footage by default, or from AI scenes generated on MiniMax Hailuo (with Kling 2.6 as the selectable alternative). MakeAIVideo does not take uploaded clips as scenes, so a Kling clip or a Runway edit you already have is finished in Runway's editor or a regular video editor, not here. The frame that works: Kling and Runway are camera-and-lens shops for standout shots. MakeAIVideo is the whole production line for a narrated video: script, voice, scenes, captions and export in one run. If the job is short-form for TikTok, Instagram Reels, or YouTube Shorts, the pipeline gets the platform-specific render right in one pass rather than asking you to reformat by hand. > **Where MakeAIVideo actually helps.** If you keep generating clips but what you actually need is finished posts, the missing piece is not another model. It is a pipeline that turns a script into a narrated MP4 with scenes, captions and music. See [MakeAIVideo plans and pricing](/pricing). ## Decision tree If you want a one-question flowchart, this is close. - **Your priority is raw physics and cinematic realism, and you are fine finishing in a downstream editor?** Kling. - **You want the whole editing surface (video-to-video, motion brush, camera control) inside one app?** Runway. - **You are shipping a finished narrated video to social, not just a raw clip?** A [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) tool like MakeAIVideo makes the finished post from the brief; keep Kling or Runway for the standout shots you will cut together in an editor. - **You are an enterprise buyer with a procurement gate?** Runway. Kling's Chinese data path will not survive most Western IT reviews. - **You are a solo creator on a tight budget?** Kling Standard at roughly $10 per month. Do not plan on shipping free-tier output: it is watermarked and not licensed for commercial use. - **You need per-region motion control on a static background?** Runway's motion brush. Kling has no equivalent. - **You want native audio in the same generation pass?** Kling 2.6 or 3.0. - **You want 4K upscaling included on the entry paid tier?** Runway Standard. - **You want a finished talking-head video from a script, not a raw model clip?** An [AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar) is closer to that job than either model. Most creators will end up using both models at different times, plus a pipeline layer for finished posts. That is fine, and it is why the [Kling alternatives roundup](/blog/best-kling-ai-alternatives) and [the Runway alternatives comparison](/blog/best-runway-alternatives) both exist as separate pieces. Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=inline_cta&utm_content=kling-vs-runway-comparison)plans from $9/month · allowance tops up monthly ## Kling vs Runway FAQs ### Is Kling better than Runway in 2026? Kling produces slightly better raw motion and physics on identical prompts. Runway produces a slightly weaker clip but wraps it in a full editing platform. On raw model quality Kling edges Runway; on total workflow value Runway edges Kling. The right answer depends on whether you plan to edit the clip after generation. ### Which is cheaper, Kling or Runway? Kling on paid entry. Kling Standard is around $10 per month against Runway Standard at $12 billed annually or $15 rolling. Runway's entry tier includes 4K upscaling and watermark-free export in return. Both free tiers are demos: Runway's is 125 one-time credits, and Kling's watermarks output and does not grant commercial rights. At the top of each ladder, Runway Max is $76 per month annually and Kling Premier around $92, with Kling's Ultra tier running to about $180. ### Does Kling or Runway make longer clips? Runway's Gen-4.5 generates 2 to 10 seconds per clip, with extension features on top. Kling bills the 3.0 line per second rather than advertising one fixed maximum, and it has run past 10 seconds on recent releases, so check the current limit in the app before you plan a shot around it. For anything longer than a few seconds either way, you are stitching clips together in a downstream editor or in a pipeline that assembles multiple clips into a finished video. ### Can Runway edit an existing video I upload? Yes. Runway's Aleph, introduced in July 2025 and upgraded to Aleph 2.0 in 2026, is a video-to-video model. Upload a clip, describe an edit in plain English (change the lighting, add or remove objects, generate a different camera angle), and Aleph returns the edited version. Kling does not currently ship an equivalent text-driven video-to-video editing tool. ### Does Kling have a motion brush like Runway? No. Kling gives you camera presets (dolly, orbit, pan, zoom) and lets you describe camera behaviour in the prompt. Runway's motion brush is per-region: you paint over the area of the frame that should move and set a direction. That per-region control is one of Runway's clearest advantages in 2026. ### Is Kling safe to use for commercial work in the US or Europe? The output MP4 is yours to use commercially. The inputs (your prompts and reference images) are processed on Chinese cloud infrastructure. For NDA client work or footage with identifiable people, review the data path with legal counsel. Runway's US legal domicile makes it the simpler pick for regulated or client-sensitive work. ### Which model has native audio, Kling or Runway? Kling ships native audio generation from version 2.6 onwards, and Kling 3.0 prices audio and no-audio modes as separate per-second rates, so the audio is explicitly part of the generation. Runway's pricing page lists dedicated audio models alongside the video models, plus lip sync and voice cloning as separate steps. Kling's approach is simpler for single-shot output and Runway's leaves more of the audio editable after the fact. ### Can I use Kling and Runway together in the same project? Yes, and many creators do. Generate a physics-heavy shot in Kling, generate a camera-heavy shot in Runway, edit both in Runway's platform (or a downstream editor), and assemble the finished video in whatever pipeline handles your narration and captions. Neither platform locks the output; both export standard MP4. ### What is the best MakeAIVideo alternative to Kling and Runway? MakeAIVideo is not an alternative to either model for raw clips. It makes a finished narrated MP4 (script, voiceover, stock footage or AI scenes, captions, music, platform-specific export) from a brief or a script; it does not take uploaded Kling or Runway clips. For alternative generators in the same category as Kling and Runway, see the [Sora alternatives roundup](/blog/best-sora-alternatives) which covers the wider model landscape. ### Is Runway losing market share to Kling in 2026? We do not have a clean share number, and anyone quoting one for this category is usually estimating. What is on the record: Bloomberg reported in April 2026 that Kling, Runway, and Vidu all gained users after OpenAI announced the Sora shutdown, with Kling's global weekly actives up 4% to about 2.6 million, and that Kuaishou was raising for Kling at an $18 billion valuation two months later. Runway's platform-side moat (editing tools, enterprise contracts, APIs) has held even as the raw-generation gap has closed. Both are growing; treat "who is winning" claims without a named data source with suspicion. ## Where to start If you are shopping for a first paid AI video subscription in the second half of 2026, the honest sequence is this. Spend two days on the free tiers of both platforms, treating them as evaluation only, because neither free tier gives you watermark-free output you can ship. Generate the exact same brief on both and compare the clips side by side. If your work is cinematic realism, physics, or character motion, subscribe to Kling. If your work is layered edits, per-region motion, or anything that needs to survive a security review, subscribe to Runway. Most creators end up subscribing to one primary model plus keeping the other's free tier alive for the occasional test. Whichever model wins your subscription, the finishing step is the same problem. A generator hands you a 10-second clip. A social post is a script plus a voice plus captions plus music plus a platform-specific render. An [AI UGC video](/ai-ugc-video) workflow closes that gap regardless of which foundation model you feed it. Plans start at $9 a month (Lite, 450 credits). See [plans and pricing](/pricing) for the exact tier that fits your volume. For deeper reading on either platform on its own, the [Runway alternatives comparison](/blog/best-runway-alternatives) and the [Kling alternatives roundup](/blog/best-kling-ai-alternatives) both cover eight-plus tools each and are useful sanity checks if you want to see the wider field before committing. ![Jamie Partridge](/images/authors/jamie-partridge.webp) Written by [Jamie Partridge](/about/jamie-partridge) Founder at MakeAIVideo. Writing about AI video generation, scripting, scenes, and shipping content faster. [More about the author](/about/jamie-partridge) ## Free AI video tools - [ Video Script Generator Generate 6 full HOOK / BODY / CTA video scripts in any format, short-form, long-form, tutorial, VSL, talking-head, product demo. Free, no signup, instant. ](/tools/video-script-generator) - [ Video Hook Generator Generate 10 attention-grabbing video hooks for any topic. Patterns proven to drive watch-through on TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-hook-generator) - [ Video Idea Generator Get 10 ready-to-shoot video ideas tailored to your niche. Built from formats that consistently win views on TikTok, Reels, and Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-idea-generator) - [ YouTube Title Generator Generate 10 proven YouTube titles in your chosen style: how-to, listicle, comparison, story, or controversial. 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Verified vendor pricing. 10 June 2026·24 min read Reviews [ ### Kling AI Review (2026): Physics, Pricing, and Trade-offs ](/blog/best-kling-ai-review-2026) Kling AI review for 2026: Kling 3.0 physics and motion, real pricing tiers, the Chinese hosting question, how to use Kling AI step by step, and 12 tested prompts. 17 September 2026·23 min read Guides [ ### How to Use Runway AI: A Beginner's Guide (2026) ](/blog/how-to-use-runway-beginners-guide) How to use Runway AI from first signup to first Gen-4.5 clip, plus an honest Runway AI review: pricing, credits, motion brush, Act-One, and where it wins or loses. 8 September 2026·20 min read Comparisons [ ### Sora vs Veo 3 in 2026: Honest Head-to-Head ](/blog/sora-vs-veo-3-comparison) Sora vs Veo 3 compared on clip length, prompt following, motion physics, native audio, access, and pricing. 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If you do not, this piece walks the whole comparison and shows where a [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) tool like MakeAIVideo fits when the job is a whole narrated video rather than a clip you like. Both tools have shipped fresh model versions this year. Luma is on the Ray 3.x line inside Dream Machine, Pika is on 2.5, and both have kept the beginner-friendly UX that made them accessible in the first place. This is not the tier where you go looking for 20-second cinematic hero shots. This is the tier where you generate a lot of short clips, iterate cheaply, and figure out what a scene should look like before you spend real money at the frontier. > **How to read this comparison.** Every section pits the two tools head to head on one axis at a time: quality, length, motion, controls, price, community. The section after that is where each wins. The last section is where neither wins because the job is a finished narrated video (script, voice, captions, export) and needs a different kind of tool. ## What each one is and who makes it Luma AI is the San Francisco lab behind [Dream Machine](https://lumalabs.ai/dream-machine), the consumer-facing web app for its Ray video model. Luma started in 3D and NeRFs, which is why its camera-motion controls feel more like a game engine than a text prompt. Dream Machine has shipped on a fast release cadence since its first public build in 2024, and the lab is well capitalised. [TechCrunch reported a $900 million round](https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/18/luma-releases-a-new-ai-model-that-lets-users-generate-a-video-from-a-start-and-end-frame/) led by Saudi Arabia's PIF-owned Humain alongside the Ray3 Modify release, which also added the ability to supply a start and an end frame and have the model generate the transition between them. Ray 3.x is the current generation, with multi-keyframe control and 1080p output added over the last release cycles. [Our Luma Dream Machine review](/blog/best-luma-dream-machine-review-2026) covers where that keyframe control pays off and where it does not. Pika Labs is the New York and San Francisco team behind [Pika](https://pika.art). The product started life as a Discord bot in 2023, then moved to the web app most creators use today. Pika 2.5 is the current model version, and the roadmap has clearly leaned into short, effect-driven video for social feeds rather than long cinematic clips. Pika's defining choice is hiding model complexity behind a friendly UI, and that is the biggest reason it keeps landing with non-technical creators. [Our Pika Labs review](/blog/best-pika-labs-review-2026) picks that trade apart. The company was co-founded by two former Stanford AI Lab PhD students, Demi Guo and Chenlin Meng, and [raised $55 million led by Lightspeed](https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/28/pika-labs-which-is-building-ai-tools-to-generate-and-edit-videos-raises-55m/) on the back of that positioning, with editing features like restyling a clip or swapping what someone is wearing rather than raw generation horsepower. The high level: same target audience, different design instincts. Luma feels like a cinematography tool that a beginner can use. Pika feels like a social filter that happens to be powered by a video model. Both sit in the mid tier of a wider field, and [the twelve-model AI video model comparison](/blog/best-ai-video-model-2026) sorts that field, frontier and mid-tier picks together, by axis. ## Model quality on identical prompts Run the same prompt through both tools and the differences show up in the first two seconds of playback. Luma's Ray model tends to produce cleaner realism at 720p and 1080p. Faces hold, hair does not liquefy, and camera moves stay on rails. Where it falls down is fast action or complex interactions between multiple characters, where you will occasionally see the model give up and morph one object into another halfway through the clip. Photography-style prompts (a shot of a person walking through Tokyo at night, an aerial pull-back over a beach) come out unusually strong for a tool at this price point. Pika 2.5 does something different. On the same prompts, it produces slightly more stylised, sometimes softer video, and it is more willing to interpret a prompt loosely if the literal reading would be hard. That trade is deliberate. The Pika team ships models tuned for social short-form, so the outputs read well at TikTok autoplay size even when they would not survive a full-screen inspection. Try a text-to-video prompt with a lot of specific detail and Pika will interpret the vibe first and the details second. For [image to video](/image-to-video) generation specifically, both tools do well. Feed either one a clean still and ask it to add motion and you get usable clips inside a minute. Pika edges ahead when you feed it a photo of a person and want playful motion. Luma edges ahead when you want the camera to move around a static subject in a believable way. ## Clip length and resolution Both tools cap at short. This is the mid-tier, not the frontier. Luma's Ray model generates 5-second or 10-second clips at up to 1080p in the current release. Resolution options span 360p through 1080p for text-to-video and image-to-video, and there is a separate Modify Video path that stretches longer clips (up to about 20 seconds depending on source frame rate) for edits on existing footage. That 10-second option is the meaningful differentiator against most tools at this price, and it is the length that starts to feel usable for a real scene rather than a fragment. Pika 2.5 sits at 5-second clip length across every tier. Resolution unlocks with the paid plans. The free tier is 480p only, and the paid tiers open up to the higher-resolution outputs. If you need a longer take you generate two clips and stitch, which works but adds a step. For social-first output where the whole clip is under 10 seconds anyway, this rarely bites. The practical upshot is that Luma is closer to being a scene generator, Pika is closer to being a shot generator. If your project is a 90-second explainer, Luma lets you build it out of fewer, longer clips. Pika asks you to compose it out of more, shorter ones. Neither is wrong; it is a workflow tax. For creators who mostly ship short clips through an [AI Shorts generator](/ai-shorts-generator), the 5-second cap barely matters. ## Motion coherence Motion coherence is the axis where AI video used to be embarrassing. In 2026, both these tools clear the bar most of the time. Luma is stronger on camera coherence. If you ask for a dolly-in, a crane down, or a slow orbit around a subject, Ray executes it as a real camera move. Subject motion is more variable. A person walking looks fine. A person doing a specific action (opening a door, picking up a cup, throwing something) still has a chance of collapsing into a smear, especially past the 5-second mark on the 10-second option. Pika prioritises subject motion over camera motion. Faces animate more expressively out of the box, and the model is more willing to hallucinate visible energy into a clip when the prompt asks for it. The trade is that camera work stays flatter. If you ask Pika for a crane shot, you might get one. You might also get a static frame with the subject moving inside it. That is a fair choice for the target user; TikTok autoplay does not reward slow crane shots. Both models still occasionally warp physics on complex prompts. Neither Luma nor Pika is Kling on the physics axis, and if you need believable weight and momentum the [Kling AI alternatives comparison](/blog/best-kling-ai-alternatives) makes a better starting point than either of these two. ## Keyframes vs Pikaffects: the creator workflow split This is where the two products diverge philosophically, and it is the section that should probably decide your pick. **Luma's multi-keyframe control** lets you supply reference images at points along the clip and the model interpolates the video between them. In practice you drop a start frame, an end frame, and optionally a few frames in between, and Ray does the tweening. Up to sixteen keyframes are supported per clip in the current release. This is powerful for anyone who has done animation before. It is also the single biggest reason to pick Luma over Pika for a professional job. If you know what shot you want and you can generate the reference stills separately, Luma turns those stills into a coherent motion clip. The [Dream Machine documentation](https://docs.lumalabs.ai/) covers the exact workflow. **Pika's Pikaffects** point at a different creator. Pikaffects are one-tap transformations, applied to a source photo or clip: squish, melt, cake-ify, inflate, explode. They are deliberately silly. They also work extraordinarily well in short social feeds because they compress a whole visual gag into one clip. Pika ships new effects regularly and the team clearly treats them as a first-class product surface, not a novelty tab. Combined with [Pikaframes and Pikascenes](https://pika.art), the effect suite is what most Pika users spend their time on. For creators building playful short-form, this is the workflow that ships posts faster than anything else in the tier. If you want the same photo-to-motion loop without the effects gimmick, our tool to [animate a photo](/image-to-video) is the closest equivalent. Pick a side based on your work, not on which feature is technically more impressive. If your output is scripted or storyboarded, Luma's keyframes save you generations. If your output is playful and photo-driven, Pika's effects save you time. ## Access and pricing Both tools have free tiers you can test before subscribing. **Luma Dream Machine** currently uses a credit-based subscription model with paid tiers starting in the roughly $30/month range for the Plus plan, scaling up to a Pro tier around $90/month, and an Ultra tier above that for professional workloads. Credits translate into generations, with higher-resolution and longer clips costing more per generation. The live [Luma pricing page](https://lumalabs.ai/dream-machine/pricing) is the source of truth; tiers and credit counts have shifted a few times over the last year. **Pika** publishes tiers on its [pricing page](https://pika.art/pricing) starting from a free tier (80 credits/month, 480p, 5-second cap) and stepping up through Standard, Pro, and Fancy plans priced by credit balance. Standard billed yearly comes in around $8/month, Pro is roughly $28/month billed yearly, and Fancy sits near $76/month billed yearly. All paid tiers remove watermarks and unlock the higher resolutions. As with Luma, credits map to generations, and the credit cost per clip varies with quality settings. Both tools price aggressively against the frontier models. Sora Turbo access sits behind ChatGPT Plus or Pro at [OpenAI's published tiers](https://openai.com/chatgpt/pricing/), which start at $20/month and top out well above where either Luma or Pika's mid tier sits. If you are pricing the whole stack, [the AI video model comparison](/blog/best-ai-video-model-2026) puts the ladder side by side. > **Free tier reality check.** The free tier on both tools exists to let you evaluate the model on your prompts before you pay. Neither free tier is where you build a channel. Watermarks, resolution caps, and monthly credit limits kick in almost immediately if you try to use either as a production tool. Test on the free tier, subscribe once you know which one fits your workflow. ## Community and resources The two communities feel different, and this matters more than it should. **Pika's community lives on Discord.** The team started there, most of the power users still hang out there, and the fastest way to learn Pikaffects is to watch other people post their attempts. It is genuinely helpful. If you are new to AI video and you learn by copying what works, Pika's community is the strongest resource in the tier. **Luma's resources live in docs and demo galleries.** The [Luma docs](https://docs.lumalabs.ai/) are more technical, closer in feel to reading a game engine's manual than scrolling a feed. The demo galleries showcase professional work. If you are a self-directed learner who prefers reading a spec to watching a stream, Luma's resources fit that instinct. If you learn by seeing what other people are shipping this week, Pika's Discord fits yours. Neither community is a replacement for the platform-native learning you get on TikTok, Instagram, or YouTube. If you are learning how to structure a short-form video in the first place, a page like our [Instagram Reels generator](/instagram-reels-generator) covers the pieces (hook, pacing, caption) that neither model can teach you. ## Where Luma wins Luma is the pick when: - You need controllable camera moves that hit a specific shot. - You want 10-second clips rather than 5-second ones. - You have reference stills and want the video to interpolate between them (keyframes). - Your output needs to survive full-screen inspection, not just autoplay in a feed. - You are working with photorealistic style rather than stylised. - You need higher output resolution for a delivery pipeline that expects 1080p. The professional adjacent job of "I know the shot I want and I have references" is the one Luma solves best in the tier. Anyone with an animation, cinematography, or 3D background will feel at home here faster than they will in Pika. Our [image to video](/image-to-video) mode does a simpler version of the same job: one still in, a 5 or 10-second clip out. ## Where Pika wins Pika is the pick when: - Your output is playful, short, and social-first. - You want one-tap effects rather than granular controls. - You are producing high-volume short clips for TikTok, Reels, or Shorts. - You are new to AI video and want the friendliest UX to start. - You want a community you can learn inside. - You already have a lot of photos of people or products and want to animate them. The consumer-adjacent job of "I have this photo and I want a fun clip out of it" is what Pika solves best. Pikaffects turn a still into a piece of shareable video content in under a minute, which is exactly the loop a working creator needs. For creators who want the same photo-to-motion loop but pointed at more general use cases, you can also [animate a photo](/image-to-video) in MakeAIVideo. ## Where MakeAIVideo fits in the pipeline Neither Luma nor Pika ships a finished video. They ship clips. What arrives from either tool is a raw 5 or 10 second file with no voiceover, no captions, no music, and no export template for the platform you are posting to. If you already have clips from Luma or Pika, that last mile happens in a video editor: cut the clips, record or generate a voiceover, add captions and music, export. MakeAIVideo does not take uploaded clips as scenes, so it is not the place to finish them. What MakeAIVideo does is make the whole narrated video from a prompt or a script, with no clip to start from. That is what our [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) and [script to video](/script-to-video) pipelines are built for: 1. Paste a one-line idea or your script. 2. Pick the visuals: real stock footage by default, or AI scenes generated on MiniMax Hailuo (Kling 2.6 is the alternative). 3. MakeAIVideo adds the voiceover, auto-captions and optional music, and renders for Reels (see the [Instagram Reels generator](/instagram-reels-generator)), TikTok, or Shorts. 4. Ship the finished video. Nothing about MakeAIVideo competes with what Luma or Pika are doing for a single controlled or effects-driven shot. We handle the scriptwriting, voiceover, scenes, captions, music, and vertical export for narrated videos. If the post does not hinge on one Luma or Pika moment, starting in the pipeline gets you to a published video in the same session instead of the same week. > **The three tools solve different problems.** Luma solves generation with control. Pika solves generation with effects. MakeAIVideo solves the finished narrated video. [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) starts at $9 a month for 450 credits on the Lite plan, topped back up each billing month. None of these three tools is a substitute for the others. ## Decision tree If you need one clean rule for the pick: - **Cinematography-first, controllable shot?** Luma. - **Playful photo-to-video effect for social?** Pika. - **Shipping a finished narrated video rather than a hero clip?** Use [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) to make the whole thing, and keep either model for shots you finish in an editor. - **Not sure which model fits your prompts?** Test the free tier on both. Same prompt, same reference image, both tools, decide from the outputs. - **On a serious budget and one tool only?** Pika's $8/month Standard tier is the best cost-to-output ratio in the tier for social creators. Luma's paid tiers start higher but the 10-second clip length pays for itself on any project longer than a single hook. - **Frontier quality is the real requirement?** Neither of these is the answer. The [Sora alternatives roundup](/blog/best-sora-alternatives) covers where the tier hierarchy actually sits. Migration between the two is trivial. Nothing about a Luma workflow locks you out of trying Pika, or the other way. If you want both tools for different jobs, both tools together still cost less than a single Sora Pro seat. Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=inline_cta&utm_content=luma-vs-pika-comparison)plans from $9/month · allowance tops up monthly ## Luma vs Pika FAQs ### Is Luma Dream Machine better than Pika in 2026? Luma is better for controllable camera work and 10-second clips. Pika is better for one-tap effects and short social output. On raw prompt-to-video quality at 5 seconds, they trade blows depending on the prompt style. There is no single winner across the whole test set, which is why testing both free tiers on your prompts is the right call. ### What is the current version of each model? Luma runs on the Ray 3.x model family inside Dream Machine. Pika runs on Pika 2.5. Both versions shipped in 2025 or the first half of 2026 and both teams push updates on a regular cadence, so the exact minor version can drift between the time you read this and the time you subscribe. ### Do Luma and Pika have free tiers? Yes, both. Pika's free tier gives 80 credits per month at 480p, 5-second clips only, watermarked. Luma has a free trial credit allocation on Dream Machine that lets you generate a handful of clips before you hit the paywall. Neither free tier is production-ready. Both work fine for evaluation. ### What is the clip length limit? Luma Ray supports 5-second and 10-second clips for text-to-video and image-to-video, with a separate Modify Video path that stretches longer for edits on existing footage. Pika 2.5 caps at 5 seconds across every tier. For longer output on either tool, you generate multiple clips and stitch them. ### What resolution do they output? Luma outputs up to 1080p on paid tiers with 360p, 540p, 720p, and 1080p available. Pika outputs at 480p on the free tier and unlocks the higher resolutions on paid tiers. All paid tiers on both tools remove the watermark on downloads. ### What are Pikaffects? Pikaffects are one-tap effects that transform a photo or clip into a themed video: squish, melt, cake-ify, inflate, explode, and a rotating library of others. They are the single most-used feature in Pika and the reason a lot of creators pick it over Luma for social content specifically. ### What is Luma's keyframes feature? Keyframes let you supply reference images at points along a clip and Ray interpolates the video between them. Up to sixteen keyframes are supported per clip in the current release. It is the closest AI video has come to storyboard-driven generation and it is Luma's biggest feature edge over Pika. ### Does either tool replace Runway or Sora? No. Both are mid-tier tools sitting below the frontier on raw quality and above the free-only tools on features and reliability. For a broader map of the tier below the frontier, the [Runway alternatives comparison](/blog/best-runway-alternatives) covers the field. For frontier-tier work, Sora or Veo 3 is the answer. ### Can I use either tool for commercial work? Yes, on paid tiers. Both Pika and Luma grant commercial use rights on subscription plans, with the specifics on the [Pika pricing page](https://pika.art/pricing) and the Luma terms. Free tier outputs are usually restricted to personal use and always carry watermarks. A licence from the model vendor is not the whole picture, though: if the clip carries a testimonial or an endorsement, the FTC's [Consumer Reviews and Testimonials Rule](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/consumer-reviews-testimonials-rule-questions-answers) covers testimonials that misrepresent being from someone who does not exist, and its guidance addresses AI-generated avatars in marketing directly. ## Where to start If you want the shortest path to shipping something today, pick the tool that matches the job. Cinematography, 10-second clips, or reference-driven storyboarded work goes to Luma. Playful photo-to-video and short social content goes to Pika. Test both free tiers on the same prompt if you cannot pick from the descriptions. For the finished-video side, MakeAIVideo's [text to video](/prompt-to-video) mode makes the whole narrated video from a prompt, without needing a clip from either model. Plans start at $9 a month for 450 credits, topped back up each billing month. Nothing about that competes with what Luma or Pika are doing at the generation layer; it is a different job. Full plan and pack details live on [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing). The rule that holds across every AI video pick in 2026 is the same one it started as: the best model is the one whose output you can actually use. Test on your prompts, not on someone else's demo reel. ![Jamie Partridge](/images/authors/jamie-partridge.webp) Written by [Jamie Partridge](/about/jamie-partridge) Founder at MakeAIVideo. Writing about AI video generation, scripting, scenes, and shipping content faster. [More about the author](/about/jamie-partridge) ## Free AI video tools - [ Video Script Generator Generate 6 full HOOK / BODY / CTA video scripts in any format, short-form, long-form, tutorial, VSL, talking-head, product demo. 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"Ask ChatGPT about this article")[](https://claude.ai/new?q=Read%20https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fsora-vs-runway-comparison%20then%20summarize%20the%20key%20points%20and%20answer%20any%20questions%20I%20have%20about%20it. "Ask Claude about this article")[](https://www.perplexity.ai/search?q=Read%20https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fsora-vs-runway-comparison%20then%20summarize%20the%20key%20points%20and%20answer%20any%20questions%20I%20have%20about%20it. "Ask Perplexity about this article") **Sora vs Runway in 2026 is barely a head-to-head any more, and the reason matters more than any quality comparison. OpenAI announced on 24 March 2026 that it was closing the standalone Sora app, [discontinued the Sora web and app experiences on 26 April 2026](https://help.openai.com/en/articles/20001152-what-to-know-about-the-sora-discontinuation), and [removes the Videos API and every Sora 2 model alias on 24 September 2026](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations). Meanwhile [Runway](https://runway.com/product) doubled down on filmmaker tooling with Gen-4.5, Aleph 2.0, and a node-based workflow builder.** Sora was not folded back into ChatGPT. Video generation was removed from ChatGPT along with the app, no successor video model has been announced, and what is left of Sora 2 is an API with weeks to run. This post covers what each one is, what Sora 2 could still do while it lasted, and where a finishing tool like MakeAIVideo's [AI ad maker](/ai-ad-maker) slots in downstream. The short answer up front. If you are reading this to choose a tool to build on, the choice is Runway, because Sora 2 will not exist as a callable service after 24 September 2026. Sora 2 is worth using only for shots you can generate and ship before that date. Runway gives you frame-level control, character consistency across shots, and a real editing surface you can turn a rough clip into a finished cut inside. If your deliverable is a shipped narrated video with voiceover, captions, and music, neither model produces that alone. That is the assembly job downstream tools handle. > **The 30-second call.** Runway for shot-by-shot control and an editing surface built for filmmakers, and because it will still be there next quarter. Sora 2 only for shots you can ship before its API closes on 24 September 2026. Neither one produces a finished narrated video by itself. See [MakeAIVideo plans and pricing](/pricing) if that is what you actually need. ## What each product actually is in 2026 **Sora (OpenAI).** Sora 1 launched as a research preview in February 2024. Sora Turbo followed in December 2024 inside ChatGPT for Plus and Pro subscribers. Sora 2 landed on 30 September 2025 as a standalone iOS app with a social feed, hit the top of the App Store, and then fell away: worldwide users peaked at around a million before declining to fewer than 500,000, per the [Wikipedia entry on the Sora model](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sora_\(text-to-video_model\)). On 24 March 2026 OpenAI [announced the standalone Sora app was shutting down](https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/24/openais-sora-was-the-creepiest-app-on-your-phone-now-its-shutting-down/) without giving a reason. The [Wall Street Journal reporting that TechCrunch summarised](https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/29/why-openai-really-shut-down-sora/) says the app was burning roughly $1 million a day while its worldwide user count peaked around a million and then fell below 500,000. The consumer product closed on 26 April 2026, video generation went with it, and the API follows on 24 September 2026. OpenAI's deprecation page lists no recommended replacement. Sora is not a product you can buy in any form after that date, and it is not inside ChatGPT. [Our OpenAI Sora review](/blog/best-openai-sora-review-2026) covers what the model was actually good at while it lasted. **Runway.** Runway is the opposite trajectory. It launched Gen-3 Alpha in 2024, Gen-4 on 31 March 2025, added Gen-4 Turbo as a faster tier, and released Gen-4.5 in December 2025 with better motion quality and prompt adherence. Alongside the video model, Runway shipped Aleph in July 2025 as a video-to-video editing model, upgraded it to Aleph 2.0 in 2026, and ships the Act-Two character performance system that transfers a driving performance onto a generated character. The pricing page shows Free, Standard, Pro, Max, and Enterprise tiers with credits, not raw minutes. The distribution has been indie filmmakers, ad creatives, and studios doing look-development, not TikTok social feeds. Our [Runway AI guide and review](/blog/how-to-use-runway-beginners-guide) goes through that editing stack tool by tool. You can see the fork clearly. Sora aimed consumer, bet on a social feed, and was shut down inside seven months. Runway aims professional, distributed through a filmmaker-facing product, and independent from any chatbot ecosystem. If Runway is not the shape you want either, [the twelve-model AI video model comparison](/blog/best-ai-video-model-2026) covers the rest of the field. ## Sora vs Runway at a glance Dimension Sora (Sora 2, API only) Runway (Gen-4.5) **Distribution** API only. App and web closed 26 Apr 2026; API removed 24 Sep 2026 Independent web app, iOS, and API **Access** `sora-2` at $0.10/sec, `sora-2-pro` at $0.30 to $0.70/sec by resolution Standard $12/mo (annual), Pro $28/mo, Max $76/mo, Enterprise custom **Native audio** Yes, dialogue and sound Voice generation available on Pro+; audio tools bundled **Max clip length** Up to 20s per generation on `sora-2` 2 to 10s per Gen-4.5 clip; monthly allowance 52s on Standard, 187s on Pro, 791s on Max **Resolution** Up to 1080p on `sora-2-pro` 4K upscaling included on paid tiers **Prompt following** Strong on cinematic language, less on named characters Strong on shot descriptions and camera direction **Editing tools** Prompt in, clip out. No editing surface Aleph 2.0 edit surface, motion control, restyle, inpainting **Character consistency** Cameo and blend features for likeness References + Act-Two performance transfer **Workflow chaining** None Node-based workflow builder + MCP integration **Best for** Nothing you need past September 2026 Multi-shot creative work with real editing controls Runway prices as of September 2026, checked against [runway.com/pricing](https://runway.com/pricing), where the monthly-seconds figures are the site's own credit conversions. Sora 2 rates are OpenAI's published API rates, live only until the [24 September 2026 removal](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations). For the broader field of models tested on one rubric, see [the AI video model comparison](/blog/best-ai-video-model-2026). ## Model quality: motion, coherence, and the human read Both models generate clips that would have looked impossible in 2023. The difference now is in the corners. Sora 2's headline strength is world modeling. Prompts that involve physics (water splashing, cloth falling, a ball rolling off a surface) come out coherent more often than not. The trade-off has been named-character consistency. If your prompt references a specific person or product design, Sora tends to interpret rather than copy, which is fine for stock cinematic shots and a problem for brand ads that need a specific look. Runway Gen-4.5 leans the other way. Motion quality has climbed to competitive levels and the model handles camera direction (dolly, pan, orbit, push in) more literally than Sora does. Where Runway pulls ahead is the reference-image workflow. Feed it a character reference and the same face appears across successive generations with meaningfully less drift than most competitors, which matters if you are building a persistent AI creator with an [AI influencer generator](/ai-influencer-generator) rather than one-off clips. At the "would this pass on a phone screen at scroll speed" bar, both models pass. At the "would this pass at cinema resolution on a 20-second story" bar, Runway wins more often because the editing surface lets you patch weak frames rather than re-rolling the whole clip. ## Clip length, resolution, and how the units work The clip length comparison is easy to misread because the two products count differently. Sora 2 sells raw seconds. The `sora-2` model generates up to 20 seconds per call and `sora-2-pro` goes further, at up to 1080p, billed per second of output. There is no subscription bundle and no monthly quota to reason about, because there is no consumer product left to bundle it into. The relevant number is not cost per second, it is the 24 September 2026 date on which those calls start returning errors. Runway sells credits, not seconds. The Standard tier at $12/month billed annually (or $15/month rolling) ships 625 credits, which the pricing page renders as roughly 52 seconds of Gen-4.5, 104 seconds of Gen-4 Turbo, or 78 Gen-4 images at 1080p. Pro at $28/month bumps to 2,250 credits (about 187 seconds of Gen-4.5). Max at $76/month hits 9,500 credits (about 791 seconds of Gen-4.5, plus HDR generations, credit rollover, and first access to new models). The math scales the way credit systems usually do. You pay more per second at the low tier and less per second at the top. Both models cap individual clip length in the tens of seconds, not minutes. For a 30-second social ad, either can produce the whole thing in one or two generations. For a 90-second explainer, both force you to stitch shots together, which is where Runway's editing surface starts to matter and where a multi-scene [script to video](/script-to-video) tool gets to a finished cut faster than either does natively. ## Prompt following: cinematic vs literal Prompt adherence is where Runway has quietly won a technical argument. Sora prompts read best when they use cinematic language. A prompt like "close-up handheld shot of a woman opening a red door at golden hour, warm rim light, shallow depth of field" produces a clip that hits those notes. A prompt like "the same woman from the previous shot now walks down a hallway" often produces a different woman. Sora's strength is atmosphere and physical realism. Consistency across generations was handled by the cameo and blend features [OpenAI shipped with the Sora 2 launch](https://openai.com/index/sora-2/) rather than by the base prompt, and those lived in the consumer app that closed in April 2026. Runway Gen-4.5 rewards literal shot descriptions and camera direction. It reads "dolly in on the subject over 3 seconds, then hold" as instructions to obey rather than mood to interpret. Paired with a reference image, the same character can appear across five, ten, twenty generations with the same face and outfit. For any project that stretches past a single shot (an ad, a short film, a multi-scene product demo), that reference-plus-camera-control combination is worth more than a marginally better one-shot render. If your workflow is "write a prompt, take the best of three renders, ship the clip," both are strong. If your workflow is "block out a scene, generate five shots that need to match, cut them together," Runway is the answer. ## Editing tools: Runway's biggest lead This is the section that decides the comparison for most buyers. Sora 2 is a prompt-in-clip-out API with no editing surface at all. Runway is an editing suite that happens to include a generation model. **Runway's editing surface (Aleph 2.0 and the wider product):** - Frame-level editing that propagates changes across the whole clip - Motion brush and motion control for directing where movement happens - Camera control panel for dolly, pan, orbit, and push moves - Inpainting for removing or adding elements - Restyle for changing lighting or the visual look after generation - Virtual staging and set-extension tools - Aspect ratio controls for switching between 16:9, 9:16, and 1:1 without cropping - A node-based workflow builder for chaining generation and editing steps - MCP integration so external agents can drive Runway inside larger pipelines **Sora 2 via the API:** - Prompt-driven generation, with cameo and blend features while the consumer app existed - Native audio generation for dialogue and sound - Up to 20 seconds per generation on the standard model - No editing surface, no camera panel, no reference-image workflow. You call it, you get an MP4 The gap is real. If you need to fix a bad frame in the middle of a clip, Runway lets you patch it. Sora asks you to re-roll and hope. If you need the character to look the same across three shots, Runway gives you a reference image mechanic. Sora asks you to describe them again. If you need the shot to move from A to B on a specific camera path, Runway has a control for that. Sora reads your prompt and does its best interpretation. None of this makes Sora 2 a bad model. It makes it a different shape of product: a generation endpoint rather than a workspace. The prompt-in-clip-out flow is faster for a first draft, and the native audio saves the voice-generation step for anyone who does not already have a voice pipeline. Just do not pick it expecting the frame-level control Runway ships, and do not pick it for anything you need past September. ## Access and pricing: two different buying journeys The pricing comparison is genuinely hard because the products bundle differently. **Sora access.** Sora 2 is API-only and metered per second: $0.10/sec for `sora-2`, and $0.30 to $0.70/sec for `sora-2-pro` depending on output resolution. It is not part of any ChatGPT plan. ChatGPT Plus and Pro do not include video generation, and have not since the Sora product closed in April 2026. Any comparison telling you a $20 ChatGPT Plus subscription buys you Sora video is describing a state of the world that ended in April 2026. **Runway access.** Free ships 125 one-time credits and watermarked exports. Standard is $12/month billed annually ($15/month rolling) for 625 credits, watermark-free output, and 4K upscaling. Pro at $28/month ($35 monthly) bumps to 2,250 credits, adds voice generation, and unlocks audio tools. Max at $76/month ($95 monthly) is 9,500 credits with credit rollover, HDR generations, and first access to new models. Enterprise adds SSO, workspace analytics, and priority support at custom pricing. Prices verified against [runway.com/pricing](https://runway.com/pricing) in September 2026. The math to run is short. Sora 2's per-second rate stops mattering on 24 September 2026, so the only sensible Sora budget is whatever you can spend generating shots you need in the next few weeks. For anything ongoing, price Runway: Standard at $12/month annually for light use, Pro or Max if you are producing multi-shot creative work with reference characters and camera control. For finished narrated videos made without either model (script, voice, scenes, captions, music, export), [MakeAIVideo plans start at $9 a month](/pricing) with 450 credits included. That is a different line item, not a substitute for either. ## Ecosystem: consumer vs filmmaker Every product decision leaks its distribution strategy, and this pair is a textbook case. Sora's ecosystem is gone. The bet was a consumer social feed, and when the feed did not hold, OpenAI closed the app, pulled video out of ChatGPT, and set an end date on the API. There is no surface left to build a habit on, which is the single most important thing to know about Sora as a 2026 buyer. Runway's ecosystem is filmmakers and ad creatives. The [Runway product page](https://runway.com/product) surfaces work with Amazon (the series House of David), the History Channel, Under Armour, and Lionsgate, plus a partnership with the Tribeca Festival that other AI video companies do not have. The workflow builder, MCP integration, and Enterprise SSO are aimed at production houses that already have pipelines. Individual creators use it too, but the marketing and product priorities point at professional filmmaking. There is no real ecosystem comparison to run here. One product has an ecosystem and the other has a shutdown notice. If your day already includes an NLE, a colour-grade session, or a shot list, Runway is the fit; if it does not, Runway is still the fit, because it is the one that survives. ## Where Sora wins With the clock running out, Sora 2 wins on exactly two axes, and both are worth using only for work you can finish this month. **Native audio out of the box.** Sora 2 generates dialogue and ambient sound as part of the clip. Runway ships audio tools but not the same integrated dialogue-in-scene feel by default. For a rough atmospheric render where you want the whole thing to breathe on first play, Sora saves the voice-and-sound pass. **Physics-heavy shots.** Water, cloth, hair, glass, particle effects. In our testing Sora 2 handles physical simulation convincingly more often than most of the field, which is the axis it genuinely led on. Treat that as our read rather than a published benchmark score. **What is no longer a reason to pick Sora.** It is not bundled with a ChatGPT plan, it is not reachable inside ChatGPT, and it does not have a roadmap. If your reason for considering Sora was "I already pay for ChatGPT," that reason stopped being true in April 2026. For a wider set of alternatives if Sora was your baseline and you now need a replacement, see [our roundup of the strongest Sora alternatives](/blog/best-sora-alternatives). ## Where Runway wins Runway wins in five specific jobs, most of them for people producing more than a single shot. **Multi-shot creative work with character consistency.** Reference images plus Act-Two performance transfer keep the same face and body across shots. That matters for ads, short films, and any persistent character made with an [AI influencer creator](/ai-influencer-generator) and posted more than once. **Frame-level editing.** Aleph 2.0 lets you fix a bad frame rather than re-rolling the clip. For anyone who has watched credits burn on hopeful re-generations, that alone is worth the subscription. **Camera direction.** Dolly, pan, orbit, push in, hold. Runway reads the direction and follows it. Prompt-only tools interpret; Runway obeys. **Node-based workflow chaining.** For studios and freelancers integrating AI generation into an existing pipeline, the workflow builder plus MCP support means Runway can sit inside larger production graphs that touch other tools. **Independent filmmakers and ad creatives.** The product marketing, the pricing tiers, and the enterprise features all point at professional creative shops. If that is your team, the whole surface is tuned to your job. For a wider set of Runway alternatives (Sora, Kling, Luma, Pika, Higgsfield, Adobe Firefly Video), see [our Runway alternatives breakdown](/blog/best-runway-alternatives) or [our roundup of the strongest Kling alternatives](/blog/best-kling-ai-alternatives) for the fast-moving Chinese model tier. ## Where MakeAIVideo fits (the pipeline layer) This is the honest positioning. MakeAIVideo is not a foundation model. We do not compete with Sora or Runway on raw clip generation, and picking one over the other for that job is not a call we would ever ask you to make against us. What MakeAIVideo is is the pipeline that turns a prompt, a script, or a blog post into a finished narrated MP4 with voiceover, scenes, captions, music, and a platform-native export. The scenes come from real stock footage by default, or from AI scenes generated on MiniMax Hailuo (Kling 2.6 is the selectable alternative); it does not take uploaded Sora or Runway clips. If the deliverable at the end of your workflow is "a shipped video someone else can watch," the last hundred yards from a raw clip to that deliverable is the assembly work Sora and Runway leave for you. The two shapes of use case where the pipeline layer earns its place: **You use Sora or Runway for standout shots and also need everyday narrated videos.** Keep the hero shot in Runway (or a physics-heavy render in Sora) and finish it in Runway's editor or any regular video editor; MakeAIVideo has no clip upload for scenes. For the narrated videos, paste your script into a MakeAIVideo project. The pipeline lays down the voiceover, builds the scenes, burns in captions, adds music, and exports a 9:16 render for Reels or TikTok, a 16:9 for YouTube, or 1:1 for feed posts. [Image to video](/image-to-video) turns a single still into a short clip. [Prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) makes the whole narrated video from a one-sentence brief. **You want a shipped video from a script or prompt without touching a raw model.** [Script to video](/script-to-video) reads a script (yours or ours) and produces the whole render. No raw clip management. No credit maths on top of a model subscription. You get an MP4 out. This is the shape that suits marketers, coaches, faceless YouTube channels, and small teams that need consistent throughput over hero-shot cinematography. The pricing model reflects the different job. MakeAIVideo's Lite plan starts at $9 a month for 450 credits, topped back up each billing month. One-time credit packs, listed on [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing), simply buy more credits, and they never expire. It is a separate line item from Runway or ChatGPT, not a substitute for either, and it stops mattering the moment your deliverable is "a raw clip" rather than "a finished video." > **When a model and the pipeline is the honest answer.** Runway or Sora for the clip you cannot get anywhere else, finished in an editor. MakeAIVideo for the narrated videos: script, voice, scenes, captions, music, and export. Neither product is trying to be the other. ## Decision tree: which one for which job Use this to shortcut the pick. **You are a solo creator posting to TikTok, Reels, or YouTube Shorts on a cadence.** Skip both models as your primary tool. Grab an [AI Shorts generator](/ai-shorts-generator) that produces platform-native output in one flow. Use Runway or Sora only for the occasional hero shot you cannot make any other way. **You are producing a short film, music video, or ad campaign that needs multi-shot consistency and real editing control.** Runway. Start on Standard at $12/month and move to Pro when the credit maths says so. **You already pay for ChatGPT and assumed that covered video.** It does not, and has not since April 2026. Price Runway or another generator as a new line item. **You need physics-heavy or atmosphere-heavy single shots and do not need multi-shot consistency.** Sora 2 edged Runway on raw physics simulation in our prompts, and you can still call it through the API until 24 September 2026. Generate what you need now, archive the MP4s, and pick a permanent model for anything after that. **You are running a small marketing team producing daily social ads.** Runway for the cinematic shots, finished in its own editor. For the everyday product ads, MakeAIVideo's [AI ad maker](/ai-ad-maker) makes a narrated, captioned ad from your product photos and brief, one ad per run. Neither raw model ships the finished ad on its own. **You are producing enterprise training or presenter video.** Neither Sora nor Runway is the right shape. See our [AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar) for a tool built for that job, and skip the generative-clip route entirely. **You are building a faceless YouTube channel.** Same answer. Skip the raw models unless you specifically need a hero shot, and use a [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) tool that handles voice, b-roll, captions, and export in one flow. **You post as a persistent AI character.** Runway if character consistency is the whole job. Otherwise the character-plus-voice pairing plus social-native output matters more than raw shot quality, and a dedicated pipeline serves you better. Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=inline_cta&utm_content=sora-vs-runway-comparison)plans from $9/month · allowance tops up monthly ## Sora vs Runway FAQs ### Which is better in 2026, Sora or Runway? Runway, and not on a close quality call. Sora 2 generates excellent physics-heavy clips with native audio, but it exists only as an API until 24 September 2026, with no announced successor. Runway is a maintained platform with a real editing surface. If you are choosing something to build on, there is only one candidate. ### Is the standalone Sora app still available? No. OpenAI announced the shutdown on 24 March 2026 and discontinued the Sora web and app experiences on 26 April 2026. The model was not moved into ChatGPT, and video generation was removed from ChatGPT as well. The Sora 2 API is the only remaining access, and it is removed on 24 September 2026. ### How much does Sora cost in 2026? Sora 2 is API-only and metered per second: $0.10 per second for `sora-2` and $0.30 to $0.70 per second for `sora-2-pro` depending on output resolution. It is not included in any ChatGPT plan. Those rates stop being relevant on 24 September 2026, when the Videos API and every Sora 2 alias are removed. ### How much does Runway cost in 2026? Runway Free ships 125 one-time credits. Standard is $12/month billed annually. Pro is $28/month annually with 2,250 credits and audio tools. Max is $76/month annually with 9,500 credits and HDR generations. Enterprise is custom. ### Does Sora generate audio and Runway does not? Sora 2 generates dialogue and ambient sound natively as part of the clip. Runway ships audio tools on the Pro tier and above, including voice generation, but the dialogue-in-scene integration is less seamless than Sora's on default renders. For a one-take atmospheric clip with sound, Sora is faster. ### Which has better character consistency across shots? Runway wins clearly. Reference images plus the Act-Two performance transfer keep the same face, body, and outfit across successive generations. Sora's cameo and blend features work for likeness in individual clips but drift more across multi-shot sequences. ### What is the maximum clip length on each? Runway's Gen-4.5 generates 2 to 10 seconds per clip. The pricing page converts each plan's credits into a monthly allowance: about 52 seconds of Gen-4.5 on Standard, 187 on Pro, and 791 on Max. Sora 2 generates up to 20 seconds per call on the standard model, billed per second, until the API is removed on 24 September 2026. ### Can I use Sora clips in commercial work? Yes, subject to OpenAI's API usage terms, and only for clips generated before the API closes on 24 September 2026. Archive the MP4s you need; OpenAI deletes Sora account data after the shutdown. Runway's paid tiers are commercial-safe by default with no watermark on Standard and above, which is the more practical answer for any ongoing work. ### Does either model replace a full video pipeline? No. Both produce raw clips. Turning a clip into a finished narrated MP4 with voiceover, captions, music, and a platform-native export is the assembly job. For clips you already have, that happens in a video editor. If you would rather skip the raw clip, a tool like MakeAIVideo's [AI ad maker](/ai-ad-maker) makes the finished narrated ad itself from product photos and a brief. ### What are the best alternatives if Sora and Runway both feel wrong? Start with where the demand actually went. Bloomberg reported in April 2026 that [Kling, Runway, and Vidu all gained users in the week after the Sora shutdown was announced](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-01/kling-ai-runway-vidu-the-ai-video-generators-set-to-replace-openai-s-sora), with Kling's global weekly actives up 4% to about 2.6 million. For the wider category, see [our roundup of the strongest Sora alternatives](/blog/best-sora-alternatives) and the [Runway alternatives breakdown](/blog/best-runway-alternatives). For a Chinese model tier that has closed the gap on both, see [our Kling alternatives roundup](/blog/best-kling-ai-alternatives). ## Closing: two products, one clear split > **One line if you want it.** Runway for the shot, because Sora 2 has a shutdown date; a pipeline for the finished narrated video it makes from your script. Pick the layer, not the fight. The honest read on Sora vs Runway in 2026 is that this stopped being a live comparison in April. Sora 2 is a strong model on a terminal API. Runway is a maintained filmmaker product with a real editing surface. If you searched for this comparison expecting to weigh two subscriptions, the useful outcome is knowing that only one of them is still a subscription you can make. For the finished narrated video that is usually the actual deliverable, neither model ships that alone. That is what a pipeline that makes the whole video is for. Check [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) if that is your job. Otherwise, pick Runway, and use whatever Sora 2 time is left for shots you can generate and archive before 24 September 2026. ![Jamie Partridge](/images/authors/jamie-partridge.webp) Written by [Jamie Partridge](/about/jamie-partridge) Founder at MakeAIVideo. Writing about AI video generation, scripting, scenes, and shipping content faster. [More about the author](/about/jamie-partridge) ## Free AI video tools - [ Video Script Generator Generate 6 full HOOK / BODY / CTA video scripts in any format, short-form, long-form, tutorial, VSL, talking-head, product demo. Free, no signup, instant. ](/tools/video-script-generator) - [ Video Hook Generator Generate 10 attention-grabbing video hooks for any topic. Patterns proven to drive watch-through on TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-hook-generator) - [ Video Idea Generator Get 10 ready-to-shoot video ideas tailored to your niche. Built from formats that consistently win views on TikTok, Reels, and Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-idea-generator) - [ YouTube Title Generator Generate 10 proven YouTube titles in your chosen style: how-to, listicle, comparison, story, or controversial. 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Real sourced pricing, honest verdicts, MakeAIVideo at #1 for video. 31 May 2026·21 min read Guides [ ### How to Use Runway AI: A Beginner's Guide (2026) ](/blog/how-to-use-runway-beginners-guide) How to use Runway AI from first signup to first Gen-4.5 clip, plus an honest Runway AI review: pricing, credits, motion brush, Act-One, and where it wins or loses. 8 September 2026·20 min read Reviews [ ### Sora Review (2026): OpenAI's Sora 2, Pricing, and Verdict ](/blog/best-openai-sora-review-2026) Complete Sora AI review for 2026: how OpenAI Sora works, current pricing tiers, what it does well, where it struggles, and honest alternatives. 17 September 2026·18 min read Comparisons [ ### Kling vs Hailuo (2026): Chinese AI Video Head-to-Head ](/blog/kling-vs-hailuo-comparison) Kling vs Hailuo, tested honestly. Kuaishou's Kling and MiniMax's Hailuo compared on quality, motion, humans, camera control, pricing, and Western access. 12 September 2026·20 min read Comparisons [ ### Luma vs Pika (2026): Which Mid-Tier AI Video Model Wins? ](/blog/luma-vs-pika-comparison) Luma vs Pika, compared. Dream Machine's keyframes vs Pika 2.5's Pikaffects, clip length, pricing, and where each mid-tier AI video model actually wins. 11 September 2026·17 min read Comparisons [ ### Sora vs Veo 3 in 2026: Honest Head-to-Head ](/blog/sora-vs-veo-3-comparison) Sora vs Veo 3 compared on clip length, prompt following, motion physics, native audio, access, and pricing. Plus the pipeline both models leave you to solve. 10 September 2026·23 min read Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. Plans from $9 a month with credits included, topped back up every billing month. 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The "third answer" section at the end is where we come in for buyers whose deliverable is a finished narrated MP4, not a raw clip.** The "sora vs veo" search is really two questions in one. The first is technical: which model produces the better raw clip today? The second is practical: which one can I actually use, and what do I do with the file once it renders? OpenAI's Sora and Google's Veo 3 land on opposite sides of the second question, and the difference matters more than any lip-sync benchmark. ## Sora vs Veo 3 at a glance Dimension Sora 2 (OpenAI) Veo 3.1 (Google) **Latest model** Sora 2 (Sept 2025) Veo 3.1 (Oct 2025), 4K update (Jan 2026) **Max clip length** Up to 20 seconds Up to 8 seconds per generation **Native audio** Yes (dialogue + SFX, launched with Sora 2) Yes (dialogue, ambient, SFX, synced) **Max resolution** 1080p 720p, 1080p, and 4K **Access today** API only, removed from the API Sept 24, 2026 Gemini app, Flow, Vids, Gemini API, Vertex AI **Consumer app** Retired April 26, 2026 Gemini + Google Vids **API pricing (starting)** $0.10/sec (sora-2), $0.30 to $0.70/sec (sora-2-pro by resolution) $0.40/sec (Veo 3.1), $0.15/sec (Veo 3.1 Fast), audio included **Enterprise route** OpenAI enterprise API contracts Google Cloud Vertex AI **Watermark** Visible + provenance metadata on Sora outputs SynthID watermark on all outputs **Prompt following** Very strong on scene composition Strongest on literal instruction following **Motion physics** Leads the field on complex physics Solid, occasionally stiff on multi-object scenes Details as of September 2026, cross-checked against the [Veo overview at Google DeepMind](https://deepmind.google/models/veo/), the [Sora 2 launch coverage at TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/30/openai-is-launching-the-sora-app-its-own-tiktok-competitor-alongside-the-sora-2-model/), [OpenAI's own deprecation schedule](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations), and access surfaces documented on [Google AI Studio](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/video) and [Google Cloud Vertex AI](https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/video/generate-videos). Pricing shown is API list rate; consumer-plan access is bundled differently. ## The 30-second answer - **Pick Sora 2** if you need long single-take clips (up to 20 seconds on the standard API tier), the strongest motion realism in the category, or you already run an OpenAI stack and want one vendor for both text and video. Understand what you are buying: the consumer app closed on April 26, 2026, and the Sora 2 API is removed on September 24, 2026. This is a tactical pick for shots you need in the next few weeks, not a foundation to build on. - **Pick Veo 3.1** if you want the most reliable audio-with-video output, native 4K, and a range of surfaces (Gemini, Flow, Vids, Vertex AI) that let a whole team access the same model from where they already work. This is the safer bet for teams building on top of one model for the next 12 months. - **Pick a [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) tool** if the deliverable is a finished narrated video (script, voiceover, multiple scenes, captions, music, export in 9:16, 16:9, or 1:1), not a single clip. Both Sora and Veo produce ingredient one. The other ingredients live downstream, and that is the gap most buyers actually hit. The rest of this post walks through the head-to-head dimensions with the details behind each verdict. Skip to the [decision tree](#sora-vs-veo-3-decision-tree) if you already know your use case. ## What Sora and Veo 3 actually are Sora is OpenAI's video generation model. The current version, Sora 2, launched September 30, 2025 as both an API and a standalone consumer app with a TikTok-style feed. OpenAI [announced the shutdown on March 24, 2026](https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/24/openais-sora-was-the-creepiest-app-on-your-phone-now-its-shutting-down/) without naming a date, then closed the web and app experiences on April 26, 2026, per [OpenAI's own discontinuation notice](https://help.openai.com/en/articles/20001152-what-to-know-about-the-sora-discontinuation). Its [deprecation schedule](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations) removes the Videos API and every Sora 2 alias (`sora-2`, `sora-2-pro`, and their dated snapshots) from the API on September 24, 2026. That page lists no recommended replacement, and OpenAI has not announced a successor video product. Sora 2 is still callable through the OpenAI API as this is published, with weeks left on the clock; the "Sora" brand as a consumer product no longer exists. [Our OpenAI Sora review](/blog/best-openai-sora-review-2026) covers what Sora was good at before the clock ran out, which still matters if you are deciding what to replace it with. Veo 3 is Google DeepMind's video generation model, released at Google I/O in May 2025. Veo 3.1 shipped in October 2025 with an audio and quality update, followed by a 4K plus creative-control update in January 2026. Google has taken the opposite go-to-market approach to OpenAI: Veo 3.1 is stitched into Google Flow (a creative canvas), the Gemini consumer app, Google Vids (the workplace video tool), Google AI Studio, and Vertex AI on Google Cloud for enterprise. One model, many surfaces, and our [Veo 3 guide and review](/blog/how-to-use-veo-3-beginners-guide) walks through what each of those surfaces actually costs. The practical implication for buyers: Sora is a model you call, Veo is a model that meets you inside a Google product you may already use. That does not settle the quality question, but it does shape the buy decision more than most head-to-head reviews acknowledge. If neither shape fits, [the twelve-model AI video model comparison](/blog/best-ai-video-model-2026) has the wider set. ## Clip length, resolution, and output specs Sora 2 generates up to 20 seconds of video per prompt at 1080p. That single-take length is the largest in the mainstream generator field and remains a real advantage for narrative shots, product demos, and any scene where a cut breaks the illusion. If you have ever tried to stitch two 5-second clips together and watched the subject's face reset between them, you understand why 20 seconds in one take matters. Veo 3.1 caps at 8 seconds per generation but added native 4K output (3840x2160) in the January 2026 update. It renders at 24fps by default, which is the film-standard cadence rather than a high-frame-rate option. Its Scene Extension feature stitches multiple 8-second segments while carrying identity forward, which closes a lot of the length gap for planned sequences, though the seams are still occasionally visible on close inspection. Veo 3.1 was the first mainstream model to ship true 4K, but it is no longer alone: Kling 3.0 also bills a 4K tier on [Kling's own pricing page](https://kling.ai/pricing) alongside its 720p and 1080p rates. For most social-media and web use, the resolution difference does not matter (Instagram compresses everything to under 1080p regardless). For enterprise video (training, product marketing shown on a 4K conference-room display, cinema pre-vis), it does. For length, if your deliverable is a 30-second social ad shot in one take, Sora 2 is the closer fit. For finished multi-scene content, a multi-scene [script to video](/script-to-video) tool builds the longer render scene by scene, so no single shot has to carry the whole length. ## Prompt following: the harder benchmark Both models follow prompts well by 2024 standards; the gap is in what they do with an ambiguous one. Veo 3.1 has a reputation for extremely literal instruction following. If you write "a golden retriever wearing a red collar runs across a wet cobblestone street at sunset with the camera tracking left at hip height," Veo 3.1 will usually deliver a shot that matches every clause. That literal-mindedness makes it the strongest pick for teams with a shot list, a storyboard, or a brief that has to be executed to spec. Sora 2 tends to interpret prompts more loosely, and it often improves on the brief. Ask for a specific frame and you may get something related but reinterpreted; describe a mood and Sora 2 frequently nails it in ways that read as directed rather than generated. For creative work where the prompt is a starting point and the model is a collaborator, Sora 2 is the more fun tool. For work where the deliverable has to match a comp, Veo 3.1 is the safer one. The gap has narrowed with each release, and both models handle the common prompt categories (talking head, product shot, cinematic landscape, food, character close-up, cityscape) at a level that would have been impossible in early 2024. If you are still learning what makes a strong video prompt, the mechanics translate across models. See our [guide to writing an AI video script](/blog/how-to-write-an-ai-video-script) for the prompt structure that works with both. Our free [video hook generator](/tools/video-hook-generator) is useful for the opening-line brief you feed the model, and the [video idea generator](/tools/video-idea-generator) helps unstick the concept phase before you burn credits generating. ## Motion coherence and physics Sora 2 leads the field on complex motion. The improvement OpenAI advertised at launch (better physics, fewer hallucinations when multiple objects interact) has held up in practice. A basketball bouncing off a backboard, water pouring into a glass, cloth catching wind: Sora 2 handles these convincingly more often than Veo 3.1 on the same prompt. Veo 3.1 is very good at motion in most scenes but occasionally stiffens on multi-object physics or crowd shots. Faces stay coherent across a clip better than Sora sometimes does (fewer identity resets between frames), which matters for talking-head or presenter work. Both models still trip on hands (a category-wide problem) and on rapid, small motions in the background of a shot (birds, insects, distant traffic). For product-demo work where the object has to behave like a real physical thing, Sora 2 is currently a step ahead. For portrait work where the person has to stay the same person for the length of the clip, Veo 3.1 is slightly more reliable. If you need both across a full video (product intro, presenter reaction, product close-up), the multi-scene assembly problem is bigger than the choice of model. Our [AI ad maker](/ai-ad-maker) is designed for exactly that assembly job. ## Camera control and cinematography Both models expose camera language through the prompt: "dolly in," "orbit right," "static wide shot," "hand-held shakycam," "aerial pull-back." Veo 3.1 is the more consistent responder to camera instructions in our tests, with more predictable results on named film-camera moves. Sora 2 sometimes takes creative liberty even on named moves, delivering a cinematically stronger result that is not quite what you asked for. Neither model yet ships a scrubbable camera-path interface like Higgsfield or Runway do. If shot-by-shot camera choreography is the whole point of the project, a specialist tool with camera controls in the UI still beats a text prompt. For most social, marketing, and short-form work where "handheld follow shot at eye height" is enough direction, the prompt-only approach in Sora 2 and Veo 3.1 is fine. For finished narrated content where each shot is one part of a longer sequence, the camera-per-clip decision often gets simpler: each shot only has to hold for a few seconds before the next scene takes over. Our [script to video](/script-to-video) mode builds every scene of a longer render itself, from stock footage or its own AI scenes, which changes the camera-control calculus considerably. ## Audio: the Veo 3 advantage that has narrowed For most of 2024 and early 2025, Google's audio story was the single biggest reason to pick Veo over Sora. Veo 3 launched with synchronized dialogue, ambient sound, and effects generated natively alongside the video in one pass; Sora 1 shipped silent. The gap was huge and real. Both TechCrunch's [Veo 3 launch coverage](https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/20/googles-veo-3-can-generate-videos-and-soundtracks-to-go-along-with-them) and Google's own Veo overview highlight audio as the flagship capability. Sora 2's launch closed the gap. Since September 2025, Sora 2 also generates synchronized dialogue and sound effects in the same pass as the video. In head-to-head audio tests, Veo 3.1 still edges Sora 2 on ambient realism (background hum, room tone, footsteps on a specific surface) while Sora 2 has closed the dialogue-sync gap almost entirely. For most creative work in 2026, both models ship usable audio out of the box. Where the gap still matters: enterprise workflows where a licensed music bed, a specific voice, and captions in a specific style are non-negotiable. Neither Sora nor Veo produces a licensed music track (they generate original audio, which sidesteps the licensing question but also means you cannot request "the intro to Baba O'Riley"). Neither replaces a scripted voiceover with a specific brand-voice actor. If your deliverable requires a music-library track, a scripted narration in a specific voice, and burned-in branded captions, the audio produced by the model is a starting point, not the finished soundtrack. That assembly is the gap our [AI ad maker](/ai-ad-maker) and [AI explainer video](/ai-explainer-video) modes close. ## Access and pricing in 2026 Sora 2 access is API-only, and only until September 24, 2026. OpenAI's published rates are $0.10 per second for `sora-2` and $0.30 to $0.70 per second for `sora-2-pro` depending on output resolution. A 20-second Sora 2 clip therefore costs roughly $2 at the standard rate or $6 to $14 at Pro. ChatGPT Plus and Pro plans do not include Sora; the consumer product was retired in April 2026 and video generation was removed from ChatGPT with it. Anyone pricing Sora 2 today is pricing a service with a published end date. Veo 3.1 is bundled into the Google AI subscription stack, which is the widest access footprint of any major video model. Consumer prices below are USD list from [Google's subscriptions page](https://gemini.google/subscriptions/) and vary by region: - **Google AI Plus** at roughly $4.99/month is the cheapest tier that includes Google Flow credits for Veo generations. - **Google AI Pro** at roughly $19.99/month raises the Flow credit allowance and unlocks fuller Veo and Flow workspace features. - **Google AI Ultra** from roughly $99.99/month is the flagship consumer plan with the highest quotas, with a higher-limit variant above that. - **Gemini API** and **Vertex AI** for developers and enterprises: $0.40/sec for Veo 3.1 and $0.15/sec for Veo 3.1 Fast, with native audio included in the per-second rate rather than billed as a surcharge. Google dropped the earlier audio premium in late 2025, so any comparison quoting $0.75/sec for Veo with audio is quoting a rate that no longer exists. The difference at consumer entry level is meaningful. A creator experimenting with Veo 3.1 on the $4.99 Plus plan is spending pocket change; getting equivalent hands-on time with Sora 2 requires an API integration, a per-second bill, and a migration plan for late September. Enterprises building a full production stack will price both against their existing cloud commitments. For [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing), our approach is monthly credit plans for finished videos, with one-time packs as top-ups, rather than per-second model billing. That trades the max quality of any single clip for predictable cost on shipped output. Different job, different pricing model. ## Enterprise readiness Veo 3.1 through Vertex AI is the more mature enterprise offering as of September 2026. Google Cloud's IAM, VPC controls, audit logging, data-residency options, and existing enterprise contracts extend to Veo 3.1 out of the box. Teams already on Google Workspace can access Veo 3.1 through Google Vids without new procurement. OpenAI's Sora 2 enterprise access ships through the same OpenAI enterprise contracts many teams already have for GPT models, which is convenient if you are already an OpenAI customer. The overhang is not risk, it is a date: the API is removed on September 24, 2026, and OpenAI's deprecation page lists no recommended replacement. Bloomberg reported in April 2026 that rival tools including [Kling, Runway, and Vidu picked up users in the week after the shutdown was announced](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-01/kling-ai-runway-vidu-the-ai-video-generators-set-to-replace-openai-s-sora), which is where most of that demand went. Betting a 12-month enterprise pipeline on Sora 2 specifically is not a risk call any more; it is a decision to migrate. For most enterprise buyers evaluating both, Veo 3.1 is the safer 2026 pick on continuity, and Sora 2 is worth using tactically for specific shots (long single-take, cinematic motion) where it clearly wins. Neither model, on its own, is the enterprise video-production stack; both slot into larger pipelines. See our take on where an [AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar) fits alongside foundation models for the presenter side of that stack. ## Watermarks, limits, and content policy Both models watermark their output. Veo 3.1 embeds Google's SynthID watermark (visible and invisible) into every generated clip. Sora 2 attaches provenance metadata and a visible watermark to consumer-produced outputs. Neither watermark makes the clip legally clear of a client review; brand and legal teams still need to sign off on AI-generated content in most regulated industries. Content-policy limits also apply to both. Neither model will generate identifiable real people (public figures aside on some platforms), copyrighted characters, or restricted content categories. Veo 3.1's policy is stricter on certain categories (medical, political); Sora 2 is stricter on others (some brands, some named products). Test your specific use case in both before committing to a monthly spend. For creators building on platforms that require disclosure of AI-generated content (recent Meta and TikTok policies), the practical answer is the same for both: label your content, keep source clips, and follow the platform's disclosure flow. Neither model produces "undetectable" video; both are honest about being AI outputs. ## Where Sora is the right pick - **Long single-take clips.** If your shot has to be one continuous 15-to-20-second take (a product hero shot, a cinematic reveal, a narrative moment), Sora 2 goes further in a single generation than Veo 3.1's 8 seconds. It is not alone in the wider field any more, though: Kling 3.0 and MiniMax's Hailuo H3 both generate past 8 seconds too, so Sora is the length answer in this head-to-head rather than the length answer overall. - **Complex physics.** Water, cloth, crowds, multiple objects interacting: Sora 2 handles these more convincingly than Veo 3.1 on identical prompts. - **Existing OpenAI stack.** If your team is already deep in the OpenAI API for GPT and Whisper, keeping video on the same vendor is a real developer-experience win. - **Cinematic creative work.** Music videos, short films, art projects where the model is a collaborator rather than a strict executor: Sora 2 leans into that creative role. - **Text-heavy scenes.** In our own prompt testing, Sora 2 renders on-screen text (signs, labels, titles) legibly more often than most of the field. Treat that as our read, not a published benchmark result. If your project is a shipped multi-scene social ad or explainer, the underlying model still matters less than the assembly. Our [Instagram Reels generator](/instagram-reels-generator) and [TikTok video generator](/tiktok-video-generator) handle the format-specific export layer regardless of which model generated the source clips. ## Where Veo 3 is the right pick - **4K output.** For any deliverable that will be displayed on a large screen (conference video, cinema pre-vis, premium marketing), Veo 3.1's native 4K is the most widely available option in the mainstream tier, and the one bundled into consumer Google plans rather than sold per second. - **Team access at low entry cost.** The Google AI Plus tier at ~$5/month gets a whole small team hands-on with the model, which is a real advantage for pitch decks and experimentation. - **Enterprise governance.** Vertex AI's IAM, VPC, audit logs, and data-residency controls are procurement-friendly for regulated buyers. - **Literal prompt following.** Storyboard-driven work where the brief has to be executed to spec: Veo 3.1 wins on adherence. - **Longer runway.** Google is actively expanding Veo (Fast and Lite variants, Scene Extension, 4K, character consistency features); OpenAI has retired the Sora consumer product and set an end date for the Sora 2 API with no announced successor. - **Native audio ambient realism.** Veo 3.1 still edges Sora 2 on background sound and room tone quality. For finished creator-format content (Reels, TikToks, Shorts) where the deliverable has to include captions, music, and branded overlays, our [YouTube Shorts generator](/ai-shorts-generator) closes the assembly gap regardless of the source model. ## The third answer: where MakeAIVideo fits Here is the honest scenario that most buyers of "sora vs veo" content miss: raw model output is one ingredient in a finished video, and often the smallest one. A 30-second finished social ad usually contains a hook frame, two or three cuts of generated footage, burned-in captions, a licensed music bed, a scripted voiceover in a specific brand voice, and a closing CTA card. Sora 2 and Veo 3.1 both stop at ingredient two. Everything else lives downstream. That downstream assembly is where the time and frustration live. It is also the gap our [text to video](/prompt-to-video) mode was built to close. MakeAIVideo takes a script or a one-line brief, generates a narrated multi-scene video over real stock footage or AI scenes, adds captions and optional background music, and exports the finished MP4 in the aspect ratio your platform actually needs (9:16 for Reels, 16:9 for YouTube, 1:1 for feed). You can bring your own script or let us write one; the footage comes from stock libraries or our AI scenes, not from clips you upload. **We are not a competitor to Sora or Veo 3.** We do not train a foundation model, and we do not use Sora or Veo: AI scenes run on MiniMax Hailuo by default, with Kling 2.6 as the alternative, and the default footage source is real stock footage. If one Sora or Veo shot is what the project needs, generate it there and finish it in a regular video editor. The point of the tool is not to win a clip-quality benchmark; it is to ship the finished video. **Pick the pipeline route over raw Sora or Veo when:** - The deliverable is a finished narrated MP4, not a single clip - You want predictable pricing on shipped videos rather than per-second model billing - You need format-native exports for platform delivery (see the [Reels generator](/instagram-reels-generator) and [AI Shorts generator](/ai-shorts-generator) pages for the sizing details) - You are producing at volume (weekly or daily content) and cannot afford a manual editor step per video - You want a spokesperson-style presenter as one scene, without needing a separate avatar tool (that is what our [AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar) is for) > **The third-answer pitch.** A finished video is rarely one Sora clip or one Veo shot. It is a script, voice, scenes, captions, music, and export. Our pipeline produces the whole thing from a one-line brief. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup). ## Sora vs Veo 3 decision tree Pick your first strong preference and follow the branch: - **Do you need a single continuous shot longer than 8 seconds?** Of these two, only Sora 2 does it (up to 20s), though it is worth checking Kling 3.0 or Hailuo H3 too if the API sunset rules Sora out. If no, either model works on length. - **Do you need native 4K output?** If yes, Veo 3.1. If 1080p is enough (most social/web), either model. - **Is the shot heavy on complex physics (fluids, cloth, crowds, multi-object interaction)?** If yes, Sora 2 tends to win. If it is mostly a static scene or a talking head, either works. - **Does the brief have to be executed to spec (storyboard, shot list, comp match)?** If yes, Veo 3.1 wins on literalism. If the brief is a creative starting point, Sora 2 wins on interpretation. - **Does the deliverable have to fit inside Google Workspace/Vids or a wider Google Cloud footprint?** If yes, Veo 3.1 via Vids or Vertex AI is the path of least resistance. - **Is 12-month platform continuity a hard requirement?** If yes, Veo 3.1 is the only one of the two that clears the bar. The Sora 2 API is removed on September 24, 2026. - **Is the deliverable a finished narrated multi-scene MP4?** If yes, a pipeline tool makes the whole thing, scenes included. Use [script to video](/script-to-video) when the script is already written. If your first two answers tie, run the same 30-second brief through Veo on a cheap Google AI Plus month and judge it on whether it lands your specific shot in the fewest attempts. Running the same test against Sora 2 only makes sense if you can ship the resulting work before the API closes in late September 2026. That practical test is worth more than any generic benchmark. Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=inline_cta&utm_content=sora-vs-veo-3-comparison)plans from $9/month · allowance tops up monthly ## Sora vs Veo FAQs > **The pipeline pitch, in one line.** If you want a finished narrated MP4 (not a raw clip), neither Sora nor Veo ships that on its own. Our pipeline does, from a one-line brief. ### Which is better, Sora or Veo 3? For most 2026 buyers weighing "sora vs veo," Veo 3.1 is the default, because access is easier (bundled into Gemini, Flow, and Vids), audio is mature, 4K is available, and the platform is still being developed. Sora 2 wins on long single-take clips and complex physics, but its API closes on September 24, 2026, so those wins are only available for the shots you generate before then. If you have to pick one for the next 12 months, Veo 3.1 is the only one of the two that will still be there. ### Is Sora 2 still available in 2026? Only just, and only through the OpenAI API. The Sora web and app experiences were discontinued on April 26, 2026, and the Videos API plus every Sora 2 model alias is removed on September 24, 2026 per OpenAI's own deprecation schedule. No successor video model has been announced. If you are building on Sora 2 today, you are not planning a migration, you are running one. ### Does Sora 2 have native audio like Veo 3? Yes. Sora 2 shipped at launch (September 2025) with synchronized dialogue and sound effects generated in the same pass as the video, closing what had been Veo's flagship advantage. Veo 3.1 still edges Sora on ambient realism (room tone, background layers), but for most creative work both models produce usable audio out of the box. ### What is the longest clip each model can generate? Sora 2 supports up to 20 seconds of video in a single generation on the standard API tier. Veo 3.1 caps at 8 seconds per generation but offers Scene Extension to stitch multiple 8-second segments while carrying identity forward. For long single-take shots (a product hero, a cinematic reveal), Sora 2 is the longer of the two, but the Sora 2 API closes on September 24, 2026, and other models outside this comparison now run past 8 seconds as well. For planned multi-scene sequences, Veo 3.1 plus Scene Extension is competitive. ### How much does each cost? Sora 2 API is $0.10 per second for `sora-2` and $0.30 to $0.70 per second for `sora-2-pro`, varying by output resolution, until the API closes on September 24, 2026. Veo 3.1 on the Gemini API and Vertex AI is $0.40 per second, or $0.15 per second for Veo 3.1 Fast, with native audio included in that rate. Veo is also bundled into consumer Google AI plans starting around $4.99/month, which is the cheapest hands-on entry point in the category. ### Can I use Sora or Veo for commercial video? Both models permit commercial use of generated content under their respective terms, subject to content-policy limits (no identifiable real people without consent, no copyrighted characters, etc). Both watermark their output (Veo with SynthID, Sora with visible watermark plus provenance metadata). Brand and legal review still applies; the watermark is not a legal clearance. Check the current terms for each before shipping paid campaigns. ### Which handles talking-head or presenter shots better? Veo 3.1 tends to hold identity across a clip slightly more reliably (fewer face resets between frames) and its native audio makes lip-sync coherent in one pass. Sora 2 is competitive on lip-sync since the Sora 2 launch but occasionally shifts the subject subtly across the clip length. For a full presenter pipeline (avatar plus b-roll plus captions plus music), a dedicated avatar workflow handles the assembly job neither raw model covers on its own. ### Do I have to pick one, or can I use both? Through September 2026 you can still use both: Sora 2 for shots where its physics and length win, Veo 3.1 for shots where audio, 4K, or storyboard adherence win. After the Sora 2 API closes on September 24, 2026, the practical answer is Veo plus a second model of your choosing. Either way, the bottleneck for most teams is not the model choice but the assembly of raw clips into a shipped video. Raw clips from either model still go through a regular video editor for that. If you would rather skip the assembly entirely, a pipeline tool makes the whole narrated video itself. ### What is the best alternative to Sora and Veo? The category answer depends on the job. For multi-scene finished videos with narration and captions, MakeAIVideo's [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) mode is the closest fit. For raw clip generation, Runway, Kling, Higgsfield, and Luma are all credible alternatives with different strengths. See [our Sora alternatives roundup](/blog/best-sora-alternatives) for the wider survey. ### What if my deliverable is a finished narrated video, not a clip? Neither Sora nor Veo 3 ships a finished narrated MP4 on its own. A finished video is a script, a voice, multiple scenes, captions, a music bed, and an export in the right aspect ratio. That is exactly the pipeline job. Our [script to video](/script-to-video) mode starts from a script you already have and builds the scenes from stock footage or AI scenes. Use Sora or Veo when the job is one standout shot, and finish that shot in a regular video editor. > **Ship the finished video, not the clip.** Sora and Veo produce great single shots. MakeAIVideo makes the scripted, narrated, captioned MP4 itself, ready for TikTok, Reels, YouTube, or Shorts. [Start the 7-day free trial.](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) ## The honest take, for both models Sora 2 and Veo 3.1 are both extraordinary compared to where the category was 18 months ago. The right question for a 2026 buyer is not "which is objectively better" but "which lands my specific shot in the fewest tries, and what do I do with the file once it renders." For long single-takes and physics-heavy work, Sora 2 is the stronger of the two until its API closes on September 24, 2026. For everything else, and for everything after that date, Veo 3.1 is the 2026 default on access, audio, resolution, and platform continuity. Either way, the finished-video assembly is a separate job, and [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) is designed to make the shipped MP4 from a one-line brief, with no raw clip needed. ![Jamie Partridge](/images/authors/jamie-partridge.webp) Written by [Jamie Partridge](/about/jamie-partridge) Founder at MakeAIVideo. Writing about AI video generation, scripting, scenes, and shipping content faster. [More about the author](/about/jamie-partridge) ## Free AI video tools - [ Video Script Generator Generate 6 full HOOK / BODY / CTA video scripts in any format, short-form, long-form, tutorial, VSL, talking-head, product demo. Free, no signup, instant. ](/tools/video-script-generator) - [ Video Hook Generator Generate 10 attention-grabbing video hooks for any topic. Patterns proven to drive watch-through on TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-hook-generator) - [ Video Idea Generator Get 10 ready-to-shoot video ideas tailored to your niche. 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Plus where each one actually fits. 12 September 2026·21 min read Reviews [ ### Hailuo AI Review 2026: MiniMax's Realistic Human Video Model ](/blog/best-minimax-hailuo-review-2026) Hailuo AI review: MiniMax's model turns out photoreal humans and stays on-model across cuts. What it does well and where it strains. 17 September 2026·17 min read Comparisons [ ### Kling vs Runway (2026): Which AI Video Model to Pick ](/blog/kling-vs-runway-comparison) Kling vs Runway 2026: model physics, editing tools, motion brush versus Kling built-ins, pricing, and the finishing-pipeline gap both models leave open. 12 September 2026·21 min read Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. Plans from $9 a month with credits included, topped back up every billing month. 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"Ask ChatGPT about this article")[](https://claude.ai/new?q=Read%20https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fwhy-we-built-makeaivideo%20then%20summarize%20the%20key%20points%20and%20answer%20any%20questions%20I%20have%20about%20it. "Ask Claude about this article")[](https://www.perplexity.ai/search?q=Read%20https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fwhy-we-built-makeaivideo%20then%20summarize%20the%20key%20points%20and%20answer%20any%20questions%20I%20have%20about%20it. "Ask Perplexity about this article") **The AI video tooling landscape is bigger than it has ever been, and somehow still does not quite work.** [Forbes puts the AI video generation market at $3.86 billion in 2024, projected to reach $42.29 billion by 2033](https://www.forbes.com/sites/annatong/2025/11/06/heygen-rides-the-ai-video-boom-rocket/), and you can feel that money in the number of tabs a single video takes. You can generate a script in one app, a voiceover in another, scene visuals in a third, captions in a fourth, music in a fifth, and then spend a Saturday afternoon stitching all of it together in a sixth. Each step looks fast on its own. The whole pipeline is exhausting. MakeAIVideo started as a frustration. I wanted to ship more video, the per-clip cost (in time, not dollars) kept eating my week, and none of the existing tools solved the right problem. So I built the thing I wanted to use. This is a short note on what is inside, what I deliberately left out, and the [MakeAIVideo free tools library](/tools) that came out of building the underlying pipeline. ## What do current AI video tools get wrong? Most "AI video" products on the market today fall into one of three buckets, and each has a serious limitation when you actually try to ship video at pace. **Talking-head with an AI avatar** is the category dominated by [HeyGen](https://www.heygen.com) and [Synthesia](https://www.synthesia.io). The quality is excellent, the avatars are convincing, and both companies have built real moats around enterprise sales. [TechCrunch reported Synthesia raising $200 million at a $4 billion valuation](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/26/synthesia-hits-4b-valuation-lets-employees-cash-in/) after crossing $100 million in annual recurring revenue, with Bosch, Merck, and SAP among its customers, which tells you exactly who the product is designed around. The trade-off is that the product is built for corporate training and L&D, not for creators or marketers shipping daily content. Pricing reflects the audience: Synthesia starts at $18/month for the entry tier and the meaningful features (custom avatars, voice cloning, longer videos) sit on the enterprise tier. **Stock-footage clip stitchers** like [Pictory](https://pictory.ai) and [InVideo](https://invideo.io) work the opposite end of the market. They are fast and cheap to run, and they produce something acceptable in two minutes. The trade-off shows up in the output: viewers can tell instantly that they are watching AI-shovelled stock B-roll over a TTS voiceover, and engagement reflects that. **Single-purpose generators** like [ElevenLabs](https://elevenlabs.io) for voice or [fal.ai's video models](https://fal.ai/models) for visuals are excellent at the one thing they do. Tool-by-tool comparisons consistently rank them at the top of their respective categories. But you are still the producer wiring them together, and the wiring is where the time disappears. None of the three buckets solve the actual problem: getting from "I have a thought" to "I have a finished, captioned, music-scored MP4 ready to publish" without a multi-hour production session. That gap shows up at company scale too. [Gartner's 2026 CMO Spend Survey found CMOs allocating 15.3% of marketing budgets to AI while only 30% said they were ready to scale AI capabilities](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2026-05-11-gartner-2026-cmo-spend-survey-finds-cmos-allocate-15-point-3-percent-of-marketing-budgets-to-ai-but-only-30-percent-are-ready-to-scale-ai-capabilities). Buying six tools is easy. Operating six tools is the part nobody budgets for. > **Make complete AI videos from a single prompt.** MakeAIVideo handles the script, voiceover, scenes, captions, and music in one pass, with [MakeAIVideo plans and pricing](/pricing) starting at $9 and no editor knowledge required. [Get started →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) ## How does an end-to-end AI video pipeline actually work? MakeAIVideo runs a single pipeline that does five jobs in one pass. The visible difference from incumbent tools is not the existence of any individual step, it is that none of them ever land on your plate. Stage What happens Where it routes Script Your prompt becomes structured beats with pacing built in Frontier LLMs Voiceover Beats become narration in a chosen English voice [ElevenLabs](https://elevenlabs.io) Scenes Each beat gets licensed stock footage, a generated visual, or a lip-synced avatar Stock libraries; MiniMax Hailuo by default for AI scenes, Kling 2.6 selectable; Kling Avatar v2 Pro for avatars Captions TikTok-style word-by-word, aligned to the voiceover audio Custom alignment layer Composition Everything stitched, music ducked, exported as MP4 Custom compositor The whole pipeline runs from one button. What is actually distinct (and what I think the SERP for "best AI video generator" misses) is the six different routing modes the pipeline can take. Cinematic narration plays AI-generated scenes under a voiceover, which is the AI-scene option for [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) and for [script to video](/script-to-video) (real stock footage is the default). Talking-head puts a lip-synced avatar on camera for the whole video. Smart Mix splits a script per-scene between AI-generated visuals and stock footage based on what each beat is doing. Stock-narrated drops AI generation entirely and runs voiceover over real Pexels footage, which is the mode that carries long-form work (stock-footage videos run up to 10 minutes on Lite and Solo and up to 40 on Plus and Pro, while modes with AI scenes stop at 10 minutes on every plan). Hybrid puts the avatar on camera for the hook and CTA and AI scenes in the middle. Image-to-Video lets you [animate a photo](/image-to-video) you upload into one 5 or 10 second clip. The point is not that any one of these is novel in isolation. The point is that the routing decision is made for you, per scene, by a model that has read the whole script. Smart Mix in particular routes each scene independently based on whether the content benefits from a generated visual or a literal stock clip, which is something keyword-matching competitors do not attempt. ## Three opinionated choices we made building MakeAIVideo ### 1\. We pick the models for you Each stage in the pipeline is routed to a model we have chosen for that step, and we update the routing as the frontier moves. AI scenes default to MiniMax Hailuo, with Kling 2.6 as the one alternative you can select; talking avatars run on Kling Avatar v2 Pro and Character Swap on Kling O3 Pro. You do not have to tune seeds or inference parameters. The pipeline picks; the output benefits. Compared to a [Runway](https://runwayml.com) or a Pika where the user is expected to pick the model, route the seed, and tune the inference parameters, MakeAIVideo just renders. That difference is structural, not a dig. Runway is a research company first: [TechCrunch reported a $315 million Series E at a $5.3 billion valuation](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/ai-video-startup-runway-raises-315m-at-5-3b-valuation-eyes-more-capable-world-models/) aimed at world models beyond video. Model controls are the product there. For us they are an implementation detail the user rarely has to think about. ### 2\. We did not build "an editor with AI features" [Adobe Premiere](https://www.adobe.com/products/premiere.html) with an AI sidebar still requires you to be a video editor. MakeAIVideo is opinionated about pacing, captions, structure, and styling so you do not have to be. There is a built-in editor for word-by-word caption tweaks, voice swaps, scene-level reroll, and music adjustments, but using it is optional. The default output is intended to be shippable straight from the render queue. ### 3\. We charge from day one There is no free-forever tier. The AI infrastructure under the hood costs real money per generation, and a free-forever plan would force lower-quality output to keep margins intact. We priced against what teams actually spend rather than against free: [HubSpot and Wistia's State of Video research](https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/state-of-video-marketing-new-data) found almost 40% of companies spent under $5,000 on video production across an entire year, and only 40% planned to increase video spend at all, down from 57% in 2023. The honest model: plans from $9 a month, with a 7-day trial for new customers (card required, $0 today, and trial videos capped at 10 seconds of script). Plan credits top back up each billing month, and one-time credit packs, which never expire, cover anything beyond that. The full matrix is on [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing). ## Common mistakes when starting with AI video Three patterns we see new users hit, and what to do instead. **Treating generation as the whole job.** The script and visual generation are most of the work, but they are not all of it. The hook (first 1-2 seconds), the captions ([Sprout Social's social video data](https://sproutsocial.com/insights/social-media-video-statistics/) puts 74% of Facebook video views as sound-off, with average LinkedIn watch time at 13 to 15 seconds), and the platform-fit aspect ratio decide whether viewers stay through the video. We built a [video hook generator](/tools/video-hook-generator) and a per-platform [TikTok caption counter](/tools/tiktok-caption-counter) for exactly this reason. **Picking the wrong mode for the format.** A long-form educational explainer should not run on talking-head mode (too expensive, too constrained). A personal-brand piece should not run on stock-narrated (too generic for the message). The mode picker matters; if you are not sure, start with Smart Mix. **Over-editing.** The post-generation editor is for tweaks, not full re-cuts. If the first render is clearly off, regenerate with a tighter prompt rather than burning half an hour pushing scenes around. The credit cost of a re-render is small relative to your monthly allowance on any plan; the cost of editor-fatigue is your afternoon. ## Free tools that came out of building this While building the underlying generation pipeline, we wrote a handful of utilities that turned out to be useful on their own. We made all four free with no signup at all, and the heavy lifting runs entirely in the browser. The [video hook generator](/tools/video-hook-generator) takes a topic and returns 10 attention-grabbing openings, built from patterns that consistently drive watch-through on short-form. The [video idea generator](/tools/video-idea-generator) suggests video formats ready to shoot by niche. The [YouTube title generator](/tools/youtube-title-generator) returns 10 SERP-friendly variations with truncation warnings. The [TikTok caption counter](/tools/tiktok-caption-counter) tracks your caption against the live limit for each platform (TikTok, Instagram, YouTube Shorts, X, LinkedIn). All four work entirely in your browser. No signup, no data leaves your device. ## What is next for MakeAIVideo A few constraints we have committed to publicly, and what each one means for the roadmap. **Provenance.** Exports are watermark-free on every paid plan, which puts the disclosure obligation on you rather than on a badge we stamp into the corner of the frame. We think that is the right split, and it is why [our AI disclosure](/legal/ai-disclosure) sets out plainly what we do and do not do here. This is not only good manners: the FTC's [Impersonation Rule](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/blog/2024/02/new-impersonator-rule-gives-ftc-powerful-tool-protecting-consumers-businesses) makes it a violation to falsely pose as a business or misrepresent endorsement by one, and knowing what a file is remains the cheapest defence against that. **Data handling.** Your prompts and character images are not sold or shared with any AI trainer. [Our privacy policy](/legal/privacy) covers what we store, where, and for how long. **Models.** We will keep moving the underlying models as new ones land. You get the upside without having to relearn the tool. > **Try the pipeline end-to-end.** Plans start at $9 a month, new customers get a 7-day trial with $0 due today, and the credit allowance is topped back up on every billing date. See [MakeAIVideo plans and pricing](/pricing) or [get started →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=inline_cta&utm_content=why-we-built-makeaivideo)plans from $9/month · allowance tops up monthly ## AI video FAQs ### What is MakeAIVideo? MakeAIVideo is an AI video generation platform that produces complete videos from a single prompt. It runs an end-to-end pipeline (script, voiceover, scenes, captions, music) and exports a finished MP4 with no editing required. ### How does AI video generation work in MakeAIVideo? MakeAIVideo runs a five-stage pipeline: script, voiceover, scenes, captions, and composition. Your prompt becomes a beat-paced script, the script becomes a voiceover via ElevenLabs, each beat becomes scene visuals via fal.ai's models, captions align to the audio, and everything composes into an MP4. ### Which AI video generation modes does MakeAIVideo support? Six modes: Cinematic, Talking Head, Smart Mix, Stock-narrated, Hybrid, and [Image-to-Video](/image-to-video). Each one has a different cost ceiling and a different output style. Stock-narrated underpins long-form [blog to video](/blog-to-video). Length depends on both plan and mode: stock-footage videos run up to 10 minutes on Lite and Solo and up to 40 minutes on Plus and Pro, while AI-scene modes cap at 10 minutes on every plan. Smart Mix routes per-scene between AI and stock footage for the best cost/quality balance on most short-form formats. ### How much does MakeAIVideo cost? Top-up packs run Spark $9 (400 credits), Boost $19 (900), Stack $39 (2,000 credits, the most popular size) and Bulk $79 (4,500 credits, the lowest cost per credit). Top-up credits are bought once, never expire, and stack on top of your monthly plan allowance. ### How long does it take to generate an AI video? Most short videos are ready in a few minutes. Longer videos take longer because the pipeline runs more scenes through generation. ### Can I edit AI videos after generation? Yes. There is a built-in editor where you can rewrite captions word by word, swap to a different voiceover, adjust music mood and volume, and reroll individual scenes. Frame-level timeline editing is intentionally not supported (regenerate instead). ### Does MakeAIVideo include a watermark? No. Every paid plan exports watermark-free 1080p MP4. Plus and Pro also include a Brand Kit: your logo as a watermark you can switch on for your renders. All four plans get the same underlying render quality and the same six generation modes. ### Do I need a subscription to use MakeAIVideo? Yes. MakeAIVideo is a monthly subscription starting at $9 for the Lite plan, and new customers get a 7-day trial at $0 today (card required, trial videos capped at 10 seconds of script). Your credit allowance is topped back up on each billing date; separate top-up packs are a one-time purchase and those credits never expire. ### Do you use my content to train AI models? No. MakeAIVideo does not sell, share, or fine-tune AI models on your prompts, scripts, or uploaded images. See [our privacy policy](/legal/privacy) for the full data-handling detail and the list of subprocessors we route to. ### What aspect ratios does MakeAIVideo support? 9:16 portrait (TikTok, Reels, YouTube Shorts), 1:1 square (Instagram feed), and 16:9 landscape (YouTube, embeds). The aspect ratio is picked per render and the captions auto-adjust to safe areas for each format. --- _Sources: [HeyGen](https://www.heygen.com), [Synthesia](https://www.synthesia.io), [Pictory](https://pictory.ai), [InVideo](https://invideo.io), [ElevenLabs](https://elevenlabs.io), [fal.ai models](https://fal.ai/models), [Runway](https://runwayml.com), [Adobe Premiere](https://www.adobe.com/products/premiere.html), [C2PA specification](https://c2pa.org), [TechCrunch on Synthesia](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/26/synthesia-hits-4b-valuation-lets-employees-cash-in/), [TechCrunch on Runway](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/ai-video-startup-runway-raises-315m-at-5-3b-valuation-eyes-more-capable-world-models/), [Forbes on the AI video market](https://www.forbes.com/sites/annatong/2025/11/06/heygen-rides-the-ai-video-boom-rocket/), [Gartner 2026 CMO Spend Survey](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2026-05-11-gartner-2026-cmo-spend-survey-finds-cmos-allocate-15-point-3-percent-of-marketing-budgets-to-ai-but-only-30-percent-are-ready-to-scale-ai-capabilities), [HubSpot State of Video](https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/state-of-video-marketing-new-data), [Sprout Social video statistics](https://sproutsocial.com/insights/social-media-video-statistics/), [FTC Impersonation Rule](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/blog/2024/02/new-impersonator-rule-gives-ftc-powerful-tool-protecting-consumers-businesses)._ Jamie ![Jamie Partridge](/images/authors/jamie-partridge.webp) Written by [Jamie Partridge](/about/jamie-partridge) Founder at MakeAIVideo. Writing about AI video generation, scripting, scenes, and shipping content faster. [More about the author](/about/jamie-partridge) ## Free AI video tools - [ Video Hook Generator Generate 10 attention-grabbing video hooks for any topic. Patterns proven to drive watch-through on TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-hook-generator) - [ Video Idea Generator Get 10 ready-to-shoot video ideas tailored to your niche. Built from formats that consistently win views on TikTok, Reels, and Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-idea-generator) - [ YouTube Title Generator Generate 10 proven YouTube titles in your chosen style: how-to, listicle, comparison, story, or controversial. Includes SERP truncation warnings. ](/tools/youtube-title-generator) - [ Caption Character Counter Live character counter with per-platform limits across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube Shorts, X, and LinkedIn. Catches overruns before you hit publish. ](/tools/tiktok-caption-counter) ## More AI video guides Guides [ ### How to write a video script (the 60-second template) ](/blog/how-to-write-an-ai-video-script) How to write a video script that lands: a copy-paste 60-second template, the word counts that match every platform, three full example scripts, and the prompts we use to draft them. 31 May 2026·17 min read Comparisons [ ### HeyGen vs Synthesia 2026: Honest Head-to-Head ](/blog/heygen-vs-synthesia) HeyGen vs Synthesia compared on pricing, avatar realism, multi-scene support, and enterprise governance. Plus the third option most buyers miss. 31 May 2026·17 min read Guides [ ### AI Influencer Prompt Library: 50 Tested Prompts ](/blog/ai-influencer-prompt-library) 50 copy-paste AI influencer prompts across 10 scene types, each engineered to keep the same character, voice, and framing consistent post after post. 29 July 2026·21 min read Reviews [ ### Adobe Firefly Video Review (2026): The IP-Safe Model for Brands ](/blog/best-adobe-firefly-video-review-2026) Adobe Firefly Video review for 2026: what the commercially safe model does well, where it lags Sora and Veo, pricing, and Premiere Pro fit. 17 September 2026·19 min read Reviews [ ### Descript Review (2026): Text-Based Editing, Priced Honestly ](/blog/best-descript-review-2026) A Descript review for 2026: what text-based editing actually does, every plan priced from the vendor page, the media-hour cap that decides your tier, and who it does not suit. 21 September 2026·8 min read Reviews [ ### HeyGen Review (2026): Avatars, Credits, and the Real Cost ](/blog/best-heygen-review-2026) A HeyGen review for 2026: what the avatar library actually delivers, every plan priced from the vendor page, how the credit meter works, and where it is the wrong tool. 21 September 2026·8 min read Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. 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"Ask Perplexity about this article") In this article - [How we picked these faceless channel examples](#how-we-picked-these-faceless-channel-examples) - [Animated explainer channels](#animated-explainer-channels) - [Map and B-roll documentary channels](#map-and-b-roll-documentary-channels) - [Business and money documentary channels](#business-and-money-documentary-channels) - [High-volume list and compilation channels](#high-volume-list-and-compilation-channels) - [Music and ambient stream channels](#music-and-ambient-stream-channels) - [Top faceless YouTube channels at a glance](#top-faceless-youtube-channels-at-a-glance) - [What successful faceless YouTube channels have in common](#what-successful-faceless-youtube-channels-have-in-common) - [Which of these formats can you produce with AI video tools?](#which-of-these-formats-can-you-produce-with-ai-video-tools) - [How to use these examples for your own channel](#how-to-use-these-examples-for-your-own-channel) - [YouTube automation examples FAQs](#youtube-automation-examples-faqs) Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. 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For each one you get the niche, the format, the subscriber count shown on the channel's own About page as of October 2026, and the reason the format holds an audience. One honest note before the list. "YouTube automation" is the business model of running a channel as a system, and most of the channels below are studios or solo creators with human writers and narrators. Where a channel says publicly how it works, we quote it. We have not labelled any channel "automated" or "AI-made", because none of the sources we checked say so, and two of them say the opposite. What these channels show an automation operator is the part worth copying: a repeatable format, a fixed visual identity and a cadence the team can sustain. This is a list of channels, not of niches or tools. For the niche side, see the [27 niches ranked by RPM](/blog/youtube-automation-niches). For the business model itself, start with [how the automation business model works](/blog/youtube-automation). ## How we picked these faceless channel examples Every channel here passed three checks: 1. **It exists.