Video
Generate and edit video, from avatars to special effects.
26 tools
Making a video with AI has never been so accessible: presenter avatars, text-based editing, shot generation, automatic subtitles and dubbing.
Talking avatar (Synthesia, HeyGen), transcript-based editing (Descript), all-in-one editor (VEED.IO), article recycling (Pictory), prompt-to-video (InVideo) or realistic generation (Runway, Kling): each use has its tool. Our pick, ranked honestly.
Tools in this category
Google DeepMind
Google's AI lab and its whole model lineup: Gemini, Veo, Imagen, Nano Banana.
Synthesia
AI-avatar videos from a simple script.
Descript
Edit your videos and podcasts like a text document.
Runway
The creative studio for generative video.
HeyGen
AI-avatar videos and multilingual dubbing in minutes.
Adobe Firefly
Adobe's commercially-safe generative AI (image, video, vector).
VEED.IO
An all-in-one online video editor, supercharged with AI.
Topaz Labs
The reference AI upscaling and enhancement for photo and video.
Riverside.fm
High-quality remote recording + AI podcast/video studio.
InVideo
Complete videos generated from a single prompt.
Kling AI
Realistic AI video generation from text or an image.
Luma Dream Machine
Luma Labs' cinematic AI video generator.
Opus Clip
Turns your long videos into short, share-ready viral clips.
Submagic
AI-powered animated captions and short-form editing.
Pictory
Turn your text and articles into ready-to-publish videos.
Pika
The AI video generator with signature creative effects.
Captions
The AI video editor for short talking-head content.
Hailuo AI (MiniMax)
MiniMax's video generator, known for its physics.
Fliki
Text-to-video with realistic voice-overs, in 80+ languages.
Grok Imagine
xAI's image and video generation.
Tavus
The video API with real-time conversational avatars.
D-ID
Talking-avatar video generation from a photo.
Hedra
Video/audio/image creation with lifelike talking avatars.
Vidu
The multi-reference-consistency video generator (ShengShu).
Higgsfield
AI video built for cinematic camera moves.
KreadoAI
Marketing videos with AI avatars and voices, in many languages, no filming.
Frequently asked questions
- Which tool for an avatar video?
- Synthesia for multilingual training, HeyGen for realism and dubbing.
- How to turn an article into a video?
- Pictory is the most direct; InVideo is more creative if you start from an idea.
- Is there beginner-friendly AI video editing?
- Yes: VEED.IO (online editor) and Descript (text-based editing) are very accessible.