Video Generation

About this category

36 products from 34 companies, the earliest first recorded in 2017.

By business model: Freemium 24 · Paid 11 · Open (open weights/source) 1.

Recorded uses in this category: Video generation.

The longest-standing record here is D-ID (2017); the most recent arrival is Moonvalley (2025).

This category covers tools that generate or edit video from text, images, or existing footage. They range from short clip generators to avatar and lip-sync systems used in marketing and production.

Fields taken from the product records use the record dates shown. Sourced claims are labelled per product: verified against the linked page on the date shown, taken from the product record without re-checking, or not independently verified.

Every product here, one line each

• AI Studios — Freemium; Video generation. Made by DeepBrain AI, first recorded Not recorded. Pricing: Free includes 1 priority video per month and 16 one-time generative credits. Personal increases priority videos and includes dubbing minutes; generation models consume separate credits. Interactive Avatar has a distinct plan family.
• AKOOL — Paid; Video generation. Made by AKOOL, first recorded Not recorded. Pricing: Plans use monthly credit allowances, with model-dependent request costs and concurrency limits. Starter is labelled for personal use; higher tiers change resolution and licence scope. API pricing and add-ons should be checked separately.
• Animaker — Freemium; Video generation. Made by Animaker, first recorded Not recorded. Pricing: A free plan is available. Starter and higher subscriptions separate AI video credits, premium downloads, generative-video seconds and asset credits. Export resolution, video length and commercial-rights access differ by tier; annual totals require upfront payment.
• Async — Freemium; Video generation. Made by Podcastle, first recorded Not recorded. Pricing: Formerly Podcastle, now one Async product. Free includes a lifetime 1-hour AI-chat upload allowance and 10 lifetime AI credits. Paid plans add recurring credits and larger workflows; model generation uses credits and top-ups. Current paid amounts were not exposed.
• Captions — Freemium; Video generation. Made by Mirage (formerly Captions), first recorded 2021. Pricing: Captions offers free basic features with watermarks and paid subscriptions that unlock advanced AI tools and higher limits.
• Colossyan — Freemium; Video generation. Made by Colossyan, first recorded Not recorded. Pricing: Subscription tiers distinguish avatar-video minutes, interactive-video counts, auto-translations and SCORM export allowances. Professional adds limited monthly SCORM streaming exports; Enterprise offers broader export options. Check the chosen avatar model and editor seats when comparing plans.
• D-ID — Paid; Video generation. Made by D-ID, first recorded 2017. Pricing: D-ID offers a limited free trial, tiered monthly subscriptions based on video minutes, and usage-based API pricing.
• DomoAI — Paid; Video generation. Made by DomoAI, first recorded Not recorded. Pricing: Subscriptions provide monthly credits; supported higher tiers also offer relaxed generation on selected models. Relax mode does not cover every model. Extra credits, simultaneous jobs and watermark removal vary by plan; annual prices are billed upfront.
• Filmora — Paid; Video generation. Made by Wondershare, first recorded Not recorded. Pricing: Paid subscriptions and a perpetual version licence are offered. A perpetual purchase covers that version rather than future major upgrades. Many AI functions consume credits separately from the editing licence; stock-asset subscriptions and their trials need separate review.
• FlexClip — Freemium; Video generation. Made by FlexClip, first recorded Not recorded. Pricing: Free tools and premium upgrades are offered. AI tools, export resolution and stock-media use can have separate limits. The fetched pricing route did not expose a usable current plan table; confirm AI credits and watermark terms before purchase.
• Fliki — Freemium; Video generation. Made by Fliki, first recorded Not recorded. Pricing: Free offers 3 monthly credits and 720p watermarked videos. Standard has 180 credits and videos up to 15 minutes; Premium has 600 credits and videos up to 40 minutes. Voice, avatar and commercial-rights access differs by tier; billing is per user.
• Hailuo AI — Freemium; Video generation. Made by MiniMax, first recorded 2024. Pricing: Free daily credits are available; paid plans add more credits, faster queues, and higher resolution.
• Hedra — Freemium; Video generation. Made by Hedra, first recorded 2024. Pricing: Hedra has a free tier with limited credits and paid plans that add monthly credits, faster generation, and commercial rights.
• HeyGen — Freemium; Video generation. Made by HeyGen, first recorded 2022. Pricing: A free tier is available; paid plans add video credits, custom avatars, and API access.
• Higgsfield — Freemium; Video generation. Made by Higgsfield AI, first recorded 2025. Pricing: Higgsfield offers limited free credits and tiered subscriptions that grant monthly credits and access to premium models and features.
• InVideo AI — Paid; Video generation. Made by InVideo, first recorded 2023. Pricing: InVideo offers paid subscriptions in Starter, Plus, and Max tiers, with Team, Business, and Enterprise options; plans include monthly credits for AI generation and premium stock.
