Video Generation AI Tools

Turns scripts, articles, or slides into edited videos automatically, with AI voiceovers and auto-captions.

Pictory converts text — a blog post, script, or PowerPoint deck — into a produced video by auto-selecting matching stock footage, adding AI voiceovers, and generating captions. It can also turn a long recording like a webinar or podcast into short highlight clips for social media, and includes a screen recorder that automatically trims silences and filler words. Plans are metered by monthly video minutes rather than a flat seat price.

• Script, article, URL, or PowerPoint-to-video conversion
• AI voiceovers (including ElevenLabs voices on higher tiers) in 20+ languages
• Automatic highlight-clip extraction from long recordings
• Auto-captioning with customizable fonts and styling
• Screen recorder that auto-trims silences and filler words
• No permanent free plan — 14-day trial to test the platform

AI avatar video generator for creators and businesses, with video translation.

HeyGen generates talking-avatar videos from a script and voice, and is widely used for marketing, sales outreach, and localizing videos into other languages with lip-synced dubbing. It runs on a premium-credit system where higher-fidelity avatar models (Avatar IV/V) cost more credits per minute than older models.

• Free plan gives 3 videos/month at 720p with a watermark
• Creator ($29/mo) unlocks unlimited videos at 1080p plus one voice clone
• Video translation with lip-sync dubbing across many languages
• Business tier ($149/mo + $20/seat) adds 4K rendering and up to 5 custom avatars
• Credit cost varies sharply by avatar model — Avatar IV/V videos cost ~20 credits/minute vs 3 for older avatars

AI avatar video platform for presenter-style training and marketing videos.

Synthesia generates videos of AI presenter avatars speaking a script in 140+ languages, aimed at teams that need consistent training, onboarding, or marketing videos without filming a person every time. It's the most established player in this category, used by 50,000+ teams, and supports dubbing and interactive (branching) video on higher tiers.

• Free plan available but limited to a small monthly video allowance with a watermark
• Starter (~$18-29/mo) removes the watermark and unlocks 125+ stock avatars
• Creator (~$64-89/mo) adds personal AI avatars, API access, and interactive video
• Supports script translation and dubbing into 140+ languages from one source video
• Enterprise tier adds SSO, custom avatars, and a dedicated success manager

AI video generator known for fast, stylized clips and built-in creative effects.

Pika is an AI video platform built by two Stanford AI researchers, known for its "Pikaffects" — playful, physics-defying effects (melt, explode, inflate) alongside standard text-to-video and image-to-video generation. It runs on a credit system and is generally considered a budget-friendly pick for short social-media clips rather than cinematic work.

• Pikaffects library adds one-click physics-bending effects (melt, explode, squish, inflate)
• Pikadditions and Pikaswaps let you insert or replace objects/characters in real footage
• Pikaframes interpolates smoothly between a start and end keyframe
• Free tier (80 credits/mo) available, but outputs are watermarked
• Commercial use and watermark removal require the Pro tier ($28/mo annual) or higher

AI video generator that turns a text prompt into a full edited video.

InVideo AI generates a complete video — script, voiceover, stock footage, and captions — from a single text prompt or topic, then hands off to a standard timeline editor for manual refinement.

• Generates a full video (script, footage, voiceover) from one prompt
• Large stock footage and music library included
• Text-based editing — edit the video by editing the script
• Auto-captioning and multi-language voiceover

Turns a script, image, or recording into a talking-avatar video, plus interactive AI video agents.

D-ID generates videos of AI avatars — stock or a personal clone — speaking a script with a matched cloned or synthetic voice, and can also build interactive "visual agents" that respond live in real time. It runs on a credit system shared across Studio and API use, where longer or higher-quality videos consume more credits, and unused credits expire when a plan renews. Personal, non-commercial use starts on the Lite plan; commercial rights begin at Pro.

• Script, image, or recording-to-avatar video generation
• Personal avatar creation and voice cloning
• Interactive real-time visual agents, not just static video
• Multi-language video translation for existing footage
• Credit-based pricing — cost scales with video length and quality
• Commercial usage rights start at the Pro plan

Text-based audio/video editor — cut, edit, and clean up recordings by editing a transcript.

Descript treats audio and video as editable text: delete a word in the transcript and the corresponding audio or video is cut too. On top of that core workflow it adds AI features like Studio Sound noise cleanup, Overdub voice cloning, filler-word removal, and an "Underlord" AI agent that can script, edit, caption, and generate a draft video from a single prompt. It's popular with podcasters, YouTubers, and marketing teams producing regular spoken-word content.

• Edit audio/video by editing a transcript — delete text, delete the clip
• Studio Sound AI noise cleanup and Overdub AI voice cloning
• Filler-word removal and automatic captions
• Underlord AI agent can draft an edited video from one prompt
• Real-time collaboration for teams editing together
• Free plan capped at 1 hour of transcription/video per month

AI video generation and editing platform.

Runway builds AI models for generating and editing video, image, and 3D content, and is one of the more established players in AI video (raised over $1B in funding). Its Gen-series video models can generate clips from text or images and extend, edit, or restyle existing footage.

• Free "Basic" tier available to try core generation features
• Standard plan starts around $12/mo for individual creators
• Higher "Unlimited" tier (~$76/mo) removes generation caps for heavy use
• Includes video-specific editing tools (green screen, inpainting, motion brush), not just generation
• Offers a public API for developers building video generation into other products

AI tool that turns long videos into short, ready-to-post social clips.

Opus Clip analyzes a long-form video (like a podcast or webinar) to automatically find the most engaging moments, then reframes and captions them into short vertical clips optimized for TikTok, Reels, and Shorts.

• Automatically finds the most engaging moments in long footage
• Auto-reframes horizontal video into vertical clips
• Auto-generated captions and virality scoring per clip
• One-click export formatted for TikTok, Reels, and Shorts

AI-powered video platform for sales and marketing teams.

Vidyard lets sales and marketing teams record, host, and share personalized video messages, with AI features that can generate a script, create an AI avatar presenter, and track exactly who watched a video and how far.

• AI script generation for sales and marketing videos
• AI avatar presenter option for faster video creation
• Viewer analytics showing who watched and how far
• Personalized video messaging at scale for outreach