Best AI video tools
Almost everything here is metered — minutes of video, credits, or avatar seats — so the monthly figure is a floor rather than a bill. Every figure below was read from the vendor's own pricing page on the date beside it. The ordering is cheapest entry price first — a basis you can check rather than a ranking you have to trust.
What “best” means on this page
“Best” is not a mood — it is whichever axis you actually care about, measured. Our record can say which tool is cheapest to start, whose free plan is real, who bills local currency and whose prices just moved; it cannot say which tool fits your work, which is what the full comparisons are for. Cheapest never means best — it means cheapest. Each verdict below names its axis, and every tool links to its own site so you can check us against the source. No vendor paid for any position.
Entry at $15/mo — the lowest published paid plan in this set. Cheap is a fact, not a verdict; the profile below says what you get for it.
site ↗pricing ↗A plan priced at zero on the vendor’s own page — trials not counted. What each one caps differs; the profiles say.
Tool by tool
Runwaysite ↗pricing ↗
An AI video generation and editing tool aimed at filmmakers and motion designers. Paid plans start at $15/mo (Standard); a free plan exists. The ladder we hold runs 3 paid tiers, topping out at $95/mo (Max). We read the same $15/mo in every market we check, so this vendor does not price by country.
DeepBrain AIsite ↗pricing ↗
An AI video generator that turns text into presenter-led video, sold for corporate and news-style content. Paid plans start at $24/mo (Personal); a free plan exists. The ladder we hold runs 2 paid tiers, topping out at $55/mo (Team). We read the same $24/mo in every market we check, so this vendor does not price by country.
Colossyansite ↗pricing ↗
An AI video platform for workplace learning, built around presenter avatars and scenario scripts. Paid plans start at $27/mo (Starter); no free plan is published. The ladder we hold runs 2 paid tiers, topping out at $59/mo (Professional). We read the same $27/mo in every market we check, so this vendor does not price by country.
HeyGensite ↗pricing ↗
An AI video platform that generates presenter-led video from a script, with avatars and translation. Paid plans start at $29/mo (Creator); a free plan exists. The ladder we hold runs 2 paid tiers, topping out at $49/mo (Pro). We read the same $29/mo in every market we check, so this vendor does not price by country.
Side by side
| Tool | Paid from | Free plan | Currency | Read | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runway | $15/mo | Yes | USD | 2026-08-29 | page |
| DeepBrain AI | $24/mo | Yes | USD | 2026-08-29 | page |
| Colossyan | $27/mo | — | USD | 2026-08-29 | page |
| HeyGen | $29/mo | Yes | USD | 2026-08-29 | page |