• Kapwing — Freemium; Video generation. Made by Kapwing, first recorded Not recorded. Pricing: Free includes 10 credits, watermarked exports up to 4 minutes and 720p. Pro adds 4K, exports up to 2 hours and 1000 monthly credits. Subtitle, dubbing and generative tasks draw on credits; billing cycle and seats affect the charge.
• Kling AI — Freemium; Video generation. Made by Kuaishou (快手), first recorded 2024. Pricing: Free daily credits are available; paid memberships add more credits, faster queues, and higher resolutions.
• LTX Studio — Freemium; Video generation. Made by Lightricks, first recorded 2024. Pricing: LTX Studio has a free tier with limited compute seconds; paid plans add monthly generation credits and pro features.
• Luma Dream Machine — Freemium; Video generation. Made by Luma AI, first recorded 2024. Pricing: A free tier with monthly credits is available; paid plans add more credits, faster generation, and higher resolution.
• Moonvalley — Paid; Video generation. Made by Moonvalley, first recorded 2025. Pricing: Moonvalley's Marey is offered through credit-based paid plans; licensed-data training is a core part of its commercial positioning.
• OpusClip — Freemium; Video generation. Made by OpusClip, first recorded 2023. Pricing: OpusClip has a free tier with watermarked, limited processing; paid plans add monthly upload minutes, brand controls, and clean exports.
• Pictory — Paid; Video generation. Made by Pictory, first recorded Not recorded. Pricing: A 14-day trial allows 3 script-to-video projects with branding. Paid subscriptions remove branding and increase video, storage and shared AI-credit allowances. The API has its own plans and is not bundled with standard web plans.
• Pika — Freemium; Video generation. Made by Pika, first recorded 2023. Pricing: Checked 2026-11-02: Free has 0 included monthly credits and can buy packs without a subscription; any signup grant was not confirmed. Starter costs USD 10/month with 900 credits, Creator USD 35/month with 3,150, and Fancy starts at USD 95/month with 8,550. Annual equivalents start at USD 8/month for Starter. API billing is separate.
• Runway — Freemium; Video generation. Made by Runway, first recorded 2023. Pricing: Checked 2026-11-02: Free has 125 one-time credits. Standard is USD 15/month with 625 credits; Pro USD 35/month with 2,250; Max USD 95/month with 9,500. The advertised USD 12/28/76 monthly equivalents require annual billing.
• Seedance — Paid; Video generation. Made by ByteDance, first recorded 2025. Pricing: Seedance is a commercial model priced per generation through the Volcano Engine API; consumer access appears inside ByteDance apps with quotas.
• Steve AI — Freemium; Video generation. Made by Animaker, first recorded Not recorded. Pricing: Free access provides monthly trial credits and limited local downloads. Paid plans add HD, watermark-free exports and larger download limits. Script generation, generated images, video generation and talking-head minutes have different allowances rather than one unlimited pool.
• Synthesia — Paid; Video generation. Made by Synthesia, first recorded 2019. Pricing: A limited free tier is available; paid plans add more video minutes, avatars, and enterprise controls.
• VEED — Freemium; Video generation. Made by VEED, first recorded Not recorded. Pricing: Paid plans charge per editor seat. AI credits reset at renewal and do not roll over. Paid subtitle generation has a fair-use limit of 50 hours/month; translations consume separate minute allowances for each target language. The public fetch did not expose current plan amounts.
• Veo — Paid; Video generation. Made by Google DeepMind, first recorded 2024. Pricing: Veo access is included in paid Google AI plans and priced by usage on Vertex AI.
• Vidu — Freemium; Video generation. Made by Shengshu Technology, first recorded 2024. Pricing: Vidu offers free monthly credits; paid subscriptions add more generations, higher resolution, and faster queues, with API pricing metered separately.
• Viggle — Freemium; Video generation. Made by Viggle, first recorded Not recorded. Pricing: Free allows 5 videos/day, one generation at a time and 7-day asset storage. Paid tiers add credits, watermark removal and permanent storage. PINOC 3D plans are billed separately from Viggle AI.
• Vizard — Freemium; Video generation. Made by Vizard, first recorded Not recorded. Pricing: Free offers 60 credits per month with 720p exports. One credit equals one uploaded video minute. Creator removes watermarks and adds scheduling; Business adds collaboration. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled.
• Wan — Open (open weights/source); Video generation. Made by Alibaba, first recorded 2024. Pricing: Open-weight Wan models are free to download and run under Apache-2.0; Alibaba's hosted Tongyi Wanxiang service is metered separately.
• Wisecut — Freemium; Video generation. Made by Wisecut, first recorded Not recorded. Pricing: Plans combine the Editor and Wish assistant; Plus adds Autopilot and Social Hub automation using shared Wisecut credits. A free entry is offered. Current numeric subscription amounts were not established in this source review.
• Wondershare Virbo — Paid; Video generation. Made by Wondershare, first recorded Not recorded. Pricing: Business plans provision and manage team licences. Custom avatars and voice clones are paid add-ons. Current consumer checkout prices and generation allowances were not established from the reviewed pages; request the applicable plan details before buying.

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