** We opened each channel's About page in October 2026 and took the subscriber and video counts from it. YouTube rounds subscriber counts, so treat them as approximate. 2. **It is faceless.** Each one appears in [faceless.my's comparison of top faceless YouTube channels](https://faceless.my/youtube/top-faceless-youtube-channels/), which describes them as building audiences "without an on-camera host" and names the format each one uses. 3. **Its format can be described in a sentence.** That is the test that matters for automation. If you cannot write the format down, you cannot hand it to a writer, an editor or a tool. We left out earnings estimates. The figures that circulate for these channels are guesses from subscriber counts, not numbers the channels have published. If you want to model revenue for your own channel, the [YouTube money calculator](/tools/youtube-money-calculator) does the arithmetic from views and RPM. ## Animated explainer channels Animation is the most recognisable faceless format and the most expensive one to copy well. The payoff is a visual identity no competitor can borrow. If you want the narrated explainer without the studio, an [AI explainer video](/ai-explainer-video) tool can produce the narrated version; the house art style is the part a tool will not give you. ### 1\. Kurzgesagt - **Niche:** science, technology and philosophy explained. - **Format:** custom 2D animation with professional narration. - **Size:** 25.6 million subscribers and 391 videos as of October 2026, per the [Kurzgesagt About page](https://www.youtube.com/@kurzgesagt/about). Kurzgesagt is the clearest proof that faceless does not mean low effort. [Wikipedia's Kurzgesagt entry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurzgesagt) describes it as a German animation and design studio founded by Philipp Dettmer, with English narration by Steve Taylor and separate channels for German and Spanish versions. The channel describes itself as "a team of illustrators, animators, number crunchers and one dog". Why it works: one narrator, one art style and deeply researched scripts, repeated for over a decade. The lesson for an operator is the language channels. The same script and visuals, re-voiced, become a second channel. ### 2\. The Infographics Show - **Niche:** educational facts and stories. - **Format:** 2D animation with narration. - **Size:** 15.5 million subscribers and 6,323 videos as of October 2026, per [The Infographics Show About page](https://www.youtube.com/@TheInfographicsShow/about). The video count is the headline. Over six thousand uploads means the format is a production line: the [About page](https://www.youtube.com/@TheInfographicsShow/about) says the channel makes "animated motion infographic videos" and lists its software as Adobe Audition for voice recording, Illustrator for vectors and After Effects for animation. What is standardised is the character style and the scene grammar, so a new topic slots into a known template. ### 3\. Casually Explained - **Niche:** comedy and commentary, framed as answers to life's questions. - **Format:** stick-figure animation with dry narration. - **Size:** 4.21 million subscribers and 134 videos as of October 2026, per the [Casually Explained About page](https://www.youtube.com/@casuallyexplained/about). Compare 134 videos with The Infographics Show's 6,323. Casually Explained proves the opposite end of the curve: crude visuals, a distinctive voice and jokes that land. Stick figures keep the visual workload small. The writing is the product, and that part does not automate. ## Map and B-roll documentary channels This is the lane most automation operators actually aim at, and the usual shape of a [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel): a narrated script laid over maps, charts and footage. The visuals are replaceable; the research is not. ### 4\. RealLifeLore - **Niche:** geography, geopolitics and data comparisons. - **Format:** custom maps, data visualisations and B-roll with confident narration. - **Size:** 7.94 million subscribers and 504 videos as of October 2026, per the [RealLifeLore About page](https://www.youtube.com/@RealLifeLore/about). The channel's tagline is "Answers to questions that you've never asked." That line is the whole content strategy. Each title is a question with a map-shaped answer, so the format scales to any country, border or river. ### 5\. Wendover Productions - **Niche:** logistics, aviation, economics and geography. - **Format:** B-roll with custom maps and clean motion graphics. - **Size:** 4.92 million subscribers and 289 videos as of October 2026, per the [Wendover Productions About page](https://www.youtube.com/@Wendoverproductions/about). Wendover's About page states the cadence plainly: "New videos go out every other Tuesday." Fewer than 300 videos, one every two weeks, and nearly five million subscribers. Every video explains how a system works, such as an airline, a port or a supply chain. A fixed day and a fixed question type are as much a format as the visuals are. ### 6\. Half as Interesting - **Niche:** quirky geography, history and science oddities. - **Format:** motion graphics, maps and stock footage with fast, dry-humoured narration. - **Size:** 2.94 million subscribers and 581 videos as of October 2026, per the [Half as Interesting About page](https://www.youtube.com/@HalfasInteresting/about). The [faceless.my comparison](https://faceless.my/youtube/top-faceless-youtube-channels/) calls it a sister channel to Wendover Productions, with shorter videos of 5 to 12 minutes. That is the multi-channel idea in miniature: one team, one visual toolkit, a second channel with a lighter tone and a shorter runtime. ### 7\. PolyMatter - **Niche:** geopolitics, economics and global systems. - **Format:** custom-designed graphics, maps and data visualisations with clear narration. - **Size:** 1.93 million subscribers and 188 videos as of October 2026, per the [PolyMatter About page](https://www.youtube.com/@PolyMatter/about). PolyMatter has 188 uploads. The format is the explainer essay: one big question, a tight argument and graphics designed for that argument. It shows that a faceless channel can grow on depth rather than volume. ### 8\. Aperture - **Niche:** philosophy, psychology and society. - **Format:** cinematic B-roll with essay-style narration, often 15 to 25 minutes. - **Size:** 2.69 million subscribers and 618 videos as of October 2026, per the [Aperture About page](https://www.youtube.com/@ApertureThinking/about). Aperture sells ideas, not information. Titles ask why people feel a certain way, and the footage is mood rather than illustration. That makes the visuals easy to source and the script hard to write, which is the right way round for a long-lived channel. ## Business and money documentary channels Finance and business sit in the top band of our [YouTube CPM and RPM by niche](/blog/youtube-cpm-rpm-by-niche-2026) study, which is why so many operators study these channels. The format is consistent: a company or an economy, a rise or a fall, told as a story. ### 9\. MagnatesMedia - **Niche:** rise-and-fall stories about businesses and the people who run them. - **Format:** B-roll with dramatic, high-energy narration. - **Size:** 1.86 million subscribers and 255 videos as of October 2026, per the [MagnatesMedia About page](https://www.youtube.com/@MagnatesMedia/about). The channel describes itself as "Mini movies about business & money." That framing is the format: a three-act story with a protagonist, a conflict and an ending, applied to a different company each time. ### 10\. ColdFusion - **Niche:** technology history, business stories and finance. - **Format:** high-quality B-roll with slow, deliberate narration. - **Size:** 5.25 million subscribers and 586 videos as of October 2026, per the [ColdFusion About page](https://www.youtube.com/@ColdFusion/about). ColdFusion is a useful counterweight to the idea that faceless channels are faceless businesses. Its About page says: "my name is Dagogo Altraide and I create and narrate all the videos on here." The face is off camera, but the voice is one specific person, and that voice is the brand. ### 11\. Economics Explained - **Niche:** macroeconomics and country deep dives. - **Format:** charts, data visualisations and narration in a clean, minimal style. - **Size:** 2.89 million subscribers and 450 videos as of October 2026, per the [Economics Explained About page](https://www.youtube.com/@EconomicsExplained/about). Each video answers one question about one economy. The About page leads with a newsletter sign-up rather than the channel itself, a reminder that many faceless channels treat YouTube as the top of a wider audience business. ### 12\. How Money Works - **Niche:** personal finance and economics. - **Format:** voiceover with B-roll and charts. - **Size:** 1.75 million subscribers and 327 videos as of October 2026, per the [How Money Works About page](https://www.youtube.com/@HowMoneyWorks/about). The whole About page is one line: "Subscribe to learn How Money Works." The name is the format and the promise. It is a good model for channel naming: if a viewer can guess every future video from the name, the name is doing its job. The [YouTube channel name generator](/tools/youtube-channel-name-generator) is built around that idea. ### 13\. Modern MBA - **Niche:** strategy case studies on large companies and overlooked industries. - **Format:** documentary edit with narration, typically 8 to 15 minutes. - **Size:** 831 thousand subscribers and 83 videos as of October 2026, per the [Modern MBA About page](https://www.youtube.com/@ModernMBA/about). Modern MBA reached that audience with only 83 videos. Its About page says it "dives deep into financials, dynamics, models, and politics." The lesson: in a crowded lane, depth of research is the differentiator, not posting frequency. ## High-volume list and compilation channels These are the YouTube automation channel examples closest to an actual production line, and the closest to [how automation channels run as a business](/blog/youtube-automation). Two of them state a daily cadence on their About pages, at a volume no solo creator could match. ### 14\. Bright Side - **Niche:** general knowledge, science facts, psychology and life tips. - **Format:** stock footage compilations with upbeat narration. - **Size:** 44.5 million subscribers and 11,972 videos as of October 2026, per the [Bright Side About page](https://www.youtube.com/@BRIGHTSIDEOFFICIAL/about). Bright Side is the largest channel on this list and it states its cadence outright: its About page promises "3 top-quality videos every single day." Almost twelve thousand uploads at that pace is a content operation, with curiosity titles feeding a format that stays the same. ### 15\. WatchMojo - **Niche:** pop culture, film, TV, music and games. - **Format:** top 10 countdown lists with narration over licensed clips. - **Size:** 25.8 million subscribers and 34,022 videos as of October 2026, per the [WatchMojo About page](https://www.youtube.com/@WatchMojo/about). WatchMojo is the nearest thing to a textbook automation business at scale. Its About page promises "6 or more fresh lists published daily", and [Wikipedia's WatchMojo entry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WatchMojo) describes a Montreal company with over a hundred employees, some part-time or freelance, making "a very high volume of short videos with low production costs, particularly Top 10 listicles." One template, a team of contributors and a huge topic pool: that is the system automation courses describe. ### 16\. Daily Dose of Internet - **Niche:** curated clips of real moments from around the internet. - **Format:** short narrated clip compilations. - **Size:** 20.7 million subscribers and 2,002 videos as of October 2026, per the [Daily Dose of Internet About page](https://www.youtube.com/@DailyDoseOfInternet/about). Curation is a format of its own, and this channel shows the rules that keep it sustainable. Its About page says every clip is "real, verified and filmed by a real person", that the creator always asks permission to share, and: "I don't feature AI generated content, ever." Permission and authenticity are the moat, not a footnote. ## Music and ambient stream channels The simplest visuals on the list: one illustrated scene and a continuous stream of music. ### 17\. Lofi Girl - **Niche:** lo-fi hip hop for studying and relaxing. - **Format:** an animated loop with a live stream. - **Size:** 15.8 million subscribers and 464 videos as of October 2026, per the [Lofi Girl About page](https://www.youtube.com/@LofiGirl/about). One illustration, looped, became a brand. When a false copyright claim knocked the stream offline in July 2022, [TechCrunch reported](https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/11/lofi-girl-takedown-youtube-music-stream-dmca/) it was the first time in over two years the stream had gone down, that it had over 668 million views, and that Lofi Girl releases its music through its own label, Lofi Records. That last detail is why the format works for them: they hold the rights to the music they stream. ### 18\. Chillhop Music - **Niche:** laid-back beats. - **Format:** an illustrated loop with a live stream. - **Size:** 3.3 million subscribers and 1,033 videos as of October 2026, per the [Chillhop Music About page](https://www.youtube.com/@ChillhopMusic/about). Chillhop runs the same format as Lofi Girl with its own music and art. Its About page says: "All music and visual art in this video was created by talented, real humans, with no AI involved." As generated music gets easier to make, that sentence is a positioning choice. > **The format is the asset.** Every one of these 18 channels can be described in one line, and none of them reinvent that line from one video to the next. Pick your format before you pick your tools, then make the first ten videos look like they came from the same channel. [Get started →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) ## Top faceless YouTube channels at a glance Subscriber and video counts are from each channel's About page as of October 2026. Channel Format Subscribers Videos Bright Side Stock footage compilations, narration 44.5M 11,972 WatchMojo Top 10 countdowns over licensed clips 25.8M 34,022 Kurzgesagt Custom 2D animation, narration 25.6M 391 Daily Dose of Internet Narrated clip compilations 20.7M 2,002 Lofi Girl Animated loop, live stream 15.8M 464 The Infographics Show 2D animation, narration 15.5M 6,323 RealLifeLore Maps, data visuals, B-roll 7.94M 504 ColdFusion B-roll, single narrator 5.25M 586 Wendover Productions B-roll, maps, motion graphics 4.92M 289 Casually Explained Stick-figure animation 4.21M 134 Chillhop Music Illustrated loop, live stream 3.3M 1,033 Half as Interesting Motion graphics, maps, stock footage 2.94M 581 Economics Explained Charts, data visuals 2.89M 450 Aperture Cinematic B-roll, essay narration 2.69M 618 PolyMatter Custom graphics and maps 1.93M 188 MagnatesMedia B-roll, dramatic narration 1.86M 255 How Money Works Voiceover, B-roll, charts 1.75M 327 Modern MBA Documentary edit, narration 831K 83 ## What successful faceless YouTube channels have in common Read the list as a set and four patterns repeat. **A format you can write in one sentence.** "Top 10 lists." "Mini movies about business & money." "Answers to questions that you've never asked." The sentence is what lets a team, or a tool, produce the next video without reinventing the channel. **A fixed visual identity.** Kurzgesagt's art style, Lofi Girl's loop and RealLifeLore's maps are recognisable in a thumbnail. A channel built from whatever footage was nearest at hand has no identity to recognise. **A cadence the team can keep.** Bright Side promises three a day, WatchMojo six or more, and Wendover one every other Tuesday. Both ends work. What fails is a cadence the operator cannot sustain past the first month. **Substance that changes every video.** This is where automation operators get caught. YouTube updated its monetisation policies in July 2025, and [TechCrunch reported the update](https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/09/youtube-prepares-crackdown-on-mass-produced-and-repetitive-videos-as-concern-over-ai-slop-grows/) as a crackdown on mass-produced and repetitive videos. [Search Engine Journal's summary of what stops a channel getting paid](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/youtube-explains-what-can-stop-a-channel-getting-paid/583096/) lists AI-generated videos built from generic templates as ineligible to earn money, though they can stay on YouTube if they follow the community guidelines. Every channel above keeps the template fixed and changes the topic, the research and the story each time. That is the line between a format and a repeat, and it is why the [niches where you can supply real judgement](/blog/youtube-automation-niches) matter more than the tooling. > **Copy the system, not the video.** Automate the parts viewers never notice (scheduling, captions, footage sourcing) and keep a human on the parts they do (the script, the angle, the voice). [Get started →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) ## Which of these formats can you produce with AI video tools? Not all of them, and it helps to be clear about which. **Stock footage with narration** (Bright Side, How Money Works, MagnatesMedia, Aperture) is the format AI video tools handle best today. A tool writes or structures the script, adds a voiceover, picks footage for each scene, captions it and exports a finished video. [MakeAIVideo's AI video generator](/) works this way. In [MakeAIVideo's prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) mode you describe the topic and it writes the script; in [script to video](/script-to-video) it keeps your words and splits them into scenes under one narrator voice. Real stock footage is the default, with AI-generated scenes as an option. **Maps, charts and custom graphics** (RealLifeLore, PolyMatter, Economics Explained) still depend on a designer for the signature visuals. A tool can produce the narrated draft; the custom map is the part that makes the channel recognisable. **Custom animation** (Kurzgesagt, The Infographics Show) is a studio format. Generated visuals will not reproduce a house art style built over years. **Curation and music streams** (Daily Dose of Internet, Lofi Girl, Chillhop) depend on rights and permissions, not production speed. No tool changes that. For a side-by-side of the software automation operators actually use across scripting, voice, editing and publishing, see the [best YouTube automation tools](/blog/best-youtube-automation-tools) we tested. ## How to use these examples for your own channel Treat the list as a set of models, not a menu. Pick the one channel whose format you could realistically produce every week with the time and budget you have, then write its format sentence for your own topic. The [faceless idea generator](/tools/faceless-youtube-channel-idea-generator) helps with the topic half of that sentence. When you have a topic, the [video script generator](/tools/video-script-generator) gives you a first draft to edit into your channel's voice. Then look at the numbers above again. PolyMatter and Modern MBA grew on fewer than 200 videos each; Bright Side and WatchMojo grew on thousands. There is no single correct volume, only the one your format and team can hold. > **Start with ten.** Make ten videos in one format before judging it. That is enough to see whether the format holds together, and few enough that changing course costs a fortnight, not a year. [Get started →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=inline_cta&utm_content=youtube-automation-examples)plans from $9/month · allowance tops up monthly ## YouTube automation examples FAQs ### What are some real YouTube automation examples? Real examples of faceless channels run on a fixed format include Bright Side, WatchMojo, The Infographics Show, Kurzgesagt, MagnatesMedia and Lofi Girl. Most are studios or solo creators with human writers, so treat them as format models rather than proof of fully automated channels. ### What is the biggest faceless YouTube channel? Of the 18 channels in this list, Bright Side is the largest, with 44.5 million subscribers as of October 2026 on its About page. WatchMojo (25.8 million) and Kurzgesagt (25.6 million) come next. ### Are these channels fully automated or made with AI? None of the sources we checked say so. Several say the reverse: Daily Dose of Internet says it never features AI-generated content, Chillhop says its music and art involve no AI, and ColdFusion's creator narrates every video himself. ### Which faceless YouTube format is easiest to start with? Narrated stock footage, the format Bright Side and How Money Works use, is the easiest to start. It needs a script, a voice and footage, and AI video tools can produce all three. Custom animation costs the most, and music streams need music you hold the rights to. ### How many videos do successful faceless channels post? It varies widely. Bright Side promises three videos a day and WatchMojo six or more lists daily, while Wendover Productions posts every other Tuesday and Modern MBA has 83 videos in total. ### Can a faceless channel make money on YouTube? Yes. Faceless channels can join the YouTube Partner Program like any other, but mass-produced or repetitive videos are not eligible to earn, and AI videos built from generic templates are listed as ineligible. ### How do I find a format for my own faceless channel? Pick one channel above whose format you could produce every week, then write that format as one sentence for your topic. Use the [idea generator for faceless channels](/tools/faceless-youtube-channel-idea-generator) to test topics against it. ### Where can I find the best niches for a faceless channel? Our [list of the best niches](/blog/youtube-automation-niches) ranks 27 niches by RPM and fit. This post covers channels and formats; that one covers which topics pay. ![Jamie Partridge](/images/authors/jamie-partridge.webp) Written by [Jamie Partridge](/about/jamie-partridge) Founder at MakeAIVideo. Writing about AI video generation, scripting, scenes, and shipping content faster. [More about the author](/about/jamie-partridge) ## Free AI video tools - [ Faceless YouTube Idea Generator Tailored faceless YouTube channel ideas filtered by income target, production style, and audience experience. RPM bands included. ](/tools/faceless-youtube-channel-idea-generator) - [ YouTube Channel Name Generator Generate 20 YouTube channel name ideas across 7 styles. Includes handle character checks and a one-click YouTube availability link. Free, no signup. ](/tools/youtube-channel-name-generator) - [ Video Script Generator Generate 6 full HOOK / BODY / CTA video scripts in any format, short-form, long-form, tutorial, VSL, talking-head, product demo. Free, no signup, instant. ](/tools/video-script-generator) - [ YouTube Money Calculator Estimate YouTube ad revenue from views with niche-specific RPM ranges from 2026 creator-economy data. Low, typical, and high earnings band. ](/tools/youtube-money-calculator) ## More AI video guides Guides [ ### YouTube Automation: The Complete 2026 Guide ](/blog/youtube-automation) What YouTube automation actually is in 2026, the team structure that scales it, the costs, and the six mistakes that kill 80% of automation channels. 8 June 2026·17 min read Guides [ ### Best YouTube Automation Niches 2026: 27 Ranked by RPM ](/blog/youtube-automation-niches) The best YouTube automation niches for 2026: 27 scored on RPM, scalability, production cost and team fit, plus the lifestyle niches that work. 8 June 2026·16 min read Guides [ ### Best YouTube Automation Tools in 2026 (10 Tested) ](/blog/best-youtube-automation-tools) 10 YouTube automation tools tested across 6 jobs (research, scripting, voiceover, production, publishing, analytics). Real pricing, honest tradeoffs. 8 June 2026·16 min read Guides [ ### YouTube CPM and RPM by Niche in 2026 (Real Data) ](/blog/youtube-cpm-rpm-by-niche-2026) Real CPM and RPM benchmarks across 12 YouTube niches in 2026, plus the math that turns views into income and the levers creators can pull to lift earnings. 31 May 2026·13 min read Reviews [ ### Higgsfield Review (2026): Camera Control, Tested ](/blog/best-higgsfield-ai-review-2026) Higgsfield AI review for 2026: Cinema Studio camera presets, pricing, model quality, and where its cinematic clips fit into a shipping video pipeline. 17 September 2026·19 min read Reviews [ ### Krea AI Review (2026): One Login for Every AI Video Model ](/blog/best-krea-ai-review-2026) Honest Krea AI review for 2026. What the real-time canvas is, which models are bundled, what one subscription costs, and where a pipeline still fits. 10 September 2026·15 min read Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. 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This list of the 27 best YouTube automation niches for 2026 is filtered specifically for that template-friendly trait, scored across four signals: RPM, scalability (can the niche carry a multi-channel operator), production cost (how much human labor is unavoidable), and team workflow fit (does the niche fit Structure A solo, Structure B operator-plus-writer, or Structure C operator-plus-team). Each niche carries a realistic 2026 RPM band, a faceless-friendly production style, and a one-line take on why it works inside an automated pipeline. ## How do YouTube automation niches differ from faceless niches? The [faceless YouTube channel idea generator](/tools/faceless-youtube-channel-idea-generator) covers every niche that can be produced without an on-camera presenter. This list is narrower: 27 niches that ALSO work as scalable business systems. A niche makes this list only if it meets four criteria: 1. **Repeatable template.** Every video can follow a predictable structure (5-minute case study, 15-fact deep dive, ranked-list breakdown). The script template stays consistent. 2. **Stable topic supply.** The niche has enough valid topics to support 100+ videos without exhausting the well. Nano-niches run out of fresh topics early. 3. **Tolerates AI production.** Audience accepts AI voiceover, AI b-roll, or stock-footage-heavy visuals. Personality-driven niches do not pass. 4. **Decent RPM economics.** Either high RPM ($10+) or very high view volume ($1-$3 RPM only works if views compound to millions). Niches that pass all four make this list. Niches that fail one or more (personality-led lifestyle vlogs, comedy, dance, beauty) are absent, and kids' content appears once, with a warning. The lifestyle topics that do pass get [their own section below](#best-lifestyle-niches-for-youtube-automation). **Read criterion 1 carefully, because YouTube did.** A repeatable structure is not the same thing as repeatable content. YouTube renamed its "repetitious content" monetisation rule to "inauthentic content" in July 2025, and [Search Engine Journal's breakdown of what stops a channel getting paid](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/youtube-explains-what-can-stop-a-channel-getting-paid/583096/) names AI-generated videos built from generic templates as ineligible. [TechCrunch reported the same update](https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/09/youtube-prepares-crackdown-on-mass-produced-and-repetitive-videos-as-concern-over-ai-slop-grows/) as a crackdown on mass-produced video. Every niche below assumes the template holds the shape while the substance genuinely changes each time. RPM bands are sourced from our study of [YouTube CPM and RPM by niche](/blog/youtube-cpm-rpm-by-niche-2026); the strategic playbook for actually running an automation channel is in our [YouTube automation guide](/blog/youtube-automation). If you have not launched anything yet, pick the niche here and then work through how to start a [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel), which covers branding, cadence, and the monetisation thresholds this list assumes you are aiming at. ## Tier 1: Premium automation niches ($15-$25 RPM) Highest RPM band on YouTube. Advertiser bid density is intense because customer LTV is high. Faceless production works perfectly because the visuals are charts, screen recordings, and overlays. Best fit for Structure B or C operators willing to hire writers familiar with the topic. Run the numbers in the [YouTube money calculator](/tools/youtube-money-calculator) to see what monthly volume each $20 RPM channel needs. One format constraint runs across this entire tier. [TechCrunch's coverage of YouTube's July 2026 policy clarification](https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/20/youtube-clarifies-policies-around-ai-slop-and-upsetting-videos/) reports the platform restricts AI personas from discussing finance, legal issues, healthcare, and medical topics. Voiceover over charts and screen recordings is fine and is what these niches use anyway. A synthetic on-camera advisor giving money or legal guidance is the specific pattern to avoid. **1\. Personal finance for specific demographics.** $14-$24 RPM. Voiceover plus animated text overlays plus B-roll of money, banks, calculators. Niche framing (finance for nurses, investing for teachers, money strategies for new parents) gives each video a specific viewer and an endless supply of angles. Strong fit for Structure B. **2\. Stock investing and brokerage tutorials.** $15-$25 RPM. Screen recordings of brokerage interfaces plus chart overlays. Templated format: "Stock X analysis" repeated weekly across many tickers. Scalable to 50+ videos per month per channel. Tier 1 template content. **3\. Real estate investing analysis.** $15-$24 RPM. Property walkthroughs from listings, cap rate calculations, regional market analysis. Regional channels (one city focus) build loyal local audiences. Excellent fit for Structure B with one local-market-knowledgeable writer. **4\. Mortgage and refinancing strategy.** $16-$24 RPM. Rate-comparison overlays, loan-type explainers, refinance math. Highly templated content. Seasonal advertiser spike around rate-cut cycles. **5\. Tax tips and law explainers.** $14-$22 RPM. Voiceover plus tax-form screen recordings plus rule overlays. Strong evergreen demand year-round, with seasonal spike in March-April. Requires writer with basic tax knowledge. **6\. Credit score and debt reduction.** $10-$18 RPM. Heavily ad-supported by credit card companies and debt consolidation services. Voiceover plus animated diagrams. Templated case-study format ("how I raised my score 110 points") repeats well. **7\. Side hustle and passive income breakdowns.** $12-$20 RPM. "$1,000 per month doing X" case studies. Voiceover plus platform screen recordings plus earnings dashboards. Topic pool refreshes constantly as new side hustles emerge. **8\. Business case studies and SaaS founder breakdowns.** $12-$18 RPM. Company dashboards plus annotated revenue charts. "How \[SaaS\] grew from $0 to $1M ARR" template repeats across hundreds of companies. Strong fit for Structure C operators with researchers. ## Tier 2: Strong automation niches ($8-$15 RPM) Solid RPMs with relatively low competition vs Tier 1. Production cost stays low because the visuals are largely screen recordings or stock footage. Excellent first-channel territory for new operators. Brainstorm ready-to-record concepts in your specific niche with the free [video idea generator](/tools/video-idea-generator). **9\. AI tools reviews and tutorials.** $10-$18 RPM. The topic supply never dries up: new tools launch weekly. Screen recordings of the tool plus before-and-after output examples carry the entire video. Templated review format scales beautifully. **10\. Productivity software walkthroughs.** $8-$15 RPM. Notion, Airtable, Linear, Obsidian deep dives. Tutorial videos plus template downloads. Strong sponsorship pipeline because these companies actively sponsor creators. **11\. Cybersecurity awareness and tutorials.** $10-$20 RPM. Real attack examples plus defensive screen recordings. Anonymity is a feature here, not a constraint. Premium audience for B2B sponsors. **12\. Online course teardowns and reviews.** $12-$20 RPM. "I bought this $997 course, here's what's actually in it" format. High click-through, high subscriber conversion. Topic pool refreshes as new courses launch. **13\. Career and interview prep for specific industries.** $12-$22 RPM. Tech interview prep, consulting case interviews, finance internships. Premium audience. Per-industry channels can each pursue Tier 1 RPMs. **14\. Marketing strategy and channel breakdowns.** $10-$16 RPM. Specific channel deep dives (SEO breakdowns, paid social analyses, cold email frameworks). Screen recordings of campaigns plus before-and-after results. **15\. Language learning channels.** $6-$14 RPM. One language plus one audience (English for Spanish speakers, Japanese for English speakers). Templated lesson format scales to hundreds of videos. Strong long-tail evergreen traffic. ## Tier 3: Volume automation niches ($4-$8 RPM) Lower RPM but enormous topic supply and high watch time. Best for operators willing to play the long game on view volume rather than RPM optimisation. Strong fit for solo Structure A operators or established operators adding a portfolio diversifier. Length works in your favour here: [Backlinko's study of 1.3 million videos](https://backlinko.com/youtube-ranking-factors) found the average first-page YouTube result runs 14 minutes 50 seconds, which the deep-dive formats in this tier hit naturally. For the short-form mirror of these deep dives, a [YouTube Shorts generator](/ai-shorts-generator) renders the 9:16 cut, and the [TikTok video generator](/tiktok-video-generator) covers the same file on TikTok. Shorts is where the volume sits and where the scrutiny is heaviest: [Search Engine Land reported](https://searchengineland.com/youtube-ai-shorts-duplicate-content-460353) 59.4% of YouTube uploads were Shorts, driving 87.7% of total views. **16\. History deep-dives and documentary-style explainers.** $4-$10 RPM. AI voiceover plus stock historical footage plus map overlays. The documentary format works as well at scale as it does for cinema, and source material from sites like [Wikipedia](https://www.wikipedia.org/) and academic archives keeps the topic pool functionally infinite. **17\. Science explained simply.** $5-$12 RPM. Physics, biology, chemistry concepts at the level of "a 12-year-old could follow this". Animations plus stock footage. Strong watch time and rewatch behaviour. **18\. Geography and country deep dives.** $4-$10 RPM. "Why X country has Y problem", "the geography of \[conflict\]". Strong cross-promotion to current-events sub-niches. Map overlays plus stock footage carry the visual. **19\. Math and stats made simple.** $5-$10 RPM. From basic algebra to grad-level stats. Whiteboard-style animations (an [AI explainer video](/ai-explainer-video) tool handles this exact format) plus worked examples. Excellent watch time; viewers replay and bookmark. **20\. Skill tutorials (Excel, Photoshop, Premiere).** $6-$14 RPM. Software skills people pay for at work. Screen recordings plus voiceover. Templated "do X in Y minutes" format scales endlessly; learning hubs like [Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/) plus community forums on [Indie Hackers](https://www.indiehackers.com/) surface real questions that translate directly to video topics. **21\. Coding tutorials for specific languages or frameworks.** $5-$12 RPM. Python for data science, React for web devs, SQL for analysts. IDE screen recordings ARE the tutorial; faceless is the default. Lower RPM but strong cross-promotion to courses. **22\. Educational kids and family content (carefully).** $0.50-$3 RPM. Lowest RPM tier because of COPPA restrictions. Only include if you have a structural advantage (existing educational library, partnerships). Generally skip. ## Tier 4: Specialty automation niches ($2-$5 RPM) Lower RPM tier but highest absolute view volume potential. Channels in this tier compensate with non-ad revenue (sponsorships, Patreon, merch) or sheer scale. Specific niches in this tier (true crime, certain gaming verticals) can reach very large audiences when the format lands. [Sprout Social's YouTube monetisation guide](https://sproutsocial.com/insights/youtube-monetization/) covers the memberships, Super Thanks, affiliate, and merch routes that carry most of the income in this band. Check the return on any paid promotion with the [ROAS calculator](/tools/roas-calculator) before sourcing affiliate or sponsorship deals. **23\. True crime case files.** $1-$4 RPM. Voiceover plus stock footage plus case-document overlays. Massive watch time and share rate. RPM is held down by advertiser caution, so many true-crime channels supplement ad revenue with paid newsletters or membership platforms. **24\. Mystery and unsolved cases.** $1-$3 RPM. Even lower RPM than true crime because of advertiser caution. Compensate with high view count and Patreon-style supporter revenue. **25\. Movie, TV, and media analysis.** $2-$5 RPM. Recap-and-analysis channels, hidden-meaning breakdowns, franchise lore. Voiceover plus clips (within fair use) plus screen recordings. **26\. Gaming guides, lore, and analysis.** $2-$4 RPM. Game-specific deep dives, speedrun analysis, lore explainers. Voiceover plus gameplay footage. Channel often grows fastest when picking ONE game and going deep; research archives like [Wikipedia](https://www.wikipedia.org/) surface the questions worth answering. **27\. Sports highlights and analysis.** $2-$5 RPM. Curated highlight compilations, statistical analysis, post-game breakdowns. Faces appear only in footage clips (within fair use). Strong recurring viewership during in-season periods. ## Best lifestyle niches for YouTube automation "Lifestyle" covers two very different kinds of channel, which is why it is missing from most automation lists. A lifestyle vlog sells a person: their home, their day, their taste. That fails criterion 3, and it stays on the exclusion list below. But much of what people search for under lifestyle is information rather than a personality, and that half can be automated, as long as the template holds the shape and the substance changes every video. Lifestyle niches that can pass all four criteria: - **Frugal living and household budgeting.** Grocery-budget breakdowns, cost-of-living comparisons, "what this much money buys in that city". It sits right next to personal finance (#1), so a channel can grow toward Tier 1 topics. Voiceover over stock footage and on-screen numbers. - **Home organisation and cleaning explainers.** "How to organise a small kitchen", room-by-room checklists, how a cleaning method actually works. A templated how-to format where stock footage carries the visuals. - **Food science and cooking explainers.** Why bread goes stale, where a dish comes from, how an ingredient is made. A close cousin of science explained (#17). Recipe channels built on your own cooking footage fail criterion 3, so stay on the explainer side. - **Travel destination explainers.** Why a city is so expensive, how a country's trains work, what to know before a first visit. The lifestyle side of geography (#18), carried by maps and stock footage. - **Self-improvement and habit explainers.** Book summaries, habit breakdowns, study and focus methods. It pairs with productivity software (#10). Watch the inauthentic content rule hardest here: interchangeable motivation scripts are exactly what YouTube's July 2025 update targets. - **Fitness and wellness explainers, carefully.** Voiceover over stock footage only. The July 2026 policy clarification covered under Tier 1 restricts AI personas from healthcare and medical topics, so never use a synthetic on-camera coach. Lifestyle formats that still fail: day-in-the-life vlogs, tours of your own home, outfit and beauty routines, and family vlogs. Each one depends on a real person or original footage. There is no lifestyle row in the tiers above, so don't borrow a finance RPM just because a video mentions money. Find the nearest category in our study of [YouTube CPM and RPM by niche](/blog/youtube-cpm-rpm-by-niche-2026) and plan on that. ## How to pick a YouTube automation niche: 4 criteria Walk the candidate niche through these four questions before committing: **1\. RPM tier vs your earnings target.** If you want $5K+ per month per channel in ad revenue alone, you need Tier 1 or Tier 2. The math at $3 RPM means about 1.7M monthly views to clear $5K. For context on the pool being split, [Statista's YouTube data hub](https://www.statista.com/topics/2019/youtube/) puts the platform's 2025 advertising revenue at roughly $40 billion. To project earnings at any view count, use the free [YouTube money calculator](/tools/youtube-money-calculator). **2\. Topic supply.** Could you brief a writer to produce 100 distinct video ideas in this niche this weekend? If not, the niche is too narrow. Sustained output is what compounds: [Buffer's study of more than 100,000 accounts across 26 weeks](https://buffer.com/resources/consistent-posting-study/) found the most consistent posters earned roughly 5x the engagement per post of inconsistent ones. **3\. Production complexity.** Does every video need unique original research or footage, or can it follow a template? Niches in this list pass; most lifestyle and beauty niches do not. **4\. Your topic familiarity.** You will be reviewing and rejecting writer drafts. If you cannot tell a good script from a bad one in your niche, the channel will not work even with great writers. Filter for niches you can credibly review. For an interactive way to filter a broader set of niches by income target and production style, use the free [faceless YouTube channel idea generator](/tools/faceless-youtube-channel-idea-generator). For the operational playbook on actually running the automation channel after picking, see the [YouTube automation strategy guide](/blog/youtube-automation) and the steps to start a [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) from zero. > **The compounding pattern.** At an $18 RPM, a Tier 1 finance channel with 100,000 views a month earns about $1,800 in ad revenue. If more output lifts that to 500,000 views a month, the same RPM is about $9,000, before affiliate revenue. Views are never guaranteed, but cadence multiplied across several channels (Structure B or C) is how automation operators scale. [Get started →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) > **Why the higher tier wins so hard.** Using the bands above, two channels with identical view counts can earn 20x different revenue based on niche choice alone. Picking a Tier 1 niche you can credibly compete in (not just the highest RPM you spot on a list) is one of the biggest decisions you will make. [Get started →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) ## Which niches are deliberately NOT on this list? For honest framing, here are categories some "YouTube automation niches" lists include that we exclude, with the reason. The [faceless YouTube channel idea generator](/tools/faceless-youtube-channel-idea-generator) covers the wider set of faceless niches these were filtered from. - **Lifestyle vlogs and "day in the life"**: depends on personality; broken automation format (the [lifestyle niches that do work](#best-lifestyle-niches-for-youtube-automation) are above) - **Dance, lip-sync, beauty transformations**: same reason - **Reaction channels**: usually needs face-cam for the reaction itself - **Get-rich-quick schemes (forex bots, "passive income" scams)**: bad for audience, demonetisable, ban-risky - **Drama and gossip channels**: high view volume but advertiser caution caps RPM and channels get suspended frequently - **Most political commentary**: demonetisation risk, polarised algorithm treatment If your first instinct is that the get-rich-quick stuff gets the most views: true, briefly, before YouTube bans the channel. Don't. ## What tools do you need for YouTube automation? Whichever niche you pick from the 27 above, the operational tools are the same. The core stack: - AI script tool plus writer collaboration workspace - AI voiceover (industry standard: [ElevenLabs](https://elevenlabs.io)) plus optional premium voice library - An AI video tool that turns a script into a finished, captioned MP4 (MakeAIVideo's [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) setup runs from idea to upload in one place) - Multi-platform publishing tool that schedules to YouTube plus TikTok plus Reels plus Shorts from one queue - Analytics tools like [VidIQ](https://vidiq.com/) or [TubeBuddy](https://www.tubebuddy.com/) for measuring what's working For the full tool comparison with real pricing, see the [best YouTube automation tools](/blog/best-youtube-automation-tools) tested side by side. Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=inline_cta&utm_content=youtube-automation-niches)plans from $9/month · allowance tops up monthly ## YouTube automation niches FAQs ### What is the best YouTube automation niche to start with in 2026? Tech and AI tools reviews are the easiest niche to start for two reasons. The visuals are screen recordings (free, fast) and the topic pool refreshes weekly as new tools launch. Pair it with a Structure A solo setup for 30-60 days before scaling. ### Which YouTube automation niche has the highest RPM? Stock investing tops the list at $15-$25 RPM, with personal finance, real estate investing and mortgage strategy close behind in the same Tier 1 band. The lowest-RPM niches here are kids' content ($0.50-$3), mystery ($1-$3) and true crime ($1-$4), which rely on view volume and non-ad revenue to compensate. ### What are the best lifestyle niches for YouTube automation? The information side of lifestyle: frugal living and household budgeting, home organisation and cleaning explainers, food science, travel destination explainers, self-improvement and habit explainers, and fitness explainers voiced over stock footage. Personality-led lifestyle (day-in-the-life vlogs, home tours, outfit and beauty routines) fails as automation because it depends on a real person. The [lifestyle section above](#best-lifestyle-niches-for-youtube-automation) covers each one. ### Can I run multiple automation channels at the same time? Yes, and most operators who reach meaningful income do. The realistic ladder: solo operators run 1-2 channels in Structure A, then move to 3-5 channels in Structure B with one writer per channel, then 5-10 channels in Structure C with a small team per channel. Reach Structure C only after at least one channel has proven itself at $5K+ monthly. ### How do I pick a niche I don't know much about? Don't. Pick a niche where you can credibly review writer drafts and recognise good content from bad. Operating an automation channel in a niche you don't understand leads to publishing low-quality videos for months before realising the niche failed because of poor writer judgement, not because the niche itself was wrong. ### Are AI-generated videos in these niches against YouTube's policies? Not by default, but the answer has a condition attached. AI-generated content is allowed under the [YouTube Partner Program](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/72851) and the [YouTube monetisation policies](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/72857), and all 27 niches above are eligible when the videos carry real editorial substance. The condition is the "inauthentic content" rule introduced in July 2025. [Search Engine Journal's breakdown of what stops a channel getting paid](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/youtube-explains-what-can-stop-a-channel-getting-paid/583096/) names AI videos built from generic templates as ineligible, and reports that tutorial content simply reproducing what is already common on the platform can fall under it too. The niche does not disqualify you. Publishing forty interchangeable videos inside it does. ### What's a realistic monthly income from a single automation channel? There is no typical figure, because views vary so widely, but the arithmetic is simple: monthly views divided by 1,000, multiplied by RPM. At 100,000 monthly views, a Tier 2 niche ($8-$15 RPM) is about $800-$1,500 a month in ad revenue, and a Tier 1 niche ($15-$25 RPM) about $1,500-$2,500. Affiliate and sponsorship revenue come on top. Run your own numbers in the [YouTube money calculator](/tools/youtube-money-calculator). ### Should I cross-post automation videos to TikTok and Instagram Reels? Yes. The same 9:16 vertical short form works on YouTube Shorts, TikTok, and Reels with no re-editing, so cross-posting puts one video in front of three audiences at no extra production cost. [PostEverywhere](https://www.posteverywhere.ai/) schedules all three from one queue plus 7 other platforms. ### How long until a new YouTube automation channel makes money? There is no reliable average. First a channel has to reach the 1,000 subscriber and 4,000 watch hour monetisation threshold, and how long that takes depends on the niche, the cadence and whether the videos find an audience at all. Plan for months, not weeks. From 1 February 2027 the entry bar doubles for new applicants, to 8,000 qualified watch hours or 20 million qualified Shorts views, per [Search Engine Journal](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/youtube-updates-partner-program-terms-shorts-payout-rules/585331/). ### What is the difference between YouTube automation and faceless YouTube? A faceless YouTube channel is the format: the creator does not appear on camera. YouTube automation is the business model. Channels run as systems, often across multiple channels owned by one operator. Most automation channels are faceless, but a faceless channel run by one creator doing every job manually is not "automated" in the business sense. See our [YouTube automation strategy guide](/blog/youtube-automation) for the full distinction. ### What's the next step after picking a niche from this list? Pick a channel name with the free [YouTube channel name generator](/tools/youtube-channel-name-generator). Set up the production stack from the [best YouTube automation tools](/blog/best-youtube-automation-tools). Ship your first three videos within two weeks using the steps to start a [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel). Treat the first batch of videos as data collection: read what each one tells you about the audience before you change the format. ![Jamie Partridge](/images/authors/jamie-partridge.webp) Written by [Jamie Partridge](/about/jamie-partridge) Founder at MakeAIVideo. Writing about AI video generation, scripting, scenes, and shipping content faster. [More about the author](/about/jamie-partridge) ## Free AI video tools - [ YouTube Money Calculator Estimate YouTube ad revenue from views with niche-specific RPM ranges from 2026 creator-economy data. Low, typical, and high earnings band. ](/tools/youtube-money-calculator) - [ Faceless YouTube Idea Generator Tailored faceless YouTube channel ideas filtered by income target, production style, and audience experience. RPM bands included. ](/tools/faceless-youtube-channel-idea-generator) - [ Video Idea Generator Get 10 ready-to-shoot video ideas tailored to your niche. Built from formats that consistently win views on TikTok, Reels, and Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-idea-generator) - [ Speech Time Calculator Paste your script and instantly calculate spoken duration at 5 speaking rates (audiobook, conversational, presenter, energetic, auctioneer). ](/tools/speech-time-calculator) ## More AI video guides Guides [ ### YouTube Automation: The Complete 2026 Guide ](/blog/youtube-automation) What YouTube automation actually is in 2026, the team structure that scales it, the costs, and the six mistakes that kill 80% of automation channels. 8 June 2026·17 min read Guides [ ### YouTube CPM and RPM by Niche in 2026 (Real Data) ](/blog/youtube-cpm-rpm-by-niche-2026) Real CPM and RPM benchmarks across 12 YouTube niches in 2026, plus the math that turns views into income and the levers creators can pull to lift earnings. 31 May 2026·13 min read Guides [ ### YouTube Automation Examples: 18 Real Faceless Channels (2026) ](/blog/youtube-automation-examples) 18 real faceless YouTube channels, from Kurzgesagt to Lofi Girl, grouped by format, with subscriber counts from each channel's About page and why each format works. 4 October 2026·16 min read Guides [ ### Best YouTube Automation Tools in 2026 (10 Tested) ](/blog/best-youtube-automation-tools) 10 YouTube automation tools tested across 6 jobs (research, scripting, voiceover, production, publishing, analytics). 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"Ask ChatGPT about this article")[](https://claude.ai/new?q=Read%20https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fyoutube-automation%20then%20summarize%20the%20key%20points%20and%20answer%20any%20questions%20I%20have%20about%20it. "Ask Claude about this article")[](https://www.perplexity.ai/search?q=Read%20https%3A%2F%2Fmakeaivideo.ai%2Fblog%2Fyoutube-automation%20then%20summarize%20the%20key%20points%20and%20answer%20any%20questions%20I%20have%20about%20it. "Ask Perplexity about this article") **YouTube automation is the business model where one operator runs a YouTube channel (or several) as a system rather than as creative work.** The owner stays anonymous. Scripts come from a writer or AI tool. Voiceover comes from AI or a paid narrator. Visuals come from AI scenes, stock footage, or screen recordings. Editing, thumbnails, publishing, and analytics get distributed across either a small team of contractors or a single operator using AI tools. The whole pipeline becomes a process diagram, not a passion project. This guide covers what YouTube automation actually is in 2026, why it works at scale, the team structure that beats the solo grind, the real cost math, the niches that actually pay, and the six mistakes that kill most automation channels in their first 90 days. ## YouTube automation vs faceless YouTube: what's the difference? The two terms get used interchangeably and they overlap, but they describe two different positioning angles around the same production realities. **Faceless YouTube** is the format: the creator does not appear on camera. It describes WHAT the video looks like. A faceless channel can be operated by one creator doing everything (writing, voicing, editing, publishing), and many successful ones are. **YouTube automation** is the business model: the channel runs as a system, often with multiple humans or AI tools handling different production steps, and frequently scaled across multiple channels owned by one operator. It describes HOW the channel is OPERATED. Automation channels are usually faceless (presenter overhead breaks the system), but not every faceless channel is "automated" in the business sense. The clearest test: if your channel could keep publishing for 4 weeks without your direct involvement, it is automated. If it cannot, it is faceless solo creation. Both make money. Automation makes money at scale because one operator can run multiple channels concurrently, each generating revenue independently. For the pure faceless creator-led playbook, see our [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) page and the free [faceless YouTube channel idea generator](/tools/faceless-youtube-channel-idea-generator). This post focuses specifically on the business-system side. ## Why does YouTube automation work in 2026 (and not in 2018)? Three shifts in the last 24 months turned what was a fringe internet-money tactic into a real business model. The prize is big enough to explain the interest: [Statista's YouTube data hub](https://www.statista.com/topics/2019/youtube/) puts the platform's 2025 advertising revenue at roughly $40 billion across more than 2.5 billion users. The full strategic context lives on MakeAIVideo's [faceless YouTube channel generator](/faceless-youtube-channel) page. **1\. AI voiceover crossed the publishing threshold.** Tools like [ElevenLabs](https://elevenlabs.io) and Murf produce voiceover that no longer telegraphs "AI" to a casual viewer. The operational consequence: you no longer need to hire a voiceover artist for $50-$200 per video. The single largest variable cost in pre-2024 YouTube automation became a $0.10 cost. **2\. AI video pipelines compressed production from hours to minutes.** Where a 2022 automation channel needed an editor working 4-6 hours per video, a 2026 channel running a script-to-finished-MP4 pipeline (MakeAIVideo's [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) tool is one example) ships the same video in a few minutes of compute time, with one human reviewer doing 10-15 minutes of QA. Per-video editing cost dropped from $40-$120 to under $5. **3\. Multi-platform scheduling tools made cross-posting automatic.** Tools like [PostEverywhere](https://www.posteverywhere.ai/) schedule the same video to YouTube Shorts, TikTok, Instagram Reels, and 7 other platforms from one queue. The 45-minute-per-video "publishing tax" that used to cap operators at 1-2 channels largely collapsed. One operator can now realistically run 5-10 channels concurrently if the niche selection is right (our [YouTube Shorts generator](/ai-shorts-generator) is the single-tool fit for the 9:16 vertical that feeds all three short-form destinations). Operators wanting to self-host their pipelines on [AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/) or [Azure](https://azure.microsoft.com/) can scale further but pay heavy engineering tax. The combined effect: the marginal cost of a finished, published video dropped roughly 95% between 2018 and 2026. That cost collapse is what made automation a viable business model rather than an arbitrage stunt. ## What automation does not buy you: originality The cost collapse is real. So is the policy shift that arrived alongside it, and most "YouTube automation" content skips it entirely. YouTube renamed its "repetitious content" monetisation rule to "inauthentic content" on 15 July 2025. [TechCrunch covered the change](https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/09/youtube-prepares-crackdown-on-mass-produced-and-repetitive-videos-as-concern-over-ai-slop-grows/) as a crackdown on mass-produced and repetitive video. [Search Engine Journal's breakdown of what stops a channel getting paid](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/youtube-explains-what-can-stop-a-channel-getting-paid/583096/) lists AI-generated videos built from generic templates as ineligible, alongside AI personas presented as experts on health, legal, finance, or political topics. The scale of the problem explains the enforcement. [Search Engine Journal reported](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/youtubes-ai-slop-problem-and-how-marketers-can-compete/567297/) a Kapwing study in which 104 of the first 500 Shorts served to a fresh account were pure AI slop, and Guardian research finding nearly 10% of YouTube's 100 fastest-growing channels published exclusively AI-generated material. [Search Engine Land's analysis](https://searchengineland.com/youtube-ai-shorts-duplicate-content-460353) puts Shorts at 59.4% of uploads driving 87.7% of views, which is where the duplicate-content pressure concentrates hardest. The practical line for an operator is simple. Automate the production, not the thinking. A fixed structure is fine and is what makes a channel legible to the algorithm. A template that produces forty videos a viewer could not tell apart is the thing YouTube stopped paying for. This is also why niche familiarity beats tooling: see the [27 automation-friendly niches](/blog/youtube-automation-niches) for where an operator can credibly supply that judgement. ## The 6 jobs every YouTube automation channel covers Whatever team structure you pick, the operator has to make sure these six jobs get done for every video: Job What it produces Owned by 1\. Research / ideation Validated topic list (50-100 video ideas, ranked by search demand) Operator or AI tool 2\. Scripting Beat-by-beat script with hook, body, CTA Writer, AI tool, or both 3\. Voiceover Narrated audio matching the script AI voice or paid narrator 4\. Video production Finished MP4 with scenes, captions, music AI pipeline or editor 5\. Publishing Title, description, tags, thumbnail uploaded with the right schedule Operator + scheduler tool 6\. Analytics + iteration What worked, what didn't, what to ship next Operator A solo operator with the right tool stack can cover all six jobs in about 4-8 hours per video. A small team (1-2 contractors per channel) cuts that to 1-2 hours of operator time per video. Multi-channel operators tend to converge on the small-team model because it lets them run 3-5 channels concurrently without burning out. The complete tool list for each job is in our [YouTube automation tools roundup](/blog/best-youtube-automation-tools); category-level analytics tools like [VidIQ](https://vidiq.com/) and [TubeBuddy](https://www.tubebuddy.com/) sit alongside the production stack. > **The compounding pattern.** Channels in $20+ RPM niches running 5-7 videos per week compound into meaningful income around video 100-150 (8-12 months of work). Operators running 3 channels in the same time horizon hit 3x the income with marginal additional time, because the system replicates. Pipeline tools make this multi-channel cadence economically feasible. [Get started →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) ## The 3 YouTube automation team structures that actually work Different operators converge on different team setups based on capital available, time available, and risk appetite. Three patterns dominate: ### Structure A: Solo operator with AI stack ($30-$80/month total cost) One person, no human contractors, full AI tool stack. The operator does ideation, runs every script through an AI generator, uses an AI pipeline to produce videos, schedules through one publishing tool. Maximum 1-2 channels at this structure because the operator hits the ceiling of how many videos one human can review and publish per week. **Realistic output:** 3-5 videos per channel per week, single channel, $30-$80 in monthly software costs. ### Structure B: Operator + 1 contractor per channel ($300-$800/month per channel) Operator hires a writer (often a part-time freelancer at $30-$60 per script) for the scripting job, keeps the rest of the stack AI-driven. The operator still owns ideation, voiceover selection, publishing, and analytics. Scales to 3-5 channels because the writer load distributes across them. **Realistic output:** 5-7 videos per channel per week, 3-5 channels, $300-$800 monthly cost per channel. ### Structure C: Operator + small team per channel ($1,500-$4,000/month per channel) Operator hires a writer, an editor, and a thumbnail designer per channel. The operator becomes a manager rather than a producer. This is the structure most "YouTube automation course" promoters teach because it is the most capital-intensive (and the one they sell follow-up services around). **Realistic output:** 7-14 videos per channel per week, 5-10 channels, $1,500-$4,000 monthly cost per channel. Most operators starting in 2026 begin with Structure A, prove the niche works for 60-90 days, then move to Structure B as the channel hits monetisation and starts covering its own costs. Structure C is usually reached only after one channel has hit $5K+ monthly revenue. The full step-by-step setup for shipping your first video is on our [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) page. Operators looking for community discussion around the structure trade-offs find good signal on [Indie Hackers](https://www.indiehackers.com/) and creator-economy [Substack](https://substack.com/) newsletters. ## Which niches actually work for YouTube automation? The same niche economics that determine faceless YouTube earnings apply to automation, but with one additional constraint: the niche must produce repeatable, scalable content. A niche where every video requires unique original research does not automate well. A niche where videos follow a predictable template (case study, listicle, explainer, ranking) automates extremely well. The strongest automation niches in 2026: - **Personal finance and investing explainers** ($12-$25 RPM) - **Real estate investing and market analysis** ($15-$24 RPM) - **Tech product reviews and AI tool tutorials** ($8-$18 RPM) - **Business case studies and SaaS breakdowns** ($10-$22 RPM) - **History deep-dives and educational explainers** ($4-$12 RPM) - **True crime and unsolved mysteries** ($1-$5 RPM but very high view volume) For the full 27-niche list with scoring on automation viability, see the [YouTube automation niches breakdown](/blog/youtube-automation-niches). For the broader 47-niche faceless list, use the free [faceless YouTube channel idea generator](/tools/faceless-youtube-channel-idea-generator), which filters them by income target. The actual RPM bands behind these niche tiers come from our [niche-by-niche CPM and RPM data study](/blog/youtube-cpm-rpm-by-niche-2026). Your real numbers depend on audience country (US/UK/CA/AU pay 5-10x more than other markets), watch time, mid-roll ad placement, and seasonality. ## How much does YouTube automation cost? 3 budget tiers The numbers below assume the operator publishes 5 videos per week per channel. To project per-channel revenue at any view count, plug your numbers into MakeAIVideo's free [YouTube money calculator](/tools/youtube-money-calculator). ### Tier 1: Solo operator, one channel ($35-$80/month) - AI video pipeline (script-to-MP4): $9-$39 in credits covers production - [ElevenLabs](https://elevenlabs.io) Starter or Creator: $6-$11/month for premium voiceover (optional, free tier covers basics) - [PostEverywhere](https://www.posteverywhere.ai/) starter: $9-$15/month for cross-posting to YouTube, TikTok, Reels, Shorts, plus 7 other platforms - Channel art, free creator tools: $0 **Realistic time investment:** 15-25 hours per week of operator time. Total monthly cost rarely exceeds $80 in software. ### Tier 2: Operator + writer per channel, 3 channels ($800-$1,800/month) - AI video pipeline Plus or Pro tier: $29-$49/month per account (one account can serve multiple channels) - ElevenLabs Pro: $99/month, covers voiceover for all 3 channels - PostEverywhere Growth: $25-$45/month, schedules all 3 channels - Writers: 1 writer per channel at $30-$50 per script × 5 scripts × 3 channels = $450-$750 per week per channel **Realistic time investment:** 25-35 hours per week of operator time for ALL 3 channels combined (8-12 hours per channel per week). Total monthly cost $800-$1,800 across the whole operation. ### Tier 3: Small team per channel, 5+ channels ($5,000-$15,000/month) - AI video pipeline Plus or Pro: $29-$49/month per account - ElevenLabs Pro or Custom: $99-$330/month - PostEverywhere Agency: $45-$95/month - Per channel: writer ($1,000-$2,000/month) + editor ($1,200-$2,500/month) + thumbnail designer ($400-$800/month) = $2,600-$5,300/month per channel - Operator becomes channel manager, not producer **Realistic time investment:** 35-45 hours per week of operator time for 5+ channels (oversight role). Total monthly cost scales with channel count. Most operators do NOT reach Tier 3 until at least one channel is generating $5K+ monthly revenue. Skipping ahead to Tier 3 before a channel has proven itself is the single most common reason new operators burn capital before learning the niche. ## The weekly YouTube automation cadence loop that works For a Structure B operator (1 writer per channel, 3 channels, 5 videos per week per channel = 15 videos per week total). Estimate the spoken length of any script with the [speech time calculator](/tools/speech-time-calculator) before sending the queue downstream to voiceover. **Mondays:** Ideation block (90-120 min). Review the previous week's analytics across all 3 channels. Update next week's video idea list for each channel. Brief the writers via shared docs. **Tuesdays:** Writers deliver scripts. Operator reviews each script in 5-10 minutes per script. Approve, send back for revision, or ship. **Wednesdays-Thursdays:** Production block (90 min per channel). Operator runs all 5 scripts per channel through the AI pipeline, reviews each finished MP4 in 5 minutes (sound on then sound off), saves to library. **Fridays:** Publishing block (60 min total). Upload the week's 15 videos to PostEverywhere, write captions, set publish times across YouTube + TikTok + Reels + Shorts. Schedule everything for the next 7 days. **Total operator time per week:** 8-12 hours for 3 channels combined, distributed across the week. This loop is sustainable because each step has a clear endpoint. The "I have to write 15 scripts before Wednesday" loop is what burns operators out in months 2-3 of a solo Structure A setup. Sustainability is the point rather than raw volume: [Buffer's study of more than 100,000 accounts across a 26-week window](https://buffer.com/resources/consistent-posting-study/) found the most consistent posters earned roughly 5x the engagement per post of inconsistent ones. ## The 6 mistakes that kill 80% of YouTube automation channels in 90 days We have watched dozens of automation operators launch and fail in 2025-2026. The failure modes cluster into six patterns. Most failures come from skipping the validation stage and over-investing before the niche is proven. **1\. Picking a niche by RPM alone.** Personal finance pays $20 RPM. It also has the most sophisticated competitors on YouTube. Pick a niche where you can credibly compete, not just one with high CPMs. The [faceless YouTube channel idea generator](/tools/faceless-youtube-channel-idea-generator) filters by audience experience level for this reason. **2\. Jumping to Structure C before one channel is proven.** Hiring writers, editors, and thumbnail designers for 5 channels burns $15,000+ per month in pure overhead. Doing it before any single channel has hit $5K monthly revenue is how operators lose six-figure sums in 90 days. **3\. Inconsistent format within a channel.** Every video looks like a different channel because the writer changed the structure. YouTube's algorithm cannot model who to show the channel to. Lock the format for 30+ videos before testing variations. **4\. Skipping the publishing layer.** Manually uploading to YouTube, then TikTok, then Reels, then Shorts for 15 videos per week is roughly 11 hours of operator time per week. Tools like PostEverywhere do the same job in about 30 minutes per week. **5\. Optimising for AI tool sophistication over output speed.** The operator who ships 5 mediocre videos per week beats the operator who ships 1 perfect video per week. The algorithm rewards cadence more than craft until you cross 100,000 views per video. **6\. Quitting at video 30 instead of video 100.** The algorithm needs 100-150 videos of data per channel before it reliably understands your audience. Operators who quit at video 30 leave just before the compounding curve. ## How much can you make with YouTube automation? 3 income tiers To make the numbers concrete. The RPM bands behind these scenarios are from our [YouTube CPM and RPM by niche data](/blog/youtube-cpm-rpm-by-niche-2026). For an outside sanity check, [Backlinko's YouTube usage data](https://backlinko.com/youtube-users) brackets typical creator earnings between $1.61 and $29.30 per 1,000 video views, which is the spread every scenario below sits inside. **Scenario A: Solo operator, year 1, one channel in finance niche** - 100,000 monthly views, $18 RPM - Monthly ad revenue: ~$1,800 - Plus affiliate revenue (credit cards, brokerages): often $1,000-$3,000 - Annual realistic total: $30,000-$60,000 - Operator hours: 15-25/week **Scenario B: Operator + writers, year 2, three channels each in different finance sub-niches** - 150,000 monthly views per channel average × 3 channels - Average $16 RPM - Monthly ad revenue: ~$7,200 across 3 channels - Plus affiliate: ~$3,000-$8,000/month - Annual realistic total: $120,000-$200,000 - Operator hours: 25-35/week - Monthly cost: ~$1,200 **Scenario C: Manager + small team, year 3, five channels in mixed tier 1/2 niches** - 300,000 monthly views per channel average × 5 channels - Average $14 RPM - Monthly ad revenue: ~$21,000 across 5 channels - Plus affiliate + sponsorships: ~$10,000-$25,000/month - Annual realistic total: $400,000-$700,000 - Operator hours: 35-45/week (management, not production) - Monthly cost: ~$12,000-$15,000 The Scenario C numbers are realistic for the top 5-10% of automation operators who reached scale. Most do not, which is the honest framing the "make $50K a month with automation channels" content does not include. > **The whole loop in one paragraph.** Pick a niche from a validated list (filter by RPM tier and your topic familiarity). Set up the production stack (AI pipeline + voiceover + scheduler). Ship 5 videos per week to a single channel for 90 days using Structure A. Validate the niche works (channel hits 1,000 subs, 10K views per video typical). Add a writer (move to Structure B), launch a second channel in an adjacent niche. Repeat the validation cycle. Reach Structure C only after one channel hits $5K monthly. [Get started →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=inline_cta&utm_content=youtube-automation)plans from $9/month · allowance tops up monthly ## YouTube automation FAQs ### What is YouTube automation? YouTube automation is the business model where one operator runs a YouTube channel (or several) as a system rather than as creative work. Scripts come from a writer or AI tool, voiceover comes from AI or a paid narrator, visuals come from AI scenes or stock footage, and editing/publishing happen via tools or contractors. The owner stays anonymous and channels can run for weeks without their direct involvement. ### Is YouTube automation profitable in 2026? Yes, for operators who pick the right niche and survive the first 90-100 videos per channel. Realistic ranges: solo Structure A operators earn $30K-$60K per year per channel at established scale; multi-channel Structure B operators earn $120K-$200K; small-team Structure C operators reach $400K+. Most operators never reach Structure C; that figure is the top 5-10% outcome, not the median. Demand is not the constraint here, execution is: [Pew Research Center](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/fact-sheet/social-media/) found 84% of US adults say they use YouTube. ### Is YouTube automation legal? Legal, yes. Monetisable is the narrower and more useful question. YouTube's policies allow AI-generated content, multiple-channel ownership by one operator, and hiring contractors to produce videos, and AI generation of original content on original topics is permitted under the [YouTube Partner Program](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/72851). The constraints are copyright, misleading metadata, child-safety rules, and since July 2025 the "inauthentic content" rule. [Search Engine Journal reports](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/youtube-explains-what-can-stop-a-channel-getting-paid/583096/) that templated AI output and AI personas presented as experts on health, legal, finance, or political topics are ineligible for monetisation, and that YouTube leaves those videos up on the platform while declining to pay for them. ### How much money do you need to start YouTube automation? The Solo Structure A setup runs $30-$80 per month in software with no human contractors. That is the realistic minimum. Most operators can prove a niche works at this budget over 90 days before scaling. Skipping ahead to hiring writers, editors, and thumbnail designers (Structure C) before validating a niche is the single most common reason new operators lose capital. ### Can I run YouTube automation as a one-person side business? Yes, in Structure A. Realistic time investment is 15-25 hours per week per channel. Most solo operators max out at 2 channels because the operator becomes the bottleneck for ideation, review, and publishing. Past 2 channels, hiring a writer or moving to a more AI-heavy stack becomes necessary. [Our YouTube money calculator](/tools/youtube-money-calculator) projects realistic monthly earnings at any view count. ### How is YouTube automation different from a faceless YouTube channel? A faceless YouTube channel is the format: the creator does not appear on camera. YouTube automation is the business model: the channel runs as a system, often across multiple channels owned by one operator. Most automation channels are faceless (presenter overhead breaks the system), but a faceless channel run by one creator doing everything is not "automated" in the business sense. For the faceless format itself, see our [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) page. ### What is the best niche for YouTube automation? Highest-RPM niches that also tolerate templated content production are personal finance, real estate investing, tech reviews, business case studies, and history deep-dives. Pick from the highest tier where you genuinely understand the topic enough to brief writers and review scripts. For 27 specific automation-friendly niches see our [YouTube automation niches listicle](/blog/youtube-automation-niches). ### What tools do I actually need for YouTube automation? Six categories: research/ideation, scripting, voiceover, video production, publishing/cross-posting, and analytics. The Solo Structure A minimum stack covers all six with under $80 per month total. See the [YouTube automation tools roundup](/blog/best-youtube-automation-tools) for the full comparison with real pricing. ### How long does it take to make money with YouTube automation? Most channels hit the 1,000 subscriber + 4,000 watch hour monetisation threshold in 6-18 months. Reaching meaningful income ($1,000+/month per channel) typically takes 9-12 months from launch in mid-tier niches and 12-18 months in high-RPM but more competitive niches. Multi-channel operators hit revenue faster across the portfolio because individual channels compound on different timelines. From 1 February 2027 that entry bar doubles for new applicants, to 8,000 qualified watch hours or 20 million qualified Shorts views, per [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/10/youtube-now-requires-creators-to-have-twice-as-many-watch-hours-to-start-earning-money/); budget an extra quarter per channel accordingly. ### Should I cross-post automation videos to TikTok and Reels? Yes. The same 9:16 vertical short form works across YouTube Shorts, TikTok, and Instagram Reels with no re-editing. Cross-posting triples your distribution at zero additional production cost. [PostEverywhere](https://www.posteverywhere.ai/) schedules to all three platforms (plus X, LinkedIn, Threads, Bluesky, Facebook) from one queue, which is the operational piece most operators underestimate when planning their cadence. ![Jamie Partridge](/images/authors/jamie-partridge.webp) Written by [Jamie Partridge](/about/jamie-partridge) Founder at MakeAIVideo. Writing about AI video generation, scripting, scenes, and shipping content faster. [More about the author](/about/jamie-partridge) ## Free AI video tools - [ YouTube Money Calculator Estimate YouTube ad revenue from views with niche-specific RPM ranges from 2026 creator-economy data. Low, typical, and high earnings band. ](/tools/youtube-money-calculator) - [ Speech Time Calculator Paste your script and instantly calculate spoken duration at 5 speaking rates (audiobook, conversational, presenter, energetic, auctioneer). ](/tools/speech-time-calculator) - [ Faceless YouTube Idea Generator Tailored faceless YouTube channel ideas filtered by income target, production style, and audience experience. RPM bands included. ](/tools/faceless-youtube-channel-idea-generator) - [ Video Script Generator Generate 6 full HOOK / BODY / CTA video scripts in any format, short-form, long-form, tutorial, VSL, talking-head, product demo. 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This is the full 2026 breakdown: real CPM and RPM ranges across 12 niches sourced from creator surveys and aggregate data, the math that turns views into income, the geographic and seasonal effects that move RPM 30-80% within a year, and the practical levers creators can pull to lift their numbers without changing niches. ## What's the difference between YouTube CPM and RPM? CPM and RPM are often used interchangeably, but they measure different things and confuse most new creators. Getting this right is the foundation of every YouTube earnings projection. **CPM (cost per mille)** is what advertisers pay per 1,000 ad impressions. It's the auction-determined price in YouTube's ad system, and it's what gets quoted in ad-buying conversations. **RPM (revenue per mille)** is what creators actually receive per 1,000 video views, after [YouTube's 45% revenue share](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/72857) and the fact that not every view shows a monetisable ad. RPM is the right number for projecting creator income. The relationship: **RPM is typically 40-55% of CPM.** A channel with a $20 CPM lands at $9-$11 RPM. The gap comes from YouTube's 45% revenue share plus the percentage of views that don't show ads (typically 30-50% across most channels because of ad blockers, viewer skipping, Premium subscribers, kids' content, and ineligible content). For estimating earnings on your own channel, use our free [YouTube money calculator](/tools/youtube-money-calculator), which uses RPM ranges across 12 niches and lets you plug in your custom RPM from YouTube Studio. For comparing the advertiser-side ad-buying number, our free [CPM calculator](/tools/cpm-calculator) handles that math. ## YouTube CPM and RPM by niche in 2026 A word on where these come from, because RPM data is unusually murky. There is no authoritative public dataset: YouTube does not publish per-niche RPM, and the figures circulating online are mostly creators sharing their own Studio screenshots. The ranges below are our compilation of those self-reported figures plus published industry commentary. Treat them as directional order-of-magnitude guidance for comparing niches against each other, not as forecasts for your channel. Your own Studio data beats any published range, including this one: Niche CPM range Typical RPM Notes **Personal finance & investing** $20-$60 $12-$25 Highest CPM tier; advertiser demand is intense in Q4 **B2B SaaS & tech reviews** $15-$40 $8-$18 Premium audience, narrow but high-LTV viewers **Real estate & mortgages** $18-$45 $10-$22 High RPM, seasonal (peaks spring through summer) **Business & entrepreneurship** $15-$35 $9-$18 Mixed audience; education-leaning channels run lower **Insurance & legal explainers** $20-$50 $11-$24 Tiny channels can earn outsize income at low view counts **Education (mainstream)** $8-$22 $4-$10 Long watch time, decent RPM, broad audience **Health & fitness** $6-$18 $3-$9 Wellness brands compete; supplements pay premium **DIY, crafts, home improvement** $5-$15 $2-$7 Stable, predictable; spike around DIY seasons **Lifestyle & vlog** $3-$10 $1.50-$5 Saturated category, lower advertiser demand **Beauty & fashion** $4-$12 $2-$6 Brand deals usually exceed ad revenue here **Gaming** $2-$6 $1-$3 Volume-dependent; sponsorships dominate earnings **Kids & family** $0.50-$3 $0.30-$1.50 COPPA-restricted; the lowest tier across YouTube As an outside cross-check on the overall spread, [Backlinko's YouTube usage data](https://backlinko.com/youtube-users) brackets typical creator earnings between $1.61 and $29.30 per 1,000 video views, and puts YouTube advertising revenue at $18.72 billion for the first half of 2025 alone. These ranges assume English-language content with majority US/UK/Canada/Australia audience. Channels with majority audiences in those four countries (commonly called "Tier 1") earn 5-10x the RPM of channels with majority audiences in lower-tier ad markets. Operators specifically picking niches with both high RPMs and template-friendly production should also consult the [27 automation-friendly niches](/blog/youtube-automation-niches) list, which filters the broader catalogue for scalability. ## How does audience country affect YouTube RPM? (The 5-10x multiplier) The single biggest RPM lever most creators don't realise they have is audience geography. YouTube's ad inventory is priced regionally, and the gap between high-CPM and low-CPM countries is enormous. The audience distribution makes the stakes concrete: [Statista's YouTube data hub](https://www.statista.com/topics/2019/youtube/) puts India first at roughly 518 million users and the US second at roughly 259 million, while [Pew Research Center](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/fact-sheet/social-media/) found 84% of US adults say they use YouTube. The largest audience is not the best-paying one. **Approximate RPM multipliers by audience country (using US as 1.0x baseline):** Country group RPM multiplier US, UK, Canada, Australia 1.0x (baseline) Germany, Switzerland, Nordic countries 0.9-1.2x Western Europe (FR, IT, ES, NL) 0.6-0.8x Eastern Europe (PL, CZ, HU) 0.3-0.5x Latin America (BR, MX, AR) 0.15-0.30x Southeast Asia (PH, ID, VN) 0.10-0.20x India 0.05-0.15x A finance channel with a 50% US audience and 50% India audience earns about half the RPM of a finance channel with 100% US audience, even with identical content. The implication for creators: targeting the US/UK/CA/AU audience (through topic choice, examples, and SEO) is the highest-ROI lever for lifting RPM without changing niches. Use our free [YouTube title generator](/tools/youtube-title-generator) to test US-audience-friendly framings. ## How does seasonality affect YouTube CPM? (Q4 spikes 30-80%) YouTube CPM and RPM are seasonal. The auction is heaviest in Q4 (October through December) because advertisers push holiday campaigns, and lightest in January through February when budgets reset. **Approximate seasonal RPM patterns (using full-year average as 1.0x):** Period RPM multiplier Driver October 1.15-1.30x Q4 budgets activate, Black Friday lead-up November 1.30-1.50x Black Friday and Cyber Monday peak December 1.40-1.80x Year-end spending plus holiday gift advertising January 0.70-0.85x Post-holiday budget reset, January slump February 0.75-0.90x Slow recovery March-September 0.95-1.10x Stable baseline with niche-specific spikes A finance channel that earns $20 RPM in average months might see $30+ RPM in November and December, then drop to $14-$16 in January and February. The creators who win YouTube long-term plan their highest-effort videos to publish in October through December. Our [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) page covers the publishing side of that pattern. ## What actually moves YouTube RPM within a niche? Once you've picked a high-RPM niche, four levers move your specific RPM within the niche range: **1\. Watch time per session.** YouTube serves more ads in longer videos and rewards channels with high session watch time (multiple videos viewed in one sitting). Channels publishing 10-15 minute videos with strong session continuity earn 1.5-2x the RPM of channels publishing scattered 3-5 minute videos. Search visibility points the same direction: [Backlinko's study of 1.3 million videos](https://backlinko.com/youtube-ranking-factors) found the average first-page YouTube result runs 14 minutes 50 seconds. Estimate the spoken length of a long-form script with our free [speech time calculator](/tools/speech-time-calculator) before recording. **2\. Skippable ad placement.** YouTube's mid-roll ad placement (ads inserted at natural breaks in videos longer than 8 minutes) carries significantly higher CPM than pre-roll alone. Channels editing in 1-2 natural ad break points typically lift RPM by 20-40%. **3\. Topic specificity.** Generic "personal finance tips" RPM is much lower than "how to refinance student loans" RPM. Specific high-intent topics activate higher-bidding advertisers in YouTube's auction. Use our free [video hook generator](/tools/video-hook-generator) to test specific topic framings before committing. **4\. Audience demographics.** Older audiences (35-54) earn higher RPMs than teen and young-adult audiences because advertisers pay more for buying-age viewers. This is mostly an emergent property of niche choice (finance and business naturally skew older), but creators can shift demographics through content style and reference framing. ## What does this mean for AI video creators? AI video tools change the production economics that determine which YouTube niches are viable for solo creators. The compute math: - A finance channel earning $20 RPM and producing 30 videos per month at 100K views per video earns $60,000 per year in ad revenue - A gaming channel earning $3 RPM at the same volume earns $9,000 per year The work to research, write, and edit those 30 videos per month is similar in either niche. The 6-7x earnings gap is purely niche choice. AI pipeline tools (which compress the production step from hours to minutes per video) make daily publishing realistic for solo creators, which compounds the niche-choice advantage. Volume alone does not clear the bar, though. [Search Engine Journal reported](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/youtubes-ai-slop-problem-and-how-marketers-can-compete/567297/) a Kapwing analysis identifying 278 channels publishing only low-quality AI content that collectively earned around $117 million a year as of October 2025, which is precisely the pattern YouTube's "inauthentic content" rule now targets. And [TechCrunch reports](https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/10/youtube-now-requires-creators-to-have-twice-as-many-watch-hours-to-start-earning-money/) the Partner Program entry bar doubles for new applicants from 1 February 2027, to 8,000 qualified watch hours or 20 million qualified Shorts views. Cadence still helps. Cadence without substance is now a monetisation risk rather than a shortcut. For starting an AI-driven channel at the top of the RPM ladder, from setup to shipping the first video, see our [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) page. To pick a specific niche, the free [faceless YouTube channel idea generator](/tools/faceless-youtube-channel-idea-generator) filters 47 niches by income target. For cross-platform repurposing the short-form playbook covers TikTok specifically. > **The leverage math.** Niche choice is the single biggest determinant of YouTube creator income. Two channels with identical view counts can earn 20x different revenue based on niche alone. The tooling that makes daily publishing viable (AI scripts, AI voiceover, AI b-roll) compounds the advantage of high-RPM niche selection. [Get started →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) The bigger leverage move for most established channels: rotate higher-cadence publishing through a [faceless YouTube channel generator](/faceless-youtube-channel) and stack the niche advantage on top of volume. > **The cadence-plus-niche stack.** A channel in a $20 RPM niche publishing 3 videos per week beats a $20 RPM channel publishing 1 video per week by roughly 3x on annual revenue, then beats it again on subscriber compounding. AI pipeline tools make the cadence economically feasible. [Get started →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) ## How do you calculate your projected YouTube income? The math chain: ``` monthly views × (RPM / 1000) = monthly ad revenue ``` Or equivalently: ``` monthly_views × CPM / 1000 × ad_fill_rate × 0.55 = monthly_revenue ``` Where: - CPM = advertiser-side cost per 1,000 impressions - ad\_fill\_rate = the percentage of views that show ads (typically 50-70%) - 0.55 = creator's share after YouTube's 45% cut For most creators, using RPM directly is simpler: plug your monthly views and your niche's typical RPM into our free [YouTube earnings calculator](/tools/youtube-money-calculator), and the math is done. If you have your actual RPM from YouTube Studio, use the custom RPM mode for a precise estimate. For comparing earnings against ad spend (which matters for sponsorship pricing and ad campaign benchmarking), our free [ROAS calculator](/tools/roas-calculator) and [CTR calculator](/tools/ctr-calculator) cover the math. ## 3 real-world YouTube income scenarios To make these numbers concrete: **Scenario 1: New finance channel, year 1** - 10,000 monthly views (just past YPP threshold) - Niche-typical RPM: $18 - Monthly ad revenue: ~$180 - Annual: ~$2,160 - Plus the affiliate, course, or own-product income (which typically exceeds ad revenue in finance) **Scenario 2: Established tech-reviews channel, year 2** - 250,000 monthly views - Niche-typical RPM: $12 - Monthly ad revenue: ~$3,000 - Annual: ~$36,000 - Plus brand deals at typical $1,000-$5,000 per integration **Scenario 3: Scaled education channel, year 3** - 1,000,000 monthly views - Niche-typical RPM: $7 - Monthly ad revenue: ~$7,000 - Annual: ~$84,000 - Plus course sales, sponsorships, and YouTube Premium revenue (each typically 30-100% of ad revenue at this scale) The realistic time to reach these scenarios depends on niche, cadence, and luck. Most channels that hit Scenario 2 by year 2 do so on a publish-3-to-5-times-per-week cadence in their first 18 months. Operators running multiple channels as a system (rather than one channel as a creator project) can stack these scenarios across 3-5 channels with one operator's overhead; the [YouTube automation 2026 guide](/blog/youtube-automation) breaks down the team structures and unit economics that make the multi-channel math work, and [our best YouTube automation tools comparison](/blog/best-youtube-automation-tools) covers the tool stack that hits the per-video cost floor those scenarios assume. Make an AI video in minutes Prompt or script in, finished narrated MP4 out. Plans from $9 a month. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=inline_cta&utm_content=youtube-cpm-rpm-by-niche-2026)plans from $9/month · allowance tops up monthly ## YouTube CPM FAQs ### What is the average YouTube RPM in 2026? The average is around $4-$8 RPM across all YouTube channels per [creator-economy data from Influencer Marketing Hub](https://influencermarketinghub.com/youtube-money-calculator/), but the distribution is heavily skewed by niche. Finance and tech channels average $10-$25 RPM. Gaming and entertainment average $1-$4. Lifestyle, beauty, and DIY land in the middle at $2-$6. Use the free earnings estimator with your niche to get a more accurate projection. ### Which YouTube niche has the highest CPM in 2026? Personal finance and insurance lead with CPMs of $20-$60. B2B SaaS and tech reviews follow at $15-$40. Real estate and legal explainers land at $18-$50. The lowest-CPM niches are kids' content (COPPA-restricted, $0.50-$3), gaming ($2-$6), and music ($1-$4). ### How much money do YouTubers make per 1000 views? It depends entirely on niche and audience country. A finance channel with US audience earns $12-$25 per 1,000 monetised views (RPM). A gaming channel earns $1-$3 per 1,000. Add in non-monetised views (ad blockers, Premium subscribers, kids' content) and the effective per-view earnings shrinks further. The free [YouTube money calculator](/tools/youtube-money-calculator) shows the band for your niche. ### What's the difference between CPM and RPM? CPM is what advertisers pay per 1,000 impressions of their ad. RPM is what creators receive per 1,000 video views, after YouTube's 45% revenue share and the fact that not every view shows an ad. RPM is roughly 40-55% of CPM. For estimating creator income, RPM is the right number; for ad-buying conversations and sponsorship benchmarking, CPM is the right number. ### Why is my YouTube RPM lower than the niche average? Three common causes. First, your audience may be heavily international (non-US/UK/CA/AU audiences earn 0.05-0.50x the RPM). Second, your videos may be under 8 minutes and can't carry mid-roll ads. Third, your topic specificity may be generic, which activates lower-bidding advertisers. Fixing any one of these can lift RPM 20-50% within the same niche. ### Does YouTube Premium revenue increase my RPM? Slightly, yes. [YouTube Premium subscribers](https://www.youtube.com/premium) don't see ads, but they pay a subscription fee that gets distributed to creators based on watch time. Premium revenue typically adds 5-15% to RPM for channels with engaged audiences. The base is meaningful: [Statista](https://www.statista.com/topics/2019/youtube/) puts combined YouTube Music and Premium paying users at around 125 million. It's included in the RPM you see in YouTube Studio, and the effect is largest for channels with long average watch time per video. ### How does seasonality affect YouTube CPM? CPM peaks in Q4 (October through December) at 30-80% above the annual average, driven by holiday advertising spend. CPM drops in January and February to 20-30% below the annual average as advertiser budgets reset. The pattern repeats yearly. Creators that plan their highest-effort videos to publish in October-December capture the seasonal premium. ### Is faceless YouTube content disadvantaged for CPM purposes? No. CPM is determined by topic and audience, not by whether the creator appears on camera. Faceless finance channels earn the same niche-typical RPM as on-camera finance channels. The economic advantage of faceless production (lower per-video cost via AI pipeline tools, including MakeAIVideo's [YouTube Shorts generator](/ai-shorts-generator) for the 9:16 cross-posting layer) compounds with high-niche RPM, which is why faceless YouTube has become the dominant business model in high-CPM niches. ### How do I increase my YouTube CPM and RPM? Four levers: pick a higher-CPM niche, target US/UK/CA/AU audiences specifically through topic and SEO choices, edit videos past 8 minutes to enable mid-roll ad placement (per [YouTube's monetisation policies](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/72857)), and choose specific high-intent topics over generic ones. Each lever independently lifts RPM 20-50%; stacking three or four often doubles it within the same niche. Ads are also not the only line item worth optimising: [Sprout Social's YouTube monetisation guide](https://sproutsocial.com/insights/youtube-monetization/) walks the memberships, Super Thanks, affiliate, merch, and BrandConnect routes most channels layer on top. ### What's the next step after picking a high-RPM niche? Build your production stack and start publishing. Our [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) page shows how MakeAIVideo handles the production side. For the tool landscape, the [YouTube automation tools comparison](/blog/best-youtube-automation-tools) covers the pipeline options. ![Jamie Partridge](/images/authors/jamie-partridge.webp) Written by [Jamie Partridge](/about/jamie-partridge) Founder at MakeAIVideo. Writing about AI video generation, scripting, scenes, and shipping content faster. [More about the author](/about/jamie-partridge) ## Free AI video tools - [ YouTube Money Calculator Estimate YouTube ad revenue from views with niche-specific RPM ranges from 2026 creator-economy data. Low, typical, and high earnings band. ](/tools/youtube-money-calculator) - [ CPM Calculator Calculate CPM, cost, or impressions in one click with real 2026 channel benchmarks for YouTube, Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, and CTV. ](/tools/cpm-calculator) - [ ROAS Calculator Calculate return on ad spend (ROAS), break-even ROAS, and net profit. 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Join 690+ creators making AI video ![Character Swap example: The person in your video, swapped for a character, made with MakeAIVideo](/hero-posters/character-swap.webp) The same clip, before and after. Both people are AI-generated, and the original voice and movement are kept. Your performance, someone else on screen ## Swap the character in your video, keep everything else as filmed AI character swap works on a video you upload: pick a character, and the person in the clip is replaced by your character. This is not a generated scene that approximates your video. It is your video, with the person replaced. The performance. Motion, gestures and timing as filmed. The camera. Framing, movement and shot composition. The scene. Room, lighting and props. The audio. Your original track, re-attached bit-for-bit unchanged. The speech. The mouth follows the original words, so it stays in sync. The format. The aspect ratio you shot in, at 1080p on the short side. Character Swap Your video ![](/hero-posters/talking-avatar.webp)rooftop-take.mp4 · 0:08 Who should they become? A characterA photo ![](/images/home/characters/zara.webp) ![](/images/home/characters/luna.webp) ![](/images/home/characters/sophia.webp) ![](/images/home/characters/chloe.webp) ![](/images/home/characters/aria.webp) I own this video or have permission to use it. Estimated cost ~172 credits Example Swap character How it works ## How AI character swap works Kling O3 Pro keeps the motion, camera and timing of your clip and replaces who is on screen. Four steps, one screen. 1. Step 1 ### Upload your clip MP4, MOV or WebM, 3 to 60 seconds, up to 100 MB. It should be your own footage, or footage you have the rights to use. Any aspect ratio works and the output keeps whichever one you started with. The price per second shows before you upload. 2. Step 2 ### Choose who they become Pick a character you have already saved, one of the presets, or upload a photo of the character you want on screen: one clear, face-on photo works, and up to two more angles get a closer match. The same saved character can be reused across clips so a series stays consistent. 3. Step 3 ### Add a note and confirm your rights Optionally say what to keep or change, such as "keep the glasses, give them a denim jacket". Then confirm you own the video or have permission to use it, and press Swap character. 4. Step 4 ### Render and download The person is replaced and everything else is left alone. It takes a few minutes rather than seconds, because every frame is regenerated. Output is 1080p on the short side at 30 fps, in the aspect ratio you filmed. Before you film ## How to swap characters in video and get a clean result The swap keeps what you filmed, so the clip you upload decides most of the result. These are the things that make a take swap well. ### One person, clearly visible Character swap works best with one clearly visible person in the shot. There is no control for choosing which of several people gets replaced, so frame the take around the one person you want to swap. ### A steady shot A tripod or a steady handheld take gives the cleanest result. The camera move is kept as filmed, so a shaky clip comes back just as shaky, with a new person in it. ### Light the face evenly Soft, even light on the face and body makes it easier to read the expression and movement the character has to match. Avoid filming straight into a window or with half the face in shadow. ### Keep the subject in frame Frame the take so the person stays in shot from start to finish. The tool can swap just the first part of a clip, so if the part you want is in the middle, cut it out in your phone's editor before you upload. ### Start short, then go long Clips run from 3 to 60 seconds. Anything over 15 seconds is swapped in parts and joined back together, so test the look on a short take first, then run the full clip once you like the character. ### Use a face-on reference photo When you swap to a photo rather than a saved character, one clear, face-on photo works. Add up to two more angles, such as a side view or full body, for a closer match. ### Say what to keep The optional note takes up to 400 characters. Use it for the details you care about: "keep the glasses", "give them a denim jacket", "keep the watch on the left wrist". ### Record the audio you want to keep Your original sound is re-attached exactly as recorded, so the voice in the take is the voice in the finished video. Record clean audio on the day; a character swap will not change or re-voice it. Use cases ## AI character swap video ideas for creators and brands One performance, a different person on screen. These are the formats it fits best. ![A man dressed as a knight gesturing in a bright kitchen, a frame from a comedy skit](/images/blocks/character-swap/skits.webp) ### Skits with a cast of one Play every part yourself, then swap each take into a different character. Your timing and delivery carry the joke; the character carries the look. ![A presenter holding a white skincare bottle toward the camera, a frame from a creator-style ad](/images/blocks/character-swap/brand-character.webp) ### Ads with one brand character Film the ad read yourself and swap in the same saved brand character every time, so each new ad has the same face. Run the swap again with a different character to compare presenters on the same take. More in [AI UGC video](/ai-ugc-video). ![A bearded presenter in a grey blazer speaking to camera in a bright office](/images/blocks/character-swap/localised-presenter.webp) ### Localise the presenter, keep the take Run the same footage with presenters suited to different audiences, without booking a second shoot for each one. For a polished corporate read, see the [AI spokesperson video](/ai-spokesperson-video) page. ![An elderly storyteller in an armchair by a bright window, speaking to camera](/images/blocks/character-swap/storytelling.webp) ### Storytelling channels Tell the story on camera yourself and publish it as a narrator character who suits the channel. The pauses, gestures and voice stay yours. ![A stylised fictional character at a desk with a microphone, talking to camera](/images/blocks/character-swap/off-camera.webp) ### Stay off camera without losing the performance Some people are good on camera and would rather not be recognisable on it. Film it yourself, publish as a character, keep your own delivery. It suits a [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) that still wants a host. ![A young woman talking to camera on a city street, a frame from a vlog series](/images/blocks/character-swap/recurring-series.webp) ### A recurring character who is actually you Save the character once and reuse it. Every episode has the same face and your timing underneath it, which is what makes a series feel like a series. Building a persona from scratch? Try the [AI influencer generator](/ai-influencer-generator). Want a TikTok made from a one-line idea rather than your own footage? Use the [TikTok video generator](/tiktok-video-generator). Who they become ## Build a character once, reuse it in every character swap Create a character from a description or up to five reference photos and save it to your library. Then pick it in Character Swap each time you film, so every episode of a series has the same face over your own delivery. Building a recurring persona? See the [AI influencer generator](/ai-influencer-generator). Describe it or upload it. Reference photos lock the face to look like them. Saved for reuse. The same character is there for the next clip, and the one after. Or just bring photos. Skip the library and swap to a photo: one face-on shot, plus up to two more angles. Create Character 1. Describe 2. Portrait 3. Voice 4. 4Save Describe your character Example A warm, confident presenter in her late twenties, soft studio light, cream knit sweater, looking straight at the camera. Reference images Optional, locks the face to look like these ![](/images/home/characters/maya.webp) ![](/images/home/characters/maya.webp) Pick your portrait ![](/images/home/characters/maya.webp) ![](/images/home/characters/bella.webp) ![](/images/home/characters/olivia.webp) ![](/images/home/characters/aria.webp) Pick a voice Warm Narrator Calm, storytelling, perfect for explainer videos Name & save Name Maya Example Back Save Character The Create character wizard ## How to create a reusable character for character swap videos A saved character is what keeps a series consistent: the same face on every clip, with your performance underneath. The wizard has four steps. 1. Step 1 ### Describe your character Write who they are: age, look, clothes, setting. Add reference images if you want the face to look like a particular person or design; the wizard uses them to lock the face. 2. Step 2 ### Pick your portrait Choose the portrait that matches what you had in mind from the ones generated for you. That portrait is the face your swaps will use. 3. Step 3 ### Pick a voice The wizard asks for a voice so the character works across the app. A character swap keeps your original audio, so this choice does not change a swap. 4. Step 4 ### Name and save Save it to your library. From then on it sits in the Character Swap picker, ready for every new clip. Starting from a swap? "Create your own" opens the wizard and brings your clip back when you are done. Know the difference ## Character swap vs face swap vs deepfake Three terms that get used as if they mean the same thing. They don't, and the difference decides what you can make and what you can post. What this page does ### Character swap What gets replaced The whole person: face, hair, body and clothes become the character you pick. Every frame is regenerated. What stays The motion, camera, scene and original audio. The mouth follows the original words. Whose footage Your own clip, or one you have permission to use, with the right to the likeness you swap in. Where MakeAIVideo stands This is the product: available on every plan. A narrower edit ### Face swap What gets replaced Only the face. The hair, body, clothes and voice of the original person stay. What stays Everything except the face, so the rest of the person is still recognisable. Whose footage The same rule applies: footage and faces you have the right to use. Where MakeAIVideo stands Not offered as a separate tool. Character swap replaces the whole person instead. A use, not a tool ### Deepfake What it is Under the [EU AI Act](https://artificialintelligenceact.eu/article/50/), a deep fake is AI-generated or manipulated content that resembles existing persons and would falsely appear to a person to be authentic or truthful. The harm Making a real, identifiable person appear to say or do something they did not. Whose footage Usually someone who never agreed to it. That is the line. Where MakeAIVideo stands Not permitted. Using Character Swap to impersonate or deceive anyone breaches [our terms of service](/legal/terms). Consent and labelling ## Character swap consent: footage you have the right to use Before each render you confirm that you own the video or have permission to use it, that you have the right to use the likeness you are swapping in, and that you will not use it to impersonate or deceive anyone. That is a condition of use, not a formality: using this to misrepresent a real person breaches [our terms of service](/legal/terms). The box you tick before every swap > “I own this video or have permission to use it, and I have the right to use the likeness I'm swapping in. I won't use this to impersonate or deceive anyone.” When you post a swap, the platform rules apply too ### YouTube YouTube requires creators to [disclose realistic altered or synthetic content](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/14328491), including content that makes a real person appear to say or do something they didn't do, or a realistic scene that didn't actually occur. ### TikTok TikTok's synthetic media policy [requires people to label AI-generated content](https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/new-labels-for-disclosing-ai-generated-content) that contains realistic images, audio or video, and gives creators a label to do it. ### Instagram and Facebook Meta [requires people to use its AI disclosure tool](https://about.fb.com/news/2024/02/labeling-ai-generated-images-on-facebook-instagram-and-threads/) when they post photorealistic video that was digitally created or altered, and says it may apply penalties if they don't. ### EU AI Act [Article 50](https://artificialintelligenceact.eu/article/50/) says those who use an AI system to generate or manipulate content that is a deep fake shall disclose that it has been artificially generated or manipulated. Swapping yourself into an obviously fictional character is the easy case. The closer a swap gets to looking like a real, identifiable person, the more these rules matter. [Our AI disclosure](/legal/ai-disclosure) covers what that means when you publish. Connect your AI agent ## Character swap in the app, posted from your AI assistant Character Swap runs in the app. When the swapped clip is ready, Claude, ChatGPT, Grok or any MCP client can post it to your connected accounts, with an AI label in the caption if you ask for one. 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. “Post my swapped rooftop take to TikTok and YouTube on Friday at 5pm, with #AIgenerated in the caption.” It finds the swapped take. It pulls the finished video from your library; the swap is not run again. It posts on your schedule. It confirms the accounts and the caption with you first, then posts to any of the 11 platforms you have connected. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[Connect any AI agent](/agents) MCP, API and CLI are included on every plan. Connector address `https://mcp.makeaivideo.ai`Copy Works with - [Claude](/docs/mcp) - [ChatGPT](/chatgpt-video-generator) - [Grok](/docs/mcp) - [Claude Code](/docs/mcp) - [Cursor](/docs/mcp) - [Any MCP client](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) Signed in? [Connect an AI assistant →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) Worked examples ## AI character swap video cost, second by second Every swap costs 18 credits a second plus a flat 10 per render. The tool shows the price per second before you upload, the exact cost once it has read your clip, and the longest clip your balance covers. If a clip is over budget, use just its first part instead. ### Cost by clip length Clip Working Credits 3 sThe shortest clip you can swap 3 × 18 + 10 64 10 sA quick test of a new character 10 × 18 + 10 190 15 sSwapped in one pass 15 × 18 + 10 280 27 sThe longest clip the 500 trial credits cover 27 × 18 + 10 496 30 sA typical short-form video 30 × 18 + 10 550 60 sThe longest clip, swapped in parts and joined 60 × 18 + 10 1,090 ### What each plan's monthly credits cover The longest single swap one month's allowance pays for, if it all goes on swaps. - 7-day trial500 credits, new customers27 s - Lite $9/mo450 credits24 s - Solo $19/mo1,000 credits55 s - Plus $29/mo1,600 credits, one full 60 s clip with 510 left60 s - Pro $49/mo2,800 credits, two full 60 s clips with 620 left60 s Plan credits refresh every billing month. If a month runs heavy, top-up packs are a one-time purchase and those credits never expire. Full details on [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing). Pricing ## AI character swap pricing and plans 18 credits per second of video, plus a flat 10 per render: a 15 second clip is 280 credits and a full 60 seconds is 1,090. Character Swap is on every plan from $9 a month rather than gated to a higher tier, and the 7-day free trial for new customers carries 500 credits for a short test take. ### Lite The cheapest way in, with every video mode included. $9/month or $90 a year, 2 months free 450credits a month About 4 stock-footage videos or about 1 AI cinematic video 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 2 social accounts - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video - Full HD 1080p export, no watermark ### Solo For one creator posting every week. $19/month or $190 a year, 2 months free 1,000credits a month About 10 stock-footage videos or about 2 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 4 social accounts - More than double the credits of Lite - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video ### Plus Most popular Long-form, your branding and a team of three. $29/month or $290 a year, 2 months free 1,600credits a month About 16 stock-footage videos or about 3 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 6 social accounts - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - Brand Kit: your logo as a watermark on every video - 3 team seats with admin and member roles ### Pro For teams and channels running at volume. $49/month or $490 a year, 2 months free 2,800credits a month About 29 stock-footage videos or about 6 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 10 social accounts - Lowest price per credit of any plan - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - 10 team seats with admin and member roles 7-day free trial for new customers: $0 today, card required, 500 trial credits, and trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script. Video counts are estimates for 30-second videos, rounded down. Plan credits refresh every billing month and do not roll over. Every plan includes - Every way to make a video: prompt, script, talking avatar, image and character swap - 15 visual styles, captions, music and voices - 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 Busy month? Top-up packs from $9: a one-time purchase, and the credits never expire. [Compare plans and packs](/pricing) ## AI character swap FAQs Clip length, cost, audio, labelling and whose footage you can use, before you upload a take. Something else? [Visit the help center](/help) What is AI character swap? You upload a video of a person and choose a character to replace them with. The motion, gestures, camera work, background and original audio all stay as filmed; only the person changes. How do I swap characters in a video with AI? Upload the clip (MP4, MOV or WebM, 3 to 60 seconds), then choose who they should become: a character from your library, a preset, or a photo. Optionally add a note on what to keep or change, confirm you own the video or have permission to use it, and press Swap character. The person in the clip is replaced by your character, and the motion, camera, scene and original audio stay as filmed. How long can the video be? Between 3 and 60 seconds, up to 100 MB, as MP4, MOV or WebM. Clips longer than 15 seconds are processed in parts and joined back together. If your clip is longer than 60 seconds, you can swap just the first part of it. What does character swap cost? 18 credits per second of video plus a flat 10. A 10 second clip is 190 credits, a 30 second clip is 550 and a 60 second clip is 1,090. It is available on every plan, starting at $9 a month. Is AI character swap the same as a face swap? No. A face swap pastes one face over another and leaves the rest of the person alone. Character swap replaces the whole person in the clip with the character you pick, and every frame is regenerated. It is built for swapping yourself, or footage you have the rights to, into a character, not for putting a real person's face on someone else. Is character swap a deepfake? Not when you use it as intended. A deepfake makes a real person appear to say or do something they did not. Character swap is for replacing yourself, or someone who has agreed, with a character, and you confirm before every render that you will not use it to impersonate or deceive anyone. Can I swap the character in any video? Any clip from 3 to 60 seconds and up to 100 MB, as MP4, MOV or WebM, in any aspect ratio, as long as it is your own footage or you have permission to use it. The output keeps the aspect ratio you uploaded. It works best with one clearly visible person and a steady shot. Can I swap more than one person in a clip? Character swap is built for one person on screen. There is no control for choosing which of several people is replaced, so it works best when the clip has one clearly visible person. Which AI model does character swap use? Kling O3 Pro, a video-to-video model that keeps the motion, camera and timing of your clip and replaces who is on screen. Each pass covers up to 15 seconds, which is why longer clips are swapped in parts and joined. Can I try it on the free trial? Yes, if you are a new customer. The 7-day free trial carries 500 credits. Character Swap costs 18 credits a second plus 10 per render, so the trial covers a clip of about 27 seconds. The cost shows before you upload, and you can trim the clip to fit. Do I need a photo, or can I use a saved character? Either. Use a character already in your library, pick a preset, or upload a photo of the character you want: one clear, face-on photo works, and up to two more angles get a closer match. Saving the character means you can reuse the same face across a whole series. Can I keep the glasses, clothes or other details? Use the optional "Anything to keep or change?" note, up to 400 characters, for example "keep the glasses, give them a denim jacket". Does the audio change? No. Your original audio track is re-attached to the finished video exactly as recorded, bit for bit. Nothing is regenerated or re-voiced, and the mouth follows the original speech so it stays in sync. Whose footage am I allowed to upload? Your own, or footage you have permission to use, with the right to use the likeness you are swapping in. You confirm this before each render. Using it to impersonate or deceive anyone is not permitted under our terms. Do I have to label a character swap video when I post it? If it looks realistic, plan on it. YouTube requires creators to [disclose realistic altered or synthetic content](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/14328491), TikTok [requires a label on realistic AI-generated content](https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/new-labels-for-disclosing-ai-generated-content), and Meta [requires its AI disclosure tool](https://about.fb.com/news/2024/02/labeling-ai-generated-images-on-facebook-instagram-and-threads/) for photorealistic video that was digitally created or altered. [Our AI disclosure](/legal/ai-disclosure) covers what that means when you publish. How long does a render take? A few minutes rather than seconds, because every frame is regenerated rather than filtered. Longer clips take longer. What aspect ratio does it output? The same one you uploaded. Vertical 9:16, landscape 16:9 and square 1:1 all work, rendered at 1080 pixels on the short side at 30 fps. How is character swap different from an AI talking avatar? Character swap starts from a video you film, and keeps your movement and your voice. An [AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar) starts from a script you type and has a presenter read it, so nobody has to film anything. To bring a still photo to life instead, use [image to video](/image-to-video). ## More ways to make AI character videos [![](/images/blocks/pages/talking-avatar.webp)AI Talking AvatarA presenter reading a script you type.](/talking-avatar)[![](/images/blocks/pages/image-to-video.webp)Image to VideoAnimate a still instead of swapping one.](/image-to-video)[![](/images/blocks/pages/ai-influencer-generator.webp)AI Influencer GeneratorOne character across every post.](/ai-influencer-generator)[![](/images/blocks/pages/tiktok-video-generator.webp)TikTok Video GeneratorVertical videos sized for the For You feed.](/tiktok-video-generator)[![](/images/blocks/pages/faceless-youtube-channel.webp)Faceless YouTube ChannelPublish without showing your face.](/faceless-youtube-channel) ## Character swap guides and further reading [![](/images/blog/ai-influencer-prompt-library-hero.webp)AI influencer prompt library50 prompts built to keep the same character consistent post after post.Browse the AI influencer prompts](/blog/ai-influencer-prompt-library)[![](/images/blog/best-kling-ai-review-2026-hero.webp)Kling AI reviewThe Kling model family, its pricing and trade-offs. Character Swap runs on Kling O3 Pro.Read the Kling AI review](/blog/best-kling-ai-review-2026)[![](/images/blog/youtube-automation-hero.webp)Faceless YouTube channel examples18 real faceless channels grouped by format, and why each format works.See the faceless channel examples](/blog/youtube-automation-examples)[![](/images/blog/best-heygen-alternatives-hero.webp)HeyGen alternatives10 avatar and presenter tools tested on the same brief, with sourced pricing.Compare the HeyGen alternatives](/blog/best-heygen-alternatives)[![](/images/blocks/pages/ai-ugc-video.webp)AI UGC videoCreator-style ads with a presenter you choose.Make AI UGC video ads](/ai-ugc-video)[![](/images/blocks/pages/ai-spokesperson-video.webp)AI spokesperson videoA polished presenter for product and company videos.Make an AI spokesperson video](/ai-spokesperson-video) ## Ready for your first character swap? New customers get a 7-day free trial with 500 credits, enough for a swap of about 27 seconds. Plans from $9 a month after that. