Runway is a cloud creative platform for generating and editing video, images, and audio. It offers conversational video creation, shot transformations, and model-based tools for individual creators and teams.
AI Video
Video generation and editing tools
10 toolsHow to choose
Pika is an AI media creation platform for generating video from prompts and references. It also offers subject swapping, motion transfer, video extension, and tools for image and audio creation.
Synthesia is a business video platform for turning prompts, scripts, or documents into videos with AI avatars and voiceovers. It also provides video translation, team collaboration, and brand-asset management.
HeyGen is an AI video platform for presenting with personal avatars or creating videos from prompts, photos, and scripts. Its workflow brings shots, sound, voiceovers, captions, and editing into one workspace.
Luma’s current website presents AI creative agents that research, generate and refine images, video, audio and text in a shared project context, supporting collaborative visual and marketing production.
D-ID creates avatar videos from scripts or documents and provides conversational visual agents for training, localized content, and customer communication.
Descript edits audio and video through text, combining transcription, captions, screen recording, and AI audio tools for podcasts and video production.
Kapwing is a browser-based video platform for creative teams, with prompt-generated drafts, subtitles, dubbing, transcript editing, and clip repurposing.
Veo is Google DeepMind’s video generation model, creating video with dialogue, ambience, and sound effects through official entry points including Gemini and Flow.
Kling AI combines video and image generation with a creative canvas for scripts, storyboards, and assets, supporting advertising, social content, and visual storytelling.
Choose by task
Decide whether you need a generated shot, edits to an existing recording or an avatar presentation. These workflows differ in reference material, permissions and output control.
Generate a shot from a prompt or image
Describe motion, subject and camera intent. Check duration, aspect ratio and consistency across attempts.
Edit an interview, podcast or screen recording
Compare transcription, captions and revision workflows. Check technical terms and meaning after edits.
Create an avatar presentation
Verify rights to the person, voice and supplied material, then compare language and presentation controls.
Before choosing
- Separate generation, editing and avatar tasks.
- Verify resolution, duration, watermarks, exports and current allowances.
- Confirm person and voice permissions; review captions, facts and asset rights before publishing.