📖 The AI Tool Bible

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.

12 tools in this collection

Runway

Pro-grade AI video editor and Gen-4 generation.

Paid· $15/mo Standard; $35/mo Pro; $95/mo Unlimitedshort filmVFX

Sora

OpenAI's flagship text-to-video model.

Paid· Bundled with ChatGPT Plus ($20/mo) / Pro ($200/mo)realistic motionnarrative clips

Kling AI

Video · Kling 3.0 (Omni One)

Kuaishou's flagship AI video generator, currently topping the ELO leaderboard for text-to-video and image-to-video.

Freemium· Free 66 daily credits; Standard $6.99/mo to Ultra $180/mo; API per-secondtext-to-videoimage-to-video

Luma Dream Machine

Video · Dream Machine

Fast, accessible text-to-video with strong camera control.

Freemium· Free; from $9.99/mo Standardcamera motionkeyframing

Pika

Video · Pika 2.0

Playful, social-first AI video generator with creative effects.

Freemium· Free credits; from $10/mo Standard; $35/mo Prosocial videomemes

Google Flow

Video · Veo 3.1, Gemini Omni, Nano Banana

Google's AI filmmaking studio built around Veo 3.1, Gemini, and natural-language scene editing.

Freemium· Free 50 daily credits; AI Plus $4.99/mo; Pro $19.99/mo; Ultra $99.99–$199.99/motext-to-videovideo-editing

HeyGen

Video · HeyGen proprietary

Avatar video + lip-sync translation at scale.

Paid· Free trial; from $24/mo Creator; $89/mo Teamlocalisationavatar video

Synthesia

Video · Synthesia proprietary

Enterprise AI avatar video creator for L&D and product marketing.

Paid· From $22/mo per seat Personal; $89/mo Starterenterprise trainingproduct marketing

ElevenLabs

Audio · ElevenLabs Multilingual v2

The gold standard for AI voice cloning and TTS.

Freemium· Free 10k chars/mo; from $5/mo Starter; up to $1320/mo ScaleTTSvoice cloning

WellSaid

Audio · Proprietary WellSaid TTS

Enterprise-grade AI text-to-speech built on licensed voice actor recordings.

Freemium· Free trial; paid plans for teams and enterprise (contact sales for API)text-to-speeche-learning narration

Pictory

Turn long-form text, articles, and recordings into short, captioned videos without touching a timeline editor.

Freemium· Free trial; paid Starter/Pro/Teams tiers, plus Enterprise and API pricingtext-to-videoblog-to-video

Fliki

Video · Multi-model (Veo, Kling, Seedance, Gemini, Minimax, ElevenLabs)

Text-to-video platform that stitches AI voiceovers, stock footage, and avatars into shareable clips.

Freemium· Free tier; paid plans (promo 50% off advertised)text-to-videoai-voiceover