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/chatgpt-video-generator --- title: "ChatGPT Video Generator - Make Video in Chat | MakeAIVideo" description: "ChatGPT cannot generate video on its own. Connect MakeAIVideo and it can: ask in plain language, get a finished 1080p MP4 with voiceover, scenes and captions." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/chatgpt-video-generator format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- # Turn ChatGPT into a video generator ChatGPT writes and draws, but it does not make video. Add MakeAIVideo as a connector and it does: ask for the video you want in ordinary words and a finished 1080p MP4 comes back, with the script written, the voiceover recorded, the scenes built and captions timed to the audio. 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Join 690+ creators making AI video Prefer to do it yourself? [Prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) runs the same pipeline in your browser, no connector needed. ![Prompt to Video example: Cinematic AI scenes from a one-line prompt, made with MakeAIVideo](/hero-posters/prompt.webp) A real render from the pipeline ChatGPT calls. The honest answer ## Can ChatGPT generate videos? No, not by itself, and no prompt changes that. ChatGPT produces text and images. A finished video needs a script, a recorded voiceover, scenes, captions timed to the audio and a render at the end, and none of that happens inside the chat. What ChatGPT is very good at is calling a tool that does it. Add MakeAIVideo as a connector and the gap closes: you ask in the chat, we render, and a finished MP4 comes back. You ask in plain words. No prompt syntax to learn and no parameters to look up. Describe the video the way you would to a person. ChatGPT calls the tool. It reads the brief, picks the right call and quotes the cost before spending any of your credits. A finished video comes back. Not footage to assemble. A complete 1080p MP4 with narration and captions, ready to post. Developers Quick StartAPI KeysMCPCLIREST APIYour IDsResources Connect an AI assistant Step 1 Where do you want to use it? ClaudeMost popular ChatGPT Grok Claude Code Cursor Something else Step 2 Paste this address: `https://mcp.makeaivideo.ai` Copy address Step 3 Just ask it “Make a 45-second explainer on why bread rises, 9:16, and give me the download link.” API keysReadWriteAI Create key How it works ## How to set up the ChatGPT video generator in four steps The full walkthrough, including the tool list and what each scope grants, is in [the MCP connection guide](/docs/mcp). 1. Step 1 ### Add the connector In ChatGPT, open Settings, then Connectors, and add https://mcp.makeaivideo.ai by URL. Availability depends on your ChatGPT plan. Nothing to install and no code to write. 2. Step 2 ### Sign in once ChatGPT reads our OAuth discovery documents, registers itself and walks you through sign-in. You should not need to paste an API key anywhere. You choose which scopes to consent to: read, write and ai. 3. Step 3 ### Ask for a video Describe what you want in the chat the way you would describe it to a person. ChatGPT calls the tool, passes your brief through, and tells you what it is costing before it spends anything. 4. Step 4 ### Get the finished MP4 One call returns a complete video, not a clip to assemble: voiceover recorded, scenes built, captions timed to the audio and any music you asked for. It lands in your library, watermark-free. How it runs ## The same video pipeline, driven from ChatGPT Whatever ChatGPT asks for runs through exactly what a person uses in the browser. It quotes the cost before spending anything, polls until the render lands, and can publish the result to an account you have already connected. Same tools, same output. A video made from chat is the same 1080p MP4 the browser makes, and lands in the same library. Cost before credits. Estimates are free, so the assistant can quote a render before it spends anything. Posted if you ask. To accounts you have already connected, now or on a schedule. Create Prompt to VideoScript to VideoTalking AvatarImage to Video Your prompt Example A 30 second documentary about how the Romans built the Colosseum, with a hook in the first line and a question at the end. Or start from an example Morning habitsWhy startups failHistory deep-diveScience fact Length 15s1m3m5m10mCustom Aspect ratio 9:161:116:9 Sarah Female · American Mature, reassuring, confident Captions Word-by-word, auto-styled Estimated cost ~90 credits Example Generate video What to ask for ## What to make with the ChatGPT video generator ![A floured sourdough loaf in a proofing basket, a frame from a video made from one line](/images/blocks/chatgpt-video-generator/one-line.webp) ### A video from one line "Make me a 30-second vertical video about why sourdough needs a cold proof." The script, voice, scenes and captions all come from that sentence. ![A studio microphone and headphones in a voiceover booth, standing in for a script narrated as written](/images/blocks/chatgpt-video-generator/your-script.webp) ### A script you already wrote Paste your copy into the chat and ask for it narrated verbatim. Your words are read exactly as written, never summarised or rewritten. ![An aerial view of a white coastal village above blue sea, a frame from a video made from a travel article](/images/blocks/chatgpt-video-generator/from-article.webp) ### A video from an article Give ChatGPT a link or paste a post and ask for a short made from it. The video uses only what is in your text. ![Five ceramic mugs in shades of blue on a shelf, standing in for a batch of videos](/images/blocks/chatgpt-video-generator/batch.webp) ### A batch, in one message Ask for five variations on a hook and let the assistant queue them. It checks on progress at the pace the server asks for and reports each one back as it finishes. ![A phone on a small tripod beside a ring light, standing in for a video posted to a connected account](/images/blocks/chatgpt-video-generator/posted.webp) ### A video posted for you Ask it to publish the finished video to a connected social account, now or on a schedule. You approve each new account once through a connect link. ![A stack of silver coins beside a glass jar, standing in for a cost check before rendering](/images/blocks/chatgpt-video-generator/cost-check.webp) ### A cost check first Ask what a render will cost before committing. Estimates are free, so an assistant can quote you a price without spending any credits to find out. All included ## What the ChatGPT video connector gives you No API key to paste: OAuth handles sign-in, so a key never touches your chat window or your clipboard. Scoped consent: you grant read, write and ai separately, and you can decline any of them. Videos run up to 10 minutes, and on Plus and Pro stock-footage videos go up to 40. ### Studio AI voices A curated library of natural narrators the assistant can pick from by name. Voice The narrator for the whole video Pick a voice Play to audition Sarahfemale · american Mature, reassuring, confident Brianmale · american Deep, resonant, comforting, natural authority Lilyfemale · british Velvety, warm. British narrator Danielmale · british Authoritative British male, newscaster gravitas Matildafemale · american Knowledgeable, professional, perfect for tutorials Delivery Used when you apply Stable Calm, even Balanced Default Expressive Punchy Apply to every scene Re-records the narration. Visuals stay as they are, and your current export stays until you export again. Apply voice ### Word-by-word captions Timed to the voiceover and burned into the export, in your choice of style. Captions ![](/hero-posters/prompt.webp) Clean, minimal, burned in Edit transcript Click any word to fix typos without re-rolling voice. Scene #3 Example Light hitting your eyes left the sun eight minutes ago. Scene #4 You are looking at the past, every single time. Caption style Classic (default)SubtleSubtitle (italic)Word popHormoziBoldBeatOutlineBannerGiant numberedMinimalNone Edits save automatically Export video ### Post where it lands Finished videos can go straight to a connected account, now or scheduled. Post this video Example We upload the finished file to each account you pick. Where should it go? @yourbrand TikTok @yourbrand Instagram · Posts as a Reel Your Brand YouTube · Vertical videos post as Shorts Caption Rewrite Rome did not build the Colosseum with magic. It built it with one ingredient we forgot. #history 96 / 2200 (Instagram is the shortest limit)Written from your script. Edit it freely. Customise caption per platform Schedule (optional, leave empty to post now) 10/07/2026, 09:00 AM Goes out within about two minutes of it. Schedule for 2 accounts ### In the language you ask for Script, voiceover and captions in any of 24 languages, written in that language rather than translated afterwards. Language Your prompt Example Un video de 30 segundos sobre por qué el pan sube en el horno. Auto (match my prompt) Auto (match my prompt) - English - EspañolSpanish - PortuguêsPortuguese - FrançaisFrench - DeutschGerman - Bahasa IndonesiaIndonesian - 日本語Japanese - 한국어Korean +16 more Script, voiceover and captions follow it Generate video Not just ChatGPT ## Make videos with ChatGPT, Claude or any MCP assistant The connector you add to ChatGPT is one MCP server, and the same address works in Claude, Grok, Claude Code, Cursor and any other MCP client. ChatGPT and Cursor need a paid plan on their side. 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. “Make a 30 second vertical video about why sourdough needs a cold proof, then post it to TikTok tonight at 7.” 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. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[Connect any AI agent](/agents) MCP, API and CLI are included on every plan. Connector address `https://mcp.makeaivideo.ai`Copy Works with - [Claude](/docs/mcp) - [ChatGPT](/chatgpt-video-generator) - [Grok](/docs/mcp) - [Claude Code](/docs/mcp) - [Cursor](/docs/mcp) - [Any MCP client](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) Signed in? [Connect an AI assistant →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) Claude Desktop, web and phone all accept a custom connector by URL, with the same OAuth sign-in. Claude Code Add the server from the command line and generate video inside a coding session. Cursor Speaks MCP, so the same server URL works without any extra adapter. Anything else A client that cannot speak MCP calls the REST API directly with a bearer key: 65 endpoints, documented. Building on top of this rather than chatting with it? [The agents page](/agents) covers idempotency, polling, error shapes and webhooks, and [the CLI](/cli) does the same work from a terminal. ## Other ways to make AI videos without ChatGPT [![](/images/blocks/pages/prompt-to-video.webp)Prompt to VideoThe same thing, in a browser.](/prompt-to-video)[![](/images/blocks/pages/script-to-video.webp)Script to VideoNarrate your words verbatim.](/script-to-video)[![](/images/blocks/pages/auto-post.webp)Auto PostPublish without a human step.](/auto-post)[![](/images/blocks/pages/ai-shorts-generator.webp)AI Shorts GeneratorVertical Shorts from one idea.](/ai-shorts-generator)[![](/images/blocks/pages/talking-avatar.webp)AI Talking AvatarA presenter reads your script.](/talking-avatar) ## ChatGPT video generator setup guides [MCP serverConnect by URL with OAuth, and the full tool list.Read the MCP server guide](/docs/mcp)[REST API65 endpoints for clients that do not speak MCP.Read the REST API reference](/docs/api)[QuickstartFirst authenticated call in a couple of minutes.Open the API quickstart](/docs/quickstart) Pricing ## ChatGPT video generator pricing: one plan for the browser and the chat A video ChatGPT makes spends the same credits as one you make in the app, from $9 a month. MCP, the API and the CLI are on every plan. Custom connectors need a paid ChatGPT plan on OpenAI's side. ### Lite The cheapest way in, with every video mode included. $9/month or $90 a year, 2 months free 450credits a month About 4 stock-footage videos or about 1 AI cinematic video 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 2 social accounts - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video - Full HD 1080p export, no watermark ### Solo For one creator posting every week. $19/month or $190 a year, 2 months free 1,000credits a month About 10 stock-footage videos or about 2 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 4 social accounts - More than double the credits of Lite - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video ### Plus Most popular Long-form, your branding and a team of three. $29/month or $290 a year, 2 months free 1,600credits a month About 16 stock-footage videos or about 3 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 6 social accounts - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - Brand Kit: your logo as a watermark on every video - 3 team seats with admin and member roles ### Pro For teams and channels running at volume. $49/month or $490 a year, 2 months free 2,800credits a month About 29 stock-footage videos or about 6 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 10 social accounts - Lowest price per credit of any plan - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - 10 team seats with admin and member roles 7-day free trial for new customers: $0 today, card required, 500 trial credits, and trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script. Video counts are estimates for 30-second videos, rounded down. Plan credits refresh every billing month and do not roll over. Every plan includes - Every way to make a video: prompt, script, talking avatar, image and character swap - 15 visual styles, captions, music and voices - 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 Busy month? Top-up packs from $9: a one-time purchase, and the credits never expire. [Compare plans and packs](/pricing) ## ChatGPT video generator FAQs What ChatGPT can and cannot do with video, how the connector signs in, and what a render costs. Something else? [Visit the help center](/help) Can ChatGPT generate videos? Not on its own. ChatGPT produces text and images, and no prompt turns that into a rendered video with a voiceover and a soundtrack. What it can do is call a tool that makes the video for it. Connect MakeAIVideo as a custom connector and asking ChatGPT for a video returns a finished 1080p MP4, because the rendering happens on our side and the assistant is driving it. How do I connect MakeAIVideo to ChatGPT? Open Settings, then Connectors, and add https://mcp.makeaivideo.ai by URL. ChatGPT reads our OAuth discovery documents, registers itself and walks you through sign-in. Availability of custom connectors depends on your ChatGPT plan. Do I need an API key? Not for this. OAuth is the normal path for ChatGPT and Claude, and it means no key is pasted into the chat. If you are writing your own client instead, send an Authorization: Bearer header with a key from your account. [the API docs](/docs/api) covers that path. Is this the same as Sora? No, and they answer different questions. Sora generates raw footage from a prompt. MakeAIVideo generates a finished video: a script, an AI voiceover, scenes matched to each beat, captions timed to the audio and optional music, rendered as an MP4 you can post without opening an editor. What does it cost to generate a video this way? The same as generating it in the browser. Plans start at $9 a month and the credit allowance refreshes every billing month. Cost estimates are free, so the assistant can quote a render before spending anything on it. Can the assistant post the video for me? Yes, to accounts you have already connected. A person approves each new account once through a connect link, after which the assistant can publish a finished video now or on a schedule and report back what happened on each platform. Does this work with Claude and other assistants? Yes. The server speaks the Model Context Protocol over streamable HTTP, so any MCP client works: Claude on desktop, web and phone, Claude Code, Cursor, and custom clients you write yourself. [the agents page](/agents) has the engineering detail. What language will the video be in? Whichever of the 24 supported output languages you ask for. The script, the voiceover and the captions are all generated in that language, not translated from English afterwards. Is there a watermark? No. Every export is a watermark-free 1080p MP4, whether a person generated it in the browser or an assistant generated it through a tool call. Can I edit what the assistant made? Yes. Anything generated through ChatGPT lands in the same library as everything else, and you can open it in the built-in editor to swap a scene, re-roll the voice or restyle the captions. ## Turn ChatGPT into a video generator Plans from $9 a month, with a credit allowance that refreshes every billing month. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/cli --- title: "AI Video from the Command Line | MakeAIVideo" description: "Generate narrated AI video from a terminal or a CI job. Device-code login with no secret pasted into a shell, from $9/month." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/cli format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- # AI video from the command line Generate a finished narrated video from a terminal or a CI job. Log in by approving a code in a browser, so no secret is ever pasted into a shell. ``` npm install -g @makeaivideo/cli ``` On npm as [@makeaivideo/cli](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@makeaivideo/cli), source on [GitHub](https://github.com/makeaivideo-ai/cli), MIT licensed. [Get an API key](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[Read the CLI docs](/docs/cli) Terminals, servers and CI ## What the AI video CLI is for Log in once with the device-code flow, then make videos through the same public API the SDK uses. Prefer HTTP or TypeScript? The [REST API and SDK](/developers) do everything it does. Render from a CI job. Generate a video on merge, on release, or on a schedule, without a browser anywhere in the loop. The device-code login means a build machine never needs a secret pasted into it interactively. Batch a backlog. Loop a list of topics, scripts or article URLs from a shell script and collect the finished MP4s. The same credit allowance as the app, no separate API bill. Try the API without writing code. Before you reach for the SDK, the CLI is the fastest way to see what a request and a finished render actually look like. Work on a remote machine. Log in on a server or a container by approving a short code in a browser on any other device. Nothing sensitive is typed into the remote shell. Developers Quick StartAPI KeysMCPCLIREST APIYour IDsResources Connect an AI assistant Step 1 Where do you want to use it? ClaudeMost popular ChatGPT Grok Claude Code Cursor Something else Step 2 Paste this address: `https://mcp.makeaivideo.ai` Copy address Step 3 Just ask it “Make a 45-second explainer on why bread rises, 9:16, and give me the download link.” API keysReadWriteAI Create key Device-code login ## AI video CLI login without a shared secret The CLI uses the device-code flow from RFC 8628. The machine asks for a short code, a human approves it in a browser somewhere else, and the machine collects the key by polling. It is the right shape for a server, a container or a build agent, where pasting a long-lived secret into a shell history is the thing you want to avoid. 1. Step 1 The machine asks for a short code. 2. Step 2 You approve it in a browser on any device. 3. Step 3 The machine collects its key by polling. [The full flow, with curl](/docs/cli)·[TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk)·[Agent integration](/agents)·[Developer hub](/developers) Rather ask than script it? ## Rather not script it? Make AI video from Claude Code or Cursor The MCP server gives a coding agent the same tools the CLI calls, with an OAuth sign-in instead of a key in your shell. Ask from your editor and it makes the video, and can post it to your accounts. 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. “Make a 45 second video walking through what changed in v2.4 from CHANGELOG.md, 16:9, and give me the MP4 link.” 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. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[Connect any AI agent](/agents) MCP, API and CLI are included on every plan. Connector address `https://mcp.makeaivideo.ai`Copy Works with - [Claude](/docs/mcp) - [ChatGPT](/chatgpt-video-generator) - [Grok](/docs/mcp) - [Claude Code](/docs/mcp) - [Cursor](/docs/mcp) - [Any MCP client](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) Signed in? [Connect an AI assistant →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) Pricing ## AI video CLI pricing: on every plan No separate API bill and no CLI tier. Renders from the terminal draw on the same monthly credits as the app. Plans start at $9 a month. ### Lite The cheapest way in, with every video mode included. $9/month or $90 a year, 2 months free 450credits a month About 4 stock-footage videos or about 1 AI cinematic video 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 2 social accounts - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video - Full HD 1080p export, no watermark ### Solo For one creator posting every week. $19/month or $190 a year, 2 months free 1,000credits a month About 10 stock-footage videos or about 2 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 4 social accounts - More than double the credits of Lite - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video ### Plus Most popular Long-form, your branding and a team of three. $29/month or $290 a year, 2 months free 1,600credits a month About 16 stock-footage videos or about 3 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 6 social accounts - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - Brand Kit: your logo as a watermark on every video - 3 team seats with admin and member roles ### Pro For teams and channels running at volume. $49/month or $490 a year, 2 months free 2,800credits a month About 29 stock-footage videos or about 6 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 10 social accounts - Lowest price per credit of any plan - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - 10 team seats with admin and member roles 7-day free trial for new customers: $0 today, card required, 500 trial credits, and trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script. Video counts are estimates for 30-second videos, rounded down. Plan credits refresh every billing month and do not roll over. Every plan includes - Every way to make a video: prompt, script, talking avatar, image and character swap - 15 visual styles, captions, music and voices - 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 Busy month? Top-up packs from $9: a one-time purchase, and the credits never expire. [Compare plans and packs](/pricing) ## AI video CLI FAQs Installing it, logging in from a server, and what it costs. Something else? [Visit the help center](/help) Is there a MakeAIVideo CLI? Yes. Install it with npm install -g @makeaivideo/cli. It is MIT licensed and the source is public on GitHub. How do I log in from a server with no browser? The device-code flow. The machine requests a short code, you approve it in a browser on any other device, and the machine collects its API key by polling. No secret is ever pasted into the terminal. Do I need the CLI to use the API? No. Everything the CLI does is available over plain HTTP with curl, or through the TypeScript SDK. The CLI is a convenience for terminals and CI, not a requirement. Does the CLI cost extra? No. It is included on every plan, drawing on the same monthly credit allowance as the app, with no separate rate card. Plans start at $9 a month. Can I recover my API key if I lose it? No. It is returned once on the authorized response and never shown again, so write it straight to your config or keychain. If it is lost, issue a new key and revoke the old one. Is it open source? Yes, MIT licensed at github.com/makeaivideo-ai/cli, alongside the SDK and the MCP server. --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/compare --- title: "MakeAIVideo vs the Alternatives | MakeAIVideo" description: "Head-to-head comparisons of MakeAIVideo against HeyGen and Synthesia, including where each one wins. Real pricing, verified against their own pages." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/compare format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- # MakeAIVideo vs the alternatives Head-to-head, with the other tool’s strengths listed before ours and pricing read from their own page rather than remembered. Where a rival is the better buy, these pages say so. - [ ## MakeAIVideo vs HeyGen HeyGen is the better buy if the video IS the presenter. MakeAIVideo is the better buy if the presenter is one scene in a finished video. HeyGen pricing verified 2026-09-13 ](/compare/heygen) - [ ## MakeAIVideo vs Synthesia Synthesia is built for enterprise training and localisation. MakeAIVideo is built for shipping marketing and social video quickly, from $9 a month. Synthesia pricing verified 2026-09-13 ](/compare/synthesia) Not sure yet? Every plan starts with a 7-day free trial: $0 today, 500 trial credits, and you can cancel any time inside the window. Plans start at $9 a month on [the pricing page](/pricing). --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/compare/heygen --- title: "MakeAIVideo vs HeyGen (2026): Honest Take | MakeAIVideo" description: "MakeAIVideo vs HeyGen: what each one is actually for, real pricing verified 2026-09-13, where HeyGen wins, and which to pick. Plans from $9 a month." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/compare/heygen format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Compare](/compare)/vs HeyGen # MakeAIVideo vs HeyGen HeyGen is the better buy if the video IS the presenter. MakeAIVideo is the better buy if the presenter is one scene in a finished video. HeyGen pricing below was read from [their own pricing page](https://www.heygen.com/pricing) on 2026-09-13. Prices move; check before you buy. ## What HeyGen is An AI avatar and spokesperson platform. You pick or clone a presenter, give it a script, and it returns a lip-synced talking-head video. ## What MakeAIVideo is A prompt-to-finished-video pipeline. One render produces the script, voiceover, generated scenes, captions, music and a platform-native export, rather than one component you then have to assemble. ## Where HeyGen beats us Worth reading first. If one of these is your requirement, buy HeyGen and stop reading. - Avatar realism and lip-sync. This is their whole product and it shows; if the deliverable is a person talking to camera, they are better at it than we are. - Custom video avatars trained on real footage of you, which we do not offer. - 175+ languages and dialects on paid plans, against our 24. - A genuine free tier. You can ship three short videos a month forever without paying. ## Where MakeAIVideo beats HeyGen - We make the whole video, not the presenter. Script, voiceover, generated scenes, captions, music and export come out of one render; HeyGen gives you a talking head and leaves the rest to an editor. - A lower floor: our entry plan is $9 a month for 450 credits, against their cheapest paid tier at $29. Top-up packs are there separately when a month runs short, and those credits never expire. - No per-seat pricing. HeyGen's Business tier adds $20 for every extra seat. - B-roll and scene generation, so a video can be more than a person speaking. ## Pricing compared ### HeyGen: monthly subscription, metered in credits - Free (free)3 videos a month, up to 1 minute each, 1080p - Creator $29/mo600 credits a month, videos up to 30 minutes, 1080p, voice cloning - Pro $49/mo1,000 credits a month, 4K export - Business $149/mo1,500 credits a month, plus $20 per extra seat, 5 custom video avatars - EnterpriseContact sales. No video duration cap Yes: 3 videos a month, capped at 1 minute each. ### MakeAIVideo: monthly plans - Lite $9/mo450 credits a month - Solo $19/mo1,000 credits a month - Plus $29/mo1,600 credits a month - Pro $49/mo2,800 credits a month 7-day free trial, $0 today. The allowance is topped back up each billing month; separate top-up packs never expire. ## Pick HeyGen if you need a photoreal custom avatar of a specific real person, or you publish in a language we do not cover. ## Pick MakeAIVideo if you want a finished video out of one render rather than a component to assemble, on a plan from $9 a month rather than a separate tool for each step. ## MakeAIVideo vs HeyGen FAQs ### Is MakeAIVideo cheaper than HeyGen? They are priced differently, so it depends on how often you publish. HeyGen is a monthly subscription, starting at $29 a month for the cheapest paid tier, and MakeAIVideo is a monthly plan too, from $9 a month (Lite, 450 credits) with a 7-day trial for new customers. If a month runs heavy, one-time top-up packs add credits that never expire. Pricing for HeyGen was verified against their own pricing page on 2026-09-13. ### What does HeyGen do better than MakeAIVideo? Avatar realism and lip-sync. This is their whole product and it shows; if the deliverable is a person talking to camera, they are better at it than we are. Custom video avatars trained on real footage of you, which we do not offer. ### Can I use both? Yes, and plenty of people should. HeyGen handles the part it is strongest at, and MakeAIVideo builds the finished video around it: script, voiceover, generated scenes, captions, music and platform-native export. ### Do I have to subscribe to MakeAIVideo? Yes, MakeAIVideo is a monthly subscription, starting at $9 a month with 450 credits included and refreshed each billing month. Every plan starts with a 7-day free trial: $0 due today, 500 trial credits, cancel any time inside the window. Separate one-time top-up packs are there when a month runs short, and those credits never expire. Try it against HeyGen yourself 7-day free trial on every plan, $0 due today. Plans from $9 a month with credits included. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) ## Other comparisons - [MakeAIVideo vs Synthesia](/compare/synthesia) - [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/compare/synthesia --- title: "MakeAIVideo vs Synthesia (2026): Honest Take | MakeAIVideo" description: "MakeAIVideo vs Synthesia: what each one is actually for, real pricing verified 2026-09-13, where Synthesia wins, and which to pick. Plans from $9 a month." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/compare/synthesia format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Compare](/compare)/vs Synthesia # MakeAIVideo vs Synthesia Synthesia is built for enterprise training and localisation. MakeAIVideo is built for shipping marketing and social video quickly, from $9 a month. Synthesia pricing below was read from [their own pricing page](https://www.synthesia.io/pricing) on 2026-09-13. Prices move; check before you buy. ## What Synthesia is An enterprise AI video platform built around stock and personal avatars, aimed at training, internal comms and localisation. ## What MakeAIVideo is A prompt-to-finished-video pipeline. One render produces the script, voiceover, generated scenes, captions, music and a platform-native export, rather than one component you then have to assemble. ## Where Synthesia beats us Worth reading first. If one of these is your requirement, buy Synthesia and stop reading. - Localisation at enterprise scale. One-click translation into 80+ languages on their top tier is genuinely hard to match. - 160+ languages and voices against our 24. - Compliance and procurement posture. If your buyer needs SSO, SOC 2 and a signed MSA, they are built for that conversation and we are not. - Avatar library depth: 240+ stock avatars at the top tier. ## Where MakeAIVideo beats Synthesia - Price at the entry point. Their Creator tier is $89 a month, or $64 billed yearly; our top plan is $49 a month, and our entry plan is $9. - You can download from the first render. Synthesia's free tier will not let you export the video at all, and our 7-day trial does. - Generated scenes rather than an avatar on a background, so the output suits social and marketing rather than corporate training. - No annual commitment to reach the usable tier, and a 7-day free trial on every plan with $0 due today. ## Pricing compared ### Synthesia: monthly subscription, metered in credits and video minutes - Basic (free)1,200 credits a month, about 10 minutes of video, no downloads - Starter $29/mo$18 a month billed yearly. Adds downloads, AI dubbing, logo removal, 125+ avatars - Creator $89/mo$64 a month billed yearly. 5 personal avatars, 180+ stock avatars, API access - EnterpriseContact sales. Unlimited minutes, 1-click translation into 80+ languages Yes, but you cannot download: the Basic plan gives about 10 minutes of video a month and keeps it on the platform. ### MakeAIVideo: monthly plans - Lite $9/mo450 credits a month - Solo $19/mo1,000 credits a month - Plus $29/mo1,600 credits a month - Pro $49/mo2,800 credits a month 7-day free trial, $0 today. The allowance is topped back up each billing month; separate top-up packs never expire. ## Pick Synthesia if you are localising a training library across dozens of languages, or your company needs enterprise procurement terms. ## Pick MakeAIVideo if you want a finished video out of one render rather than a component to assemble, on a plan from $9 a month rather than a separate tool for each step. ## MakeAIVideo vs Synthesia FAQs ### Is MakeAIVideo cheaper than Synthesia? They are priced differently, so it depends on how often you publish. Synthesia is a monthly subscription, starting at $29 a month for the cheapest paid tier, and MakeAIVideo is a monthly plan too, from $9 a month (Lite, 450 credits) with a 7-day trial for new customers. If a month runs heavy, one-time top-up packs add credits that never expire. Pricing for Synthesia was verified against their own pricing page on 2026-09-13. ### What does Synthesia do better than MakeAIVideo? Localisation at enterprise scale. One-click translation into 80+ languages on their top tier is genuinely hard to match. 160+ languages and voices against our 24. ### Can I use both? Yes, and plenty of people should. Synthesia handles the part it is strongest at, and MakeAIVideo builds the finished video around it: script, voiceover, generated scenes, captions, music and platform-native export. ### Do I have to subscribe to MakeAIVideo? Yes, MakeAIVideo is a monthly subscription, starting at $9 a month with 450 credits included and refreshed each billing month. Every plan starts with a 7-day free trial: $0 due today, 500 trial credits, cancel any time inside the window. Separate one-time top-up packs are there when a month runs short, and those credits never expire. Try it against Synthesia yourself 7-day free trial on every plan, $0 due today. Plans from $9 a month with credits included. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) ## Other comparisons - [MakeAIVideo vs HeyGen](/compare/heygen) - [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/contact --- title: "Contact MakeAIVideo | Support and Sales" description: "Contact MakeAIVideo. Reach support for help with your account, generations, credits, billing, partnerships, press, or security disclosures." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/contact format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- # Contact MakeAIVideo One inbox, real human reply. Most emails get a response within one business day (UK time). - [ Support & how-to support@makeaivideo.ai How something works, account help, or getting unstuck mid-render. ](mailto:support@makeaivideo.ai?subject=%5BSupport%5D%20) - [ Bug reports support@makeaivideo.ai Something didn't behave as expected. Include the URL + a screenshot if you can. ](mailto:support@makeaivideo.ai?subject=%5BBug%20report%5D%20) - [ Partnerships & press support@makeaivideo.ai Distribution, integrations, agency/reseller terms, media. ](mailto:support@makeaivideo.ai?subject=%5BPartnership%5D%20) Prefer one address? Email [support@makeaivideo.ai](mailto:support@makeaivideo.ai) and we’ll route it. Looking for self-serve answers first? [Check the help center](/help). --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/demo --- title: "MakeAIVideo demo: prompt to published video in 21 seconds" description: "Watch a 21-second demo: a one-line prompt becomes a finished AI video with voiceover, scenes, captions and music, then posts to TikTok, Instagram and YouTube." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/demo format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- # Watch the MakeAIVideo demo Twenty-one seconds, start to finish: a one-line prompt becomes a finished video with voiceover, scenes, captions and music, and then goes out to TikTok, Instagram and YouTube from the same screen. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) 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Join 690+ creators making AI video ## What happens, second by second 1. 00:00 ### Type the idea A plain-language prompt goes into the Create page. No storyboard, no timeline. 2. 00:05 ### It writes and renders Script, scenes, voiceover, captions and music, composed in one pass. Sped up here; a real render takes a few minutes. 3. 00:08 ### The finished video A vertical cut with burned-in captions, ready to post rather than ready to edit. 4. 00:14 ### Post everywhere One upload goes to TikTok, Instagram and YouTube, each with its own caption and title. 5. 00:19 ### Done Idea to published, in a single pass. ## The modes shown in the demo [ ### Prompt to Video The mode the demo opens in: one line of text in, a finished cut out. ](/prompt-to-video)[ ### Script to Video Bring your own script when the words matter more than the idea. ](/script-to-video)[ ### Auto-post The last beat of the demo: one upload, every connected account. ](/auto-post)[ ### MakeAIVideo pricing What a render costs, and what the trial covers. ](/pricing) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/developers --- title: "MakeAIVideo API: Generate Video by Code | MakeAIVideo" description: "The MakeAIVideo REST API: 65 endpoints that turn a prompt or script into narrated video, plus an MCP server, agents and a CLI. Included from $9/month." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/developers format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- # The MakeAIVideo API Generate a finished narrated video from a prompt or a script with a single call. 65 REST endpoints, an MCP server, agent integration and a CLI, all on the same API key and the same credit allowance as the app. [Get an API key](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[Read the quickstart](/docs/quickstart) Use cases ## What you can build with the AI video API ### Video from your own content pipeline POST a script or a prompt from your CMS, your database or a cron job, and get a finished narrated MP4 back. No editor in the loop. [Videos endpoints](/docs/api/videos) ### A recurring channel that runs itself Generate a video per row, per article or per product on a schedule, then push the result wherever you publish. [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) ### A consistent on-screen character Save a character once and reuse it across every render so an AI presenter stays the same person from video to video. [Characters endpoints](/docs/api/characters) ### Post the finished video for you Post a finished video now, or schedule it, to connected TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook Pages, LinkedIn, X, Threads, Pinterest, Bluesky, Telegram and Discord accounts. X takes videos up to 140 seconds. [Publishing endpoints](/docs/api/publishing) ### Render completion in your own app Subscribe to a webhook and get called when a render finishes or fails, instead of polling for it. [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) One key ## Five ways to call the video generation API One API key works across all of them. ### REST API 65 endpoints across 13 groups: videos, characters, scripts, voices, uploads, brand kit, webhooks and more. [Browse the API reference](/docs/api) ### MCP server Connect Claude, or any MCP client, straight to your account so an assistant can generate video as a tool call rather than by pasting an API key into a script. [Set up MCP](/docs/mcp) ### Agents Let an assistant generate finished video as a tool call, with free cost estimates before it spends and idempotent retries when it stumbles. [Build with agents](/agents) ### CLI Drive the same API from a terminal or a CI job, for scripted and batch rendering, with no secret pasted into a shell. [Use the CLI](/cli) ### TypeScript SDK A typed client that handles polling, webhook signature verification and error classes, so the common path is three calls rather than a fetch loop. [Use the SDK](/docs/sdk) Getting started ## Start with the video generation API in three steps 1. Step 1 ### Create an API key In your account settings. The same key authenticates the REST API, the CLI and the MCP server. [Authentication](/docs/authentication) 2. Step 2 ### Make your first render POST a prompt or a script and get back a video id to track. [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) 3. Step 3 ### Get told when it is done Subscribe to a webhook rather than polling, and handle the finished MP4 in your own app. [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Open source ## Open source AI video API packages MIT licensed, on GitHub at [github.com/makeaivideo-ai](https://github.com/makeaivideo-ai) and on npm under [@makeaivideo](https://www.npmjs.com/org/makeaivideo). The OpenAPI spec is at [app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/openapi.json](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/openapi.json) and the hosted MCP server at `https://mcp.makeaivideo.ai`. - ### MakeAIVideo MCP server @makeaivideo/mcp MCP server with 44 tools that lets Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and any MCP client create finished AI videos and post them to connected social accounts. Hosted at https://mcp.makeaivideo.ai. [Docs](/docs/mcp)[GitHub](https://github.com/makeaivideo-ai/mcp)[npm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@makeaivideo/mcp) - ### MakeAIVideo TypeScript SDK @makeaivideo/sdk Official TypeScript and JavaScript SDK for the MakeAIVideo REST API: create AI videos from code and post them to connected social accounts. [Docs](/docs/sdk)[GitHub](https://github.com/makeaivideo-ai/sdk)[npm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@makeaivideo/sdk) - ### MakeAIVideo CLI @makeaivideo/cli Command line tool for MakeAIVideo: brief in, finished MP4 out, then post it. Prints JSON for AI agents and CI. [Docs](/docs/cli)[GitHub](https://github.com/makeaivideo-ai/cli)[npm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@makeaivideo/cli) Reference ## AI video API reference by group 65 endpoints, grouped by what they act on. - [Introspection3 endpoints](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos22 endpoints](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts3 endpoints](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters7 endpoints](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices3 endpoints](/docs/api/voices) - [Music2 endpoints](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads4 endpoints](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit3 endpoints](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace2 endpoints](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas2 endpoints](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing5 endpoints](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks7 endpoints](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth2 endpoints](/docs/api/auth) Pricing ## AI video API pricing: included on every plan There is no separate API bill. Renders made through the API draw on the same monthly credit allowance as the app, starting at $9 a month for 450 credits, topped back up on each billing date. New customers start with a 7-day free trial at $0 today. If a month runs heavy, top-up packs add credits that never expire. [Compare MakeAIVideo plans and pricing](/pricing). ## AI video API FAQs Open source packages, authentication, render status and what a render costs. Something else? [Visit the help center](/help) Are the packages open source? Yes. The SDK, the MCP server and the CLI are MIT licensed and public at github.com/makeaivideo-ai, published on npm as @makeaivideo/sdk, @makeaivideo/mcp and @makeaivideo/cli. Issues and pull requests are welcome on any of them. Is the API included in my plan, or priced separately? It is included. API renders draw on the same monthly credit allowance as the app, so there is no separate API bill and no separate rate card. Plans start at $9 a month for 450 credits, topped back up on each billing date. How do I authenticate? With a bearer API key created in your account settings. The same key works for the REST API, the CLI and the MCP server. Full detail, including scopes, is on the authentication page. How do I know when a render has finished? Subscribe to a webhook and we call you when the render completes or fails. Polling the video endpoint also works, but the webhook is the reason you do not have to. Can an AI assistant use MakeAIVideo directly? Yes, through the MCP server. Point an MCP client such as Claude at your account and video generation becomes a tool the assistant can call, with no glue code in between. Can the API post videos to TikTok, Instagram or YouTube? Yes. The publishing endpoints, the SDK, the CLI and the MCP server can post a finished video now or on a schedule to connected TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook Pages, LinkedIn, X, Threads, Pinterest, Bluesky, Telegram and Discord accounts. A person connects each account once in a browser. X takes videos up to 140 seconds. What does a render cost in credits? Cost scales with length and the pipeline you choose. A 30-second stock-footage video is about 95 credits and a 30-second video with AI-generated scenes about 428, so the entry plan covers a few short stock-footage videos a month before you would need a top-up pack. The estimate endpoint quotes the exact cost before you render. ## Explore more around the AI video API - [All documentation](/docs) - [API reference](/docs/api) - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) - [Auto-post to social](/auto-post) - [Prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) - [Script to video](/script-to-video) - [Pricing](/pricing) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs --- title: "MakeAIVideo API Documentation: REST and MCP" description: "Documentation for the MakeAIVideo API. Turn a brief or your own script into a finished video, subscribe to webhooks, and connect agents over MCP." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # MakeAIVideo API documentation Turn a brief or your own script into a finished short-form video, edit and regenerate parts of it, and fetch the MP4. Everything the product can do, agents can do. https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1 · v1.2 · 51 paths, 65 operations ## Start here [ Quickstart From an API key to a finished MP4, in one curl session. ](/docs/quickstart)[ Authentication Bearer keys, the read / write / ai scopes, and what a 403 means. ](/docs/authentication)[ Webhooks Signed deliveries, the retry schedule, and verifying an HMAC. ](/docs/webhooks) ## Ways to connect Three surfaces onto the same account, the same credits and the same scopes. [ MCP server Add MakeAIVideo to Claude or ChatGPT as a custom connector. ](/docs/mcp)[ Agents Async renders, idempotency, and least-privilege keys for autonomous agents. ](/docs/agents)[ CLI Device-code login for terminals and headless machines. ](/docs/cli)[ TypeScript SDK A typed client with polling, webhook verification and error classes. ](/docs/sdk) Open source packages (MIT): `@makeaivideo/mcp` ([GitHub](https://github.com/makeaivideo-ai/mcp), [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@makeaivideo/mcp)) · `@makeaivideo/sdk` ([GitHub](https://github.com/makeaivideo-ai/sdk), [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@makeaivideo/sdk)) · `@makeaivideo/cli` ([GitHub](https://github.com/makeaivideo-ai/cli), [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@makeaivideo/cli)). Machine-readable spec: [openapi.json](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/openapi.json). ## The response envelope Every JSON response has the same three keys, so a client can unwrap any endpoint the same way. SuccessCopy ``` { "data": { ... }, "error": null, "meta": { ... } } ``` On failure `data` is null and `error` carries a machine-readable `code`. FailureCopy ``` { "data": null, "error": { "message": "Insufficient credits", "code": "insufficient_credits", "retryable": false }, "meta": { ... } } ``` `retryable` is true only for 5xx and 429. Never retry a 4xx without changing the request. Two endpoints return files rather than JSON, including `GET /videos/{id}/captions`. ## The core loop Renders take minutes, so creating a video is asynchronous: you get a `video_id` immediately and collect the result later. 1. 1`GET /tools`See what we can make. 2. 2`POST /videos/estimate`Free quote, before you spend credits. 3. 3`POST /videos`Create from a brief plus fields, or your own script. Returns 202. 4. 4`GET /videos/{id}`Poll, respecting poll\_after\_seconds — or skip polling and subscribe to video.ready. 5. 5`GET /videos/{id}/download`Fetch the finished MP4. Set `idempotency_key` on create so a retry never produces, and never charges for, a second video. ## API reference Generated from the [OpenAPI document](/openapi.json), so it matches what the API actually serves. - [All endpointsEvery endpoint in one list, grouped by resource.](/docs/api) - [Introspection3 operations.](/docs/api/introspection) - [VideosCreate, inspect, edit, regenerate, export and download videos.](/docs/api/videos) - [ScriptsWrite or structure a script before rendering.](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters7 operations.](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices3 operations.](/docs/api/voices) - [Music2 operations.](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads4 operations.](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit3 operations.](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace2 operations.](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas2 operations.](/docs/api/ideas) - [PublishingConnect social accounts and post finished videos to them.](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks7 operations.](/docs/api/webhooks) - [AuthCLI device-code login (RFC 8628). Unauthenticated.](/docs/api/auth) ## API questions Does MakeAIVideo have an API? Yes. There is a REST API at https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1 covering 56 operations, plus an MCP server for assistants. Anything the product does, the API does. Can I generate video programmatically? Yes. POST a brief or your own script to /videos and the API renders a finished video with narration, scenes, captions and music, which you then download as an MP4. How much does the API cost? The API is not billed separately: renders draw on the same credits as the app. Every plan from $9 a month includes a monthly credit allowance, topped back up on each billing date, and top-up packs add credits that never expire. POST /videos/estimate quotes any job for free before you commit credits to it. How long does a render take? Minutes rather than seconds. Creation is asynchronous: you get a video id straight away and either poll for status or subscribe to a webhook that fires when the render is ready. ## More MakeAIVideo documentation In the product - [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) — credit allowances by plan - [Prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) — the same pipeline, without writing any code - [Script to video](/script-to-video) — bring your own script Specifications - [OpenAPI 3.1](https://spec.openapis.org/oas/v3.1.0) — the format our machine-readable spec is written in - [Model Context Protocol specification](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-06-18) — the protocol this server implements Further reading - [Best AI video models of 2026](/blog/best-ai-video-model-2026) — how the models we build on compare Get an API key Every plan includes API and MCP access on the same credits as the app. Create a key under Settings, Advanced, API keys. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=docs&utm_medium=docs_cta&utm_content=%2Fdocs)[MakeAIVideo plans and pricing](/pricing) Plans from $9 a month, with the allowance topped back up each billing month. --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api --- title: "API Reference | MakeAIVideo" description: "Every MakeAIVideo API endpoint: 65 operations across 13 groups, with parameters, request bodies and responses for each." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # API reference 65 endpoints across 13 groups, generated from the OpenAPI spec for MakeAIVideo API 1.2. Every endpoint uses the same bearer API key and draws on the same credit allowance as the app. New here? Start with the [quickstart](/docs/quickstart), then [authentication](/docs/authentication). If you want an assistant to call these for you rather than writing the requests yourself, see the [MCP server](/docs/mcp). The [developer hub](/developers) has the wider picture. ## [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [GET`/me`Who am I](/docs/api/introspection#get-me) - [GET`/credits`Credit balance](/docs/api/introspection#get-credits) - [GET`/tools`List create tools and their brief fields](/docs/api/introspection#get-tools) [Full introspectionreference →](/docs/api/introspection) ## [Videos](/docs/api/videos) Create, inspect, edit, regenerate, export and download videos. - [GET`/videos`List videos](/docs/api/videos#get-videos) - [POST`/videos`Create a video from a brief or your own script](/docs/api/videos#post-videos) - [POST`/videos/estimate`Free credit quote](/docs/api/videos#post-videos-estimate) - [GET`/videos/{id}`Video status and progress](/docs/api/videos#get-videos-id) - [PATCH`/videos/{id}`Edit title, topic, script or caption settings](/docs/api/videos#patch-videos-id) - [DELETE`/videos/{id}`Delete a video and its files](/docs/api/videos#delete-videos-id) - [POST`/videos/{id}/generate`Start or re-run generation (drafts, or after edits)](/docs/api/videos#post-videos-id-generate) - [POST`/videos/{id}/cancel`Cancel a running render and release its credits](/docs/api/videos#post-videos-id-cancel) - [GET`/videos/{id}/download`Signed download URL for the finished MP4](/docs/api/videos#get-videos-id-download) - [GET`/videos/{id}/renders`Past exports](/docs/api/videos#get-videos-id-renders) - [POST`/videos/{id}/renders`Export again (after edits)](/docs/api/videos#post-videos-id-renders) - [GET`/videos/{id}/renders/progress`Current export progress](/docs/api/videos#get-videos-id-renders-progress) - [POST`/videos/{id}/scenes/{n}/regenerate`Regenerate one scene (optionally with new narration)](/docs/api/videos#post-videos-id-scenes-n-regenerate) - [GET`/videos/{id}/voice`Voice regeneration progress](/docs/api/videos#get-videos-id-voice) - [POST`/videos/{id}/voice`Regenerate the voiceover with another voice](/docs/api/videos#post-videos-id-voice) - [GET`/videos/{id}/captions`Caption file (SRT or VTT), returned as text](/docs/api/videos#get-videos-id-captions) - [POST`/videos/{id}/share-link`Public, expiring link to the MP4 for people without an account](/docs/api/videos#post-videos-id-share-link) - [POST`/videos/{id}/report`Flag a generated video for review](/docs/api/videos#post-videos-id-report) - [POST`/videos/image-to-video`Animate one image into a 5 or 10 s clip; optional narration makes the subject speak it (voice + lip-sync)](/docs/api/videos#post-videos-image-to-video) - [POST`/videos/talking-avatar`Your own filmed video speaks a new script (voice + lip-sync onto your clip). For an AI presenter use POST /videos with mode talking-head](/docs/api/videos#post-videos-talking-avatar) - [POST`/videos/character-swap`Character Swap: the person in your video becomes a character or the person in your photos. Motion, camera, room and the original audio are kept; lips stay in sync. 3-60 s](/docs/api/videos#post-videos-character-swap) - [GET`/templates`Template library](/docs/api/videos#get-templates) [Full videosreference →](/docs/api/videos) ## [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) Write or structure a script before rendering. - [POST`/videos/script`Write a script from a topic or a brief (no video yet)](/docs/api/scripts#post-videos-script) - [POST`/videos/scriptify`Structure your own prose into a scene script](/docs/api/scripts#post-videos-scriptify) - [POST`/videos/fetch-url`Fetch a public article's readable text (for the article tool)](/docs/api/scripts#post-videos-fetch-url) [Full scriptsreference →](/docs/api/scripts) ## [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [GET`/characters`Preset and workspace characters](/docs/api/characters#get-characters) - [POST`/characters`Save a character from generated or uploaded assets](/docs/api/characters#post-characters) - [GET`/characters/{id}`Character detail with signed asset URLs](/docs/api/characters#get-characters-id) - [PATCH`/characters/{id}`Update name, description or voice](/docs/api/characters#patch-characters-id) - [DELETE`/characters/{id}`Delete a workspace character](/docs/api/characters#delete-characters-id) - [POST`/characters/variations`Generate 1-4 portrait candidates (spends credits)](/docs/api/characters#post-characters-variations) - [POST`/characters/voice-previews`Candidate voices reading a sample line](/docs/api/characters#post-characters-voice-previews) [Full charactersreference →](/docs/api/characters) ## [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [GET`/voices`Voice catalog plus curated picks](/docs/api/voices#get-voices) - [POST`/voices/preview`Hear any voice say your text (1-hour audio URL)](/docs/api/voices#post-voices-preview) - [GET`/voices/{id}/preview`Stock sample line for a picker voice](/docs/api/voices#get-voices-id-preview) [Full voicesreference →](/docs/api/voices) ## [Music](/docs/api/music) - [GET`/music`Your generated background tracks](/docs/api/music#get-music) - [POST`/music`Generate a background track from a prompt](/docs/api/music#post-music) [Full musicreference →](/docs/api/music) ## [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [POST`/uploads/reference`Upload reference images (multipart, field \`files\`)](/docs/api/uploads#post-uploads-reference) - [POST`/uploads/reference-from-url`Import a reference image from a public URL](/docs/api/uploads#post-uploads-reference-from-url) - [POST`/uploads/video-from-url`Import a video from a public URL (MP4/MOV/WebM, up to 100 MB) for talking-avatar or character-swap](/docs/api/uploads#post-uploads-video-from-url) - [POST`/uploads/video-avatar`Upload a talking video for the avatar mode (multipart, field \`file\`)](/docs/api/uploads#post-uploads-video-avatar) [Full uploadsreference →](/docs/api/uploads) ## [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [GET`/brand-kit`Watermark settings](/docs/api/brand-kit#get-brand-kit) - [PATCH`/brand-kit`Toggle or remove the watermark](/docs/api/brand-kit#patch-brand-kit) - [POST`/brand-kit/watermark`Upload a watermark image (multipart, field \`file\`)](/docs/api/brand-kit#post-brand-kit-watermark) [Full brand kitreference →](/docs/api/brand-kit) ## [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [GET`/workspace`The workspace this key works in](/docs/api/workspace#get-workspace) - [PATCH`/workspace`Update workspace defaults](/docs/api/workspace#patch-workspace) [Full workspacereference →](/docs/api/workspace) ## [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [POST`/ideas`Scored video ideas for a niche](/docs/api/ideas#post-ideas) - [POST`/ai/enhance-prompt`Rewrite a rough topic into a stronger brief](/docs/api/ideas#post-ai-enhance-prompt) [Full ideasreference →](/docs/api/ideas) ## [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) Connect social accounts and post finished videos to them. - [GET`/publishing/accounts`Connected social accounts, the plan's account limit, and every platform](/docs/api/publishing#get-publishing-accounts) - [POST`/publishing/accounts/connect`Link a PERSON opens to connect one OAuth account](/docs/api/publishing#post-publishing-accounts-connect) - [POST`/videos/{id}/publish`Post a finished video to connected accounts, now or scheduled (async)](/docs/api/publishing#post-videos-id-publish) - [GET`/publishing/posts`Publish history, newest first (keyset pagination)](/docs/api/publishing#get-publishing-posts) - [GET`/publishing/posts/{id}`One post: status and per-destination results](/docs/api/publishing#get-publishing-posts-id) [Full publishingreference →](/docs/api/publishing) ## [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [GET`/webhooks`List webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks#get-webhooks) - [POST`/webhooks`Create a webhook (secret returned once)](/docs/api/webhooks#post-webhooks) - [GET`/webhooks/{id}`Webhook detail](/docs/api/webhooks#get-webhooks-id) - [PATCH`/webhooks/{id}`Update URL, events, name, or re-enable](/docs/api/webhooks#patch-webhooks-id) - [DELETE`/webhooks/{id}`Delete a webhook](/docs/api/webhooks#delete-webhooks-id) - [POST`/webhooks/{id}/test`Send a signed test ping (data.test = true)](/docs/api/webhooks#post-webhooks-id-test) - [GET`/webhooks/{id}/deliveries`Last 50 delivery attempts](/docs/api/webhooks#get-webhooks-id-deliveries) [Full webhooksreference →](/docs/api/webhooks) ## [Auth](/docs/api/auth) CLI device-code login (RFC 8628). Unauthenticated. - [POST`/auth/device`Start a device login](/docs/api/auth#post-auth-device) - [POST`/auth/device/token`Poll a device login; receives the key once](/docs/api/auth#post-auth-device-token) [Full authreference →](/docs/api/auth) Get an API key Every plan includes API and MCP access on the same credits as the app. Create a key under Settings, Advanced, API keys. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=docs&utm_medium=docs_cta&utm_content=%2Fdocs%2Fapi)[MakeAIVideo plans and pricing](/pricing) Plans from $9 a month, with the allowance topped back up each billing month. --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/auth --- title: "MakeAIVideo Device Login API: CLI Authentication" description: "The device-code login pair (RFC 8628): start a login to get a user code, then poll until it is approved and receive the API key once. Unauthenticated." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/auth format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) API reference # MakeAIVideo Device Login API CLI device-code login (RFC 8628). Unauthenticated. 2 operations · https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1 ## When to use the Auth API Getting a key onto a machine that has no browser, without anyone pasting a secret into a terminal or a chat window. This is the standard device-code flow from RFC 8628, the same pattern a TV app uses when it shows you a short code to type on your phone. These two endpoints are the only unauthenticated ones in the API, for the obvious reason that a client using them does not have a key yet. Start a login, show the user the code, poll until they approve it, and receive the key once. Start a device loginCopy ``` curl -X POST https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/auth/device \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "client_name": "my-laptop" }' ``` - [POST`/auth/device`](/docs/api/auth/device-start) - [POST`/auth/device/token`](/docs/api/auth/device-token) POST`/auth/device` ### Start a device login POST https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/auth/device #### Responses - `200`Codes - `429`Too many starts from this IP`ErrorEnvelope` POST`/auth/device/token` ### Poll a device login; receives the key once POST https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/auth/device/token #### Responses - `200`pending | slow\_down | expired | denied | authorized ## Auth API questions How do I log in from a machine with no browser? Use the device-code flow. POST /auth/device returns a short user code and a URL, the person approves it in a browser anywhere, and your client polls POST /auth/device/token until it receives the key. How often should I poll for approval? At the interval the start response returns, not one you choose. Polling faster gets a slow\_down status telling you to back off. Can I retrieve the API key again later? No. The key is returned once, on the authorized response, and is never retrievable afterwards, so write it to your config or keychain immediately. ## MakeAIVideo API guides - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) — the create, poll and download loop end to end. - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) — what the read, write and ai scopes on this page mean. - [Agents](/docs/agents) — calling these endpoints from an autonomous agent. ## More MakeAIVideo documentation Specifications - [RFC 8628](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8628) — the device authorization grant these two endpoints implement Get an API key Every plan includes API and MCP access on the same credits as the app. Create a key under Settings, Advanced, API keys. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=docs&utm_medium=docs_cta&utm_content=%2Fdocs%2Fapi%2Fauth)[MakeAIVideo plans and pricing](/pricing) Plans from $9 a month, with the allowance topped back up each billing month. [← Webhooks API](/docs/api/webhooks)[All documentation →](/docs) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/auth/device-start --- title: "POST /auth/device | MakeAIVideo" description: "Start a device login. POST /auth/device in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. No scoped key required." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/auth/device-start format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # POST`/auth/device` Start a device login ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/auth/device` with a bearer API key. This route does not require a scoped key. ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 Codes 429 Too many starts from this IP ## Other auth endpoints - [POST`/auth/device/token`Poll a device login; receives the key once](/docs/api/auth/device-token) [All auth](/docs/api/auth) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/auth/device-token --- title: "POST /auth/device/token | MakeAIVideo" description: "Poll a device login; receives the key once. POST /auth/device/token in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. No scoped key requ..." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/auth/device-token format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # POST`/auth/device/token` Poll a device login; receives the key once ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/auth/device/token` with a bearer API key. This route does not require a scoped key. ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 pending | slow\_down | expired | denied | authorized ## Other auth endpoints - [POST`/auth/device`Start a device login](/docs/api/auth/device-start) [All auth](/docs/api/auth) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/brand-kit --- title: "MakeAIVideo Brand Kit API: Your Own Watermark" description: "Read the workspace watermark settings, upload your own brand image as a watermark, and toggle it or remove it from the videos you render." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/brand-kit format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) API reference # MakeAIVideo Brand Kit API 3 operations · https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1 ## When to use the Brand kit API Your own watermark, applied to your own videos. This is a branding control you switch on, not a platform mark imposed on output. The settings live at workspace level rather than per video, so a change here applies to what you render afterwards. Upload a mark with POST /brand-kit/watermark, then toggle or remove it with PATCH /brand-kit. Agencies rendering for several clients usually script the swap rather than doing it by hand. Turn your watermark onCopy ``` curl -X PATCH https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/brand-kit \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $MAV_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "show_watermark": true }' ``` - [GET`/brand-kit`](/docs/api/brand-kit/get-brand-kit) - [PATCH`/brand-kit`](/docs/api/brand-kit/update-brand-kit) - [POST`/brand-kit/watermark`](/docs/api/brand-kit/upload-watermark) GET`/brand-kit`read ### Watermark settings GET https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/brand-kit #### Responses - `200`Brand kit PATCH`/brand-kit`write ### Toggle or remove the watermark PATCH https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/brand-kit #### Responses - `200`Brand kit POST`/brand-kit/watermark`write ### Upload a watermark image (multipart, field \`file\`) POST https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/brand-kit/watermark #### Responses - `201`Uploaded ## Brand kit API questions Does MakeAIVideo watermark my videos? No. The only watermark is one you upload and enable yourself through the brand kit; it is off unless you turn it on. Can I change the watermark between renders? Yes. The watermark is a workspace setting, so PATCH /brand-kit before a render applies the change to what you produce next, which is how agencies script per-client branding. ## MakeAIVideo API guides - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) — the create, poll and download loop end to end. - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) — what the read, write scope on this page mean. - [Agents](/docs/agents) — calling these endpoints from an autonomous agent. ## More MakeAIVideo documentation In the product - [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) — which plans include branding Get an API key Every plan includes API and MCP access on the same credits as the app. Create a key under Settings, Advanced, API keys. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=docs&utm_medium=docs_cta&utm_content=%2Fdocs%2Fapi%2Fbrand-kit)[MakeAIVideo plans and pricing](/pricing) Plans from $9 a month, with the allowance topped back up each billing month. [← Uploads API](/docs/api/uploads)[Workspace API →](/docs/api/workspace) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/brand-kit/get-brand-kit --- title: "GET /brand-kit | MakeAIVideo" description: "Watermark settings. GET /brand-kit in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. Needs an API key with the read scope." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/brand-kit/get-brand-kit format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # GET`/brand-kit` Watermark settings ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/brand-kit` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `read` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 Brand kit ## Other brand kit endpoints - [PATCH`/brand-kit`Toggle or remove the watermark](/docs/api/brand-kit/update-brand-kit) - [POST`/brand-kit/watermark`Upload a watermark image (multipart, field \`file\`)](/docs/api/brand-kit/upload-watermark) [All brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/brand-kit/update-brand-kit --- title: "PATCH /brand-kit | MakeAIVideo" description: "Toggle or remove the watermark. PATCH /brand-kit in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. Needs an API key with the write scope." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/brand-kit/update-brand-kit format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # PATCH`/brand-kit` Toggle or remove the watermark ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/brand-kit` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `write` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 Brand kit ## Other brand kit endpoints - [GET`/brand-kit`Watermark settings](/docs/api/brand-kit/get-brand-kit) - [POST`/brand-kit/watermark`Upload a watermark image (multipart, field \`file\`)](/docs/api/brand-kit/upload-watermark) [All brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/brand-kit/upload-watermark --- title: "POST /brand-kit/watermark | MakeAIVideo" description: "Upload a watermark image (multipart, field `file`). POST /brand-kit/watermark in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. Needs an..." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/brand-kit/upload-watermark format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # POST`/brand-kit/watermark` Upload a watermark image (multipart, field \`file\`) ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/brand-kit/watermark` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `write` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 201 Uploaded ## Other brand kit endpoints - [GET`/brand-kit`Watermark settings](/docs/api/brand-kit/get-brand-kit) - [PATCH`/brand-kit`Toggle or remove the watermark](/docs/api/brand-kit/update-brand-kit) [All brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/characters --- title: "MakeAIVideo Characters API: AI Presenters and Voices" description: "Create and manage reusable AI presenters: generate portrait candidates, audition voices, save a character to the workspace, then update or delete it." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/characters format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) API reference # MakeAIVideo Characters API 7 operations · https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1 ## When to use the Characters API A character is a reusable presenter: a face and a voice you can put in video after video instead of getting a different stranger each render. This is what makes a series of videos look like they come from the same channel. The creation flow is deliberately two-stage. POST /characters/variations generates portrait candidates and POST /characters/voice-previews auditions voices reading a sample line, so you choose from real options rather than describing what you want and hoping. Once you have a face and a voice you like, POST /characters saves the pairing to the workspace. Generating portrait candidates spends credits, because it renders images. Listing, updating and deleting saved characters does not. - [GET`/characters`](/docs/api/characters/list-characters) - [POST`/characters`](/docs/api/characters/create-character) - [GET`/characters/{id}`](/docs/api/characters/get-character) - [PATCH`/characters/{id}`](/docs/api/characters/update-character) - [DELETE`/characters/{id}`](/docs/api/characters/delete-character) - [POST`/characters/variations`](/docs/api/characters/generate-portraits) - [POST`/characters/voice-previews`](/docs/api/characters/generate-voice-previews) GET`/characters`read ### Preset and workspace characters GET https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/characters #### Responses - `200`Characters POST`/characters`write ### Save a character from generated or uploaded assets POST https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/characters #### Responses - `201`Character GET`/characters/{id}`read ### Character detail with signed asset URLs GET https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/characters/{id} #### Parameters Name In Type Description idrequired path integer Numeric character id #### Responses - `200`Character - `404`Unknown character`ErrorEnvelope` PATCH`/characters/{id}`write ### Update name, description or voice PATCH https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/characters/{id} #### Parameters Name In Type Description idrequired path integer Numeric character id #### Responses - `200`Updated DELETE`/characters/{id}`write ### Delete a workspace character DELETE https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/characters/{id} #### Parameters Name In Type Description idrequired path integer Numeric character id #### Responses - `200`Deleted POST`/characters/variations`ai ### Generate 1-4 portrait candidates (spends credits) POST https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/characters/variations #### Responses - `200`Portraits POST`/characters/voice-previews`ai ### Candidate voices reading a sample line POST https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/characters/voice-previews #### Responses - `200`Previews ## Characters API questions How do I keep the same presenter across multiple videos? Save a character once with POST /characters, then reference it on each render. Characters persist in the workspace, so every video that uses one gets the same face and voice. Can I hear a voice before committing to it? Yes. POST /characters/voice-previews returns candidate voices reading a sample line, so you audition them against your own copy rather than picking from names. Does generating a character cost credits? Generating portrait candidates does, since it renders images. Saving, listing, updating and deleting characters does not. Can I use my own photo instead of a generated portrait? Yes. POST /characters accepts uploaded assets as well as generated ones, so a character can be built from an image you supply through the uploads endpoints. ## MakeAIVideo API guides - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) — the create, poll and download loop end to end. - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) — what the read, write, ai scope on this page mean. - [Agents](/docs/agents) — calling these endpoints from an autonomous agent. ## More MakeAIVideo documentation In the product - [AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar) — characters in the app - [AI spokesperson video](/ai-spokesperson-video) — the usual reason to save one - [AI UGC video](/ai-ugc-video) — recurring presenters in ad creative Get an API key Every plan includes API and MCP access on the same credits as the app. Create a key under Settings, Advanced, API keys. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=docs&utm_medium=docs_cta&utm_content=%2Fdocs%2Fapi%2Fcharacters)[MakeAIVideo plans and pricing](/pricing) Plans from $9 a month, with the allowance topped back up each billing month. [← Scripts API](/docs/api/scripts)[Voices API →](/docs/api/voices) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/characters/create-character --- title: "POST /characters | MakeAIVideo" description: "Save a character from generated or uploaded assets. POST /characters in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. Needs an API key..." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/characters/create-character format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # POST`/characters` Save a character from generated or uploaded assets ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/characters` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `write` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 201 Character ## Other characters endpoints - [GET`/characters`Preset and workspace characters](/docs/api/characters/list-characters) - [GET`/characters/{id}`Character detail with signed asset URLs](/docs/api/characters/get-character) - [PATCH`/characters/{id}`Update name, description or voice](/docs/api/characters/update-character) - [DELETE`/characters/{id}`Delete a workspace character](/docs/api/characters/delete-character) - [POST`/characters/variations`Generate 1-4 portrait candidates (spends credits)](/docs/api/characters/generate-portraits) - [POST`/characters/voice-previews`Candidate voices reading a sample line](/docs/api/characters/generate-voice-previews) [All characters](/docs/api/characters) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/characters/delete-character --- title: "DELETE /characters/{id} | MakeAIVideo" description: "Delete a workspace character. DELETE /characters/{id} in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. 1 parameter. Needs an API key wi..." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/characters/delete-character format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # DELETE`/characters/{id}` Delete a workspace character ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/characters/{id}` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `write` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ### Parameters Name In Required Description id path yes Numeric character id ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 Deleted ## Other characters endpoints - [GET`/characters`Preset and workspace characters](/docs/api/characters/list-characters) - [POST`/characters`Save a character from generated or uploaded assets](/docs/api/characters/create-character) - [GET`/characters/{id}`Character detail with signed asset URLs](/docs/api/characters/get-character) - [PATCH`/characters/{id}`Update name, description or voice](/docs/api/characters/update-character) - [POST`/characters/variations`Generate 1-4 portrait candidates (spends credits)](/docs/api/characters/generate-portraits) - [POST`/characters/voice-previews`Candidate voices reading a sample line](/docs/api/characters/generate-voice-previews) [All characters](/docs/api/characters) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/characters/generate-portraits --- title: "POST /characters/variations | MakeAIVideo" description: "Generate 1-4 portrait candidates (spends credits). POST /characters/variations in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. Needs a..." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/characters/generate-portraits format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # POST`/characters/variations` Generate 1-4 portrait candidates (spends credits) ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/characters/variations` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `ai` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 Portraits ## Other characters endpoints - [GET`/characters`Preset and workspace characters](/docs/api/characters/list-characters) - [POST`/characters`Save a character from generated or uploaded assets](/docs/api/characters/create-character) - [GET`/characters/{id}`Character detail with signed asset URLs](/docs/api/characters/get-character) - [PATCH`/characters/{id}`Update name, description or voice](/docs/api/characters/update-character) - [DELETE`/characters/{id}`Delete a workspace character](/docs/api/characters/delete-character) - [POST`/characters/voice-previews`Candidate voices reading a sample line](/docs/api/characters/generate-voice-previews) [All characters](/docs/api/characters) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/characters/generate-voice-previews --- title: "POST /characters/voice-previews | MakeAIVideo" description: "Candidate voices reading a sample line. POST /characters/voice-previews in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. Needs an API k..." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/characters/generate-voice-previews format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # POST`/characters/voice-previews` Candidate voices reading a sample line ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/characters/voice-previews` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `ai` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 Previews ## Other characters endpoints - [GET`/characters`Preset and workspace characters](/docs/api/characters/list-characters) - [POST`/characters`Save a character from generated or uploaded assets](/docs/api/characters/create-character) - [GET`/characters/{id}`Character detail with signed asset URLs](/docs/api/characters/get-character) - [PATCH`/characters/{id}`Update name, description or voice](/docs/api/characters/update-character) - [DELETE`/characters/{id}`Delete a workspace character](/docs/api/characters/delete-character) - [POST`/characters/variations`Generate 1-4 portrait candidates (spends credits)](/docs/api/characters/generate-portraits) [All characters](/docs/api/characters) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/characters/get-character --- title: "GET /characters/{id} | MakeAIVideo" description: "Character detail with signed asset URLs. GET /characters/{id} in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. 1 parameter. Needs an AP..." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/characters/get-character format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # GET`/characters/{id}` Character detail with signed asset URLs ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/characters/{id}` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `read` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ### Parameters Name In Required Description id path yes Numeric character id ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 Character 404 Unknown character ## Other characters endpoints - [GET`/characters`Preset and workspace characters](/docs/api/characters/list-characters) - [POST`/characters`Save a character from generated or uploaded assets](/docs/api/characters/create-character) - [PATCH`/characters/{id}`Update name, description or voice](/docs/api/characters/update-character) - [DELETE`/characters/{id}`Delete a workspace character](/docs/api/characters/delete-character) - [POST`/characters/variations`Generate 1-4 portrait candidates (spends credits)](/docs/api/characters/generate-portraits) - [POST`/characters/voice-previews`Candidate voices reading a sample line](/docs/api/characters/generate-voice-previews) [All characters](/docs/api/characters) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/characters/list-characters --- title: "GET /characters | MakeAIVideo" description: "Preset and workspace characters. GET /characters in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. Needs an API key with the read scope." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/characters/list-characters format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # GET`/characters` Preset and workspace characters ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/characters` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `read` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 Characters ## Other characters endpoints - [POST`/characters`Save a character from generated or uploaded assets](/docs/api/characters/create-character) - [GET`/characters/{id}`Character detail with signed asset URLs](/docs/api/characters/get-character) - [PATCH`/characters/{id}`Update name, description or voice](/docs/api/characters/update-character) - [DELETE`/characters/{id}`Delete a workspace character](/docs/api/characters/delete-character) - [POST`/characters/variations`Generate 1-4 portrait candidates (spends credits)](/docs/api/characters/generate-portraits) - [POST`/characters/voice-previews`Candidate voices reading a sample line](/docs/api/characters/generate-voice-previews) [All characters](/docs/api/characters) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/characters/update-character --- title: "PATCH /characters/{id} | MakeAIVideo" description: "Update name, description or voice. PATCH /characters/{id} in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. 1 parameter. Needs an API ke..." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/characters/update-character format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # PATCH`/characters/{id}` Update name, description or voice ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/characters/{id}` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `write` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ### Parameters Name In Required Description id path yes Numeric character id ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 Updated ## Other characters endpoints - [GET`/characters`Preset and workspace characters](/docs/api/characters/list-characters) - [POST`/characters`Save a character from generated or uploaded assets](/docs/api/characters/create-character) - [GET`/characters/{id}`Character detail with signed asset URLs](/docs/api/characters/get-character) - [DELETE`/characters/{id}`Delete a workspace character](/docs/api/characters/delete-character) - [POST`/characters/variations`Generate 1-4 portrait candidates (spends credits)](/docs/api/characters/generate-portraits) - [POST`/characters/voice-previews`Candidate voices reading a sample line](/docs/api/characters/generate-voice-previews) [All characters](/docs/api/characters) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/ideas --- title: "MakeAIVideo Ideas API: Concepts and Prompt Rewriting" description: "Generate scored video ideas for a niche, and rewrite a rough topic into a stronger brief before you spend any credits rendering from it." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/ideas format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) API reference # MakeAIVideo Ideas API 2 operations · https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1 ## When to use the Ideas API The step before scripting. POST /ideas returns scored video concepts for a niche, which is what a content pipeline needs when the question is what to make rather than how to make it. POST /ai/enhance-prompt does something narrower and more useful than it sounds: it rewrites a thin topic into a fuller brief. A weak brief produces a weak script and a weak video, and the failure only becomes obvious after credits are spent, so improving the brief first is the cheapest quality gain available. Get scored ideas for a nicheCopy ``` curl -X POST https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/ideas \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $MAV_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "niche": "personal finance for freelancers", "tone": "educational", "count": 10 }' ``` - [POST`/ideas`](/docs/api/ideas/generate-ideas) - [POST`/ai/enhance-prompt`](/docs/api/ideas/enhance-prompt) POST`/ideas`ai ### Scored video ideas for a niche POST https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/ideas #### Responses - `200`Ideas POST`/ai/enhance-prompt`ai ### Rewrite a rough topic into a stronger brief POST https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/ai/enhance-prompt #### Responses - `200`Enhanced ## Ideas API questions How do I generate video ideas for a niche? POST /ideas returns scored concepts for the niche you give it, which suits a pipeline that needs a queue of topics rather than one at a time. Will a better prompt actually improve the video? It is the cheapest lever available. A thin brief produces a thin script, and you only find out after rendering, so POST /ai/enhance-prompt rewrites the brief before any credits are committed. ## MakeAIVideo API guides - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) — the create, poll and download loop end to end. - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) — what the ai scope on this page mean. - [Agents](/docs/agents) — calling these endpoints from an autonomous agent. ## More MakeAIVideo documentation In the product - [Free tools](/tools) — the idea generator, no key needed Further reading - [Faceless YouTube channel ideas](/tools/faceless-youtube-channel-idea-generator) — 47 worked examples Get an API key Every plan includes API and MCP access on the same credits as the app. Create a key under Settings, Advanced, API keys. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=docs&utm_medium=docs_cta&utm_content=%2Fdocs%2Fapi%2Fideas)[MakeAIVideo plans and pricing](/pricing) Plans from $9 a month, with the allowance topped back up each billing month. [← Workspace API](/docs/api/workspace)[Publishing API →](/docs/api/publishing) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/ideas/enhance-prompt --- title: "POST /ai/enhance-prompt | MakeAIVideo" description: "Rewrite a rough topic into a stronger brief. POST /ai/enhance-prompt in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. Needs an API key..." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/ideas/enhance-prompt format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # POST`/ai/enhance-prompt` Rewrite a rough topic into a stronger brief ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/ai/enhance-prompt` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `ai` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 Enhanced ## Other ideas endpoints - [POST`/ideas`Scored video ideas for a niche](/docs/api/ideas/generate-ideas) [All ideas](/docs/api/ideas) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/ideas/generate-ideas --- title: "POST /ideas | MakeAIVideo" description: "Scored video ideas for a niche. POST /ideas in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. Needs an API key with the ai scope." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/ideas/generate-ideas format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # POST`/ideas` Scored video ideas for a niche ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/ideas` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `ai` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 Ideas ## Other ideas endpoints - [POST`/ai/enhance-prompt`Rewrite a rough topic into a stronger brief](/docs/api/ideas/enhance-prompt) [All ideas](/docs/api/ideas) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/introspection --- title: "MakeAIVideo Introspection API: Account, Credits, Tools" description: "Inspect the account behind an API key: who it belongs to, the current credit balance, and the list of create tools with their brief fields." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/introspection format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) API reference # MakeAIVideo Introspection API 3 operations · https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1 ## When to use the Introspection API Three read-only endpoints that answer the questions a client asks before it does anything else: which account am I, what can I afford, and what can I make. Call GET /tools first in almost any integration. It returns the create tools and the brief fields each one expects, which is what a POST /videos call needs to fill in. Hardcoding a tool id and its fields works until the tool library changes; reading them at runtime does not break. What can I make?Copy ``` curl https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/tools \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $MAV_API_KEY" ``` - [GET`/me`](/docs/api/introspection/get-me) - [GET`/credits`](/docs/api/introspection/get-credits) - [GET`/tools`](/docs/api/introspection/list-tools) GET`/me`read ### Who am I GET https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/me #### Responses - `200`Key, user, organization and credits`Me` - `401`Missing or invalid key`ErrorEnvelope` GET`/credits`read ### Credit balance GET https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/credits #### Responses - `200`Balance`Credits` GET`/tools`read ### List create tools and their brief fields GET https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/tools #### Responses - `200`Tools`Tools` ## Introspection API questions How do I check an API key's credit balance? Call GET /credits. It returns the balance for the organization the key belongs to, which is the right guard for a long-running job that would otherwise fail partway through a batch. What does GET /tools return? The create tools available to your account, each with the brief fields it expects. Those field names are what you pass in the fields object on POST /videos. Which account does an API key act as? GET /me identifies the account and organization behind the key. Keys belong to an organization rather than a person, so this is how a client confirms which workspace it is writing into. ## MakeAIVideo API guides - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) — the create, poll and download loop end to end. - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) — what the read scope on this page mean. - [Agents](/docs/agents) — calling these endpoints from an autonomous agent. ## More MakeAIVideo documentation In the product - [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) — how credits are allocated Get an API key Every plan includes API and MCP access on the same credits as the app. Create a key under Settings, Advanced, API keys. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=docs&utm_medium=docs_cta&utm_content=%2Fdocs%2Fapi%2Fintrospection)[MakeAIVideo plans and pricing](/pricing) Plans from $9 a month, with the allowance topped back up each billing month. [← All documentation](/docs)[Videos API →](/docs/api/videos) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/introspection/get-credits --- title: "GET /credits | MakeAIVideo" description: "Credit balance. GET /credits in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. Needs an API key with the read scope." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/introspection/get-credits format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # GET`/credits` Credit balance ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/credits` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `read` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 Balance ## Other introspection endpoints - [GET`/me`Who am I](/docs/api/introspection/get-me) - [GET`/tools`List create tools and their brief fields](/docs/api/introspection/list-tools) [All introspection](/docs/api/introspection) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/introspection/get-me --- title: "GET /me | MakeAIVideo" description: "Who am I. GET /me in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. Needs an API key with the read scope." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/introspection/get-me format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # GET`/me` Who am I ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/me` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `read` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 Key, user, organization and credits 401 Missing or invalid key ## Other introspection endpoints - [GET`/credits`Credit balance](/docs/api/introspection/get-credits) - [GET`/tools`List create tools and their brief fields](/docs/api/introspection/list-tools) [All introspection](/docs/api/introspection) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/introspection/list-tools --- title: "GET /tools | MakeAIVideo" description: "List create tools and their brief fields. GET /tools in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. Needs an API key with the read sc..." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/introspection/list-tools format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # GET`/tools` List create tools and their brief fields ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/tools` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `read` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 Tools ## Other introspection endpoints - [GET`/me`Who am I](/docs/api/introspection/get-me) - [GET`/credits`Credit balance](/docs/api/introspection/get-credits) [All introspection](/docs/api/introspection) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/music --- title: "MakeAIVideo Music API: Generate Background Tracks" description: "Generate a background music track from a text prompt, and list the tracks already generated in your workspace, ready to sit under a video." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/music format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) API reference # MakeAIVideo Music API 2 operations · https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1 ## When to use the Music API Background music from a text prompt, rather than a stock library you have to licence and search. Describe the mood and POST /music generates a track for it. Generated tracks persist in the workspace and GET /music lists them, so a track that works for one video can sit under the next without regenerating. For a channel running a consistent sound, generating once and reusing is both cheaper and more coherent than a fresh track per video. Generate a background trackCopy ``` curl -X POST https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/music \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $MAV_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "prompt": "warm lo-fi bed under a calm explainer", "duration": 30, "mood": "calm" }' ``` - [GET`/music`](/docs/api/music/list-music) - [POST`/music`](/docs/api/music/generate-music) GET`/music`read ### Your generated background tracks GET https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/music #### Responses - `200`Tracks POST`/music`ai ### Generate a background track from a prompt POST https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/music #### Responses - `201`Track ## Music API questions Where does the background music come from? It is generated from your text prompt rather than pulled from a stock library, so you describe the mood you want instead of searching for a track that fits. Can I reuse the same track across several videos? Yes. Generated tracks stay in your workspace and GET /music lists them, which is the usual approach for a channel that wants a consistent sound. ## MakeAIVideo API guides - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) — the create, poll and download loop end to end. - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) — what the read, ai scope on this page mean. - [Agents](/docs/agents) — calling these endpoints from an autonomous agent. ## More MakeAIVideo documentation In the product - [AI music video generator](/ai-music-video-generator) — music-led videos in the app Get an API key Every plan includes API and MCP access on the same credits as the app. Create a key under Settings, Advanced, API keys. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=docs&utm_medium=docs_cta&utm_content=%2Fdocs%2Fapi%2Fmusic)[MakeAIVideo plans and pricing](/pricing) Plans from $9 a month, with the allowance topped back up each billing month. [← Voices API](/docs/api/voices)[Uploads API →](/docs/api/uploads) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/music/generate-music --- title: "POST /music | MakeAIVideo" description: "Generate a background track from a prompt. POST /music in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. Needs an API key with the ai sc..." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/music/generate-music format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # POST`/music` Generate a background track from a prompt ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/music` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `ai` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 201 Track ## Other music endpoints - [GET`/music`Your generated background tracks](/docs/api/music/list-music) [All music](/docs/api/music) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/music/list-music --- title: "GET /music | MakeAIVideo" description: "Your generated background tracks. GET /music in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. Needs an API key with the read scope." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/music/list-music format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # GET`/music` Your generated background tracks ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/music` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `read` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 Tracks ## Other music endpoints - [POST`/music`Generate a background track from a prompt](/docs/api/music/generate-music) [All music](/docs/api/music) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/publishing --- title: "Publishing API Reference | MakeAIVideo" description: "The publishing endpoints of the MakeAIVideo API: 5 endpoints, with parameters, request bodies, scopes and responses." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/publishing format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) API reference # MakeAIVideo Publishing API Connect social accounts and post finished videos to them. 5 operations · https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1 - [GET`/publishing/accounts`](/docs/api/publishing/list-social-accounts) - [POST`/publishing/accounts/connect`](/docs/api/publishing/create-connect-link) - [POST`/videos/{id}/publish`](/docs/api/publishing/publish-video) - [GET`/publishing/posts`](/docs/api/publishing/list-posts) - [GET`/publishing/posts/{id}`](/docs/api/publishing/get-post) GET`/publishing/accounts`read ### Connected social accounts, the plan's account limit, and every platform GET https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/publishing/accounts #### Responses - `200`Accounts`SocialAccounts` - `403`publishing\_unavailable: publishing is not switched on for this workspace`ErrorEnvelope` - `503`publishing\_unreachable: the publishing service did not answer (retryable)`ErrorEnvelope` POST`/publishing/accounts/connect`write ### Link a PERSON opens to connect one OAuth account POST https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/publishing/accounts/connect #### Responses - `200`Link. A person must open \`url\` in a browser and approve; afterwards they land on the web app's Accounts page. Poll GET /publishing/accounts for the new account. - `403`publishing\_unavailable`ErrorEnvelope` - `409`account\_limit: the plan's account limit is reached (details.limit)`ErrorEnvelope` - `422`connect\_in\_web\_app (Bluesky, Telegram, Discord)`ErrorEnvelope` - `502`The publishing service refused or failed (retryable)`ErrorEnvelope` POST`/videos/{id}/publish`write ### Post a finished video to connected accounts, now or scheduled (async) POST https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/{id}/publish #### Parameters Name In Type Description idrequired path string Public video id, e.g. vid\_abc123 #### Responses - `202`Accepted. Poll GET /publishing/posts/{id} until done is true`Post` - `400`Video not ready, or a bad account id`ErrorEnvelope` - `403`publishing\_unavailable, or the key lacks the write scope`ErrorEnvelope` - `404`Unknown video`ErrorEnvelope` - `409`no\_accounts, account\_unavailable (details.account\_ids need reconnecting), or an idempotency\_key still in flight`ErrorEnvelope` - `422`video\_too\_large (a platform's size or length limit, such as X's 140 seconds)`ErrorEnvelope` - `502`The publishing service refused or failed (retryable)`ErrorEnvelope` GET`/publishing/posts`read ### Publish history, newest first (keyset pagination) GET https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/publishing/posts #### Parameters Name In Type Description limit query integer — cursor query string next\_cursor from the previous page video\_id query string Only this video's posts #### Responses - `200`Posts GET`/publishing/posts/{id}`read ### One post: status and per-destination results GET https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/publishing/posts/{id} #### Parameters Name In Type Description idrequired path string Publish job (post) id, e.g. pub\_abc123 #### Responses - `200`Post`Post` - `404`Unknown post`ErrorEnvelope` ## MakeAIVideo API guides - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) — the create, poll and download loop end to end. - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) — what the read, write scope on this page mean. - [Agents](/docs/agents) — calling these endpoints from an autonomous agent. Get an API key Every plan includes API and MCP access on the same credits as the app. Create a key under Settings, Advanced, API keys. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=docs&utm_medium=docs_cta&utm_content=%2Fdocs%2Fapi%2Fpublishing)[MakeAIVideo plans and pricing](/pricing) Plans from $9 a month, with the allowance topped back up each billing month. [← Ideas API](/docs/api/ideas)[Webhooks API →](/docs/api/webhooks) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/publishing/create-connect-link --- title: "POST /publishing/accounts/connect | MakeAIVideo" description: "Link a PERSON opens to connect one OAuth account. POST /publishing/accounts/connect in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. Ne..." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/publishing/create-connect-link format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # POST`/publishing/accounts/connect` Link a PERSON opens to connect one OAuth account ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/publishing/accounts/connect` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `write` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 Link. A person must open \`url\` in a browser and approve; afterwards they land on the web app's Accounts page. Poll GET /publishing/accounts for the new account. 403 publishing\_unavailable 409 account\_limit: the plan's account limit is reached (details.limit) 422 connect\_in\_web\_app (Bluesky, Telegram, Discord) 502 The publishing service refused or failed (retryable) ## Other publishing endpoints - [GET`/publishing/accounts`Connected social accounts, the plan's account limit, and every platform](/docs/api/publishing/list-social-accounts) - [POST`/videos/{id}/publish`Post a finished video to connected accounts, now or scheduled (async)](/docs/api/publishing/publish-video) - [GET`/publishing/posts`Publish history, newest first (keyset pagination)](/docs/api/publishing/list-posts) - [GET`/publishing/posts/{id}`One post: status and per-destination results](/docs/api/publishing/get-post) [All publishing](/docs/api/publishing) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/publishing/get-post --- title: "GET /publishing/posts/{id} | MakeAIVideo" description: "One post: status and per-destination results. GET /publishing/posts/{id} in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. 1 parameter...." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/publishing/get-post format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # GET`/publishing/posts/{id}` One post: status and per-destination results ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/publishing/posts/{id}` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `read` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ### Parameters Name In Required Description id path yes Publish job (post) id, e.g. pub\_abc123 ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 Post 404 Unknown post ## Other publishing endpoints - [GET`/publishing/accounts`Connected social accounts, the plan's account limit, and every platform](/docs/api/publishing/list-social-accounts) - [POST`/publishing/accounts/connect`Link a PERSON opens to connect one OAuth account](/docs/api/publishing/create-connect-link) - [POST`/videos/{id}/publish`Post a finished video to connected accounts, now or scheduled (async)](/docs/api/publishing/publish-video) - [GET`/publishing/posts`Publish history, newest first (keyset pagination)](/docs/api/publishing/list-posts) [All publishing](/docs/api/publishing) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/publishing/list-posts --- title: "GET /publishing/posts | MakeAIVideo" description: "Publish history, newest first (keyset pagination). GET /publishing/posts in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. 3 parameters...." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/publishing/list-posts format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # GET`/publishing/posts` Publish history, newest first (keyset pagination) ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/publishing/posts` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `read` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ### Parameters Name In Required Description limit query no cursor query no next\_cursor from the previous page video\_id query no Only this video's posts ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 Posts ## Other publishing endpoints - [GET`/publishing/accounts`Connected social accounts, the plan's account limit, and every platform](/docs/api/publishing/list-social-accounts) - [POST`/publishing/accounts/connect`Link a PERSON opens to connect one OAuth account](/docs/api/publishing/create-connect-link) - [POST`/videos/{id}/publish`Post a finished video to connected accounts, now or scheduled (async)](/docs/api/publishing/publish-video) - [GET`/publishing/posts/{id}`One post: status and per-destination results](/docs/api/publishing/get-post) [All publishing](/docs/api/publishing) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/publishing/list-social-accounts --- title: "GET /publishing/accounts | MakeAIVideo" description: "Connected social accounts, the plan's account limit, and every platform. GET /publishing/accounts in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every res..." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/publishing/list-social-accounts format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # GET`/publishing/accounts` Connected social accounts, the plan's account limit, and every platform ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/publishing/accounts` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `read` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 Accounts 403 publishing\_unavailable: publishing is not switched on for this workspace 503 publishing\_unreachable: the publishing service did not answer (retryable) ## Other publishing endpoints - [POST`/publishing/accounts/connect`Link a PERSON opens to connect one OAuth account](/docs/api/publishing/create-connect-link) - [POST`/videos/{id}/publish`Post a finished video to connected accounts, now or scheduled (async)](/docs/api/publishing/publish-video) - [GET`/publishing/posts`Publish history, newest first (keyset pagination)](/docs/api/publishing/list-posts) - [GET`/publishing/posts/{id}`One post: status and per-destination results](/docs/api/publishing/get-post) [All publishing](/docs/api/publishing) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/publishing/publish-video --- title: "POST /videos/{id}/publish | MakeAIVideo" description: "Post a finished video to connected accounts, now or scheduled (async). POST /videos/{id}/publish in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every resp..." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/publishing/publish-video format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # POST`/videos/{id}/publish` Post a finished video to connected accounts, now or scheduled (async) ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/{id}/publish` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `write` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ### Parameters Name In Required Description id path yes Public video id, e.g. vid\_abc123 ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 202 Accepted. Poll GET /publishing/posts/{id} until done is true 400 Video not ready, or a bad account id 403 publishing\_unavailable, or the key lacks the write scope 404 Unknown video 409 no\_accounts, account\_unavailable (details.account\_ids need reconnecting), or an idempotency\_key still in flight 422 video\_too\_large (a platform's size or length limit, such as X's 140 seconds) 502 The publishing service refused or failed (retryable) ## Other publishing endpoints - [GET`/publishing/accounts`Connected social accounts, the plan's account limit, and every platform](/docs/api/publishing/list-social-accounts) - [POST`/publishing/accounts/connect`Link a PERSON opens to connect one OAuth account](/docs/api/publishing/create-connect-link) - [GET`/publishing/posts`Publish history, newest first (keyset pagination)](/docs/api/publishing/list-posts) - [GET`/publishing/posts/{id}`One post: status and per-destination results](/docs/api/publishing/get-post) [All publishing](/docs/api/publishing) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/scripts --- title: "MakeAIVideo Scripts API: Write and Structure a Script" description: "Write a script from a topic before rendering, structure your own prose into a scene script, or pull the readable text out of a public article URL." