AI video creator toolkit — script, voice, footage, polish
Ten tools that take a script idea to a posted-ready video without filming anything.
AI video has hit the inflection point where you can ship a watchable 30-second clip without a camera. The toolkit splits into four layers: generators for footage, avatars for the talking-head shots you can't (or won't) shoot, voice for the narration, and post-production polish for captions and pacing. These ten cover all four.
Runway
FeaturedPro-grade AI video editor and Gen-4 generation.
Sora
FeaturedOpenAI's flagship text-to-video model.
Kling AI
Kuaishou's flagship AI video generator, currently topping the ELO leaderboard for text-to-video and image-to-video.
Luma Dream Machine
Fast, accessible text-to-video with strong camera control.
Pika
Playful, social-first AI video generator with creative effects.
Google Flow
Google's AI filmmaking studio built around Veo 3.1, Gemini, and natural-language scene editing.
HeyGen
Avatar video + lip-sync translation at scale.
Synthesia
Enterprise AI avatar video creator for L&D and product marketing.
ElevenLabs
FeaturedThe gold standard for AI voice cloning and TTS.
WellSaid
Enterprise-grade AI text-to-speech built on licensed voice actor recordings.
Pictory
Turn long-form text, articles, and recordings into short, captioned videos without touching a timeline editor.
Fliki
Text-to-video platform that stitches AI voiceovers, stock footage, and avatars into shareable clips.