Best Pictory alternatives

1. ByThen

FreemiumFrom $18/mo

ByThen is an AI video production tool for faceless, narrator-led content, including explainers, documentaries, stories, and comedy sketches. It combines scriptwriting, visual generation, storyboarding, narration, music, and timeline editing in a desktop-browser workflow. Users can start with an idea, a text source…

• Idea-to-video workflow
• Reusable characters and settings
• Storyboard review

Best for Faceless video creators, Educational content creators, Storytelling creators

2. AI Brainrot Video Generator

FreemiumFrom $19/mo

AI Brainrot Video Generator is a browser-based tool for making short-form videos from ideas, finished scripts and PDFs. It combines AI-assisted script writing, generated voices, background footage and caption styles for creators publishing on TikTok, YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels. Users start with a topic or…

• AI-assisted scripts
• Voice-timed captions
• Video customization

Best for Short-form video creators

3. M Studio

PaidFrom $99/mo

M Studio is an AI filmmaking workspace for turning a screenplay or an idea into a film. It combines script writing, shot planning, storyboard generation, video generation, voiceover, music, sound effects, and visual effects. Filmmakers can develop scenes and direct individual shots, while agencies can use a product…

• Script and shot planning
• AI storyboards and video
• Voice and sound production

Best for Filmmakers, Advertising agencies, Production teams

4. TapVid

FreemiumFrom $49/mo

TapVid is an AI video maker for creating motion-graphics explainers from prompts, scripts, PDFs, and product assets. It is designed for product demonstrations, marketing videos, course content, and internal training. Users can review the storyboard and adjust the outline, script, scenes, and final frames rather than…

• Multiple input formats
• Storyboard and prompt editing
• Brand Kit

Best for Product and marketing teams, E-commerce teams, Content agencies, Educators and training teams

5. VEED

Freemium

VEED combines AI video generation and editing in a web-based platform for social content. Users can turn ideas into videos, create talking-head content with AI avatars, or work from templates for ads, explainers, product demonstrations, and testimonials. Generation and editing tools sit within the same workflow, so…

• AI video generation
• AI-assisted editing
• Automatic subtitles

Best for Marketing teams, Solopreneurs, Content creators, Developers

6. ChatCut

FreemiumFrom $25/mo

ChatCut is an AI video editor that runs in the browser and as a desktop app for macOS and Windows. You describe the edit you want in a prompt, such as removing verbal slips, tightening the pacing, adding retro titles and music, or moving the strongest moment to the opening. ChatCut returns a finished cut and an…

• Prompt-based editing
• Ready-made skills
• Multi-track timeline

Best for Creators, Marketing teams, Enterprise teams

7. DeeVid

FreemiumFrom $14/mo

DeeVid is an AI creation workspace for producing videos, images, avatars, voiceovers, and music. Users can start with text, photos, video, or audio, then generate content using models including Sora, Veo, Kling, and others. Its creation agent plans, generates, and revises content, while Canvas and an editor provide…

• Multi-format video generation
• Creation agent and editing tools
• Multiple generation models

Best for Social media creators, E-commerce sellers, Advertising teams

8. Pexo

FreemiumFrom $30/mo

Pexo is an AI video agent that turns ideas and reference materials into finished videos through a conversational workflow. Users can start with a prompt, URL, PDF, image, video, audio clip, or written script. Pexo develops the script, scenes, shots, and creative direction, then assembles the video with elements such…

• Conversational video production
• Multiple starting materials
• Targeted chat revisions

Best for Marketing teams, Product teams, Content creators

9. invideo

PaidFrom $20/mo

invideo is an AI video creation and editing platform for filmmakers, advertisers, social media creators, and creative teams. Its Agent Two editor takes plain-language instructions and applies them to a multitrack timeline. Users can upload footage, describe an edit, review the resulting cut, and make manual…

• Plain-language video editing
• Searchable footage
• Multi-shot changes

Best for Filmmakers, Advertising teams, Social media creators, Creative teams

10. Vmake Labs

FreemiumFrom $9.99/mo

Vmake Labs is an AI video studio for creating product promotions, UGC-style ads, and social commerce content. Users upload a product image, add selling points, and choose a visual style or video format. Options include product demonstrations, unboxing videos, fashion lookbooks, and avatar-led presentations, giving…

• Product-to-video creation
• UGC and avatar formats
• Reference-based generation

Best for Ecommerce sellers, Local business owners, Affiliate marketers, Social media managers