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/scripts format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) API reference # MakeAIVideo Scripts API Write or structure a script before rendering. 3 operations · https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1 ## When to use the Scripts API Scripting is separable from rendering. These endpoints produce or normalise a script without spending render credits, which matters when a human or an agent wants to approve the words before any video is made. Three entry points depending on what you start with. A topic becomes a script with POST /videos/script. Prose you already wrote becomes a structured scene script with POST /videos/scriptify. A published article becomes readable text with POST /videos/fetch-url, ready to feed either of the other two. The output slots straight into the script field on POST /videos, so the approve-then-render workflow is: script, review, create. Script a topic without renderingCopy ``` curl -X POST https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/script \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $MAV_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "topic": "How compound interest works", "mode": "cinematic", "target_duration": 30 }' ``` - [POST`/videos/script`](/docs/api/scripts/generate-script) - [POST`/videos/scriptify`](/docs/api/scripts/scriptify) - [POST`/videos/fetch-url`](/docs/api/scripts/fetch-url) POST`/videos/script`ai ### Write a script from a topic or a brief (no video yet) POST https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/script #### Responses - `200`Script POST`/videos/scriptify`ai ### Structure your own prose into a scene script POST https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/scriptify #### Responses - `200`Script POST`/videos/fetch-url`ai ### Fetch a public article's readable text (for the article tool) POST https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/fetch-url #### Responses - `200`Page ## Scripts API questions Can I review a script before spending credits on the video? Yes, and this is the main reason these endpoints exist. Generate the script first, show it to whoever needs to approve it, then pass the approved script object to POST /videos. What is the difference between script and scriptify? POST /videos/script writes a script from a topic or brief. POST /videos/scriptify takes prose you already have and structures it into numbered scenes with narration and visual directions. Can I turn a blog post into a video script? Yes. POST /videos/fetch-url extracts the readable text from a public article, which you then pass through scriptify to get a scene script. ## MakeAIVideo API guides - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) — the create, poll and download loop end to end. - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) — what the ai scope on this page mean. - [Agents](/docs/agents) — calling these endpoints from an autonomous agent. ## More MakeAIVideo documentation In the product - [Script to video](/script-to-video) — the same step in the app - [Blog to video](/blog-to-video) — what fetch-url powers Further reading - [How to write a video script](/blog/how-to-write-an-ai-video-script) — what a good brief looks like Get an API key Every plan includes API and MCP access on the same credits as the app. Create a key under Settings, Advanced, API keys. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=docs&utm_medium=docs_cta&utm_content=%2Fdocs%2Fapi%2Fscripts)[MakeAIVideo plans and pricing](/pricing) Plans from $9 a month, with the allowance topped back up each billing month. [← Videos API](/docs/api/videos)[Characters API →](/docs/api/characters) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/scripts/fetch-url --- title: "POST /videos/fetch-url | MakeAIVideo" description: "Fetch a public article's readable text (for the article tool). POST /videos/fetch-url in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code...." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/scripts/fetch-url format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # POST`/videos/fetch-url` Fetch a public article's readable text (for the article tool) ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/fetch-url` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `ai` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 Page ## Other scripts endpoints - [POST`/videos/script`Write a script from a topic or a brief (no video yet)](/docs/api/scripts/generate-script) - [POST`/videos/scriptify`Structure your own prose into a scene script](/docs/api/scripts/scriptify) [All scripts](/docs/api/scripts) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/scripts/generate-script --- title: "POST /videos/script | MakeAIVideo" description: "Write a script from a topic or a brief (no video yet). POST /videos/script in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. Needs an AP..." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/scripts/generate-script format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # POST`/videos/script` Write a script from a topic or a brief (no video yet) ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/script` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `ai` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 Script ## Other scripts endpoints - [POST`/videos/scriptify`Structure your own prose into a scene script](/docs/api/scripts/scriptify) - [POST`/videos/fetch-url`Fetch a public article's readable text (for the article tool)](/docs/api/scripts/fetch-url) [All scripts](/docs/api/scripts) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/scripts/scriptify --- title: "POST /videos/scriptify | MakeAIVideo" description: "Structure your own prose into a scene script. POST /videos/scriptify in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. Needs an API key..." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/scripts/scriptify format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # POST`/videos/scriptify` Structure your own prose into a scene script ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/scriptify` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `ai` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 Script ## Other scripts endpoints - [POST`/videos/script`Write a script from a topic or a brief (no video yet)](/docs/api/scripts/generate-script) - [POST`/videos/fetch-url`Fetch a public article's readable text (for the article tool)](/docs/api/scripts/fetch-url) [All scripts](/docs/api/scripts) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/uploads --- title: "MakeAIVideo Uploads API: Bring Your Own Media" description: "Upload reference images as multipart or import them from a public URL, and upload a talking video to drive the video-avatar mode of a render." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/uploads format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) API reference # MakeAIVideo Uploads API 4 operations · https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1 ## When to use the Uploads API Not everything should be generated. These endpoints bring your own material into a render: product photos, a real person's likeness, footage you already own. Reference images arrive either as a multipart upload on POST /uploads/reference or by URL on POST /uploads/reference-from-url, which is the easier path for an agent that already has an image address and no file on disk. POST /uploads/video-avatar takes a talking video to drive avatar mode. Upload the asset first, then reference what comes back when you create the video. The two steps are separate calls. Import a reference image by URLCopy ``` curl -X POST https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/uploads/reference-from-url \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $MAV_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "image_url": "https://example.com/product.jpg" }' ``` - [POST`/uploads/reference`](/docs/api/uploads/upload-reference) - [POST`/uploads/reference-from-url`](/docs/api/uploads/upload-reference-from-url) - [POST`/uploads/video-from-url`](/docs/api/uploads/upload-video-from-url) - [POST`/uploads/video-avatar`](/docs/api/uploads/upload-video-avatar) POST`/uploads/reference`write ### Upload reference images (multipart, field \`files\`) POST https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/uploads/reference #### Responses - `201`Uploads POST`/uploads/reference-from-url`write ### Import a reference image from a public URL POST https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/uploads/reference-from-url #### Responses - `201`Uploads POST`/uploads/video-from-url`write ### Import a video from a public URL (MP4/MOV/WebM, up to 100 MB) for talking-avatar or character-swap POST https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/uploads/video-from-url #### Responses - `201`Upload POST`/uploads/video-avatar`write ### Upload a talking video for the avatar mode (multipart, field \`file\`) POST https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/uploads/video-avatar #### Responses - `201`Upload ## Uploads API questions Can I use my own product photos in a generated video? Yes. Upload them as reference images, then reference them when you create the video so the render works from your assets rather than generated stand-ins. Can I import an image from a URL instead of uploading a file? Yes. POST /uploads/reference-from-url imports from any public URL, which is usually simpler for a server or an agent that has an address rather than a local file. What is the video-avatar upload for? It supplies a talking video that drives avatar mode, so the presenter is built from real footage you provide rather than a generated character. ## MakeAIVideo API guides - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) — the create, poll and download loop end to end. - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) — what the write scope on this page mean. - [Agents](/docs/agents) — calling these endpoints from an autonomous agent. ## More MakeAIVideo documentation In the product - [Image to video](/image-to-video) — what reference images feed - [Image to video](/image-to-video) — the same job in the app Get an API key Every plan includes API and MCP access on the same credits as the app. Create a key under Settings, Advanced, API keys. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=docs&utm_medium=docs_cta&utm_content=%2Fdocs%2Fapi%2Fuploads)[MakeAIVideo plans and pricing](/pricing) Plans from $9 a month, with the allowance topped back up each billing month. [← Music API](/docs/api/music)[Brand kit API →](/docs/api/brand-kit) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/uploads/upload-reference-from-url --- title: "POST /uploads/reference-from-url | MakeAIVideo" description: "Import a reference image from a public URL. POST /uploads/reference-from-url in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. Needs an..." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/uploads/upload-reference-from-url format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # POST`/uploads/reference-from-url` Import a reference image from a public URL ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/uploads/reference-from-url` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `write` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 201 Uploads ## Other uploads endpoints - [POST`/uploads/reference`Upload reference images (multipart, field \`files\`)](/docs/api/uploads/upload-reference) - [POST`/uploads/video-from-url`Import a video from a public URL (MP4/MOV/WebM, up to 100 MB) for talking-avatar or character-swap](/docs/api/uploads/upload-video-from-url) - [POST`/uploads/video-avatar`Upload a talking video for the avatar mode (multipart, field \`file\`)](/docs/api/uploads/upload-video-avatar) [All uploads](/docs/api/uploads) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/uploads/upload-reference --- title: "POST /uploads/reference | MakeAIVideo" description: "Upload reference images (multipart, field `files`). POST /uploads/reference in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. Needs an A..." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/uploads/upload-reference format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # POST`/uploads/reference` Upload reference images (multipart, field \`files\`) ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/uploads/reference` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `write` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 201 Uploads ## Other uploads endpoints - [POST`/uploads/reference-from-url`Import a reference image from a public URL](/docs/api/uploads/upload-reference-from-url) - [POST`/uploads/video-from-url`Import a video from a public URL (MP4/MOV/WebM, up to 100 MB) for talking-avatar or character-swap](/docs/api/uploads/upload-video-from-url) - [POST`/uploads/video-avatar`Upload a talking video for the avatar mode (multipart, field \`file\`)](/docs/api/uploads/upload-video-avatar) [All uploads](/docs/api/uploads) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/uploads/upload-video-avatar --- title: "POST /uploads/video-avatar | MakeAIVideo" description: "Upload a talking video for the avatar mode (multipart, field `file`). POST /uploads/video-avatar in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every resp..." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/uploads/upload-video-avatar format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # POST`/uploads/video-avatar` Upload a talking video for the avatar mode (multipart, field \`file\`) ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/uploads/video-avatar` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `write` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 201 Upload ## Other uploads endpoints - [POST`/uploads/reference`Upload reference images (multipart, field \`files\`)](/docs/api/uploads/upload-reference) - [POST`/uploads/reference-from-url`Import a reference image from a public URL](/docs/api/uploads/upload-reference-from-url) - [POST`/uploads/video-from-url`Import a video from a public URL (MP4/MOV/WebM, up to 100 MB) for talking-avatar or character-swap](/docs/api/uploads/upload-video-from-url) [All uploads](/docs/api/uploads) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/uploads/upload-video-from-url --- title: "POST /uploads/video-from-url | MakeAIVideo" description: "Import a video from a public URL (MP4/MOV/WebM, up to 100 MB) for talking-avatar or character-swap. POST /uploads/video-from-url in the MakeAIVideo API, wi..." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/uploads/upload-video-from-url format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # POST`/uploads/video-from-url` Import a video from a public URL (MP4/MOV/WebM, up to 100 MB) for talking-avatar or character-swap ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/uploads/video-from-url` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `write` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 201 Upload ## Other uploads endpoints - [POST`/uploads/reference`Upload reference images (multipart, field \`files\`)](/docs/api/uploads/upload-reference) - [POST`/uploads/reference-from-url`Import a reference image from a public URL](/docs/api/uploads/upload-reference-from-url) - [POST`/uploads/video-avatar`Upload a talking video for the avatar mode (multipart, field \`file\`)](/docs/api/uploads/upload-video-avatar) [All uploads](/docs/api/uploads) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/videos --- title: "MakeAIVideo Videos API Reference: Create, Edit, Export" description: "The video endpoints of the MakeAIVideo API: create from a brief or your own script, poll a render, regenerate scenes, and export or download the MP4." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/videos format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) API reference # MakeAIVideo Videos API Create, inspect, edit, regenerate, export and download videos. 22 operations · https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1 ## When to use the Videos API The core of the API. Create a video from a brief we script for you or from a script you supply, watch the render, change parts of it, and export the result. Creation is asynchronous. POST /videos returns 202 with a video id while the render continues in the background, so a client either polls GET /videos/{id} at the interval the response asks for, or subscribes to a webhook and stops polling entirely. The editing endpoints are the reason to use the API over a one-shot generator. A finished video is not final: you can regenerate a single scene without re-rendering the rest, swap the voiceover for a different voice, edit the script or caption settings, and export again. Re-running one scene costs a fraction of what re-running the whole video does. - [GET`/videos`](/docs/api/videos/list-videos) - [POST`/videos`](/docs/api/videos/create-video) - [POST`/videos/estimate`](/docs/api/videos/estimate-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}`](/docs/api/videos/get-video) - [PATCH`/videos/{id}`](/docs/api/videos/update-video) - [DELETE`/videos/{id}`](/docs/api/videos/delete-video) - [POST`/videos/{id}/generate`](/docs/api/videos/generate-video) - [POST`/videos/{id}/cancel`](/docs/api/videos/cancel-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}/download`](/docs/api/videos/download-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}/renders`](/docs/api/videos/list-renders) - [POST`/videos/{id}/renders`](/docs/api/videos/create-render) - [GET`/videos/{id}/renders/progress`](/docs/api/videos/render-progress) - [POST`/videos/{id}/scenes/{n}/regenerate`](/docs/api/videos/regenerate-scene) - [GET`/videos/{id}/voice`](/docs/api/videos/voice-progress) - [POST`/videos/{id}/voice`](/docs/api/videos/regenerate-voice) - [GET`/videos/{id}/captions`](/docs/api/videos/get-captions) - [POST`/videos/{id}/share-link`](/docs/api/videos/create-share-link) - [POST`/videos/{id}/report`](/docs/api/videos/report-video) - [POST`/videos/image-to-video`](/docs/api/videos/create-image-to-video) - [POST`/videos/talking-avatar`](/docs/api/videos/create-talking-avatar) - [POST`/videos/character-swap`](/docs/api/videos/create-character-swap) - [GET`/templates`](/docs/api/videos/list-templates) GET`/videos`read ### List videos GET https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos #### Responses - `200`Videos`VideoList` POST`/videos`write ### Create a video from a brief or your own script POST https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos #### Request body CreateVideorequired Field Type Description tool string Path A: a tool id from GET /tools; we write the script fields object — duration\_seconds integer — script object Path B: your own script (from /videos/script, /videos/scriptify, or hand-written) title string — topic string — mode "talking-head" | "cinematic" | "hybrid" | "stock-narrated" | "smart-mix" — style "talking-head" | "cinematic" — character\_id integer | null — voice\_id string — music\_id string — caption\_style string — aspect\_ratio "9:16" | "1:1" | "16:9" — language string — start\_generation boolean — idempotency\_key string Same key = same video. Set it when retrying. video\_model "minimax-h3-max" | "minimax-h3-max-turbo" | "kling-2.6" Video model family. Default minimax-h3-max (fastest, arena top-3). kling-2.6 renders 1080p but takes 2-4 minutes per clip. #### Responses - `202`Accepted. status is \`generating\`, or \`draft\` when start\_generation is false`VideoCreated` - `400`Invalid brief or script`ErrorEnvelope` - `402`Not enough credits or no active subscription`ErrorEnvelope` - `403`Key lacks the write scope`ErrorEnvelope` - `429`Rate or spend limit reached; see Retry-After`ErrorEnvelope` POST`/videos/estimate`read ### Free credit quote POST https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/estimate #### Responses - `200`Quote GET`/videos/{id}`read ### Video status and progress GET https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/{id} #### Parameters Name In Type Description idrequired path string Public video id, e.g. vid\_abc123 #### Responses - `200`Status`Video` - `404`Unknown video`ErrorEnvelope` PATCH`/videos/{id}`write ### Edit title, topic, script or caption settings PATCH https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/{id} #### Parameters Name In Type Description idrequired path string Public video id, e.g. vid\_abc123 #### Responses - `200`Saved. Script changes apply on the next generate - `404`Unknown video`ErrorEnvelope` DELETE`/videos/{id}`write ### Delete a video and its files DELETE https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/{id} #### Parameters Name In Type Description idrequired path string Public video id, e.g. vid\_abc123 #### Responses - `200`Deleted - `404`Unknown video`ErrorEnvelope` POST`/videos/{id}/generate`write ### Start or re-run generation (drafts, or after edits) POST https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/{id}/generate #### Parameters Name In Type Description idrequired path string Public video id, e.g. vid\_abc123 #### Responses - `202`Accepted - `409`Already generating`ErrorEnvelope` POST`/videos/{id}/cancel`write ### Cancel a running render and release its credits POST https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/{id}/cancel #### Parameters Name In Type Description idrequired path string Public video id, e.g. vid\_abc123 #### Responses - `200`Cancelled - `409`Not running`ErrorEnvelope` GET`/videos/{id}/download`read ### Signed download URL for the finished MP4 GET https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/{id}/download #### Parameters Name In Type Description idrequired path string Public video id, e.g. vid\_abc123 #### Responses - `200`URL valid 15 minutes - `404`Unknown video`ErrorEnvelope` - `409`Not ready yet (retryable)`ErrorEnvelope` GET`/videos/{id}/renders`read ### Past exports GET https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/{id}/renders #### Parameters Name In Type Description idrequired path string Public video id, e.g. vid\_abc123 #### Responses - `200`Renders POST`/videos/{id}/renders`write ### Export again (after edits) POST https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/{id}/renders #### Parameters Name In Type Description idrequired path string Public video id, e.g. vid\_abc123 #### Responses - `202`Accepted GET`/videos/{id}/renders/progress`read ### Current export progress GET https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/{id}/renders/progress #### Parameters Name In Type Description idrequired path string Public video id, e.g. vid\_abc123 #### Responses - `200`Progress POST`/videos/{id}/scenes/{n}/regenerate`write ### Regenerate one scene (optionally with new narration) POST https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/{id}/scenes/{n}/regenerate #### Parameters Name In Type Description idrequired path string Public video id, e.g. vid\_abc123 nrequired path integer Scene number, 1-based #### Responses - `202`Accepted GET`/videos/{id}/voice`read ### Voice regeneration progress GET https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/{id}/voice #### Parameters Name In Type Description idrequired path string Public video id, e.g. vid\_abc123 #### Responses - `200`Progress POST`/videos/{id}/voice`write ### Regenerate the voiceover with another voice POST https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/{id}/voice #### Parameters Name In Type Description idrequired path string Public video id, e.g. vid\_abc123 #### Responses - `202`Accepted GET`/videos/{id}/captions`read ### Caption file (SRT or VTT), returned as text GET https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/{id}/captions #### Parameters Name In Type Description idrequired path string Public video id, e.g. vid\_abc123 format query "srt" | "vtt" — #### Responses - `200`Caption file - `400`No caption data yet`ErrorEnvelope` POST`/videos/{id}/share-link`write ### Public, expiring link to the MP4 for people without an account POST https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/{id}/share-link #### Parameters Name In Type Description idrequired path string Public video id, e.g. vid\_abc123 #### Responses - `200`Link POST`/videos/{id}/report`write ### Flag a generated video for review POST https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/{id}/report #### Parameters Name In Type Description idrequired path string Public video id, e.g. vid\_abc123 #### Responses - `200`Reported POST`/videos/image-to-video`ai ### Animate one image into a 5 or 10 s clip; optional narration makes the subject speak it (voice + lip-sync) POST https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/image-to-video #### Responses - `202`Accepted`VideoCreated` - `402`Not enough credits`ErrorEnvelope` POST`/videos/talking-avatar`ai ### Your own filmed video speaks a new script (voice + lip-sync onto your clip). For an AI presenter use POST /videos with mode talking-head POST https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/talking-avatar #### Responses - `202`Accepted`VideoCreated` - `402`Not enough credits`ErrorEnvelope` POST`/videos/character-swap`ai ### Character Swap: the person in your video becomes a character or the person in your photos. Motion, camera, room and the original audio are kept; lips stay in sync. 3-60 s POST https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/character-swap #### Responses - `202`Accepted`VideoCreated` - `402`Not enough credits`ErrorEnvelope` GET`/templates`read ### Template library GET https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/templates #### Responses - `200`Templates ## Videos API questions How long does an API video render take? Minutes, not seconds. POST /videos returns immediately with a video id and a poll\_after\_seconds hint; treat the render as a background job rather than something to block a request on. Can I regenerate one scene instead of the whole video? Yes. POST /videos/{id}/scenes/{n}/regenerate re-renders a single scene, optionally with new narration, leaving every other scene untouched. It is the cheapest way to fix one bad shot. How do I avoid being charged twice for a retried request? Send an idempotency\_key on POST /videos. Without one, a retry after a dropped connection creates and charges for a second video, because the server cannot tell a retry from a new request. How do I download the finished MP4? GET /videos/{id}/download returns a signed download URL. Captions come separately from GET /videos/{id}/captions as an SRT or VTT file rather than JSON. Can I cancel a render that is already running? Yes. POST /videos/{id}/cancel stops a running render and releases the credits it had reserved. ## MakeAIVideo API guides - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) — the create, poll and download loop end to end. - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) — what the read, write, ai scope on this page mean. - [Agents](/docs/agents) — calling these endpoints from an autonomous agent. ## More MakeAIVideo documentation In the product - [Prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) — create from a brief - [Script to video](/script-to-video) — create from your own script - [Instagram Reels generator](/instagram-reels-generator) — one of the formats these endpoints render - [AI Shorts generator](/ai-shorts-generator) — vertical short-form - [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) — what a render costs - [AI video generator](/) — every create mode in the app, no code Get an API key Every plan includes API and MCP access on the same credits as the app. Create a key under Settings, Advanced, API keys. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=docs&utm_medium=docs_cta&utm_content=%2Fdocs%2Fapi%2Fvideos)[MakeAIVideo plans and pricing](/pricing) Plans from $9 a month, with the allowance topped back up each billing month. [← Introspection API](/docs/api/introspection)[Scripts API →](/docs/api/scripts) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/videos/cancel-video --- title: "POST /videos/{id}/cancel | MakeAIVideo" description: "Cancel a running render and release its credits. POST /videos/{id}/cancel in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. 1 parameter...." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/videos/cancel-video format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # POST`/videos/{id}/cancel` Cancel a running render and release its credits ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/{id}/cancel` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `write` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ### Parameters Name In Required Description id path yes Public video id, e.g. vid\_abc123 ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 Cancelled 409 Not running ## Other videos endpoints - [GET`/videos`List videos](/docs/api/videos/list-videos) - [POST`/videos`Create a video from a brief or your own script](/docs/api/videos/create-video) - [POST`/videos/estimate`Free credit quote](/docs/api/videos/estimate-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}`Video status and progress](/docs/api/videos/get-video) - [PATCH`/videos/{id}`Edit title, topic, script or caption settings](/docs/api/videos/update-video) - [DELETE`/videos/{id}`Delete a video and its files](/docs/api/videos/delete-video) - [POST`/videos/{id}/generate`Start or re-run generation (drafts, or after edits)](/docs/api/videos/generate-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}/download`Signed download URL for the finished MP4](/docs/api/videos/download-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}/renders`Past exports](/docs/api/videos/list-renders) - [POST`/videos/{id}/renders`Export again (after edits)](/docs/api/videos/create-render) - [GET`/videos/{id}/renders/progress`Current export progress](/docs/api/videos/render-progress) - [POST`/videos/{id}/scenes/{n}/regenerate`Regenerate one scene (optionally with new narration)](/docs/api/videos/regenerate-scene) - [GET`/videos/{id}/voice`Voice regeneration progress](/docs/api/videos/voice-progress) - [POST`/videos/{id}/voice`Regenerate the voiceover with another voice](/docs/api/videos/regenerate-voice) - [GET`/videos/{id}/captions`Caption file (SRT or VTT), returned as text](/docs/api/videos/get-captions) - [POST`/videos/{id}/share-link`Public, expiring link to the MP4 for people without an account](/docs/api/videos/create-share-link) - [POST`/videos/{id}/report`Flag a generated video for review](/docs/api/videos/report-video) - [POST`/videos/image-to-video`Animate one image into a 5 or 10 s clip; optional narration makes the subject speak it (voice + lip-sync)](/docs/api/videos/create-image-to-video) - [POST`/videos/talking-avatar`Your own filmed video speaks a new script (voice + lip-sync onto your clip). For an AI presenter use POST /videos with mode talking-head](/docs/api/videos/create-talking-avatar) - [POST`/videos/character-swap`Character Swap: the person in your video becomes a character or the person in your photos. Motion, camera, room and the original audio are kept; lips stay in sync. 3-60 s](/docs/api/videos/create-character-swap) - [GET`/templates`Template library](/docs/api/videos/list-templates) [All videos](/docs/api/videos) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/videos/create-character-swap --- title: "POST /videos/character-swap | MakeAIVideo" description: "Character Swap: the person in your video becomes a character or the person in your photos. Motion, camera, room and the original audio are kept; lips stay..." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/videos/create-character-swap format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # POST`/videos/character-swap` Character Swap: the person in your video becomes a character or the person in your photos. Motion, camera, room and the original audio are kept; lips stay in sync. 3-60 s ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/character-swap` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `ai` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 202 Accepted 402 Not enough credits ## Other videos endpoints - [GET`/videos`List videos](/docs/api/videos/list-videos) - [POST`/videos`Create a video from a brief or your own script](/docs/api/videos/create-video) - [POST`/videos/estimate`Free credit quote](/docs/api/videos/estimate-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}`Video status and progress](/docs/api/videos/get-video) - [PATCH`/videos/{id}`Edit title, topic, script or caption settings](/docs/api/videos/update-video) - [DELETE`/videos/{id}`Delete a video and its files](/docs/api/videos/delete-video) - [POST`/videos/{id}/generate`Start or re-run generation (drafts, or after edits)](/docs/api/videos/generate-video) - [POST`/videos/{id}/cancel`Cancel a running render and release its credits](/docs/api/videos/cancel-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}/download`Signed download URL for the finished MP4](/docs/api/videos/download-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}/renders`Past exports](/docs/api/videos/list-renders) - [POST`/videos/{id}/renders`Export again (after edits)](/docs/api/videos/create-render) - [GET`/videos/{id}/renders/progress`Current export progress](/docs/api/videos/render-progress) - [POST`/videos/{id}/scenes/{n}/regenerate`Regenerate one scene (optionally with new narration)](/docs/api/videos/regenerate-scene) - [GET`/videos/{id}/voice`Voice regeneration progress](/docs/api/videos/voice-progress) - [POST`/videos/{id}/voice`Regenerate the voiceover with another voice](/docs/api/videos/regenerate-voice) - [GET`/videos/{id}/captions`Caption file (SRT or VTT), returned as text](/docs/api/videos/get-captions) - [POST`/videos/{id}/share-link`Public, expiring link to the MP4 for people without an account](/docs/api/videos/create-share-link) - [POST`/videos/{id}/report`Flag a generated video for review](/docs/api/videos/report-video) - [POST`/videos/image-to-video`Animate one image into a 5 or 10 s clip; optional narration makes the subject speak it (voice + lip-sync)](/docs/api/videos/create-image-to-video) - [POST`/videos/talking-avatar`Your own filmed video speaks a new script (voice + lip-sync onto your clip). For an AI presenter use POST /videos with mode talking-head](/docs/api/videos/create-talking-avatar) - [GET`/templates`Template library](/docs/api/videos/list-templates) [All videos](/docs/api/videos) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/videos/create-image-to-video --- title: "POST /videos/image-to-video | MakeAIVideo" description: "Animate one image into a 5 or 10 s clip; optional narration makes the subject speak it (voice + lip-sync). POST /videos/image-to-video in the MakeAIVideo A..." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/videos/create-image-to-video format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # POST`/videos/image-to-video` Animate one image into a 5 or 10 s clip; optional narration makes the subject speak it (voice + lip-sync) ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/image-to-video` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `ai` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 202 Accepted 402 Not enough credits ## Other videos endpoints - [GET`/videos`List videos](/docs/api/videos/list-videos) - [POST`/videos`Create a video from a brief or your own script](/docs/api/videos/create-video) - [POST`/videos/estimate`Free credit quote](/docs/api/videos/estimate-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}`Video status and progress](/docs/api/videos/get-video) - [PATCH`/videos/{id}`Edit title, topic, script or caption settings](/docs/api/videos/update-video) - [DELETE`/videos/{id}`Delete a video and its files](/docs/api/videos/delete-video) - [POST`/videos/{id}/generate`Start or re-run generation (drafts, or after edits)](/docs/api/videos/generate-video) - [POST`/videos/{id}/cancel`Cancel a running render and release its credits](/docs/api/videos/cancel-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}/download`Signed download URL for the finished MP4](/docs/api/videos/download-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}/renders`Past exports](/docs/api/videos/list-renders) - [POST`/videos/{id}/renders`Export again (after edits)](/docs/api/videos/create-render) - [GET`/videos/{id}/renders/progress`Current export progress](/docs/api/videos/render-progress) - [POST`/videos/{id}/scenes/{n}/regenerate`Regenerate one scene (optionally with new narration)](/docs/api/videos/regenerate-scene) - [GET`/videos/{id}/voice`Voice regeneration progress](/docs/api/videos/voice-progress) - [POST`/videos/{id}/voice`Regenerate the voiceover with another voice](/docs/api/videos/regenerate-voice) - [GET`/videos/{id}/captions`Caption file (SRT or VTT), returned as text](/docs/api/videos/get-captions) - [POST`/videos/{id}/share-link`Public, expiring link to the MP4 for people without an account](/docs/api/videos/create-share-link) - [POST`/videos/{id}/report`Flag a generated video for review](/docs/api/videos/report-video) - [POST`/videos/talking-avatar`Your own filmed video speaks a new script (voice + lip-sync onto your clip). For an AI presenter use POST /videos with mode talking-head](/docs/api/videos/create-talking-avatar) - [POST`/videos/character-swap`Character Swap: the person in your video becomes a character or the person in your photos. Motion, camera, room and the original audio are kept; lips stay in sync. 3-60 s](/docs/api/videos/create-character-swap) - [GET`/templates`Template library](/docs/api/videos/list-templates) [All videos](/docs/api/videos) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/videos/create-render --- title: "POST /videos/{id}/renders | MakeAIVideo" description: "Export again (after edits). POST /videos/{id}/renders in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. 1 parameter. Needs an API key wi..." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/videos/create-render format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # POST`/videos/{id}/renders` Export again (after edits) ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/{id}/renders` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `write` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ### Parameters Name In Required Description id path yes Public video id, e.g. vid\_abc123 ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 202 Accepted ## Other videos endpoints - [GET`/videos`List videos](/docs/api/videos/list-videos) - [POST`/videos`Create a video from a brief or your own script](/docs/api/videos/create-video) - [POST`/videos/estimate`Free credit quote](/docs/api/videos/estimate-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}`Video status and progress](/docs/api/videos/get-video) - [PATCH`/videos/{id}`Edit title, topic, script or caption settings](/docs/api/videos/update-video) - [DELETE`/videos/{id}`Delete a video and its files](/docs/api/videos/delete-video) - [POST`/videos/{id}/generate`Start or re-run generation (drafts, or after edits)](/docs/api/videos/generate-video) - [POST`/videos/{id}/cancel`Cancel a running render and release its credits](/docs/api/videos/cancel-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}/download`Signed download URL for the finished MP4](/docs/api/videos/download-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}/renders`Past exports](/docs/api/videos/list-renders) - [GET`/videos/{id}/renders/progress`Current export progress](/docs/api/videos/render-progress) - [POST`/videos/{id}/scenes/{n}/regenerate`Regenerate one scene (optionally with new narration)](/docs/api/videos/regenerate-scene) - [GET`/videos/{id}/voice`Voice regeneration progress](/docs/api/videos/voice-progress) - [POST`/videos/{id}/voice`Regenerate the voiceover with another voice](/docs/api/videos/regenerate-voice) - [GET`/videos/{id}/captions`Caption file (SRT or VTT), returned as text](/docs/api/videos/get-captions) - [POST`/videos/{id}/share-link`Public, expiring link to the MP4 for people without an account](/docs/api/videos/create-share-link) - [POST`/videos/{id}/report`Flag a generated video for review](/docs/api/videos/report-video) - [POST`/videos/image-to-video`Animate one image into a 5 or 10 s clip; optional narration makes the subject speak it (voice + lip-sync)](/docs/api/videos/create-image-to-video) - [POST`/videos/talking-avatar`Your own filmed video speaks a new script (voice + lip-sync onto your clip). For an AI presenter use POST /videos with mode talking-head](/docs/api/videos/create-talking-avatar) - [POST`/videos/character-swap`Character Swap: the person in your video becomes a character or the person in your photos. Motion, camera, room and the original audio are kept; lips stay in sync. 3-60 s](/docs/api/videos/create-character-swap) - [GET`/templates`Template library](/docs/api/videos/list-templates) [All videos](/docs/api/videos) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/videos/create-share-link --- title: "POST /videos/{id}/share-link | MakeAIVideo" description: "Public, expiring link to the MP4 for people without an account. POST /videos/{id}/share-link in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response..." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/videos/create-share-link format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # POST`/videos/{id}/share-link` Public, expiring link to the MP4 for people without an account ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/{id}/share-link` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `write` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ### Parameters Name In Required Description id path yes Public video id, e.g. vid\_abc123 ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 Link ## Other videos endpoints - [GET`/videos`List videos](/docs/api/videos/list-videos) - [POST`/videos`Create a video from a brief or your own script](/docs/api/videos/create-video) - [POST`/videos/estimate`Free credit quote](/docs/api/videos/estimate-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}`Video status and progress](/docs/api/videos/get-video) - [PATCH`/videos/{id}`Edit title, topic, script or caption settings](/docs/api/videos/update-video) - [DELETE`/videos/{id}`Delete a video and its files](/docs/api/videos/delete-video) - [POST`/videos/{id}/generate`Start or re-run generation (drafts, or after edits)](/docs/api/videos/generate-video) - [POST`/videos/{id}/cancel`Cancel a running render and release its credits](/docs/api/videos/cancel-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}/download`Signed download URL for the finished MP4](/docs/api/videos/download-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}/renders`Past exports](/docs/api/videos/list-renders) - [POST`/videos/{id}/renders`Export again (after edits)](/docs/api/videos/create-render) - [GET`/videos/{id}/renders/progress`Current export progress](/docs/api/videos/render-progress) - [POST`/videos/{id}/scenes/{n}/regenerate`Regenerate one scene (optionally with new narration)](/docs/api/videos/regenerate-scene) - [GET`/videos/{id}/voice`Voice regeneration progress](/docs/api/videos/voice-progress) - [POST`/videos/{id}/voice`Regenerate the voiceover with another voice](/docs/api/videos/regenerate-voice) - [GET`/videos/{id}/captions`Caption file (SRT or VTT), returned as text](/docs/api/videos/get-captions) - [POST`/videos/{id}/report`Flag a generated video for review](/docs/api/videos/report-video) - [POST`/videos/image-to-video`Animate one image into a 5 or 10 s clip; optional narration makes the subject speak it (voice + lip-sync)](/docs/api/videos/create-image-to-video) - [POST`/videos/talking-avatar`Your own filmed video speaks a new script (voice + lip-sync onto your clip). For an AI presenter use POST /videos with mode talking-head](/docs/api/videos/create-talking-avatar) - [POST`/videos/character-swap`Character Swap: the person in your video becomes a character or the person in your photos. Motion, camera, room and the original audio are kept; lips stay in sync. 3-60 s](/docs/api/videos/create-character-swap) - [GET`/templates`Template library](/docs/api/videos/list-templates) [All videos](/docs/api/videos) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/videos/create-talking-avatar --- title: "POST /videos/talking-avatar | MakeAIVideo" description: "Your own filmed video speaks a new script (voice + lip-sync onto your clip). For an AI presenter use POST /videos with mode talking-head. POST /videos/talk..." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/videos/create-talking-avatar format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # POST`/videos/talking-avatar` Your own filmed video speaks a new script (voice + lip-sync onto your clip). For an AI presenter use POST /videos with mode talking-head ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/talking-avatar` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `ai` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 202 Accepted 402 Not enough credits ## Other videos endpoints - [GET`/videos`List videos](/docs/api/videos/list-videos) - [POST`/videos`Create a video from a brief or your own script](/docs/api/videos/create-video) - [POST`/videos/estimate`Free credit quote](/docs/api/videos/estimate-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}`Video status and progress](/docs/api/videos/get-video) - [PATCH`/videos/{id}`Edit title, topic, script or caption settings](/docs/api/videos/update-video) - [DELETE`/videos/{id}`Delete a video and its files](/docs/api/videos/delete-video) - [POST`/videos/{id}/generate`Start or re-run generation (drafts, or after edits)](/docs/api/videos/generate-video) - [POST`/videos/{id}/cancel`Cancel a running render and release its credits](/docs/api/videos/cancel-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}/download`Signed download URL for the finished MP4](/docs/api/videos/download-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}/renders`Past exports](/docs/api/videos/list-renders) - [POST`/videos/{id}/renders`Export again (after edits)](/docs/api/videos/create-render) - [GET`/videos/{id}/renders/progress`Current export progress](/docs/api/videos/render-progress) - [POST`/videos/{id}/scenes/{n}/regenerate`Regenerate one scene (optionally with new narration)](/docs/api/videos/regenerate-scene) - [GET`/videos/{id}/voice`Voice regeneration progress](/docs/api/videos/voice-progress) - [POST`/videos/{id}/voice`Regenerate the voiceover with another voice](/docs/api/videos/regenerate-voice) - [GET`/videos/{id}/captions`Caption file (SRT or VTT), returned as text](/docs/api/videos/get-captions) - [POST`/videos/{id}/share-link`Public, expiring link to the MP4 for people without an account](/docs/api/videos/create-share-link) - [POST`/videos/{id}/report`Flag a generated video for review](/docs/api/videos/report-video) - [POST`/videos/image-to-video`Animate one image into a 5 or 10 s clip; optional narration makes the subject speak it (voice + lip-sync)](/docs/api/videos/create-image-to-video) - [POST`/videos/character-swap`Character Swap: the person in your video becomes a character or the person in your photos. Motion, camera, room and the original audio are kept; lips stay in sync. 3-60 s](/docs/api/videos/create-character-swap) - [GET`/templates`Template library](/docs/api/videos/list-templates) [All videos](/docs/api/videos) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/videos/create-video --- title: "POST /videos | MakeAIVideo" description: "Create a video from a brief or your own script. POST /videos in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. Needs an API key with the..." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/videos/create-video format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # POST`/videos` Create a video from a brief or your own script ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `write` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. The body follows the `CreateVideo` schema and is required. The full shape is in [openapi.json](https://makeaivideo.ai/openapi.json). ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 202 Accepted. status is \`generating\`, or \`draft\` when start\_generation is false 400 Invalid brief or script 402 Not enough credits or no active subscription 403 Key lacks the write scope 429 Rate or spend limit reached; see Retry-After ## Other videos endpoints - [GET`/videos`List videos](/docs/api/videos/list-videos) - [POST`/videos/estimate`Free credit quote](/docs/api/videos/estimate-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}`Video status and progress](/docs/api/videos/get-video) - [PATCH`/videos/{id}`Edit title, topic, script or caption settings](/docs/api/videos/update-video) - [DELETE`/videos/{id}`Delete a video and its files](/docs/api/videos/delete-video) - [POST`/videos/{id}/generate`Start or re-run generation (drafts, or after edits)](/docs/api/videos/generate-video) - [POST`/videos/{id}/cancel`Cancel a running render and release its credits](/docs/api/videos/cancel-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}/download`Signed download URL for the finished MP4](/docs/api/videos/download-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}/renders`Past exports](/docs/api/videos/list-renders) - [POST`/videos/{id}/renders`Export again (after edits)](/docs/api/videos/create-render) - [GET`/videos/{id}/renders/progress`Current export progress](/docs/api/videos/render-progress) - [POST`/videos/{id}/scenes/{n}/regenerate`Regenerate one scene (optionally with new narration)](/docs/api/videos/regenerate-scene) - [GET`/videos/{id}/voice`Voice regeneration progress](/docs/api/videos/voice-progress) - [POST`/videos/{id}/voice`Regenerate the voiceover with another voice](/docs/api/videos/regenerate-voice) - [GET`/videos/{id}/captions`Caption file (SRT or VTT), returned as text](/docs/api/videos/get-captions) - [POST`/videos/{id}/share-link`Public, expiring link to the MP4 for people without an account](/docs/api/videos/create-share-link) - [POST`/videos/{id}/report`Flag a generated video for review](/docs/api/videos/report-video) - [POST`/videos/image-to-video`Animate one image into a 5 or 10 s clip; optional narration makes the subject speak it (voice + lip-sync)](/docs/api/videos/create-image-to-video) - [POST`/videos/talking-avatar`Your own filmed video speaks a new script (voice + lip-sync onto your clip). For an AI presenter use POST /videos with mode talking-head](/docs/api/videos/create-talking-avatar) - [POST`/videos/character-swap`Character Swap: the person in your video becomes a character or the person in your photos. Motion, camera, room and the original audio are kept; lips stay in sync. 3-60 s](/docs/api/videos/create-character-swap) - [GET`/templates`Template library](/docs/api/videos/list-templates) [All videos](/docs/api/videos) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/videos/delete-video --- title: "DELETE /videos/{id} | MakeAIVideo" description: "Delete a video and its files. DELETE /videos/{id} in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. 1 parameter. Needs an API key with t..." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/videos/delete-video format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # DELETE`/videos/{id}` Delete a video and its files ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/{id}` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `write` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ### Parameters Name In Required Description id path yes Public video id, e.g. vid\_abc123 ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 Deleted 404 Unknown video ## Other videos endpoints - [GET`/videos`List videos](/docs/api/videos/list-videos) - [POST`/videos`Create a video from a brief or your own script](/docs/api/videos/create-video) - [POST`/videos/estimate`Free credit quote](/docs/api/videos/estimate-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}`Video status and progress](/docs/api/videos/get-video) - [PATCH`/videos/{id}`Edit title, topic, script or caption settings](/docs/api/videos/update-video) - [POST`/videos/{id}/generate`Start or re-run generation (drafts, or after edits)](/docs/api/videos/generate-video) - [POST`/videos/{id}/cancel`Cancel a running render and release its credits](/docs/api/videos/cancel-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}/download`Signed download URL for the finished MP4](/docs/api/videos/download-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}/renders`Past exports](/docs/api/videos/list-renders) - [POST`/videos/{id}/renders`Export again (after edits)](/docs/api/videos/create-render) - [GET`/videos/{id}/renders/progress`Current export progress](/docs/api/videos/render-progress) - [POST`/videos/{id}/scenes/{n}/regenerate`Regenerate one scene (optionally with new narration)](/docs/api/videos/regenerate-scene) - [GET`/videos/{id}/voice`Voice regeneration progress](/docs/api/videos/voice-progress) - [POST`/videos/{id}/voice`Regenerate the voiceover with another voice](/docs/api/videos/regenerate-voice) - [GET`/videos/{id}/captions`Caption file (SRT or VTT), returned as text](/docs/api/videos/get-captions) - [POST`/videos/{id}/share-link`Public, expiring link to the MP4 for people without an account](/docs/api/videos/create-share-link) - [POST`/videos/{id}/report`Flag a generated video for review](/docs/api/videos/report-video) - [POST`/videos/image-to-video`Animate one image into a 5 or 10 s clip; optional narration makes the subject speak it (voice + lip-sync)](/docs/api/videos/create-image-to-video) - [POST`/videos/talking-avatar`Your own filmed video speaks a new script (voice + lip-sync onto your clip). For an AI presenter use POST /videos with mode talking-head](/docs/api/videos/create-talking-avatar) - [POST`/videos/character-swap`Character Swap: the person in your video becomes a character or the person in your photos. Motion, camera, room and the original audio are kept; lips stay in sync. 3-60 s](/docs/api/videos/create-character-swap) - [GET`/templates`Template library](/docs/api/videos/list-templates) [All videos](/docs/api/videos) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/videos/download-video --- title: "GET /videos/{id}/download | MakeAIVideo" description: "Signed download URL for the finished MP4. GET /videos/{id}/download in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. 1 parameter. Needs..." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/videos/download-video format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # GET`/videos/{id}/download` Signed download URL for the finished MP4 ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/{id}/download` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `read` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ### Parameters Name In Required Description id path yes Public video id, e.g. vid\_abc123 ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 URL valid 15 minutes 404 Unknown video 409 Not ready yet (retryable) ## Other videos endpoints - [GET`/videos`List videos](/docs/api/videos/list-videos) - [POST`/videos`Create a video from a brief or your own script](/docs/api/videos/create-video) - [POST`/videos/estimate`Free credit quote](/docs/api/videos/estimate-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}`Video status and progress](/docs/api/videos/get-video) - [PATCH`/videos/{id}`Edit title, topic, script or caption settings](/docs/api/videos/update-video) - [DELETE`/videos/{id}`Delete a video and its files](/docs/api/videos/delete-video) - [POST`/videos/{id}/generate`Start or re-run generation (drafts, or after edits)](/docs/api/videos/generate-video) - [POST`/videos/{id}/cancel`Cancel a running render and release its credits](/docs/api/videos/cancel-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}/renders`Past exports](/docs/api/videos/list-renders) - [POST`/videos/{id}/renders`Export again (after edits)](/docs/api/videos/create-render) - [GET`/videos/{id}/renders/progress`Current export progress](/docs/api/videos/render-progress) - [POST`/videos/{id}/scenes/{n}/regenerate`Regenerate one scene (optionally with new narration)](/docs/api/videos/regenerate-scene) - [GET`/videos/{id}/voice`Voice regeneration progress](/docs/api/videos/voice-progress) - [POST`/videos/{id}/voice`Regenerate the voiceover with another voice](/docs/api/videos/regenerate-voice) - [GET`/videos/{id}/captions`Caption file (SRT or VTT), returned as text](/docs/api/videos/get-captions) - [POST`/videos/{id}/share-link`Public, expiring link to the MP4 for people without an account](/docs/api/videos/create-share-link) - [POST`/videos/{id}/report`Flag a generated video for review](/docs/api/videos/report-video) - [POST`/videos/image-to-video`Animate one image into a 5 or 10 s clip; optional narration makes the subject speak it (voice + lip-sync)](/docs/api/videos/create-image-to-video) - [POST`/videos/talking-avatar`Your own filmed video speaks a new script (voice + lip-sync onto your clip). For an AI presenter use POST /videos with mode talking-head](/docs/api/videos/create-talking-avatar) - [POST`/videos/character-swap`Character Swap: the person in your video becomes a character or the person in your photos. Motion, camera, room and the original audio are kept; lips stay in sync. 3-60 s](/docs/api/videos/create-character-swap) - [GET`/templates`Template library](/docs/api/videos/list-templates) [All videos](/docs/api/videos) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/videos/estimate-video --- title: "POST /videos/estimate | MakeAIVideo" description: "Free credit quote. POST /videos/estimate in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. Needs an API key with the read scope." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/videos/estimate-video format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # POST`/videos/estimate` Free credit quote ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/estimate` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `read` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 Quote ## Other videos endpoints - [GET`/videos`List videos](/docs/api/videos/list-videos) - [POST`/videos`Create a video from a brief or your own script](/docs/api/videos/create-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}`Video status and progress](/docs/api/videos/get-video) - [PATCH`/videos/{id}`Edit title, topic, script or caption settings](/docs/api/videos/update-video) - [DELETE`/videos/{id}`Delete a video and its files](/docs/api/videos/delete-video) - [POST`/videos/{id}/generate`Start or re-run generation (drafts, or after edits)](/docs/api/videos/generate-video) - [POST`/videos/{id}/cancel`Cancel a running render and release its credits](/docs/api/videos/cancel-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}/download`Signed download URL for the finished MP4](/docs/api/videos/download-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}/renders`Past exports](/docs/api/videos/list-renders) - [POST`/videos/{id}/renders`Export again (after edits)](/docs/api/videos/create-render) - [GET`/videos/{id}/renders/progress`Current export progress](/docs/api/videos/render-progress) - [POST`/videos/{id}/scenes/{n}/regenerate`Regenerate one scene (optionally with new narration)](/docs/api/videos/regenerate-scene) - [GET`/videos/{id}/voice`Voice regeneration progress](/docs/api/videos/voice-progress) - [POST`/videos/{id}/voice`Regenerate the voiceover with another voice](/docs/api/videos/regenerate-voice) - [GET`/videos/{id}/captions`Caption file (SRT or VTT), returned as text](/docs/api/videos/get-captions) - [POST`/videos/{id}/share-link`Public, expiring link to the MP4 for people without an account](/docs/api/videos/create-share-link) - [POST`/videos/{id}/report`Flag a generated video for review](/docs/api/videos/report-video) - [POST`/videos/image-to-video`Animate one image into a 5 or 10 s clip; optional narration makes the subject speak it (voice + lip-sync)](/docs/api/videos/create-image-to-video) - [POST`/videos/talking-avatar`Your own filmed video speaks a new script (voice + lip-sync onto your clip). For an AI presenter use POST /videos with mode talking-head](/docs/api/videos/create-talking-avatar) - [POST`/videos/character-swap`Character Swap: the person in your video becomes a character or the person in your photos. Motion, camera, room and the original audio are kept; lips stay in sync. 3-60 s](/docs/api/videos/create-character-swap) - [GET`/templates`Template library](/docs/api/videos/list-templates) [All videos](/docs/api/videos) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/videos/generate-video --- title: "POST /videos/{id}/generate | MakeAIVideo" description: "Start or re-run generation (drafts, or after edits). POST /videos/{id}/generate in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. 1 para..." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/videos/generate-video format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # POST`/videos/{id}/generate` Start or re-run generation (drafts, or after edits) ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/{id}/generate` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `write` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ### Parameters Name In Required Description id path yes Public video id, e.g. vid\_abc123 ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 202 Accepted 409 Already generating ## Other videos endpoints - [GET`/videos`List videos](/docs/api/videos/list-videos) - [POST`/videos`Create a video from a brief or your own script](/docs/api/videos/create-video) - [POST`/videos/estimate`Free credit quote](/docs/api/videos/estimate-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}`Video status and progress](/docs/api/videos/get-video) - [PATCH`/videos/{id}`Edit title, topic, script or caption settings](/docs/api/videos/update-video) - [DELETE`/videos/{id}`Delete a video and its files](/docs/api/videos/delete-video) - [POST`/videos/{id}/cancel`Cancel a running render and release its credits](/docs/api/videos/cancel-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}/download`Signed download URL for the finished MP4](/docs/api/videos/download-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}/renders`Past exports](/docs/api/videos/list-renders) - [POST`/videos/{id}/renders`Export again (after edits)](/docs/api/videos/create-render) - [GET`/videos/{id}/renders/progress`Current export progress](/docs/api/videos/render-progress) - [POST`/videos/{id}/scenes/{n}/regenerate`Regenerate one scene (optionally with new narration)](/docs/api/videos/regenerate-scene) - [GET`/videos/{id}/voice`Voice regeneration progress](/docs/api/videos/voice-progress) - [POST`/videos/{id}/voice`Regenerate the voiceover with another voice](/docs/api/videos/regenerate-voice) - [GET`/videos/{id}/captions`Caption file (SRT or VTT), returned as text](/docs/api/videos/get-captions) - [POST`/videos/{id}/share-link`Public, expiring link to the MP4 for people without an account](/docs/api/videos/create-share-link) - [POST`/videos/{id}/report`Flag a generated video for review](/docs/api/videos/report-video) - [POST`/videos/image-to-video`Animate one image into a 5 or 10 s clip; optional narration makes the subject speak it (voice + lip-sync)](/docs/api/videos/create-image-to-video) - [POST`/videos/talking-avatar`Your own filmed video speaks a new script (voice + lip-sync onto your clip). For an AI presenter use POST /videos with mode talking-head](/docs/api/videos/create-talking-avatar) - [POST`/videos/character-swap`Character Swap: the person in your video becomes a character or the person in your photos. Motion, camera, room and the original audio are kept; lips stay in sync. 3-60 s](/docs/api/videos/create-character-swap) - [GET`/templates`Template library](/docs/api/videos/list-templates) [All videos](/docs/api/videos) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/videos/get-captions --- title: "GET /videos/{id}/captions | MakeAIVideo" description: "Caption file (SRT or VTT), returned as text. GET /videos/{id}/captions in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. 2 parameters. N..." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/videos/get-captions format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # GET`/videos/{id}/captions` Caption file (SRT or VTT), returned as text ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/{id}/captions` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `read` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ### Parameters Name In Required Description id path yes Public video id, e.g. vid\_abc123 format query no ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 Caption file 400 No caption data yet ## Other videos endpoints - [GET`/videos`List videos](/docs/api/videos/list-videos) - [POST`/videos`Create a video from a brief or your own script](/docs/api/videos/create-video) - [POST`/videos/estimate`Free credit quote](/docs/api/videos/estimate-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}`Video status and progress](/docs/api/videos/get-video) - [PATCH`/videos/{id}`Edit title, topic, script or caption settings](/docs/api/videos/update-video) - [DELETE`/videos/{id}`Delete a video and its files](/docs/api/videos/delete-video) - [POST`/videos/{id}/generate`Start or re-run generation (drafts, or after edits)](/docs/api/videos/generate-video) - [POST`/videos/{id}/cancel`Cancel a running render and release its credits](/docs/api/videos/cancel-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}/download`Signed download URL for the finished MP4](/docs/api/videos/download-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}/renders`Past exports](/docs/api/videos/list-renders) - [POST`/videos/{id}/renders`Export again (after edits)](/docs/api/videos/create-render) - [GET`/videos/{id}/renders/progress`Current export progress](/docs/api/videos/render-progress) - [POST`/videos/{id}/scenes/{n}/regenerate`Regenerate one scene (optionally with new narration)](/docs/api/videos/regenerate-scene) - [GET`/videos/{id}/voice`Voice regeneration progress](/docs/api/videos/voice-progress) - [POST`/videos/{id}/voice`Regenerate the voiceover with another voice](/docs/api/videos/regenerate-voice) - [POST`/videos/{id}/share-link`Public, expiring link to the MP4 for people without an account](/docs/api/videos/create-share-link) - [POST`/videos/{id}/report`Flag a generated video for review](/docs/api/videos/report-video) - [POST`/videos/image-to-video`Animate one image into a 5 or 10 s clip; optional narration makes the subject speak it (voice + lip-sync)](/docs/api/videos/create-image-to-video) - [POST`/videos/talking-avatar`Your own filmed video speaks a new script (voice + lip-sync onto your clip). For an AI presenter use POST /videos with mode talking-head](/docs/api/videos/create-talking-avatar) - [POST`/videos/character-swap`Character Swap: the person in your video becomes a character or the person in your photos. Motion, camera, room and the original audio are kept; lips stay in sync. 3-60 s](/docs/api/videos/create-character-swap) - [GET`/templates`Template library](/docs/api/videos/list-templates) [All videos](/docs/api/videos) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/videos/get-video --- title: "GET /videos/{id} | MakeAIVideo" description: "Video status and progress. GET /videos/{id} in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. 1 parameter. Needs an API key with the rea..." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/videos/get-video format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # GET`/videos/{id}` Video status and progress ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/{id}` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `read` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ### Parameters Name In Required Description id path yes Public video id, e.g. vid\_abc123 ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 Status 404 Unknown video ## Other videos endpoints - [GET`/videos`List videos](/docs/api/videos/list-videos) - [POST`/videos`Create a video from a brief or your own script](/docs/api/videos/create-video) - [POST`/videos/estimate`Free credit quote](/docs/api/videos/estimate-video) - [PATCH`/videos/{id}`Edit title, topic, script or caption settings](/docs/api/videos/update-video) - [DELETE`/videos/{id}`Delete a video and its files](/docs/api/videos/delete-video) - [POST`/videos/{id}/generate`Start or re-run generation (drafts, or after edits)](/docs/api/videos/generate-video) - [POST`/videos/{id}/cancel`Cancel a running render and release its credits](/docs/api/videos/cancel-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}/download`Signed download URL for the finished MP4](/docs/api/videos/download-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}/renders`Past exports](/docs/api/videos/list-renders) - [POST`/videos/{id}/renders`Export again (after edits)](/docs/api/videos/create-render) - [GET`/videos/{id}/renders/progress`Current export progress](/docs/api/videos/render-progress) - [POST`/videos/{id}/scenes/{n}/regenerate`Regenerate one scene (optionally with new narration)](/docs/api/videos/regenerate-scene) - [GET`/videos/{id}/voice`Voice regeneration progress](/docs/api/videos/voice-progress) - [POST`/videos/{id}/voice`Regenerate the voiceover with another voice](/docs/api/videos/regenerate-voice) - [GET`/videos/{id}/captions`Caption file (SRT or VTT), returned as text](/docs/api/videos/get-captions) - [POST`/videos/{id}/share-link`Public, expiring link to the MP4 for people without an account](/docs/api/videos/create-share-link) - [POST`/videos/{id}/report`Flag a generated video for review](/docs/api/videos/report-video) - [POST`/videos/image-to-video`Animate one image into a 5 or 10 s clip; optional narration makes the subject speak it (voice + lip-sync)](/docs/api/videos/create-image-to-video) - [POST`/videos/talking-avatar`Your own filmed video speaks a new script (voice + lip-sync onto your clip). For an AI presenter use POST /videos with mode talking-head](/docs/api/videos/create-talking-avatar) - [POST`/videos/character-swap`Character Swap: the person in your video becomes a character or the person in your photos. Motion, camera, room and the original audio are kept; lips stay in sync. 3-60 s](/docs/api/videos/create-character-swap) - [GET`/templates`Template library](/docs/api/videos/list-templates) [All videos](/docs/api/videos) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/videos/list-renders --- title: "GET /videos/{id}/renders | MakeAIVideo" description: "Past exports. GET /videos/{id}/renders in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. 1 parameter. Needs an API key with the read scope." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/videos/list-renders format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # GET`/videos/{id}/renders` Past exports ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/{id}/renders` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `read` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ### Parameters Name In Required Description id path yes Public video id, e.g. vid\_abc123 ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 Renders ## Other videos endpoints - [GET`/videos`List videos](/docs/api/videos/list-videos) - [POST`/videos`Create a video from a brief or your own script](/docs/api/videos/create-video) - [POST`/videos/estimate`Free credit quote](/docs/api/videos/estimate-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}`Video status and progress](/docs/api/videos/get-video) - [PATCH`/videos/{id}`Edit title, topic, script or caption settings](/docs/api/videos/update-video) - [DELETE`/videos/{id}`Delete a video and its files](/docs/api/videos/delete-video) - [POST`/videos/{id}/generate`Start or re-run generation (drafts, or after edits)](/docs/api/videos/generate-video) - [POST`/videos/{id}/cancel`Cancel a running render and release its credits](/docs/api/videos/cancel-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}/download`Signed download URL for the finished MP4](/docs/api/videos/download-video) - [POST`/videos/{id}/renders`Export again (after edits)](/docs/api/videos/create-render) - [GET`/videos/{id}/renders/progress`Current export progress](/docs/api/videos/render-progress) - [POST`/videos/{id}/scenes/{n}/regenerate`Regenerate one scene (optionally with new narration)](/docs/api/videos/regenerate-scene) - [GET`/videos/{id}/voice`Voice regeneration progress](/docs/api/videos/voice-progress) - [POST`/videos/{id}/voice`Regenerate the voiceover with another voice](/docs/api/videos/regenerate-voice) - [GET`/videos/{id}/captions`Caption file (SRT or VTT), returned as text](/docs/api/videos/get-captions) - [POST`/videos/{id}/share-link`Public, expiring link to the MP4 for people without an account](/docs/api/videos/create-share-link) - [POST`/videos/{id}/report`Flag a generated video for review](/docs/api/videos/report-video) - [POST`/videos/image-to-video`Animate one image into a 5 or 10 s clip; optional narration makes the subject speak it (voice + lip-sync)](/docs/api/videos/create-image-to-video) - [POST`/videos/talking-avatar`Your own filmed video speaks a new script (voice + lip-sync onto your clip). For an AI presenter use POST /videos with mode talking-head](/docs/api/videos/create-talking-avatar) - [POST`/videos/character-swap`Character Swap: the person in your video becomes a character or the person in your photos. Motion, camera, room and the original audio are kept; lips stay in sync. 3-60 s](/docs/api/videos/create-character-swap) - [GET`/templates`Template library](/docs/api/videos/list-templates) [All videos](/docs/api/videos) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/videos/list-templates --- title: "GET /templates | MakeAIVideo" description: "Template library. GET /templates in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. Needs an API key with the read scope." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/videos/list-templates format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # GET`/templates` Template library ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/templates` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `read` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 Templates ## Other videos endpoints - [GET`/videos`List videos](/docs/api/videos/list-videos) - [POST`/videos`Create a video from a brief or your own script](/docs/api/videos/create-video) - [POST`/videos/estimate`Free credit quote](/docs/api/videos/estimate-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}`Video status and progress](/docs/api/videos/get-video) - [PATCH`/videos/{id}`Edit title, topic, script or caption settings](/docs/api/videos/update-video) - [DELETE`/videos/{id}`Delete a video and its files](/docs/api/videos/delete-video) - [POST`/videos/{id}/generate`Start or re-run generation (drafts, or after edits)](/docs/api/videos/generate-video) - [POST`/videos/{id}/cancel`Cancel a running render and release its credits](/docs/api/videos/cancel-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}/download`Signed download URL for the finished MP4](/docs/api/videos/download-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}/renders`Past exports](/docs/api/videos/list-renders) - [POST`/videos/{id}/renders`Export again (after edits)](/docs/api/videos/create-render) - [GET`/videos/{id}/renders/progress`Current export progress](/docs/api/videos/render-progress) - [POST`/videos/{id}/scenes/{n}/regenerate`Regenerate one scene (optionally with new narration)](/docs/api/videos/regenerate-scene) - [GET`/videos/{id}/voice`Voice regeneration progress](/docs/api/videos/voice-progress) - [POST`/videos/{id}/voice`Regenerate the voiceover with another voice](/docs/api/videos/regenerate-voice) - [GET`/videos/{id}/captions`Caption file (SRT or VTT), returned as text](/docs/api/videos/get-captions) - [POST`/videos/{id}/share-link`Public, expiring link to the MP4 for people without an account](/docs/api/videos/create-share-link) - [POST`/videos/{id}/report`Flag a generated video for review](/docs/api/videos/report-video) - [POST`/videos/image-to-video`Animate one image into a 5 or 10 s clip; optional narration makes the subject speak it (voice + lip-sync)](/docs/api/videos/create-image-to-video) - [POST`/videos/talking-avatar`Your own filmed video speaks a new script (voice + lip-sync onto your clip). For an AI presenter use POST /videos with mode talking-head](/docs/api/videos/create-talking-avatar) - [POST`/videos/character-swap`Character Swap: the person in your video becomes a character or the person in your photos. Motion, camera, room and the original audio are kept; lips stay in sync. 3-60 s](/docs/api/videos/create-character-swap) [All videos](/docs/api/videos) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/videos/list-videos --- title: "GET /videos | MakeAIVideo" description: "List videos. GET /videos in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. Needs an API key with the read scope." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/videos/list-videos format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # GET`/videos` List videos ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `read` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 Videos ## Other videos endpoints - [POST`/videos`Create a video from a brief or your own script](/docs/api/videos/create-video) - [POST`/videos/estimate`Free credit quote](/docs/api/videos/estimate-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}`Video status and progress](/docs/api/videos/get-video) - [PATCH`/videos/{id}`Edit title, topic, script or caption settings](/docs/api/videos/update-video) - [DELETE`/videos/{id}`Delete a video and its files](/docs/api/videos/delete-video) - [POST`/videos/{id}/generate`Start or re-run generation (drafts, or after edits)](/docs/api/videos/generate-video) - [POST`/videos/{id}/cancel`Cancel a running render and release its credits](/docs/api/videos/cancel-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}/download`Signed download URL for the finished MP4](/docs/api/videos/download-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}/renders`Past exports](/docs/api/videos/list-renders) - [POST`/videos/{id}/renders`Export again (after edits)](/docs/api/videos/create-render) - [GET`/videos/{id}/renders/progress`Current export progress](/docs/api/videos/render-progress) - [POST`/videos/{id}/scenes/{n}/regenerate`Regenerate one scene (optionally with new narration)](/docs/api/videos/regenerate-scene) - [GET`/videos/{id}/voice`Voice regeneration progress](/docs/api/videos/voice-progress) - [POST`/videos/{id}/voice`Regenerate the voiceover with another voice](/docs/api/videos/regenerate-voice) - [GET`/videos/{id}/captions`Caption file (SRT or VTT), returned as text](/docs/api/videos/get-captions) - [POST`/videos/{id}/share-link`Public, expiring link to the MP4 for people without an account](/docs/api/videos/create-share-link) - [POST`/videos/{id}/report`Flag a generated video for review](/docs/api/videos/report-video) - [POST`/videos/image-to-video`Animate one image into a 5 or 10 s clip; optional narration makes the subject speak it (voice + lip-sync)](/docs/api/videos/create-image-to-video) - [POST`/videos/talking-avatar`Your own filmed video speaks a new script (voice + lip-sync onto your clip). For an AI presenter use POST /videos with mode talking-head](/docs/api/videos/create-talking-avatar) - [POST`/videos/character-swap`Character Swap: the person in your video becomes a character or the person in your photos. Motion, camera, room and the original audio are kept; lips stay in sync. 3-60 s](/docs/api/videos/create-character-swap) - [GET`/templates`Template library](/docs/api/videos/list-templates) [All videos](/docs/api/videos) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/videos/regenerate-scene --- title: "POST /videos/{id}/scenes/{n}/regenerate | MakeAIVideo" description: "Regenerate one scene (optionally with new narration). POST /videos/{id}/scenes/{n}/regenerate in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every respons..." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/videos/regenerate-scene format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # POST`/videos/{id}/scenes/{n}/regenerate` Regenerate one scene (optionally with new narration) ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/{id}/scenes/{n}/regenerate` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `write` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ### Parameters Name In Required Description id path yes Public video id, e.g. vid\_abc123 n path yes Scene number, 1-based ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 202 Accepted ## Other videos endpoints - [GET`/videos`List videos](/docs/api/videos/list-videos) - [POST`/videos`Create a video from a brief or your own script](/docs/api/videos/create-video) - [POST`/videos/estimate`Free credit quote](/docs/api/videos/estimate-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}`Video status and progress](/docs/api/videos/get-video) - [PATCH`/videos/{id}`Edit title, topic, script or caption settings](/docs/api/videos/update-video) - [DELETE`/videos/{id}`Delete a video and its files](/docs/api/videos/delete-video) - [POST`/videos/{id}/generate`Start or re-run generation (drafts, or after edits)](/docs/api/videos/generate-video) - [POST`/videos/{id}/cancel`Cancel a running render and release its credits](/docs/api/videos/cancel-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}/download`Signed download URL for the finished MP4](/docs/api/videos/download-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}/renders`Past exports](/docs/api/videos/list-renders) - [POST`/videos/{id}/renders`Export again (after edits)](/docs/api/videos/create-render) - [GET`/videos/{id}/renders/progress`Current export progress](/docs/api/videos/render-progress) - [GET`/videos/{id}/voice`Voice regeneration progress](/docs/api/videos/voice-progress) - [POST`/videos/{id}/voice`Regenerate the voiceover with another voice](/docs/api/videos/regenerate-voice) - [GET`/videos/{id}/captions`Caption file (SRT or VTT), returned as text](/docs/api/videos/get-captions) - [POST`/videos/{id}/share-link`Public, expiring link to the MP4 for people without an account](/docs/api/videos/create-share-link) - [POST`/videos/{id}/report`Flag a generated video for review](/docs/api/videos/report-video) - [POST`/videos/image-to-video`Animate one image into a 5 or 10 s clip; optional narration makes the subject speak it (voice + lip-sync)](/docs/api/videos/create-image-to-video) - [POST`/videos/talking-avatar`Your own filmed video speaks a new script (voice + lip-sync onto your clip). For an AI presenter use POST /videos with mode talking-head](/docs/api/videos/create-talking-avatar) - [POST`/videos/character-swap`Character Swap: the person in your video becomes a character or the person in your photos. Motion, camera, room and the original audio are kept; lips stay in sync. 3-60 s](/docs/api/videos/create-character-swap) - [GET`/templates`Template library](/docs/api/videos/list-templates) [All videos](/docs/api/videos) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/videos/regenerate-voice --- title: "POST /videos/{id}/voice | MakeAIVideo" description: "Regenerate the voiceover with another voice. POST /videos/{id}/voice in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. 1 parameter. Need..." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/videos/regenerate-voice format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # POST`/videos/{id}/voice` Regenerate the voiceover with another voice ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/{id}/voice` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `write` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ### Parameters Name In Required Description id path yes Public video id, e.g. vid\_abc123 ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 202 Accepted ## Other videos endpoints - [GET`/videos`List videos](/docs/api/videos/list-videos) - [POST`/videos`Create a video from a brief or your own script](/docs/api/videos/create-video) - [POST`/videos/estimate`Free credit quote](/docs/api/videos/estimate-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}`Video status and progress](/docs/api/videos/get-video) - [PATCH`/videos/{id}`Edit title, topic, script or caption settings](/docs/api/videos/update-video) - [DELETE`/videos/{id}`Delete a video and its files](/docs/api/videos/delete-video) - [POST`/videos/{id}/generate`Start or re-run generation (drafts, or after edits)](/docs/api/videos/generate-video) - [POST`/videos/{id}/cancel`Cancel a running render and release its credits](/docs/api/videos/cancel-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}/download`Signed download URL for the finished MP4](/docs/api/videos/download-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}/renders`Past exports](/docs/api/videos/list-renders) - [POST`/videos/{id}/renders`Export again (after edits)](/docs/api/videos/create-render) - [GET`/videos/{id}/renders/progress`Current export progress](/docs/api/videos/render-progress) - [POST`/videos/{id}/scenes/{n}/regenerate`Regenerate one scene (optionally with new narration)](/docs/api/videos/regenerate-scene) - [GET`/videos/{id}/voice`Voice regeneration progress](/docs/api/videos/voice-progress) - [GET`/videos/{id}/captions`Caption file (SRT or VTT), returned as text](/docs/api/videos/get-captions) - [POST`/videos/{id}/share-link`Public, expiring link to the MP4 for people without an account](/docs/api/videos/create-share-link) - [POST`/videos/{id}/report`Flag a generated video for review](/docs/api/videos/report-video) - [POST`/videos/image-to-video`Animate one image into a 5 or 10 s clip; optional narration makes the subject speak it (voice + lip-sync)](/docs/api/videos/create-image-to-video) - [POST`/videos/talking-avatar`Your own filmed video speaks a new script (voice + lip-sync onto your clip). For an AI presenter use POST /videos with mode talking-head](/docs/api/videos/create-talking-avatar) - [POST`/videos/character-swap`Character Swap: the person in your video becomes a character or the person in your photos. Motion, camera, room and the original audio are kept; lips stay in sync. 3-60 s](/docs/api/videos/create-character-swap) - [GET`/templates`Template library](/docs/api/videos/list-templates) [All videos](/docs/api/videos) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/videos/render-progress --- title: "GET /videos/{id}/renders/progress | MakeAIVideo" description: "Current export progress. GET /videos/{id}/renders/progress in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. 1 parameter. Needs an API k..." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/videos/render-progress format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # GET`/videos/{id}/renders/progress` Current export progress ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/{id}/renders/progress` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `read` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ### Parameters Name In Required Description id path yes Public video id, e.g. vid\_abc123 ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 Progress ## Other videos endpoints - [GET`/videos`List videos](/docs/api/videos/list-videos) - [POST`/videos`Create a video from a brief or your own script](/docs/api/videos/create-video) - [POST`/videos/estimate`Free credit quote](/docs/api/videos/estimate-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}`Video status and progress](/docs/api/videos/get-video) - [PATCH`/videos/{id}`Edit title, topic, script or caption settings](/docs/api/videos/update-video) - [DELETE`/videos/{id}`Delete a video and its files](/docs/api/videos/delete-video) - [POST`/videos/{id}/generate`Start or re-run generation (drafts, or after edits)](/docs/api/videos/generate-video) - [POST`/videos/{id}/cancel`Cancel a running render and release its credits](/docs/api/videos/cancel-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}/download`Signed download URL for the finished MP4](/docs/api/videos/download-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}/renders`Past exports](/docs/api/videos/list-renders) - [POST`/videos/{id}/renders`Export again (after edits)](/docs/api/videos/create-render) - [POST`/videos/{id}/scenes/{n}/regenerate`Regenerate one scene (optionally with new narration)](/docs/api/videos/regenerate-scene) - [GET`/videos/{id}/voice`Voice regeneration progress](/docs/api/videos/voice-progress) - [POST`/videos/{id}/voice`Regenerate the voiceover with another voice](/docs/api/videos/regenerate-voice) - [GET`/videos/{id}/captions`Caption file (SRT or VTT), returned as text](/docs/api/videos/get-captions) - [POST`/videos/{id}/share-link`Public, expiring link to the MP4 for people without an account](/docs/api/videos/create-share-link) - [POST`/videos/{id}/report`Flag a generated video for review](/docs/api/videos/report-video) - [POST`/videos/image-to-video`Animate one image into a 5 or 10 s clip; optional narration makes the subject speak it (voice + lip-sync)](/docs/api/videos/create-image-to-video) - [POST`/videos/talking-avatar`Your own filmed video speaks a new script (voice + lip-sync onto your clip). For an AI presenter use POST /videos with mode talking-head](/docs/api/videos/create-talking-avatar) - [POST`/videos/character-swap`Character Swap: the person in your video becomes a character or the person in your photos. Motion, camera, room and the original audio are kept; lips stay in sync. 3-60 s](/docs/api/videos/create-character-swap) - [GET`/templates`Template library](/docs/api/videos/list-templates) [All videos](/docs/api/videos) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/videos/report-video --- title: "POST /videos/{id}/report | MakeAIVideo" description: "Flag a generated video for review. POST /videos/{id}/report in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. 1 parameter. Needs an API..." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/videos/report-video format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # POST`/videos/{id}/report` Flag a generated video for review ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/{id}/report` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `write` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ### Parameters Name In Required Description id path yes Public video id, e.g. vid\_abc123 ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 Reported ## Other videos endpoints - [GET`/videos`List videos](/docs/api/videos/list-videos) - [POST`/videos`Create a video from a brief or your own script](/docs/api/videos/create-video) - [POST`/videos/estimate`Free credit quote](/docs/api/videos/estimate-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}`Video status and progress](/docs/api/videos/get-video) - [PATCH`/videos/{id}`Edit title, topic, script or caption settings](/docs/api/videos/update-video) - [DELETE`/videos/{id}`Delete a video and its files](/docs/api/videos/delete-video) - [POST`/videos/{id}/generate`Start or re-run generation (drafts, or after edits)](/docs/api/videos/generate-video) - [POST`/videos/{id}/cancel`Cancel a running render and release its credits](/docs/api/videos/cancel-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}/download`Signed download URL for the finished MP4](/docs/api/videos/download-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}/renders`Past exports](/docs/api/videos/list-renders) - [POST`/videos/{id}/renders`Export again (after edits)](/docs/api/videos/create-render) - [GET`/videos/{id}/renders/progress`Current export progress](/docs/api/videos/render-progress) - [POST`/videos/{id}/scenes/{n}/regenerate`Regenerate one scene (optionally with new narration)](/docs/api/videos/regenerate-scene) - [GET`/videos/{id}/voice`Voice regeneration progress](/docs/api/videos/voice-progress) - [POST`/videos/{id}/voice`Regenerate the voiceover with another voice](/docs/api/videos/regenerate-voice) - [GET`/videos/{id}/captions`Caption file (SRT or VTT), returned as text](/docs/api/videos/get-captions) - [POST`/videos/{id}/share-link`Public, expiring link to the MP4 for people without an account](/docs/api/videos/create-share-link) - [POST`/videos/image-to-video`Animate one image into a 5 or 10 s clip; optional narration makes the subject speak it (voice + lip-sync)](/docs/api/videos/create-image-to-video) - [POST`/videos/talking-avatar`Your own filmed video speaks a new script (voice + lip-sync onto your clip). For an AI presenter use POST /videos with mode talking-head](/docs/api/videos/create-talking-avatar) - [POST`/videos/character-swap`Character Swap: the person in your video becomes a character or the person in your photos. Motion, camera, room and the original audio are kept; lips stay in sync. 3-60 s](/docs/api/videos/create-character-swap) - [GET`/templates`Template library](/docs/api/videos/list-templates) [All videos](/docs/api/videos) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/videos/update-video --- title: "PATCH /videos/{id} | MakeAIVideo" description: "Edit title, topic, script or caption settings. PATCH /videos/{id} in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. 1 parameter. Needs a..." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/videos/update-video format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # PATCH`/videos/{id}` Edit title, topic, script or caption settings ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/{id}` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `write` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ### Parameters Name In Required Description id path yes Public video id, e.g. vid\_abc123 ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 Saved. Script changes apply on the next generate 404 Unknown video ## Other videos endpoints - [GET`/videos`List videos](/docs/api/videos/list-videos) - [POST`/videos`Create a video from a brief or your own script](/docs/api/videos/create-video) - [POST`/videos/estimate`Free credit quote](/docs/api/videos/estimate-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}`Video status and progress](/docs/api/videos/get-video) - [DELETE`/videos/{id}`Delete a video and its files](/docs/api/videos/delete-video) - [POST`/videos/{id}/generate`Start or re-run generation (drafts, or after edits)](/docs/api/videos/generate-video) - [POST`/videos/{id}/cancel`Cancel a running render and release its credits](/docs/api/videos/cancel-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}/download`Signed download URL for the finished MP4](/docs/api/videos/download-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}/renders`Past exports](/docs/api/videos/list-renders) - [POST`/videos/{id}/renders`Export again (after edits)](/docs/api/videos/create-render) - [GET`/videos/{id}/renders/progress`Current export progress](/docs/api/videos/render-progress) - [POST`/videos/{id}/scenes/{n}/regenerate`Regenerate one scene (optionally with new narration)](/docs/api/videos/regenerate-scene) - [GET`/videos/{id}/voice`Voice regeneration progress](/docs/api/videos/voice-progress) - [POST`/videos/{id}/voice`Regenerate the voiceover with another voice](/docs/api/videos/regenerate-voice) - [GET`/videos/{id}/captions`Caption file (SRT or VTT), returned as text](/docs/api/videos/get-captions) - [POST`/videos/{id}/share-link`Public, expiring link to the MP4 for people without an account](/docs/api/videos/create-share-link) - [POST`/videos/{id}/report`Flag a generated video for review](/docs/api/videos/report-video) - [POST`/videos/image-to-video`Animate one image into a 5 or 10 s clip; optional narration makes the subject speak it (voice + lip-sync)](/docs/api/videos/create-image-to-video) - [POST`/videos/talking-avatar`Your own filmed video speaks a new script (voice + lip-sync onto your clip). For an AI presenter use POST /videos with mode talking-head](/docs/api/videos/create-talking-avatar) - [POST`/videos/character-swap`Character Swap: the person in your video becomes a character or the person in your photos. Motion, camera, room and the original audio are kept; lips stay in sync. 3-60 s](/docs/api/videos/create-character-swap) - [GET`/templates`Template library](/docs/api/videos/list-templates) [All videos](/docs/api/videos) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/videos/voice-progress --- title: "GET /videos/{id}/voice | MakeAIVideo" description: "Voice regeneration progress. GET /videos/{id}/voice in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. 1 parameter. Needs an API key with..." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/videos/voice-progress format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # GET`/videos/{id}/voice` Voice regeneration progress ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/{id}/voice` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `read` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ### Parameters Name In Required Description id path yes Public video id, e.g. vid\_abc123 ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 Progress ## Other videos endpoints - [GET`/videos`List videos](/docs/api/videos/list-videos) - [POST`/videos`Create a video from a brief or your own script](/docs/api/videos/create-video) - [POST`/videos/estimate`Free credit quote](/docs/api/videos/estimate-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}`Video status and progress](/docs/api/videos/get-video) - [PATCH`/videos/{id}`Edit title, topic, script or caption settings](/docs/api/videos/update-video) - [DELETE`/videos/{id}`Delete a video and its files](/docs/api/videos/delete-video) - [POST`/videos/{id}/generate`Start or re-run generation (drafts, or after edits)](/docs/api/videos/generate-video) - [POST`/videos/{id}/cancel`Cancel a running render and release its credits](/docs/api/videos/cancel-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}/download`Signed download URL for the finished MP4](/docs/api/videos/download-video) - [GET`/videos/{id}/renders`Past exports](/docs/api/videos/list-renders) - [POST`/videos/{id}/renders`Export again (after edits)](/docs/api/videos/create-render) - [GET`/videos/{id}/renders/progress`Current export progress](/docs/api/videos/render-progress) - [POST`/videos/{id}/scenes/{n}/regenerate`Regenerate one scene (optionally with new narration)](/docs/api/videos/regenerate-scene) - [POST`/videos/{id}/voice`Regenerate the voiceover with another voice](/docs/api/videos/regenerate-voice) - [GET`/videos/{id}/captions`Caption file (SRT or VTT), returned as text](/docs/api/videos/get-captions) - [POST`/videos/{id}/share-link`Public, expiring link to the MP4 for people without an account](/docs/api/videos/create-share-link) - [POST`/videos/{id}/report`Flag a generated video for review](/docs/api/videos/report-video) - [POST`/videos/image-to-video`Animate one image into a 5 or 10 s clip; optional narration makes the subject speak it (voice + lip-sync)](/docs/api/videos/create-image-to-video) - [POST`/videos/talking-avatar`Your own filmed video speaks a new script (voice + lip-sync onto your clip). For an AI presenter use POST /videos with mode talking-head](/docs/api/videos/create-talking-avatar) - [POST`/videos/character-swap`Character Swap: the person in your video becomes a character or the person in your photos. Motion, camera, room and the original audio are kept; lips stay in sync. 3-60 s](/docs/api/videos/create-character-swap) - [GET`/templates`Template library](/docs/api/videos/list-templates) [All videos](/docs/api/videos) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/voices --- title: "MakeAIVideo Voices API: Catalog and Previews" description: "Browse the MakeAIVideo voice catalog with curated picks, hear any voice read your own text, and fetch a stock sample line for a voice picker." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/voices format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) API reference # MakeAIVideo Voices API 3 operations · https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1 ## When to use the Voices API Voice choice does more for a finished video than most people expect, and it is hard to judge from a name. These endpoints exist so a client can let someone hear the options rather than read a list. GET /voices returns the catalog along with curated picks, which is enough to build a voice picker. POST /voices/preview is the one that matters: it renders any voice reading text you supply, so the audition uses your actual script rather than a generic sample sentence. The returned audio URL is short-lived, so play or cache it promptly rather than storing the link. Hear a voice read your own lineCopy ``` curl -X POST https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/voices/preview \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $MAV_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "voice_id": "", "text": "Most people get compound interest backwards." }' ``` - [GET`/voices`](/docs/api/voices/list-voices) - [POST`/voices/preview`](/docs/api/voices/preview-voice-text) - [GET`/voices/{id}/preview`](/docs/api/voices/preview-voice) GET`/voices`read ### Voice catalog plus curated picks GET https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/voices #### Parameters Name In Type Description gender query string — accent query string — age query string — use\_case query string — #### Responses - `200`Voices POST`/voices/preview`ai ### Hear any voice say your text (1-hour audio URL) POST https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/voices/preview #### Responses - `200`Audio GET`/voices/{id}/preview`read ### Stock sample line for a picker voice GET https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/voices/{id}/preview #### Parameters Name In Type Description idrequired path string Voice id #### Responses - `200`Preview - `404`Unknown voice`ErrorEnvelope` ## Voices API questions Can I hear a voice say my own script before rendering? Yes. POST /voices/preview renders any catalog voice reading text you provide and returns an audio URL, so you audition against your real copy instead of a stock line. How long is a voice preview URL valid? It is a temporary URL valid for about an hour. Fetch and cache the audio if you need it longer rather than storing the link itself. Can I change the voice on a video that is already rendered? Yes, without re-rendering the visuals. POST /videos/{id}/voice regenerates just the voiceover with a different voice. ## MakeAIVideo API guides - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) — the create, poll and download loop end to end. - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) — what the read, ai scope on this page mean. - [Agents](/docs/agents) — calling these endpoints from an autonomous agent. ## More MakeAIVideo documentation In the product - [AI spokesperson video](/ai-spokesperson-video) — voice choice in context Get an API key Every plan includes API and MCP access on the same credits as the app. Create a key under Settings, Advanced, API keys. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=docs&utm_medium=docs_cta&utm_content=%2Fdocs%2Fapi%2Fvoices)[MakeAIVideo plans and pricing](/pricing) Plans from $9 a month, with the allowance topped back up each billing month. [← Characters API](/docs/api/characters)[Music API →](/docs/api/music) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/voices/list-voices --- title: "GET /voices | MakeAIVideo" description: "Voice catalog plus curated picks. GET /voices in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. 4 parameters. Needs an API key with the..." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/voices/list-voices format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # GET`/voices` Voice catalog plus curated picks ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/voices` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `read` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ### Parameters Name In Required Description gender query no accent query no age query no use\_case query no ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 Voices ## Other voices endpoints - [POST`/voices/preview`Hear any voice say your text (1-hour audio URL)](/docs/api/voices/preview-voice-text) - [GET`/voices/{id}/preview`Stock sample line for a picker voice](/docs/api/voices/preview-voice) [All voices](/docs/api/voices) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/voices/preview-voice-text --- title: "POST /voices/preview | MakeAIVideo" description: "Hear any voice say your text (1-hour audio URL). POST /voices/preview in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. Needs an API key..." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/voices/preview-voice-text format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # POST`/voices/preview` Hear any voice say your text (1-hour audio URL) ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/voices/preview` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `ai` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 Audio ## Other voices endpoints - [GET`/voices`Voice catalog plus curated picks](/docs/api/voices/list-voices) - [GET`/voices/{id}/preview`Stock sample line for a picker voice](/docs/api/voices/preview-voice) [All voices](/docs/api/voices) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/voices/preview-voice --- title: "GET /voices/{id}/preview | MakeAIVideo" description: "Stock sample line for a picker voice. GET /voices/{id}/preview in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. 1 parameter. Needs an A..." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/voices/preview-voice format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # GET`/voices/{id}/preview` Stock sample line for a picker voice ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/voices/{id}/preview` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `read` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ### Parameters Name In Required Description id path yes Voice id ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 Preview 404 Unknown voice ## Other voices endpoints - [GET`/voices`Voice catalog plus curated picks](/docs/api/voices/list-voices) - [POST`/voices/preview`Hear any voice say your text (1-hour audio URL)](/docs/api/voices/preview-voice-text) [All voices](/docs/api/voices) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/webhooks --- title: "MakeAIVideo Webhooks API Reference: Subscriptions" description: "Create, list, update and delete webhook subscriptions, send a signed test ping, and inspect the last 50 delivery attempts for a subscription." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/webhooks format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) API reference # MakeAIVideo Webhooks API 7 operations · https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1 ## When to use the Webhooks API Manage the subscriptions that let you stop polling. Renders take minutes, and a webhook turns waiting into an event you receive rather than a loop you run. Every delivery is signed, so a handler must verify the HMAC before trusting the body. Two endpoints exist specifically for the debugging you will otherwise do blind: POST /webhooks/{id}/test sends a signed ping from our servers so you can check your endpoint and your signature check without waiting for a real render, and GET /webhooks/{id}/deliveries returns the last 50 attempts when deliveries start failing. The verification code and the retry schedule are on the webhooks guide. Subscribe to finished rendersCopy ``` curl -X POST https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/webhooks \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $MAV_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "url": "https://example.com/hooks/makeaivideo", "events": ["video.ready"] }' ``` - [GET`/webhooks`](/docs/api/webhooks/list-webhooks) - [POST`/webhooks`](/docs/api/webhooks/create-webhook) - [GET`/webhooks/{id}`](/docs/api/webhooks/get-webhook) - [PATCH`/webhooks/{id}`](/docs/api/webhooks/update-webhook) - [DELETE`/webhooks/{id}`](/docs/api/webhooks/delete-webhook) - [POST`/webhooks/{id}/test`](/docs/api/webhooks/test-webhook) - [GET`/webhooks/{id}/deliveries`](/docs/api/webhooks/list-deliveries) GET`/webhooks`read ### List webhooks GET https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/webhooks #### Responses - `200`Webhooks POST`/webhooks`write ### Create a webhook (secret returned once) POST https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/webhooks #### Responses - `201`Created; \`secret\` appears only here - `400`Bad URL or unknown event`ErrorEnvelope` GET`/webhooks/{id}`read ### Webhook detail GET https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/webhooks/{id} #### Parameters Name In Type Description idrequired path string Webhook id, e.g. wh\_abc123 #### Responses - `200`Webhook`Webhook` PATCH`/webhooks/{id}`write ### Update URL, events, name, or re-enable PATCH https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/webhooks/{id} #### Parameters Name In Type Description idrequired path string Webhook id, e.g. wh\_abc123 #### Responses - `200`Webhook`Webhook` DELETE`/webhooks/{id}`write ### Delete a webhook DELETE https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/webhooks/{id} #### Parameters Name In Type Description idrequired path string Webhook id, e.g. wh\_abc123 #### Responses - `200`Deleted POST`/webhooks/{id}/test`write ### Send a signed test ping (data.test = true) POST https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/webhooks/{id}/test #### Parameters Name In Type Description idrequired path string Webhook id, e.g. wh\_abc123 #### Responses - `200`Result GET`/webhooks/{id}/deliveries`read ### Last 50 delivery attempts GET https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/webhooks/{id}/deliveries #### Parameters Name In Type Description idrequired path string Webhook id, e.g. wh\_abc123 #### Responses - `200`Deliveries ## Webhooks API questions How do I test a webhook without rendering a video? POST /webhooks/{id}/test sends a signed test ping from our servers. The payload carries data.test = true, so a handler can tell it from a real event. Why did my webhook stop receiving events? Twenty consecutive delivery failures disable a subscription. Check GET /webhooks/{id}/deliveries for the failures, fix the endpoint, then re-enable it with PATCH is\_active true. How do I verify a webhook came from MakeAIVideo? Compare the X-MakeAIVideo-Signature header against an HMAC-SHA256 of the raw request body keyed with your webhook secret, in constant time. Verify before parsing the JSON, because re-serialising a parsed object changes the bytes. ## MakeAIVideo API guides - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) — the create, poll and download loop end to end. - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) — what the read, write scope on this page mean. - [Agents](/docs/agents) — calling these endpoints from an autonomous agent. ## More MakeAIVideo documentation Specifications - [RFC 2104](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2104) — HMAC, behind the delivery signature Get an API key Every plan includes API and MCP access on the same credits as the app. Create a key under Settings, Advanced, API keys. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=docs&utm_medium=docs_cta&utm_content=%2Fdocs%2Fapi%2Fwebhooks)[MakeAIVideo plans and pricing](/pricing) Plans from $9 a month, with the allowance topped back up each billing month. [← Publishing API](/docs/api/publishing)[Auth API →](/docs/api/auth) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/webhooks/create-webhook --- title: "POST /webhooks | MakeAIVideo" description: "Create a webhook (secret returned once). POST /webhooks in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. Needs an API key with the writ..." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/webhooks/create-webhook format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # POST`/webhooks` Create a webhook (secret returned once) ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/webhooks` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `write` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 201 Created; \`secret\` appears only here 400 Bad URL or unknown event ## Other webhooks endpoints - [GET`/webhooks`List webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks/list-webhooks) - [GET`/webhooks/{id}`Webhook detail](/docs/api/webhooks/get-webhook) - [PATCH`/webhooks/{id}`Update URL, events, name, or re-enable](/docs/api/webhooks/update-webhook) - [DELETE`/webhooks/{id}`Delete a webhook](/docs/api/webhooks/delete-webhook) - [POST`/webhooks/{id}/test`Send a signed test ping (data.test = true)](/docs/api/webhooks/test-webhook) - [GET`/webhooks/{id}/deliveries`Last 50 delivery attempts](/docs/api/webhooks/list-deliveries) [All webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/webhooks/delete-webhook --- title: "DELETE /webhooks/{id} | MakeAIVideo" description: "Delete a webhook. DELETE /webhooks/{id} in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. 1 parameter. Needs an API key with the write s..." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/webhooks/delete-webhook format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # DELETE`/webhooks/{id}` Delete a webhook ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/webhooks/{id}` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `write` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ### Parameters Name In Required Description id path yes Webhook id, e.g. wh\_abc123 ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 Deleted ## Other webhooks endpoints - [GET`/webhooks`List webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks/list-webhooks) - [POST`/webhooks`Create a webhook (secret returned once)](/docs/api/webhooks/create-webhook) - [GET`/webhooks/{id}`Webhook detail](/docs/api/webhooks/get-webhook) - [PATCH`/webhooks/{id}`Update URL, events, name, or re-enable](/docs/api/webhooks/update-webhook) - [POST`/webhooks/{id}/test`Send a signed test ping (data.test = true)](/docs/api/webhooks/test-webhook) - [GET`/webhooks/{id}/deliveries`Last 50 delivery attempts](/docs/api/webhooks/list-deliveries) [All webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/webhooks/get-webhook --- title: "GET /webhooks/{id} | MakeAIVideo" description: "Webhook detail. GET /webhooks/{id} in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. 1 parameter. Needs an API key with the read scope." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/webhooks/get-webhook format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # GET`/webhooks/{id}` Webhook detail ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/webhooks/{id}` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `read` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ### Parameters Name In Required Description id path yes Webhook id, e.g. wh\_abc123 ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 Webhook ## Other webhooks endpoints - [GET`/webhooks`List webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks/list-webhooks) - [POST`/webhooks`Create a webhook (secret returned once)](/docs/api/webhooks/create-webhook) - [PATCH`/webhooks/{id}`Update URL, events, name, or re-enable](/docs/api/webhooks/update-webhook) - [DELETE`/webhooks/{id}`Delete a webhook](/docs/api/webhooks/delete-webhook) - [POST`/webhooks/{id}/test`Send a signed test ping (data.test = true)](/docs/api/webhooks/test-webhook) - [GET`/webhooks/{id}/deliveries`Last 50 delivery attempts](/docs/api/webhooks/list-deliveries) [All webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/webhooks/list-deliveries --- title: "GET /webhooks/{id}/deliveries | MakeAIVideo" description: "Last 50 delivery attempts. GET /webhooks/{id}/deliveries in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. 1 parameter. Needs an API key..." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/webhooks/list-deliveries format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # GET`/webhooks/{id}/deliveries` Last 50 delivery attempts ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/webhooks/{id}/deliveries` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `read` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ### Parameters Name In Required Description id path yes Webhook id, e.g. wh\_abc123 ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 Deliveries ## Other webhooks endpoints - [GET`/webhooks`List webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks/list-webhooks) - [POST`/webhooks`Create a webhook (secret returned once)](/docs/api/webhooks/create-webhook) - [GET`/webhooks/{id}`Webhook detail](/docs/api/webhooks/get-webhook) - [PATCH`/webhooks/{id}`Update URL, events, name, or re-enable](/docs/api/webhooks/update-webhook) - [DELETE`/webhooks/{id}`Delete a webhook](/docs/api/webhooks/delete-webhook) - [POST`/webhooks/{id}/test`Send a signed test ping (data.test = true)](/docs/api/webhooks/test-webhook) [All webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/webhooks/list-webhooks --- title: "GET /webhooks | MakeAIVideo" description: "List webhooks. GET /webhooks in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. Needs an API key with the read scope." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/webhooks/list-webhooks format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # GET`/webhooks` List webhooks ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/webhooks` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `read` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 Webhooks ## Other webhooks endpoints - [POST`/webhooks`Create a webhook (secret returned once)](/docs/api/webhooks/create-webhook) - [GET`/webhooks/{id}`Webhook detail](/docs/api/webhooks/get-webhook) - [PATCH`/webhooks/{id}`Update URL, events, name, or re-enable](/docs/api/webhooks/update-webhook) - [DELETE`/webhooks/{id}`Delete a webhook](/docs/api/webhooks/delete-webhook) - [POST`/webhooks/{id}/test`Send a signed test ping (data.test = true)](/docs/api/webhooks/test-webhook) - [GET`/webhooks/{id}/deliveries`Last 50 delivery attempts](/docs/api/webhooks/list-deliveries) [All webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/webhooks/test-webhook --- title: "POST /webhooks/{id}/test | MakeAIVideo" description: "Send a signed test ping (data.test = true). POST /webhooks/{id}/test in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. 1 parameter. Need..." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/webhooks/test-webhook format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # POST`/webhooks/{id}/test` Send a signed test ping (data.test = true) ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/webhooks/{id}/test` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `write` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ### Parameters Name In Required Description id path yes Webhook id, e.g. wh\_abc123 ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 Result ## Other webhooks endpoints - [GET`/webhooks`List webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks/list-webhooks) - [POST`/webhooks`Create a webhook (secret returned once)](/docs/api/webhooks/create-webhook) - [GET`/webhooks/{id}`Webhook detail](/docs/api/webhooks/get-webhook) - [PATCH`/webhooks/{id}`Update URL, events, name, or re-enable](/docs/api/webhooks/update-webhook) - [DELETE`/webhooks/{id}`Delete a webhook](/docs/api/webhooks/delete-webhook) - [GET`/webhooks/{id}/deliveries`Last 50 delivery attempts](/docs/api/webhooks/list-deliveries) [All webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/webhooks/update-webhook --- title: "PATCH /webhooks/{id} | MakeAIVideo" description: "Update URL, events, name, or re-enable. PATCH /webhooks/{id} in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. 1 parameter. Needs an API..." