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Video & Animation

Text to video, editing, digital avatars and short-form creation.

19 tools on this shelf

Typical requests:Turn text into video · Cut a long clip short · Make an avatar

Stands on this shelf

Products whose main job is exactly this.

CapCut

CapCut

Video & Animation

Editing, auto captions and templates for short video

What it costs
Free tier
How to start
Open and use · Account needed
Good for
Everyone · Creators
Video editingAuto captionsTemplates
Checked 2026-10-13
Runway

Runway

Video & Animation

Generate and edit video with generative models

What it costs
Free tier
How to start
Account needed
Good for
Creators · Business
Text to videoVideo editingVFX
Checked 2026-10-13
Pika

Pika

Video & Animation

Short generative clips with playful effects

What it costs
Free tier
How to start
Account needed
Good for
Creators · Everyone
Text to videoEffectsSocial clips
Checked 2026-10-13
Descript

Descript

Video & Animation

Edit video and podcasts by editing the transcript

What it costs
Free tier
How to start
Account needed
Good for
Creators · Everyone · Business
Transcript editingPodcastAuto captions
Checked 2026-10-13
Kling AI

Kling AI

Video & Animation

China

Video and image generation in one workspace

What it costs
Free tier
How to start
Account needed
Good for
Creators · Everyone · Business
Text to videoImage to videoCamera control
Checked 2026-10-13
Vidu

Vidu

Video & Animation

China

Multi-reference video generation, strong on animation

What it costs
Free tier
How to start
Account needed
Good for
Creators · Business
Text to videoMulti-referenceCharacter consistency
Checked 2026-10-13
PixVerse

PixVerse

Video & Animation

China

Text-to-video clips with templates, agents and lip sync

What it costs
Free tier
How to start
Account needed
Good for
Creators · Business
Text to videoImage to videoLip sync
Checked 2026-10-22
Hailuo AI

Hailuo AI

Video & Animation

China

Text-to-video and a chat assistant from MiniMax

What it costs
Free tier
How to start
Account needed
Good for
Creators · Everyone
Text to videoImage to videoCamera control
Checked 2026-10-22
Jianying

Jianying

Video & Animation

China

AI-assisted video editor for short-form and marketing clips

What it costs
Free tier
How to start
Account needed
Good for
Creators · Everyone · Business
Video editingAuto captionsDigital humans
Checked 2026-10-22

Also found on this shelf

Products built for something else that also handle this — good to compare against.

Midjourney

Midjourney

also found here · Images & Design

High-aesthetic text-to-image generation

What it costs
Paid
How to start
Account needed
Good for
Creators · Everyone
Text to imageConcept artStyling
Checked 2026-10-13
Canva

Canva

also found here · Images & Design

Templates plus AI for posters, slides and social posts

What it costs
Free tier
How to start
Open and use · Account needed
Good for
Everyone · Creators · Business · Students
TemplatesPostersSocial media
Checked 2026-10-13
Adobe Firefly

Adobe Firefly

also found here · Images & Design

Generative imaging built for commercial safety

What it costs
Free tier
How to start
Account needed
Good for
Creators · Business
Generative fillText to imageCommercial safety
Checked 2026-10-13

ElevenLabs

also found here · Voice & Music

Natural voice synthesis, dubbing and voice cloning

What it costs
Free tier
How to start
Open and use · Account needed · Setup needed
Good for
Creators · Business · Developers
Text to speechDubbingVoice cloning
Checked 2026-10-13
Suno

Suno

also found here · Voice & Music

Generate a full song from a description

What it costs
Free tier
How to start
Account needed
Good for
Everyone · Creators
Music generationVocalsBackground music
Checked 2026-10-13

Adobe Podcast

also found here · Voice & Music

Make a rough recording sound like a studio

What it costs
Free tier
How to start
Open and use · Account needed
Good for
Creators · Everyone
Noise removalSpeech enhancePodcast
Checked 2026-10-13

Udio

also found here · Voice & Music

Song generation with fine control over sections

What it costs
Free tier
How to start
Account needed
Good for
Everyone · Creators
Music generationEditingArrangement
Checked 2026-10-13
Dreamina

Dreamina

also found here · Images & Design

China

Text and image to video, plus AI image generation

What it costs
Free tier
How to start
Account needed
Good for
Creators · Everyone · Business
Text to imageImage to videoCanvas
Checked 2026-10-13

Wan

also found here · Images & Design

China

Video and image generation model built for production output

What it costs
Free tier
How to start
Account needed
Good for
Creators · Business · Developers
Text to videoImage to videoReference editing
Checked 2026-10-13
Moyin

Moyin

also found here · Voice & Music

China

AI voiceover studio for short video and audiobooks

What it costs
Free tier
How to start
Account needed
Good for
Creators · Business
VoiceoverVoice librarySubtitle timing
Checked 2026-10-22