Best AI Video Generators

The 4 that fit

Runway

By RunwayNew York, United States1 product across 1 category

Built for this. The longest-running video lab, with editing tools around the generation rather than just a prompt box.

Free plan: Yes; Free forever plan with 125 one-time credits, a selection of models to test and 5GB storage
Month to month: $15/mo; Standard
Billed yearly: $12/mo; Standard plan −20%

Watch out: Credit-based pricing burns fast when iterating. Free tier is for evaluation, not production.

All plans (6)

Plan	Price	What you get
Free	$0	Free forever plan with 125 one-time credits, a selection of models to test and 5GB storage
Standard	$15/mo · $12/mo yearly	625 credits a month, all video and image models, 5 parallel generations, 3 projects, no watermarks, 4K upscaling, 20GB storage
Pro	$35/mo · $28/mo yearly	2,250 credits a month, 15 parallel generations, 5 projects, a Brand Kit, a custom voice clone, unlimited 4K video upscaling, 100GB storage
Max	$95/mo · $76/mo yearly	9,500 credits a month that roll over a month, 20 parallel generations, 10 projects, early access to new models, studio-grade output
Team	$69/mo · $55/mo yearly	165,600 credits a year shared across the team, 100 shared projects, 24 parallel generations
Enterprise	Custom	unlimited members and projects, custom credits, security and admin controls. An API tier is priced separately

Open Runway Pricing and company Prices checked 4 September 2026

Luma AI

By Luma AIPalo Alto, United States1 product across 1 category

Strong fit. Fast generation with good camera-motion control, plus 3D capture from ordinary footage.

Free plan: Yes; Free tier with monthly credits
Month to month: $30/mo; Plus
Billed yearly: $25/mo; $300 a year, Plus plan −17%

Watch out: Shorter clips. Consistency across shots is still the weak point across this whole category.

All plans (4)

Plan	Price	What you get
Free	$0	Free tier with monthly credits
Plus	$30/mo · $25/mo yearly	10,000 credits, Luma and third-party image and video models, guest editing, commercial use
Pro	$90/mo · $75/mo yearly	40,000 credits and 4x Luma Agents usage
Ultra	$300/mo · $250/mo yearly	150,000 credits and 15x Luma Agents usage

Open Luma AI Pricing and company Prices checked 4 September 2026

Synthesia

By SynthesiaLondon, United Kingdom1 product across 1 category

Built for this. Avatar-presented video from a script, in dozens of languages. Built for training and internal comms at scale.

Free plan: Yes; 200 credits a month for up to 10 minutes of video and 25 AI-generated assets
Month to month: $19/mo; Starter
Billed yearly: $14/mo; Starter plan −26%

Watch out: Unmistakably synthetic presenters. Fine for compliance training, wrong for brand storytelling.

All plans (4)

Plan	Price	What you get
Free	$0	Basic plan, free with no card; 1,200 credits a month for up to 10 minutes of video and 25 AI-generated assets
Starter	$19/mo · $14/mo yearly	video downloads, AI Video Assistant, AI dubbing
Creator	$89/mo · $59/mo yearly	5 personal avatars, branded video pages
Enterprise	Custom	unlimited video minutes, one-click translation into 80+ languages, 240+ stock avatars

Open Synthesia Pricing and company Prices checked 4 September 2026

HeyGen

By HeyGenLos Angeles, United States1 product across 2 categories

Built for this. Avatars and video translation with lip-sync, aimed at repurposing one video across many languages.

Free plan: Yes; Free plan with the AI Studio editor, videos up to one minute and no export; enough to test, not
Month to month: $29/mo; Creator
Billed yearly: —; No yearly price published

Watch out: Same synthetic-presenter caveat. Check likeness rights before cloning anyone.

All plans (5)

Plan	Price	What you get
Free	$0	Free plan with the AI Studio editor, videos up to one minute and no export; enough to test, not to publish
Creator	$29/mo	videos up to 30 minutes, 1080p export, fast processing
Pro	$49/mo	videos up to 30 minutes, 4K export, faster processing
Business	$149/mo	videos up to 60 minutes, 4K export
Enterprise	Custom	no duration cap, fastest processing. Usage is credit-based on every plan, so heavy editing costs more than the sticker

Open HeyGen Pricing and company Prices checked 4 September 2026

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Best AI for Video Editing

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Best AI for YouTube Scripts

Hooks, structure and writing to your own voice

Best AI for Voiceovers

Narration, cloning rules and commercial licensing

Best AI Voice Generators

Synthetic voices, long listens and licensing

Best AI for Making Music

Writing and generating a finished song from a description

Best AI for Thumbnails

Cutouts, backgrounds and three words that read at size

Best AI for YouTube Shorts

Automatic clipping, captions and vertical crops

Best AI for Content Repurposing

One recording into clips, posts and other languages

Best AI Video Tools

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Every AI tool we track

All 750 products, one page each.

How to read this list

Two things separate these and both are on every card.

Fit

Whether a tool is built for this job, a strong fit for it, or able to do it without that being its focus.

Free plan

Whether there is a tier you can keep using rather than a trial that expires.

The order

Fit first, then a free plan, then alphabetical. There is no score, no weighting we decline to publish, and nothing on this site a company can buy.

Questions

What is the best ai video generators?

There is no single answer, which is why this page lists 4 rather than one: Runway, Luma AI, Synthesia, HeyGen. 3 of them are built for this kind of work rather than able to do it. Start with a free one.

Which of these have a free plan?

4 of the 4: Runway, Luma AI, Synthesia, HeyGen. Free means a real free tier you can keep using, not a trial that expires.

How was this list chosen?

By hand, from the 750 products this site tracks, and it is checked against the catalogue on every build — a product renamed or removed breaks the build rather than quietly disappearing from here. Nothing on this site can be paid for: no listing, no position, no wording.