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/webhooks/update-webhook format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # PATCH`/webhooks/{id}` Update URL, events, name, or re-enable ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/webhooks/{id}` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `write` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ### Parameters Name In Required Description id path yes Webhook id, e.g. wh\_abc123 ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 Webhook ## Other webhooks endpoints - [GET`/webhooks`List webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks/list-webhooks) - [POST`/webhooks`Create a webhook (secret returned once)](/docs/api/webhooks/create-webhook) - [GET`/webhooks/{id}`Webhook detail](/docs/api/webhooks/get-webhook) - [DELETE`/webhooks/{id}`Delete a webhook](/docs/api/webhooks/delete-webhook) - [POST`/webhooks/{id}/test`Send a signed test ping (data.test = true)](/docs/api/webhooks/test-webhook) - [GET`/webhooks/{id}/deliveries`Last 50 delivery attempts](/docs/api/webhooks/list-deliveries) [All webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/workspace --- title: "MakeAIVideo Workspace API: Settings and Defaults" description: "Read the workspace an API key operates in and update its defaults, so every video created with that key inherits the same starting settings." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/workspace format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) API reference # MakeAIVideo Workspace API 2 operations · https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1 ## When to use the Workspace API API keys belong to an organization, not a person, and the workspace is the thing they write into. GET /workspace confirms which one a key is acting on, which is worth checking in a script that could be pointed at the wrong account. Defaults set here apply to videos created afterwards, so settings you would otherwise repeat on every create call can be set once with PATCH /workspace. Default every new video to verticalCopy ``` curl -X PATCH https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/workspace \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $MAV_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "default_aspect_ratio": "9:16" }' ``` - [GET`/workspace`](/docs/api/workspace/get-workspace) - [PATCH`/workspace`](/docs/api/workspace/update-workspace) GET`/workspace`read ### The workspace this key works in GET https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/workspace #### Responses - `200`Workspace PATCH`/workspace`write ### Update workspace defaults PATCH https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/workspace #### Responses - `200`Workspace - `403`Owners and admins only`ErrorEnvelope` ## Workspace API questions Which workspace does my API key write into? GET /workspace returns it. Keys are scoped to an organization rather than a user, so this is the check to run before a script starts creating videos. Can I set defaults so I do not repeat them on every create call? Yes. PATCH /workspace updates the defaults that new videos inherit, which keeps repeated fields out of every POST /videos body. ## MakeAIVideo API guides - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) — the create, poll and download loop end to end. - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) — what the read, write scope on this page mean. - [Agents](/docs/agents) — calling these endpoints from an autonomous agent. ## More MakeAIVideo documentation In the product - [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) — plans and seats Get an API key Every plan includes API and MCP access on the same credits as the app. Create a key under Settings, Advanced, API keys. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=docs&utm_medium=docs_cta&utm_content=%2Fdocs%2Fapi%2Fworkspace)[MakeAIVideo plans and pricing](/pricing) Plans from $9 a month, with the allowance topped back up each billing month. [← Brand kit API](/docs/api/brand-kit)[Ideas API →](/docs/api/ideas) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/workspace/get-workspace --- title: "GET /workspace | MakeAIVideo" description: "The workspace this key works in. GET /workspace in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. Needs an API key with the read scope." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/workspace/get-workspace format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # GET`/workspace` The workspace this key works in ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/workspace` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `read` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 Workspace ## Other workspace endpoints - [PATCH`/workspace`Update workspace defaults](/docs/api/workspace/update-workspace) [All workspace](/docs/api/workspace) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/workspace/update-workspace --- title: "PATCH /workspace | MakeAIVideo" description: "Update workspace defaults. PATCH /workspace in the MakeAIVideo API, with request fields and every response code. Needs an API key with the write scope." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/api/workspace/update-workspace format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # PATCH`/workspace` Update workspace defaults ## Request Send to `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/workspace` with a bearer API key. The key needs the `write` scope; a key without it gets `403 forbidden` naming the scope it lacks. ## Responses Every v1 response is `{ data, error, meta }`. On failure `error` carries a stable `code` and `meta.request_id` identifies the call, which is the thing to quote in a support mail. Status Meaning 200 Workspace 403 Owners and admins only ## Other workspace endpoints - [GET`/workspace`The workspace this key works in](/docs/api/workspace/get-workspace) [All workspace](/docs/api/workspace) · [Full API reference](/docs/api) · [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) · [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/authentication --- title: "MakeAIVideo API Authentication and Scopes" description: "Authenticate against the MakeAIVideo API with a bearer key. Covers the read, write and ai scopes, what a 403 means, and device-code login." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/authentication format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # MakeAIVideo API authentication Every endpoint except the device-login pair takes an organization API key as a bearer token. ## Keys Create a key in the app under Settings, Advanced, API keys, or with the CLI device flow. Keys are prefixed `mav_` and belong to an organization, not a user. HeaderCopy ``` Authorization: Bearer mav_... ``` curlCopy ``` curl https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/me \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $MAV_API_KEY" ``` A key is shown once, when it is created. Store it somewhere durable at that moment; we cannot show it again. ## Scopes Every key carries scopes, and every operation declares the one it needs. The scope is listed on each endpoint in the reference. Scope Covers read Lists and inspects. Fetching videos, characters, webhooks, credits. write Creates, edits, regenerates and deletes. This is the scope that spends credits. ai Generation helpers: scripts, ideas, portraits, voice previews, music. Scope keys down to what the integration actually needs. A read-only reporting job should not hold a key that can spend credits. ## When a scope is missing A key without the required scope gets `403 forbidden`. This is not retryable; reissue the key with the scope it needs. 403Copy ``` { "data": null, "error": { "message": "Missing required scope: write", "code": "forbidden", "retryable": false }, "meta": { ... } } ``` A missing or malformed token returns `401` instead. Both are 4xx, so `retryable` is false: retrying the identical request will fail identically. ## Device-code login For terminals and machines without a browser, the API implements device-code flow (RFC 8628) across `POST /auth/device` and `POST /auth/device/token`. These two are the only unauthenticated endpoints. Start a login, show the user the code, then poll for the token; the key is returned once, on success. See the [Auth reference](/docs/api/auth) and the [CLI page](/docs/cli). ## Authentication questions Where do I get a MakeAIVideo API key? Create one in the app under Settings, Advanced, API keys. Keys are prefixed mav\_ and belong to an organization rather than a person, so anyone in that workspace acts through the same key. What is the difference between the read, write and ai scopes? read lists and inspects, write creates and edits and is the scope that spends credits, and ai covers the generation helpers such as scripts, ideas and voice previews. A key can hold any combination. Why am I getting a 403 from the API? The key is valid but lacks the scope that endpoint requires. Every operation lists its scope in the reference; reissue the key with that scope, because retrying the same request will keep failing. Can I see an API key again after creating it? No. A key is shown once, at creation, and cannot be retrieved afterwards. Store it in a secret manager or your keychain at that moment, and issue a new key if you lose it. How do I authenticate a machine with no browser? Use the device-code flow. POST /auth/device returns a short code the user approves in a browser elsewhere, then your client polls POST /auth/device/token to receive the key. ## More MakeAIVideo documentation In the product - [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) — plans and credit allowances Specifications - [RFC 6750](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6750) — OAuth 2.0 bearer token usage, which is how keys are sent - [RFC 8628](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8628) — the device authorization grant behind our terminal login Get an API key Every plan includes API and MCP access on the same credits as the app. Create a key under Settings, Advanced, API keys. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=docs&utm_medium=docs_cta&utm_content=%2Fdocs%2Fauthentication)[MakeAIVideo plans and pricing](/pricing) Plans from $9 a month, with the allowance topped back up each billing month. --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/cli --- title: "MakeAIVideo CLI and Device-Code Login for Terminals" description: "Sign in to MakeAIVideo from a terminal with the device-code flow (RFC 8628) and get an API key onto a headless machine without pasting a secret into it." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/cli format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # MakeAIVideo CLI and device login Getting a key onto a machine that has no browser, without copying and pasting a secret around. Install ``` npm install -g @makeaivideo/cli ``` Published on npm as [@makeaivideo/cli](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@makeaivideo/cli) with source on [GitHub](https://github.com/makeaivideo-ai/cli). Everything on this page also works with plain curl if you would rather not install anything, and the device-code endpoints below are the same ones the CLI calls. ## Device-code flow Standard RFC 8628. The machine asks for a code, a human approves it in a browser somewhere else, and the machine collects the key. These two endpoints are the only unauthenticated ones in the API. ## 1\. Start a login curlCopy ``` curl -X POST https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/auth/device \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "client_name": "my-laptop" }' ``` 200 — field shapeCopy ``` { "data": { "device_code": "...", "user_code": "....-....", "verification_uri": "https://app.makeaivideo.ai/device", "verification_uri_complete": "https://app.makeaivideo.ai/device?code=...", "expires_in": , "interval": }, "error": null, "meta": { ... } } ``` Show the user `user_code` and send them to `verification_uri`. If they are on the same machine, `verification_uri_complete` skips the typing. ## 2\. Poll for approval Poll every `interval` seconds until the code expires. curlCopy ``` curl -X POST https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/auth/device/token \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "device_code": "..." }' ``` status What to do pending Nobody has approved it yet. Keep polling at the given interval. slow\_down You are polling too fast. Back off, then continue. authorized Approved. api\_key is present, once. Store it now. denied The user rejected the request. Stop. expired The code timed out. Start a new device login. ## 3\. Store the key authorized — field shapeCopy ``` { "data": { "status": "authorized", "api_key": "mav_...", "api_key_id": }, "error": null, "meta": { ... } } ``` `api_key` is returned once and never again. Write it to your config or keychain on receipt. From there it is an ordinary bearer key, as described in [Authentication](/docs/authentication). ## CLI questions Is there a MakeAIVideo CLI? Yes. Install it with npm install -g @makeaivideo/cli. It signs in with the device-code flow, so no secret is ever pasted into a terminal, and everything it does is also possible with plain curl. How do I log in from a server or a terminal? Use the device-code flow. Request a code, approve it in a browser on any device, and your client polls until it receives the API key. Nobody has to paste a secret into the terminal. Can I get the API key back if I lose it? No. It is returned once on the authorized response and never again, so write it to your config or keychain immediately and issue a new key if it is lost. ## More MakeAIVideo documentation In the product - [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) — plans and credit allowances Specifications - [RFC 8628](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8628) — the device authorization grant this flow implements Get an API key Every plan includes API and MCP access on the same credits as the app. Create a key under Settings, Advanced, API keys. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=docs&utm_medium=docs_cta&utm_content=%2Fdocs%2Fcli)[MakeAIVideo plans and pricing](/pricing) Plans from $9 a month, with the allowance topped back up each billing month. --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/mcp --- title: "MakeAIVideo MCP Server for Claude and ChatGPT" description: "Connect MakeAIVideo to Claude, ChatGPT or Claude Code over the Model Context Protocol. 44 tools to make AI videos and post them, added by URL with OAuth." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/mcp format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # MakeAIVideo MCP server MakeAIVideo speaks the Model Context Protocol, so an assistant can make videos, and post them to your connected social accounts, directly rather than you wiring up HTTP calls. Same account, same credits, same scopes as an API key. ## The endpoint Server URLCopy ``` https://mcp.makeaivideo.ai ``` It is a streamable HTTP MCP server. Authentication is required: either OAuth, which most clients handle for you, or an `Authorization: Bearer mav_...` header. The older `app.makeaivideo.ai/api/mcp` address still works and is not going away, so an existing connector does not need changing. New connections should use the address above. The server is listed in the [official MCP Registry](https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io) as `ai.makeaivideo/video-generator`, so clients that browse the registry can find it without this page. ## Claude and ChatGPT Both accept a custom connector by URL. Add the server URL above; the client discovers the authorization server, registers itself, and walks you through sign-in. You should not need to paste a key. - Claude — Settings, Connectors, Add custom connector, paste the URL. - ChatGPT — Settings, Connectors, add by URL. Availability depends on your plan. Discovery is served at `/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource` and `/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server`, with dynamic client registration and PKCE (`S256`). Consent is scoped to `read`, `write` and `ai`, the same three scopes described in [Authentication](/docs/authentication). ## Claude Code Add it with a key: shellCopy ``` claude mcp add --transport http makeaivideo \ https://mcp.makeaivideo.ai \ --header "Authorization: Bearer $MAV_API_KEY" ``` ## Running it locally over stdio The hosted server above is the easiest route and needs nothing installed. If you would rather run the server yourself, for a client that only speaks stdio or an environment with no outbound HTTP, [@makeaivideo/mcp](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@makeaivideo/mcp) is on npm, with source on [GitHub](https://github.com/makeaivideo-ai/mcp), and exposes the same tools. shellCopy ``` MAKEAIVIDEO_API_KEY=mav_... npx -y @makeaivideo/mcp ``` It authenticates with an API key rather than OAuth, so create one under [Developers](/developers) first. Both routes reach the same API and draw on the same credit allowance. ## Tools (44) Renders take minutes. An assistant creates the video, polls `get_video_status` (respecting `poll_after_seconds`) and returns the download link. `estimate_video_cost` quotes the credit cost before anything is spent. Create videos `create_explainer_video`, `create_listicle_video`, `create_story_video`, `create_ugc_video`, `create_demo_video`, `create_article_video`, `create_spokesperson_video`, `create_video_from_script` Plan `estimate_video_cost`, `write_script`, `structure_text`, `fetch_article`, `generate_ideas`, `enhance_prompt` Track and deliver `get_video_status`, `list_my_videos`, `get_download_url`, `get_captions`, `create_share_link`, `export_video` Edit `update_video`, `generate_video`, `regenerate_scene`, `regenerate_voice`, `cancel_video`, `delete_video` Characters, voices, music `list_characters`, `create_character`, `generate_character_portraits`, `generate_voice_previews`, `list_voices`, `preview_voice`, `generate_music`, `list_music`, `list_templates` Post to social `list_social_accounts`, `get_connect_link`, `publish_video`, `get_publish_status`, `list_posts` Account and automation `whoami`, `get_credits`, `create_webhook`, `list_webhooks` ## Posting to social accounts `publish_video` posts a finished video to one or more connected accounts, now or at a scheduled time, with one caption or a caption per platform. Supported: TikTok, Instagram (as a Reel), YouTube (a 9:16 video as a Short, 16:9 as a regular video), Facebook (Pages only), LinkedIn, X (videos up to 140 seconds), Threads, Pinterest, Bluesky, Telegram and Discord. A person connects each account once. `get_connect_link` returns a short-lived link that you open in a browser to approve access; the assistant cannot complete that step for you. X opens its approval page in a new tab. Bluesky, Telegram and Discord connect in the web app. After that, `list_social_accounts` returns the account ids, `publish_video` posts, and `get_publish_status` returns the link to each live post. The number of connected accounts depends on your [plan](/pricing). ## Talking to it directly For debugging, or a client you are writing yourself. List the tools the server exposes: curlCopy ``` curl -X POST https://mcp.makeaivideo.ai \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $MAV_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \ -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list","params":{}}' ``` An unauthenticated request returns JSON-RPC error `-32001` rather than an HTTP error, which is the usual sign a client dropped the auth header. ## MCP server questions How do I add MakeAIVideo to Claude or ChatGPT? Paste the server URL, https://mcp.makeaivideo.ai, as a custom connector. The client reads our OAuth discovery documents, registers itself, and walks you through sign-in, so you should not need to paste an API key. Does the MCP server need an API key? Not when you connect through OAuth, which is the normal path for Claude and ChatGPT. For a client you are writing yourself, send an Authorization: Bearer mav\_... header instead. What can an assistant do once it is connected? The same things the API can, subject to the scopes you consent to: read your videos, create and edit them, use the generation helpers, and post finished videos to your connected social accounts. Consent is scoped to read, write and ai. Can an assistant post videos to TikTok, Instagram or YouTube? Yes. Once you have connected an account, publish\_video posts a finished video, or schedules it, to TikTok, Instagram (as a Reel), YouTube (a 9:16 video as a Short, 16:9 as a regular video), Facebook Pages, LinkedIn, X (videos up to 140 seconds), Threads, Pinterest, Bluesky, Telegram or Discord. A person must connect each account once: get\_connect\_link returns a link you open in a browser to approve access. X opens its approval page in a new tab. Why am I getting JSON-RPC error -32001? The request reached the server without valid credentials. It is returned as a JSON-RPC error rather than an HTTP error, and it usually means the client dropped the Authorization header or the OAuth grant expired. Prefer plain HTTP? The [REST quickstart](/docs/quickstart) covers the same workflow with curl. ## More MakeAIVideo documentation In the product - [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) — an assistant spends the same credits you do - [AI spokesperson video](/ai-spokesperson-video) — one of the shapes an assistant can produce Specifications - [Model Context Protocol specification](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-06-18) — the protocol this server implements - [JSON-RPC 2.0](https://www.jsonrpc.org/specification) — the message format MCP rides on - [RFC 9728](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9728) — protected resource metadata, which is how clients discover our auth server - [RFC 7636](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7636) — PKCE, required by the OAuth flow clients use Get an API key Every plan includes API and MCP access on the same credits as the app. Create a key under Settings, Advanced, API keys. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=docs&utm_medium=docs_cta&utm_content=%2Fdocs%2Fmcp)[MakeAIVideo plans and pricing](/pricing) Plans from $9 a month, with the allowance topped back up each billing month. --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/quickstart --- title: "MakeAIVideo API Quickstart: Key to Finished MP4" description: "Go from an API key to a finished MP4 with the MakeAIVideo API: list tools, estimate the credit cost, create a video, poll for completion, download." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/quickstart format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # MakeAIVideo API quickstart From an API key to a finished MP4. Every call below hits `https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1`. ## 1\. Get an API key Create one in the app under Settings, Advanced, API keys. Keys start with `mav_` and carry scopes. Give this one `read`, `write` and `ai` so it can run the whole loop. See [Authentication](/docs/authentication) for what each scope covers. shellCopy ``` export MAV_API_KEY="mav_..." ``` ## 2\. See what you can make Each tool is a video shape with its own fields. Pick an id from the response and use it in the next two calls. curlCopy ``` curl https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/tools \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $MAV_API_KEY" ``` ## 3\. Quote it first Estimating is free and tells you the credit cost before you commit. curlCopy ``` curl -X POST https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/estimate \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $MAV_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "tool": "", "duration_seconds": 30 }' ``` ## 4\. Create the video Two paths into this endpoint. Pass a `tool` plus `fields` and we write the script, or pass your own `script` object and we render exactly that. curlCopy ``` curl -X POST https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $MAV_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "tool": "", "fields": { "topic": "How compound interest works" }, "duration_seconds": 30, "idempotency_key": "quickstart-001" }' ``` Returns `202 Accepted`. The render has started; it has not finished. 202 Accepted — field shapeCopy ``` { "data": { "video_id": "vid_...", "status": "generating", "poll_after_seconds": , "next": "..." }, "error": null, "meta": { ... } } ``` The `idempotency_key` matters. Renders cost credits, and without a key a retried request creates and charges for a second video. ## 5\. Wait for it Renders take minutes. Poll the video and respect `poll_after_seconds` rather than hammering the endpoint. curlCopy ``` curl https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/vid_... \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $MAV_API_KEY" ``` For anything long-running, prefer a webhook over polling: subscribe to `video.ready` and let us call you. See [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks). ## 6\. Download the MP4 curlCopy ``` curl -L https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/videos/vid_.../download \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $MAV_API_KEY" \ -o video.mp4 ``` ## Next - [Videos reference](/docs/api/videos) — editing, regenerating scenes, exports. - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) — stop polling, verify the signature. - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) — skip the HTTP layer entirely from Claude or ChatGPT. ## Quickstart questions How do I make my first video with the API? List the tools, estimate the cost, POST to /videos with a tool and fields, poll until it is ready, then download the MP4. That is the whole loop and it is five calls. Do I have to write the script myself? No. Pass a tool and a few brief fields and we write the script for you. If you would rather control the words, pass your own script object instead and we render exactly that. How do I know when the video is finished? Poll GET /videos/{id} at the interval the create response returns, or subscribe to the video.ready webhook and skip polling altogether. Webhooks are the better choice for anything unattended. ## More MakeAIVideo documentation In the product - [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) — what a render costs in credits - [Script to video](/script-to-video) — the same create loop in the app Further reading - [How to write a video script](/blog/how-to-write-an-ai-video-script) — what makes a brief produce a good script Get an API key Every plan includes API and MCP access on the same credits as the app. Create a key under Settings, Advanced, API keys. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=docs&utm_medium=docs_cta&utm_content=%2Fdocs%2Fquickstart)[MakeAIVideo plans and pricing](/pricing) Plans from $9 a month, with the allowance topped back up each billing month. --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/sdk --- title: "TypeScript SDK | MakeAIVideo" description: "@makeaivideo/sdk wraps all 65 API operations in a typed client, with polling, webhook verification and typed errors handled for you." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/sdk format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # TypeScript SDK `@makeaivideo/sdk` is a typed client for all 65 API operations. It handles polling, webhook signature verification and error classes, so the common path is three calls rather than a fetch loop. shellCopy ``` npm install @makeaivideo/sdk ``` Published on npm as [@makeaivideo/sdk](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@makeaivideo/sdk), source on [GitHub](https://github.com/makeaivideo-ai/sdk). MIT licensed. Create a key under [Developers](/developers) first. ## Brief in, MP4 out The shortest useful path: list the tools, quote the cost, create, wait. Note the estimate step. It is free, and it turns an irreversible spend into one you can confirm. typescriptCopy ``` import { MakeAIVideo } from "@makeaivideo/sdk" const mav = new MakeAIVideo({ apiKey: process.env.MAKEAIVIDEO_API_KEY! }) // 1. See the video tools and the fields each one asks for const tools = await mav.tools.list() // 2. Quote the cost, then create const quote = await mav.videos.estimate({ tool: "explainer", duration_seconds: 30 }) const { video_id } = await mav.videos.create({ tool: "explainer", fields: { topic: "Why octopuses have three hearts" }, duration_seconds: 30, aspect_ratio: "9:16", }) // 3. Wait for the render and download it const video = await mav.videos.waitForReady(video_id, { onProgress: (v) => console.log(v.status), }) console.log(video.download) // MP4 URL ``` `waitForReady` polls for you and respects the `poll_after_seconds` hint the API returns, so it will not hammer the endpoint. If you would rather not hold a connection open, use webhooks instead. ## Webhooks instead of polling typescriptCopy ``` import { verifyWebhookSignature } from "@makeaivideo/sdk" const hook = await mav.webhooks.create({ url: "https://example.com/hooks/makeaivideo", events: ["video.ready", "video.failed"], }) // store hook.secret, then in your handler (raw body!): if (!verifyWebhookSignature(rawBody, req.headers["x-makeaivideo-signature"], secret)) { throw new Error("bad signature") } ``` Verify against the **raw** body, before any JSON parsing, or the signature will not match. The [webhooks guide](/docs/webhooks) covers the event list and the retry schedule. ## What the client exposes Every resource hangs off the client, plus `mav.me()` and `mav.credits()` for the account itself. Both are free to call. Resource Covers mav.videos Create, estimate, poll, export, download mav.tools The brief-driven video tools and their fields mav.templates Saved render configurations mav.characters Recurring on-screen people mav.voices The voice catalogue and previews mav.music Background track generation mav.ideas Topic and hook suggestions mav.ai Script writing, prompt enhancement, article fetch mav.uploads Your own images and audio mav.brandKit Colours, logo and type mav.publishing Post finished videos to connected social accounts, now or scheduled mav.webhooks Delivery endpoints and their health mav.workspace Members and settings ## Errors Every failure is a `MakeAIVideoError` carrying `status`, `code` and `requestId`. Quote the request id in any support mail and we can find the exact call. The subclasses let you branch without string matching: Class Status Meaning AuthenticationError 401 Key missing, malformed or revoked PermissionError 403 The key lacks the required scope ValidationError 400 The request body did not validate InsufficientCreditsError 402 Not enough credits for the job NotFoundError 404 No such video, voice or character RateLimitError 429 A rate-limit tier was exceeded VideoFailedError \- The render failed while waiting on it ## The other packages [@makeaivideo/mcp](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@makeaivideo/mcp) runs the [MCP server](/docs/mcp) locally over stdio, for assistants that cannot reach the hosted endpoint. [@makeaivideo/cli](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@makeaivideo/cli) is the [command-line client](/docs/cli). All three are MIT licensed and open source under [github.com/makeaivideo-ai](https://github.com/makeaivideo-ai), and all three are included on every plan with no separate rate card. For the endpoints underneath, see the [API reference](/docs/api), or start with the [quickstart](/docs/quickstart) if you would rather use plain HTTP. Get an API key Every plan includes API and MCP access on the same credits as the app. Create a key under Settings, Advanced, API keys. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=docs&utm_medium=docs_cta&utm_content=%2Fdocs%2Fsdk)[MakeAIVideo plans and pricing](/pricing) Plans from $9 a month, with the allowance topped back up each billing month. --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/webhooks --- title: "MakeAIVideo Webhooks: Signing and Retries" description: "Subscribe to MakeAIVideo events instead of polling. HMAC-SHA256 signature verification in Node and Python, the retry schedule, and deduplicating deliveries." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/docs/webhooks format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [Documentation](/docs)v1.2 Guides - [Overview](/docs) - [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) - [Authentication](/docs/authentication) - [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks) Integrations - [MCP server](/docs/mcp) - [Agents](/docs/agents) - [CLI](/docs/cli) - [TypeScript SDK](/docs/sdk) API reference - [All endpoints](/docs/api) - [Introspection](/docs/api/introspection) - [Videos](/docs/api/videos) - [Scripts](/docs/api/scripts) - [Characters](/docs/api/characters) - [Voices](/docs/api/voices) - [Music](/docs/api/music) - [Uploads](/docs/api/uploads) - [Brand kit](/docs/api/brand-kit) - [Workspace](/docs/api/workspace) - [Ideas](/docs/api/ideas) - [Publishing](/docs/api/publishing) - [Webhooks](/docs/api/webhooks) - [Auth](/docs/api/auth) # MakeAIVideo webhooks Renders take minutes. Subscribe to an event and we will call you when it is done, instead of you polling until it is. ## Create a subscription The URL must be public and https. curlCopy ``` curl -X POST https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/webhooks \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $MAV_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "url": "https://example.com/hooks/makeaivideo", "events": ["video.ready"] }' ``` The signing secret is returned once, in the create response. Store it then; it is not retrievable afterwards. ## What a delivery looks like Every delivery is signed and carries these headers. HeadersCopy ``` X-MakeAIVideo-Signature: sha256= X-MakeAIVideo-Event: video.ready X-MakeAIVideo-Event-Id: X-MakeAIVideo-Timestamp: X-MakeAIVideo-Attempt: <1 on first delivery, higher on a retry> ``` Deliveries can repeat. Treat `X-MakeAIVideo-Event-Id` as a deduplication key and make your handler idempotent: a retry after your server accepted but failed to respond will arrive with the same id. ## Verify the signature The signature is an HMAC-SHA256 of the raw request body, keyed with your webhook secret. Compare it in constant time, and reject anything that does not match. Node.jsCopy ``` import crypto from "node:crypto" // The raw body matters. Verify BEFORE parsing JSON — re-serialising a // parsed object changes the bytes and the signature will never match. export function verify(rawBody, header, secret) { const expected = "sha256=" + crypto.createHmac("sha256", secret).update(rawBody).digest("hex") const a = Buffer.from(header ?? "") const b = Buffer.from(expected) // Length check first: timingSafeEqual throws on a length mismatch. return a.length === b.length && crypto.timingSafeEqual(a, b) } ``` PythonCopy ``` import hmac, hashlib def verify(raw_body: bytes, header: str, secret: str) -> bool: expected = "sha256=" + hmac.new( secret.encode(), raw_body, hashlib.sha256 ).hexdigest() return hmac.compare_digest(header or "", expected) ``` Verify against the _raw_ bytes. Most frameworks parse JSON before your handler runs, and re-serialising that object produces different bytes and a signature that never matches. In Express, that means `express.raw()` on the webhook route. ## Retries Respond 2xx to acknowledge. Anything else is a failure and we retry on this schedule, then stop. 1. 1. 30s 2. 2. 2m 3. 3. 10m 4. 4. 1h 5. 5. 6h Twenty consecutive failures disable the webhook. It stays disabled until you re-enable it explicitly, so a dead endpoint does not silently absorb events forever. Re-enableCopy ``` curl -X PATCH https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/webhooks/wh_... \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $MAV_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "is_active": true }' ``` `GET /webhooks/{id}/deliveries` returns the last 50 attempts, which is usually enough to see why an endpoint started failing. ## Test it Send a signed ping from our servers to check your endpoint and your signature check without waiting for a real render. The payload carries `data.test = true`. curlCopy ``` curl -X POST https://app.makeaivideo.ai/api/v1/webhooks/wh_.../test \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $MAV_API_KEY" ``` Full endpoint list in the [Webhooks reference](/docs/api/webhooks). ## Webhook questions Should I poll or use a webhook? Use a webhook for anything running unattended. Polling is fine for a script you are watching, but a render takes minutes and a webhook removes the loop entirely. My signature check never matches. Why? Almost always because the body was parsed before verification. The HMAC is over the raw bytes, and re-serialising a parsed JSON object produces different bytes. Capture the raw body first, verify, then parse. What happens if my endpoint is down? We retry five times over roughly six hours, then stop. Twenty consecutive failures disable the subscription until you re-enable it, so a dead endpoint does not silently swallow events. ## More MakeAIVideo documentation In the product - [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) — plans and credit allowances Specifications - [RFC 2104](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2104) — HMAC, the construction behind the signature header - [OWASP REST Security Cheat Sheet](https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/REST_Security_Cheat_Sheet.html) — general hardening for the endpoint receiving these Get an API key Every plan includes API and MCP access on the same credits as the app. Create a key under Settings, Advanced, API keys. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup?utm_source=docs&utm_medium=docs_cta&utm_content=%2Fdocs%2Fwebhooks)[MakeAIVideo plans and pricing](/pricing) Plans from $9 a month, with the allowance topped back up each billing month. --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/faceless-youtube-channel --- title: "Faceless YouTube Channel AI Video Generator | MakeAIVideo" description: "Start a faceless YouTube channel with AI: type a topic, get a narrated video with voiceover, scenes and captions, then post it to YouTube. From $9/mo." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/faceless-youtube-channel format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- # Start a faceless YouTube channel with AI videos Type a topic or paste a script and MakeAIVideo writes the hook, generates the voiceover and scenes, adds captions and any music you pick, and renders a 1080p MP4 for long-form YouTube or Shorts. Review it, then post it to your channel without filming or voicing anything yourself. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[Plans and pricing](/pricing) 7 day free trial·Allowance tops up monthly · Top-up credits never expire 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Join 690+ creators making AI video Naming the channel first? Try the free [YouTube channel name generator](/tools/youtube-channel-name-generator) and [YouTube description generator](/tools/youtube-description-generator). ![Prompt to Video example: Cinematic AI scenes from a one-line prompt, made with MakeAIVideo](/hero-posters/prompt.webp) A real faceless render from the same pipeline. The definition ## What is a faceless YouTube channel? A faceless YouTube channel publishes videos without the creator ever appearing on camera. The script and the visuals carry each video instead: a narrator over footage, generated scenes, animation or an AI presenter. It suits explainers, history, science, finance, how-to and storytelling, where viewers come for the information rather than the person. For real channels built this way, see these [YouTube automation examples](/blog/youtube-automation-examples). ### Narration over stock footage An AI narrator reads the script and each line is matched to real stock footage. This is the default in MakeAIVideo and suits explainers, history, finance and how-to. ### Narration over AI scenes Every scene is generated in one of 15 visual styles, from Documentary to Anime, by MiniMax Hailuo or Kling 2.6. Good for stories and topics no stock library covers. ### An AI presenter A recurring face that isn't yours: an [AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar) reads your script to camera, or design a character of your own with the [AI influencer generator](/ai-influencer-generator). ### A character in your place Film a 3 to 60 second clip yourself and [AI character swap](/character-swap) puts a different character in your place, so your own face never appears. ### What a faceless channel is not Not re-uploads, and not compilations of other people's clips. YouTube's [monetization policies](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/1311392) exclude reused content without significant original commentary or changes, and videos that are mass-produced or repetitive. Faceless means your face is off camera, not that the work is someone else's. One pipeline, not five tools ## The AI YouTube video generator for faceless channels Most faceless workflows either auto-post whatever an AI generates, or have you stitching separate apps: script in one tab, voice in another, visuals in a third, captions in a fourth. MakeAIVideo runs it in one flow. Each line of your script is matched to real stock footage by default, or you can switch to AI video and have every scene generated. On Plus and Pro, stock-footage videos run up to 40 minutes; AI-scene videos run up to 10 on every plan. Whole-video pipeline. Script, voiceover, scenes, captions, and optional music generated in one pass and rendered as a finished MP4. Review before you publish. Open the finished video in the editor to regenerate a scene, fix a word, or restyle captions before uploading. YouTube and Shorts. 16:9 for the main channel, 9:16 for the Shorts shelf, exported watermark-free at 1080p. Create Footage Real footage $ Real filmed clips matched to each line of your script Best AI video $$$ Every scene generated from scratch, fully original Voiceover Narrate this video An AI voice reads the script out loud Background music Pick music No music Voice only, silence under the narration Generate with AI Describe a track, ready in ~10 seconds Estimated cost ~45 credits Example Generate video How it works ## How to start a faceless YouTube channel How to create a faceless YouTube channel from zero, in eight steps: from picking the niche to the weekly rhythm that keeps it growing. 1. Step 1 ### Pick a niche narrow enough to own Choose one lane you can cover for months without running dry: 'personal finance for nurses' beats 'finance'. If you can't list 100 video titles for it tonight, pick another. The free [faceless YouTube channel idea generator](/tools/faceless-youtube-channel-idea-generator) shortlists niches by production style, and the [YouTube automation niches ranked by RPM](/blog/youtube-automation-niches) show which ones pay. 2. Step 2 ### Set the channel up properly, once Use a Google account kept for the channel with [2-Step Verification](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/72851) on, which the Partner Program requires. Create the channel under a Brand Account so you can add managers later, claim an [@handle of 3 to 30 characters](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/11585688) that matches the name, and add a [2560 × 1440 banner](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/10456525). No name yet? Try the [YouTube channel name generator](/tools/youtube-channel-name-generator). 3. Step 3 ### Choose one format and keep it Narration over stock footage suits almost any niche; AI scenes suit stories; a [talking avatar](/talking-avatar) gives the channel a consistent AI face. Keep the format for your first 30 uploads, but make every script genuinely different: YouTube does not monetize videos that feel templated or interchangeable. 4. Step 4 ### Write a hook-first script Type the specific video idea, not the whole channel: 'Why airplane windows are round, 60-second explainer' beats 'a video about planes'. MakeAIVideo writes a script with a hook up front, a body that pays it off and a close; or paste your own words and they are narrated as written. Check the spoken length with the [speech time calculator](/tools/speech-time-calculator). 5. Step 5 ### Generate voice, scenes and captions in one pass Pick a narrator and a visual style, then generate. The voiceover records, every line becomes a scene, word-by-word captions time to the audio, and any music you pick ducks under the narration. Short clips are usually ready in a few minutes. Running an anime story channel? The [AI anime video generator](/ai-anime-video-generator) covers that style. 6. Step 6 ### Review it twice before it goes out Watch each render once with sound for a robotic line, a wrong scene or a misread caption, then once muted to check the captions carry it alone. Fix what fails in the editor: regenerate a weak scene, swap the voice or correct a caption word, without starting over. 7. Step 7 ### Publish with a title and thumbnail that earn the click Put the main keyword early in a title that says what the viewer gets (the [YouTube title generator](/tools/youtube-title-generator) drafts options) and design a thumbnail that reads at phone size. Then [auto post to YouTube](/auto-post) now or on a schedule, or download the MP4 and upload it yourself. 8. Step 8 ### Hold a cadence you can sustain Start at one video a week while you learn the format, then step up once production is routine. A simple weekly loop: topics and scripts on day one, renders mid-week, publishing after that, and a look at retention and click-through to choose next week's topics. Topic to video ## Make long-form videos and Shorts for a faceless YouTube channel Type a niche topic, set the length and the ratio, generate, review, post. Start from one line with [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video), or bring a finished script to [script to video](/script-to-video) and it is narrated word for word. Lengths for both shelves. 15 seconds for a Short up to 10 minutes for the main channel, or set a custom length. Pick the ratio first. 9:16 for Shorts, 16:9 for the main channel; captions fit each safe area. Script written or yours. Let it write a hook-first script, or paste your own words. Create Prompt to VideoScript to VideoTalking AvatarImage to Video Your prompt Example A 30 second documentary about how the Romans built the Colosseum, with a hook in the first line and a question at the end. Or start from an example Morning habitsWhy startups failHistory deep-diveScience fact Length 15s1m3m5m10mCustom Aspect ratio 9:161:116:9 Sarah Female · American Mature, reassuring, confident Captions Word-by-word, auto-styled Estimated cost ~90 credits Example Generate video Pick your shelf ## Long-form vs Shorts on a faceless YouTube channel Most faceless channels run both: Shorts to be found, long-form to be watched. Each render is one ratio, so make each shape on purpose rather than cropping one into the other. Long-formShorts Shape Long-form:16:9 landscape. Shorts:9:16 vertical, or square. Length Long-form:Up to 10 minutes on Lite and Solo. Plus and Pro make stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes. AI-scene videos run up to 10 minutes on every plan. Shorts:YouTube counts a [square or vertical video up to 3 minutes](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/12779649) as a Short. Presets start at 15 seconds. Partner Program Long-form:Builds toward 4,000 qualified watch hours in the last 12 months. Shorts:Builds toward 10 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days. Both paths also need [1,000 subscribers](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/72851). Its job on the channel Long-form:The library: found in search and suggested videos, and where watch time adds up. Shorts:Discovery: a quick way into the channel through the Shorts feed. Credits on MakeAIVideo Long-form:Scales with length. Narration alone is about 2 credits a second, and the app quotes the full cost before you generate. Shorts:About 95 credits for 30 seconds or 164 for 60 seconds with stock footage. When it posts Long-form:Goes up as a regular YouTube video. Shorts:Goes up as a Short. Never stuck for a topic ## Ten faceless YouTube video ideas for your niche, on demand A faceless channel needs a steady list of topics in one lane. Type your niche, pick a tone and get ten concepts, each with a hook and an angle, then press Make this to turn one into a video. Want ideas before you sign up? Try the free [faceless YouTube channel idea generator](/tools/faceless-youtube-channel-idea-generator). Stay in one lane. Every idea comes from the niche you type, so the channel keeps its focus. Hook and angle included. Each concept arrives with the opening line and the take that makes it worth watching. Ideas Example Niche / topic area Ancient history for curious adults Generate 10 ideas Tone EntertainingEducationalInspirationalHumorousControversial The trick that made Roman concrete outlast ours Hook “Their harbours are still standing. Ours crack in fifty years.” Angle One ingredient, explained with a single experiment you can picture. AI Video#history CopyMake this Three habits historians say every empire shared Hook “Rome, the Mongols and Britain had one thing in common.” Angle A presenter walks through the pattern in under a minute. Talking Avatar#history CopyMake this Publish when you are ready ## Post faceless videos to YouTube, or schedule them Connect your YouTube channel, open a finished video and choose Post to your accounts. Add a title and description, then post now or pick a date and time. Nothing is posted the moment it renders, so every video is reviewed before it goes out under your channel's name. See how to [auto post to YouTube, TikTok and Instagram](/auto-post), and cross-post your Shorts with the [TikTok video generator](/tiktok-video-generator). Shorts and long-form. A 9:16 video goes up as a Short, a 16:9 video as a regular YouTube video. A description from your script. Drafted for you, ready to edit before it posts. Only when you say so. Post straight away or schedule it; nothing goes out on its own. Post this video Example We upload the finished file to each account you pick. Where should it go? @yourbrand TikTok @yourbrand Instagram · Posts as a Reel Your Brand YouTube · Vertical videos post as Shorts Caption Rewrite Rome did not build the Colosseum with magic. It built it with one ingredient we forgot. #history 96 / 2200 (Instagram is the shortest limit)Written from your script. Edit it freely. Customise caption per platform Schedule (optional, leave empty to post now) 10/07/2026, 09:00 AM Goes out within about two minutes of it. Schedule for 2 accounts All included ## Everything a faceless YouTube channel needs No add-ons, no second tool, no stitching across apps. Open a video in the editor to regenerate a weak scene, swap the narrator, add music or fix a caption word, then export again. Whole-video pipeline. Script, voiceover, scenes, captions, and optional music in one render, not five tools and a manual stitch. Review before publish. Open the finished video in the editor to regenerate a scene, fix a word, or restyle captions before upload. 16:9, 9:16 and 1:1. One ratio per render; switch it in the editor and export again for the other shelf. 15 visual styles. Cinematic, anime, claymation, documentary and more, applied across every AI scene. Studio AI voices. A curated library of natural narrators to match the channel's persona. Watermark-free 1080p. Clean exports, yours to upload to YouTube as they are. Editor All changes saved ScenesVoiceMusicCaptionsSettings ![](/hero-posters/script.webp) Scene 2 Edits save automatically Narration Example They built thousand-ton ceilings without a single steel beam, and most of them are still standing. Regenerate this scene New voice and visuals, usually 1-3 minutes. 50 credits Regenerate scene Text Video Captions Music 1080p MP4 Export video Choosing your tools ## The five jobs behind every faceless YouTube video Whatever you use, each video needs the same five things done. Here is what each job asks for, and how much of it MakeAIVideo covers. ### Script The words the video narrates, with the hook up front. In MakeAIVideo Written from your topic, or your own words pasted and read as written. Drafting elsewhere first? The [video script generator](/tools/video-script-generator) is free. ### Voiceover One narrator the audience hears on every upload. In MakeAIVideo A library of AI narrators with stable, balanced or expressive delivery, in any of 24 languages. ### Visuals Footage that matches each line, so the viewer always has something to watch. In MakeAIVideo Real stock footage matched per line by default, or AI-generated scenes in one of 15 visual styles. ### Captions and music Captions for muted viewers, and music that sits under the voice. In MakeAIVideo Word-by-word captions timed to the narration. Music only if you add it. ### Title, description, thumbnail What earns the click in search and in the feed. In MakeAIVideo The post dialog drafts a description from your script. Thumbnails you design separately; the [YouTube description generator](/tools/youtube-description-generator) helps with the rest. ### One app or a stack? A stack of separate voice, footage and editing apps can cost less per video at high volume, but every handoff between them is time you are not publishing. Starting out, one app that ships the finished video gets you to your first 30 uploads faster; specialise later if a job outgrows it. A channel with a voice ## One narrator for your faceless YouTube channel, in 24 languages A faceless channel still has a voice. Pick one narrator and keep it, and publish in the language your audience speaks. ### Keep one narrator Audition the voices, choose a delivery from calm to punchy, and use the same narrator on every upload. Voice The narrator for the whole video Pick a voice Play to audition Sarahfemale · american Mature, reassuring, confident Brianmale · american Deep, resonant, comforting, natural authority Lilyfemale · british Velvety, warm. British narrator Danielmale · british Authoritative British male, newscaster gravitas Matildafemale · american Knowledgeable, professional, perfect for tutorials Delivery Used when you apply Stable Calm, even Balanced Default Expressive Punchy Apply to every scene Re-records the narration. Visuals stay as they are, and your current export stays until you export again. Apply voice ### Script, voice and captions in your language Pick from 24 languages, or let it match the language of your prompt. Language Your prompt Example Un video de 30 segundos sobre por qué el pan sube en el horno. Auto (match my prompt) Auto (match my prompt) - English - EspañolSpanish - PortuguêsPortuguese - FrançaisFrench - DeutschGerman - Bahasa IndonesiaIndonesian - 日本語Japanese - 한국어Korean +16 more Script, voiceover and captions follow it Generate video Costs ## What a faceless YouTube video costs to make Credits depend on length and on whether scenes are stock footage or AI-generated. These estimates include the script and narration; the create screen shows the exact figure before you generate. Long-form costs more because narration alone is about 2 credits a second. Credits per video Video Credits 15 s, stock footage about 59 30 s, stock footage about 95 60 s, stock footage about 164 15 s, AI scenes about 234 30 s, AI scenes about 428 60 s, AI scenes about 794 Videos a month on each plan Plan Credits 60 s stock 30 s AI Lite, $9 450 2 1 Solo, $19 1,000 6 2 Plus, $29 1,600 9 3 Pro, $49 2,800 17 6 Approximate counts, rounded down, from the monthly allowance alone. Top-up packs add credits that never expire. The 7-day trial for new customers includes 500 credits, with scripted videos capped at about 10 seconds. Stay monetizable ## YouTube's AI and reused content rules for faceless channels AI is allowed on a monetized channel. What YouTube won't pay for is sameness: videos that are templated, repetitive or taken from somewhere else. These are the rules a faceless channel needs to know, from YouTube's own help pages. ### No mass-produced or repetitive videos YouTube's [channel monetization policies](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/1311392) say monetized videos must not be "mass-produced, generic, repetitive, or manipulative", and that the substance of each video should be materially varied. That includes AI videos made from generic templates without the creator's own insight or perspective. ### The July 2025 update YouTube updated its Partner Program monetization policies on 15 July 2025, which [TechCrunch reported](https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/09/youtube-prepares-crackdown-on-mass-produced-and-repetitive-videos-as-concern-over-ai-slop-grows/) as a move to better identify mass-produced and repetitive content. [Search Engine Journal's summary](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/youtube-explains-what-can-stop-a-channel-getting-paid/583096/) notes that the same intro and outro on every video is fine if the body changes, and that demonetized videos can stay on YouTube if they follow the Community Guidelines. ### Reused content is not your own The same [policies](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/1311392) rule out repurposing content already on YouTube or elsewhere without significant original commentary, substantive changes, or educational or entertainment value. A narrated video built on your own script and research is your work; a compilation of other channels' clips is not. ### When to tick the AI disclosure box YouTube asks you to [disclose GenAI content](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/14328491) that makes a real person appear to say or do something they didn't, alters footage of a real event or place, or generates a realistic scene that didn't happen. Using AI to help with the script, title, thumbnail or captions needs no disclosure. The setting is in YouTube Studio under Attributes, then AI use. Connect your AI agent ## Run faceless YouTube channel production from your AI assistant Connect Claude, ChatGPT, Grok or any MCP client and hand it the topic. It makes the faceless video with the same pipeline as the app and posts it to your YouTube channel when you ask. 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. “Make a 6 minute 16:9 history video on the fall of Constantinople using stock footage, then schedule it to my YouTube channel for Sunday at 3pm.” 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. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[Connect any AI agent](/agents) MCP, API and CLI are included on every plan. Connector address `https://mcp.makeaivideo.ai`Copy Works with - [Claude](/docs/mcp) - [ChatGPT](/chatgpt-video-generator) - [Grok](/docs/mcp) - [Claude Code](/docs/mcp) - [Cursor](/docs/mcp) - [Any MCP client](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) Signed in? [Connect an AI assistant →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) Formats ## Faceless YouTube channel formats that work The niches where the script and the visuals carry the value, and nobody misses a presenter. ![An aerial shot of a misty river valley at dawn, a frame from a long-form narrated YouTube video](/images/blocks/faceless-youtube-channel/long-form.webp) ### Long-form YouTube (16:9) Educational, science, history or commentary videos of several minutes, narrated over stock footage or AI scenes. Up to 10 minutes on every plan, or 40 minutes of stock footage on Plus and Pro. ![A drop falling into a glass of water, a frame from a vertical YouTube Short](/images/blocks/faceless-youtube-channel/shorts.webp) ### YouTube Shorts (9:16) Vertical clips with a hook-first script and captions burned in, sized for the Shorts feed. The [YouTube Shorts generator](/ai-shorts-generator) covers the format in depth. ![The stone walls and towers of an old fortress, a frame from a history documentary](/images/blocks/faceless-youtube-channel/documentary.webp) ### Documentary-style channels Historical retellings, mystery breakdowns and true stories told through narration and scenes, no presenter needed. The Documentary style keeps AI scenes in that register. ![A desk with a calculator, a notebook and coins, a frame from a personal finance video](/images/blocks/faceless-youtube-channel/finance.webp) ### Personal finance and how-to Step-by-step breakdowns where the narration carries the value. For a single product or idea explained in a minute or two, see the [AI explainer video](/ai-explainer-video) page. ![A runner on a coastal road at sunrise, a frame from a motivational video](/images/blocks/faceless-youtube-channel/motivation.webp) ### Motivational and quote channels Short narrated essays over cinematic footage, for self-improvement and motivation channels that live on one steady voice. ![A bright library reading room, a frame from a video made from a written article](/images/blocks/faceless-youtube-channel/repurposed.webp) ### Repurposed blog or newsletter posts Turn articles you have already published into videos. [Blog to video](/blog-to-video) works from the post itself, and [script to video](/script-to-video) narrates your text without rewriting it. Have an old photo or a single still to bring to life? [Image to video](/image-to-video) animates it into a 5 or 10 second clip. Best practices ## Growth tips for faceless YouTube channels ### Front-load the hook in the first three seconds Faceless videos compete with personality channels on retention, so the open has to earn the watch. Start with the question, the claim or the visual; never with 'in this video we will discuss'. ### Cut a Short from every long-form topic Write a tight version of the same topic at 9:16 and keep it under 3 minutes so YouTube treats it as a Short. One topic, two shelves, and the Short points viewers to the full video. ### Treat Shorts as the way in, long-form as the library Shorts are quick to make and good for discovery, while long-form videos build the watch hours the Partner Program counts. Point Shorts viewers at the longer videos so the two feed each other. ### Regenerate one weak scene, not the whole video Open the editor and regenerate just the scene that misses. A faceless workflow that stalls on perfection won't ship the volume a channel needs. ### Match the voice to the channel persona Pick one or two narrators and use them consistently. Rotating narrators every video makes the channel feel like a tool's output instead of a publication. ### Speak the niche's language Watch the top videos in your niche before you write, and use the terms and references that audience already uses. Generic phrasing reads as low effort to people who know the subject. ### Don't optimise before there is data Swapping the thumbnail on a video with a few hundred views is reacting to noise. Let a video collect real impressions before you test titles or thumbnails against each other. ### Judge the channel on dozens of uploads, not ten New channels often look flat for months while YouTube works out who to show them to. Keep the niche and the format steady long enough to give it a fair read, then adjust. Monetization basics ## How a faceless YouTube channel makes money The same rules apply with or without a face on camera. What changes the outcome is the niche and whether every video is your own work. ### Ad revenue through the Partner Program You can apply to the [YouTube Partner Program](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/72851) at 1,000 subscribers plus either 4,000 qualified watch hours in the last 12 months or 10 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days. You also need 2-Step Verification, a linked AdSense account and no active Community Guidelines strikes. YouTube has announced Partner Program updates from 1 February 2027, so check the current terms before you plan around a number. ### Sponsorships and affiliate links Brands pay for mentions once a channel reaches an audience they want, and affiliate links in the description earn on sales. Neither needs your face. Disclose paid promotions inside the video and tick YouTube's paid promotion box when you upload. ### What moves your earnings Earnings per 1,000 views vary with niche, audience country, video length and season. See [YouTube CPM and RPM by niche](/blog/youtube-cpm-rpm-by-niche-2026) for the data, and model a view count with the [YouTube money calculator](/tools/youtube-money-calculator). ## More ways to make faceless YouTube videos with AI [![](/images/blocks/pages/ai-shorts-generator.webp)YouTube Shorts Generator9:16 Shorts with hook-first scripts.](/ai-shorts-generator)[![](/images/blocks/pages/talking-avatar.webp)AI Talking AvatarA presenter to camera who isn't you.](/talking-avatar)[![](/images/blocks/pages/image-to-video.webp)Image to VideoAnimate one still into a 5 or 10 s clip.](/image-to-video)[![](/images/blocks/pages/tiktok-video-generator.webp)TikTok Video GeneratorVertical videos for TikTok.](/tiktok-video-generator)[![](/images/blocks/pages/character-swap.webp)AI Character SwapSwap a character into your own clip.](/character-swap) ## Faceless YouTube channel guides: automation, niches and RPM [![](/images/blog/youtube-automation-hero.webp)What YouTube automation isThe business model behind outsourced and AI-assisted channels: team structures, costs and the mistakes that sink new ones.Read the YouTube automation guide](/blog/youtube-automation)[![](/images/blog/youtube-automation-hero.webp)YouTube automation examples18 real faceless channels and the formats, visuals and cadences behind them.See the YouTube automation examples](/blog/youtube-automation-examples)[![](/images/blog/youtube-automation-niches-hero.webp)YouTube automation niches ranked27 niches scored on RPM, scalability and production cost.See the YouTube automation niches](/blog/youtube-automation-niches)[![](/images/blog/youtube-cpm-rpm-by-niche-2026-hero.webp)YouTube CPM and RPM by nicheThe per-niche earnings data, and why the same views pay so differently.See YouTube CPM and RPM by niche](/blog/youtube-cpm-rpm-by-niche-2026)[![](/images/blog/best-youtube-automation-tools-hero.webp)Best YouTube automation toolsTools tested across research, scripting, voiceover, production and publishing.Compare YouTube automation tools](/blog/best-youtube-automation-tools)[![](/images/blocks/pages/auto-post.webp)Auto post to YouTubeConnect your channel and post or schedule finished videos as Shorts or regular uploads.Auto post to YouTube, TikTok and Instagram](/auto-post) Pricing ## Faceless YouTube channel pricing, from $9 a month Every plan makes long-form and Shorts videos and posts them to your YouTube channel. Plus and Pro add stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes, and credits refresh every billing month. ### Lite The cheapest way in, with every video mode included. $9/month or $90 a year, 2 months free 450credits a month About 4 stock-footage videos or about 1 AI cinematic video 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 2 social accounts - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video - Full HD 1080p export, no watermark ### Solo For one creator posting every week. $19/month or $190 a year, 2 months free 1,000credits a month About 10 stock-footage videos or about 2 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 4 social accounts - More than double the credits of Lite - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video ### Plus Most popular Long-form, your branding and a team of three. $29/month or $290 a year, 2 months free 1,600credits a month About 16 stock-footage videos or about 3 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 6 social accounts - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - Brand Kit: your logo as a watermark on every video - 3 team seats with admin and member roles ### Pro For teams and channels running at volume. $49/month or $490 a year, 2 months free 2,800credits a month About 29 stock-footage videos or about 6 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 10 social accounts - Lowest price per credit of any plan - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - 10 team seats with admin and member roles 7-day free trial for new customers: $0 today, card required, 500 trial credits, and trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script. Video counts are estimates for 30-second videos, rounded down. Plan credits refresh every billing month and do not roll over. Every plan includes - Every way to make a video: prompt, script, talking avatar, image and character swap - 15 visual styles, captions, music and voices - 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 Busy month? Top-up packs from $9: a one-time purchase, and the credits never expire. [Compare plans and packs](/pricing) ## Faceless YouTube channel FAQs How MakeAIVideo makes and posts faceless videos, what you can monetize, and what it costs. Something else? [Visit the help center](/help) What is a faceless YouTube channel? A faceless YouTube channel publishes videos without the creator appearing on camera. The script and the visuals carry each video instead: narration over stock footage, AI-generated scenes, animation, or an AI presenter. It suits explainers, history, science, finance, how-to and storytelling, where the information matters more than who presents it. It is not a channel of re-uploaded clips, which YouTube won't monetize. How do I start a faceless YouTube channel? Pick a niche narrow enough to cover for months, set the channel up under a Brand Account with 2-Step Verification on, and choose one production format. Then make the first videos: a hook-first script, an AI voiceover over matched footage, captions, a review pass, and a title and thumbnail that say what the viewer gets. After that, publish on a cadence you can hold and adjust from what your analytics show. How do I choose a niche for a faceless channel? Ask three questions in order. Does the niche pay enough for your goal? Could you list 100 video titles in it without research? And does its audience accept narration over footage instead of a presenter? Personality-led formats like vlogs, reactions and comedy usually fail the last test. For ranked lists, see the [YouTube automation niches](/blog/youtube-automation-niches). [Faceless YouTube channel idea generator](/tools/faceless-youtube-channel-idea-generator). Can I make long-form YouTube videos with AI? Yes. Set the ratio to 16:9 and pick a length: up to 10 minutes on Lite and Solo, and stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes on Plus and Pro. Videos with AI-generated scenes run up to 10 minutes on every plan. MakeAIVideo writes the script, records the narration, builds the scenes and adds captions, then renders a 1080p MP4. Do I need a microphone or a camera? No. MakeAIVideo narrates the script with an AI voice and builds every scene from real stock footage or AI video, so a browser is all the equipment you need. You review and edit the result before anything is posted. How does MakeAIVideo build faceless videos? Type a topic (or paste a script) and it writes the script, generates an AI voiceover, builds a scene per beat from real stock footage (or AI video if you choose it), adds word-by-word captions and any background music you pick, then renders a 1080p MP4. One flow, no second tool, no timeline editing required. How long does a video take to generate? Most short clips are ready in a few minutes. Longer narrated videos take longer, and the finished MP4 lands in your library when it is ready. What aspect ratios can I export? 16:9 landscape for the main YouTube channel, 9:16 vertical for YouTube Shorts (and TikTok and Reels), and 1:1 square. Each render is one ratio; to get another, switch the ratio in the editor and export again. How long can a YouTube Short be? YouTube treats a square or vertical video of up to 3 minutes as a Short. Long-form explainers and documentaries usually run several minutes or more. On MakeAIVideo, Lite and Solo make videos up to 10 minutes, Plus and Pro make stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes, and videos with AI-generated scenes run up to 10 minutes on every plan. Is there a watermark on the export? No. Every export is a watermark-free 1080p MP4, yours to upload to YouTube as it is. Watermark removal is not gated behind a higher tier. Can I monetize a faceless channel built with MakeAIVideo? Yes. Videos you generate are yours to monetize on YouTube, including the Partner Program, sponsorships, and affiliate placements. [MakeAIVideo terms of service](/legal/terms). Can AI-made faceless videos be monetized? Yes, if each video is your original creation. YouTube's [channel monetization policies](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/1311392) rule out content that is mass-produced, generic or repetitive, including AI videos made from generic templates without the creator's own insight. Using AI to make an original video faster is fine; publishing many near-identical videos is what the policy targets. Do I have to disclose AI on a faceless YouTube channel? Only for some videos. YouTube asks you to [disclose GenAI content](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/14328491) when it makes a real person appear to say or do something they didn't, alters footage of a real event or place, or shows a realistic scene that didn't happen. AI help with the script, title, thumbnail or captions needs no disclosure. The setting is in YouTube Studio under Attributes, then AI use. Can I edit a video after it generates? Yes. Open the finished video in the built-in editor to regenerate a scene, swap the voice, or restyle captions before downloading. The default output is built to upload as it is; the editor is there for the videos that need a last pass. Can it post to YouTube for me? Yes, when you choose to. Connect your YouTube channel in the app, then open a finished video and choose "Post to your accounts". Add a title and caption and post it now or schedule it for a date and time. A 9:16 video goes up as a Short and a 16:9 video as a regular YouTube video. Nothing is posted automatically as soon as it renders, so you still review every video before it goes out under your channel's name. [Auto post to YouTube](/auto-post). What makes this different from voice-only or set-and-forget tools? Voice-only tools (TTS apps) leave the visuals, captions, and editing to you. Set-and-forget auto-posters publish whatever they generate. MakeAIVideo runs the whole pipeline (script, voiceover, scenes, captions, optional music) in one flow and gives you the editor on top, so the workflow is fast but the quality control stays in your hands. What language is the narration in? Any of 24 languages. Pick the language and MakeAIVideo writes the script, records the voiceover and times the captions in it, including Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Hindi and Japanese. Pick the voice before generating and swap it later in the editor. When can a faceless channel start earning from YouTube? Ad revenue comes through the YouTube Partner Program, which you can apply to at 1,000 subscribers plus either 4,000 qualified watch hours in the last 12 months or 10 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days. You also need 2-Step Verification and a linked AdSense account. YouTube has announced Partner Program updates from 1 February 2027, so check the current terms on YouTube's help pages before you plan around a number. How often should I post on a faceless channel? As often as you can keep up for months, not weeks. Start at one video a week while you settle the format, then increase once production is routine. A steady rhythm you hold beats a burst of uploads followed by silence. Do I need several tools to run a faceless channel? Not for the video itself. MakeAIVideo covers the script, voiceover, footage, captions, optional music, editing and posting to YouTube in one app. The one job you still do elsewhere is the thumbnail. Building your own stack from separate voice, footage and editing apps can cost less per video at high volume, but every handoff between apps is time you are not publishing. How much does one faceless video cost to make? It depends on length and footage. With narration and the script included, a stock-footage video is about 59 credits for 15 seconds, 95 for 30 seconds and 164 for 60 seconds. AI-generated scenes cost more: about 234 credits for 15 seconds and 428 for 30 seconds. The app shows the estimate before you generate. How much does it cost to run a faceless channel on this? Plans start at $9 a month for 450 credits, then Solo $19 (1,000), Plus $29 (1,600) and Pro $49 (2,800), and your allowance is topped back up every billing month. Need more inside a month? Top-up packs are a one-time purchase that never expires and stacks on top of the allowance. [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing). Can I try it before paying? New customers get a 7-day free trial. A card is required, nothing is charged today, and the trial includes 500 credits, with scripted videos capped at about 10 seconds. That is enough to test the narrator, the visual style and posting to your channel before you commit. What happens when I run out of credits? Nothing is charged automatically and nothing is lost. Your account and finished videos stay exactly as they are. Your plan's allowance refreshes on your next billing date, or buy a top-up pack whenever you want to generate sooner. ## Make your first faceless YouTube video Plans from $9 a month, with a credit allowance that refreshes every billing month. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/help --- title: "MakeAIVideo Help Center | AI Video Support" description: "MakeAIVideo help center. Common questions about credits, AI video generation, avatars, voiceovers, captions, music, billing, and account setup." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/help format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- # MakeAIVideo Help Center Common questions about MakeAIVideo. Can’t find what you’re looking for? [Email support](/contact). Jump to - [Getting started](#getting-started) - [Credits & billing](#credits-billing) - [Generation & quality](#generation) - [Posting to social](#posting) - [Account & data](#account) - [Still stuck?](#still-stuck) ## Getting started with MakeAIVideo How does MakeAIVideo work? You give us a topic or script. We generate the voice, visuals, captions, and music, then stitch them into a finished AI video. Download it, or post it to your connected social accounts now or on a schedule. Do I need video-editing experience? No. The output is opinionated: structure, pacing, captions, and music are chosen for you. You can fine-tune in the editor or just hit export. What aspect ratios do you support? 9:16 (TikTok / Reels / Shorts) is the primary format. 1:1 and 16:9 are available for other surfaces. ## MakeAIVideo credits and billing How does pricing work? Every plan includes a monthly credit allowance, from $9 a month for 450 credits, topped back up each billing month. Credits are consumed by the AI work: script, voice, scene generation, and final compose. Top-up packs add extra credits that never expire. See the [pricing page](/pricing) for pack sizes and prices. Can I start for free? New customers can. The 7-day free trial is $0 due today, with 500 trial credits to use inside the window (trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script) and a one-click cancel. You do enter a card at signup, and nothing is charged until the trial ends. Plans start at $9 a month for 450 credits after that. What happens if I run out of credits? Buy another pack whenever you want to carry on. Nothing is charged automatically, and videos you have already rendered remain accessible regardless. Is there anything to cancel? Yes, if you are on a plan. Plans renew monthly until you cancel, and you can cancel any time from Settings to stop the next renewal. Cancelling inside the 7-day trial costs nothing. Top-up packs are a separate one-time purchase with nothing to cancel, and those credits stay in your account. Do you offer refunds? Credit packs are a one-time purchase and are not refundable. If a render fails on our side or you were charged in error, contact support and we will put it right. ## MakeAIVideo generation and quality How long does a video take to generate? Most videos finish in a few minutes, depending on length and style. Longer or more complex scripts take longer. What if I don't like the result? You can re-roll individual scenes from the editor without re-running the whole pipeline. Each re-roll uses a small amount of credits. Can I upload my own images? Yes. Use the “Your photos” media type when creating a video and add up to 5 reference photos. They guide the visuals rather than being used as clips. To animate one still into a short clip, use Image to Video. Why did my video fail? Most failures are due to upstream AI provider hiccups (rate limits, transient errors). Failed-mid-pipeline videos automatically refund unused credits. Retry from the editor or contact support if it keeps happening. ## Posting to social from MakeAIVideo Can I post my videos straight to social media? Yes. Connect your accounts in the app, then open any finished video and choose “Post to your accounts”. Post it now or schedule it for a date and time. You can post to TikTok, Instagram (as a Reel), YouTube (a 9:16 video as a Short, 16:9 as a regular video), Facebook Pages (as a Reel), LinkedIn, X (videos up to 140 seconds), Threads, Pinterest, Bluesky, Telegram and Discord. Can I use a different caption on each platform? Yes. Write one caption for every platform, or a separate caption for each. YouTube also gets its own title. How many accounts can I connect? Lite connects 2 accounts, Solo 4, Plus 6 and Pro 10. A free trial gets the account count of the plan you are trialling. Posting has no separate fee and no limit on the number of posts; credits limit how many videos you make, not how many times you post. How do I check that a post went out? Open the Posts page. It lists every post with its result on each platform and a link to the live post. ## Your MakeAIVideo account and data Where are my videos stored? On Cloudflare R2, served via our CDN. Your videos remain accessible while your account is active. Can I delete my account? Yes. Settings → Profile → Delete account. This removes your account, organization, videos, and billing relationship. The action is irreversible. Who owns the videos I generate? You do. Generated videos are yours to use commercially, subject to the Terms. ## Still stuck? Contact MakeAIVideo support Email is the fastest path. Most replies within one business day (UK time). Can I talk to a human? Yes, [contact us](/contact). One person reads every email. --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/image-to-video --- title: "Image to Video AI - Animate a Photo | MakeAIVideo" description: "Image to video AI that brings a photo to life: products, portraits, pets and old family photos become a 5 or 10 second 1080p clip, silent or speaking." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/image-to-video format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- # Image to video AI that brings any photo to life Upload a product still, a portrait, a pet or an old family photo, and MakeAIVideo animates it into a 5 or 10 second 1080p clip in 9:16, 16:9 or 1:1. Real motion inside the frame, not a Ken Burns pan, with an optional spoken line and lip sync. 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Join 690+ creators making AI video ![Image to Video example: A single photo, brought to life, made with MakeAIVideo](/hero-posters/i2v.webp) A real still animated by the same pipeline. Which stills animate best ## The stills image to video AI animates cleanly Not every image animates equally. The model reads best on skies, water, fog, glass, hair, fabric and product materials, subjects with natural micro-motion it can infer from the photo. That is real motion inside the frame, not a [Ken Burns effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Burns_effect) panning and zooming over a still. Composite illustrations, dense text overlays and heavily stylised graphics fight it. Pick 9:16, 16:9 or 1:1 before you generate, so the motion is framed for the feed, YouTube or a billboard. Photoreal motion. Skies, water, light, hair and fabric come alive around the subject. True to your image. It adds motion to the image you uploaded rather than generating a new scene, so the result stays close to your original. No prompt required. Upload, pick a duration, generate, and the pipeline infers motion that fits. Describe the movement if you want to steer it. Image to Video Source image ![](/hero-posters/i2v.webp) How should it animate? Example The aurora ripples slowly across the sky and its reflection moves on the water. Clip length 5 seconds Fastest 10 seconds Smoother motion 1080p clip Generate How it works ## How image to video works One image in, one clip out. The two text boxes are both optional, so the fastest path is upload, pick a length, generate. 1. Step 1 ### Upload one image Any photo, illustration, product shot or album cover: JPEG, PNG or WebP, at least 300 by 300 pixels and up to 10 MB. Upload the sharpest copy you have, not a thumbnail. 2. Step 2 ### Describe the motion, if you want to The box under “How should it animate?” is optional. Leave it blank and the motion is inferred from the photo, or write one line such as “waves crashing, slow push-in”. 3. Step 3 ### Add a spoken line, if you want one Type it under “What should they say?” and pick a voice. If the image shows a face, the person says it with lip sync; if not, it plays as a voiceover. Leave it blank for a silent clip. 4. Step 4 ### Pick 5 or 10 seconds and generate 5 seconds is labelled Fastest, 10 seconds Smoother motion. Choose 9:16, 16:9 or 1:1 first, one ratio per render. A watermark-free 1080p MP4 lands in your library. Animate a photo ## Animate a photo with image to video: bring a still to life Photos of people are the hardest case to get right. MakeAIVideo animates the photo you upload rather than generating a new one, adding micro-motion to the scene while the likeness stays put. That is what makes it suit family portraits, pets and memorial slideshows, where the face is the whole point. ### What moves - Breath, a blink, a small change of expression - Hair and fabric in a breeze - Skies, clouds, water, rain, fog and light - A gentle camera drift or slow push-in ### What stays as it was - The face and likeness of the people in it - The pose they were photographed in - Clothes, the room and the composition - Your photo itself: it is animated, not redrawn as a new scene ### What it will not do - Make someone walk, sit down or change pose - Restore a damaged print (do that first) - Turn several photos into one clip - Run longer than 10 seconds Straight to your library ## Image to video in your browser, saved to your library Upload one photo, pick the duration, hit generate. The finished clip lands in My Videos beside everything else you have made, ready to download or post. Want a longer piece with narration around it? Build a multi-scene video with [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video). One still in. JPEG, PNG or WebP, up to 10 MB. The sharper the source, the cleaner the motion. 5 or 10 seconds. 5 seconds renders fastest; 10 seconds gives the motion room to breathe. Kept in My Videos. Every clip stays in your library, one click from a download or a fresh take. My Videos Example AllReadyIn progressFailed ![](/hero-posters/prompt.webp)0:25 Universe in 25s ![](/hero-posters/script.webp)0:48 Cathedrals by candlelight ![](/hero-posters/talking-avatar.webp)0:31 Nobody filmed this ![](/hero-posters/i2v.webp)0:10 Aurora over the fjord ![](/hero-posters/character-swap.webp)0:08 Rooftop take, swapped ![](/images/home/library-colosseum.webp)0:42 Rome in a day The motion prompt ## Image to video prompts: how to animate a photo with one line The box under “How should it animate?” is optional and holds up to 500 characters. Leave it blank and the motion is inferred from the photo, which suits most portraits and landscapes. When you want a say in it, write one line: what moves, and how. A line for the person to say goes in its own box, “What should they say?”, never in the motion prompt. - Too vagueIt names no motion, so it steers nothing. “Make it move” - Too many ideasSeveral motions compete and blur into each other. “Wind in the trees on a stormy day with rain and lightning” - Pose changeThe subject keeps the pose from the photo. “She stands up and walks to the window” - WorksOne subject, one motion, one gentle camera move. “Slow wind through her hair, soft camera push-in” - WorksSkies and water animate most cleanly. “Clouds drifting across the sky, gentle ripple on the water” - WorksSmall motion on a face keeps the likeness. “Subtle breath and a slow blink” ### Camera moves - slow push-in - subtle parallax, gentle camera drift - slow pan across the skyline ### Subject motion - wind blowing through the hair - subtle breath and a slow blink - slow tail wag and an ear twitch ### Scene motion - waves crashing, slow push-in - rain falling softly - neon lights flickering Hair movement, a head turn and a smile are three clips, not one. The subject also keeps the pose they were photographed in, so for walking or dancing, start from a photo already in that pose. Length, speech and credits ## Image to video cost: 5 or 10 seconds, silent or speaking Every clip is one render of 5 or 10 seconds. The cost depends on the length and on whether you add a spoken line, and the app shows it before you generate. ClipCredits 5 seconds, silent 60 credits 10 seconds, silent 110 credits 5 seconds, spoken line with lip sync about 85 credits 10 seconds, spoken line with lip sync 160 credits 10 seconds, voiceover on a photo with no face about 130 credits ### 5 or 10 seconds? 5 seconds renders fastest and suits product loops and feed posts. 10 seconds gives landscapes, portraits and album art room for the motion to land before the clip ends. ### Make a photo talk Type a line under “What should they say?” and pick a voice. When the photo shows a face, the person says it with lip sync; on a product or a landscape, it plays as a voiceover. For a presenter reading a longer script, use an [AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar). New customers get a 7 day free trial with 500 credits, enough for four 10 second silent clips. The Lite plan's 450 monthly credits cover the same. All included ## What you get in every image-to-video render Each render is one clip, exported as a watermark-free 1080p MP4 at the aspect ratio you picked. Post it to TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and eight more platforms without leaving the app. See [auto post](/auto-post). Photoreal motion. Skies, water, light, hair and fabric move without a Ken Burns pan. True to your photo. Animates the image you uploaded rather than inventing a new scene. 5s or 10s clips. A tight loop for social or a longer hold for landscapes and atmospheric stills. Every aspect ratio. 9:16 for Reels and Shorts, 16:9 for YouTube, 1:1 for the Instagram feed. A spoken line, if you want one. Type it under “What should they say?” and the person in the photo says it, with an AI voice and lip sync. Watermark-free 1080p. Clean exports, yours to post anywhere. Post this video Example We upload the finished file to each account you pick. Where should it go? @yourbrand TikTok @yourbrand Instagram · Posts as a Reel Your Brand YouTube · Vertical videos post as Shorts Caption Rewrite Rome did not build the Colosseum with magic. It built it with one ingredient we forgot. #history 96 / 2200 (Instagram is the shortest limit)Written from your script. Edit it freely. Customise caption per platform Schedule (optional, leave empty to post now) 10/07/2026, 09:00 AM Goes out within about two minutes of it. Schedule for 2 accounts Connect your AI agent ## Make the image to video clip here. Let your AI assistant post it. Image to Video runs in the app. Once a clip is in your library, Claude, ChatGPT, Grok or any MCP client can find it, write the caption and post it to your accounts, or make a longer narrated video on the same subject. 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. “Post my aurora clip to Instagram and TikTok tomorrow at 7pm, with a two-line caption.” It finds the clip. It looks the clip up in your library by its title, so nothing is rendered again. It posts or schedules it. It checks the accounts and the caption with you, then posts now or at the time you named, across 11 platforms. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[Connect any AI agent](/agents) MCP, API and CLI are included on every plan. Connector address `https://mcp.makeaivideo.ai`Copy Works with - [Claude](/docs/mcp) - [ChatGPT](/chatgpt-video-generator) - [Grok](/docs/mcp) - [Claude Code](/docs/mcp) - [Cursor](/docs/mcp) - [Any MCP client](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) Signed in? [Connect an AI assistant →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) Use cases ## Photo to video ideas: products, portraits, pets and old photos The same upload works for very different photos. Each card has a motion prompt and a length to start from. ![A frosted glass perfume bottle on a pale stone plinth, a frame from an animated product shot](/images/blocks/image-to-video/product-shots.webp) ### Product shots Give a single product on a clean background a premium sense of motion for a listing, an ad or a social preview. Try “soft light shift, gentle camera drift” at 5 seconds, 1:1 or 9:16. Busy flat-lays give the model too much to move at once. ![A smiling woman by the sea with her hair in the wind, a frame from an animated portrait](/images/blocks/image-to-video/portraits.webp) ### Portraits and selfies Small motion keeps the likeness: a breath, a blink, hair in the wind. Use it for a profile loop or a launch teaser, or add a spoken line so the photo talks. Try “subtle breath, slow blink, gentle hair movement”. ![A golden retriever sitting by a bright window, a frame from an animated pet photo](/images/blocks/image-to-video/pets.webp) ### Pets Bring a favourite photo of a dog or cat back into motion for a tribute or a social post. Soft, photoreal movement in fur and eyes, not a cartoon overlay. Try “slow tail wag and an ear twitch”, with the pet staying in frame. ![An alpine lake at dawn with clouds over the peaks, a frame from an animated landscape](/images/blocks/image-to-video/landscapes.webp) ### Landscapes and travel Skies drift, water shimmers, light shifts. Landscapes are among the most reliable photos to animate, because clouds and water move so cleanly. Try “slow cloud drift, gentle ripple on the water” at 10 seconds, 16:9. ![A restored black and white photo of an elderly couple on a garden bench, a frame from an animated family photo](/images/blocks/image-to-video/old-family-photos.webp) ### Old family photos Animate a restored print or a grandparent’s portrait with respectful micro-motion, so the scene breathes while faces, clothes and the room stay close to the original. 10 seconds, with “a single breath, a slow blink”. ![Flowing silver and pale blue abstract artwork, a frame from an animated album cover](/images/blocks/image-to-video/cover-art.webp) ### Album and cover art Turn a single artwork or album cover into a looping motion piece for a release post or a Reel. Paintings and digital art animate well; at 5 seconds the style has less time to drift. Try “neon lights flickering”. Image to Video animates one existing image for a few seconds. For a vertical video with a script and voiceover, use the [TikTok video generator](/tiktok-video-generator); to put your own character into a real clip, try [AI character swap](/character-swap). Old and black-and-white photos ## How to animate an old photo with image to video, without the uncanny look Old prints carry the most feeling and the least detail, so the order you work in matters more than any setting. And ask before you animate someone else: get permission for any likeness that is not yours, and say the clip was made with AI. 1. Step 1 ### Restore it first Scan the print at the highest resolution you can, then remove dust, scratches and tears in a restoration tool. MakeAIVideo animates the photo you give it; it does not restore it, so a faded copy gives you a faded clip. 2. Step 2 ### Colourise, if you want to Optional. A colourised photo tends to read as a moment from life, a black-and-white one more as an effect. Both can be animated. 3. Step 3 ### Animate with small motion A single breath, a slow blink, a little hair movement, over 10 seconds. Big head turns and broad smiles on an old portrait are where it starts to look uncanny. The input image ## What makes a good image for image to video AI Motion quality scales with the source. Resolution, one clear subject and sensible framing do more for the result than any prompt. ### Upload the highest-resolution copy you have The minimum is 300 by 300 pixels, but a sharp, detailed photo gives the model far more to work with. If the photo came off social media, a denoise pass first stops compression noise being read as detail. ### Keep one clear subject One subject animates better than a busy frame with several focal points. If the subject is small, crop in so it fills more of the frame, with some room around it. ### Frame a medium shot, not an extreme close-up Tightly framed faces and hyper-detailed textures can warp under motion. A medium shot with breathing room around the subject gives cleaner, more reliable results. ### Pick subjects with motion potential Skies, water, hair, fabric and atmospheric light animate convincingly. Rigid objects on a table mostly hold still; a portrait outdoors will breathe. ### Skip heavy filters, dark shots and text Beauty filters and painterly effects get read as the real structure of a face. Very dark photos give the model too little to work with, and text in the image tends to warp once it moves. ### Start from the pose you want The subject stays in the pose from your photo. For someone mid-stride or mid-dance, upload a photo where they are already in that pose. ### Match the length to the photo 5 seconds suits a product loop or a feed post. Use 10 seconds when the motion needs room to land: a landscape, a memorial portrait, an album cover. ### Choose the aspect ratio before you generate The motion is framed around the ratio you pick, so set 9:16, 16:9 or 1:1 first. Re-cropping afterwards can cut out motion that mattered. When a render misses ## When image to video warps a face, and how to fix it Generate again before you rewrite anything: the same photo and note give a different take each time, at the same cost as the first. If it keeps missing, the symptom usually points to the fix. Faces that smear or melt Usually a small, compressed or filtered source. Upload a sharper copy, or a photo where the face is larger in the frame. Arms and hands that bend wrongly The note asks for too much, like a wave and a turn to camera. Keep to one motion idea, within the pose in the photo. A background that swims A busy scene with no clear subject. Crop tighter on the subject so there is less for the model to move. Not the motion you wanted Name the motion, even a small one. “Subtle breath, slow blink” steers far better than a vague note. Choosing a tool ## Which photo to video AI tool fits your job? Tools that turn a photo into a video do one of four quite different jobs. Work out which one you have before you compare anything else. ### A few seconds of motion from one still A product shot, a landscape or a cover that should move in a feed, an ad or a listing. This is the image to video job: the tool infers motion from the one frame you give it. What this page does: one 5 or 10 second 1080p clip per render, in 9:16, 16:9 or 1:1. ### A still photo that speaks A portrait that should say a line to camera. Motion alone is not enough here; the tool also needs a voice and a mouth that moves with it. Type the line under “What should they say?” and the person in the photo says it, with an AI voice and lip sync. For a presenter reading a full script, use an [AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar). ### A layered 3D depth effect A flat photo split into layers, with a virtual camera gliding between them. Dedicated depth and parallax tools are built for exactly that look. Image to video generates motion inside the frame (water, light, hair, fabric) and can add a gentle camera drift. If the layered 3D look is the brief, a depth tool is the better fit. ### A finished, narrated video Thirty seconds or more, with a voiceover, captions and music, built from an idea or a script. A single clip is one ingredient of that, not the whole video. Start from [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) or [script to video](/script-to-video), which build multi-scene videos with narration. ### What to compare in any image to video tool Motion quality depends on the source, so judge every tool on the photo you actually need to animate. Then check these, which are the same questions we answer for our own. What to checkImage to video on MakeAIVideo Clip length 5 or 10 seconds per render. 5 is fastest, 10 gives smoother motion. Output resolution 1080p MP4. Aspect ratios 9:16, 16:9 or 1:1, one ratio per render. Watermark None on exports. Control over the motion An optional note on how it should move. The subject keeps the pose from your photo. Speech An optional spoken line with an AI voice, lip synced when the photo shows a face. Commercial use Yes, for ads, product pages, social posts and client work. Price and trial 60 credits for a 5 second clip, 110 for 10 seconds. Plans from $9 a month for 450 credits; new customers get a 7 day free trial. ## More ways to make AI video from an image or an idea [![](/images/blocks/pages/talking-avatar.webp)AI Talking AvatarA presenter reads your whole script to camera.](/talking-avatar)[![](/images/blocks/pages/character-swap.webp)AI Character SwapPut your character into a real video clip.](/character-swap)[![](/images/blocks/pages/prompt-to-video.webp)Prompt to VideoA narrated, multi-scene video from one line.](/prompt-to-video)[![](/images/blocks/pages/tiktok-video-generator.webp)TikTok Video GeneratorVertical videos sized for the For You feed.](/tiktok-video-generator)[![](/images/blocks/pages/ai-influencer-generator.webp)AI Influencer GeneratorTurn a still character into a posting creator.](/ai-influencer-generator) ## Image to video guides and AI video model comparisons [![](/images/blog/best-runway-alternatives-hero.webp)Best Runway alternatives 2026Generative video tools compared, image to video included, sorted by the reason you are leaving.See the Runway alternatives](/blog/best-runway-alternatives)[![](/images/blog/best-kling-ai-alternatives-hero.webp)Best Kling AI alternatives 2026Kling alternatives tested on motion realism, character consistency and cost.Compare the Kling AI alternatives](/blog/best-kling-ai-alternatives)[![](/images/blog/best-ai-video-model-2026-hero.webp)Best AI video model 2026AI video models compared and ranked on quality, price and use.Compare the best AI video models](/blog/best-ai-video-model-2026)[![](/images/blog/luma-vs-pika-comparison-hero.webp)Luma vs PikaTwo mid-tier video models head to head on clip length, keyframes and price.Read Luma vs Pika](/blog/luma-vs-pika-comparison)[![](/images/blocks/pages/faceless-youtube-channel.webp)Faceless YouTube channelRun a channel without filming yourself, from niche to posting cadence.Start a faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel)[![](/images/blocks/pages/home.webp)AI video generatorEvery way MakeAIVideo makes a video: a prompt, a script, a presenter, a photo or a swapped character.See the AI video generator](/) Pricing ## Image to video AI pricing: animate stills on any plan Image to Video is on every plan, next to every other way to make a video. A 5 second clip is 60 credits and a 10 second clip 110, and your allowance refreshes every billing month. ### Lite The cheapest way in, with every video mode included. $9/month or $90 a year, 2 months free 450credits a month About 4 stock-footage videos or about 1 AI cinematic video 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 2 social accounts - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video - Full HD 1080p export, no watermark ### Solo For one creator posting every week. $19/month or $190 a year, 2 months free 1,000credits a month About 10 stock-footage videos or about 2 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 4 social accounts - More than double the credits of Lite - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video ### Plus Most popular Long-form, your branding and a team of three. $29/month or $290 a year, 2 months free 1,600credits a month About 16 stock-footage videos or about 3 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 6 social accounts - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - Brand Kit: your logo as a watermark on every video - 3 team seats with admin and member roles ### Pro For teams and channels running at volume. $49/month or $490 a year, 2 months free 2,800credits a month About 29 stock-footage videos or about 6 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 10 social accounts - Lowest price per credit of any plan - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - 10 team seats with admin and member roles 7-day free trial for new customers: $0 today, card required, 500 trial credits, and trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script. Video counts are estimates for 30-second videos, rounded down. Plan credits refresh every billing month and do not roll over. Every plan includes - Every way to make a video: prompt, script, talking avatar, image and character swap - 15 visual styles, captions, music and voices - 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 Busy month? Top-up packs from $9: a one-time purchase, and the credits never expire. [Compare plans and packs](/pricing) ## Image to video and animate a photo FAQs Clip length, formats, cost, old photos and talking photos, answered before you upload your first still. Something else? [Visit the help center](/help) How does image to video work? You upload a single image and MakeAIVideo animates it into a short photoreal video clip, adding natural motion while keeping the scene faithful to your original photo. How do I animate a photo with AI? Upload one photo on the Image to Video screen, optionally describe the motion under “How should it animate?”, choose 5 or 10 seconds and your aspect ratio, then generate. The finished 1080p clip lands in your library. How do I bring an old photo to life? Restore it first, fixing dust, scratches and fading, and colourise it if you want to. Then animate it with small motion over 10 seconds: a breath and a slow blink read as life, while big movements on an old portrait start to look uncanny. How long are the clips? Image to Video produces short clips of 5 or 10 seconds. For longer videos, use [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) or [script to video](/script-to-video), which build multi-scene videos. What kind of images work best? Photos and illustrations with a clear subject and some scope for motion (skies, water, light, hair, fabric) animate most naturally. Product shots, portraits, pets and landscapes work well. Does it change my image? It animates your existing image rather than generating a new scene, so faces, clothes and surroundings stay close to what you uploaded. Likeness holds up best on a sharp, well-lit face; on a small, blurred or partly hidden face the model has to guess at features, and it can drift. How many credits does image to video use? A 5 second clip is 60 credits and a 10 second clip is 110. A spoken line with lip sync raises a 10 second clip to 160 credits. The app shows the cost before you generate. How much does it cost? Plans start at $9 a month for 450 credits, and your allowance is topped back up every billing month. Need more inside a month? Top-up packs are a one-time purchase that never expires and stacks on top of the allowance. [See MakeAIVideo plans and pricing](/pricing). Can I try image to video for free? New customers get a 7 day free trial with 500 credits. A card is required and nothing is charged today. That is enough for four 10 second silent clips. What file types and sizes can I upload? JPEG, PNG or WebP, at least 300 by 300 pixels and up to 10 MB. A higher-resolution still animates more naturally than a small thumbnail. What aspect ratios are supported? 9:16 vertical (TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts), 16:9 landscape (YouTube), and 1:1 square (Instagram feed, Facebook). Pick the ratio before generating. How is image to video different from a Ken Burns pan or a slideshow? A Ken Burns effect pans and zooms a camera over a still, and a slideshow moves from one still to the next. Image to video generates motion inside the frame (water, light, fabric, hair, a breath or a blink), so the scene itself comes alive instead of sliding around. What should I write in the motion prompt? One motion idea: what moves, and how. “Slow wind through her hair, soft camera push-in” works; “make it move” is too vague, and a list of five motions blurs together. The note is optional and holds up to 500 characters, so you can also leave it blank and let the motion be inferred from the photo. Can I use the clips commercially? Yes. Videos you generate are yours to use commercially, for ads, product pages, social posts, and client work. [Read the terms of service](/legal/terms). What happens when I run out of credits? Nothing is charged automatically and nothing is lost. Your account and finished videos stay exactly as they are. Buy another pack whenever you want to generate again. How natural will the motion look? Motion quality scales with the source image. Photoreal stills with clear subjects (a portrait outdoors, a landscape, a product in good light) animate cleanly. Highly stylised illustrations, busy compositions, or low-resolution thumbnails can produce odd warping. The tips above cover what to look for in a source that animates well. Can I edit the clip after generating? Yes. Open the finished clip in the built-in editor, or generate again from the same image for a fresh take on the motion. Each new generation costs the same as the first, and the result lands back in your library alongside the original. How long does it take to render an image-to-video clip? 5 second clips render fastest, which is why the app labels them Fastest; 10 second clips take longer. The finished MP4 lands in your library when it is ready. Can I generate several variations from the same image? Yes. Re-generating from the same source produces a fresh motion pattern each time. It's the simplest way to get the result you want when the first variation isn't quite right; each retry costs the same as a new generation. Do I need to write a prompt with my image? No. The motion prompt is optional: leave it blank and it reads the scene from your photo and infers the motion that fits, or describe the movement to steer it. If you'd rather build a video from a text idea, use [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) instead. What is the best AI photo to video tool? It depends on the job. For a few seconds of real motion from one still, use an image to video tool like this one. For a portrait that speaks, you need a voice and lip sync as well as motion. For a layered 3D look, a dedicated depth tool fits better, and for a narrated multi-scene video, a prompt or script based generator. Then compare clip length, resolution, aspect ratios, watermark, motion control and commercial rights, and test each tool on the photo you actually need to animate. Is image to video the same as photo to video? Yes. Both mean turning one still into a short clip with motion inside the frame. Image to video is the usual name for the feature; photo to video, animate a photo and bring a photo to life are how many people search for it. Why does image to video sometimes warp the subject? The model works out motion from a single frame, so it has to guess at anything the photo does not show clearly. Crowds, intricate patterns, reflections, text and low-resolution sources are where those guesses tend to go wrong. A sharper source with one clear subject helps, and generating again gives you a fresh take on the motion. Can the person in my image walk, dance or change pose? Not reliably. Image to video keeps the subject in the pose from your photo and adds motion within it: a breeze, a camera drift, a change of expression. If you want someone mid-stride, upload a photo where they are already walking. Can I animate a photo with more than one person in it? Yes, and everyone in frame is animated at once. It works best when the faces are a similar size and similarly lit. Give one shared motion idea, like a gentle sway, rather than directions for each person. Can I make a photo talk? Yes. Type a line under “What should they say?” before you generate. If the image shows a face, the person says it with an AI voice and lip sync; a 10 second clip with lip sync is 160 credits. On an image without a face, such as a product or a landscape, the line plays as a voiceover. For a presenter reading a full script, use an [AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar). Can I make one video from several photos? Image to Video animates one photo per clip. For a memorial or a montage, animate each photo separately at the same aspect ratio, then join the clips in any video editor. For a narrated video built from a written idea, use [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video). Is it okay to animate a photo of someone else? Animating your own family's photos for your family is one thing. Animating a stranger or a public figure, or making anyone appear to say something, and posting it as if it were real footage is another. Get permission for any likeness that is not yours, and say that the clip was made with AI. Can I render the same image at multiple aspect ratios? Yes. The same source can render in 9:16, 16:9, and 1:1. Each crop is generated independently so the motion fits the chosen frame; re-render in another ratio if you need multiple sizes for different platforms. ## Bring your first photo to life with image to video Plans from $9 a month, with a credit allowance that refreshes every billing month. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/ --- title: "MakeAIVideo | AI Video Generator from Prompt, Script or Image" description: "Make high quality AI videos in seconds. Prompt to Video, Script to Video, Image to Video, and Talking Avatar, all in one pipeline." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- - [](/tiktok-video-generator "TikTok") - [](/instagram-reels-generator "Instagram") - [](/faceless-youtube-channel "YouTube") # Make high quality AI videos in seconds Make high quality AI videos then post them to all your social media platforms. Connect ChatGPT, Claude, Grok or any agent to run it for you, over [CLI](/cli), [MCP](/docs/mcp) or [API](/developers). 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Join 690+ creators making AI video ## Example videos made with MakeAIVideo [ ![Prompt to Video example: Cinematic AI scenes from a one-line prompt, made with MakeAIVideo](/hero-posters/prompt.webp) ](/prompt-to-video) [Prompt to Video→](/prompt-to-video)Cinematic AI scenes from a one-line prompt [ ![Script to Video example: Your script, narrated over AI scenes with captions, made with MakeAIVideo](/hero-posters/script.webp) ](/script-to-video) [Script to Video→](/script-to-video)Your script, narrated over AI scenes with captions [ ![Talking Avatar example: A lip-synced AI presenter from your script, made with MakeAIVideo](/hero-posters/talking-avatar.webp) ](/talking-avatar) [Talking Avatar→](/talking-avatar)A lip-synced AI presenter from your script [ ![Image to Video example: A single photo, brought to life, made with MakeAIVideo](/hero-posters/i2v.webp) ](/image-to-video) [Image to Video→](/image-to-video)A single photo, brought to life [ ![Character Swap example: The person in your video, swapped for a character, made with MakeAIVideo](/hero-posters/character-swap.webp) ](/character-swap) [Character Swap→](/character-swap)The person in your video, swapped for a character [Open the full demo](/demo) for playback controls and a second-by-second breakdown. From idea to finished video ## Prompt to video: describe it once, get the whole video Type a line or paste a script and MakeAIVideo runs the full pipeline, script, AI voiceover, a scene per beat, captions, and optional music, then renders a finished MP4. Lead with an idea using [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video), or keep your exact wording with [script to video](/script-to-video). Auto-written script. A one-line idea becomes a paced script with a hook, body, and close. Studio AI voiceover. A natural narrator reads it, timed to each scene, with captions baked on. A scene per beat. Every line is matched to stock footage or an AI-generated scene in the style you pick. Create Prompt to VideoScript to VideoTalking AvatarImage to Video Your prompt Example A 30 second documentary about how the Romans built the Colosseum, with a hook in the first line and a question at the end. Or start from an example Morning habitsWhy startups failHistory deep-diveScience fact Length 15s1m3m5m10mCustom Aspect ratio 9:161:116:9 Sarah Female · American Mature, reassuring, confident Captions Word-by-word, auto-styled Estimated cost ~90 credits Example Generate video Put a presenter on camera ## AI talking avatar: a presenter who reads your script Pick a presenter from the library or upload a reference photo, paste your script, and MakeAIVideo lip-syncs an AI character to a natural voice with word-by-word captions, exported as a 1080p MP4. Make a [talking avatar](/talking-avatar), or a branded [AI spokesperson video](/ai-spokesperson-video) for sales and onboarding. Character library. Pick a ready-made AI presenter or generate one from a reference image. Lip-synced to your words. Mouth movements timed to the voiceover, with captions burned in. Nobody on camera. The presenter is AI-generated from the start. No filming, no recording. Talking Avatar Avatar Pick a character Upload your video BEST ![](/images/home/characters/maya.webp) Maya ![](/images/home/characters/dex.webp) Dex ![](/images/home/characters/bella.webp) Bella ![](/images/home/characters/marcus.webp) Marcus ![](/images/home/characters/olivia.webp) Olivia ![](/images/home/characters/jordan.webp) Jordan Your script Example Most people skip breakfast for the wrong reason. Here is the one change that made my mornings easier. Sarah Female · American Female · AmericanMature, reassuring, confident Generate video Already filmed it? ## AI character swap: swap the person, keep the performance Upload your own video and swap the person on screen for a character. Motion, gestures, camera and audio all stay exactly as filmed, and the same performance comes back with someone else in it. See [AI character swap](/character-swap). Your footage, untouched. The room, the camera move and your original audio all stay as filmed. Any character. Choose one from your library, or build one from a few photos. 3 to 60 seconds. MP4, MOV or WebM, returned as a 1080p MP4. Character Swap Your video ![](/hero-posters/talking-avatar.webp)rooftop-take.mp4 · 0:08 Who should they become? A characterA photo ![](/images/home/characters/zara.webp) ![](/images/home/characters/luna.webp) ![](/images/home/characters/sophia.webp) ![](/images/home/characters/chloe.webp) ![](/images/home/characters/aria.webp) I own this video or have permission to use it. Estimated cost ~172 credits Example Swap character Start from a single photo ## Image to video: bring a still image to life Upload a product still, landscape, or album cover, and MakeAIVideo animates it into a 5 or 10 second clip, exported as a 1080p MP4. Real motion inside the frame, not a Ken Burns pan. Try [image to video](/image-to-video) on product shots, landscapes, people and pets. Photoreal motion. Skies, water, light, hair and fabric come alive without warping the subject. True to your photo. Animates the image you uploaded instead of inventing a new scene. Every aspect ratio. 9:16 for Reels and Shorts, 16:9 for YouTube, 1:1 for the feed. Image to Video Source image ![](/hero-posters/i2v.webp) How should it animate? Example The aurora ripples slowly across the sky and its reflection moves on the water. Clip length 5 seconds Fastest 10 seconds Smoother motion 1080p clip Generate How it works ## How to make an AI video with MakeAIVideo Four steps from a prompt, script, or photo to a finished MP4. 1. 01 ### Type a prompt or paste a script Start from one line for prompt-to-video, bring your exact words for script-to-video, or upload a single photo for image-to-video. The starting point shapes the workflow; everything downstream is automatic. 2. 02 ### Pick a style and aspect ratio Choose from 15 visual styles for AI scenes (cinematic, anime, claymation, more) and the aspect ratio for your platform: 9:16 for TikTok and Reels, 16:9 for YouTube, or 1:1 for square posts. The model frames every scene around your output. For a whole video in the anime look, the [AI anime video generator](/ai-anime-video-generator) shows the style at work. 3. 03 ### Generate the video MakeAIVideo writes any missing script, records a voiceover from a curated AI voice library, builds the scenes from stock footage or AI generation, times word-by-word captions, adds any background music you pick, and stitches the final MP4. Short clips are usually ready in a few minutes. 4. 04 ### Edit, then post it Each render lands in your library, watermark-free. Open it in the built-in editor to rewrite a caption, swap a voice, or re-roll a scene. Then post it to your connected TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and other accounts, now or on a schedule, or download the MP4. More ways to start ## A tool for every kind of video. Beyond a prompt or a script, MakeAIVideo has a dedicated tool for ads, explainers, lists, stories, product demos and articles, plus templates and trends to start from. See the [AI ad maker](/ai-ad-maker) and [AI explainer videos](/ai-explainer-video). ### Every tool in one create screen Pick the tool that fits: Explainer, Tips and lists, Story, UGC ad, Product demo or Article to video. Paste an article and it turns your own words into a short, adding nothing that is not in your text. See [blog to video](/blog-to-video). Create Prompt to VideoScript to VideoTalking AvatarImage to VideoCharacter SwapAd MakerExplainerTips and listsStoryUGC adProduct demoArticle to video Paste a blog post, newsletter or any writing. We select the spine and turn it into a short. Start from a link (optional) https://example.com/the-articleRead page Paste the article Example Most sourdough fails long before it reaches the oven. The starter is the part everyone rushes, and it is the part that decides the crumb. Feed it on a schedule for a week and the loaf takes care of itself. We use only what is in your text. Nothing is invented or added. Length 30s45s60s90s Language Auto (match my prompt) Estimated cost ~64 credits Example Generate video ### Ads from a product description Describe what you sell and add 1 to 5 product photos. It writes the hook, the pitch and the call to action, sized for the placement you pick. Ad Maker Describe what you sell. We write the hook, the pitch and the call to action, then build the ad. What are you advertising? Example A handmade ceramic pour-over coffee set. Slow mornings, one cup at a time, sold direct from our studio. Photos of your product ![](/hero-posters/i2v.webp)![](/hero-posters/prompt.webp) 1 to 5 real photos. Product scenes show them as they are, so the ad never invents your product. Where will it run? TikTok in-feed9:16 · 20sInstagram Reels9:16 · 30sYouTube Shorts9:16 · 30sFacebook feed1:1 · 30sYouTube in-stream16:9 · 30s Call to action Shop nowGet started freeBook a demoDownload the appLearn moreCustom Estimated cost ~82 credits Example Generate video ### Real footage or AI video Use real filmed clips matched to each line, or have every scene generated from scratch. Add a voiceover, and pick a music track or generate one with AI. Create Footage Real footage $ Real filmed clips matched to each line of your script Best AI video $$$ Every scene generated from scratch, fully original Voiceover Narrate this video An AI voice reads the script out loud Background music Pick music No music Voice only, silence under the narration Generate with AI Describe a track, ready in ~10 seconds Estimated cost ~45 credits Example Generate video ### Start from a template Pick a finished video from the template gallery, filtered by ads, explainers, stories and more, and make it your own. Templates Example Real videos made with MakeAIVideo. Pick one, give it your topic, and it keeps the look, voice and pacing. AllAdsExplainersStoriesTips and listsTalking head ![](/hero-posters/prompt.webp) Ocean documentary 9:16 · 30sUse this ![](/hero-posters/script.webp) Five quick tips 9:16 · 45sUse this ![](/hero-posters/talking-avatar.webp) Founder update 9:16 · 30sUse this ![](/hero-posters/i2v.webp) Product reveal 9:16 · 20sUse this ![](/hero-posters/character-swap.webp) Character story 9:16 · 60sUse this ![](/images/home/library-colosseum.webp) History deep-dive 9:16 · 60sUse this ### Remix what is trending Browse trending videos with a breakdown of why each one works, then make your own version with the same structure. Trends ![](/hero-posters/prompt.webp)Example1.2M plays The ocean is not blue for the reason you think Why it works Myth, then reveal Hook: A claim most viewers believe, broken in the first two seconds. Pacing: A new shot every beat, no line longer than one breath. Payoff: The real answer lands as a single image at the end. Keeps them watching: Each line opens a question the next one answers. Structure locked from a trend Make it yours Never start from a blank prompt ## Out of ideas? Generate ten. Drop in a niche and MakeAIVideo returns ten video concepts tuned to your audience and tone, then send one straight into a video. The same engine powers our free [idea generator](/tools/video-idea-generator) and [hook generator](/tools/video-hook-generator), no signup required. Idea generator. Scroll-stopping concepts tailored to your niche, one click from a video. Hook-first scripts. Every draft opens with a hook built to survive the first three seconds. Any format. Explainers, faceless content, product stories, the pipeline adapts. Ideas Example Niche / topic area Ancient history for curious adults Generate 10 ideas Tone EntertainingEducationalInspirationalHumorousControversial The trick that made Roman concrete outlast ours Hook “Their harbours are still standing. Ours crack in fifty years.” Angle One ingredient, explained with a single experiment you can picture. AI Video#history CopyMake this Three habits historians say every empire shared Hook “Rome, the Mongols and Britain had one thing in common.” Angle A presenter walks through the pattern in under a minute. Talking Avatar#history CopyMake this All included ## Everything a finished video needs No add-ons and no second tool. Captions, voice, optional music, and export come through the pipeline on every render. See [plans and pricing](/pricing). 15 visual styles. Cinematic, anime, claymation, and more, applied across every AI scene. Every aspect ratio. Vertical for Reels and TikTok, square for feeds, wide for YouTube. Word-by-word captions. A choice of styles in the editor, timed to the voiceover and burned into the export. Studio AI voices. A curated library of natural narrators to match your tone. Background music. Pick a track from the library and it ducks under the narration. Watermark-free. Every export is clean and yours to post anywhere. Style Visual style CinematicAnimeClaymationPhotorealWatercolorDocumentaryFilm NoirRetro VHSPencil SketchComic BookCyberpunk+4 more Aspect ratio 9:16 TikTok / Reels 1:1 Square 16:9 YouTube Captions Word-by-word, auto-styled Background music Calm Change 1080p MP4, no watermark Download Your whole library ## Every video in one place. Track what's generating, ready to post, or needs a retry in one place. Reopen any project in the editor, re-render with changes, download the MP4, or [post it to your social accounts](/auto-post). Want a presenter on camera? Make a [talking avatar](/talking-avatar). Animating a still photo? Use [image to video](/image-to-video). Render library. Every clip is saved, searchable, and one click from download or a re-edit. Edit after generating. Change a scene, fix a word, or restyle captions in the editor. Export anywhere. 1080p MP4 with captions baked in, sized for vertical, square, or wide. Post or schedule. Send it to TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and eight more platforms now, or pick a date and time. My Videos Example AllReadyIn progressFailed ![](/hero-posters/prompt.webp)0:25 Universe in 25s ![](/hero-posters/script.webp)0:48 Cathedrals by candlelight ![](/hero-posters/talking-avatar.webp)0:31 Nobody filmed this ![](/hero-posters/i2v.webp)0:10 Aurora over the fjord ![](/hero-posters/character-swap.webp)0:08 Rooftop take, swapped ![](/images/home/library-colosseum.webp)0:42 Rome in a day Built-in editor ## Change anything after it renders. Every video opens in the editor. Regenerate one scene, swap the narrator, add a music track, restyle the captions or fix a word, then export again. No timeline skills needed. ### Regenerate one scene Not happy with a shot? Regenerate that scene on its own, with a new voice and new visuals, usually in a few minutes. Edits save automatically. Editor All changes saved ScenesVoiceMusicCaptionsSettings ![](/hero-posters/script.webp) Scene 2 Edits save automatically Narration Example They built thousand-ton ceilings without a single steel beam, and most of them are still standing. Regenerate this scene New voice and visuals, usually 1-3 minutes. 50 credits Regenerate scene Text Video Captions Music 1080p MP4 Export video ### Swap the narrator Audition 12 voices, choose a delivery from calm to punchy, and re-record every scene in one go. The visuals stay as they are. Voice The narrator for the whole video Pick a voice Play to audition Sarahfemale · american Mature, reassuring, confident Brianmale · american Deep, resonant, comforting, natural authority Lilyfemale · british Velvety, warm. British narrator Danielmale · british Authoritative British male, newscaster gravitas Matildafemale · american Knowledgeable, professional, perfect for tutorials Delivery Used when you apply Stable Calm, even Balanced Default Expressive Punchy Apply to every scene Re-records the narration. Visuals stay as they are, and your current export stays until you export again. Apply voice ### Add a music track Pick from 120 tracks in 10 moods. The track dips automatically while the voice speaks, and adding one is free. Music One track under the whole video. It dips while the voice speaks. Library Example Search by mood, instrument, feel… AllCalmUpbeatCinematicEmotionalCuriousAdventureElectronicInspirationalTenseQuirky No music Voice only, silence under the narration Soft piano with strings Calm · Soft piano with gentle strings, slow tempo, peaceful morning Meditative ambient pad Calm · Ambient pad with subtle bell tones, breathing room, meditative Fingerpicked acoustic guitar Calm · Acoustic guitar fingerpicking, soft brushed drums, calm afternoon Volume15% Add music ### Restyle the captions Switch between 11 caption styles, or click any word in the transcript to fix a typo without re-recording the voice. Captions ![](/hero-posters/prompt.webp) Clean, minimal, burned in Edit transcript Click any word to fix typos without re-rolling voice. Scene #3 Example Light hitting your eyes left the sun eight minutes ago. Scene #4 You are looking at the past, every single time. Caption style Classic (default)SubtleSubtitle (italic)Word popHormoziBoldBeatOutlineBannerGiant numberedMinimalNone Edits save automatically Export video ### Download or share Download a 1080p MP4 with SRT or VTT caption files, grab an older render, or create a link anyone can download from for 24 hours. Download / Share Download MP4 video The finished video, ready to post Download SRT captions Subtitle file for TikTok, YouTube, CapCut Download VTT captions Subtitle file for web video players Download Share link Example https://media.makeaivideo.ai/r7Kq2mXa.mp4?X-Amz-Expires=86400 Copy link Anyone with this link can download the MP4, no account needed. Render historyDownload an older render Publish without leaving ## Post it everywhere, or schedule it. Send a finished video to TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and eight more platforms in one step, with a caption written from your script. Post it now or pick a date and time. See [auto post](/auto-post). 11 platforms. TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn, X, Facebook, Threads, Pinterest, Bluesky, Telegram and Discord. Caption written for you. Drafted from your script. Use one everywhere or tailor it per platform. Now or later. Post straight away or schedule it for the time your audience is online. Post this video Example We upload the finished file to each account you pick. Where should it go? @yourbrand TikTok @yourbrand Instagram · Posts as a Reel Your Brand YouTube · Vertical videos post as Shorts Caption Rewrite Rome did not build the Colosseum with magic. It built it with one ingredient we forgot. #history 96 / 2200 (Instagram is the shortest limit)Written from your script. Edit it freely. Customise caption per platform Schedule (optional, leave empty to post now) 10/07/2026, 09:00 AM Goes out within about two minutes of it. Schedule for 2 accounts Publishing, built in ## Connect once. Post every video from here. Connect your accounts across 11 platforms, then post or schedule any finished video and see how it went on each one. See [auto post](/auto-post). ### Every account in one place Add accounts, see which ones need attention and reconnect them. Lite connects 2 accounts, Solo 4, Plus 6 and Pro 10. Connections Example The social accounts you post to. Account connections and posting are powered by our partner PostEverywhere. All accounts6Need attention1 - TikTok Add YB@yourbrand - Instagram Posts as a Reel Add YB@yourbrandYS@yourbrand.studio - YouTube Vertical videos post as Shorts Add YBYour Brand Reconnect required - Facebook Add No accounts connected - Discord Videos up to 25 MB Add YCYour Community - Bluesky Videos up to 3 minutes Add YByourbrand.bsky.social +5 more ### See how each post went Every video you have posted or scheduled, with its status on each account, from Scheduled to Published. Posts Example Videos you have posted or scheduled to your accounts, and how each one went. - ![](/hero-posters/prompt.webp) The Colosseum secret Scheduled Goes out around Oct 7, 2026, 9:00 AM · 3 accounts - ![](/hero-posters/talking-avatar.webp) 3 hiring mistakes Posting Oct 3, 2026, 2:14 PM · 2 accounts - ![](/hero-posters/script.webp) Morning habits Published Oct 2, 2026, 6:30 PM · 3 accounts - ![](/hero-posters/i2v.webp) Spring collection Partly published Oct 1, 2026, 11:05 AM · 2 accounts - ![](/hero-posters/character-swap.webp) Behind the scenes Preparing Oct 3, 2026, 2:16 PM · 1 account Ready to make your first AI video? Plans from $9 a month, credits included. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) Make it yours ## Your characters, in your language. Start from 21 ready-made characters or create your own from a description or a photo, and make videos in 24 languages. Build a presenter for [talking avatar](/talking-avatar) videos. ### Create your own character Describe a character or upload up to five reference photos, pick a portrait and a voice, and save it. It stays consistent across every scene. Create Character 1. Describe 2. Portrait 3. Voice 4. 4Save Describe your character Example A warm, confident presenter in her late twenties, soft studio light, cream knit sweater, looking straight at the camera. Reference images Optional, locks the face to look like these ![](/images/home/characters/maya.webp) ![](/images/home/characters/maya.webp) Pick your portrait ![](/images/home/characters/maya.webp) ![](/images/home/characters/bella.webp) ![](/images/home/characters/olivia.webp) ![](/images/home/characters/aria.webp) Pick a voice Warm Narrator Calm, storytelling, perfect for explainer videos Name & save Name Maya Example Back Save Character ### Video in 24 languages Script, voiceover and captions are produced in the language you pick, or it matches the language of your prompt. Language Your prompt Example Un video de 30 segundos sobre por qué el pan sube en el horno. Auto (match my prompt) Auto (match my prompt) - English - EspañolSpanish - PortuguêsPortuguese - FrançaisFrench - DeutschGerman - Bahasa IndonesiaIndonesian - 日本語Japanese - 한국어Korean +16 more Script, voiceover and captions follow it Generate video Connect your AI agent ## Connect ChatGPT, Claude, Grok or any AI agent Your assistant writes the script, makes the video and posts it to your accounts. Connect it in a minute with no code, or build on the MCP server, CLI and API. Same credits as the app, no separate API bill. 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. “Make a 30 second video about our launch and post it to TikTok and Instagram.” 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. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[Connect any AI agent](/agents) MCP, API and CLI are included on every plan. Connector address `https://mcp.makeaivideo.ai`Copy Works with - [Claude](/docs/mcp) - [ChatGPT](/chatgpt-video-generator) - [Grok](/docs/mcp) - [Claude Code](/docs/mcp) - [Cursor](/docs/mcp) - [Any MCP client](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) Signed in? [Connect an AI assistant →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) [ MCP server One URL, OAuth sign-in, the same tools the app has. Set up MCP](/docs/mcp)[ REST API 65 endpoints. Quote the credit cost before you spend it. Read the API docs](/developers)[ CLI and SDK For a terminal, a CI job, or TypeScript. Both MIT licensed. Use the CLI](/cli) Teams and developers ## Bring your brand, your team and your tools. Put your logo on every render, invite your team, and let ChatGPT, Claude or your own code make videos through the MCP server, CLI or API. See [MakeAIVideo for AI agents](/agents). ### Brand Kit and team On Plus and Pro, upload your logo once and switch it on as a watermark for your renders. Invite teammates by email as a Member or an Admin. Settings Brand Kit Brand Kit is available on Plus and Pro Watermark NS PNG with transparency recommended. Max 5MB. Upload watermark Example Show watermark on renders Team Invite to team teammate@example.comMember Send invite Active members Example - ![](/images/home/characters/olivia.webp) OliviaYou olivia@northshore.studio Owner - ![](/images/home/characters/marcus.webp) Marcus marcus@northshore.studio Admin - ![](/images/home/characters/zara.webp) Zara zara@northshore.studio Member Pending invitations sam@northshore.studio Invited by Olivia Member ### Connect any AI assistant Paste one address into Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Claude Code or Cursor and ask it for a video. API keys, the CLI and the REST API sit alongside. Developers Quick StartAPI KeysMCPCLIREST APIYour IDsResources Connect an AI assistant Step 1 Where do you want to use it? ClaudeMost popular ChatGPT Grok Claude Code Cursor Something else Step 2 Paste this address: `https://mcp.makeaivideo.ai` Copy address Step 3 Just ask it “Make a 45-second explainer on why bread rises, 9:16, and give me the download link.” API keysReadWriteAI Create key ## Five ways to make a video Start from whatever you have, a one-line idea, a finished script, a presenter, a single photo, or footage you already filmed. All five live in the same app. [ ### Prompt to video Turn a one-line idea into a finished, captioned clip. The pipeline writes the script and builds every scene. Make a video from a prompt](/prompt-to-video)[ ### Script to video Already have the words? It narrates your exact script over real stock footage or AI-generated scenes, with word-by-word captions. Turn a script into video](/script-to-video)[ ### Talking avatar A lip-synced AI presenter delivers your script, a spokesperson video without filming anything. Make a talking avatar](/talking-avatar)[ ### Image to video Upload a single photo and animate it into a short, photoreal clip, true to your original image. Animate an image](/image-to-video)[ ### Character swap Already filmed it? Upload your own clip and swap the person on screen for a character. Your motion and audio stay as recorded. Swap a character](/character-swap) ## What you can make with MakeAIVideo The kinds of video people make with it: ### Marketing & ads Spin up campaign creative without a production cycle. Iterate on hooks in minutes, not days. ### Educational content Turn outlines and lesson plans into watchable explainers with synced narration and visuals. ### Brand storytelling Communicate what you do consistently, on-brand, and at the cadence your audience expects. ### Product demos Walk through features without screen-recording fatigue. Update visuals as your product evolves. ### Internal training Document workflows for new hires. Reuse the same voice and visual style across modules. ### Personal content Build a presence without learning Premiere. Pick a style, write what you want to say, ship. ## Why MakeAIVideo Three decisions that shape what you get back. ### End-to-end in one run From prompt to finished video. No manual stitching. ### Everything in one tool Script, voice, visuals, captions, music. No more chaining 5 different AI products. ### Best-in-class AI models Top video, image, and voice models. Picked, tuned, and routed for you per scene. Pricing ## Plans from $9 a month Every plan includes every way to make a video, Full HD downloads and no watermark. Pick the credits you need; the allowance refreshes every billing month. ### Lite The cheapest way in, with every video mode included. $9/month or $90 a year, 2 months free 450credits a month About 4 stock-footage videos or about 1 AI cinematic video 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 2 social accounts - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video - Full HD 1080p export, no watermark ### Solo For one creator posting every week. $19/month or $190 a year, 2 months free 1,000credits a month About 10 stock-footage videos or about 2 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 4 social accounts - More than double the credits of Lite - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video ### Plus Most popular Long-form, your branding and a team of three. $29/month or $290 a year, 2 months free 1,600credits a month About 16 stock-footage videos or about 3 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 6 social accounts - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - Brand Kit: your logo as a watermark on every video - 3 team seats with admin and member roles ### Pro For teams and channels running at volume. $49/month or $490 a year, 2 months free 2,800credits a month About 29 stock-footage videos or about 6 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 10 social accounts - Lowest price per credit of any plan - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - 10 team seats with admin and member roles 7-day free trial for new customers: $0 today, card required, 500 trial credits, and trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script. Video counts are estimates for 30-second videos, rounded down. Plan credits refresh every billing month and do not roll over. Every plan includes - Every way to make a video: prompt, script, talking avatar, image and character swap - 15 visual styles, captions, music and voices - 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 Busy month? Top-up packs from $9: a one-time purchase, and the credits never expire. [Compare plans and packs](/pricing) ## AI video generator FAQs Everything you might want to know about MakeAIVideo before signing up. Something else? [Visit the help center](/help) What is MakeAIVideo? MakeAIVideo is an AI video generator that produces complete videos from a single prompt. Script, voiceover, scenes, and captions, all rendered and stitched into a finished file. It replaces the chain of separate tools (script writer, TTS, image generator, video editor) you'd otherwise wire together yourself. How do I make an AI video from text? Type your topic (or paste a script you've already written), pick a style (talking-head with an AI character, or cinematic narration over AI-generated scenes), and hit generate. MakeAIVideo writes any missing script, synthesises the voiceover, builds a scene per beat from stock footage or AI generation, bakes in captions, and stitches the final MP4. You run the whole process from your browser. How long does it take to make an AI video? Short clips are usually ready in a few minutes. Longer videos take longer because the pipeline runs more scenes, and AI-generated scenes take longer than stock footage. Your video lands in your library when it is done. Can I make AI videos for free? Not free forever. New customers get a 7-day free trial: a card is required, $0 is due today, and you get 500 trial credits. Trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script, so they show the quality rather than a full-length video, and cancelling ends the trial at once. After that, plans start at $9 a month for 450 credits, refreshed each billing month. Unused monthly credits do not roll over. We also publish several [free tools](/tools) that need no signup at all. How long can my AI videos be? AI-scene modes (cinematic, talking head, hybrid and smart mix) go up to 10 minutes on every plan. Stock-narrated videos (where MakeAIVideo uses stock footage instead of generating it) go up to 10 minutes on Lite and Solo and up to 40 minutes on Plus and Pro. Image to video makes one clip of up to 10 seconds, and trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script. Pick a length before you generate; the credit estimate updates as you change it, so you know the cost first. Can I make AI videos for TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts? Yes, all three. MakeAIVideo outputs 9:16 portrait by default (the format that wins on every short-form platform), with TikTok-style word-by-word captions baked in. Landscape (16:9) and square (1:1) are also supported if you need different placements. Can MakeAIVideo post my videos to TikTok, Instagram and YouTube? Yes. Connect your accounts in the app, then open any finished video and choose "Post to your accounts". Post it now or schedule it for a date and time, with one caption for every platform or a different one for each. It posts to TikTok, Instagram (as a Reel), YouTube (a 9:16 video as a Short, 16:9 as a regular video), Facebook Pages, LinkedIn, X (videos up to 140 seconds), Threads, Pinterest, Bluesky, Telegram and Discord. Lite connects 2 accounts, Solo 4, Plus 6 and Pro 10, and posting has no separate fee. See [how posting works](/auto-post). Can I make AI videos without showing my face? Yes. Cinematic mode skips the on-screen presenter entirely. MakeAIVideo generates a unique AI scene per beat of your script and runs them under a narrator voiceover. It's the format behind most faceless TikTok channels, history-fact pages, and motivational-content accounts. Do I need any video editing skills to make AI videos? No. The whole pipeline runs from a single prompt. Script, voiceover, visuals, and captions are all produced and stitched automatically, with any music you pick. There is a built-in editor if you want to rewrite captions word-by-word, adjust music volume, or tweak the project before re-rendering, but using it is optional. Can I make AI videos in different languages? Yes, in 24 languages. Pick the language and MakeAIVideo writes the script, records the voiceover and times the captions in it, including Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Hindi, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Chinese and Indonesian. Voices are a curated library of natural AI voices, and captions are timed to the spoken track. What kind of videos can I make? Anything that fits a script: marketing creative, explainers, brand stories, product demos, training content, personal content. You're not locked into a particular format or aspect ratio. Pick portrait, landscape, or square. Pick a talking head or a narrated cinematic. Both come out as a finished 1080p MP4. What AI technology powers MakeAIVideo? MakeAIVideo runs on a curated stack of leading AI models: language models for scripts, neural voice synthesis for voiceovers, and state-of-the-art generative models for video and imagery. You don't pick or configure them; MakeAIVideo routes each step to the model best suited for the job and updates the stack as better models arrive. Can I edit the video after it's generated? Yes. Every video opens in an editor where you can rewrite captions word-by-word, adjust music volume, tweak the project, and re-render with your changes. You can also regenerate a single scene, change the voice, or pick a different music track. How does pricing work? We use a credit-based model: generation cost scales with video length and the pipeline you pick (cinematic, smart-mix, or stock-narrated). Plans start at $9 a month and include a monthly credit allowance, topped back up on each billing date. If a month runs heavy, top-up packs add credits that never expire: Spark (400 credits, $9), Boost (900, $19), Stack (2,000, $39), or Bulk (4,500, $79). A 30-second stock-footage video costs far fewer credits than a 30-second AI cinematic, and the app quotes the exact cost before you generate. See the [/pricing page](/pricing) for the full breakdown. Can I use my own characters? Yes. Upload a reference image and MakeAIVideo will generate consistent character shots from it across every scene. Voice selection comes from a curated library of natural AI voices. Can I try it without paying? Yes, if you are a new customer. The 7-day free trial is $0 due today, with 500 trial credits to use inside the window. You do enter a card at signup, and nothing is charged until the trial ends. Trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script, so finished trial clips run about 10 to 20 seconds, and cancelling ends the trial at once. Exports are watermark-free on the trial and on every paid plan. The [free tools](/tools) are separately free and need no signup, though they are writing helpers rather than video. ## Ready to make your first AI video with MakeAIVideo? New customers can start the 7-day free trial, $0 today. After that, plans from $9 a month, topped back up every billing month. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/instagram-reels-generator --- title: "Instagram Reels Generator - AI Reels Fast | MakeAIVideo" description: "AI Instagram Reels generator. No source footage, no timeline. Prompt in, 9:16 Reel out, sized for the feed and cross-postable to Stories." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/instagram-reels-generator format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- # AI Instagram Reels generator Paste a hook or one line, and MakeAIVideo builds a 9:16 Instagram Reel with AI narration, scenes, and burned-in captions, sized to the Reels feed and Stories crop. No source footage, no timeline editing, no watermark on the 1080p MP4. 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Join 690+ creators making AI video Free tools first: [Instagram caption generator](/tools/instagram-caption-generator) + [hook generator](/tools/video-hook-generator). Browser-only, no signup. ![Prompt to Video example: Cinematic AI scenes from a one-line prompt, made with MakeAIVideo](/hero-posters/prompt.webp) A 9:16 Reel rendered by the same pipeline. A finished Reel, not a raw clip ## The AI Reels generator makes a whole Instagram Reel, not a clip Most AI Reels tools hand you a single raw generation you still have to stitch, caption and score yourself. MakeAIVideo runs the whole pipeline: a hook-first script, an AI voiceover paced to short-form, a scene per beat from real stock footage or AI video, word-by-word captions timed to the audio, and music under the voice if you want it, then renders a 9:16 MP4 sized for the Reels feed. 9:16 native. Vertical framing and caption safe area baked in from the first frame, not cropped from a 16:9 source. Captions on by default. Word-by-word captions auto-time to the voiceover and burn into the export. Voice, scenes, music. A natural AI narrator, real footage or AI scenes in your chosen style, and optional music that ducks under the voice. Create Footage Real footage $ Real filmed clips matched to each line of your script Best AI video $$$ Every scene generated from scratch, fully original Voiceover Narrate this video An AI voice reads the script out loud Background music Pick music No music Voice only, silence under the narration Generate with AI Describe a track, ready in ~10 seconds Estimated cost ~45 credits Example Generate video How it works ## How the Instagram Reels generator works 1. Step 1 ### Pick your topic and choose 9:16 Start from a one-line Reel idea (the topic, the angle, the format) or paste a script you've already written. Set the aspect ratio to 9:16 for the Reels feed; the pipeline tunes scene composition and caption placement to the vertical safe area from the start. Switching ratios later costs another render, so pick before generating. 2. Step 2 ### AI writes the script and picks a voice If you started from an idea, MakeAIVideo drafts a hook-body-close structure paced for Reels, then picks a natural AI narrator that fits the tone. If you pasted a script, your words are read verbatim. Re-roll the voice before or after generating if the read doesn't match the brand. 3. Step 3 ### Scenes, captions, and music render together Every line of the script becomes its own scene, from real stock footage by default or generated by AI in the visual style you pick (cinematic, anime, claymation, more). Word-by-word captions time to the voiceover and burn into the export; any background music you pick ducks under the narration. Most short Reels are ready in a few minutes. 4. Step 4 ### Download the 1080p MP4 or tweak in the editor A watermark-free 1080p MP4 lands in your library, sized for Instagram Reels and equally usable on TikTok and Shorts. Post the default render, or reopen any clip in the editor to fix a caption word, regenerate a scene, swap the voice or restyle the captions before re-exporting. Idea to Reel ## Generate Instagram Reels with AI, right in your browser A Reel idea in, a vertical 9:16 1080p Reel out, watermark-free. Type a hook or one line, or tap an example to start, and the cost shows before you generate. Already have the words? Paste them into [script to video](/script-to-video). One line is enough. Write the hook you want the Reel to open on and the script grows from it. 9:16 by default. Every new video starts vertical, so the Reel is framed for the feed from the first scene. Cost before you commit. The credit estimate updates as you change the length, before anything is spent. Create Prompt to VideoScript to VideoTalking AvatarImage to Video Your prompt Example A 30 second documentary about how the Romans built the Colosseum, with a hook in the first line and a question at the end. Or start from an example Morning habitsWhy startups failHistory deep-diveScience fact Length 15s1m3m5m10mCustom Aspect ratio 9:161:116:9 Sarah Female · American Mature, reassuring, confident Captions Word-by-word, auto-styled Estimated cost ~90 credits Example Generate video Write the Reel ## How to make Instagram Reels with AI that people send to a friend The Reels generator drafts a hook-first script from your line. Your idea decides what it opens on and what it ends on, and those two moments carry the Reel. Stuck for an opener? Try the [video hook generator](/tools/video-hook-generator). 1. Beat 1First second or two ### Hook Open on the payoff. No greeting, no logo, no title card: the first frame is the hook. - A specific stake: “If you have $5,000 sitting in a checking account, watch this.” - A pattern interrupt: “You are posting Reels wrong. Here is the format that works.” - A contrarian claim: “Stop copying morning routines. Do this instead.” 2. Beat 2The middle ### Value One idea per beat, each one moving toward the payoff. Three bodies that suit a Reel: - List: “Three skincare steps most people do in the wrong order.” - Story: “I cooked only from the freezer for a month. Here is what changed.” - Breakdown: “Compound interest sounds hard. It works like this.” 3. Beat 3The last few seconds ### Send-worthy close Instagram calls sends per reach one of its most important ranking signals. Close on a line worth forwarding, then make one ask. - “Send this to the friend who still does it the old way.” - “Save this for your next grocery run.” - “Follow for one money habit a day.” Publish to Instagram ## Post from the AI Reels generator straight to Instagram Connect your Instagram account once, then open any finished video and choose Post to your accounts. It goes to Instagram as a Reel, now or at a date and time you set, and scheduled posts go out within about two minutes of that time. Tick TikTok or YouTube as well and the same video goes there too. More on [auto-posting video to Instagram and other platforms](/auto-post). Posts as a Reel. The finished 9:16 MP4 uploads to your connected Instagram account. No phone, no re-upload. A caption from your script. Drafted for you and counted against Instagram's 2,200-character limit. Edit it or tailor it per platform. Now or on a schedule. Post straight away or pick the time your followers are online. Post this video Example We upload the finished file to each account you pick. Where should it go? @yourbrand TikTok @yourbrand Instagram · Posts as a Reel Your Brand YouTube · Vertical videos post as Shorts Caption Rewrite Rome did not build the Colosseum with magic. It built it with one ingredient we forgot. #history 96 / 2200 (Instagram is the shortest limit)Written from your script. Edit it freely. Customise caption per platform Schedule (optional, leave empty to post now) 10/07/2026, 09:00 AM Goes out within about two minutes of it. Schedule for 2 accounts All included ## Everything you get with the AI Instagram Reels generator Voice, captions, scenes and a 1080p export come with every Reel, and music when you want it. Restyle the captions in the editor, or click any word in the transcript to fix it without re-recording the voice. 9:16 native composition. Vertical framing and caption safe area baked in from the first frame, not cropped from 16:9. Captions on by default. Word-by-word captions auto-time to the voiceover and burn into the export. Studio AI voices. A curated library of natural narrators to match brand tone. Stock or AI scenes. A scene per beat, from real stock footage or generated in the visual style you pick. Auto-ducking music. Optional: pick a track and it sits under the narration so the voice cuts through. Watermark-free 1080p. Clean exports ready to post to Reels, TikTok, and Shorts. Captions ![](/hero-posters/prompt.webp) Clean, minimal, burned in Edit transcript Click any word to fix typos without re-rolling voice. Scene #3 Example Light hitting your eyes left the sun eight minutes ago. Scene #4 You are looking at the past, every single time. Caption style Classic (default)SubtleSubtitle (italic)Word popHormoziBoldBeatOutlineBannerGiant numberedMinimalNone Edits save automatically Export video Before you post ## What an AI Reels generator has to get right Instagram has been specific: it deprioritises Reels that are low resolution or blurry, have borders, or are visibly recycled from another app. Nine checks to run over any AI Reel, and which ones the generator handles for you. ### The opening - Your call The first frame is the hook, not a logo, an intro or a title read aloud. Put the payoff in your one-line Reel idea and the script opens on it. - Built in Native 9:16 at 1080 by 1920, with no bars and no crop from a 16:9 render. Every new video starts vertical and exports at 1080p. - Built in Captions on, for the viewers scrolling with the sound off. Word-by-word captions are timed to the voice and burned in. ### The middle - Built in One text track: captions never stacked over an on-screen text slide. Each scene is footage, so the captions have the frame to themselves. - Your call No lingering close-ups on AI hands or faces that warp between frames. Regenerate any scene that looks off in the editor. - Your call A voice with pace, not a flat read that rolls one sentence into the next. Swap the narrator or re-roll the voice in the editor until the read fits. ### The ending - Your call A line worth sending or saving, not a fade-out or a bare “follow for more”. Write the ending before you polish the hook. - Built in Your own mark, never a tool's watermark. Exports carry no MakeAIVideo watermark; Plus and Pro can add your logo with Brand Kit. - Built in Not visibly recycled from another app with its watermark on it. The same clean MP4 posts to Instagram as a Reel and to TikTok. Made here, posted from here ## Your AI Reels, your Instagram account and your posts in one app Every Reel you make lands in your library, every account you post to sits on one page, and every post shows how it went. Connect Instagram next to TikTok, YouTube and eight more platforms. ### Instagram next to everything else Each platform gets a row, with a note on how it posts: Instagram as a Reel, YouTube vertical videos as Shorts. Lite connects 2 accounts, Solo 4, Plus 6 and Pro 10. Connections Example The social accounts you post to. Account connections and posting are powered by our partner PostEverywhere. All accounts6Need attention1 - TikTok Add YB@yourbrand - Instagram Posts as a Reel Add YB@yourbrandYS@yourbrand.studio - YouTube Vertical videos post as Shorts Add YBYour Brand Reconnect required - Facebook Add No accounts connected - Discord Videos up to 25 MB Add YCYour Community - Bluesky Videos up to 3 minutes Add YByourbrand.bsky.social +5 more ### A library of every Reel Filter by ready, in progress or failed, and reopen any Reel to edit, download or post it. My Videos Example AllReadyIn progressFailed ![](/hero-posters/prompt.webp)0:25 Universe in 25s ![](/hero-posters/script.webp)0:48 Cathedrals by candlelight ![](/hero-posters/talking-avatar.webp)0:31 Nobody filmed this ![](/hero-posters/i2v.webp)0:10 Aurora over the fjord ![](/hero-posters/character-swap.webp)0:08 Rooftop take, swapped ![](/images/home/library-colosseum.webp)0:42 Rome in a day ### How each post went Every Reel you have posted or scheduled, with its status on each account, from Scheduled to Published. Posts Example Videos you have posted or scheduled to your accounts, and how each one went. - ![](/hero-posters/prompt.webp) The Colosseum secret Scheduled Goes out around Oct 7, 2026, 9:00 AM · 3 accounts - ![](/hero-posters/talking-avatar.webp) 3 hiring mistakes Posting Oct 3, 2026, 2:14 PM · 2 accounts - ![](/hero-posters/script.webp) Morning habits Published Oct 2, 2026, 6:30 PM · 3 accounts - ![](/hero-posters/i2v.webp) Spring collection Partly published Oct 1, 2026, 11:05 AM · 2 accounts - ![](/hero-posters/character-swap.webp) Behind the scenes Preparing Oct 3, 2026, 2:16 PM · 1 account Connect your AI agent ## Make an AI Instagram Reel from ChatGPT or Claude Connect Claude, ChatGPT, Grok or any MCP client and describe the Reel you want. It makes the video with the same pipeline as the app and posts it to your Instagram when you ask. 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. “Make a 30 second Reel with three tips for a calmer morning routine and post it to my Instagram on Friday at 9am.” 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. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[Connect any AI agent](/agents) MCP, API and CLI are included on every plan. Connector address `https://mcp.makeaivideo.ai`Copy Works with - [Claude](/docs/mcp) - [ChatGPT](/chatgpt-video-generator) - [Grok](/docs/mcp) - [Claude Code](/docs/mcp) - [Cursor](/docs/mcp) - [Any MCP client](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) Signed in? [Connect an AI assistant →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) ## Instagram Reels you can make with AI A 9:16 Reel per idea, paced for the Instagram feed. ![White skincare bottles and a folded towel on a marble counter, a frame from a creator-style Reel](/images/blocks/instagram-reels-generator/creator-style-reels.webp) ### Creator-style Reels Build a posting habit without filming yourself. One line becomes a fully voiced, captioned, paced Reel you can publish the same day, with consistent voice and look across every clip. ![A silver smartwatch on pale blue linen, a frame from a product Reel](/images/blocks/instagram-reels-generator/product-reels.webp) ### Product Reels Frame a launch, a feature, or a single use case in one line and let the pipeline render the read, the scenes, and the captions. Drop the MP4 straight into the feed or into an ad set. ![Stacks of silver coins beside a small plant, a frame from a faceless finance Reel](/images/blocks/instagram-reels-generator/faceless-niches.webp) ### Faceless niches History, science, finance, motivation, the formats that win on Reels without a face on camera. Stock or AI scenes per beat, narrated by a studio-grade voice, captioned word by word. ![An open notebook and a closed laptop on a light desk, a frame from a Reel made from a blog post](/images/blocks/instagram-reels-generator/repurposed-blog-posts.webp) ### Repurposed blog posts Paste a published post or newsletter and ship it as a 9:16 Reel without rewriting the copy. The narration uses your words; the scenes match each beat. ![The silver gears inside a watch movement, a frame from an explainer Reel](/images/blocks/instagram-reels-generator/explainer-reels.webp) ### Explainer Reels Turn 'why X works' or 'how Y is built' into a 30 to 60 second narrated short. The hook-body-close structure is already there; you bring the topic. ![A glass perfume bottle on a pale stone plinth, a product still for a launch Reel](/images/blocks/instagram-reels-generator/animated-stills.webp) ### Animated stills for launches Have a single product still or cover image? Animate it into a 5 or 10 second 9:16 clip, then drop it into the Reels feed or Stories. Best practices ## Tips for AI Instagram Reels that earn reach ### Write the post caption for saves and sends The caption under a Reel can run to 2,200 characters, but the first line does the work. Ask a question, or tell people why to save it or who to send it to. The Instagram caption generator drafts options if you are stuck. ### Keep the runtime as short as the idea Most single-idea Reels fit in 15 to 60 seconds. Trim filler, let one idea land per beat, and cut any line that does not move toward the payoff. ### Pick a caption preset that's legible on mobile Mobile-first viewers watch on mute, often outdoors. Pick a high-contrast caption style with chunky type and a backing plate; thin captions over busy scenes disappear on a phone in sunlight. ### Give one format a fair run Pick one structure, such as a three-tip list or a 30-second hot take, and post it for a few weeks before you judge it. Switching format every Reel gives Instagram nothing consistent to learn from. ### Re-roll one scene, not the whole Reel If one scene misses, open the editor and regenerate just that scene instead of starting over. Faster, cheaper, and the rest of the timing stays intact. ### Post a series, not one-offs A repeating format (same visual style, same intro structure, same caption preset) builds recognition: viewers start to know the look and stop for it. Lock the defaults you like and reuse them. ## More AI video tools like the Instagram Reels generator [![](/images/blocks/pages/ai-shorts-generator.webp)AI Shorts GeneratorSame product, YouTube-branded.](/ai-shorts-generator)[![](/images/blocks/pages/tiktok-video-generator.webp)TikTok Video GeneratorSame vertical pipeline, TikTok focus.](/tiktok-video-generator)[![](/images/blocks/pages/image-to-video.webp)Image to VideoTurn one image into a moving clip.](/image-to-video)[![](/images/blocks/pages/prompt-to-video.webp)Prompt to videoThe same video in any ratio, from one line of text.](/prompt-to-video)[![](/images/blocks/pages/ai-ugc-video.webp)AI UGC VideoCasual ad-style content for Reels.](/ai-ugc-video) ## AI Reels generator guides and tutorials [![](/images/blocks/pages/tiktok-video-generator.webp)AI TikTok video generatorThe same 9:16 video, written and posted for TikTok.See the TikTok video generator](/tiktok-video-generator)[![](/images/blocks/pages/ai-shorts-generator.webp)AI YouTube Shorts generatorPost the same vertical video to YouTube as a Short.See the AI Shorts generator](/ai-shorts-generator)[![](/images/blocks/pages/ai-ugc-video.webp)AI UGC video generatorFor brands running Reels as a paid placement: casual, ad-style creative from a brief.See the AI UGC video generator](/ai-ugc-video)[![](/images/blocks/pages/home.webp)AI video generatorEvery way MakeAIVideo makes a video: a prompt, a script, a presenter or a photo.See the AI video generator](/)[Faceless YouTube channel idea generatorFaceless niches from a 47-niche dataset, many of which work on Reels too, with RPM bands and a production style for each.Try the faceless channel idea generator](/tools/faceless-youtube-channel-idea-generator) Pricing ## Instagram Reels generator pricing: Reels for your feed from $9 a month Every plan makes 9:16 Reels with captions and posts them straight to Instagram, watermark-free. More credits mean more Reels each month, and the allowance refreshes on your billing date. ### Lite The cheapest way in, with every video mode included. $9/month or $90 a year, 2 months free 450credits a month About 4 stock-footage videos or about 1 AI cinematic video 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 2 social accounts - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video - Full HD 1080p export, no watermark ### Solo For one creator posting every week. $19/month or $190 a year, 2 months free 1,000credits a month About 10 stock-footage videos or about 2 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 4 social accounts - More than double the credits of Lite - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video ### Plus Most popular Long-form, your branding and a team of three. $29/month or $290 a year, 2 months free 1,600credits a month About 16 stock-footage videos or about 3 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 6 social accounts - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - Brand Kit: your logo as a watermark on every video - 3 team seats with admin and member roles ### Pro For teams and channels running at volume. $49/month or $490 a year, 2 months free 2,800credits a month About 29 stock-footage videos or about 6 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 10 social accounts - Lowest price per credit of any plan - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - 10 team seats with admin and member roles 7-day free trial for new customers: $0 today, card required, 500 trial credits, and trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script. Video counts are estimates for 30-second videos, rounded down. Plan credits refresh every billing month and do not roll over. Every plan includes - Every way to make a video: prompt, script, talking avatar, image and character swap - 15 visual styles, captions, music and voices - 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 Busy month? Top-up packs from $9: a one-time purchase, and the credits never expire. [Compare plans and packs](/pricing) ## AI Instagram Reels generator FAQs What the Reels generator makes, how it posts to Instagram, and what it costs. Something else? [Visit the help center](/help) How do you make Instagram Reels with AI? Type a hook or one line, keep the ratio at 9:16 and generate. MakeAIVideo writes the script, adds an AI voiceover, builds a scene per line from stock footage or AI video, burns in word-by-word captions and renders a 1080p MP4 in a few minutes. Fix anything in the editor, then post it to your connected Instagram account as a Reel, now or at a time you schedule. What is an AI Instagram Reels generator? It's a tool that takes a one-line Reel idea or a pasted script and renders a complete 9:16 Reel: AI voiceover, real stock footage or AI-generated scenes, word-by-word captions, and any background music you pick, assembled into a finished MP4. You don't open a timeline editor or stitch clips yourself; the pipeline does all of it. How long does it take to generate a Reel? Most short Reels are ready in a few minutes. Longer runtimes take longer, and AI-generated scenes take longer than stock footage. The finished Reel lands in your library when it is done. What aspect ratios and resolutions are supported? 9:16 vertical (Instagram Reels, TikTok, YouTube Shorts), 16:9 landscape (YouTube), and 1:1 square (Instagram feed, Facebook). Every export is 1080p MP4 with captions burned in. What should an AI Reels generator get right? The things Instagram has said it deprioritises: Reels that are low resolution or blurry, have borders around the edges, or are visibly recycled from another app with its watermark. A good AI Reels generator renders native 9:16 at 1080p, burns in captions for sound-off viewing and exports with no watermark of its own. The hook and the ending are still yours to write. How long should an Instagram Reel be? As long as the idea needs and no longer. Most single-idea Reels fit in 15 to 60 seconds: 15 to 30 for one tip, 30 to 60 for a hook, a short body and one ask. Set the length before you generate and the script is paced to it. Are the Reels watermark-free? Yes on every export. We don't gate watermark removal behind a higher tier, and exports are watermark-free on the trial and on every paid plan. Can I use the Reels commercially or monetize them? Yes. Reels you generate are yours to use commercially: brand content, paid partnerships, monetized accounts, ads, client work. [See the full terms](/legal/terms). Can I edit the Reel after it generates? Yes. Open the finished video in the built-in editor to fix a caption word, regenerate a scene, re-roll the voice or restyle the captions, then re-export. How much does it cost? Plans are a monthly subscription starting at $9 for the Lite plan (450 credits a month), then Solo $19 (1,000), Plus $29 (1,600) and Pro $49 (2,800). Your allowance refreshes each billing month. If a month runs heavy, top-up packs are a separate one-time purchase and those credits never expire. Generation cost scales with length and the style you pick. [See MakeAIVideo plans and pricing](/pricing). What happens when I run out of credits? Nothing is charged automatically and nothing is lost. Your account and finished videos stay exactly as they are. Your plan's allowance refreshes on your next billing date, or buy a top-up pack whenever you want to generate sooner. Do I need to write a script? No. A one-line Reel idea is enough; MakeAIVideo drafts a hook-first script paced for Reels. If you'd rather supply your own exact wording, paste it into [script to video](/script-to-video) and the AI voice will read it verbatim. How is this different from Canva or Adobe Express Reels templates? Template tools hand you a blank canvas and a drag-and-drop editor. MakeAIVideo is a generator: one line becomes a finished Reel with voice, scenes, captions, and any music you pick already assembled, no editor learning curve and nothing to design from scratch. Does it integrate with Instagram's trending audio? No. Background music is optional: pick a track from our library or generate one with AI. We don't sync to Instagram's trending audio library. If trending audio is core to your format, add it after exporting in the Instagram app. Can I post the same video to Reels and TikTok? Yes. Tick both accounts in the post dialog and the same clean MP4 goes to Instagram as a Reel and to TikTok, each with its own caption. Because nothing is downloaded from one app and re-uploaded to the other, the Reel never carries another platform's watermark, which Instagram deprioritises. Can I animate a single image into a Reel? Yes, that's a separate tool. Use [image to video](/image-to-video) to animate a single photo or cover into a short 9:16 clip. For a multi-scene narrated Reel, start with prompt to video or script to video. ## A finished AI Instagram Reel per idea Plans from $9 a month, with a credit allowance that refreshes every billing month. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/legal/ai-disclosure --- title: "AI Disclosure | MakeAIVideo" description: "How MakeAIVideo generates content, which AI providers are used, how we moderate what you type, and your obligations when publishing." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/legal/ai-disclosure format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- # AI Content Disclosure Last updated: October 2026 ## Everything MakeAIVideo generates is AI-generated MakeAIVideo uses large AI models to produce scripts, voices, character animations, and backgrounds. Voices are synthesized, not recorded by humans. Faces in talking-head videos are driven by AI lip-sync. Scene visuals are either stock footage or generated by image and video models. Music is AI-composed: a library generated in advance, or a new track generated on request. ## Providers we use - **FAL**: the gateway for image, video and music models. AI scenes use MiniMax Hailuo by default, with Kling 2.6 as an option. Still images, portraits and character sheets use Google Nano Banana Pro. Lip sync on image-to-video uses Sync Lipsync. Talking Avatar uses Kling AI Avatar, and Character Swap uses Kling video editing. AI music uses CassetteAI, and the music library was generated with Beatoven. - **ElevenLabs**: voice synthesis, including the word timings used for captions. MakeAIVideo does not clone voices. - **OpenAI**: script writing, prompt improvement and stock clip selection, and content moderation of what you type - **Anthropic**: a backup for script writing if OpenAI is unavailable - **Pexels**: stock footage for real-footage videos ## Your obligations when publishing Platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube require you to label synthetic or AI-generated content. You are responsible for enabling their AI-content toggle when uploading MakeAIVideo output. In the EU, the AI Act requires visible labeling of deepfakes and synthetic media presented as real. In the US, several states have enacted similar rules, especially for political content. ## What we do automatically - Before anything is generated, the text you give us (prompts, scripts, titles and narration) is checked by automated content moderation. Anything flagged as sexual content involving minors is refused. Other flagged content is logged and sent to us as an alert, and the AI models we use also apply their own content rules and may decline a request. - Our [Terms](/legal/terms) prohibit content that depicts real people without their consent, impersonates public figures in political contexts, or attempts to mislead viewers. ## What exported videos do not include Exported MP4s do not currently carry embedded provenance metadata (such as C2PA Content Credentials), and we do not add a MakeAIVideo watermark. If you enable your own brand watermark, that is the only mark in the video. Labeling a video as AI-generated when you publish it is therefore your responsibility, as described above. ## What we do not do - We do not train models on your content without explicit consent. - We do not claim your uploaded reference images or voice samples as ours. ## Reporting abuse If you believe MakeAIVideo output is being used to harm you or misrepresent you, email [abuse@makeaivideo.ai](mailto:abuse@makeaivideo.ai). Include the URL or a copy of the content. We investigate every report. [Terms](/legal/terms)[Privacy](/legal/privacy)[AI Disclosure](/legal/ai-disclosure) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/legal/privacy --- title: "Privacy Policy | MakeAIVideo" description: "How MakeAIVideo collects, uses, and protects your data. What we share with payments, storage, and AI inference providers, and your rights under GDPR." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/legal/privacy format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- # Privacy Policy Last updated: September 2026 ## What we collect - **Account:** email, name, profile photo, organization and workspace details. - **Billing:** processed by Stripe. We store only the Stripe customer and payment IDs and last-four digits of the card. Full card data never touches our servers. - **Content:** prompts, scripts, character images you upload, and generated videos. Stored in Cloudflare R2. - **Usage:** timestamps of generation operations, credit consumption, and error diagnostics. ## How we use it - Operate the service and deliver the features you request. - Process credit purchases and meter credit usage. - Debug failures and detect abuse. - Send service emails (receipts, security alerts, feature changes). We do **not** sell your data, and we do not use your content to train AI models. We do run Google Ads conversion tracking on this marketing site, which sets Google advertising cookies, and a Crisp chat widget on support pages. Both are listed below. ## Third parties we share with - **Stripe**: payments - **Cloudflare R2**: media storage + CDN - **Neon**: managed Postgres - **FAL / ElevenLabs / OpenAI / Anthropic**: AI inference providers. Your prompts and character images are sent to these providers for the sole purpose of generating the content you request. - **Google Ads**: conversion tracking on this marketing site. Sets Google advertising cookies and reports whether a visit led to a signup. No account content or generated media is sent. - **Crisp**: the support chat widget. Receives the messages you send in chat, and your email address if you give one. - **PostHog**: product analytics. Collects pageviews, event usage, and identity (user and organization public IDs + email + credit balance). Used to understand which features matter and diagnose regressions. Not used for advertising or shared with third parties. ## The MakeAIVideo iOS app This policy also covers the MakeAIVideo iOS app. The app collects the following, all of it linked to your account and **none of it used for tracking**across other companies’ apps or websites: - **Email address and name**: to create and operate your account. - **User content**: the prompts and scripts you submit and the videos generated from them. - **Purchase history**: which plan or credit pack was bought, so we can grant the right entitlement. - **Product interaction and user ID**: which screens and features are used, for app functionality and analytics. - **Crash data and performance data**: crash reports and hang reports collected through Apple’s MetricKit, including call stacks. - **Other diagnostic data**: client-side error reports the app sends to us when something fails. Three things worth stating plainly, because they are easy to assume wrongly: - **Sign in with Apple.**If you sign in with Apple and choose to hide your email, we receive Apple’s private relay address rather than your real one. We treat it exactly as we would any other account email, and we do not attempt to resolve it to your real address. - **Purchases in the app are processed by Apple**, not by our payment processor. We receive the transaction and the resulting entitlement. We never see or store your card details. - **Crash and diagnostic reports carry your organization identifier**, so a report can be attributed to an account and acted on. They are used to fix faults, not to profile you. ## Retention Content is retained while your organization is active. On account deletion, content is removed within 30 days. Billing records are kept for 7 years as required by tax law. Aggregated, de-identified usage metrics may be retained indefinitely. ## Your rights You can export or delete your data by emailing [privacy@makeaivideo.ai](mailto:privacy@makeaivideo.ai). If you are in the EEA or UK, you also have rights under the GDPR, including access, rectification, erasure, portability, and objection. ## Children Not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect their data. ## Changes Material changes will be emailed 7 days in advance. Contact [privacy@makeaivideo.ai](mailto:privacy@makeaivideo.ai) with questions. [Terms](/legal/terms)[Privacy](/legal/privacy)[AI Disclosure](/legal/ai-disclosure) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/legal/terms --- title: "Terms of Service | MakeAIVideo" description: "The terms that govern your use of MakeAIVideo: accounts, credit purchases, acceptable use, content ownership, refunds, and limits of liability." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/legal/terms format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- # Terms of Service Last updated: September 2026 ## 1\. Who we are MakeAIVideo (“we”, “us”, “our”) operates the AI short-form video generation platform available at makeaivideo.ai and through the MakeAIVideo iOS app. By creating an account or using the service, you (“you”, “user”) agree to these Terms. ## 2\. Eligibility You must be at least 13 years old to use MakeAIVideo. If you are under 18, you must have a parent or guardian agree to these Terms on your behalf. MakeAIVideo isn’t directed at children under 13. ## 3\. Accounts and billing MakeAIVideo is a monthly subscription. Every plan opens with a 7-day free trial: you provide a card at signup, nothing is charged during the trial, and you can cancel inside the window at no cost. If you do not cancel, the subscription begins at the end of the trial and renews automatically each billing period until you cancel. You authorize us and our payment processor (Stripe) to charge the payment method on file on that recurring basis. Optional top-up credit packs are a separate one-time charge. Cancel or change your plan at any time in [Settings → Billing](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/settings/billing). **Purchases made in the iOS app** are billed by Apple rather than by us. A subscription bought through the App Store is managed in your Apple Account settings, and it must be cancelled there: we cannot cancel or refund an Apple purchase on your behalf, and cancelling in our settings does not stop an Apple subscription. Refunds for App Store purchases are requested from Apple under their refund policy. ## 4\. Credits and fair use Credits are consumed by generation operations (script, voice, video, composition). Your plan includes a monthly credit allowance which is topped back up in full on each billing date; unused plan credits do not carry over into the next billing period. Credits from a top-up pack are separate: they do not expire, they stack on top of the monthly allowance, and they are spent only once the allowance is used up. Unused credits of either kind are not refundable for cash. Failed generation jobs caused by our pipeline are automatically refunded to your ledger. ## 5\. Acceptable use You may not use MakeAIVideo to generate content that is illegal, that depicts real people without consent, that infringes intellectual property rights, that is sexually explicit involving minors, that promotes violence or hate, or that attempts to defraud or mislead viewers. You are solely responsible for the content you generate and how you distribute it. ## 6\. Content ownership You own the videos you generate, subject to our underlying providers’ terms (FAL, ElevenLabs, OpenAI). We retain a non-exclusive license to host, process, and serve your content as needed to operate the service. We do not use your content to train models without explicit consent. ## 7\. Third-party services MakeAIVideo uses AI providers including but not limited to FAL, Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, ElevenLabs, and Cloudflare. Your use of MakeAIVideo is also subject to their terms where applicable. ## 8\. Refunds Subscription charges are not refundable, and cancelling stops the next renewal rather than refunding the current period. Top-up credit packs are a one-time purchase and are also not refundable; those credits do not expire, so an unused balance stays in your account rather than being lost. Every plan opens with a 7-day free trial at no charge, which is the point at which to decide whether the service suits you. If something goes wrong with a render on our side, contact support@makeaivideo.ai with your organization ID and we will look at it. ## 9\. Termination We may suspend or terminate access for violation of these Terms. Credits purchased before termination are not refunded, including where we terminate for cause. ## 10\. Disclaimers The service is provided “as is” without warranties of any kind. AI output may be inaccurate, offensive, or fail to meet your expectations; you are responsible for reviewing output before use. ## 11\. Limitation of liability To the maximum extent permitted by law, our total liability is limited to the amount you paid us in the 12 months preceding the event giving rise to the claim. ## 12\. Changes We may update these Terms. Material changes will be emailed at least 7 days in advance. Continued use after the effective date constitutes acceptance. ## 13\. Contact Questions: [support@makeaivideo.ai](mailto:support@makeaivideo.ai) [Terms](/legal/terms)[Privacy](/legal/privacy)[AI Disclosure](/legal/ai-disclosure) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/pricing --- title: "AI Video Pricing & Plans - From $9/mo | MakeAIVideo" description: "Simple, transparent pricing for MakeAIVideo. From $9/month for AI video generation. Lite, Solo, Plus, and Pro plans with credits that scale to your output." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/pricing format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- PRICING # MakeAIVideo Pricing and Plans From $9/month. Every plan unlocks the full pipeline: script, voiceover, AI scenes, captions, editor, and posting to your social accounts. MonthlyAnnual · save 17% ## MakeAIVideo pricing plans ### Lite The cheapest way in, with every video mode included. $9/month or $90 a year, 2 months free $8/month $90 billed yearly, 2 months free 450credits a month About 4 stock-footage videos or about 1 AI cinematic video 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 2 social accounts - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video - Full HD 1080p export, no watermark - 1 user ### Solo For one creator posting every week. $19/month or $190 a year, 2 months free $16/month $190 billed yearly, 2 months free 1,000credits a month About 10 stock-footage videos or about 2 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 4 social accounts - More than double the credits of Lite - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video - Full HD 1080p export, no watermark ### Plus Most popular Long-form, your branding and a team of three. $29/month or $290 a year, 2 months free $24/month $290 billed yearly, 2 months free 1,600credits a month About 16 stock-footage videos or about 3 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 6 social accounts - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - Brand Kit: your logo as a watermark on every video - 3 team seats with admin and member roles - Everything in Solo ### Pro For teams and channels running at volume. $49/month or $490 a year, 2 months free $41/month $490 billed yearly, 2 months free 2,800credits a month About 29 stock-footage videos or about 6 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 10 social accounts - Lowest price per credit of any plan - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - 10 team seats with admin and member roles - Everything in Plus, including Brand Kit 7-day free trial for new customers: $0 today, card required, 500 trial credits, and trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script. Video counts are estimates for 30-second videos, rounded down. Plan credits refresh every billing month and do not roll over. Every plan includes - Every way to make a video: prompt, script, talking avatar, image and character swap - 15 visual styles, captions, music and voices - 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 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Join 690+ creators making AI video ## Compare plans Every feature, side by side. No fine print. Feature Lite Solo PlusMost popular Pro Video generation AI credits per month 450 1,000 1,600 2,800 Max clip length 10 min 10 min 40 min stock 40 min stock Output resolution 1080p HD 1080p HD 1080p HD 1080p HD Video modes 6 6 6 6 Visual styles 15 15 15 15 Aspect ratios 9:16 · 1:1 · 16:9 9:16 · 1:1 · 16:9 9:16 · 1:1 · 16:9 9:16 · 1:1 · 16:9 Watermark-free output Creation tools Prompt to Video Script to Video Talking Avatar Image to Video AI script writer Voice previews Stock footage library Reference image upload Publishing Connected social accounts 2 4 6 10 Post now or schedule Caption per platform Posts history Brand & customization Brand Kit (your logo watermark) Team Team seats 1 1 3 10 Team invite by email Admin & member roles Billing & support Cancel anytime Annual save 17% Top-up credit packs Email support LiteSoloPlusPro Video generation - AI credits per month1,600 - Max clip length40 min stock - Output resolution1080p HD - Video modes6 - Visual styles15 - Aspect ratios9:16 · 1:1 · 16:9 - Watermark-free output Creation tools - Prompt to Video - Script to Video - Talking Avatar - Image to Video - AI script writer - Voice previews - Stock footage library - Reference image upload Publishing - Connected social accounts6 - Post now or schedule - Caption per platform - Posts history Brand & customization - Brand Kit (your logo watermark) Team - Team seats3 - Team invite by email - Admin & member roles Billing & support - Cancel anytime - Annual save 17% - Top-up credit packs - Email support Top-up packs ## Need more MakeAIVideo credits? Top up any time. Your plan allowance is topped back up every billing month. Top-up packs are different: they are a one-time purchase, they stack on top of that monthly allowance, and **they never expire**. Your plan credits are always spent first, so a pack you buy today is still sitting there months from now. [Sign up to buy the Spark credit pack](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) ### Spark $9one-off 400 credits · about 4 thirty-second videos (stock footage) Talking-head and cinematic modes use more credits per clip. [Available on signup](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) [Sign up to buy the Boost credit pack](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) ### Boost $19one-off 900 credits · about 9 thirty-second videos (stock footage) Talking-head and cinematic modes use more credits per clip. [Available on signup](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) [Sign up to buy the Stack credit pack](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)Popular ### Stack $39one-off 2,000 credits · about 21 thirty-second videos (stock footage) Talking-head and cinematic modes use more credits per clip. [Available on signup](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) [Sign up to buy the Bulk credit pack](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)Best value ### Bulk $79one-off 4,500 credits · about 47 thirty-second videos (stock footage) Talking-head and cinematic modes use more credits per clip. [Available on signup](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) ## MakeAIVideo pricing FAQs Honest answers to common questions about credits, plans, and billing. Something else? [Visit the help center](/help) How much does MakeAIVideo cost? MakeAIVideo offers four plans: Lite at $9/month (450 credits), Solo at $19/month (1,000 credits), Plus at $29/month (1,600 credits), and Pro at $49/month (2,800 credits). Save about 17% with annual billing (two months free). Top-up packs are available on every plan when you need more credits than your plan allowance. How does billing work? Plans are a monthly subscription and renew each month until you cancel. Your credit allowance is topped back up to the full amount on every billing date: 450 on Lite, 1,000 on Solo, 1,600 on Plus, 2,800 on Pro. Unused plan credits do not carry into the next month, which is exactly what top-up packs are for: they are a one-time purchase, they never expire, and they stack on top of the monthly allowance. Cancel any time from Settings. Is there a free forever plan? No. MakeAIVideo runs on AI infrastructure that costs us money per generation, so a free forever tier is not sustainable without compromising output quality. Plans start at $9 a month for 450 credits, and top-up packs are there when a month runs heavy. What is a credit and how do credits work? Credits are the unit of generation budget. Each plan includes a monthly credit allowance that resets at the start of every billing cycle. Costs scale with what you're generating: short stock-narrated clips cost less than long AI-generated cinematics, talking-head clips fall in between. The app shows the exact credit cost before you hit generate, so there's no guesswork. Do credits roll over from month to month? Plan credits reset each billing cycle and don't roll over. Top-up credits, on the other hand, never expire. They stack on top of your monthly allowance and stay in your account until used. What if I run out of credits mid-month? Top up any time with a one-off credit pack: Spark (400 credits, $9), Boost (900 credits, $19), Stack (2,000 credits, $39), or Bulk (4,500 credits, $79). Top-up credits never expire, stack on top of your plan allowance, and are spent only after the monthly allowance is used up, so a pack you buy today is still there months later. Can I post straight to TikTok, Instagram or YouTube? Yes. Connect your accounts in the app, then open any finished video and choose "Post to your accounts". Post now or schedule it for a date and time, with one caption for every platform or a different one for each, plus a YouTube title. You can post to TikTok, Instagram (as a Reel), YouTube (a 9:16 video as a Short, 16:9 as a regular video), Facebook Pages (as a Reel), LinkedIn, X (videos up to 140 seconds), Threads, Pinterest, Bluesky, Telegram and Discord. Lite connects 2 accounts, Solo 4, Plus 6 and Pro 10, and a free trial gets the count of the plan you are trialling. Posting has no separate fee and no limit on the number of posts: credits limit how many videos you make, not how many times you post. [How posting works](/auto-post). Can I change plans or cancel anytime? Yes. Upgrade, downgrade, or cancel at any time from the billing portal. Upgrades take effect immediately with prorated billing. Downgrades and cancellations take effect at the start of your next billing cycle. You keep access until then. What payment methods do you accept? All major credit and debit cards (Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover). Payments are processed securely through Stripe. All prices are in USD. Do you offer refunds? Subscriptions renew monthly until you cancel, and you can cancel any time from Settings to stop the next renewal. Top-up credit packs are a one-time purchase and are not refundable. If a render fails on our side or you were charged in error, contact support and we will put it right. What happens to videos I've already generated if I cancel? Your generated videos stay in your account and remain downloadable through the standard public CDN URLs. They don't disappear when you cancel. You just lose the ability to generate new ones until you resubscribe. ## Ready to make your first video with MakeAIVideo? New customers get a 7-day free trial: $0 due today, card required, 500 trial credits (trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script), and a one-click cancel inside the window. After that, plans start at $9 a month with 450 credits, refreshed every billing month. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[Read the help center](/help) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/prompt-to-video --- title: "Prompt to Video AI - Text to Video Generator | MakeAIVideo" description: "Prompt to video AI: type one line of text and get a finished video with script, voiceover, scenes and captions. 7-day free trial, then plans from $9 a month." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/prompt-to-video format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- # Prompt to video: turn one line of text into a finished AI video Describe your idea in one line. MakeAIVideo writes the script, generates the voiceover and scenes, adds captions and any music you pick, and renders a finished video, no editing required. 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Join 690+ creators making AI video Browse the [free creator tools](/tools) first: script, hook, caption and description generators, no signup needed. ![Prompt to Video example: Cinematic AI scenes from a one-line prompt, made with MakeAIVideo](/hero-posters/prompt.webp) A real video from a one-line prompt, rendered by the same pipeline. Not a clip. A finished video. ## Text to video: type one line, get a finished video Text to video here means the whole video, not a single clip you still have to stitch. From one line of text, MakeAIVideo writes the script, records the voiceover, builds every scene, lays in captions and any music you pick, and renders a finished video you can post. No timeline editing, no second tool, no clip-stitching. Auto-written script. Your one-line idea becomes a structured script with a hook, body, and close, paced for short-form. Studio-grade voiceover. A natural AI narrator reads the script, timed to each scene, with word-by-word captions baked on. A scene for every line. Each line is matched to real stock footage or an AI-generated scene in the visual style you pick. Create Footage Real footage $ Real filmed clips matched to each line of your script Best AI video $$$ Every scene generated from scratch, fully original Voiceover Narrate this video An AI voice reads the script out loud Background music Pick music No music Voice only, silence under the narration Generate with AI Describe a track, ready in ~10 seconds Estimated cost ~45 credits Example Generate video How it works ## How prompt to video works 1. Step 1 ### Describe your video in one line Type a single sentence of text: the topic, the angle, the format. That one line is all MakeAIVideo needs to start. Specific prompts get specific output; vague prompts get safe defaults. 2. Step 2 ### AI writes the script and picks a voice MakeAIVideo turns your line into a paced short-form script with a hook, body, and close, then picks a natural AI narrator that matches the tone. Re-roll the voice later if you want a different read. 3. Step 3 ### AI generates scenes, captions, and any music Every line of the script becomes a scene: real stock footage by default, or AI-generated scenes in the visual style you pick (cinematic, anime, claymation, more). Word-by-word captions time to the voiceover; any background music you pick ducks under the narration. 4. Step 4 ### Render and download Short clips are usually ready in a few minutes. A watermark-free 1080p MP4 lands in your library; open the editor to tweak a scene or post the default output as-is. The create screen ## Make an AI video from a prompt in your browser Prompt to video AI, start to finish in one browser tab. Write the idea as text, or start from one of the examples, then set the length, the aspect ratio, the narrator and captions. The estimated cost shows before you press generate. Up to 10 minutes. Presets from 15 seconds to 10 minutes, or set a custom length. Sized before it renders. 9:16 for Reels and TikTok, 1:1 for feeds, 16:9 for YouTube. Cost up front. The credit estimate updates as you change the settings, so you know the price first. Create Prompt to VideoScript to VideoTalking AvatarImage to Video Your prompt Example A 30 second documentary about how the Romans built the Colosseum, with a hook in the first line and a question at the end. Or start from an example Morning habitsWhy startups failHistory deep-diveScience fact Length 15s1m3m5m10mCustom Aspect ratio 9:161:116:9 Sarah Female · American Mature, reassuring, confident Captions Word-by-word, auto-styled Estimated cost ~90 credits Example Generate video Never start blank ## Out of ideas? Use the AI video prompt generator. The Ideas board works as an AI video prompt generator: drop in your topic or niche, and get hooks and angles you can push straight into the prompt box. The same engine powers our free [video idea generator](/tools/video-idea-generator) and [hook generator](/tools/video-hook-generator), no signup needed. Idea generator. Scroll-stopping concepts tailored to your niche, one click from becoming a video. Hook-first scripts. Every draft opens with a hook built to survive the first three seconds of the feed. Any format. Explainers, faceless content, product stories, or educational shorts, the pipeline adapts to the shape. Ideas Example Niche / topic area Ancient history for curious adults Generate 10 ideas Tone EntertainingEducationalInspirationalHumorousControversial The trick that made Roman concrete outlast ours Hook “Their harbours are still standing. Ours crack in fifty years.” Angle One ingredient, explained with a single experiment you can picture. AI Video#history CopyMake this Three habits historians say every empire shared Hook “Rome, the Mongols and Britain had one thing in common.” Angle A presenter walks through the pattern in under a minute. Talking Avatar#history CopyMake this Built-in editor ## Fix one scene, not the whole prompt A prompt gets you a whole video in one pass. If one shot or one word is off, open the editor and change just that part instead of generating again from the top. ### Regenerate a single scene Pick the scene that missed and regenerate it with new visuals and voice. The rest of the video stays exactly as it rendered. Editor All changes saved ScenesVoiceMusicCaptionsSettings ![](/hero-posters/script.webp) Scene 2 Edits save automatically Narration Example They built thousand-ton ceilings without a single steel beam, and most of them are still standing. Regenerate this scene New voice and visuals, usually 1-3 minutes. 50 credits Regenerate scene Text Video Captions Music 1080p MP4 Export video ### Try a different narrator Play any of the 12 curated voices, choose how even or expressive the delivery is, and apply it to the whole video. Voice The narrator for the whole video Pick a voice Play to audition Sarahfemale · american Mature, reassuring, confident Brianmale · american Deep, resonant, comforting, natural authority Lilyfemale · british Velvety, warm. British narrator Danielmale · british Authoritative British male, newscaster gravitas Matildafemale · american Knowledgeable, professional, perfect for tutorials Delivery Used when you apply Stable Calm, even Balanced Default Expressive Punchy Apply to every scene Re-records the narration. Visuals stay as they are, and your current export stays until you export again. Apply voice ### Correct a caption Change the caption style, or click a word in the transcript to fix a typo without recording the voice again. Captions ![](/hero-posters/prompt.webp) Clean, minimal, burned in Edit transcript Click any word to fix typos without re-rolling voice. Scene #3 Example Light hitting your eyes left the sun eight minutes ago. Scene #4 You are looking at the past, every single time. Caption style Classic (default)SubtleSubtitle (italic)Word popHormoziBoldBeatOutlineBannerGiant numberedMinimalNone Edits save automatically Export video Connect your AI agent ## Send the prompt from ChatGPT or Claude instead Everything on this page also works from a chat. Your assistant writes the one-line prompt, MakeAIVideo makes the video, and it can post the result to your accounts. Same credits 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. “Make a 45 second vertical video about why honey never spoils, documentary style, with captions.” 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. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[Connect any AI agent](/agents) MCP, API and CLI are included on every plan. Connector address `https://mcp.makeaivideo.ai`Copy Works with - [Claude](/docs/mcp) - [ChatGPT](/chatgpt-video-generator) - [Grok](/docs/mcp) - [Claude Code](/docs/mcp) - [Cursor](/docs/mcp) - [Any MCP client](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) Signed in? [Connect an AI assistant →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) Your library ## Every render in one place Finished videos land in your library, ready to download, re-edit, or repurpose. Open a clip in the editor to swap a scene or fix a caption, then export sized for any platform. Want to animate a photo you already have? Try [image to video](/image-to-video), or see [plans and pricing](/pricing). Render library. Every clip is saved, searchable, and one click from download or a re-edit. Edit after generating. Open a render in the editor to change a scene, fix a word, or restyle captions. Export anywhere. 1080p MP4 with captions baked in, sized for vertical, square, or wide. My Videos Example AllReadyIn progressFailed ![](/hero-posters/prompt.webp)0:25 Universe in 25s ![](/hero-posters/script.webp)0:48 Cathedrals by candlelight ![](/hero-posters/talking-avatar.webp)0:31 Nobody filmed this ![](/hero-posters/i2v.webp)0:10 Aurora over the fjord ![](/hero-posters/character-swap.webp)0:08 Rooftop take, swapped ![](/images/home/library-colosseum.webp)0:42 Rome in a day All included ## Everything you get with prompt to video No add-ons and no second tool. Every prompt runs through the full pipeline. 15 visual styles. Cinematic, anime, claymation, and more, applied across every AI scene. Every aspect ratio. Vertical for Reels and TikTok, square for feeds, wide for YouTube. Word-by-word captions. A choice of caption styles, timed to the voiceover and burned into the export. Studio AI voices. A curated library of natural-sounding narrators to match your tone. Background music. Optional. Pick a track and it ducks under the narration. Watermark-free. Every export is clean and yours to post anywhere. Style Visual style CinematicAnimeClaymationPhotorealWatercolorDocumentaryFilm NoirRetro VHSPencil SketchComic BookCyberpunk+4 more Aspect ratio 9:16 TikTok / Reels 1:1 Square 16:9 YouTube Captions Word-by-word, auto-styled Background music Calm Change 1080p MP4, no watermark Download Use cases ## What you can make with text to video AI One line of text is enough for each of these. Name the format in the prompt and the script is paced to fit it. ![Close-up of crystallised honey in a honeycomb, a frame from an explainer video](/images/blocks/prompt-to-video/explainers.webp) ### Explainers Turn 'why X works' or 'how Y is built' into a finished narrated short. The hook-body-close structure is already there; you bring the topic. ![A barista pouring latte art, a frame from a vertical social clip](/images/blocks/prompt-to-video/social-clips.webp) ### Social clips Vertical 9:16 with auto-captions and optional music, sized for Reels, TikTok, and Shorts. Post the default render or tweak a scene before exporting. ![A whale silhouette in deep blue water, a frame from a faceless documentary short](/images/blocks/prompt-to-video/faceless-content.webp) ### Faceless content Build a posting habit without filming yourself. One prompt becomes a fully voiced, captioned, paced video you can publish the same day. ![A silver earbud case on a grey studio surface, a frame from a product video](/images/blocks/prompt-to-video/product-stories.webp) ### Product stories Frame a feature, a launch, or a use case in one line. The pipeline writes the read, builds the visuals, and outputs a clip you can drop straight into a landing page or social feed. ![A glowing model of the solar system in a classroom, a frame from an educational short](/images/blocks/prompt-to-video/educational-shorts.webp) ### Educational shorts Explain a concept in 30 to 90 seconds with narration timed to scenes that illustrate the point. Each beat gets its own visual; nothing drags. If you already have the exact words written, [Script to Video](/script-to-video) gives you tighter control over the wording. Best practices ## Tips for writing a better video prompt ### Write a specific one-liner 'A 60-second explainer about why honey crystallises' will outperform 'a video about honey' every time. Specific topic, specific length, specific angle. ### Name the format you want Say 'short faceless explainer' or 'product story for a landing page' in your prompt. The pipeline tunes pacing and structure to the format you name. ### Pick the aspect ratio before generating 9:16 for Reels and TikTok, 16:9 for YouTube, 1:1 for feeds. Captions auto-fit to each safe area; switching after generating costs another render. ### Re-roll one scene, not the whole video If a single scene misses, open the editor and regenerate just that scene. Faster and cheaper than re-rendering the entire video. ### Skip generic outcome words Vague adjectives like 'engaging' or 'attention-grabbing' don't change the output; concrete subjects do. Lead with the topic and the angle, not the result you hope for. ## Other ways to make AI videos [![](/images/blocks/pages/script-to-video.webp)Script to VideoUse your own exact wording.](/script-to-video)[![](/images/blocks/pages/talking-avatar.webp)AI Talking AvatarPut a presenter on camera.](/talking-avatar)[![](/images/blocks/pages/image-to-video.webp)Image to VideoAnimate a still photo.](/image-to-video)[![](/images/blocks/pages/ai-shorts-generator.webp)AI Shorts Generator9:16 for the Shorts shelf.](/ai-shorts-generator)[![](/images/blocks/pages/ai-explainer-video.webp)AI Explainer VideoNarrated 60-90s explainers.](/ai-explainer-video) ## AI video guides and tutorials [![](/images/blog/how-to-write-an-ai-video-script-hero.webp)How to write a video scriptThe 60-second template for prompt-to-video workflows.Read how to write a video script](/blog/how-to-write-an-ai-video-script)[![](/images/blocks/pages/home.webp)AI video generatorEvery way MakeAIVideo makes a video: a prompt, a script, a presenter, a photo or a swapped character.See the AI video generator](/)[![](/images/blog/best-ai-video-model-2026-hero.webp)Best AI video model 202612 AI video models compared and ranked on quality, price and use.Compare the best AI video models](/blog/best-ai-video-model-2026)[![](/images/blog/best-runway-alternatives-hero.webp)Best Runway alternatives 202610 Runway alternatives, sorted by the reason you are leaving.See the Runway alternatives](/blog/best-runway-alternatives)[![](/images/blog/best-ai-marketing-tools-hero.webp)Best AI marketing tools 202610 tools tested across video, copy, SEO, email and ad creative, and where prompt to video fits.See the AI marketing tools](/blog/best-ai-marketing-tools)[![](/images/blocks/pages/ai-shorts-generator.webp)AI Shorts generatorHook framework, AI script, scene generation and the posting cadence for Shorts.Make YouTube Shorts with AI](/ai-shorts-generator) Pricing ## One plan covers every prompt you run Lite starts at $9 a month for 450 credits. A stock-footage video costs fewer credits than one with AI-generated scenes, and the app quotes the exact cost before you generate. New customers can try text to video with a 7-day free trial first. ### Lite The cheapest way in, with every video mode included. $9/month or $90 a year, 2 months free 450credits a month About 4 stock-footage videos or about 1 AI cinematic video 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 2 social accounts - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video - Full HD 1080p export, no watermark ### Solo For one creator posting every week. $19/month or $190 a year, 2 months free 1,000credits a month About 10 stock-footage videos or about 2 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 4 social accounts - More than double the credits of Lite - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video ### Plus Most popular Long-form, your branding and a team of three. $29/month or $290 a year, 2 months free 1,600credits a month About 16 stock-footage videos or about 3 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 6 social accounts - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - Brand Kit: your logo as a watermark on every video - 3 team seats with admin and member roles ### Pro For teams and channels running at volume. $49/month or $490 a year, 2 months free 2,800credits a month About 29 stock-footage videos or about 6 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 10 social accounts - Lowest price per credit of any plan - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - 10 team seats with admin and member roles 7-day free trial for new customers: $0 today, card required, 500 trial credits, and trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script. Video counts are estimates for 30-second videos, rounded down. Plan credits refresh every billing month and do not roll over. Every plan includes - Every way to make a video: prompt, script, talking avatar, image and character swap - 15 visual styles, captions, music and voices - 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 Busy month? Top-up packs from $9: a one-time purchase, and the credits never expire. [Compare plans and packs](/pricing) ## Prompt to video and text to video FAQs How a one-line prompt becomes a finished video, what it costs, and what you can change afterwards. Something else? [Visit the help center](/help) How does prompt to video work? You type a prompt and MakeAIVideo generates the whole video from it: script, AI voiceover, scenes, captions, and any music you pick, all stitched into a finished MP4. A short clip is usually ready in a few minutes. What is text to video AI? Text to video AI turns written words into a video. Many text to video tools make one short clip from a description. Prompt to video on MakeAIVideo takes one line of text and makes the whole video from it: the script, an AI voiceover, a scene for every line, captions and any music you pick. If you already have the exact words, [script to video](/script-to-video) reads your text as written. How do I make an AI video from a prompt? Open the create screen, type your idea in one line or start from one of the examples, then set the length (15 seconds to 10 minutes), the aspect ratio, the narrator and captions. The estimated cost shows before you press generate, and the finished video lands in your library. Is there an AI video prompt generator? Yes. The Ideas board takes your niche, your audience and a tone and generates video ideas you can send straight into the prompt box. The free [video idea generator](/tools/video-idea-generator) and [video hook generator](/tools/video-hook-generator) do the same job without an account. Is there a free AI video generator with a prompt? New customers can try prompt to video free for 7 days. A card is required, nothing is charged today, and the trial includes 500 credits, with trial videos capped at 10 seconds of script. After the trial, plans start at $9 a month. After that it is a paid plan, but the creator tools that help you write the prompt, such as the video idea generator, stay free and need no account. Which AI models does text to video use? Real stock footage is the default for each scene. Choose AI video as the footage and scenes are generated by MiniMax Hailuo by default, with Kling 2.6 as the alternative you can select. Either way, the script, voiceover, captions and any music come from the same render. Do I need to write a script? No. A one-line prompt is enough. Prompt to video drafts a beat-paced script for you. If you would rather supply your own words, use [script to video](/script-to-video) instead. What aspect ratios can I export? 9:16 portrait, 1:1 square, and 16:9 landscape. Captions auto-adjust to the safe area for each format. Can I edit the video after it generates? Yes. An optional editor lets you rewrite captions word by word, swap the voice, adjust music, and reroll scenes. The default output is built to post as-is. How much does it cost? Plans are a monthly subscription starting at $9 for the Lite plan (450 credits a month), then Solo $19 (1,000), Plus $29 (1,600) and Pro $49 (2,800). Your allowance refreshes each billing month. If a month runs heavy, top-up packs are a separate one-time purchase and those credits never expire. Generation cost scales with length and the style you pick. How long does generation take? Short clips are usually ready in a few minutes end to end. Longer videos and AI-generated scenes take longer than stock footage, and the finished video lands in your library when it is done. Can I use the videos commercially? Yes. Videos you generate are yours to use commercially: ads, client work, social posts, monetised channels. [MakeAIVideo terms of service](/legal/terms). What makes a good prompt? Specific subject + clear format + tone cue. 'A 60-second faceless explainer about why airplane windows are round, casual tone' will outperform 'a video about planes'. Skip vague adjectives like 'engaging' or 'attention-grabbing' and lead with the topic. How is this different from a single-clip AI video tool? A single-clip tool generates one short clip and stops. MakeAIVideo runs the whole pipeline: script writing, voiceover, multiple scenes, captions, optional music, render. You get a finished video you can post, not a raw clip you still need to edit and stitch. What happens when I run out of credits? Nothing is charged automatically and nothing is lost. Your account and finished videos stay exactly as they are. Your allowance refreshes on your next billing date, or buy a top-up pack whenever you want to generate sooner. ## Prompt to video: turn one line of text into a finished AI video Plans from $9 a month, with a credit allowance that refreshes every billing month. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/script-to-video --- title: "Script to Video - AI Voiceover & Scenes | MakeAIVideo" description: "Paste a script and turn it into an AI video: AI voiceover over stock footage or AI scenes, with word-by-word captions. No editing. From $9 a month." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/script-to-video format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- # Script to video: turn your script into an AI video Paste a script and MakeAIVideo narrates it with an AI voiceover over real footage or AI-generated scenes, with word-by-word captions timed to the audio. Your words, on screen in minutes. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[Plan tiers](/pricing) 7 day free trial·Allowance tops up monthly · Top-up credits never expire 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Join 690+ creators making AI video Need a starter script? Try the free [video script generator](/tools/video-script-generator) for 6 HOOK / BODY / CTA structures per topic, no signup. ![Script to Video example: Your script, narrated over AI scenes with captions, made with MakeAIVideo](/hero-posters/script.webp) A real script rendered by the same pipeline. Verbatim, never rewritten ## Script to video that keeps every word you paste Script to video narrates your script verbatim, so the message lands exactly as you wrote it. MakeAIVideo records an AI voiceover, builds a scene for each beat, and times word-by-word captions to the audio, then renders a finished MP4. No script yet? [Prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) drafts one from a single line. Verbatim narration. Your words are read exactly as written, so you keep full control of the message. Studio-grade voiceover. Pick from a curated library of natural AI voices, and swap it anytime in the editor. A scene per beat. Every line is matched to real stock footage or an AI-generated scene in the visual style you choose. Create Prompt to VideoScript to VideoTalking AvatarImage to Video Paste your narration. We'll voice it and animate it scene-by-scene, without changing your words. Your script Example 1Did you know Rome's concrete still hasn't cracked after 2,000 years? 2The secret is volcanic ash, it actually gets stronger over time. 3The Pantheon's dome remains the largest unreinforced concrete dome on Earth. Or start from a sample Ancient RomeMorning habitsWhy time speeds upMoviePass story Voiceover Read my script out loud An AI voice reads your narration word for word Sarah Female · American Mature, reassuring, confident Footage Real footage AI video Estimated cost ~60 credits Example Generate video How it works ## How script to video works 1. Step 1 ### Paste your script Drop in your written words. Mark scene breaks with line breaks if you want explicit pacing, or let the pipeline pace it for you. Your script is read word for word, never rewritten or summarised. 2. Step 2 ### Choose a voice and look Pick a voice from the curated library of natural AI narrators and a visual style (cinematic, anime, claymation, more). Set the aspect ratio for your platform: 9:16 vertical, 16:9 landscape, or 1:1 square. 3. Step 3 ### Generate the narrated video MakeAIVideo records the voiceover, builds a scene per beat, times word-by-word captions to the audio, and adds any background music you pick. Most clips are ready in a few minutes. 4. Step 4 ### Edit or download A 1080p MP4 lands in your library, watermark-free. Open in the editor to swap a scene, re-roll the voice, or restyle the captions, or post the default output as-is. Footage and sound ## Script to video AI, narrated in your browser Paste a script, pick a voice and style, hit render. Choose real filmed clips matched to each line or AI-generated scenes, keep the voiceover on or render your words as captions only, and add a music track if the script wants one. Real footage or AI video. Real footage is the default and costs fewer credits; AI video generates every scene from scratch. Voice or captions only. Turn the voiceover off and the same words render as captions over the scenes. Music if you want it. Pick a track, or leave it voice only with silence under the narration. Create Footage Real footage $ Real filmed clips matched to each line of your script Best AI video $$$ Every scene generated from scratch, fully original Voiceover Narrate this video An AI voice reads the script out loud Background music Pick music No music Voice only, silence under the narration Generate with AI Describe a track, ready in ~10 seconds Estimated cost ~45 credits Example Generate video Repurpose what you have ## Turn a script you've already written into a video Repurpose a blog post, newsletter, or sales letter into short-form without rewriting it. Renders land in your library to download, re-edit, or repost, with captions baked into every export. For a long article, the Article to video tool cuts it to a short using only what is in your text: see [blog to video](/blog-to-video). Want a presenter delivering the lines instead? Try [talking avatar](/talking-avatar), or see [plans and pricing](/pricing). Repurpose anything. Long-form copy becomes paced, scene-by-scene video without a rewrite. Edit after generating. Reopen any render to fix a word, restyle captions, or swap the voice. Export anywhere. 1080p MP4 with captions baked in, sized for vertical, square, or wide. Create Prompt to VideoScript to VideoTalking AvatarImage to VideoCharacter SwapAd MakerExplainerTips and listsStoryUGC adProduct demoArticle to video Paste a blog post, newsletter or any writing. We select the spine and turn it into a short. Start from a link (optional) https://example.com/the-articleRead page Paste the article Example Most sourdough fails long before it reaches the oven. The starter is the part everyone rushes, and it is the part that decides the crumb. Feed it on a schedule for a week and the loaf takes care of itself. We use only what is in your text. Nothing is invented or added. Length 30s45s60s90s Language Auto (match my prompt) Estimated cost ~64 credits Example Generate video All included ## Everything you get with script to video No add-ons and no second tool. Every script runs through the full pipeline, in vertical, square or wide. Videos run up to 10 minutes, and on Plus and Pro stock-footage videos go up to 40. ### Studio AI voices A curated library of natural narrators. Pick one before generating, or swap it in the editor and every scene is re-recorded. Voice The narrator for the whole video Pick a voice Play to audition Sarahfemale · american Mature, reassuring, confident Brianmale · american Deep, resonant, comforting, natural authority Lilyfemale · british Velvety, warm. British narrator Danielmale · british Authoritative British male, newscaster gravitas Matildafemale · american Knowledgeable, professional, perfect for tutorials Delivery Used when you apply Stable Calm, even Balanced Default Expressive Punchy Apply to every scene Re-records the narration. Visuals stay as they are, and your current export stays until you export again. Apply voice ### Word-by-word captions Timed to the voiceover and burned into the export. Change the style, or click a word to fix a typo without re-recording. Captions ![](/hero-posters/prompt.webp) Clean, minimal, burned in Edit transcript Click any word to fix typos without re-rolling voice. Scene #3 Example Light hitting your eyes left the sun eight minutes ago. Scene #4 You are looking at the past, every single time. Caption style Classic (default)SubtleSubtitle (italic)Word popHormoziBoldBeatOutlineBannerGiant numberedMinimalNone Edits save automatically Export video ### Background music Optional. One track under the whole video that dips while the voice reads your script. Music One track under the whole video. It dips while the voice speaks. Library Example Search by mood, instrument, feel… AllCalmUpbeatCinematicEmotionalCuriousAdventureElectronicInspirationalTenseQuirky No music Voice only, silence under the narration Soft piano with strings Calm · Soft piano with gentle strings, slow tempo, peaceful morning Meditative ambient pad Calm · Ambient pad with subtle bell tones, breathing room, meditative Fingerpicked acoustic guitar Calm · Acoustic guitar fingerpicking, soft brushed drums, calm afternoon Volume15% Add music ### Watermark-free 1080p Download the MP4 with SRT or VTT caption files, clean and yours to post anywhere. Download / Share Download MP4 video The finished video, ready to post Download SRT captions Subtitle file for TikTok, YouTube, CapCut Download VTT captions Subtitle file for web video players Download Share link Example https://media.makeaivideo.ai/r7Kq2mXa.mp4?X-Amz-Expires=86400 Copy link Anyone with this link can download the MP4, no account needed. Render historyDownload an older render Connect your AI agent ## Script to video from ChatGPT or Claude Paste a script into Claude, ChatGPT or another assistant and ask for the video. It narrates your exact words through the same pipeline, and can post the result for you. Same credits 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. “Here is my script. Narrate it word for word over real footage in 16:9 and send me the download link.” 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. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[Connect any AI agent](/agents) MCP, API and CLI are included on every plan. Connector address `https://mcp.makeaivideo.ai`Copy Works with - [Claude](/docs/mcp) - [ChatGPT](/chatgpt-video-generator) - [Grok](/docs/mcp) - [Claude Code](/docs/mcp) - [Cursor](/docs/mcp) - [Any MCP client](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) Signed in? [Connect an AI assistant →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) Use cases ## What you can make with script to video AI Anything you have already written as words to be spoken. Paste it in and the narration reads it exactly as written. ![A glass of iced water on a pale blue table, a frame from a narrated science explainer](/images/blocks/script-to-video/narrated-explainers.webp) ### Narrated explainers Turn a written explainer into a watchable video with synced narration and visuals. Useful for tutorials, FAQs, and product onboarding. ![A studio microphone with a pop filter in a bright home studio, a frame from a voiceover video](/images/blocks/script-to-video/voiceover-content.webp) ### Voiceover content Pair your written script with a studio-grade AI voice for podcast clips, audiogram-style social posts, and narrated commentary. ![Misty mountains at dawn, a frame from a documentary-style faceless video](/images/blocks/script-to-video/documentary-style.webp) ### Documentary-style Build documentary-style faceless content: real script, AI scenes, narrated voiceover, captions baked in. The format that wins on history, science, and explainer channels. ![An open notebook, a pen and a cup of coffee on a white desk, a frame from a video made from a blog post](/images/blocks/script-to-video/repurposed-blog-posts.webp) ### Repurposed blog posts Convert a published blog post or newsletter into a short-form video without rewriting it. Original copy, new format, more reach. ![A city skyline at blue hour seen from a rooftop, a frame from a faceless YouTube video](/images/blocks/script-to-video/faceless-youtube.webp) ### Faceless YouTube Build a YouTube presence without filming yourself. Script in, narrated AI video out, a repeatable workflow that doesn't depend on you being on camera. ![An empty, sunlit lecture hall, a frame from a narrated course lesson](/images/blocks/script-to-video/course-narration.webp) ### Course narration Add consistent narration to lesson modules, training content, and course intros without recording yourself for each one. If you want a presenter on camera, an [AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar) lip-syncs an AI character to your script instead. Best practices ## Tips for better script to video results ### Write in short sentences Long, comma-heavy sentences are harder for the AI to pace. Aim for 15 to 20 words per sentence; natural speech rhythm renders cleaner narration. ### One idea per line Each line becomes a beat the pipeline can match to its own scene. Mixing two ideas in one sentence dilutes the visual. ### Name the visuals you want Where it matters, write what should be on screen. 'A tight shot of a smartphone' beats 'a phone'. The scene generator follows your cues. ### Signpost section breaks Use blank lines or short transitions ('Next:', 'Here's the thing:') to mark beats. The pipeline respects the pacing you encode. ### Keep paragraphs short Short paragraphs let the voice breathe and let scenes land. Read aloud as a check; trim anything that drags past 30 seconds of speaking. ## More AI video tools like script to video [![](/images/blocks/pages/prompt-to-video.webp)Prompt to VideoStart from one line instead.](/prompt-to-video)[![](/images/blocks/pages/talking-avatar.webp)Talking AvatarPut a presenter on camera.](/talking-avatar)[![](/images/blocks/pages/image-to-video.webp)Image to VideoAnimate a still photo.](/image-to-video)[![](/images/blocks/pages/blog-to-video.webp)Blog to VideoRepurpose articles verbatim.](/blog-to-video)[![](/images/blocks/pages/ai-explainer-video.webp)AI Explainer VideoNarrated 60-90s explainers.](/ai-explainer-video) ## Script to video guides and tutorials [![](/images/blog/how-to-write-an-ai-video-script-hero.webp)How to write a video script60-second template with hook-body-close structure.Read how to write a video script](/blog/how-to-write-an-ai-video-script)[![](/images/blog/best-invideo-alternatives-hero.webp)Best InVideo alternatives 20268 InVideo alternatives tested across template library, script-to-video, and export quality.See the InVideo alternatives](/blog/best-invideo-alternatives)[![](/images/blog/best-descript-alternatives-hero.webp)Best Descript alternatives 202610 tools tested for script-to-video and transcript-based editing.See the Descript alternatives](/blog/best-descript-alternatives)[![](/images/blog/best-pictory-alternatives-hero.webp)Best Pictory alternatives 20268 script-to-video alternatives compared.See the Pictory alternatives](/blog/best-pictory-alternatives)[![](/images/blocks/pages/ai-spokesperson-video.webp)AI spokesperson videoA branded presenter for sales that reads your approved script on camera.Make an AI spokesperson video](/ai-spokesperson-video)[![](/images/blocks/pages/home.webp)AI video generatorEvery way MakeAIVideo makes a video: a script, a prompt, an article, a presenter or a photo.See the AI video generator](/) Pricing ## Script to video pricing: credits for every script you narrate Plans start at $9 a month. Lite and Solo narrate up to 10 minutes per video, Plus and Pro go up to 40 minutes for stock-footage videos, and AI-scene videos run to 10 minutes on every plan. ### Lite The cheapest way in, with every video mode included. $9/month or $90 a year, 2 months free 450credits a month About 4 stock-footage videos or about 1 AI cinematic video 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 2 social accounts - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video - Full HD 1080p export, no watermark ### Solo For one creator posting every week. $19/month or $190 a year, 2 months free 1,000credits a month About 10 stock-footage videos or about 2 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 4 social accounts - More than double the credits of Lite - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video ### Plus Most popular Long-form, your branding and a team of three. $29/month or $290 a year, 2 months free 1,600credits a month About 16 stock-footage videos or about 3 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 6 social accounts - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - Brand Kit: your logo as a watermark on every video - 3 team seats with admin and member roles ### Pro For teams and channels running at volume. $49/month or $490 a year, 2 months free 2,800credits a month About 29 stock-footage videos or about 6 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 10 social accounts - Lowest price per credit of any plan - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - 10 team seats with admin and member roles 7-day free trial for new customers: $0 today, card required, 500 trial credits, and trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script. Video counts are estimates for 30-second videos, rounded down. Plan credits refresh every billing month and do not roll over. Every plan includes - Every way to make a video: prompt, script, talking avatar, image and character swap - 15 visual styles, captions, music and voices - 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 Busy month? Top-up packs from $9: a one-time purchase, and the credits never expire. [Compare plans and packs](/pricing) ## Script to video FAQs How your script becomes a narrated video, how long it can run, and what you can change afterwards. Something else? [Visit the help center](/help) How does script to video work? You paste your script and MakeAIVideo generates an AI voiceover over real stock footage or AI-generated scenes, with word-by-word captions timed to the narration, then renders it as a finished MP4. Can I control the exact wording? Yes. Script to Video uses your words verbatim for the narration, so you keep full control of the message. Prompt to Video drafts the words for you if you prefer that. What voices are available? A curated library of natural AI voices for narration. You pick the voice before generating and can swap it later in the editor. Are captions included? Yes. Word-by-word captions are generated and timed to the voiceover automatically, in your choice of caption style. How long can the video be? Up to 10 minutes on every plan, for stock footage or AI-generated scenes. For longer narrated content over real footage, stock-footage videos go up to 40 minutes on Plus and Pro. Will it rewrite my script? No. Script to video narrates your words verbatim. The pipeline pulls visuals and pacing from your text, but the spoken track is exactly what you wrote, never a summary or rewrite. Is there a watermark on the export? No. Every export is a watermark-free 1080p MP4, yours to post anywhere. We don't gate watermark removal behind a higher tier. Can I monetize the videos on YouTube? Yes. Videos you generate are yours to monetize on YouTube, TikTok, Reels, or any other platform. What's the difference between Script to Video and Prompt to Video? Script to Video narrates your exact written words over stock footage or AI scenes. [Prompt to Video](/prompt-to-video) drafts everything (including the script) from a single line. Bring your own words to Script to Video; if you have an idea and want AI to build the whole video, use Prompt to Video. Can I edit after generating? Yes. Open the finished video in the built-in editor to regenerate a scene, re-roll the voice, or restyle the captions. Re-rendering a tweak costs the same as a new generation. What happens when I run out of credits? Nothing is charged automatically and nothing is lost. Your account and finished videos stay exactly as they are. Your allowance refreshes on your next billing date, or buy a top-up pack whenever you want to generate sooner. ## Script to video: turn your script into an AI video Plans from $9 a month, with a credit allowance that refreshes every billing month. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/talking-avatar --- title: "Talking Avatar: AI Avatar Video with Lip Sync | MakeAIVideo" description: "Make a talking avatar video from a script. Pick an AI presenter or upload your own clip, choose a voice, and get a lip-synced 1080p MP4 with captions." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/talking-avatar format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- # Make AI talking avatar videos Pick a presenter from the library or upload a reference photo, paste your script, and MakeAIVideo lip-syncs an AI character to a natural voice with word-by-word captions in 1080p. Selling? See AI spokesperson video. Running ads? See AI UGC video. Already filmed it? Character swap replaces the person in your own footage. 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Join 690+ creators making AI video ![Talking Avatar example: A lip-synced AI presenter from your script, made with MakeAIVideo](/hero-posters/talking-avatar.webp) An AI presenter lip-synced to a script. No filming, no actor, no studio ## An AI talking avatar on camera. No camera. An AI talking avatar is a presenter who reads your script to camera without anyone being filmed. Pick an AI character (or upload a reference image to generate a custom one: one photo is enough to make an AI avatar from), paste your script, and MakeAIVideo lip-syncs the presenter to a natural AI voiceover with word-by-word captions, then renders an MP4. A presenter video without filming, hiring, or a studio, and because the character is AI-generated rather than cloned from a real person, there's no actor likeness to license. Prefer scenes over a face? [Script to video](/script-to-video) narrates the same words over AI footage. Lip-synced delivery. The character's mouth is timed to the voiceover. An avatar from a photo. Use a library face, or add one to five reference photos and the wizard keeps that face in every portrait. Natural AI voice. Match the voice to the character from a curated library of narrators. Create Character 1. Describe 2. Portrait 3. Voice 4. 4Save Describe your character Example A warm, confident presenter in her late twenties, soft studio light, cream knit sweater, looking straight at the camera. Reference images Optional, locks the face to look like these ![](/images/home/characters/maya.webp) ![](/images/home/characters/maya.webp) Pick your portrait ![](/images/home/characters/maya.webp) ![](/images/home/characters/bella.webp) ![](/images/home/characters/olivia.webp) ![](/images/home/characters/aria.webp) Pick a voice Warm Narrator Calm, storytelling, perfect for explainer videos Name & save Name Maya Example Back Save Character How it works ## How an AI talking avatar video works 1. Step 1 ### Pick an AI character Choose a presenter from the curated library, or make an AI avatar from a photo: in the character wizard one reference image is enough on its own, and up to five lock the face. Pick a portrait, give it a voice and save it. No real person is filmed, cloned, or recorded; the character is AI-generated and synthetic from the start. Would rather appear yourself? Choose Upload your video instead and add a 30 to 60 second landscape clip of you talking. 2. Step 2 ### Paste your script and pick a voice Drop the words you want said into the script box, or use Write with AI to draft them from a topic. The counter estimates the runtime as you type: about 150 words makes a 60 second talking head. Choose a voice from a curated library of natural narrators that matches the character's apparent age, tone, and pace before generating. 3. Step 3 ### Generate and download MakeAIVideo lip-syncs the presenter to the voiceover, adds word-by-word captions, and renders a 1080p MP4 sized for the aspect ratio you picked. Open in the editor to tweak, or post the default output. Under the hood ## How a photo becomes a talking avatar with lip sync The Talking Avatar screen has two ways to put someone on screen. Both start from your script and a voice; they differ in where the face comes from and what the lip sync works on. ### Pick a character A still becomes a talking presenter. 1. 1Start from a library presenter or a character you made from one to five photos in the character wizard. 2. 2A library presenter starts from its own portrait. For a character you made, MakeAIVideo makes a still for each part of the script, framed from mid-chest up, face to camera, mouth closed and hands out of frame. 3. 3Kling AI Avatar v2 Pro takes that still and the voice track and animates the face, mouth and head to the words. Best for: Course lessons, explainers and a recurring presenter you never have to film. ### Upload your video Your own footage, new words. 1. 1Upload a 30 to 60 second landscape clip of you talking neutrally, well lit, against a simple background. 2. 2The new script is voiced, then the mouth in your clip is re-synced to it, so the person on screen is really you. 3. 3Switch on Add B-Roll and you speak the hook while real stock footage plays during the body. Best for: Founder updates and ads where viewers should see the real person. Want a photo to move without a script, or a short lip-synced clip from a single still? That is [image to video](/image-to-video), a separate mode that makes one 5 or 10 second clip. The Talking Avatar screen ## Make a talking avatar AI video in your browser Pick the character, paste the script, generate. The talking avatar AI screen has two starting points: choose a presenter you have saved, or Upload your video to lip-sync a clip of yourself instead, then write or paste up to 5,000 characters of script, pick the voice and the aspect ratio, and the finished clip lands in your library. Pick a character, or upload your video. Any presenter in your library, or a 30 to 60 second clip of you talking. Your script. Read word for word, with captions timed to the voice. Generate video. A 1080p MP4 in 9:16, 16:9 or 1:1. Talking Avatar Avatar Pick a character Upload your video BEST ![](/images/home/characters/maya.webp) Maya ![](/images/home/characters/dex.webp) Dex ![](/images/home/characters/bella.webp) Bella ![](/images/home/characters/marcus.webp) Marcus ![](/images/home/characters/olivia.webp) Olivia ![](/images/home/characters/jordan.webp) Jordan Your script Example Most people skip breakfast for the wrong reason. Here is the one change that made my mornings easier. Sarah Female · American Female · AmericanMature, reassuring, confident Generate video Lip sync ## What makes talking avatar lip sync look natural Most of what makes a talking avatar look real is decided before you press generate: the face you give it, the words you give it and the voice you pair them with. ### Frame the face large and front-on The lip-sync model animates whatever still it is given. One person, chest up, looking into the lens, with nothing in front of the mouth gives it the most to work with. A small figure in a wide shot gives it the least. ### Start from a closed, relaxed mouth A reference photo with an open mouth, a big grin or a hand near the face fights the lip sync. A neutral expression with the mouth at rest reads best once it starts talking. ### Light the face evenly If you're uploading your own reference image, choose a frontal shot with even lighting on the face. Side-lit or backlit photos lip-sync less accurately than well-lit ones. ### Film the upload the way the app asks For Upload your video, record 30 to 60 seconds in landscape, talking neutrally, well lit, against a simple background. Big head turns and hands across the face give the re-sync less to hold on to. ### Write for the ear, not the page Natural speech lip-syncs better than tongue-twisters or dense technical jargon. Read the script aloud once before generating; if it trips you up, it will trip the model up too. ### Pace the script to the counter The script box estimates the runtime as you type, at about 150 words a minute. Short sentences give the voice natural pauses, and the presenter's face settles in them instead of talking non-stop. ### Match the voice to the face A young face with an elderly voice (or vice versa) breaks the illusion. Pick a voice that fits the character's apparent age and tone before generating. ### Check it muted, then with sound Watch the first render with sound on to catch a line that sounds robotic. Watch it again muted, the way much of a feed is watched, and make sure the captions carry the point alone. AI avatar generator ## Four AI avatar video jobs, and which a talking avatar does The same search covers products that work very differently. Here is which ones Talking Avatar does, and the one it doesn't. ### Read a script to camera This is Talking Avatar Pick a character, paste the script, choose a voice. The presenter is lip-synced to the voiceover and captioned, and the finished MP4 lands in your library. ### Look like you From a photo or your own footage Make a character from a single photo of yourself in the character wizard, or choose Upload your video and add a clip of you talking. The voice comes from the library: MakeAIVideo doesn't clone voices. ### Be one scene in a longer video Add B-Roll With your own uploaded video, switch on Add B-Roll: the avatar speaks the hook and real stock footage plays during the body, the classic ad format. No presenter at all? [Script to video](/script-to-video) narrates over scenes. ### Hold a live conversation Not what we make A real-time avatar that listens and answers face to face inside a product is a different kind of tool, billed by the conversation minute. MakeAIVideo renders finished video files. It doesn't make profile-picture avatars either. Decide ## Talking avatar or film yourself? A talking avatar takes the camera out of the job. That is a big saving for some videos and the wrong call for others. Talking avatarFilming yourself Setup Talking avatar: A browser tab. No camera, lights, mic or quiet room. Filming yourself: A camera or phone, light on your face, a clean mic and a quiet room. A fluffed line Talking avatar: Edit the script and generate again. Filming yourself: Another take, and another trip through the edit. Changing one line later Talking avatar: Change the words in the script; the presenter, voice and framing stay the same. Filming yourself: Re-film, and match the lighting, outfit and framing of the original. Another language Talking avatar: Write the script in that language and the voice reads it. Filming yourself: Learn the lines, hire a native speaker, or dub. Same look every week Talking avatar: One saved character comes back identical in every video. Filming yourself: Depends on the day, the hair and the light. Where filming wins Talking avatar: An AI presenter can't hold or demo a physical product, and it can't give a real customer's opinion. Filming yourself: Your real personality, hands-on demos, live reactions and genuine testimonials. Already have footage and want someone else in it? [AI character swap](/character-swap) replaces the person in your own clip and keeps the movement. After it renders ## Every talking avatar clip in one place Renders land in your library, ready to download, re-edit, or post with captions baked in. Restyle the captions or change the background music in the editor without generating again. See [plans and pricing](/pricing) or start from one line with [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video). ### Every clip in My Videos See what is still rendering and what is ready, then reopen, download or post any presenter clip. My Videos Example AllReadyIn progressFailed ![](/hero-posters/prompt.webp)0:25 Universe in 25s ![](/hero-posters/script.webp)0:48 Cathedrals by candlelight ![](/hero-posters/talking-avatar.webp)0:31 Nobody filmed this ![](/hero-posters/i2v.webp)0:10 Aurora over the fjord ![](/hero-posters/character-swap.webp)0:08 Rooftop take, swapped ![](/images/home/library-colosseum.webp)0:42 Rome in a day ### Edit after generating Restyle the captions, or click any word in the transcript to fix a typo without re-recording the voice. Captions ![](/hero-posters/prompt.webp) Clean, minimal, burned in Edit transcript Click any word to fix typos without re-rolling voice. Scene #3 Example Light hitting your eyes left the sun eight minutes ago. Scene #4 You are looking at the past, every single time. Caption style Classic (default)SubtleSubtitle (italic)Word popHormoziBoldBeatOutlineBannerGiant numberedMinimalNone Edits save automatically Export video ### Export anywhere Download a 1080p MP4 with SRT or VTT caption files, or copy a link anyone can download it from. Download / Share Download MP4 video The finished video, ready to post Download SRT captions Subtitle file for TikTok, YouTube, CapCut Download VTT captions Subtitle file for web video players Download Share link Example https://media.makeaivideo.ai/r7Kq2mXa.mp4?X-Amz-Expires=86400 Copy link Anyone with this link can download the MP4, no account needed. Render historyDownload an older render ### Post it from here Send the clip to TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and eight more platforms, now or on a schedule. Post this video Example We upload the finished file to each account you pick. Where should it go? @yourbrand TikTok @yourbrand Instagram · Posts as a Reel Your Brand YouTube · Vertical videos post as Shorts Caption Rewrite Rome did not build the Colosseum with magic. It built it with one ingredient we forgot. #history 96 / 2200 (Instagram is the shortest limit)Written from your script. Edit it freely. Customise caption per platform Schedule (optional, leave empty to post now) 10/07/2026, 09:00 AM Goes out within about two minutes of it. Schedule for 2 accounts Connect your AI agent ## Ask your AI assistant for a talking avatar video Connect Claude, ChatGPT, Grok or any MCP client to your MakeAIVideo account, paste the script into the chat and name the presenter. It makes the clip in your library and posts it if you ask, on the same credits 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. “Make a 40 second vertical talking avatar video with Maya reading this product update, with captions.” 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. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[Connect any AI agent](/agents) MCP, API and CLI are included on every plan. Connector address `https://mcp.makeaivideo.ai`Copy Works with - [Claude](/docs/mcp) - [ChatGPT](/chatgpt-video-generator) - [Grok](/docs/mcp) - [Claude Code](/docs/mcp) - [Cursor](/docs/mcp) - [Any MCP client](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) Signed in? [Connect an AI assistant →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) All included ## Everything a talking avatar video needs No filming, no actors, no studio. The whole presenter pipeline runs from your script. Character library. Pick a ready-made AI presenter or generate one from a reference image. Lip-sync engine. Mouth movements timed to the voiceover. Studio AI voices. A curated library of natural narrators to match the character. Word-by-word captions. A choice of caption styles, timed to the voice and burned into the export. Every aspect ratio. Vertical, square, or wide, captions adjust to each. Watermark-free. Clean exports, yours to post anywhere. Voice The narrator for the whole video Pick a voice Play to audition Sarahfemale · american Mature, reassuring, confident Brianmale · american Deep, resonant, comforting, natural authority Lilyfemale · british Velvety, warm. British narrator Danielmale · british Authoritative British male, newscaster gravitas Matildafemale · american Knowledgeable, professional, perfect for tutorials Delivery Used when you apply Stable Calm, even Balanced Default Expressive Punchy Apply to every scene Re-records the narration. Visuals stay as they are, and your current export stays until you export again. Apply voice Specs and limits ## AI talking avatar specs, limits and costs What goes in, what comes out, and what Talking Avatar doesn't do, in one place. Presenter A library character, a character made from 1 to 5 photos, or Upload your video (a 30 to 60 second landscape clip) Lip-sync model Kling AI Avatar v2 Pro animates a picked character from a still and the voice track Script Up to 5,000 characters, typed, pasted or drafted with Write with AI; about 150 words is a 60 second video Voice 12 curated ElevenLabs narrators, filterable by gender, accent and tone; no voice cloning or audio upload Language The voice reads the language the script is written in; 24 output languages are supported Captions Word-by-word, timed to the voice; restyle them or fix a word in the editor afterwards B-roll and music Add B-Roll with real stock footage on the upload path; background music you can change in the editor Output 1080p MP4, no watermark, with SRT and VTT caption files; 9:16, 1:1 or 16:9, one ratio per render, re-export another from the editor Cost Credits per second of video; a picked character uses more per second than an uploaded clip, and the estimate shows before you generate Trial 7 days for new customers, card required, $0 today, 500 credits, scripts capped at about 10 seconds ### No voice cloning Every presenter is voiced by a curated narrator. There is no audio upload. ### No end card The video ends on the presenter's last line; add a call to action in the script. ### Not live Talking Avatar renders a video file. It doesn't hold real-time conversations. Use cases ## Talking avatar videos you can make with one AI presenter One AI video presenter, saved once, can front every kind of script below with the same face and voice. ![A presenter in a grey sweater speaking to camera in a bright study, a frame from a course lesson](/images/blocks/talking-avatar/course-lessons.webp) ### Course lessons Open every lesson with a consistent instructor: clean audio, focused framing, no background noise. When a module changes, edit that lesson's script and generate it again. ![A presenter in a navy t-shirt speaking to camera in a bright office, a frame from a product walkthrough](/images/blocks/talking-avatar/product-walkthroughs.webp) ### Product walkthroughs Narrate a feature tour or onboarding flow with a friendly face. No coordination with engineering or design; re-render any time the product changes. ![A presenter with short grey hair speaking to camera against a pale blue backdrop, a frame from an explainer](/images/blocks/talking-avatar/explainers.webp) ### Explainers One idea, one presenter, 60 to 90 seconds. A face to camera holds attention on a concept that has nothing to film, from a pricing change to how a process works. ![A presenter in a light blue blazer speaking to camera in a bright room, a frame from a translated presenter video](/images/blocks/talking-avatar/multilingual.webp) ### Multilingual versions Translate the script, keep the presenter. Each language is its own render with the same face, framing and captions, so a Spanish or German version doesn't mean a new shoot. ![A presenter in a grey knit sweater speaking warmly to camera in a living room, a frame from a personal brand video](/images/blocks/talking-avatar/personal-brand.webp) ### Personal brand Build a recognisable on-camera presence without filming. The same AI presenter, every week, with a consistent look and voice across every clip. ![A presenter in a white blouse speaking to camera in a clean office, a frame from a help centre answer video](/images/blocks/talking-avatar/support-answers.webp) ### Support answers on video Turn the questions your support team answers every day into short, calm presenter clips for the help centre. When the product changes, edit the script and re-render the answer. If you want generated scenes rather than a presenter on camera, [script to video](/script-to-video) reads your words over footage instead. Best practices ## Tips for talking avatar scripts people watch to the end ### Aim for 30 to 90 seconds Talking-head videos work best in the 30 to 90 second range. A short clip is easier to watch to the end, especially on social, so save the long read for a second video. ### Front-load the hook The first three seconds decide whether the clip survives the scroll. Open with the most interesting line, not a generic greeting. ### Keep the first videos simple Start with a 60 second explainer or a short how-to: a 5 second hook, 45 seconds of body, a 10 second call to action. Save the ambitious formats until you know how your presenter reads. ### Stay with one presenter An avatar starts to feel familiar only after viewers have seen it a few times, so consistency matters more than finding the perfect face. Save one character that fits your brand and use it in every video. ### Don't oversell with an AI presenter AI avatars work best for educational, explainer, and informational content. Overly emotional or hard-sell delivery from an AI character reads as inauthentic faster than from a human. ### Never cast the avatar as a customer An AI presenter speaking as your brand is fine. An AI presenter playing a satisfied customer who doesn't exist is a made-up endorsement: the FTC's [Endorsement Guides Q&A](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/ftcs-endorsement-guides-what-people-are-asking) says an endorsement must reflect the endorser's honest opinion, and you can't describe experience with a product nobody tried. ## More ways to make AI avatar and presenter videos [![](/images/blocks/pages/ai-spokesperson-video.webp)AI Spokesperson VideoA business presenter for company videos.](/ai-spokesperson-video)[![](/images/blocks/pages/ai-ugc-video.webp)AI UGC VideoCreator-style ads for paid social.](/ai-ugc-video)[![](/images/blocks/pages/ai-influencer-generator.webp)AI Influencer GeneratorOne persona posting across channels.](/ai-influencer-generator)[![](/images/blocks/pages/character-swap.webp)AI Character SwapSwap the person in your own footage.](/character-swap)[![](/images/blocks/pages/image-to-video.webp)Image to VideoAnimate a photo into a 5 or 10 s clip.](/image-to-video) ## Talking avatar guides and comparisons [![](/images/blog/heygen-vs-synthesia-hero.webp)HeyGen vs Synthesia 2026Head-to-head on avatar quality, voices and price.Compare HeyGen vs Synthesia](/blog/heygen-vs-synthesia)[![](/images/blog/best-synthesia-alternatives-hero.webp)Best Synthesia alternatives 20268 Synthesia alternatives tested, with real 2026 pricing.See the Synthesia alternatives](/blog/best-synthesia-alternatives)[![](/images/blog/best-heygen-alternatives-hero.webp)Best HeyGen alternatives 202610 talking-head and personalised-outreach tools tested.See the HeyGen alternatives](/blog/best-heygen-alternatives)[![](/images/blocks/pages/tiktok-video-generator.webp)TikTok video generatorVertical videos sized for the For You feed, with captions and posting built in.Make TikTok videos with AI](/tiktok-video-generator)[![](/images/blocks/pages/faceless-youtube-channel.webp)Faceless YouTube channelRather keep any face off camera? Narrated videos over scenes, start to finish.Start a faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel)[![](/images/blocks/pages/prompt-to-video.webp)Prompt to videoOne line of text becomes a narrated video with scenes instead of a presenter.Try text to video from a prompt](/prompt-to-video) Pricing ## Talking avatar pricing: a presenter on every plan Talking Avatar is included on every plan, with 1080p downloads, no watermark and posting to 11 platforms. Pick the monthly credit allowance that fits how many presenter clips you make. New customers can try it first with a 7-day trial, where scripts are capped at about 10 seconds. ### Lite The cheapest way in, with every video mode included. $9/month or $90 a year, 2 months free 450credits a month About 4 stock-footage videos or about 1 AI cinematic video 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 2 social accounts - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video - Full HD 1080p export, no watermark ### Solo For one creator posting every week. $19/month or $190 a year, 2 months free 1,000credits a month About 10 stock-footage videos or about 2 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 4 social accounts - More than double the credits of Lite - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video ### Plus Most popular Long-form, your branding and a team of three. $29/month or $290 a year, 2 months free 1,600credits a month About 16 stock-footage videos or about 3 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 6 social accounts - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - Brand Kit: your logo as a watermark on every video - 3 team seats with admin and member roles ### Pro For teams and channels running at volume. $49/month or $490 a year, 2 months free 2,800credits a month About 29 stock-footage videos or about 6 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 10 social accounts - Lowest price per credit of any plan - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - 10 team seats with admin and member roles 7-day free trial for new customers: $0 today, card required, 500 trial credits, and trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script. Video counts are estimates for 30-second videos, rounded down. Plan credits refresh every billing month and do not roll over. Every plan includes - Every way to make a video: prompt, script, talking avatar, image and character swap - 15 visual styles, captions, music and voices - 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 Busy month? Top-up packs from $9: a one-time purchase, and the credits never expire. [Compare plans and packs](/pricing) ## AI talking avatar FAQs What people ask before they make their first presenter video. Something else? [Visit the help center](/help) What is a talking avatar video? A talking avatar video features an AI character (the presenter) lip-synced to an AI voiceover of your script. MakeAIVideo generates it without a camera, filming, or a real actor. How do I make an AI talking avatar video? Open Talking Avatar and choose Pick a character for a presenter from your library, or Upload your video to use a clip of yourself. Paste or write up to 5,000 characters of script, pick a voice from the curated library and an aspect ratio, then generate. The lip-synced MP4 lands in your library with word-by-word captions. What is an AI video presenter? An AI video presenter is a synthetic person who reads your script to camera, so you get a presenter-led video without filming anyone. On MakeAIVideo that is Talking Avatar: the presenter is lip-synced to a natural AI voice and captioned. The same presenter can front a product walkthrough, a course intro or an explainer. How does AI avatar lip sync work? For a picked character, MakeAIVideo voices your script, makes a still of the character framed from mid-chest up, and Kling AI Avatar v2 Pro animates that still to the voice track, moving the mouth, face and head with the words. With Upload your video, the mouth in your own clip is re-synced to the new voiceover instead. How realistic are AI presenters? Realistic enough for lessons, explainers and walkthroughs when the input is good: a large, front-on, evenly lit face, a conversational script and a voice that fits the face. A side-lit photo, a small figure in a wide shot or a script full of jargon all show up in the result. Nobody can promise a lip sync that is flawless in every frame, so watch each render before you post it. Is there a talking avatar AI app I need to download? No. MakeAIVideo runs in your browser, so there is nothing to install. You can also ask Claude, ChatGPT, Grok or any MCP client connected to your account to make the talking avatar video for you. Can I use my own character? Yes. Upload a reference image and MakeAIVideo generates a consistent AI character from it. Voice selection comes from a curated library of natural AI voices. Is this an AI person generator? In the sense that matters, yes. Upload a reference image and the pipeline generates a consistent AI person from it, then lip-syncs that character to your script across every scene. The person is synthetic from the start: nobody is filmed, cloned or recorded, and the same face comes back every time you use them. Is it a real person? Not when you pick a character. The presenter is an AI-generated character, not a real person, and the voice is AI-synthesised. That keeps you clear of likeness and rights issues. The one exception is your choice: with Upload your video, the person on screen is whoever is in the clip you upload. Can I make an AI avatar from a photo? Yes. Open the character wizard, add a reference photo and it generates portraits that keep that face; one photo is enough, and you can add up to five. Pick the portrait you like, choose a voice, name the character and save it. From then on it is in your Talking Avatar picker for every script. Can I make an AI avatar that looks like me? Yes, two ways. Make a character from a photo of yourself, or choose Upload your video in Talking Avatar and add a 30 to 60 second landscape clip of you talking neutrally, well lit, against a simple background; each new script is lip-synced onto that footage. Either way the voice comes from the curated library, because MakeAIVideo doesn't clone voices. Can I use my own voice? No. MakeAIVideo doesn't clone voices and doesn't take an audio upload, so every talking avatar is voiced by one of the curated ElevenLabs narrators. Pick the one closest to the tone you want and use it in every video so your presenter always sounds the same. Can the avatar speak other languages? Yes. Write or paste the script in the language you want and the voice reads it in that language, with captions to match. MakeAIVideo supports 24 output languages. Each language is its own render, with the same presenter if you pick the same character. Can I add B-roll to a talking avatar video? Yes, with Upload your video: switch on Add B-Roll and you speak the hook while real stock footage illustrates the body. B-roll is stock footage, not clips you upload. After the render, the captions and the background music can be changed in the editor. What is the difference between an AI talking head and an AI avatar? Mostly the angle you look at it from. A talking head describes the framing: a chest-up presenter speaking to camera. An AI avatar describes the synthetic person doing the talking. A talking avatar video is both, and it is made the same way: a character, a script, a voice and lip-sync. What is the difference between an AI avatar and a deepfake? Consent and honesty. An AI avatar is a character generated for the job, or footage of someone who agreed to it, speaking as your brand. A deepfake puts a real person's likeness to words they never agreed to say. Only upload photos or video of yourself or of people who have given you permission, and never present the avatar as a real customer. Do I have to label an AI avatar video on YouTube? It depends on what the video shows. YouTube's [altered or synthetic content policy](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/14328491) asks creators to disclose realistic AI content that makes a real person appear to say or do something they didn't. A lip-synced clip of you reading a new script, or an avatar made from a real person's photo, can fall under that, so tick the disclosure when it does. Using AI only for the script or captions doesn't need it. Can I have a face-to-face conversation with an AI avatar? Not on MakeAIVideo. Talking Avatar renders a finished video file from a script. A real-time avatar that listens and answers face to face inside a product is a different kind of tool, usually billed by the conversation minute. Is there a free AI avatar generator? MakeAIVideo is a paid product, but new customers get a 7-day free trial: a card is required, nothing is charged today, and trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script, which is enough to see a presenter lip-synced before you pay. [See plans and pricing](/pricing). Does it include captions? Yes. Word-by-word captions are generated and timed to the voiceover, in your choice of caption style. How much does it cost? Plans start at $9 a month for 450 credits (Lite), then Solo $19 for 1,000, Plus $29 for 1,600 and Pro $49 for 2,800, and your allowance is topped back up every billing month. Need more inside a month? Top-up packs are a one-time purchase that never expires and stacks on top of the allowance. Talking-head generation costs more credits per second than narrated styles, and the screen shows the estimated cost before you generate. How long can the script be? Up to 5,000 characters. Talking-avatar clips work best in the 30 to 90 second range, which is easier to watch to the end on social. Longer scripts are supported, but render time and credit cost scale with the spoken duration. How long does it take to render? A few minutes for a typical clip, and longer for a longer script. The render lands in your library when it's ready. What aspect ratios are supported? 9:16 vertical (TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts), 16:9 landscape (YouTube), and 1:1 square (Instagram feed). Pick the ratio before generating; each render is one ratio, and you can switch ratio in the editor and export again. Can I use the clips commercially? Yes. Videos you generate are yours to use commercially, for ads, product pages, social posts, and client work. [MakeAIVideo terms of service](/legal/terms). What happens when I run out of credits? Nothing is charged automatically and nothing is lost. Your account and finished videos stay exactly as they are. Your allowance refreshes on your next billing date, or buy a top-up pack whenever you want to generate sooner. ## Put a talking avatar on your next script Pick a presenter, paste your script, and get a lip-synced 1080p MP4 with word-by-word captions. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/tiktok-video-generator --- title: "AI TikTok Video Generator: Make and Post | MakeAIVideo" description: "Make AI TikTok videos from one TikTok idea: hook-first script, voiceover, 9:16 scenes and captions, then post or schedule to TikTok. Watermark-free 1080p." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/tiktok-video-generator format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- # AI TikTok video generator Type a TikTok idea and MakeAIVideo writes the script, generates the voiceover and scenes, adds captions and any music you pick, and renders a finished 9:16 vertical MP4 sized for TikTok, watermark-free. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[Plans and pricing](/pricing) 7 day free trial·Allowance tops up monthly · Top-up credits never expire 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Join 690+ creators making AI video Free tools: [TikTok script generator](/tools/tiktok-script-generator) · [TikTok caption generator](/tools/tiktok-caption-generator). No signup. ![Prompt to Video example: Cinematic AI scenes from a one-line prompt, made with MakeAIVideo](/hero-posters/prompt.webp) Real 9:16 vertical render, sized for TikTok. Not a clip. A finished TikTok. ## An AI short video generator that finishes the whole TikTok Plenty of AI TikTok tools hand you one short clip and stop, so you still write the TikTok script, record the voice, cut the captions and stitch it together in another editor. MakeAIVideo makes the whole TikTok from your line: a hook-first script, an AI voiceover, a vertical scene per beat, word-by-word captions and any music you pick, rendered as a 9:16 1080p MP4. Making something other than a TikTok? Use [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video). Hook-first scripts. Every TikTok script opens with a line built to survive the first three seconds of the For You feed. Vertical from the start. 9:16 is the default, so captions and framing tune to the vertical safe area with no re-crop after the fact. Captions burned in. Word-by-word captions time to the voiceover and bake into the export, ready for a muted feed. Create Prompt to VideoScript to VideoTalking AvatarImage to Video Your prompt Example A 30 second documentary about how the Romans built the Colosseum, with a hook in the first line and a question at the end. Or start from an example Morning habitsWhy startups failHistory deep-diveScience fact Length 15s1m3m5m10mCustom Aspect ratio 9:161:116:9 Sarah Female · American Mature, reassuring, confident Captions Word-by-word, auto-styled Estimated cost ~90 credits Example Generate video How it works ## How the TikTok video generator works 1. Step 1 ### Type your TikTok idea and keep 9:16 Type the TikTok in one line (the topic, the angle and the format, such as a POV or a three-tip list) and keep 9:16 vertical. A sharp angle gives you a sharp TikTok script, and the generator starts on it right away. 2. Step 2 ### AI writes a hook-first TikTok script and picks a voice Your line becomes a paced TikTok script that opens with a hook in the first three seconds, then carries through body and close. A natural AI narrator is chosen to match the tone, and you can re-roll the voice later if you want a different read. 3. Step 3 ### AI builds vertical scenes, captions and music Every beat of the TikTok script becomes a 9:16 scene, from real stock footage by default or generated by AI in the visual style you pick (cinematic, anime, claymation, more), and word-by-word captions are timed to the voiceover so the TikTok still lands when the For You feed is on mute. Add a music track if you want one and it ducks under the narration automatically. For anime all the way through, start from the [AI anime video generator](/ai-anime-video-generator). 4. Step 4 ### Render a vertical 1080p TikTok and post it Most short TikToks are ready in a few minutes. A clean 9:16 1080p MP4 lands in your library, watermark-free. Post it to your connected TikTok account now or on a schedule, download it, or open it in the editor to tweak a scene first. Before your first TikTok ## How to make TikTok videos with AI: format, niche and length The TikTok generator handles script, voice, scenes and captions. Three decisions are still yours, and making them once is what lets you post to TikTok every day without rethinking the account. ### 1\. Pick one format #### Voiceover over scenes A narrator reads the script over stock footage or AI scenes, captions on top. It suits almost any TikTok niche: tutorials, explainers, lists and hot takes. For videos that are not TikToks, use [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video). #### An AI presenter One consistent presenter reads every script to camera, so followers learn a face as well as a voice. Pick one from the [AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar) library. #### A trend, remixed Open a trending video, read why its hook, pacing and payoff work, then press Make it yours to rebuild that structure on your own topic. ### 2\. Lock one niche AI TikTok works best where the words carry the video. Dance, lip-sync and personality vlogs lean on a face on camera and suit it less. - Finance and money - Tech and AI tutorials - Education and how-to - News explained - Business and founder stories ### 3\. Choose a length 15 to 30 seconds About 35 to 75 words A quick tip: hook and payoff, nothing else. 30 to 60 seconds About 75 to 150 words The standard: hook, body and one ask. 60 to 90 seconds About 150 to 225 words A deep dive or story, and the band to aim for if you want Creator Rewards. Word counts assume a read of about 150 words a minute. Check a script with the [speech time calculator](/tools/speech-time-calculator). TikTok specs ## TikTok video generator specs: size, length and safe areas What TikTok itself says about each spec, with a link to the page that says it, next to what MakeAIVideo makes. Count a caption before you post with the free [TikTok caption counter](/tools/tiktok-caption-counter). SpecTikTokMakeAIVideo Shape TikTok:Vertical 9:16. TikTok's [creative best practices](https://ads.tiktok.com/help/article/creative-best-practices?lang=en) list orienting vertically at 9:16 among the basics. MakeAIVideo:9:16 at 1080 x 1920 is the default. 1:1 and 16:9 are there too, one ratio per render. Length TikTok:Videos you upload can run up to 60 minutes, and in-app recordings up to 10 ([TikTok camera tools help](https://www.tiktok.com/support/faq_detail?id=7581821547946580492)). MakeAIVideo:Presets of 15 s, 30 s and 1 min, or a custom length up to 10 minutes. Stock-footage videos run to 40 minutes on Plus and Pro. First seconds TikTok:TikTok's ad guidance says to introduce the content proposition in the first 3 seconds and put the hook in the first 6 ([creative best practices](https://ads.tiktok.com/help/article/creative-best-practices?lang=en)). MakeAIVideo:Every TikTok script opens on the hook line, so the first spoken words and the first caption carry it. On-screen text TikTok:Keep content inside the UI safe zone, and when text carries the message TikTok suggests 5 to 10 words a second ([creative best practices](https://ads.tiktok.com/help/article/creative-best-practices?lang=en)). MakeAIVideo:Word-by-word captions are burned in and placed in the safe area for the ratio you pick, paced to the voiceover. Post caption TikTok:Up to 4,000 characters, as the MakeAIVideo post dialog counts it. MakeAIVideo:A caption is written from your script for you, editable, with a Rewrite button and a live character count. Creator Rewards TikTok:Videos must be at least one minute long to collect rewards ([Creator Rewards Program](https://www.tiktok.com/support/faq_detail?id=7581821550694013452)). MakeAIVideo:Pick the 1 min preset or longer: 60 to 90 seconds is about 150 to 225 spoken words. Publish without leaving ## Post from the TikTok video generator, or schedule for later When the render is done, open it and choose Post to your accounts. Pick your TikTok account, keep the caption written from your script or rewrite it, and post now or set a date and time. Scheduled posts go out within about two minutes of the time you pick. More on how to [auto post to TikTok, YouTube and Instagram](/auto-post). Straight to your TikTok. The finished MP4 uploads to your connected account. No download and re-upload from your phone. Room for a long caption. The dialog allows up to 4,000 characters for TikTok, and the counter shows how much is left. Instagram and YouTube too. Tick more accounts and the same video goes to Instagram as a Reel and to YouTube as a Short. Post this video Example We upload the finished file to each account you pick. Where should it go? @yourbrand TikTok @yourbrand Instagram · Posts as a Reel Your Brand YouTube · Vertical videos post as Shorts Caption Rewrite Rome did not build the Colosseum with magic. It built it with one ingredient we forgot. #history 96 / 2200 (Instagram is the shortest limit)Written from your script. Edit it freely. Customise caption per platform Schedule (optional, leave empty to post now) 10/07/2026, 09:00 AM Goes out within about two minutes of it. Schedule for 2 accounts Three more ways in ## Start the AI TikTok generator from a trend, a template or an idea A TikTok idea in, a vertical 9:16 1080p TikTok out, watermark-free. No idea yet? Start from a trending video, a template or a board of ideas in the same browser tab. Already wrote the words? Paste them into [script to video](/script-to-video), or draft them first with the [TikTok script generator](/tools/tiktok-script-generator). ### Remix a trending video Open a trend, read why its hook, pacing and payoff work, then press Make it yours to build your own TikTok on the same structure. Trends ![](/hero-posters/prompt.webp)Example1.2M plays The ocean is not blue for the reason you think Why it works Myth, then reveal Hook: A claim most viewers believe, broken in the first two seconds. Pacing: A new shot every beat, no line longer than one breath. Payoff: The real answer lands as a single image at the end. Keeps them watching: Each line opens a question the next one answers. Structure locked from a trend Make it yours ### Start from a template Pick a finished vertical video from the gallery, give it your TikTok topic, and it keeps the look, voice and pacing. Templates Example Real videos made with MakeAIVideo. Pick one, give it your topic, and it keeps the look, voice and pacing. AllAdsExplainersStoriesTips and listsTalking head ![](/hero-posters/prompt.webp) Ocean documentary 9:16 · 30sUse this ![](/hero-posters/script.webp) Five quick tips 9:16 · 45sUse this ![](/hero-posters/talking-avatar.webp) Founder update 9:16 · 30sUse this ![](/hero-posters/i2v.webp) Product reveal 9:16 · 20sUse this ![](/hero-posters/character-swap.webp) Character story 9:16 · 60sUse this ![](/images/home/library-colosseum.webp) History deep-dive 9:16 · 60sUse this ### Ten ideas for your niche Type your TikTok niche, pick a tone and get ten concepts, each with a hook and an angle, one click from a video. Ideas Example Niche / topic area Ancient history for curious adults Generate 10 ideas Tone EntertainingEducationalInspirationalHumorousControversial The trick that made Roman concrete outlast ours Hook “Their harbours are still standing. Ours crack in fifty years.” Angle One ingredient, explained with a single experiment you can picture. AI Video#history CopyMake this Three habits historians say every empire shared Hook “Rome, the Mongols and Britain had one thing in common.” Angle A presenter walks through the pattern in under a minute. Talking Avatar#history CopyMake this Your accounts, one place ## Connect TikTok to the video generator once, then track every post Connect TikTok alongside Instagram, YouTube and eight more platforms, then follow each video from Scheduled to Published. Posting is included on every plan. ### Connected accounts Add your TikTok account and see at a glance when one needs reconnecting. Lite connects 2 accounts, Solo 4, Plus 6 and Pro 10. Connections Example The social accounts you post to. Account connections and posting are powered by our partner PostEverywhere. All accounts6Need attention1 - TikTok Add YB@yourbrand - Instagram Posts as a Reel Add YB@yourbrandYS@yourbrand.studio - YouTube Vertical videos post as Shorts Add YBYour Brand Reconnect required - Facebook Add No accounts connected - Discord Videos up to 25 MB Add YCYour Community - Bluesky Videos up to 3 minutes Add YByourbrand.bsky.social +5 more ### Every post and its status Each video you have posted or scheduled, with how it went on every account it was sent to. Posts Example Videos you have posted or scheduled to your accounts, and how each one went. - ![](/hero-posters/prompt.webp) The Colosseum secret Scheduled Goes out around Oct 7, 2026, 9:00 AM · 3 accounts - ![](/hero-posters/talking-avatar.webp) 3 hiring mistakes Posting Oct 3, 2026, 2:14 PM · 2 accounts - ![](/hero-posters/script.webp) Morning habits Published Oct 2, 2026, 6:30 PM · 3 accounts - ![](/hero-posters/i2v.webp) Spring collection Partly published Oct 1, 2026, 11:05 AM · 2 accounts - ![](/hero-posters/character-swap.webp) Behind the scenes Preparing Oct 3, 2026, 2:16 PM · 1 account TikTok's AI label ## Labeling videos from an AI TikTok video generator TikTok can label AI content automatically when it carries Content Credentials (C2PA). MakeAIVideo exports do not carry them, so the label is yours to add. It takes one switch or one line of caption. ### When TikTok asks for it TikTok requires a label on AI-generated content that contains realistic images, audio or video, and encourages one on anything completely generated or significantly edited by AI ([TikTok: About AI-generated content](https://www.tiktok.com/support/faq_detail?id=7636670084747893268)). An [AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar) presenter, an [AI character swap](/character-swap) and realistic AI scenes all count. ### How to add it In the TikTok app, tap Add post, upload the video, tap Next, then More options, and turn on the AI-generated content setting. TikTok also accepts disclosure written into the post itself, as text, a hashtag sticker or context in the description. ### Posting from MakeAIVideo The MakeAIVideo post dialog has no switch for TikTok's label, so say it in the caption you post (for example, 'Made with AI'), or download the video and upload it in the TikTok app with the setting on. ### What it does to reach TikTok says turning on the AI-generated content setting won't affect a video's distribution as long as it follows the Community Guidelines. Unlabeled realistic AI content can be removed. All included ## Everything in a TikTok AI video generator render Voice, captions, any music you pick and a 1080p export come with every clip. Nothing to unlock and no second app. See [plans and pricing](/pricing). Native 9:16 vertical. Built vertical for TikTok from the first scene, not letterboxed from a wide source. 15 visual styles. Cinematic, anime, claymation and more, applied across every AI scene in the TikTok. Word-by-word captions. 11 caption styles, timed to the voiceover and burned into the TikTok. Studio AI voices. A curated library of natural narrators to match your TikTok niche. Ducked background music. Optional: pick a track and it sits under the narration without burying the voice. Watermark-free 1080p. Clean exports ready to post to TikTok. Style Visual style CinematicAnimeClaymationPhotorealWatercolorDocumentaryFilm NoirRetro VHSPencil SketchComic BookCyberpunk+4 more Aspect ratio 9:16 TikTok / Reels 1:1 Square 16:9 YouTube Captions Word-by-word, auto-styled Background music Calm Change 1080p MP4, no watermark Download Connect your AI agent ## Let your AI assistant run the TikTok video generator and post Connect Claude, ChatGPT, Grok or any MCP client and ask for the TikTok in one sentence. It makes the video with the same pipeline as the app and can post it to your connected TikTok account. 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. “Make a 45 second TikTok about why Roman concrete outlasts ours, then schedule it to my TikTok for 6pm tomorrow.” 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. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[Connect any AI agent](/agents) MCP, API and CLI are included on every plan. Connector address `https://mcp.makeaivideo.ai`Copy Works with - [Claude](/docs/mcp) - [ChatGPT](/chatgpt-video-generator) - [Grok](/docs/mcp) - [Claude Code](/docs/mcp) - [Cursor](/docs/mcp) - [Any MCP client](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) Signed in? [Connect an AI assistant →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) Formats ## Faceless TikToks and other formats to make with AI Six kinds of TikTok the generator and its sibling tools make, none of which shows your own face. ![A stack of silver coins and a small plant on a desk, a frame from a faceless finance explainer TikTok](/images/blocks/tiktok-video-generator/faceless-explainers.webp) ### Faceless explainer TikToks A narrator reads a hook-first script over real stock footage, with captions on top. It suits finance, tech, history and how-to niches, and a 30-second one costs about 95 credits. Short of a niche? Try the [faceless YouTube channel idea generator](/tools/faceless-youtube-channel-idea-generator); many of its niches carry over to TikTok. ![A Roman aqueduct in morning haze, a frame from a cinematic AI history story TikTok](/images/blocks/tiktok-video-generator/ai-scene-stories.webp) ### Story TikToks in AI scenes Switch the footage to AI video and every beat becomes a generated scene in one of 15 visual styles, from cinematic to anime. It fits history, mystery and what-if stories that stock footage cannot show. ![A presenter speaking to camera in a bright home studio, a frame from an AI presenter TikTok](/images/blocks/tiktok-video-generator/ai-presenter.webp) ### AI presenter TikToks Give the account a face without showing yours. An [AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar) reads each script to camera, with captions and stock B-roll, so followers learn a presenter as well as a voice. ![A friendly silver robot character gesturing in a living room, a frame from a character swap skit](/images/blocks/tiktok-video-generator/character-swap.webp) ### Character skits from your own clip Film the skit yourself, then [AI character swap](/character-swap) replaces you with a character across a 3 to 60 second clip. It costs 18 credits a second plus 10, so a 30-second skit is about 550 credits. ![A frosted skincare bottle on stone with a water ripple, a frame from an animated product photo](/images/blocks/tiktok-video-generator/product-photo.webp) ### Product photos that move Turn one product shot into a 5 or 10 second vertical clip with [image to video](/image-to-video): 60 credits for 5 seconds, 110 for 10, or 160 for 10 seconds with narration and lip sync. Good for TikTok Shop sellers and launch teasers. ![Hands repotting a small succulent on a light table, a frame from a tutorial TikTok](/images/blocks/tiktok-video-generator/tutorials.webp) ### Tutorial TikToks Compress a how-to into a 60-second TikTok with paced narration and a scene per step. Each beat gets its own visual, so nothing drags and the steps stay easy to follow. If you want to cut an existing long video into TikToks, a repurposing tool fits better. This is for TikToks built from scratch. Credits ## What one TikTok costs in the AI TikTok video generator Estimates include the script and the narration. The create screen shows the exact cost before you press generate, and posting to TikTok costs nothing extra. ### Credits per video 15-second stock-footage TikTok About 59 30-second stock-footage TikTok About 95 60-second stock-footage TikTok About 164 30-second TikTok in AI scenes About 428 60-second TikTok in AI scenes About 794 Image to video clip, 5 or 10 seconds 60 or 110 Image to video, 10 seconds, narrated with lip sync 160 30-second character swap 550 ### 30-second stock-footage TikToks per plan Lite, $9 450 credits About 4 a month, or 1 a week Solo, $19 1,000 credits About 10 a month, or 2 a week Plus, $29 1,600 credits About 16 a month, or 3 to 4 a week Pro, $49 2,800 credits About 29 a month, close to one a day Counts are rounded down. AI scenes, longer TikToks and character swaps use more. The 7-day trial for new customers includes 500 credits, with trial videos capped at about 10 seconds of script. A posting rhythm ## A weekly workflow to make TikTok videos with AI Three or four TikToks a week, made in one sitting and scheduled ahead. At about 95 credits for each 30-second stock-footage TikTok, that is roughly 1,140 to 1,520 credits a month, which fits the Plus plan. 1. Step 1 ### Monday: pick this week's TikTok ideas Type your niche into the Ideas board, pick a tone and get ten ideas with a hook and an angle each. Keep the three or four that fit your format, or draft hooks with the free [TikTok script generator](/tools/tiktok-script-generator). 2. Step 2 ### Make the batch in one sitting Send each idea to the TikTok video generator at 9:16 with the same voice, visual style and caption preset, so the account reads as one creator. Fix any weak scene in the editor rather than starting again. 3. Step 3 ### Schedule each TikTok for its own slot Open each finished video, choose Post to your accounts, add an AI disclosure to the caption and set a date and time. Scheduled posts go out within about two minutes of the time you pick. 4. Step 4 ### Friday: check what went out The Posts page shows each video's status on every account and links to the live post. Read views and watch time in TikTok's own analytics, then keep the formats that held viewers for next week's batch. What to avoid ## Five mistakes that stall an AI TikTok account New AI TikTok accounts tend to stall for the same few reasons, and none of them is the tool. ### Changing format every video TikTok learns who to show you to from what you post. Pick one structure, such as a three-tip list or a 60-second story, and keep it long enough to learn from. ### Posting off-niche to grow faster One off-topic video can pull views, then blur who the account is for. Stay in the niche even when a random idea tempts you. ### Putting the hook in the caption The caption sits below the video; the first frame is what a scroller actually sees. The hook belongs in the first spoken line and the first caption on screen. ### A voice that does not fit the niche A neutral narrator suits tech and finance; personality niches need a voice people recognise. Pick one narrator that fits and keep it on every video. ### Quitting before the account has data Early videos are how TikTok works out your audience, and most accounts look flat at first. Judge the format after dozens of posts, not five. Best practices ## Tips for AI short videos that hold the For You feed ### Write the TikTok idea around the hook Lead with the angle, not the topic. 'A 30-second POV about why TikTok pays less than YouTube' beats 'a video about creator pay' every time, because the TikTok script inherits the angle from your line. ### Pick 9:16 before generating Captions and framing are tuned to the safe area for the ratio you choose. Switching a 16:9 render to vertical means exporting again, and visuals framed for wide can lose what mattered. ### Make the caption's first line count The post dialog allows up to 4,000 characters for TikTok, but the hook belongs in line one. Finish with a few niche hashtags rather than a long stack. The free [TikTok caption generator](/tools/tiktok-caption-generator) drafts options. ### Burn captions in for sound-off viewing Plenty of the TikTok feed is watched muted. Word-by-word captions are baked into the export by default; pick a high-contrast preset so they read on busy backgrounds. ### Re-roll one scene, not the whole TikTok If a single scene misses, regenerate just that scene in the editor instead of re-rendering the whole TikTok. Faster and cheaper than starting over. ### Name the TikTok format in your idea Say 'faceless explainer', 'POV' or 'tutorial' in the one-line brief. The generator tunes pacing, tone and visual style to the TikTok format you name. ## More ways to make AI short videos beyond TikTok [![](/images/blocks/pages/home.webp)AI video generatorAny video in any ratio, not only TikToks.](/)[![](/images/blocks/pages/prompt-to-video.webp)Text to videoTurn any written idea into a narrated video.](/prompt-to-video)[![](/images/blocks/pages/ai-shorts-generator.webp)YouTube Shorts generatorThe same vertical video, posted as a Short.](/ai-shorts-generator)[![](/images/blocks/pages/instagram-reels-generator.webp)Instagram Reels generatorVertical for the Reels tab.](/instagram-reels-generator)[![](/images/blocks/pages/faceless-youtube-channel.webp)Faceless YouTube channelLong-form and Shorts from the same scripts.](/faceless-youtube-channel)[![](/images/blocks/pages/talking-avatar.webp)AI talking avatarPut a presenter on your TikToks.](/talking-avatar)[![](/images/blocks/pages/character-swap.webp)AI character swapSwap yourself for a character in a skit.](/character-swap)[![](/images/blocks/pages/image-to-video.webp)Image to videoMake a product photo move.](/image-to-video)[![](/images/blocks/pages/ai-ugc-video.webp)AI UGC videoCasual ad-style content.](/ai-ugc-video)[![](/images/blocks/pages/auto-post.webp)Auto post to TikTokSchedule to TikTok, YouTube and Instagram.](/auto-post) ## AI TikTok video guides and tutorials [![](/images/blog/how-to-write-an-ai-video-script-hero.webp)How to write a video scriptThe hook, body and close template behind a 60-second TikTok.Read how to write a video script](/blog/how-to-write-an-ai-video-script)[![](/images/blog/best-ai-tools-for-content-creators-2026-hero.webp)AI tools for content creatorsA Monday to Friday playbook for making and posting short videos every week.See the AI tools for content creators](/blog/best-ai-tools-for-content-creators-2026)[![](/images/blog/best-minimax-hailuo-review-2026-hero.webp)Hailuo AI reviewThe model behind the AI scenes in your TikToks, tested.Read the Hailuo AI review](/blog/best-minimax-hailuo-review-2026)[![](/images/blocks/pages/ai-shorts-generator.webp)AI Shorts generatorThe same vertical video, posted to YouTube as a Short.Make Shorts with the AI Shorts generator](/ai-shorts-generator)[![](/images/blocks/pages/ai-ugc-video.webp)AI UGC videoFor brands using TikTok as a paid channel: casual, ad-style creative from a brief.See the AI UGC video generator](/ai-ugc-video)[![](/images/blocks/pages/auto-post.webp)Auto post to TikTok, YouTube and InstagramConnect accounts, write a caption per platform and schedule posts.See auto posting](/auto-post) Pricing ## AI TikTok video generator plans from $9 a month Every plan makes vertical TikToks and posts them to your connected accounts, with no watermark on the 1080p export. Choose by how many videos you make; credits refresh every billing month. ### Lite The cheapest way in, with every video mode included. $9/month or $90 a year, 2 months free 450credits a month About 4 stock-footage videos or about 1 AI cinematic video 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 2 social accounts - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video - Full HD 1080p export, no watermark ### Solo For one creator posting every week. $19/month or $190 a year, 2 months free 1,000credits a month About 10 stock-footage videos or about 2 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 4 social accounts - More than double the credits of Lite - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video ### Plus Most popular Long-form, your branding and a team of three. $29/month or $290 a year, 2 months free 1,600credits a month About 16 stock-footage videos or about 3 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 6 social accounts - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - Brand Kit: your logo as a watermark on every video - 3 team seats with admin and member roles ### Pro For teams and channels running at volume. $49/month or $490 a year, 2 months free 2,800credits a month About 29 stock-footage videos or about 6 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 10 social accounts - Lowest price per credit of any plan - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - 10 team seats with admin and member roles 7-day free trial for new customers: $0 today, card required, 500 trial credits, and trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script. Video counts are estimates for 30-second videos, rounded down. Plan credits refresh every billing month and do not roll over. Every plan includes - Every way to make a video: prompt, script, talking avatar, image and character swap - 15 visual styles, captions, music and voices - 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 Busy month? Top-up packs from $9: a one-time purchase, and the credits never expire. [Compare plans and packs](/pricing) ## TikTok AI video generator FAQs How the TikTok generator writes, renders and posts your videos, what TikTok asks of AI content, and what it costs. Something else? [Visit the help center](/help) How do you make TikTok videos with AI? Pick one format and one niche, then type the topic and angle in one line with the ratio at 9:16. MakeAIVideo writes a hook-first script, records an AI voiceover, builds a scene per beat from stock footage or AI video, times word-by-word captions to the voice and renders a 1080p MP4 in a few minutes. Tweak it in the editor, then post it to your connected TikTok account now or at a time you schedule. How does the TikTok video generator work? You type a one-line TikTok idea and MakeAIVideo writes a hook-first TikTok script, records an AI voiceover, generates a scene for each beat, times word-by-word captions to the voice, and renders a 9:16 vertical 1080p MP4 ready to upload to TikTok. A short clip is usually ready in a few minutes. Is there a free AI TikTok video generator? New customers get a 7-day free trial: a card is required, nothing is charged today, and it includes 500 credits, with trial videos capped at about 10 seconds of script. After that, plans start at $9 a month. The [TikTok script generator](/tools/tiktok-script-generator) and [TikTok caption generator](/tools/tiktok-caption-generator) stay free and need no account. How much does it cost? Plans are a monthly subscription starting at $9 for the Lite plan (450 credits a month), then Solo $19 (1,000), Plus $29 (1,600) and Pro $49 (2,800). Your allowance refreshes each billing month. If a month runs heavy, top-up packs are a separate one-time purchase and those credits never expire. Generation cost scales with length and the style you pick. [See MakeAIVideo plans and pricing](/pricing). How many credits does one TikTok cost? About 95 credits for a 30-second stock-footage TikTok and about 164 for 60 seconds, narration and script included. AI scenes cost more: about 428 credits for 30 seconds. The create screen shows the estimate before you generate, so you always see the cost first. How long does a TikTok render take? Most short vertical clips are ready in a few minutes. Longer videos take longer, and AI-generated scenes take longer than stock footage. The finished TikTok lands in your library when it is done. What size should an AI TikTok video be? Vertical 9:16, which MakeAIVideo exports at 1080 x 1920. TikTok lists vertical 9:16 among the basics in its [creative best practices](https://ads.tiktok.com/help/article/creative-best-practices?lang=en). Keep captions and key visuals inside the safe area so the app's buttons and caption do not cover them; MakeAIVideo places its burned-in captions there for you. What aspect ratios and resolution does it export? 9:16 vertical, the TikTok format, is the default, and the same vertical file works as a Reel or a Short. You can also pick 16:9 landscape or 1:1 square, one ratio per render. Every export is a 1080p MP4 with captions placed in the safe area for the ratio you pick. Do I need to label AI-generated TikToks? If the video contains realistic AI images, audio or video, yes: TikTok requires a label, and encourages one on any content completely generated or significantly edited by AI ([TikTok: About AI-generated content](https://www.tiktok.com/support/faq_detail?id=7636670084747893268)). Turn on the AI-generated content setting under More options when you post in the TikTok app, or disclose it in the caption when you post from MakeAIVideo. TikTok says the setting won't affect distribution as long as the video follows its Community Guidelines. Is there a watermark on the videos? No. Every export is a watermark-free 1080p MP4, yours to upload to TikTok or anywhere else. Watermark removal isn't gated behind a higher tier. Can AI TikToks earn from TikTok's Creator Rewards Program? Videos you generate are yours to use commercially, but TikTok decides what its program pays for. Its [Creator Rewards Program rules](https://www.tiktok.com/support/faq_detail?id=7581821550694013452) ask for at least 10,000 followers and 100,000 video views in the last 30 days, videos at least one minute long, and original content; TikTok does not count videos made only of photos or text overlays as original. Make 60 to 90 second TikToks with your own angle and script. [See the MakeAIVideo terms](/legal/terms). Can I make faceless TikToks? Yes. A narrator over stock footage or AI scenes needs no face at all. For a face that isn't yours, use an [AI talking avatar](/talking-avatar) presenter, or film a skit and swap yourself for a character with [AI character swap](/character-swap). Can I edit the TikTok after it generates? Yes. Open the finished video in the built-in editor to rewrite captions word by word, swap the voice, re-roll a single scene, or restyle the captions. The default export is built to post as-is if you don't want to tweak. How is this different from a generic AI TikTok generator? Most TikTok generators hand you a single short AI clip and stop, so you still write the script, record the voice, cut captions, and stitch it elsewhere. MakeAIVideo makes the whole TikTok (script, voiceover, multi-scene visuals, captions, optional music) and outputs the finished vertical video you can post to TikTok directly. For videos that are not TikToks, the [AI video generator](/) does the same in any ratio. Is this an AI short video generator for Reels and Shorts too? Yes. The same 9:16 render posts to Instagram as a Reel and to YouTube as a Short from the same post dialog. The [Instagram Reels generator](/instagram-reels-generator) and [YouTube Shorts generator](/ai-shorts-generator) pages cover each platform's own habits. Can I bring my own TikTok script instead of a one-line idea? Yes. [Script to video](/script-to-video) narrates your TikTok script word for word over real stock footage or AI scenes, with the same captions and 9:16 export. Give a one-line idea if you want the AI to write the TikTok, or paste the script if you've already written it. Are captions and music included? Yes. Word-by-word captions are timed to the voiceover and burned into the export, and background music is optional: pick a track and it ducks under the narration. Nothing to add in post; the clip is ready for the feed. How long can a generated TikTok be? Most TikTok-style clips fit 30 to 60 seconds, about 75 to 150 spoken words; a quick tip can be 15 to 30 seconds and a story-driven deep dive 60 to 90. Longer videos are supported (up to 10 minutes for AI-generated scenes), but for the platform the shorter, paced format tends to outperform. How many AI TikToks should I post? As many as you can keep up on a steady rhythm. Each video is another chance for TikTok to find your audience, but a pace you drop after a week does less than a smaller one you hold. Make a batch in one sitting and schedule each video for its own slot; scheduled posts go out within about two minutes of the time you set. Can I cross-post AI TikToks to Reels and Shorts? Yes. Tick more accounts in the post dialog and the same 9:16 video goes to Instagram as a Reel and to YouTube as a Short, with a caption you can adjust for each platform's limit: 4,000 characters on TikTok, 2,200 on Instagram and 5,000 on YouTube. What kind of AI voice works best for TikTok? A conversational, energetic read that matches the niche. Pick a narrator before you generate, re-roll or swap it in the editor if the read is off, and keep the same voice across videos so the account sounds like one creator. What happens when I run out of credits? Nothing is charged automatically and nothing is lost. Your account and finished videos stay exactly as they are. Your plan's allowance refreshes on your next billing date, or buy a top-up pack whenever you want to generate sooner. ## One TikTok idea. A finished, posted TikTok. Plans from $9 a month, with a credit allowance that refreshes every billing month. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/tools --- title: "Free AI Video Tools and Calculators | MakeAIVideo" description: "17 free browser-based tools for video creators. Calculators (CPM, ROAS, CTR, YouTube earnings) and generators (script, hook, title, tags, captions). No signup." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/tools format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- # MakeAIVideo free tools for video creators 18 browser-based tools for short-form video creators and marketers. No signup, no AI cost, no data leaves your browser. Use them as much as you want. 7 tools ## Free generators for video creators Bring up dozens of options for any creative input (hooks, ideas, titles) in seconds. - [ ### Video Hook Generator Generate 10 attention-grabbing video hooks for any topic. Patterns proven to drive watch-through on TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Free, no signup. Free, no signup](/tools/video-hook-generator) - [ ### Video Idea Generator Get 10 ready-to-shoot video ideas tailored to your niche. Built from formats that consistently win views on TikTok, Reels, and Shorts. Free, no signup. Free, no signup](/tools/video-idea-generator) - [ ### YouTube Title Generator Generate 10 proven YouTube titles in your chosen style: how-to, listicle, comparison, story, or controversial. Includes SERP truncation warnings. Free, no signup](/tools/youtube-title-generator) - [ ### YouTube Channel Name Generator Generate 20 YouTube channel name ideas across 7 styles. Includes handle character checks and a one-click YouTube availability link. Free, no signup. Free, no signup](/tools/youtube-channel-name-generator) - [ ### YouTube Tag Generator Generate a YouTube tags pool from your topic + niche, optimised to fit YouTube's 500-character tag limit. Free, no signup. Free, no signup](/tools/youtube-tag-generator) - [ ### Podcast Name Generator Get 20 podcast name ideas across 7 naming styles (descriptive, The X Show, personal, metaphor, playful, expert, alliterative). Free, instant. Free, no signup](/tools/podcast-name-generator) - [ ### Faceless YouTube Idea Generator Tailored faceless YouTube channel ideas filtered by income target, production style, and audience experience. RPM bands included. Free, no signup](/tools/faceless-youtube-channel-idea-generator) 5 tools ## Free writing tools for video creators Format, fit, and tune copy for each social platform. - [ ### Video Script Generator Generate 6 full HOOK / BODY / CTA video scripts in any format, short-form, long-form, tutorial, VSL, talking-head, product demo. Free, no signup, instant. Free, no signup](/tools/video-script-generator) - [ ### Instagram Caption Generator Free Instagram caption generator: 12 captions across 7 styles, with niche hashtag bundles for Reels and posts. Instant, no signup needed. Free, no signup](/tools/instagram-caption-generator) - [ ### YouTube Description Generator Generate 5 full YouTube descriptions per click with hook, summary, chapters, CTA, and hashtags. Live 5,000-char count. Free. Free, no signup](/tools/youtube-description-generator) - [ ### TikTok Script Generator Free TikTok script generator: 15 scripts per click across 8 formats, each with HOOK / BODY / CTA beats and a word count to match. No signup. Free, no signup](/tools/tiktok-script-generator) - [ ### TikTok Caption Generator Generate 12 TikTok captions across 6 styles (POV, storytime, question, tease, promo, trend) with niche-specific hashtag bundles. Free, instant, no signup. Free, no signup](/tools/tiktok-caption-generator) 6 tools ## Free calculators and utilities for video creators Spec sheets, counters, calculators. The boring stuff that breaks videos. - [ ### CPM Calculator Calculate CPM, cost, or impressions in one click with real 2026 channel benchmarks for YouTube, Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, and CTV. Free, no signup](/tools/cpm-calculator) - [ ### Speech Time Calculator Paste your script and instantly calculate spoken duration at 5 speaking rates (audiobook, conversational, presenter, energetic, auctioneer). Free, no signup](/tools/speech-time-calculator) - [ ### YouTube Money Calculator Estimate YouTube ad revenue from views with niche-specific RPM ranges from 2026 creator-economy data. Low, typical, and high earnings band. Free, no signup](/tools/youtube-money-calculator) - [ ### ROAS Calculator Calculate return on ad spend (ROAS), break-even ROAS, and net profit. Compares your number against benchmarks for 6 ad channels. Free, no signup](/tools/roas-calculator) - [ ### CTR Calculator Calculate click-through rate from clicks and impressions, with 2026 channel benchmarks across search, social, video, email, and organic SERP. Free, no signup](/tools/ctr-calculator) - [ ### Caption Character Counter Live character counter with per-platform limits across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube Shorts, X, and LinkedIn. Catches overruns before you hit publish. Free, no signup](/tools/tiktok-caption-counter) When the planning is done ## The tools plan the video. MakeAIVideo makes it. Bring the script, hook or idea you made here to [Prompt to Video](/prompt-to-video) or [Script to Video](/script-to-video). It narrates, builds the scenes, captions every word and exports a 1080p MP4, then [posts it](/auto-post) to 11 platforms. Script, voice, scenes, captions. One pipeline and one render, with no second tool. Every aspect ratio. 9:16, 1:1 and 16:9, from 15 seconds up to 10 minutes. Posted for you. TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and eight more, now or on a schedule. Create Prompt to VideoScript to VideoTalking AvatarImage to Video Your prompt Example A 30 second documentary about how the Romans built the Colosseum, with a hook in the first line and a question at the end. Or start from an example Morning habitsWhy startups failHistory deep-diveScience fact Length 15s1m3m5m10mCustom Aspect ratio 9:161:116:9 Sarah Female · American Mature, reassuring, confident Captions Word-by-word, auto-styled Estimated cost ~90 credits Example Generate video Pricing ## When you are ready to make the videos Every tool on this page stays free with no signup. Plans for making videos start at $9 a month, with every create mode on every plan. ### Lite The cheapest way in, with every video mode included. $9/month or $90 a year, 2 months free 450credits a month About 4 stock-footage videos or about 1 AI cinematic video 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 2 social accounts - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video - Full HD 1080p export, no watermark ### Solo For one creator posting every week. $19/month or $190 a year, 2 months free 1,000credits a month About 10 stock-footage videos or about 2 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 4 social accounts - More than double the credits of Lite - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video ### Plus Most popular Long-form, your branding and a team of three. $29/month or $290 a year, 2 months free 1,600credits a month About 16 stock-footage videos or about 3 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 6 social accounts - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - Brand Kit: your logo as a watermark on every video - 3 team seats with admin and member roles ### Pro For teams and channels running at volume. $49/month or $490 a year, 2 months free 2,800credits a month About 29 stock-footage videos or about 6 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 10 social accounts - Lowest price per credit of any plan - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - 10 team seats with admin and member roles 7-day free trial for new customers: $0 today, card required, 500 trial credits, and trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script. Video counts are estimates for 30-second videos, rounded down. Plan credits refresh every billing month and do not roll over. Every plan includes - Every way to make a video: prompt, script, talking avatar, image and character swap - 15 visual styles, captions, music and voices - 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 Busy month? Top-up packs from $9: a one-time purchase, and the credits never expire. [Compare plans and packs](/pricing) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/tools/cpm-calculator --- title: "Free CPM Calculator with 2026 Benchmarks | MakeAIVideo" description: "Calculate CPM, cost, or impressions in one click with real 2026 channel benchmarks for YouTube, Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, and CTV." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/tools/cpm-calculator format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [All tools](/tools) # CPM Calculator Calculate CPM, cost, or impressions in one click with real 2026 channel benchmarks for YouTube, Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, and CTV. What do you want to calculate? Find CPMFind costFind impressions I know cost + impressions. What's the CPM? Total ad spend ($) Total impressions Enter the values above to calculate your CPM. CPM formulas (in case you need them) - CPM = (cost / impressions) × 1,000 - Cost = (CPM × impressions) / 1,000 - Impressions = (budget / CPM) × 1,000 ## About the CPM Calculator Three-mode CPM calculator: find your CPM from cost + impressions, find the cost from CPM + impressions, or find expected impressions from CPM + budget. Includes side-by-side benchmark comparison across YouTube, Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, Display, and CTV so you know whether your CPM is efficient, typical, or premium for the channel. ✓ Runs entirely in your browser. No signup, no AI cost, no data sent anywhere. Make the ad, too ## You know what the impressions cost. Make the ad they will see. [Ad Maker](/ai-ad-maker) turns a description of what you sell and 1 to 5 product photos into a video ad sized for the placement: TikTok in-feed, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, Facebook feed or YouTube in-stream. It writes the hook, the pitch and the call to action. Your real product. Product scenes show your photos as they are, so the ad never invents your product. Sized per placement. 9:16 for TikTok, Reels and Shorts, 1:1 for the Facebook feed, 16:9 for in-stream. Your call to action. Shop now, Book a demo, Download the app, or your own wording. Ad Maker Describe what you sell. We write the hook, the pitch and the call to action, then build the ad. What are you advertising? Example A handmade ceramic pour-over coffee set. Slow mornings, one cup at a time, sold direct from our studio. Photos of your product ![](/hero-posters/i2v.webp)![](/hero-posters/prompt.webp) 1 to 5 real photos. Product scenes show them as they are, so the ad never invents your product. Where will it run? TikTok in-feed9:16 · 20sInstagram Reels9:16 · 30sYouTube Shorts9:16 · 30sFacebook feed1:1 · 30sYouTube in-stream16:9 · 30s Call to action Shop nowGet started freeBook a demoDownload the appLearn moreCustom Estimated cost ~82 credits Example Generate video Pricing ## Plans for making the ads you are pricing The CPM calculator stays free with no signup. Ad Maker is included on every plan, from $9 a month. ### Lite The cheapest way in, with every video mode included. $9/month or $90 a year, 2 months free 450credits a month About 4 stock-footage videos or about 1 AI cinematic video 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 2 social accounts - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video - Full HD 1080p export, no watermark ### Solo For one creator posting every week. $19/month or $190 a year, 2 months free 1,000credits a month About 10 stock-footage videos or about 2 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 4 social accounts - More than double the credits of Lite - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video ### Plus Most popular Long-form, your branding and a team of three. $29/month or $290 a year, 2 months free 1,600credits a month About 16 stock-footage videos or about 3 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 6 social accounts - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - Brand Kit: your logo as a watermark on every video - 3 team seats with admin and member roles ### Pro For teams and channels running at volume. $49/month or $490 a year, 2 months free 2,800credits a month About 29 stock-footage videos or about 6 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 10 social accounts - Lowest price per credit of any plan - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - 10 team seats with admin and member roles 7-day free trial for new customers: $0 today, card required, 500 trial credits, and trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script. Video counts are estimates for 30-second videos, rounded down. Plan credits refresh every billing month and do not roll over. Every plan includes - Every way to make a video: prompt, script, talking avatar, image and character swap - 15 visual styles, captions, music and voices - 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 Busy month? Top-up packs from $9: a one-time purchase, and the credits never expire. [Compare plans and packs](/pricing) ## CPM Calculator FAQs Something else? [Visit the help center](/help) What is CPM and how is it calculated? CPM stands for cost per mille (mille = 1,000 in Latin), the cost of 1,000 ad impressions. The formula is CPM = (total cost / total impressions) × 1,000. So if you spent $500 to get 100,000 impressions, your CPM is $5. What is a good CPM in 2026? It depends entirely on the channel. Display ads run $1-$5 CPM, Meta and TikTok land around $5-$15, YouTube in-stream averages $9.68, LinkedIn $6-$30 (the highest for B2B targeting), and connected TV (CTV) is $18-$45 for premium audiences. Our calculator compares your number against benchmark ranges for every major channel. What's the difference between CPM and CPC? CPM (cost per mille) is what you pay per 1,000 impressions (someone seeing your ad). CPC (cost per click) is what you pay per click. CPM is the typical pricing model for awareness and reach campaigns; CPC is used for direct-response campaigns where you want clicks. Some platforms support both bidding models. Why is YouTube CPM so much higher than other social platforms? YouTube CPM averages $9.68 because (1) full-screen video commands attention and skippable in-stream ads have higher engagement than text or image ads, (2) YouTube takes a 45% revenue share but advertisers still pay premium because the audience watches with sound on, and (3) precise YouTube targeting by topic, channel, and keyword pushes CPM higher in competitive niches like finance. How do I lower my CPM? Three high-impact moves: (1) improve creative quality so your CTR rises, which lowers effective CPM on auction-based platforms, (2) broaden your audience targeting to reduce auction pressure (narrower targeting drives up CPM), and (3) shift budget to lower-CPM channels like display or programmatic for upper-funnel awareness, reserving high-CPM channels like LinkedIn for high-intent moments. Is this CPM calculator free? Yes, free to use as often as you like, no signup, no card. The tool runs entirely in your browser so there's no AI cost or rate limit. The paid product on MakeAIVideo is [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video), a separate product that runs on a monthly plan's credits. Want to actually make the video? MakeAIVideo turns one prompt into a finished AI video: script, voiceover, scenes and captions, with music if you want it, ready in a few minutes. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) ## More free AI video tools - [ Speech Time Calculator Paste your script and instantly calculate spoken duration at 5 speaking rates (audiobook, conversational, presenter, energetic, auctioneer). ](/tools/speech-time-calculator) - [ YouTube Money Calculator Estimate YouTube ad revenue from views with niche-specific RPM ranges from 2026 creator-economy data. Low, typical, and high earnings band. ](/tools/youtube-money-calculator) - [ ROAS Calculator Calculate return on ad spend (ROAS), break-even ROAS, and net profit. Compares your number against benchmarks for 6 ad channels. ](/tools/roas-calculator) - [ CTR Calculator Calculate click-through rate from clicks and impressions, with 2026 channel benchmarks across search, social, video, email, and organic SERP. ](/tools/ctr-calculator) [See all tools](/tools) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/tools/ctr-calculator --- title: "Free CTR Calculator with 2026 Benchmarks | MakeAIVideo" description: "Calculate click-through rate from clicks and impressions, with 2026 channel benchmarks across search, social, video, email, and organic SERP." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/tools/ctr-calculator format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [All tools](/tools) # CTR Calculator Calculate click-through rate from clicks and impressions, with 2026 channel benchmarks across search, social, video, email, and organic SERP. Clicks Impressions Enter clicks and impressions to calculate your CTR. CTR formula + tips CTR = (clicks / impressions) × 100 CTR measures how often people who SEE your ad or link actually click. It's the strongest creative-quality signal across paid channels, high CTR lowers your CPC (Google rewards relevance) and increases your organic reach (algorithms favour content people engage with). Benchmarks are channel-specific because user intent differs. Google Search CTR is much higher because users actively searched; display CTR is much lower because the user is doing something else when they see your ad. ## About the CTR Calculator Enter your clicks and impressions to instantly calculate CTR (click-through rate) and see how it compares against current benchmarks for 8 channels: Google Search Ads, Display, Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok, YouTube TrueView, email newsletters, and organic SERP by position. Each benchmark includes the typical range plus a health rating (below typical / on par / strong) for your number. ✓ Runs entirely in your browser. No signup, no AI cost, no data sent anywhere. Test a new creative ## Low CTR? Give people a different ad to click. [Ad Maker](/ai-ad-maker) writes a fresh hook, pitch and call to action from a description of what you sell, then builds the video ad around your product photos. Make a few versions and let your CTR show which one works. A new hook each time. Change the description and generate a different opening. Pick the call to action. Shop now, Learn more, Book a demo or your own wording. Placement-ready. Sized for TikTok in-feed, Reels, Shorts, the Facebook feed or YouTube in-stream. Ad Maker Describe what you sell. We write the hook, the pitch and the call to action, then build the ad. What are you advertising? Example A handmade ceramic pour-over coffee set. Slow mornings, one cup at a time, sold direct from our studio. Photos of your product ![](/hero-posters/i2v.webp)![](/hero-posters/prompt.webp) 1 to 5 real photos. Product scenes show them as they are, so the ad never invents your product. Where will it run? TikTok in-feed9:16 · 20sInstagram Reels9:16 · 30sYouTube Shorts9:16 · 30sFacebook feed1:1 · 30sYouTube in-stream16:9 · 30s Call to action Shop nowGet started freeBook a demoDownload the appLearn moreCustom Estimated cost ~82 credits Example Generate video Pricing ## Plans for making more ads to test The CTR calculator stays free with no signup. Ad Maker comes with every plan, from $9 a month. ### Lite The cheapest way in, with every video mode included. $9/month or $90 a year, 2 months free 450credits a month About 4 stock-footage videos or about 1 AI cinematic video 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 2 social accounts - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video - Full HD 1080p export, no watermark ### Solo For one creator posting every week. $19/month or $190 a year, 2 months free 1,000credits a month About 10 stock-footage videos or about 2 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 4 social accounts - More than double the credits of Lite - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video ### Plus Most popular Long-form, your branding and a team of three. $29/month or $290 a year, 2 months free 1,600credits a month About 16 stock-footage videos or about 3 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 6 social accounts - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - Brand Kit: your logo as a watermark on every video - 3 team seats with admin and member roles ### Pro For teams and channels running at volume. $49/month or $490 a year, 2 months free 2,800credits a month About 29 stock-footage videos or about 6 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 10 social accounts - Lowest price per credit of any plan - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - 10 team seats with admin and member roles 7-day free trial for new customers: $0 today, card required, 500 trial credits, and trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script. Video counts are estimates for 30-second videos, rounded down. Plan credits refresh every billing month and do not roll over. Every plan includes - Every way to make a video: prompt, script, talking avatar, image and character swap - 15 visual styles, captions, music and voices - 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 Busy month? Top-up packs from $9: a one-time purchase, and the credits never expire. [Compare plans and packs](/pricing) ## CTR Calculator FAQs Something else? [Visit the help center](/help) What is CTR and how is it calculated? CTR (click-through rate) is the percentage of people who click your ad or link after seeing it. The formula is CTR = (clicks / impressions) × 100. So 500 clicks on 25,000 impressions is a 2% CTR. Our calculator does the math instantly and benchmarks your number against 8 channels. What is a good CTR in 2026? Channel-dependent. Google Search Ads average 3.17% (high-intent users actively searching). Display ads run 0.46% (people are doing something else when ads appear). Meta ads land around 0.9%. LinkedIn 0.65%. TikTok 1.5%. Email newsletters around 2.6%. Organic SERP varies dramatically by position: ~39% at position 1, ~3% at position 10. The calculator shows all 8 channels side-by-side. How do I improve my CTR? The highest-leverage move is better creative. For ads: a stronger hook in the first 1-2 seconds (video) or first 5 words (text), a more specific call-to-action, and tighter audience targeting so the ad reaches people for whom the offer is genuinely relevant. For organic SERP: better title tag + meta description that promise a clearer payoff than competing results. Why does Google Search have such a high CTR vs display? User intent. People in Google Search actively typed a query, they're looking for an answer or a product. People seeing display ads are reading an article or browsing a site; the ad is interrupting them. Higher intent = higher CTR. Same applies inside platforms: in-feed Stories ads CTR higher than sidebar ads because the user is focused on the feed. What's the average organic CTR for position 1 on Google? Around 39% based on 2024-2026 industry studies. Position 2 averages ~18%, position 3 ~10%, position 5 ~6%, position 10 ~3%. AI Overviews have started compressing organic CTR further in 2025-2026, particularly for informational queries. Transactional and navigational queries still drive strong CTR to position 1. Does CTR affect my Google Ads bid? Yes. Google Ads uses CTR as a key input for Quality Score, which directly affects how much you pay per click and where your ad appears. Higher CTR = better Quality Score = lower CPC. That's why CTR is the single most important metric to optimise on Search Ads: it lowers cost AND increases visibility simultaneously. What's a good CTR for YouTube ads? TrueView skippable in-stream averages 0.5% CTR; engagement formats (TrueView for Action) can hit 1.5%+ with strong creative. The bigger video metric is view-through rate (how many people watch past 30 seconds), which is the YouTube-specific equivalent of CTR for awareness campaigns. Our calculator covers TrueView; see your YouTube Studio for VTR. Want to actually make the video? MakeAIVideo turns one prompt into a finished AI video: script, voiceover, scenes and captions, with music if you want it, ready in a few minutes. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) ## More free AI video tools - [ ROAS Calculator Calculate return on ad spend (ROAS), break-even ROAS, and net profit. Compares your number against benchmarks for 6 ad channels. ](/tools/roas-calculator) - [ CPM Calculator Calculate CPM, cost, or impressions in one click with real 2026 channel benchmarks for YouTube, Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, and CTV. ](/tools/cpm-calculator) - [ Video Hook Generator Generate 10 attention-grabbing video hooks for any topic. Patterns proven to drive watch-through on TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-hook-generator) - [ YouTube Title Generator Generate 10 proven YouTube titles in your chosen style: how-to, listicle, comparison, story, or controversial. Includes SERP truncation warnings. ](/tools/youtube-title-generator) [See all tools](/tools) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/tools/faceless-youtube-channel-idea-generator --- title: "Free Faceless YouTube Channel Idea Generator | MakeAIVideo" description: "Tailored faceless YouTube channel ideas filtered by income target, production style, and audience experience. RPM bands included." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/tools/faceless-youtube-channel-idea-generator format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [All tools](/tools) # Faceless YouTube Idea Generator Tailored faceless YouTube channel ideas filtered by income target, production style, and audience experience. RPM bands included. Realistic monthly income target$1K/month (side project)$5K/month (replace a salary)$15K/month (full-time business)$50K/month (scaled operation) Filters to niches that can plausibly hit this monthly income at established scale. Hitting it still requires 100-200 videos and the cadence to support that volume. Preferred production style Voiceover plus AI b-rollAI avatar narratorScreen recording plus commentaryAny format How well do you know your topic? I'm new to the topicI know the basicsI'm deep in the topic Shuffle for 8 new ideas35 niches match your filters - ### Geography and country deep-dives Education & how-to·$4-$10 RPM Copy Why faceless works: Map overlays plus stock footage plus data visualisations carry the analysis. Sample title: "Why Singapore became the world's wealthiest country per capita" - ### Real estate investing analysis Finance & investing·$15-$24 RPM Copy Why faceless works: Property walkthroughs from listings plus cap-rate calculations replace any need for a face. Sample title: "Why this $400K rental cash flows $1,200/month (full breakdown)" - ### Movie, TV, and media analysis Entertainment & story·$2-$5 RPM Copy Why faceless works: Clips (within fair use) plus screen-recorded scenes plus analysis overlays carry the entire video. Sample title: "The hidden detail in \[film\] that changes the ending" - ### Science explained simply Education & how-to·$5-$12 RPM Copy Why faceless works: Animated diagrams plus stock footage carry the explanation; a face would distract from the visuals. Sample title: "How quantum entanglement actually works (without the hype)" - ### Pet care and training Lifestyle, hobbies, slow content·$3-$7 RPM Copy Why faceless works: The dog/cat/exotic pet IS the on-camera subject; human face is unnecessary. Sample title: "The dog-training trick that fixed our reactivity in 3 weeks" - ### SaaS founder breakdowns and case studies Business & entrepreneurship·$12-$18 RPM Copy Why faceless works: Company dashboards plus annotated revenue charts replace any on-camera need. Sample title: "How \[SaaS\] grew from $0 to $1M ARR (full breakdown)" - ### Mortgage strategy explainers Real estate, insurance, legal·$16-$24 RPM Copy Why faceless works: Rate-table screenshots plus loan-comparison overlays replace any on-camera need. Sample title: "Should you refinance in 2026? The actual math" - ### Side hustle and passive income breakdowns Finance & investing·$12-$20 RPM Copy Why faceless works: Platform screen recordings (Fiverr, Etsy, Amazon) plus earnings dashboards do the demonstration. Sample title: "I tested 7 side hustles in 30 days. Only 2 actually paid" ### Picked one? Here's the next step. The tactical walkthrough for creating your channel from zero (account setup, first video, publishing layer, cadence loop) is in our step-by-step guide. For the production pipeline that ships finished videos in about two minutes, see our [faceless YouTube workflow](/faceless-youtube-channel). [Read the create-from-zero walkthrough](/faceless-youtube-channel) How the RPM bands and filters work RPM bands come from our [niche-by-niche RPM data study](/blog/youtube-cpm-rpm-by-niche-2026) which aggregates 2026 creator-economy survey data plus public Social Blade estimates. Your actual RPM varies based on audience country, watch time, mid-roll ad placement, and seasonality. The income-target filter shows niches that can plausibly hit that monthly figure at established scale (100-200+ videos, stable cadence). Lower-tier income targets always include higher-tier niches because higher RPM is strictly better at any view count. Production-style filter respects which formats fit a niche naturally. Several niches work in multiple formats, so picking "Any format" surfaces the broadest list. ## About the Faceless YouTube Idea Generator Pick your monthly income target ($1K / $5K / $15K / $50K), preferred production style (voiceover plus b-roll, AI avatar, screen recording, or any format), and how well you know your topic. The tool returns 8 tailored faceless YouTube niches from a 47-niche dataset, each with the 2026 RPM band, the production style that fits, and a sample video title. Built on top of our own niche-by-niche RPM data study. ✓ Runs entirely in your browser. No signup, no AI cost, no data sent anywhere. ## How to pick a faceless niche from your shortlist Run every niche the generator suggests through three questions, in order. First, does it pay enough for your goal? Advertisers bid more for finance, business, property and software audiences than for entertainment, so the same views earn very different amounts; model it with the [YouTube money calculator](/tools/youtube-money-calculator). Second, can you publish in it for months without running out of topics? The most common way a faceless channel stalls is an empty topic list by video 30. The test: could you write 100 video titles for this niche tonight without research? If not, choose another. Third, will its audience accept narration over footage instead of a presenter? Explainer, tutorial, finance and history audiences do; personality-led audiences usually don't. Then narrow it. 'Personal finance for nurses' or 'AI tools for solo founders' is easier to grow than 'finance' or 'tech', because the people who subscribe know exactly what they will get next. ## Faceless YouTube channel ideas that work without a presenter Money and business: personal finance for one group (nurses, teachers, new parents), tax and credit-score explainers, debt payoff strategies, business book summaries, and startup case studies built on publicly reported numbers. Keep the voice on the explanation and the visuals on charts and footage; a synthetic 'advisor' giving money guidance on camera is the format to avoid. Tech and software: AI tool reviews and tutorials, productivity software walkthroughs, cybersecurity awareness such as how phishing attempts work, and weekly tech news explainers. New tools launch constantly, so the topic list refills itself. Property, insurance and law: market updates for one city or region, mortgage and insurance explainers, and consumer legal explainers presented as general information with a clear disclaimer, not advice. Education: history deep-dives, science explained simply, geography and country explainers, one language taught to speakers of another, and skill tutorials for software people use at work. These earn long watch times and stay searchable for years. Health, hobbies and lifestyle: sleep, nutrition and mindfulness explainers, cooking with overhead shots, gardening, pet care, travel destination guides and hands-only craft tutorials. Ad rates run lower here, so plan on affiliate links alongside ads. Story channels: true crime case files, unsolved mysteries, and film, TV or game lore analysis. They pull big audiences, but many advertisers avoid the subject matter, so sponsorships and memberships matter more than ad revenue. ## Faceless niches to skip Some formats depend on a person on screen and fall flat without one: day-in-the-life vlogs, dance and trend clips, reaction channels, most beauty and fashion, and comedy sketches. Skip get-rich-quick content too (trading bots, 'passive income' schemes); it can draw clicks for a while, but it misleads viewers and puts the channel's monetization at risk. Once you have a niche, the steps for [how to start a faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel) cover the channel setup, the first videos and a cadence you can keep. Make the faceless videos ## Picked a niche? Make the videos without a camera. A faceless channel runs on narration over footage, which is what MakeAIVideo makes. Give it a topic or a script and an AI voice narrates it over real filmed clips matched to each line, or over fully AI-generated scenes. See how it works for a [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel). Real footage by default. Stock clips matched to every line of the script. An AI narrator. Pick a voice. Nobody records anything or appears on camera. Long or short. 16:9 videos up to 10 minutes, or 9:16 Shorts, posted to YouTube from the app. Create Footage Real footage $ Real filmed clips matched to each line of your script Best AI video $$$ Every scene generated from scratch, fully original Voiceover Narrate this video An AI voice reads the script out loud Background music Pick music No music Voice only, silence under the narration Generate with AI Describe a track, ready in ~10 seconds Estimated cost ~45 credits Example Generate video Pricing ## Plans for running a faceless channel Finding a niche here stays free with no signup. Plans start at $9 a month, and on Plus and Pro, stock-footage videos run up to 40 minutes. ### Lite The cheapest way in, with every video mode included. $9/month or $90 a year, 2 months free 450credits a month About 4 stock-footage videos or about 1 AI cinematic video 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 2 social accounts - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video - Full HD 1080p export, no watermark ### Solo For one creator posting every week. $19/month or $190 a year, 2 months free 1,000credits a month About 10 stock-footage videos or about 2 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 4 social accounts - More than double the credits of Lite - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video ### Plus Most popular Long-form, your branding and a team of three. $29/month or $290 a year, 2 months free 1,600credits a month About 16 stock-footage videos or about 3 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 6 social accounts - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - Brand Kit: your logo as a watermark on every video - 3 team seats with admin and member roles ### Pro For teams and channels running at volume. $49/month or $490 a year, 2 months free 2,800credits a month About 29 stock-footage videos or about 6 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 10 social accounts - Lowest price per credit of any plan - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - 10 team seats with admin and member roles 7-day free trial for new customers: $0 today, card required, 500 trial credits, and trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script. Video counts are estimates for 30-second videos, rounded down. Plan credits refresh every billing month and do not roll over. Every plan includes - Every way to make a video: prompt, script, talking avatar, image and character swap - 15 visual styles, captions, music and voices - 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 Busy month? Top-up packs from $9: a one-time purchase, and the credits never expire. [Compare plans and packs](/pricing) ## Faceless YouTube Idea Generator FAQs Something else? [Visit the help center](/help) What is a faceless YouTube channel? A faceless YouTube channel is one where the creator does not appear on camera. Videos use AI voiceover, AI b-roll or stock footage, screen recordings, animations, or a recurring AI avatar. Faceless production keeps creators anonymous while still earning ad revenue, brand deals, and own-product income. Are the RPM bands real or estimates? Bands come from our [YouTube CPM and RPM by niche study](/blog/youtube-cpm-rpm-by-niche-2026) which aggregates 2026 creator-economy survey data plus public Social Blade estimates. Your actual RPM varies based on audience country, watch time, mid-roll ad placement, and seasonality. For an exact projection at any view count, use the [YouTube money calculator](/tools/youtube-money-calculator). Which faceless YouTube niche has the highest RPM? Personal finance and mortgage strategy carry the highest RPMs on YouTube, averaging $15-$25 per 1,000 monetised views. Real estate, insurance, and B2B SaaS reviews follow at $12-$22. The lowest RPMs are entertainment niches like gaming, music, and true crime at $1-$4. How does the income-target filter work? The tool shows niches that can plausibly hit your selected monthly income at established scale (100-200+ videos with stable cadence). Higher-tier niches are always included in lower-tier targets because higher RPM is strictly better at any view count. What's the easiest production style to start with? Screen recording plus voiceover is the lowest-friction production setup. Free tools (CapCut Desktop, OBS) handle the screen capture; AI voiceover tools handle the narration. Tech, finance, education, and tutorial niches are all natural fits for this format. Which faceless niches should I avoid? Formats that depend on a person on screen: vlogs, dance and trend clips, reactions, most beauty and fashion, and comedy sketches. Avoid get-rich-quick content as well; it misleads viewers and puts monetization at risk. Can a faceless channel made with AI be monetized? Yes, if every video is your original creation. YouTube's [channel monetization policies](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/1311392) rule out mass-produced, generic or repetitive content, including channels whose videos feel interchangeable or look made from a template. Keep one format, but make each script genuinely different. What's the next step after picking a niche? Pick a channel name with the [YouTube channel name generator](/tools/youtube-channel-name-generator), then follow the steps for [how to start a faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel): set the channel up, make the first videos and settle into a weekly cadence. Want to actually make the video? MakeAIVideo turns one prompt into a finished AI video: script, voiceover, scenes and captions, with music if you want it, ready in a few minutes. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) ## More free AI video tools - [ YouTube Channel Name Generator Generate 20 YouTube channel name ideas across 7 styles. Includes handle character checks and a one-click YouTube availability link. Free, no signup. ](/tools/youtube-channel-name-generator) - [ YouTube Money Calculator Estimate YouTube ad revenue from views with niche-specific RPM ranges from 2026 creator-economy data. Low, typical, and high earnings band. ](/tools/youtube-money-calculator) - [ Video Idea Generator Get 10 ready-to-shoot video ideas tailored to your niche. Built from formats that consistently win views on TikTok, Reels, and Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-idea-generator) - [ Speech Time Calculator Paste your script and instantly calculate spoken duration at 5 speaking rates (audiobook, conversational, presenter, energetic, auctioneer). ](/tools/speech-time-calculator) [See all tools](/tools) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/tools/instagram-caption-generator --- title: "Free Instagram Caption Generator | MakeAIVideo" description: "Free Instagram caption generator: 12 captions across 7 styles, with niche hashtag bundles for Reels and posts. Instant, no signup needed." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/tools/instagram-caption-generator format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [All tools](/tools) # Instagram Caption Generator Free Instagram caption generator: 12 captions across 7 styles, with niche hashtag bundles for Reels and posts. Instant, no signup needed. What is your Instagram post about? NicheCreator / personal brandFitness & wellnessFood & restaurantFashion & beautyTravelEcommerce / productSmall business / localCoach / consultantPhotography & artTech & SaaSReal estateOther / general ToneFriendly & casualAesthetic & poeticBold & confidentFunny & playfulInspirationalProfessionalStorytelling Hashtag bundle None10 hashtags20 hashtags30 hashtags Pulled from a niche-specific bank, not generic top-100 tags. 10 per caption, randomised on each shuffle. Type a topic. We'll generate 12 Instagram captions tuned for creator / personal brand in a friendly & casual tone. ## About the Instagram Caption Generator Type your topic, pick a niche and tone, and choose how many hashtags to attach. Get 12 captions spread across 7 archetypes, built from caption styles that actually win saves and shares, with niche-specific hashtag bundles pulled from a curated bank, not generic top-100 lists. ✓ Runs entirely in your browser. No signup, no AI cost, no data sent anywhere. Caption, video, posted ## The caption is ready. Post the Reel with it. MakeAIVideo makes the Reel from a prompt or a script, then posts it to Instagram for you. The post dialog drafts a caption with hashtags from your script, or you paste the one you picked here. See the [Instagram Reels generator](/instagram-reels-generator) and [auto post](/auto-post). Posts as a Reel. Vertical videos go to Instagram as Reels. Counted before it goes. The caption is checked against Instagram's 2,200 characters, and against the shortest limit when you post to several platforms. Now or scheduled. Leave the time empty to post now, or pick a date and time. Post this video Example We upload the finished file to each account you pick. Where should it go? @yourbrand TikTok @yourbrand Instagram · Posts as a Reel Your Brand YouTube · Vertical videos post as Shorts Caption Rewrite Rome did not build the Colosseum with magic. It built it with one ingredient we forgot. #history 96 / 2200 (Instagram is the shortest limit)Written from your script. Edit it freely. Customise caption per platform Schedule (optional, leave empty to post now) 10/07/2026, 09:00 AM Goes out within about two minutes of it. Schedule for 2 accounts Connect your AI agent ## Have your assistant make the Reel and post it with your caption Give it the caption you picked here. It makes the video and posts both to your Instagram account. 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. “Make a 30 second Reel about our autumn menu and post it to Instagram tonight with this caption and five hashtags.” 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. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[Connect any AI agent](/agents) MCP, API and CLI are included on every plan. Connector address `https://mcp.makeaivideo.ai`Copy Works with - [Claude](/docs/mcp) - [ChatGPT](/chatgpt-video-generator) - [Grok](/docs/mcp) - [Claude Code](/docs/mcp) - [Cursor](/docs/mcp) - [Any MCP client](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) Signed in? [Connect an AI assistant →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) Pricing ## Make the Reels your captions are written for The caption generator stays free with no signup. Plans for making and posting the Reels start at $9 a month, and every plan can post to Instagram. ### Lite The cheapest way in, with every video mode included. $9/month or $90 a year, 2 months free 450credits a month About 4 stock-footage videos or about 1 AI cinematic video 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 2 social accounts - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video - Full HD 1080p export, no watermark ### Solo For one creator posting every week. $19/month or $190 a year, 2 months free 1,000credits a month About 10 stock-footage videos or about 2 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 4 social accounts - More than double the credits of Lite - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video ### Plus Most popular Long-form, your branding and a team of three. $29/month or $290 a year, 2 months free 1,600credits a month About 16 stock-footage videos or about 3 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 6 social accounts - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - Brand Kit: your logo as a watermark on every video - 3 team seats with admin and member roles ### Pro For teams and channels running at volume. $49/month or $490 a year, 2 months free 2,800credits a month About 29 stock-footage videos or about 6 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 10 social accounts - Lowest price per credit of any plan - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - 10 team seats with admin and member roles 7-day free trial for new customers: $0 today, card required, 500 trial credits, and trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script. Video counts are estimates for 30-second videos, rounded down. Plan credits refresh every billing month and do not roll over. Every plan includes - Every way to make a video: prompt, script, talking avatar, image and character swap - 15 visual styles, captions, music and voices - 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 Busy month? Top-up packs from $9: a one-time purchase, and the credits never expire. [Compare plans and packs](/pricing) ## Instagram Caption Generator FAQs Something else? [Visit the help center](/help) Are these captions AI-generated? No. The tool uses curated caption patterns adapted to your topic and niche via simple substitution. It runs entirely in your browser, never calls an AI API, and returns results instantly. If you want real AI generation that writes a full narrated video as well, the paid [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video) mode does that end to end. What is the Instagram caption character limit? 2,200 characters as of 2026. Captions get truncated at roughly 125 characters in the feed (the "more" cutoff), so your hook needs to land in that first line. Hashtags count toward the 2,200-character total. How many hashtags should I use on Instagram? Instagram allows 30 hashtags per post, but most data points to 10-20 niche-relevant tags out-performing 30 generic ones. The generator lets you choose 10, 20, or 30, and pulls from a niche-specific bank rather than a generic top-100 list. What is the ideal Instagram caption length? It depends on the format. Photo/Reel feed posts perform best at 70-150 words. Carousel posts can go longer (200-400 words) because the user is already swiping. Story captions should stay under 140 characters because the text-on-image styling falls apart past that. Can I use these captions commercially or in client work? Yes. Generated captions are free for any use, your own posts, client posts, paid campaigns, agency work, with no attribution required. Why are there 12 captions per generation and not just one? Most competitor tools give you one or three captions and force you to regenerate to compare. We return 12 spread across seven archetypes (hook-first, storytime, listicle, question-led, aesthetic, promo, value-bomb) in a single batch so you can see which format suits this post at a glance. Will Instagram penalise me for using a caption generator? No. Instagram does not detect or penalise generated captions; it ranks posts on engagement signals (saves, shares, comments, watch time on Reels). The risk is using generic captions that do not match your voice, edit any generated caption before posting so it sounds like you. Want to actually make the video? MakeAIVideo turns one prompt into a finished AI video: script, voiceover, scenes and captions, with music if you want it, ready in a few minutes. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) ## More free AI video tools - [ TikTok Caption Generator Generate 12 TikTok captions across 6 styles (POV, storytime, question, tease, promo, trend) with niche-specific hashtag bundles. Free, instant, no signup. ](/tools/tiktok-caption-generator) - [ CPM Calculator Calculate CPM, cost, or impressions in one click with real 2026 channel benchmarks for YouTube, Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, and CTV. ](/tools/cpm-calculator) - [ Video Script Generator Generate 6 full HOOK / BODY / CTA video scripts in any format, short-form, long-form, tutorial, VSL, talking-head, product demo. Free, no signup, instant. ](/tools/video-script-generator) - [ Caption Character Counter Live character counter with per-platform limits across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube Shorts, X, and LinkedIn. Catches overruns before you hit publish. ](/tools/tiktok-caption-counter) [See all tools](/tools) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/tools/podcast-name-generator --- title: "Free Podcast Name Generator | MakeAIVideo" description: "Get 20 podcast name ideas across 7 naming styles (descriptive, The X Show, personal, metaphor, playful, expert, alliterative). Free, instant." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/tools/podcast-name-generator format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [All tools](/tools) # Podcast Name Generator Get 20 podcast name ideas across 7 naming styles (descriptive, The X Show, personal, metaphor, playful, expert, alliterative). Free, instant. What's your podcast about? GenreBusiness & entrepreneurshipTech & startupsEducation / how-toComedyTrue crimeInterview / conversationNews & current affairsHealth & wellnessPersonal developmentCreative / artsHistorySports Naming style Any (mix all)DescriptiveThe Show / The PodcastPersonal / With \[Name\]AlliterativeMetaphor / ConceptPlayful / WordplayPro / Authority Type a keyword and pick a genre. We'll generate 20 podcast names ready to test against Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Picking the right podcast name Short, easy to say, and easy to spell beats clever. If you can't pronounce it on a podcast app review, listeners can't recommend it. Two-to-four words is the sweet spot. Check availability in three places: (1) Apple Podcasts (click the button on any result above), (2) Spotify search, and (3) the .com domain for your show site. Podcast names aren't trademarked unless registered, but you want the brand to be findable when listeners search for you. ## About the Podcast Name Generator Type your topic and pick a genre to generate 20 podcast name ideas across 7 naming styles. Each result includes a one-click 'Check on Apple Podcasts' deep link so you can verify availability instantly. Built for first-time podcasters who need a short, memorable name without paying a brand agency. ✓ Runs entirely in your browser. No signup, no AI cost, no data sent anywhere. Give the show a video feed ## Named the podcast? Make the trailer. Write a 30 second pitch for the show and [Script to Video](/script-to-video) narrates it over footage with captions, ready for Shorts, Reels and TikTok. Want a presenter on screen? A [talking avatar](/talking-avatar) delivers it to camera. A trailer from a paragraph. Paste the pitch and an AI voice reads it. Every aspect ratio. 9:16 for short-form, 1:1 for the feed, 16:9 for YouTube. In 24 languages. Make the same trailer for listeners in another language. Create Prompt to VideoScript to VideoTalking AvatarImage to Video Your prompt Example A 30 second documentary about how the Romans built the Colosseum, with a hook in the first line and a question at the end. Or start from an example Morning habitsWhy startups failHistory deep-diveScience fact Length 15s1m3m5m10mCustom Aspect ratio 9:161:116:9 Sarah Female · American Mature, reassuring, confident Captions Word-by-word, auto-styled Estimated cost ~90 credits Example Generate video Pricing ## Plans for promoting the show in video Naming your podcast here stays free with no signup. Plans for making the videos start at $9 a month. ### Lite The cheapest way in, with every video mode included. $9/month or $90 a year, 2 months free 450credits a month About 4 stock-footage videos or about 1 AI cinematic video 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 2 social accounts - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video - Full HD 1080p export, no watermark ### Solo For one creator posting every week. $19/month or $190 a year, 2 months free 1,000credits a month About 10 stock-footage videos or about 2 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 4 social accounts - More than double the credits of Lite - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video ### Plus Most popular Long-form, your branding and a team of three. $29/month or $290 a year, 2 months free 1,600credits a month About 16 stock-footage videos or about 3 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 6 social accounts - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - Brand Kit: your logo as a watermark on every video - 3 team seats with admin and member roles ### Pro For teams and channels running at volume. $49/month or $490 a year, 2 months free 2,800credits a month About 29 stock-footage videos or about 6 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 10 social accounts - Lowest price per credit of any plan - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - 10 team seats with admin and member roles 7-day free trial for new customers: $0 today, card required, 500 trial credits, and trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script. Video counts are estimates for 30-second videos, rounded down. Plan credits refresh every billing month and do not roll over. Every plan includes - Every way to make a video: prompt, script, talking avatar, image and character swap - 15 visual styles, captions, music and voices - 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 Busy month? Top-up packs from $9: a one-time purchase, and the credits never expire. [Compare plans and packs](/pricing) ## Podcast Name Generator FAQs Something else? [Visit the help center](/help) What makes a good podcast name? Short, easy to say, easy to spell, and easy to search. Two-to-four words is the sweet spot. Avoid puns that don't read well in writing, numbers (people mishear them), and names that sound similar to existing shows in your genre. Test by reading it aloud to a friend who doesn't know the topic. How do I check if a podcast name is taken? Three places to check: (1) Apple Podcasts search (every name in our generator has a one-click deep link), (2) Spotify search, and (3) the .com domain at namechk.com or instantdomainsearch.com. If all three are clear, the name is yours to claim. Are podcast names trademarked? Not automatically. A podcast name is a brand and you can register it as a trademark in your jurisdiction (US: USPTO; UK: IPO; AU: IP Australia) for around $250-$700. Most podcasters don't bother until the show has commercial value. Common-law trademark (built through use) protects you from blatant copycats in most cases. Should my podcast name include the topic? It depends on your discoverability strategy. Descriptive names ('The Marketing Podcast') help with search. Brand names ('Pivot', 'Smartless') rely on word-of-mouth and host recognition. For first-time podcasters with no existing audience, descriptive names usually win the early discovery battle. Can I rename my podcast later? Technically yes, but it costs you the brand equity, RSS-feed continuity (existing listeners may not see updates), and search rankings on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Pick a name you can live with for at least 3-5 years. If you do rename, do it BEFORE you have a meaningful audience. What's the next step after picking a name? Claim the matching .com domain, set up consistent handles on X / Instagram / TikTok, design a simple cover art (3000×3000px), record episode 1 (use our [free script generator](/tools/video-script-generator) for the script), and submit to Apple Podcasts + Spotify + Google Podcasts via your hosting provider (Buzzsprout, Transistor, Captivate). Want to actually make the video? MakeAIVideo turns one prompt into a finished AI video: script, voiceover, scenes and captions, with music if you want it, ready in a few minutes. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) ## More free AI video tools - [ YouTube Channel Name Generator Generate 20 YouTube channel name ideas across 7 styles. Includes handle character checks and a one-click YouTube availability link. Free, no signup. ](/tools/youtube-channel-name-generator) - [ Video Script Generator Generate 6 full HOOK / BODY / CTA video scripts in any format, short-form, long-form, tutorial, VSL, talking-head, product demo. Free, no signup, instant. ](/tools/video-script-generator) - [ Speech Time Calculator Paste your script and instantly calculate spoken duration at 5 speaking rates (audiobook, conversational, presenter, energetic, auctioneer). ](/tools/speech-time-calculator) - [ Video Idea Generator Get 10 ready-to-shoot video ideas tailored to your niche. Built from formats that consistently win views on TikTok, Reels, and Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-idea-generator) [See all tools](/tools) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/tools/roas-calculator --- title: "Free ROAS Calculator with Break-Even Math | MakeAIVideo" description: "Calculate return on ad spend (ROAS), break-even ROAS, and net profit. Compares your number against benchmarks for 6 ad channels." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/tools/roas-calculator format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [All tools](/tools) # ROAS Calculator Calculate return on ad spend (ROAS), break-even ROAS, and net profit. Compares your number against benchmarks for 6 ad channels. Total revenue ($) Ad spend ($) Gross margin % (optional, for break-even ROAS) Enter your margin (revenue minus cost of goods, as %) to calculate the ROAS you need to break even. For pure-software SaaS use 80-90%; physical products often 30-60%. Enter revenue and ad spend to calculate your ROAS. ROAS formula ROAS = revenue / ad spend break-even ROAS = 1 / gross margin (as decimal) ROAS measures top-line return from ad spend before COGS, shipping, or returns. Profitability requires ROAS above break-even (set by your gross margin). A 4x ROAS at 25% margin breaks even; at 75% margin it's a ~3x profit multiplier. ## About the ROAS Calculator Enter your ad revenue and ad spend to instantly calculate ROAS (return on ad spend) as a multiplier and percentage. Add your gross margin to compute break-even ROAS and see whether you're profitable or burning cash. Includes side-by-side channel benchmarks for e-commerce, B2B SaaS, lead gen, retail, Google Search, and display so you know whether your ROAS is weak, typical, or strong for the channel. ✓ Runs entirely in your browser. No signup, no AI cost, no data sent anywhere. More creatives to test ## Below break-even? Try a new creative before a new budget. The creative is the part of an ad you can change in an afternoon. [Ad Maker](/ai-ad-maker) builds a new video ad from a description and your product photos, so you can test another angle without a shoot. For a creator-style read, see [AI UGC video](/ai-ugc-video). A new angle per render. Change the description or the call to action and generate again. No reshoot. The same 1 to 5 product photos carry into every version. Ready for each channel. TikTok in-feed, Reels, Shorts, the Facebook feed and YouTube in-stream. Ad Maker Describe what you sell. We write the hook, the pitch and the call to action, then build the ad. What are you advertising? Example A handmade ceramic pour-over coffee set. Slow mornings, one cup at a time, sold direct from our studio. Photos of your product ![](/hero-posters/i2v.webp)![](/hero-posters/prompt.webp) 1 to 5 real photos. Product scenes show them as they are, so the ad never invents your product. Where will it run? TikTok in-feed9:16 · 20sInstagram Reels9:16 · 30sYouTube Shorts9:16 · 30sFacebook feed1:1 · 30sYouTube in-stream16:9 · 30s Call to action Shop nowGet started freeBook a demoDownload the appLearn moreCustom Estimated cost ~82 credits Example Generate video Pricing ## Plans for testing more ad creatives The ROAS calculator stays free with no signup. Every plan includes Ad Maker, and plans start at $9 a month. ### Lite The cheapest way in, with every video mode included. $9/month or $90 a year, 2 months free 450credits a month About 4 stock-footage videos or about 1 AI cinematic video 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 2 social accounts - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video - Full HD 1080p export, no watermark ### Solo For one creator posting every week. $19/month or $190 a year, 2 months free 1,000credits a month About 10 stock-footage videos or about 2 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 4 social accounts - More than double the credits of Lite - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video ### Plus Most popular Long-form, your branding and a team of three. $29/month or $290 a year, 2 months free 1,600credits a month About 16 stock-footage videos or about 3 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 6 social accounts - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - Brand Kit: your logo as a watermark on every video - 3 team seats with admin and member roles ### Pro For teams and channels running at volume. $49/month or $490 a year, 2 months free 2,800credits a month About 29 stock-footage videos or about 6 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 10 social accounts - Lowest price per credit of any plan - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - 10 team seats with admin and member roles 7-day free trial for new customers: $0 today, card required, 500 trial credits, and trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script. Video counts are estimates for 30-second videos, rounded down. Plan credits refresh every billing month and do not roll over. Every plan includes - Every way to make a video: prompt, script, talking avatar, image and character swap - 15 visual styles, captions, music and voices - 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 Busy month? Top-up packs from $9: a one-time purchase, and the credits never expire. [Compare plans and packs](/pricing) ## ROAS Calculator FAQs Something else? [Visit the help center](/help) What is ROAS and how is it calculated? ROAS (return on ad spend) is the revenue you generate for every dollar of ad spend. The formula is ROAS = total revenue / ad spend. A 4x ROAS means you generated $4 of revenue per $1 spent. ROAS is the top-line number; profitability also depends on gross margin and your break-even ROAS. What's a good ROAS? Channel-dependent. E-commerce direct response typically targets 4x ROAS; Google Search Ads on high-intent keywords can hit 5-8x; LinkedIn and other B2B paid social often work at 2-4x ROAS because of higher LTV. Display and awareness campaigns work below 2x ROAS because the value is upstream of the click. The calculator includes benchmarks for 6 channels. What's the difference between ROAS and ROI? ROAS measures revenue per ad-spend dollar (top-line). ROI (return on investment) measures profit per dollar invested (bottom-line), and accounts for cost of goods, shipping, returns, and operating costs. A campaign can have great ROAS but bad ROI if margins are thin. That's why we include the margin field, it converts ROAS into break-even and profit. How do I calculate break-even ROAS? Break-even ROAS = 1 / your gross margin (as a decimal). So at 50% margin, you need 2x ROAS to break even. At 25% margin, 4x. At 75% margin, 1.33x. Our calculator does this automatically when you enter your margin %. Anything above break-even is profit; below means you're spending more on ads than you're netting. Is 3x ROAS good? Depends on your margin. At 80% margin (typical pure-software SaaS), 3x ROAS = ~2.7x profit multiple, excellent. At 30% margin (typical e-commerce), 3x ROAS only breaks even after COGS, you need 4x+ to actually profit. Use the margin field in the calculator to see where you land. Why is my ROAS dropping over time? Three common causes: (1) ad fatigue, your creative has been seen by your best audience too many times, so CTR drops and CPC rises, (2) auction competition increases in your category as more brands bid on the same audience, (3) you scaled spend beyond your highest-intent audience and started bidding on less-qualified impressions. Solutions: refresh creative weekly, broaden targeting only when the budget demands it, segment campaigns by intent. Can AI video creative help improve ROAS? Yes, the most common ROAS killer is creative fatigue, and the most direct fix is more creative variants. With [AI UGC video](/ai-ugc-video) you can make several ad variants from one brief, which keeps the audience seeing fresh creative and slows the CTR decay that drives ROAS down. Want to actually make the video? MakeAIVideo turns one prompt into a finished AI video: script, voiceover, scenes and captions, with music if you want it, ready in a few minutes. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) ## More free AI video tools - [ CPM Calculator Calculate CPM, cost, or impressions in one click with real 2026 channel benchmarks for YouTube, Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, and CTV. ](/tools/cpm-calculator) - [ CTR Calculator Calculate click-through rate from clicks and impressions, with 2026 channel benchmarks across search, social, video, email, and organic SERP. ](/tools/ctr-calculator) - [ YouTube Money Calculator Estimate YouTube ad revenue from views with niche-specific RPM ranges from 2026 creator-economy data. Low, typical, and high earnings band. ](/tools/youtube-money-calculator) - [ Video Hook Generator Generate 10 attention-grabbing video hooks for any topic. Patterns proven to drive watch-through on TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-hook-generator) [See all tools](/tools) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/tools/speech-time-calculator --- title: "Free Speech Time Calculator | MakeAIVideo" description: "Paste your script and instantly calculate spoken duration at 5 speaking rates (audiobook, conversational, presenter, energetic, auctioneer)." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/tools/speech-time-calculator format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [All tools](/tools) # Speech Time Calculator Paste your script and instantly calculate spoken duration at 5 speaking rates (audiobook, conversational, presenter, energetic, auctioneer). Provide your script Paste scriptI know my word count Paste your script **0** words**0** characters Speaking rate Slow narration110 wpmAudiobook, meditation, formal documentaryConversational140 wpmPodcasts, talking-head videos, vlogsTV presenter160 wpmAverage news anchor, polished YouTubeEnergetic / TikTok180 wpmShort-form social, TikTok, Reels, ShortsAuctioneer250 wpmDisclaimer reads, pharma ads, ultra-fast Paste your script above and we'll calculate the spoken duration. How the math works duration (seconds) = word count / (wpm / 60) Industry-standard speaking rates: 110 wpm (audiobook), 140 wpm (conversational), 160 wpm (TV presenter), 180 wpm (energetic short-form), 250 wpm (auctioneer / ultra-fast). Most YouTube and podcast scripts land at 140-160 wpm in practice. TikTok and Reels scripts often hit 180+ because creators speak faster to fit more value into 30-60 seconds. ## About the Speech Time Calculator Paste any script (or enter a word count) and see how long it will take to speak at five named speaking rates: 110 wpm (audiobook), 140 wpm (conversational), 160 wpm (TV presenter), 180 wpm (energetic / TikTok), and 250 wpm (auctioneer). Useful for video scriptwriters, podcasters, voiceover artists, and presenters who need to match script length to a target duration. ✓ Runs entirely in your browser. No signup, no AI cost, no data sent anywhere. Hear the script read ## Timed your script? Have it narrated. Paste the script into [Script to Video](/script-to-video) and an AI voice reads it word for word, with a scene for each beat and captions under every word. Pick a narrator from the curated voices and a delivery from calm to punchy. A voice for the script. Sarah, Brian, Lily, Daniel, Matilda and more, each one playable before you pick. Three deliveries. Stable, Balanced or Expressive. Change it later. Apply another voice and the narration is re-recorded while the visuals stay as they are. Voice The narrator for the whole video Pick a voice Play to audition Sarahfemale · american Mature, reassuring, confident Brianmale · american Deep, resonant, comforting, natural authority Lilyfemale · british Velvety, warm. British narrator Danielmale · british Authoritative British male, newscaster gravitas Matildafemale · american Knowledgeable, professional, perfect for tutorials Delivery Used when you apply Stable Calm, even Balanced Default Expressive Punchy Apply to every scene Re-records the narration. Visuals stay as they are, and your current export stays until you export again. Apply voice Pricing ## Plans for turning timed scripts into narrated videos The speech time calculator stays free with no signup. Plans start at $9 a month: up to 10 minutes per video on Lite and Solo, and up to 40 minutes for stock-footage videos on Plus and Pro. ### Lite The cheapest way in, with every video mode included. $9/month or $90 a year, 2 months free 450credits a month About 4 stock-footage videos or about 1 AI cinematic video 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 2 social accounts - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video - Full HD 1080p export, no watermark ### Solo For one creator posting every week. $19/month or $190 a year, 2 months free 1,000credits a month About 10 stock-footage videos or about 2 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 4 social accounts - More than double the credits of Lite - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video ### Plus Most popular Long-form, your branding and a team of three. $29/month or $290 a year, 2 months free 1,600credits a month About 16 stock-footage videos or about 3 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 6 social accounts - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - Brand Kit: your logo as a watermark on every video - 3 team seats with admin and member roles ### Pro For teams and channels running at volume. $49/month or $490 a year, 2 months free 2,800credits a month About 29 stock-footage videos or about 6 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 10 social accounts - Lowest price per credit of any plan - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - 10 team seats with admin and member roles 7-day free trial for new customers: $0 today, card required, 500 trial credits, and trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script. Video counts are estimates for 30-second videos, rounded down. Plan credits refresh every billing month and do not roll over. Every plan includes - Every way to make a video: prompt, script, talking avatar, image and character swap - 15 visual styles, captions, music and voices - 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 Busy month? Top-up packs from $9: a one-time purchase, and the credits never expire. [Compare plans and packs](/pricing) ## Speech Time Calculator FAQs Something else? [Visit the help center](/help) How many words per minute does the average person speak? Conversational speech runs around 140 words per minute. TV presenters and podcasters speak slightly faster at 150-160 wpm. Audiobook narration is slower at 110-120 wpm. Short-form video creators (TikTok, Reels, YouTube Shorts) often hit 180+ wpm to fit more value into a 30-60 second clip. How do I calculate speech time from a word count? Divide the word count by your speaking rate per minute. So a 1,500-word script at 150 wpm = 10 minutes. Our calculator does the math automatically for five named speaking rates and surfaces all five durations side-by-side so you can compare. How long should a YouTube video script be? It depends on your target duration. At a conversational 140 wpm, a 60-second video needs ~140 words, a 5-minute video needs ~700 words, and a 10-minute video needs ~1,400 words. Shorts and Reels at 180 wpm fit 90-180 words in 30-60 seconds. How long is a 1000-word script when spoken? At conversational speed (140 wpm), a 1,000-word script is about 7 minutes 8 seconds. At slow audiobook narration (110 wpm), it's about 9 minutes. At TV-presenter pace (160 wpm) it's 6 minutes 15 seconds. At energetic short-form pace (180 wpm) it's 5 minutes 33 seconds. What's a good speaking rate for podcast scripts? Most podcasters land between 140-160 wpm. Slower than 130 feels sluggish; faster than 175 feels rushed unless you're going for a high-energy short-form style. Listen to a few episodes in your target genre and match the cadence. Can this tool calculate audiobook narration time? Yes. Pick the 'Slow narration' setting (110 wpm) which matches industry-standard audiobook pacing. ACX (Audible's platform) recommends 9,300 finished words per hour of audio, which works out to ~155 wpm including pauses. Our calculator gives the spoken duration only; add 5-10% for pauses, chapter breaks, and pickups. Want to turn that script into a video? Paste the same script into [script to video](/script-to-video) and get a finished narrated MP4 with AI voiceover, scenes and captions in a few minutes. The duration you calculated here is what the finished video will run at the speaking rate you picked. Want to actually make the video? MakeAIVideo turns one prompt into a finished AI video: script, voiceover, scenes and captions, with music if you want it, ready in a few minutes. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) ## More free AI video tools - [ Video Script Generator Generate 6 full HOOK / BODY / CTA video scripts in any format, short-form, long-form, tutorial, VSL, talking-head, product demo. Free, no signup, instant. ](/tools/video-script-generator) - [ Video Hook Generator Generate 10 attention-grabbing video hooks for any topic. Patterns proven to drive watch-through on TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-hook-generator) - [ Video Idea Generator Get 10 ready-to-shoot video ideas tailored to your niche. Built from formats that consistently win views on TikTok, Reels, and Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-idea-generator) - [ CPM Calculator Calculate CPM, cost, or impressions in one click with real 2026 channel benchmarks for YouTube, Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, and CTV. ](/tools/cpm-calculator) [See all tools](/tools) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/tools/tiktok-caption-counter --- title: "TikTok Caption Character Counter | MakeAIVideo" description: "Live character counter with per-platform limits across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube Shorts, X, and LinkedIn. Catches overruns before you hit publish." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/tools/tiktok-caption-counter format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [All tools](/tools) # Caption Character Counter Live character counter with per-platform limits across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube Shorts, X, and LinkedIn. Catches overruns before you hit publish. Paste or type your caption Characters 0 Words 0 Hashtags 0 Platform limits - TikTok (caption) 0 / 22002200 left - Instagram (caption) 0 / 22002200 left - Instagram (bio) 0 / 150150 left - YouTube Shorts (title) 0 / 100100 left - YouTube Shorts (description) 0 / 50005000 left - Reels (Facebook) (caption) 0 / 22002200 left - X (Twitter) (post) 0 / 280280 left - LinkedIn (post) 0 / 30003000 left - Threads (post) 0 / 500500 left - Pinterest (description) 0 / 500500 left ## About the Caption Character Counter Type or paste your caption and see a live count against every short-form platform's character limit. Catches overruns before you hit publish. ✓ Runs entirely in your browser. No signup, no AI cost, no data sent anywhere. Counted when you post ## The same check runs when you post from MakeAIVideo. Post a finished video from MakeAIVideo and the caption counter is built in: pick TikTok and Instagram and it counts against the shorter limit and tells you which one it is. Make the video with [Prompt to Video](/prompt-to-video), then [post it everywhere](/auto-post). Shortest limit first. With several platforms picked, the count runs against the tightest one. A caption per platform. Customise the caption for any platform with a smaller limit. YouTube titles counted too. Pick YouTube and the title gets its own 100 character count. Post this video Example We upload the finished file to each account you pick. Where should it go? @yourbrand TikTok @yourbrand Instagram · Posts as a Reel Your Brand YouTube · Vertical videos post as Shorts Caption Rewrite Rome did not build the Colosseum with magic. It built it with one ingredient we forgot. #history 96 / 2200 (Instagram is the shortest limit)Written from your script. Edit it freely. Customise caption per platform Schedule (optional, leave empty to post now) 10/07/2026, 09:00 AM Goes out within about two minutes of it. Schedule for 2 accounts Pricing ## Make the videos those captions go on The counter stays free with no signup. Plans for making and posting videos start at $9 a month, and each one posts to 11 platforms. ### Lite The cheapest way in, with every video mode included. $9/month or $90 a year, 2 months free 450credits a month About 4 stock-footage videos or about 1 AI cinematic video 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 2 social accounts - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video - Full HD 1080p export, no watermark ### Solo For one creator posting every week. $19/month or $190 a year, 2 months free 1,000credits a month About 10 stock-footage videos or about 2 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 4 social accounts - More than double the credits of Lite - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video ### Plus Most popular Long-form, your branding and a team of three. $29/month or $290 a year, 2 months free 1,600credits a month About 16 stock-footage videos or about 3 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 6 social accounts - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - Brand Kit: your logo as a watermark on every video - 3 team seats with admin and member roles ### Pro For teams and channels running at volume. $49/month or $490 a year, 2 months free 2,800credits a month About 29 stock-footage videos or about 6 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 10 social accounts - Lowest price per credit of any plan - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - 10 team seats with admin and member roles 7-day free trial for new customers: $0 today, card required, 500 trial credits, and trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script. Video counts are estimates for 30-second videos, rounded down. Plan credits refresh every billing month and do not roll over. Every plan includes - Every way to make a video: prompt, script, talking avatar, image and character swap - 15 visual styles, captions, music and voices - 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 Busy month? Top-up packs from $9: a one-time purchase, and the credits never expire. [Compare plans and packs](/pricing) ## Caption Character Counter FAQs Something else? [Visit the help center](/help) What's the TikTok caption character limit in 2026? TikTok captions support up to 2,200 characters as of May 2026. Earlier limits were 300 and 4,000; the current cap matches Instagram. Hashtags count toward the limit. Does this counter include hashtags? Yes. The count is exactly what TikTok / Instagram / etc. count: every character in the caption field, including spaces, emoji (which often count as 2+), and hashtags. Do emoji count as one character? Mostly no. Most emoji count as 2 or more characters in platform-side counting because they're multi-byte sequences. The counter mirrors this so what you see is what each platform will count. Why are platform limits different? Each platform decides independently based on its product philosophy. X (Twitter) keeps the historical 280-char cap. Instagram and TikTok converged on 2,200 as long-form caption use grew. LinkedIn allows 3,000 to suit professional storytelling. Bios are always tighter. What else helps with short-form video? Pair this with the [video hook generator](/tools/video-hook-generator) for opening lines and the [YouTube title generator](/tools/youtube-title-generator) for titles. All three are free, all three work without signup. Want to actually make the video? MakeAIVideo turns one prompt into a finished AI video: script, voiceover, scenes and captions, with music if you want it, ready in a few minutes. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) ## More free AI video tools - [ CTR Calculator Calculate click-through rate from clicks and impressions, with 2026 channel benchmarks across search, social, video, email, and organic SERP. ](/tools/ctr-calculator) - [ Video Hook Generator Generate 10 attention-grabbing video hooks for any topic. Patterns proven to drive watch-through on TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-hook-generator) - [ Video Idea Generator Get 10 ready-to-shoot video ideas tailored to your niche. Built from formats that consistently win views on TikTok, Reels, and Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-idea-generator) - [ YouTube Title Generator Generate 10 proven YouTube titles in your chosen style: how-to, listicle, comparison, story, or controversial. Includes SERP truncation warnings. ](/tools/youtube-title-generator) [See all tools](/tools) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/tools/tiktok-caption-generator --- title: "Free TikTok Caption Generator | MakeAIVideo" description: "Generate 12 TikTok captions across 6 styles (POV, storytime, question, tease, promo, trend) with niche-specific hashtag bundles. Free, instant, no signup." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/tools/tiktok-caption-generator format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [All tools](/tools) # TikTok Caption Generator Generate 12 TikTok captions across 6 styles (POV, storytime, question, tease, promo, trend) with niche-specific hashtag bundles. Free, instant, no signup. What is your TikTok about? NicheGeneralFitness & HealthFood & RecipesBeauty & SkincareFashion & StyleTech & AIBusiness & MoneyTravelPetsComedy & MemesEducation & How-ToLifestyle & Vlog ToneCasualFunnyBoldInspirationalGenuine / RawCurious Hashtags Add 5 hashtagsNo hashtags #fyp #foryou + 3 niche-specific tags: #fyp #foryou #viral Type a topic. We'll generate 12 TikTok captions tuned for general. ## About the TikTok Caption Generator Type a topic, pick a niche and tone, and choose whether to attach hashtags. Get 12 captions spread across 6 caption styles built from formats that consistently win watch-through on TikTok. Includes live character count against the 2,200-char limit. ✓ Runs entirely in your browser. No signup, no AI cost, no data sent anywhere. From caption to posted TikTok ## Pair the caption with a video, and post both. MakeAIVideo makes the TikTok from your prompt or script and posts it to your account. It writes a caption from the script with a Rewrite button, or you paste the one you chose here and tailor it per platform when you post to more than one. See the [TikTok video generator](/tiktok-video-generator). TikTok and ten more. One post can go to TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and eight other platforms. Per-platform captions. Start from one caption and change it where a platform needs something different. Scheduled or now. Pick a time and it goes out within about two minutes of it. Post this video Example We upload the finished file to each account you pick. Where should it go? @yourbrand TikTok @yourbrand Instagram · Posts as a Reel Your Brand YouTube · Vertical videos post as Shorts Caption Rewrite Rome did not build the Colosseum with magic. It built it with one ingredient we forgot. #history 96 / 2200 (Instagram is the shortest limit)Written from your script. Edit it freely. Customise caption per platform Schedule (optional, leave empty to post now) 10/07/2026, 09:00 AM Goes out within about two minutes of it. Schedule for 2 accounts Connect your AI agent ## Ask your assistant to make the TikTok and post it It makes the video, checks the caption with you, and posts it to TikTok now or at the time you give it. 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. “Make a 20 second video about our new running shoe and post it to TikTok with a short POV caption.” 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. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[Connect any AI agent](/agents) MCP, API and CLI are included on every plan. Connector address `https://mcp.makeaivideo.ai`Copy Works with - [Claude](/docs/mcp) - [ChatGPT](/chatgpt-video-generator) - [Grok](/docs/mcp) - [Claude Code](/docs/mcp) - [Cursor](/docs/mcp) - [Any MCP client](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) Signed in? [Connect an AI assistant →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) Pricing ## Make the TikToks behind your captions The caption generator stays free with no signup. To make and post the videos, plans start at $9 a month; Lite connects 2 social accounts and Pro connects 10. ### Lite The cheapest way in, with every video mode included. $9/month or $90 a year, 2 months free 450credits a month About 4 stock-footage videos or about 1 AI cinematic video 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 2 social accounts - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video - Full HD 1080p export, no watermark ### Solo For one creator posting every week. $19/month or $190 a year, 2 months free 1,000credits a month About 10 stock-footage videos or about 2 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 4 social accounts - More than double the credits of Lite - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video ### Plus Most popular Long-form, your branding and a team of three. $29/month or $290 a year, 2 months free 1,600credits a month About 16 stock-footage videos or about 3 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 6 social accounts - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - Brand Kit: your logo as a watermark on every video - 3 team seats with admin and member roles ### Pro For teams and channels running at volume. $49/month or $490 a year, 2 months free 2,800credits a month About 29 stock-footage videos or about 6 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 10 social accounts - Lowest price per credit of any plan - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - 10 team seats with admin and member roles 7-day free trial for new customers: $0 today, card required, 500 trial credits, and trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script. Video counts are estimates for 30-second videos, rounded down. Plan credits refresh every billing month and do not roll over. Every plan includes - Every way to make a video: prompt, script, talking avatar, image and character swap - 15 visual styles, captions, music and voices - 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 Busy month? Top-up packs from $9: a one-time purchase, and the credits never expire. [Compare plans and packs](/pricing) ## TikTok Caption Generator FAQs Something else? [Visit the help center](/help) Is the TikTok caption generator really free? Yes. It runs entirely in your browser, generates as many captions as you like, and never asks for signup or a card. The paid [TikTok video generator](/tiktok-video-generator) on this site does require an account, but this caption tool does not. What is the TikTok caption character limit in 2026? TikTok captions support up to 2,200 characters, including hashtags, spaces, and emoji. The first 60-80 characters are what shows in the feed before the "more" tap, so the strongest captions front-load the hook in line one. Are these captions AI-generated? No. They are hand-curated caption patterns adapted to your topic and niche via substitution. The patterns themselves were collected from caption styles that consistently win watch-through and engagement on TikTok. How many hashtags should I use on TikTok? Three to five is the sweet spot in 2026. Stack one or two broad tags (#fyp, #foryou) with two or three niche-specific ones tied to your video. Twenty-hashtag stacks no longer help and can flag the upload as spammy. Will these captions help my video land on the For You Page? Captions do not directly land you on the FYP but they influence two signals that do: completion rate (a strong hook line keeps people watching) and comments (questions in captions invite replies). Both feed the ranking model. Pair a strong caption with a strong first-second visual hook. Can I use these on Instagram Reels or YouTube Shorts? Yes, with light editing. Reels and Shorts captions skew slightly more descriptive than TikTok; you may want to extend the hook by a sentence. Use our [caption character counter](/tools/tiktok-caption-counter) to make sure your edit still fits each platform's limit. Can I commercially use the captions I generate here? Yes. Generated captions are free to use in any TikTok, Reel, Short, or paid post, no attribution required. Want to actually make the video? MakeAIVideo turns one prompt into a finished AI video: script, voiceover, scenes and captions, with music if you want it, ready in a few minutes. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) ## More free AI video tools - [ Instagram Caption Generator Free Instagram caption generator: 12 captions across 7 styles, with niche hashtag bundles for Reels and posts. Instant, no signup needed. ](/tools/instagram-caption-generator) - [ TikTok Script Generator Free TikTok script generator: 15 scripts per click across 8 formats, each with HOOK / BODY / CTA beats and a word count to match. No signup. ](/tools/tiktok-script-generator) - [ Caption Character Counter Live character counter with per-platform limits across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube Shorts, X, and LinkedIn. Catches overruns before you hit publish. ](/tools/tiktok-caption-counter) [See all tools](/tools) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/tools/tiktok-script-generator --- title: "Free TikTok Script Generator | MakeAIVideo" description: "Free TikTok script generator: 15 scripts per click across 8 formats, each with HOOK / BODY / CTA beats and a word count to match. No signup." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/tools/tiktok-script-generator format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [All tools](/tools) # TikTok Script Generator Free TikTok script generator: 15 scripts per click across 8 formats, each with HOOK / BODY / CTA beats and a word count to match. No signup. What is your TikTok about? NicheFitnessPersonal financeMarketingSmall businessTechAIProductivityBeautyFashionFoodTravelEducationParentingGamingReal estateEcommerceFreelancingGeneral ToneEnergeticConversationalAuthoritativeFunnyStorytellingEducational Length15 seconds30 seconds60 seconds Type a topic. We'll generate 15 TikTok scripts with HOOK / BODY / CTA structure for 30 seconds. ## About the TikTok Script Generator Pick a niche, tone, and length (15s / 30s / 60s) and type your topic. Get 15 complete TikTok scripts spread across 8 categories, each with beat-by-beat HOOK / BODY / CTA structure and a target word count tag so you can match cadence before filming. ✓ Runs entirely in your browser. No signup, no AI cost, no data sent anywhere. TikTok script to TikTok video ## Film nothing. Post the TikTok anyway. Take a script from the generator, paste it into [Script to Video](/script-to-video), and MakeAIVideo voices it, fills each beat with footage and burns in captions, in 9:16. Then post it to TikTok from your library. More on the [TikTok video generator](/tiktok-video-generator). Hook, body and CTA kept. The narration follows your beats line by line. Captions under every word. Word-by-word and auto-styled, readable with the sound off. Posted from the app. Send it to TikTok now or schedule it, with a caption written from your script. Create Prompt to VideoScript to VideoTalking AvatarImage to Video Your prompt Example A 30 second documentary about how the Romans built the Colosseum, with a hook in the first line and a question at the end. Or start from an example Morning habitsWhy startups failHistory deep-diveScience fact Length 15s1m3m5m10mCustom Aspect ratio 9:161:116:9 Sarah Female · American Mature, reassuring, confident Captions Word-by-word, auto-styled Estimated cost ~90 credits Example Generate video Connect your AI agent ## Let your AI assistant script, make and post the TikTok Ask once in plain English. It writes the beats, renders the vertical video and posts it to the account you connected. 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 a 30 second TikTok script about three packing mistakes, make it as a vertical video and post it to TikTok tomorrow at 9am.” 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. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[Connect any AI agent](/agents) MCP, API and CLI are included on every plan. Connector address `https://mcp.makeaivideo.ai`Copy Works with - [Claude](/docs/mcp) - [ChatGPT](/chatgpt-video-generator) - [Grok](/docs/mcp) - [Claude Code](/docs/mcp) - [Cursor](/docs/mcp) - [Any MCP client](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) Signed in? [Connect an AI assistant →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) Pricing ## Turn your TikTok scripts into posted videos Writing scripts here stays free with no signup. To render and post them, plans start at $9 a month, and every plan can post to TikTok and ten other platforms. ### Lite The cheapest way in, with every video mode included. $9/month or $90 a year, 2 months free 450credits a month About 4 stock-footage videos or about 1 AI cinematic video 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 2 social accounts - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video - Full HD 1080p export, no watermark ### Solo For one creator posting every week. $19/month or $190 a year, 2 months free 1,000credits a month About 10 stock-footage videos or about 2 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 4 social accounts - More than double the credits of Lite - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video ### Plus Most popular Long-form, your branding and a team of three. $29/month or $290 a year, 2 months free 1,600credits a month About 16 stock-footage videos or about 3 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 6 social accounts - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - Brand Kit: your logo as a watermark on every video - 3 team seats with admin and member roles ### Pro For teams and channels running at volume. $49/month or $490 a year, 2 months free 2,800credits a month About 29 stock-footage videos or about 6 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 10 social accounts - Lowest price per credit of any plan - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - 10 team seats with admin and member roles 7-day free trial for new customers: $0 today, card required, 500 trial credits, and trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script. Video counts are estimates for 30-second videos, rounded down. Plan credits refresh every billing month and do not roll over. Every plan includes - Every way to make a video: prompt, script, talking avatar, image and character swap - 15 visual styles, captions, music and voices - 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 Busy month? Top-up packs from $9: a one-time purchase, and the credits never expire. [Compare plans and packs](/pricing) ## TikTok Script Generator FAQs Something else? [Visit the help center](/help) How long should a TikTok script be? Around 30 words for a 15-second video, 70 words for a 30-second video, and 130 words for a 60-second video at a natural pace. This generator includes target word counts on every script so you can match the cadence before you film. What makes a TikTok script perform? A hook that lands in the first 1-2 seconds, a body that pays off the hook with one specific moment (not three vague ones), and a CTA that asks for one low-friction action. The 8 script styles in this generator are all built around those three pillars. Is this tool actually using AI? No, and we say that on purpose. These are hand-curated TikTok script patterns adapted to your topic via substitution. Everything runs in your browser with no API calls, no cost, and no signup. If you want a true AI-written script and a finished narrated video, the [TikTok video generator](/tiktok-video-generator) does that on a plan from $9 a month, from a one-line idea or your own [script to video](/script-to-video). Can I use these scripts commercially? Yes. The scripts are free to use on any account, monetized or not, with no attribution required. You bring your own delivery, footage, and edit; the script is just a starting structure. Do these scripts work on Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts? Mostly yes. The HOOK + BODY + CTA structure works on all three platforms because they all rank on watch-through. The wording sometimes shifts (Reels audiences skew slightly less performative, Shorts CTAs convert better to subscribes than follows), but the underlying scripts translate with minor edits. Should I use the same script style every time? Vary the style. Pick 4-5 of the 8 script categories to rotate through; algorithms reward creators who hold attention across formats, and you avoid the burnout that comes from making 30 versions of the same listicle. Want to actually make the video? MakeAIVideo turns one prompt into a finished AI video: script, voiceover, scenes and captions, with music if you want it, ready in a few minutes. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) ## More free AI video tools - [ Speech Time Calculator Paste your script and instantly calculate spoken duration at 5 speaking rates (audiobook, conversational, presenter, energetic, auctioneer). ](/tools/speech-time-calculator) - [ Video Script Generator Generate 6 full HOOK / BODY / CTA video scripts in any format, short-form, long-form, tutorial, VSL, talking-head, product demo. Free, no signup, instant. ](/tools/video-script-generator) - [ TikTok Caption Generator Generate 12 TikTok captions across 6 styles (POV, storytime, question, tease, promo, trend) with niche-specific hashtag bundles. Free, instant, no signup. ](/tools/tiktok-caption-generator) - [ Video Hook Generator Generate 10 attention-grabbing video hooks for any topic. Patterns proven to drive watch-through on TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-hook-generator) [See all tools](/tools) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/tools/video-hook-generator --- title: "Free Video Hook Generator | MakeAIVideo" description: "Generate 10 attention-grabbing video hooks for any topic. Patterns proven to drive watch-through on TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Free, no signup." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/tools/video-hook-generator format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [All tools](/tools) # Video Hook Generator Generate 10 attention-grabbing video hooks for any topic. Patterns proven to drive watch-through on TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Free, no signup. What's your video about? One short phrase works best. E.g. "AI video creation", "running a SaaS", "indoor plants". Type a topic above and we'll generate 10 hook ideas instantly. ## About the Video Hook Generator Type your topic, get 10 proven video-hook patterns adapted to it. Built from the openings that consistently drive watch-through on TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts. ✓ Runs entirely in your browser. No signup, no AI cost, no data sent anywhere. Hooks that turn into videos ## Found your opening line? Build the video behind it. Inside MakeAIVideo, the Ideas board gives every concept a hook and an angle, and Make this starts the video from it. Already chose a hook here? Write it as the first line of a script and [Script to Video](/script-to-video) narrates it exactly as written. A hook on every idea. Ten concepts per run, each with its opening line and its angle. One click to a draft. Make this sends the idea straight into a new video. Your hook, word for word. Paste a full script and the first thing the narrator says is the hook you picked. Ideas Example Niche / topic area Ancient history for curious adults Generate 10 ideas Tone EntertainingEducationalInspirationalHumorousControversial The trick that made Roman concrete outlast ours Hook “Their harbours are still standing. Ours crack in fifty years.” Angle One ingredient, explained with a single experiment you can picture. AI Video#history CopyMake this Three habits historians say every empire shared Hook “Rome, the Mongols and Britain had one thing in common.” Angle A presenter walks through the pattern in under a minute. Talking Avatar#history CopyMake this Connect your AI agent ## Ask your assistant for hooks, then for the video It can suggest openings, let you choose one, and make the video that starts with it. 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. “Give me five hooks for a video about cold showers, pick the strongest, and make a 30 second vertical video that opens with it.” 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. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[Connect any AI agent](/agents) MCP, API and CLI are included on every plan. Connector address `https://mcp.makeaivideo.ai`Copy Works with - [Claude](/docs/mcp) - [ChatGPT](/chatgpt-video-generator) - [Grok](/docs/mcp) - [Claude Code](/docs/mcp) - [Cursor](/docs/mcp) - [Any MCP client](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) Signed in? [Connect an AI assistant →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) Pricing ## Give your best hooks a video to open The hook generator stays free with no signup. Plans for making the videos start at $9 a month, with every create mode, 1080p downloads and no watermark on all of them. ### Lite The cheapest way in, with every video mode included. $9/month or $90 a year, 2 months free 450credits a month About 4 stock-footage videos or about 1 AI cinematic video 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 2 social accounts - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video - Full HD 1080p export, no watermark ### Solo For one creator posting every week. $19/month or $190 a year, 2 months free 1,000credits a month About 10 stock-footage videos or about 2 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 4 social accounts - More than double the credits of Lite - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video ### Plus Most popular Long-form, your branding and a team of three. $29/month or $290 a year, 2 months free 1,600credits a month About 16 stock-footage videos or about 3 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 6 social accounts - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - Brand Kit: your logo as a watermark on every video - 3 team seats with admin and member roles ### Pro For teams and channels running at volume. $49/month or $490 a year, 2 months free 2,800credits a month About 29 stock-footage videos or about 6 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 10 social accounts - Lowest price per credit of any plan - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - 10 team seats with admin and member roles 7-day free trial for new customers: $0 today, card required, 500 trial credits, and trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script. Video counts are estimates for 30-second videos, rounded down. Plan credits refresh every billing month and do not roll over. Every plan includes - Every way to make a video: prompt, script, talking avatar, image and character swap - 15 visual styles, captions, music and voices - 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 Busy month? Top-up packs from $9: a one-time purchase, and the credits never expire. [Compare plans and packs](/pricing) ## Video Hook Generator FAQs Something else? [Visit the help center](/help) What makes a good video hook? A strong hook stops the scroll in the first 1–2 seconds. It does this by promising a payoff (curiosity), naming a stakes-raising problem (urgency), or breaking a pattern (surprise). The templates below all follow at least one of those three patterns. Why do hooks matter so much on short-form? TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts all use watch-through rate as a ranking signal. A weak hook causes viewers to swipe away in the first second, which the algorithm reads as low quality and suppresses the video's distribution. A strong hook compounds: the better the open, the wider the reach. How do I pick the best hook from the generated list? Read each one out loud. The best hook is the one that makes you want to keep watching even if you wrote it yourself. If two feel equally strong, run an A/B test by posting both as separate clips and comparing watch-through after 24 hours. Are these AI-generated? No. These are hand-curated hook patterns adapted to your topic via simple substitution. Runs entirely in your browser with no network calls, no AI cost, and instant results. The patterns themselves were collected from openings that have consistently performed at scale on short-form platforms. Can I use these commercially? Yes. Generated hooks are free to use in any video, paid or unpaid, with no attribution required. What should I pair this with? Once you have a hook, try the [video idea generator](/tools/video-idea-generator) for the full format, the [YouTube title generator](/tools/youtube-title-generator) for the headline, and the [caption character counter](/tools/tiktok-caption-counter) to keep your description within each platform's limit. Want to actually make the video? MakeAIVideo turns one prompt into a finished AI video: script, voiceover, scenes and captions, with music if you want it, ready in a few minutes. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) ## More free AI video tools - [ Video Idea Generator Get 10 ready-to-shoot video ideas tailored to your niche. Built from formats that consistently win views on TikTok, Reels, and Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-idea-generator) - [ CTR Calculator Calculate click-through rate from clicks and impressions, with 2026 channel benchmarks across search, social, video, email, and organic SERP. ](/tools/ctr-calculator) - [ Speech Time Calculator Paste your script and instantly calculate spoken duration at 5 speaking rates (audiobook, conversational, presenter, energetic, auctioneer). ](/tools/speech-time-calculator) - [ YouTube Title Generator Generate 10 proven YouTube titles in your chosen style: how-to, listicle, comparison, story, or controversial. Includes SERP truncation warnings. ](/tools/youtube-title-generator) [See all tools](/tools) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/tools/video-idea-generator --- title: "Free Video Idea Generator | MakeAIVideo" description: "Get 10 ready-to-shoot video ideas tailored to your niche. Built from formats that consistently win views on TikTok, Reels, and Shorts. Free, no signup." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/tools/video-idea-generator format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [All tools](/tools) # Video Idea Generator Get 10 ready-to-shoot video ideas tailored to your niche. Built from formats that consistently win views on TikTok, Reels, and Shorts. Free, no signup. What's your niche? Pick from the list, or type your own. marketingecommercefitnesspersonal financereal estateeducationtechAIproductivitydesignfoodtravel Pick a niche above and we'll generate 10 short-form video ideas instantly. ## About the Video Idea Generator Pick your niche, get 10 proven video-format ideas adapted to it. Built from the formats that consistently get views on TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts in 2026. ✓ Runs entirely in your browser. No signup, no AI cost, no data sent anywhere. From idea list to video ## Ten ideas is a plan. Make the first one today. Inside MakeAIVideo, the Ideas board takes your niche and a tone and returns ten concepts, each with a hook and an angle, and Make this on every card starts the video. Prefer to brief it yourself? Use [Prompt to Video](/prompt-to-video). Five tones. Entertaining, educational, inspirational, humorous or controversial. A format for each idea. Every concept is marked as an AI video or a Talking Avatar video. Make this. Turns the idea into a draft video with the script, voice and scenes. Ideas Example Niche / topic area Ancient history for curious adults Generate 10 ideas Tone EntertainingEducationalInspirationalHumorousControversial The trick that made Roman concrete outlast ours Hook “Their harbours are still standing. Ours crack in fifty years.” Angle One ingredient, explained with a single experiment you can picture. AI Video#history CopyMake this Three habits historians say every empire shared Hook “Rome, the Mongols and Britain had one thing in common.” Angle A presenter walks through the pattern in under a minute. Talking Avatar#history CopyMake this Connect your AI agent ## Ask your assistant for ideas, and get videos back It generates ideas for your niche, makes the one you choose and can post it when it is done. 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. “Suggest ten video ideas for a home coffee channel, then make the first one as a 45 second YouTube Short.” 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. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[Connect any AI agent](/agents) MCP, API and CLI are included on every plan. Connector address `https://mcp.makeaivideo.ai`Copy Works with - [Claude](/docs/mcp) - [ChatGPT](/chatgpt-video-generator) - [Grok](/docs/mcp) - [Claude Code](/docs/mcp) - [Cursor](/docs/mcp) - [Any MCP client](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) Signed in? [Connect an AI assistant →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) Pricing ## Stop collecting ideas and start publishing them The idea generator stays free with no signup. When you want the videos made, plans start at $9 a month and every plan includes every way to make one. ### Lite The cheapest way in, with every video mode included. $9/month or $90 a year, 2 months free 450credits a month About 4 stock-footage videos or about 1 AI cinematic video 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 2 social accounts - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video - Full HD 1080p export, no watermark ### Solo For one creator posting every week. $19/month or $190 a year, 2 months free 1,000credits a month About 10 stock-footage videos or about 2 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 4 social accounts - More than double the credits of Lite - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video ### Plus Most popular Long-form, your branding and a team of three. $29/month or $290 a year, 2 months free 1,600credits a month About 16 stock-footage videos or about 3 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 6 social accounts - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - Brand Kit: your logo as a watermark on every video - 3 team seats with admin and member roles ### Pro For teams and channels running at volume. $49/month or $490 a year, 2 months free 2,800credits a month About 29 stock-footage videos or about 6 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 10 social accounts - Lowest price per credit of any plan - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - 10 team seats with admin and member roles 7-day free trial for new customers: $0 today, card required, 500 trial credits, and trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script. Video counts are estimates for 30-second videos, rounded down. Plan credits refresh every billing month and do not roll over. Every plan includes - Every way to make a video: prompt, script, talking avatar, image and character swap - 15 visual styles, captions, music and voices - 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 Busy month? Top-up packs from $9: a one-time purchase, and the credits never expire. [Compare plans and packs](/pricing) ## Video Idea Generator FAQs Something else? [Visit the help center](/help) What if my niche isn't listed? Pick the closest niche. The ideas are generic enough to adapt. We add new niches as users request them; if there's a category you'd like to see, email support@makeaivideo.ai. How fresh are these ideas? We refresh the template library every few months as new short-form formats emerge and old ones go stale. The current set was last updated in May 2026. Can I make these videos with AI? Yes. Click the "Make this video" button on any idea to send it to MakeAIVideo, which produces it as a finished video with a script, voiceover, scenes and captions in a few minutes. Plans start at $9 a month: see [MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing). Are these ideas unique to me? The templates are shared, but the niche and details you pick personalise them. Even with identical inputs, two creators producing the same idea will execute it differently. The format is a starting point, not a finished video. What's the next step after picking an idea? Open the [video hook generator](/tools/video-hook-generator) with the same niche to draft an opening, then run the [YouTube title generator](/tools/youtube-title-generator) for the title. That's the full pre-production stack in 3 free tools. Want to actually make the video? MakeAIVideo turns one prompt into a finished AI video: script, voiceover, scenes and captions, with music if you want it, ready in a few minutes. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) ## More free AI video tools - [ Video Hook Generator Generate 10 attention-grabbing video hooks for any topic. Patterns proven to drive watch-through on TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-hook-generator) - [ Speech Time Calculator Paste your script and instantly calculate spoken duration at 5 speaking rates (audiobook, conversational, presenter, energetic, auctioneer). ](/tools/speech-time-calculator) - [ Video Script Generator Generate 6 full HOOK / BODY / CTA video scripts in any format, short-form, long-form, tutorial, VSL, talking-head, product demo. Free, no signup, instant. ](/tools/video-script-generator) - [ YouTube Title Generator Generate 10 proven YouTube titles in your chosen style: how-to, listicle, comparison, story, or controversial. Includes SERP truncation warnings. ](/tools/youtube-title-generator) [See all tools](/tools) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/tools/video-script-generator --- title: "Free Video Script Generator | MakeAIVideo" description: "Generate 6 full HOOK / BODY / CTA video scripts in any format, short-form, long-form, tutorial, VSL, talking-head, product demo. Free, no signup, instant." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/tools/video-script-generator format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [All tools](/tools) # Video Script Generator Generate 6 full HOOK / BODY / CTA video scripts in any format, short-form, long-form, tutorial, VSL, talking-head, product demo. Free, no signup, instant. What is your video about? Script formatShort-form (TikTok / Reels / Shorts)YouTube long-formExplainer / TutorialAd / VSL (problem-solution)Talking-head / Personal storyProduct demo Hook-Value-CTA in 15-60 seconds. Single idea, single payoff. ToneConversationalEnergetic / punchyAuthoritative / expertFriendly / casualBold / contrarian Target length15 seconds (~38 words)30 seconds (~75 words)60 seconds (~150 words)2 minutes (~300 words)5 minutes (~750 words) Type a topic and pick a format. We'll return 6 full HOOK / BODY / CTA scripts. ## About the Video Script Generator Pick a format (TikTok short, YouTube long-form, tutorial, VSL, talking-head, product demo), a tone, and a duration. Type your topic and get 6 complete script structures ready to record. Patterns curated from short-form opens and long-form arcs that hold attention. ✓ Runs entirely in your browser. No signup, no AI cost, no data sent anywhere. From script to finished video ## Your script is written. Now make the video. Paste any of these scripts into [Script to Video](/script-to-video) and MakeAIVideo narrates your exact words, builds a scene for each beat and adds word-by-word captions. Only have the topic? [Prompt to Video](/prompt-to-video) writes the script for you. Your words, read as written. An AI voice narrates the script you paste, so the hook and the call to action you picked stay intact. A scene for every beat. Real stock footage or AI-generated scenes, matched to each line. Short or long. 9:16 for TikTok, Reels and Shorts or 16:9 for YouTube, from 15 seconds up to 10 minutes. Create Prompt to VideoScript to VideoTalking AvatarImage to Video Your prompt Example A 30 second documentary about how the Romans built the Colosseum, with a hook in the first line and a question at the end. Or start from an example Morning habitsWhy startups failHistory deep-diveScience fact Length 15s1m3m5m10mCustom Aspect ratio 9:161:116:9 Sarah Female · American Mature, reassuring, confident Captions Word-by-word, auto-styled Estimated cost ~90 credits Example Generate video Connect your AI agent ## Have your AI assistant write the script and make the video It can draft the script, show it to you for changes, then render it on the same credits 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 a 60 second explainer script on how compound interest works, then make it into a vertical video with captions.” 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. [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[Connect any AI agent](/agents) MCP, API and CLI are included on every plan. Connector address `https://mcp.makeaivideo.ai`Copy Works with - [Claude](/docs/mcp) - [ChatGPT](/chatgpt-video-generator) - [Grok](/docs/mcp) - [Claude Code](/docs/mcp) - [Cursor](/docs/mcp) - [Any MCP client](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) Signed in? [Connect an AI assistant →](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/ai-assistants) Pricing ## Make every script you write into a video The script generator stays free with no signup. A plan is for rendering: from $9 a month, every plan includes Script to Video, 1080p downloads and no watermark. ### Lite The cheapest way in, with every video mode included. $9/month or $90 a year, 2 months free 450credits a month About 4 stock-footage videos or about 1 AI cinematic video 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 2 social accounts - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video - Full HD 1080p export, no watermark ### Solo For one creator posting every week. $19/month or $190 a year, 2 months free 1,000credits a month About 10 stock-footage videos or about 2 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 4 social accounts - More than double the credits of Lite - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video ### Plus Most popular Long-form, your branding and a team of three. $29/month or $290 a year, 2 months free 1,600credits a month About 16 stock-footage videos or about 3 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 6 social accounts - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - Brand Kit: your logo as a watermark on every video - 3 team seats with admin and member roles ### Pro For teams and channels running at volume. $49/month or $490 a year, 2 months free 2,800credits a month About 29 stock-footage videos or about 6 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 10 social accounts - Lowest price per credit of any plan - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - 10 team seats with admin and member roles 7-day free trial for new customers: $0 today, card required, 500 trial credits, and trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script. Video counts are estimates for 30-second videos, rounded down. Plan credits refresh every billing month and do not roll over. Every plan includes - Every way to make a video: prompt, script, talking avatar, image and character swap - 15 visual styles, captions, music and voices - 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 Busy month? Top-up packs from $9: a one-time purchase, and the credits never expire. [Compare plans and packs](/pricing) ## Video Script Generator FAQs Something else? [Visit the help center](/help) Is this video script generator really free? Yes. Free to use as often as you like, no signup, no card. It runs in your browser, so there is no usage cost on our side and nothing to gate. The paid product is the actual video maker (MakeAIVideo), which turns a script into a finished narrated MP4 on a monthly plan from $9. Are these scripts AI-generated? No. They are hand-curated HOOK / BODY / CTA patterns adapted to your topic via substitution. You get 6 results instantly with zero API cost or wait time. If you want a bespoke AI-written script, the paid product writes one from a single line, and [script to video](/script-to-video) turns a script you already have into the finished video. What is the best script format for TikTok or Instagram Reels? Short-form Hook-Value-CTA at 15 to 60 seconds. The format opens with a scroll-stopping line, delivers one concrete piece of value, and ends with a single ask. Pick "Short-form" plus a 15 or 30-second duration in the generator. How long should a YouTube script be? It depends on the format. Tutorial and explainer videos earn longer watch time at 5 to 10 minutes (about 750 to 1500 words). Listicles work at 2 to 8 minutes. Shorts cap at 60 seconds (140 to 150 words). The duration selector scales the target word count using 150 words per minute as the speaking-rate baseline. Can I use these scripts commercially? Yes. Generated scripts are free to use in any video, paid or organic, with no attribution required. The patterns are intentionally generic so your topic and voice make each script unique. Does it write scripts for ads and VSLs? Yes. Pick the "Ad / VSL (problem-solution)" format and the generator returns Problem-Agitate-Solve scripts tuned for direct-response. These work for Facebook ads, YouTube pre-roll, lead magnets, and faceless channel ad reads. What do I do once I have a script I like? Copy it, record it on camera, or paste it into [script to video](/script-to-video) to generate a finished narrated MP4 with scenes and captions in a few minutes. For a guided walkthrough, see [how to write an AI video script](/blog/how-to-write-an-ai-video-script). Want to actually make the video? MakeAIVideo turns one prompt into a finished AI video: script, voiceover, scenes and captions, with music if you want it, ready in a few minutes. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) ## More free AI video tools - [ Speech Time Calculator Paste your script and instantly calculate spoken duration at 5 speaking rates (audiobook, conversational, presenter, energetic, auctioneer). ](/tools/speech-time-calculator) - [ Video Hook Generator Generate 10 attention-grabbing video hooks for any topic. Patterns proven to drive watch-through on TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-hook-generator) - [ TikTok Script Generator Free TikTok script generator: 15 scripts per click across 8 formats, each with HOOK / BODY / CTA beats and a word count to match. No signup. ](/tools/tiktok-script-generator) - [ YouTube Title Generator Generate 10 proven YouTube titles in your chosen style: how-to, listicle, comparison, story, or controversial. Includes SERP truncation warnings. ](/tools/youtube-title-generator) [See all tools](/tools) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/tools/youtube-channel-name-generator --- title: "Free YouTube Channel Name Generator | MakeAIVideo" description: "Generate 20 YouTube channel name ideas across 7 styles. Includes handle character checks and a one-click YouTube availability link. Free, no signup." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/tools/youtube-channel-name-generator format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [All tools](/tools) # YouTube Channel Name Generator Generate 20 YouTube channel name ideas across 7 styles. Includes handle character checks and a one-click YouTube availability link. Free, no signup. Your channel keyword or topic Channel nicheGamingTech & ReviewsEducation & How-ToBeauty & FashionFitness & HealthFinance & BusinessFood & CookingTravel & LifestyleEntertainment & ComedyMusic & AudioVlog & PersonalFaceless / Anonymous Naming style Any (mix all)DescriptiveCompoundAlliterativePersonalNiche-CodedPlayfulPro / Authority Type a keyword and we'll generate 20 YouTube channel names for your Education & How-To niche. ## About the YouTube Channel Name Generator Type your keyword and pick a niche, get 20 channel name ideas spread across 7 naming styles: descriptive, compound, alliterative, personal, niche-coded, playful, and pro/authority. Each result includes the YouTube handle character count and a deep link to check availability on YouTube. ✓ Runs entirely in your browser. No signup, no AI cost, no data sent anywhere. ## How to generate YouTube channel names that actually work in 2026 The channel name is the first ranking signal a viewer, a search, and the YouTube algorithm all read at once. It sits above every thumbnail, at the top of every recommendation slot, and in every subscriber notification. Get it right and the whole channel does one job less every time it competes for attention; get it wrong and every video pays a small tax forever after. This generator returns 20 YouTube channel name ideas per run, spread across seven naming patterns so you can compare styles head-to-head instead of iterating on one at a time. The tool runs entirely in your browser. There is no AI cost, no signup, no rate limit. Type a keyword (what the channel is about, 'pottery', 'crypto news', 'faceless finance'), pick a niche modifier (personality-led, faceless, brand-first), and the substitution engine returns names built from patterns proven to survive the 3-word test: a name a viewer can hear once and repeat correctly. Each result shows the [@handle](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/11585688) character count against YouTube's 3-30 character limit, and links straight through to the availability check page on youtube.com. ## The seven YouTube name generator patterns Descriptive names say what the channel is, 'The Pottery Den', 'Faceless Finance', 'Anime Story Hub'. Easiest to rank in search because the keyword sits inside the name. Works best for evergreen, tutorial, or explainer niches where discovery beats brand. Compound names fuse two nouns, 'ClipCraft', 'FaceForge', 'ScriptStack'. Modern startup feel. Strong for tool, tech, and SaaS-adjacent niches. Check the domain and handle availability first, the good ones go fast. Alliterative names repeat the first sound, 'Pixel Pottery', 'Curious Crypto', 'Story Studio'. Sticky, easy to say, forgiving on spelling. Underused in 2026 which is why it still cuts through. Personal names take a real first name plus a role or niche, 'Jamie Builds', 'Ana Explains AI', 'Sams Studio'. Right pick if you are the brand. Wrong pick if you plan to sell the channel or add hosts. Niche-coded names use insider-signal words that only the target audience recognises, 'Beat Lab' for music production, 'Prompt Kitchen' for AI creators, 'Split Timer' for running. Slower initial discovery, much higher retention. Playful names use puns, wordplay, or intentional mis-spellings, 'The Meaty Podcast', 'Pixel Pushers'. High memorability, harder to search for. Great for entertainment, risky for how-to. Pro or authority names signal expertise, 'The Pottery Method', 'Faceless Playbook', 'CPM Report'. Works when the audience is buying skill or business info, overkill for lifestyle. ## YouTube channel name rules and handle limits YouTube separates the display name (what viewers see) from the @handle (the URL slug and mention tag). The display name allows spaces, punctuation, and emoji up to 100 characters. The @handle is stricter: 3-30 characters, letters and numbers only, plus period, underscore, and hyphen. Handles must be unique across all of YouTube, the good short ones are already gone, so plan for a variant. The channel name can be changed inside YouTube Studio, free, at any time. The @handle can be changed too, but only twice per 14-day window, and the old handle is not reserved, someone else can claim it the moment you release it. Choose the handle with the same care as a domain, not a display name. Related helpers: pair a strong channel name with a [YouTube title generator](/tools/youtube-title-generator) for every upload, a [description generator](/tools/youtube-description-generator) built to satisfy YouTube's SEO fields, and a [tag generator](/tools/youtube-tag-generator) for the still-relevant metadata layer. Once the naming is done, see how MakeAIVideo makes the videos for a [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel), and the [YouTube automation guide](/blog/youtube-automation) explains the operator model most modern channels now run on. Fill the new channel ## Got the name. Now make the first upload. A channel name needs videos behind it. Describe the first one and [Prompt to Video](/prompt-to-video) writes the script, narrates it, builds the scenes and adds captions, then you post it to the channel from the app. Planning a channel nobody appears on? Read about running a [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel). From one line. A sentence becomes a paced script with a hook, body and close. 16:9 or Shorts. Long-form for the channel, 9:16 for Shorts. Uploaded for you. Post to the channel now or schedule it. Create Prompt to VideoScript to VideoTalking AvatarImage to Video Your prompt Example A 30 second documentary about how the Romans built the Colosseum, with a hook in the first line and a question at the end. Or start from an example Morning habitsWhy startups failHistory deep-diveScience fact Length 15s1m3m5m10mCustom Aspect ratio 9:161:116:9 Sarah Female · American Mature, reassuring, confident Captions Word-by-word, auto-styled Estimated cost ~90 credits Example Generate video Pricing ## Plans for launching the channel The name generator stays free with no signup. Plans for making and posting the channel's videos start at $9 a month. ### Lite The cheapest way in, with every video mode included. $9/month or $90 a year, 2 months free 450credits a month About 4 stock-footage videos or about 1 AI cinematic video 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 2 social accounts - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video - Full HD 1080p export, no watermark ### Solo For one creator posting every week. $19/month or $190 a year, 2 months free 1,000credits a month About 10 stock-footage videos or about 2 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 4 social accounts - More than double the credits of Lite - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video ### Plus Most popular Long-form, your branding and a team of three. $29/month or $290 a year, 2 months free 1,600credits a month About 16 stock-footage videos or about 3 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 6 social accounts - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - Brand Kit: your logo as a watermark on every video - 3 team seats with admin and member roles ### Pro For teams and channels running at volume. $49/month or $490 a year, 2 months free 2,800credits a month About 29 stock-footage videos or about 6 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 10 social accounts - Lowest price per credit of any plan - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - 10 team seats with admin and member roles 7-day free trial for new customers: $0 today, card required, 500 trial credits, and trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script. Video counts are estimates for 30-second videos, rounded down. Plan credits refresh every billing month and do not roll over. Every plan includes - Every way to make a video: prompt, script, talking avatar, image and character swap - 15 visual styles, captions, music and voices - 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 Busy month? Top-up packs from $9: a one-time purchase, and the credits never expire. [Compare plans and packs](/pricing) ## YouTube Channel Name Generator FAQs Something else? [Visit the help center](/help) What makes a good YouTube channel name? Short, easy to spell, easy to say, and either descriptive or memorable enough to be searched directly. Avoid numbers, hyphens, and underscores when possible, they make the channel harder to share verbally and break across platforms (Instagram, TikTok, podcast directories). Are these names checked for YouTube handle availability? Each result shows the YouTube handle character count (handles must be 3-30 characters using letters, numbers, period, underscore, hyphen). Click "Check on YouTube" to deep-link the actual @handle and see if it is taken. We do not pre-check live because YouTube does not expose a public availability API. Are these AI-generated? No. The names come from hand-curated naming patterns adapted to your keyword and niche via substitution. Runs entirely in your browser, no AI cost, instant results. If you want bespoke LLM-generated names from a long brief, ChatGPT will do that, this tool is for fast iteration across known-working patterns. Can I change my YouTube channel name after creating it? Yes. Both the channel name and the @handle can be changed in YouTube Studio. Channel name changes are free and instant; @handle changes are limited to 2 per 14 days. Pick the name you want for the long haul before claiming a handle. What is the difference between a channel name and a @handle? The channel name is the display name ("The Pottery Den"); the @handle is the URL slug ("@potterydenofficial") used in mentions and your channel URL. They do not have to match exactly. The handle must be unique site-wide; the display name does not. Should I use my real name or a brand name? Use your real name if the personality is the brand (vlogs, coaching, opinion). Use a brand name if you want to scale beyond yourself (faceless channels, multi-creator shows, eventual exit). The "Personal" and "Faceless" filters in the generator default to the right style for each. Want to actually make the video? MakeAIVideo turns one prompt into a finished AI video: script, voiceover, scenes and captions, with music if you want it, ready in a few minutes. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) ## More free AI video tools - [ YouTube Money Calculator Estimate YouTube ad revenue from views with niche-specific RPM ranges from 2026 creator-economy data. Low, typical, and high earnings band. ](/tools/youtube-money-calculator) - [ YouTube Title Generator Generate 10 proven YouTube titles in your chosen style: how-to, listicle, comparison, story, or controversial. Includes SERP truncation warnings. ](/tools/youtube-title-generator) - [ YouTube Tag Generator Generate a YouTube tags pool from your topic + niche, optimised to fit YouTube's 500-character tag limit. Free, no signup. ](/tools/youtube-tag-generator) - [ YouTube Description Generator Generate 5 full YouTube descriptions per click with hook, summary, chapters, CTA, and hashtags. Live 5,000-char count. Free. ](/tools/youtube-description-generator) [See all tools](/tools) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/tools/youtube-description-generator --- title: "Free YouTube Description Generator | MakeAIVideo" description: "Generate 5 full YouTube descriptions per click with hook, summary, chapters, CTA, and hashtags. Live 5,000-char count. Free." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/tools/youtube-description-generator format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [All tools](/tools) # YouTube Description Generator Generate 5 full YouTube descriptions per click with hook, summary, chapters, CTA, and hashtags. Live 5,000-char count. Free. What is your video about? Keywords (comma-separated, optional) We use the first two keywords in the body paragraph and all of them in the hashtag block. ToneCasualHypeEducationalProfessionalFriendlyStorytelling Primary call-to-actionSubscribeLike and commentVisit my websiteJoin my communityTry the toolDownload free guide Type a topic. We'll compose 5 full YouTube descriptions with hooks, summary, chapters, CTA, links, and hashtags. ## About the YouTube Description Generator Type your topic, drop in keywords, pick a tone and a CTA. Each result is a complete YouTube description composed of seven structural components (hook, summary, chapter scaffold, CTA, engagement prompt, link block, hashtag set) with a live character count against YouTube's 5,000 limit. ✓ Runs entirely in your browser. No signup, no AI cost, no data sent anywhere. Description, video, upload ## Write the description here. Upload the video with it. MakeAIVideo makes the video and posts it to YouTube from the same dialog. The YouTube caption is counted against YouTube's 5,000 character limit, so a full description from this generator fits, and the other platforms can get a shorter caption of their own. Make the video with [Script to Video](/script-to-video), then [auto post](/auto-post) it. Up to 5,000 characters. YouTube's limit, counted as you type. A caption per platform. Long for YouTube, shorter for Instagram or Bluesky. Its own title. YouTube gets a separate title field with a 100 character count. Post this video Example We upload the finished file to each account you pick. Where should it go? @yourbrand TikTok @yourbrand Instagram · Posts as a Reel Your Brand YouTube · Vertical videos post as Shorts Caption Rewrite Rome did not build the Colosseum with magic. It built it with one ingredient we forgot. #history 96 / 2200 (Instagram is the shortest limit)Written from your script. Edit it freely. Customise caption per platform Schedule (optional, leave empty to post now) 10/07/2026, 09:00 AM Goes out within about two minutes of it. Schedule for 2 accounts Pricing ## Make the videos your descriptions belong to The description generator stays free with no signup. Plans for making and uploading the videos start at $9 a month. ### Lite The cheapest way in, with every video mode included. $9/month or $90 a year, 2 months free 450credits a month About 4 stock-footage videos or about 1 AI cinematic video 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 2 social accounts - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video - Full HD 1080p export, no watermark ### Solo For one creator posting every week. $19/month or $190 a year, 2 months free 1,000credits a month About 10 stock-footage videos or about 2 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 4 social accounts - More than double the credits of Lite - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video ### Plus Most popular Long-form, your branding and a team of three. $29/month or $290 a year, 2 months free 1,600credits a month About 16 stock-footage videos or about 3 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 6 social accounts - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - Brand Kit: your logo as a watermark on every video - 3 team seats with admin and member roles ### Pro For teams and channels running at volume. $49/month or $490 a year, 2 months free 2,800credits a month About 29 stock-footage videos or about 6 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 10 social accounts - Lowest price per credit of any plan - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - 10 team seats with admin and member roles 7-day free trial for new customers: $0 today, card required, 500 trial credits, and trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script. Video counts are estimates for 30-second videos, rounded down. Plan credits refresh every billing month and do not roll over. Every plan includes - Every way to make a video: prompt, script, talking avatar, image and character swap - 15 visual styles, captions, music and voices - 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 Busy month? Top-up packs from $9: a one-time purchase, and the credits never expire. [Compare plans and packs](/pricing) ## YouTube Description Generator FAQs Something else? [Visit the help center](/help) Is this YouTube description generator really free? Yes. Type your topic, get 5 full description variants instantly. No signup, no card, no daily cap. The whole tool runs in your browser so there is no cost on our side either. What is the YouTube description character limit? 5,000 characters total. The first ~150 characters render above the "Show more" fold on desktop and mobile. The live counter on each generated result shows you exactly how long the description is so you stay under the limit. Are these descriptions AI-generated? Not via real-time AI inference. These are hand-curated description patterns (hooks, summaries, chapter scaffolds, CTAs, link blocks, hashtag sets) adapted to your topic via substitution. They run instantly with no API call. If you want true AI-written copy, the paid product writes the script and makes the video from one line with [prompt to video](/prompt-to-video). Will these descriptions help my video rank on YouTube? They give you the structure YouTube's algorithm rewards: keyword-rich first lines, a body paragraph that explains the topic, chapter markers, hashtags, and a clear CTA. Description alone will not rank a video; it works in combination with the title, thumbnail, watch time, and engagement. But a well-structured description is one of the easier wins. How many hashtags should I use in a YouTube description? 3-5 is the sweet spot. YouTube shows the first 3 hashtags above the video title in the player. Past 15 hashtags YouTube ignores them all and may flag the video. The hashtag block our generator produces ships with ~6 tags so you can trim to your preferred count. Can I edit the generated descriptions? Yes. Everything is plain text you copy then paste into YouTube Studio. The chapter scaffolds and link sections ship as fill-in-the-blanks (00:00 Intro, \[your-link\], etc.) so you can drop in your actual timestamps and URLs before publishing. Does this work for YouTube Shorts and long-form videos? Both. For Shorts, use one of the shorter description variants and skip the chapter block. For long-form, the full structure (hook + summary + chapters + links + hashtags) is what you want, YouTube uses each component as a ranking signal. Want to actually make the video? MakeAIVideo turns one prompt into a finished AI video: script, voiceover, scenes and captions, with music if you want it, ready in a few minutes. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) ## More free AI video tools - [ YouTube Tag Generator Generate a YouTube tags pool from your topic + niche, optimised to fit YouTube's 500-character tag limit. Free, no signup. ](/tools/youtube-tag-generator) - [ YouTube Title Generator Generate 10 proven YouTube titles in your chosen style: how-to, listicle, comparison, story, or controversial. Includes SERP truncation warnings. ](/tools/youtube-title-generator) - [ YouTube Money Calculator Estimate YouTube ad revenue from views with niche-specific RPM ranges from 2026 creator-economy data. Low, typical, and high earnings band. ](/tools/youtube-money-calculator) - [ YouTube Channel Name Generator Generate 20 YouTube channel name ideas across 7 styles. Includes handle character checks and a one-click YouTube availability link. Free, no signup. ](/tools/youtube-channel-name-generator) [See all tools](/tools) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/tools/youtube-money-calculator --- title: "Free YouTube Money Calculator | MakeAIVideo" description: "Estimate YouTube ad revenue from views with niche-specific RPM ranges from 2026 creator-economy data. Low, typical, and high earnings band." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/tools/youtube-money-calculator format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [All tools](/tools) # YouTube Money Calculator Estimate YouTube ad revenue from views with niche-specific RPM ranges from 2026 creator-economy data. Low, typical, and high earnings band. Total monthly views Use your YouTube Studio analytics views figure for a real number. We'll show a low / typical / high earnings band based on your niche. Channel nicheFinance & investing (typical $22 RPM)Tech reviews & SaaS (typical $15 RPM)Business / make money online (typical $18 RPM)Real estate (typical $16 RPM)Education / how-to (typical $7 RPM)Health & fitness (typical $6 RPM)Lifestyle / vlog (typical $4 RPM)Beauty & fashion (typical $5 RPM)Gaming (typical $3 RPM)Music (typical $2 RPM)Entertainment / comedy (typical $3 RPM)Kids content (typical $1.5 RPM)Custom RPM (I know my number) RPM (revenue per 1,000 views): $8–$25 range, $15 typical. Bands from 2026 creator-economy data; your actual RPM in YouTube Studio is the source of truth. Enter your monthly views above to estimate your YouTube ad revenue. How this estimate is calculated earnings = (views / 1,000) × RPM RPM (revenue per 1,000 views) already accounts for YouTube's 45% revenue share and the fact that only some views are monetised. It's the right number to use for creator-side estimates. CPM (cost per 1,000 impressions) is the advertiser-side number and is roughly 2x higher. This calculator estimates ad revenue only. It excludes YouTube Premium revenue (small), channel memberships, Super Chats, sponsorships, affiliate links, and merch, which often exceed ad revenue for larger channels. Niche RPM bands come from creator-economy survey data (Tubular, Tubefilter, Social Blade aggregates, 2024-2026). Your actual RPM varies based on geography of audience (US/UK/CA highest), watch time, ad inventory, and seasonality (Q4 highest). ## About the YouTube Money Calculator Enter your monthly YouTube views and pick your niche to estimate monthly and annual ad revenue. We use 2026 creator-economy RPM benchmarks across 12 niches (finance, tech, business, education, gaming, lifestyle, music, etc.) so the estimate matches what creators actually earn. Custom RPM mode lets you plug in your own YouTube Studio number for a precise calculation. ✓ Runs entirely in your browser. No signup, no AI cost, no data sent anywhere. Views come from uploads ## The estimate runs on views. Views need videos. MakeAIVideo makes YouTube videos from a topic or your own script. [Prompt to Video](/prompt-to-video) writes and narrates it, builds a scene for each beat and adds captions, in 16:9 for the channel or 9:16 for Shorts. Running it without a face on camera? See [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel). Up to 10 minutes. Long enough for a full YouTube video, on every plan. No watermark. 1080p MP4 downloads on every plan. Posted to YouTube. Upload from the app, now or on a schedule. Create Prompt to VideoScript to VideoTalking AvatarImage to Video Your prompt Example A 30 second documentary about how the Romans built the Colosseum, with a hook in the first line and a question at the end. Or start from an example Morning habitsWhy startups failHistory deep-diveScience fact Length 15s1m3m5m10mCustom Aspect ratio 9:161:116:9 Sarah Female · American Mature, reassuring, confident Captions Word-by-word, auto-styled Estimated cost ~90 credits Example Generate video Pricing ## Plans for publishing more YouTube videos The money calculator stays free with no signup. Plans start at $9 a month. We can't promise views or earnings; we make the videos. ### Lite The cheapest way in, with every video mode included. $9/month or $90 a year, 2 months free 450credits a month About 4 stock-footage videos or about 1 AI cinematic video 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 2 social accounts - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video - Full HD 1080p export, no watermark ### Solo For one creator posting every week. $19/month or $190 a year, 2 months free 1,000credits a month About 10 stock-footage videos or about 2 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 4 social accounts - More than double the credits of Lite - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video ### Plus Most popular Long-form, your branding and a team of three. $29/month or $290 a year, 2 months free 1,600credits a month About 16 stock-footage videos or about 3 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 6 social accounts - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - Brand Kit: your logo as a watermark on every video - 3 team seats with admin and member roles ### Pro For teams and channels running at volume. $49/month or $490 a year, 2 months free 2,800credits a month About 29 stock-footage videos or about 6 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 10 social accounts - Lowest price per credit of any plan - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - 10 team seats with admin and member roles 7-day free trial for new customers: $0 today, card required, 500 trial credits, and trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script. Video counts are estimates for 30-second videos, rounded down. Plan credits refresh every billing month and do not roll over. Every plan includes - Every way to make a video: prompt, script, talking avatar, image and character swap - 15 visual styles, captions, music and voices - 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 Busy month? Top-up packs from $9: a one-time purchase, and the credits never expire. [Compare plans and packs](/pricing) ## YouTube Money Calculator FAQs Something else? [Visit the help center](/help) How much money do YouTube channels make per 1000 views? It varies by niche. Finance and tech niches see RPMs of $15-$40 per 1,000 views (top earners). Education and business hit $7-$18. Lifestyle, beauty, and gaming run $2-$7. Music and kids' content are the lowest at $1-$3. Our calculator shows the typical band for 12 niches plus a custom-RPM mode. What's the difference between CPM and RPM on YouTube? CPM is what advertisers PAY per 1,000 impressions of their ad. RPM (revenue per mille) is what creators ACTUALLY receive per 1,000 video views, after YouTube's 45% revenue share and the fact that not every view shows an ad. RPM is the right number for estimating creator earnings; it's typically 40-55% of CPM. How accurate is this YouTube money calculator? It produces a low/typical/high range based on niche benchmarks, which is more accurate than a single number. Your actual earnings depend on geography (US/UK/CA audiences pay more), watch time per video, ad inventory available, seasonality (Q4 is highest), and the specific topics you cover. For an exact number, pull your RPM from YouTube Studio → Analytics → Revenue and use Custom RPM mode. What is RPM and where do I find mine? RPM (revenue per mille) is the creator-side number. Find it in YouTube Studio under Analytics → Revenue → RPM. It's the total revenue you received divided by your total views, multiplied by 1,000. Plug it into Custom RPM mode for a precise earnings estimate. Does this include YouTube Premium revenue and other income? No, this calculator estimates ad revenue only. It excludes YouTube Premium subscriber revenue (usually small), channel memberships, Super Chats and Stickers, sponsorships, affiliate links, and merch sales. For most channels above 100K subscribers, non-ad revenue often exceeds ad revenue. How many views do I need to make money on YouTube? To monetise on YouTube you need 1,000 subscribers plus 4,000 public watch hours in the last 12 months (or 1,000 subscribers and 10 million Shorts views in 90 days). Once monetised, a niche with $5 RPM needs 200,000 views to earn $1,000/month. A niche with $20 RPM needs only 50,000 views. Check the calculator above for your niche. Can AI help me make YouTube videos faster? Yes. MakeAIVideo makes the videos for a [faceless YouTube channel](/faceless-youtube-channel): it takes a script and returns a finished narrated video with AI voiceover, scenes and captions in a few minutes, which suits creators publishing several times a week. Want to actually make the video? MakeAIVideo turns one prompt into a finished AI video: script, voiceover, scenes and captions, with music if you want it, ready in a few minutes. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) ## More free AI video tools - [ CPM Calculator Calculate CPM, cost, or impressions in one click with real 2026 channel benchmarks for YouTube, Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, and CTV. ](/tools/cpm-calculator) - [ YouTube Title Generator Generate 10 proven YouTube titles in your chosen style: how-to, listicle, comparison, story, or controversial. Includes SERP truncation warnings. ](/tools/youtube-title-generator) - [ YouTube Channel Name Generator Generate 20 YouTube channel name ideas across 7 styles. Includes handle character checks and a one-click YouTube availability link. Free, no signup. ](/tools/youtube-channel-name-generator) - [ YouTube Description Generator Generate 5 full YouTube descriptions per click with hook, summary, chapters, CTA, and hashtags. Live 5,000-char count. Free. ](/tools/youtube-description-generator) [See all tools](/tools) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/tools/youtube-tag-generator --- title: "Free YouTube Tag Generator | MakeAIVideo" description: "Generate a YouTube tags pool from your topic + niche, optimised to fit YouTube's 500-character tag limit. Free, no signup." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/tools/youtube-tag-generator format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [All tools](/tools) # YouTube Tag Generator Generate a YouTube tags pool from your topic + niche, optimised to fit YouTube's 500-character tag limit. Free, no signup. What's your video about? Channel nicheTech & gadgetsGamingLifestyle & vlogEducation / how-toFitness & healthBusiness & entrepreneurshipBeauty & fashionFood & cookingTravelMusicComedy & entertainmentKids & familyFinance & investingDIY / crafts Type a topic above and we'll generate a pool of YouTube tags optimised to fit YouTube's 500-character limit. How YouTube tags work YouTube tags are descriptive keywords you add in YouTube Studio (Details → Show more → Tags) that help YouTube understand your video's topic. The official limit is 500 characters total (including commas). Use a mix of: (1) exact-match tags (your main topic), (2) long-tail tags (specific phrases people actually search), (3) related tags (adjacent topics), and (4) niche-coded tags (your category language). Avoid stuffing with unrelated trending terms, YouTube penalises tag spam. Tags are one ranking factor among many; title, description, thumbnail, and watch-through rate matter more. Don't expect tags alone to rank a weak video. ## About the YouTube Tag Generator Enter your video topic and pick your niche. We generate 60+ relevant YouTube tags across exact-match, long-tail, niche-coded, and trend patterns, then auto-fit as many as possible under YouTube's 500-character total tag limit. Click any tag to copy individually, or copy the whole comma-separated pool to paste straight into YouTube Studio. ✓ Runs entirely in your browser. No signup, no AI cost, no data sent anywhere. Tags need a video ## Tagged the topic? Make the video to match. Give MakeAIVideo the topic you tagged and [Prompt to Video](/prompt-to-video) writes the script, narrates it and builds the scenes. Every render lands in My Videos, where you can reopen it, download the 1080p MP4 for YouTube Studio, or [post it to YouTube](/auto-post) from the app. Every video in one place. Ready, in progress and failed renders, filtered in My Videos. 1080p MP4, no watermark. Upload it in YouTube Studio, where your tags go. Or post it directly. Send it to your YouTube channel without leaving the app. My Videos Example AllReadyIn progressFailed ![](/hero-posters/prompt.webp)0:25 Universe in 25s ![](/hero-posters/script.webp)0:48 Cathedrals by candlelight ![](/hero-posters/talking-avatar.webp)0:31 Nobody filmed this ![](/hero-posters/i2v.webp)0:10 Aurora over the fjord ![](/hero-posters/character-swap.webp)0:08 Rooftop take, swapped ![](/images/home/library-colosseum.webp)0:42 Rome in a day Pricing ## Plans for making the videos you tag The tag generator stays free with no signup. Plans start at $9 a month, with 1080p downloads and no watermark on every one. ### Lite The cheapest way in, with every video mode included. $9/month or $90 a year, 2 months free 450credits a month About 4 stock-footage videos or about 1 AI cinematic video 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 2 social accounts - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video - Full HD 1080p export, no watermark ### Solo For one creator posting every week. $19/month or $190 a year, 2 months free 1,000credits a month About 10 stock-footage videos or about 2 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 4 social accounts - More than double the credits of Lite - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video ### Plus Most popular Long-form, your branding and a team of three. $29/month or $290 a year, 2 months free 1,600credits a month About 16 stock-footage videos or about 3 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 6 social accounts - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - Brand Kit: your logo as a watermark on every video - 3 team seats with admin and member roles ### Pro For teams and channels running at volume. $49/month or $490 a year, 2 months free 2,800credits a month About 29 stock-footage videos or about 6 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 10 social accounts - Lowest price per credit of any plan - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - 10 team seats with admin and member roles 7-day free trial for new customers: $0 today, card required, 500 trial credits, and trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script. Video counts are estimates for 30-second videos, rounded down. Plan credits refresh every billing month and do not roll over. Every plan includes - Every way to make a video: prompt, script, talking avatar, image and character swap - 15 visual styles, captions, music and voices - 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 Busy month? Top-up packs from $9: a one-time purchase, and the credits never expire. [Compare plans and packs](/pricing) ## YouTube Tag Generator FAQs Something else? [Visit the help center](/help) How many YouTube tags should I use? YouTube allows up to 500 characters total in the tags field (including commas). For most videos, 12-20 tags is the sweet spot. Our generator auto-fits as many tags as possible under the 500-character cap and surfaces a count so you know you're at the limit. Do YouTube tags still help with ranking in 2026? Tags are a minor ranking signal compared to title, description, thumbnail, and watch-through rate. They help YouTube understand context when your video has limited engagement signals (new uploads, niche topics). Don't over-invest in tag optimisation; do invest in a strong first 30 seconds and a click-worthy thumbnail. What is the YouTube tag character limit? 500 characters for the whole tags field, not per tag. The [YouTube Data API reference](https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs/videos) gives video tags a maximum length of 500 characters and says the commas between tags count toward that limit. A tag that contains a space counts as if it were wrapped in quotation marks, so Foo Baz uses nine characters where Foo-Baz uses seven. This generator fits tags under 500 characters as you type; if most of your tags are several words long, leave a few characters spare before you paste them into YouTube Studio. How do I add tags to my YouTube video? In YouTube Studio: open the video → Details → scroll to Show more → Tags field. Paste your comma-separated tags. Save and publish (or republish). Changes affect ranking gradually over the next 24-72 hours as YouTube re-indexes the video. Are tag generators against YouTube's rules? No. YouTube prohibits 'tag stuffing' (unrelated trending terms used to manipulate discovery), but topic-relevant tags generated by tools are explicitly fine. Our generator produces tags from your topic + niche only, we don't inject unrelated trending terms. What about the rest of my YouTube optimisation? Pair your tags with a strong title (use our [free YouTube title generator](/tools/youtube-title-generator)), a full SEO description (use the [description generator](/tools/youtube-description-generator)), and the right channel branding (use the [channel name generator](/tools/youtube-channel-name-generator)). All four are browser-based, no signup. Want to actually make the video? MakeAIVideo turns one prompt into a finished AI video: script, voiceover, scenes and captions, with music if you want it, ready in a few minutes. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) ## More free AI video tools - [ YouTube Title Generator Generate 10 proven YouTube titles in your chosen style: how-to, listicle, comparison, story, or controversial. Includes SERP truncation warnings. ](/tools/youtube-title-generator) - [ YouTube Description Generator Generate 5 full YouTube descriptions per click with hook, summary, chapters, CTA, and hashtags. Live 5,000-char count. Free. ](/tools/youtube-description-generator) - [ YouTube Channel Name Generator Generate 20 YouTube channel name ideas across 7 styles. Includes handle character checks and a one-click YouTube availability link. Free, no signup. ](/tools/youtube-channel-name-generator) - [ YouTube Money Calculator Estimate YouTube ad revenue from views with niche-specific RPM ranges from 2026 creator-economy data. Low, typical, and high earnings band. ](/tools/youtube-money-calculator) [See all tools](/tools) --- ## https://makeaivideo.ai/tools/youtube-title-generator --- title: "Free YouTube Title Generator | MakeAIVideo" description: "Generate 10 proven YouTube titles in your chosen style: how-to, listicle, comparison, story, or controversial. Includes SERP truncation warnings." canonical: https://makeaivideo.ai/tools/youtube-title-generator format: markdown generator: makeaivideo-marketing build-time HTML→MD --- [All tools](/tools) # YouTube Title Generator Generate 10 proven YouTube titles in your chosen style: how-to, listicle, comparison, story, or controversial. Includes SERP truncation warnings. Title style How-ToListicleComparisonStoryControversial Step-by-step / instructional. Broad appeal, evergreen searches. What's the video about? Type a topic and we'll generate 10 YouTube titles in the **How-To** style. ## About the YouTube Title Generator Pick a title style and topic, get 10 title variations built from patterns that consistently perform on YouTube. Includes character-count warnings for SERP truncation. ✓ Runs entirely in your browser. No signup, no AI cost, no data sent anywhere. Title it, then post it ## Title picked. Make the video and post it to YouTube. MakeAIVideo makes the video from a prompt or a script and uploads it to your YouTube channel. Pick YouTube in the post dialog and it asks for a title with a 100 character count, so the title you chose here goes in as it is. Making Shorts? See the [AI Shorts generator](/ai-shorts-generator). A YouTube title field. Pre-filled from your video's title and counted to YouTube's 100 character limit. Vertical posts as Shorts. 9:16 videos go to YouTube as Shorts. Schedule the upload. Pick a date and time, or leave it empty to post now. Post this video Example We upload the finished file to each account you pick. Where should it go? @yourbrand TikTok @yourbrand Instagram · Posts as a Reel Your Brand YouTube · Vertical videos post as Shorts Caption Rewrite Rome did not build the Colosseum with magic. It built it with one ingredient we forgot. #history 96 / 2200 (Instagram is the shortest limit)Written from your script. Edit it freely. Customise caption per platform Schedule (optional, leave empty to post now) 10/07/2026, 09:00 AM Goes out within about two minutes of it. Schedule for 2 accounts Pricing ## Make the videos your titles promise The title generator stays free with no signup. Plans for making and uploading the videos start at $9 a month, and every plan posts to YouTube. ### Lite The cheapest way in, with every video mode included. $9/month or $90 a year, 2 months free 450credits a month About 4 stock-footage videos or about 1 AI cinematic video 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 2 social accounts - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video - Full HD 1080p export, no watermark ### Solo For one creator posting every week. $19/month or $190 a year, 2 months free 1,000credits a month About 10 stock-footage videos or about 2 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 4 social accounts - More than double the credits of Lite - Videos up to 10 minutes - Every mode, including Talking Avatar and Image to Video ### Plus Most popular Long-form, your branding and a team of three. $29/month or $290 a year, 2 months free 1,600credits a month About 16 stock-footage videos or about 3 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 6 social accounts - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - Brand Kit: your logo as a watermark on every video - 3 team seats with admin and member roles ### Pro For teams and channels running at volume. $49/month or $490 a year, 2 months free 2,800credits a month About 29 stock-footage videos or about 6 AI cinematic videos 30 seconds each, every month [Start 7 day free trial](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup) - Post and schedule to 10 social accounts - Lowest price per credit of any plan - Stock-footage videos up to 40 minutes - 10 team seats with admin and member roles 7-day free trial for new customers: $0 today, card required, 500 trial credits, and trial videos are capped at 10 seconds of script. Video counts are estimates for 30-second videos, rounded down. Plan credits refresh every billing month and do not roll over. Every plan includes - Every way to make a video: prompt, script, talking avatar, image and character swap - 15 visual styles, captions, music and voices - 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 Busy month? Top-up packs from $9: a one-time purchase, and the credits never expire. [Compare plans and packs](/pricing) ## YouTube Title Generator FAQs Something else? [Visit the help center](/help) What's the ideal YouTube title length? Keep titles under 60 characters. That's the point at which Google and YouTube truncate them in the search results. The generator warns you when a title goes over, so you can pick the strongest version that still fits. Which style works best? Depends on your content. How-To and Listicle have the broadest reach. Comparison works when you're contrasting two well-known options. Story ("I did X for 30 days") leans heavily on personality. Controversial drives clicks but be ready for the comments. Will these titles rank in Google? Title alone won't. Google ranks on the whole package (description, transcript, watch time, backlinks). But a strong title is the difference between getting clicked and getting scrolled past, and click-through-rate is itself a ranking signal. Can I use these titles on TikTok or Instagram Reels? Yes, with caveats. TikTok captions are slightly different: shorter, more conversational, often question-led. Reels caption styles also vary. These titles are tuned for YouTube but most translate fine with light editing. Use the [caption character counter](/tools/tiktok-caption-counter) to make sure your version fits each platform's limit. Want to actually make the video? MakeAIVideo turns one prompt into a finished AI video: script, voiceover, scenes and captions, with music if you want it, ready in a few minutes. [Get started](https://app.makeaivideo.ai/signup)[MakeAIVideo pricing](/pricing) ## More free AI video tools - [ CTR Calculator Calculate click-through rate from clicks and impressions, with 2026 channel benchmarks across search, social, video, email, and organic SERP. ](/tools/ctr-calculator) - [ YouTube Tag Generator Generate a YouTube tags pool from your topic + niche, optimised to fit YouTube's 500-character tag limit. Free, no signup. ](/tools/youtube-tag-generator) - [ YouTube Description Generator Generate 5 full YouTube descriptions per click with hook, summary, chapters, CTA, and hashtags. Live 5,000-char count. Free. ](/tools/youtube-description-generator) - [ Video Hook Generator Generate 10 attention-grabbing video hooks for any topic. Patterns proven to drive watch-through on TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Free, no signup. ](/tools/video-hook-generator) [See all tools](/tools)