Best Free AI Video Generators in 2026

20 of the 26 AI video generators in our full ranking qualify. Every tool here publishes a free plan on its own pricing page; the quote under each card is what that page says the free plan includes. They keep their order from the full list — one published score, facts read Oct 23, 2026.

All 26 AI video generators →Image to Video AI Generators

Creatify

✓ Champion

Marketers making avatar ads with a budget API

#1 of 26 overall · from $10/mo · yearly · Standard

9.9

out of 10

Free plan, as printed

“The Free Plan includes 10 monthly credits.” — creatify.ai/pricing

✓Text to video
✓Image to video
✓AI avatars
✓AI voiceover
✓API

Why it ranks: Standard includes 300 realistic AI actors at $10/month.

Watch for: Free plan has only 10 monthly credits and watermarked exports.

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HeyGen

Best free

Avatar videos with text, image and reference-to-video

#2 of 26 overall · from $24/mo · yearly · Creator

8.9

out of 10

Free plan, as printed

“3 videos a month, watermarked” — heygen.com/pricing

✓Text to video
✓Image to video
✓AI avatars
✓AI voiceover
✓API

Why it ranks: Creator includes up to 10 hours of text to speech and text, image and reference to video.

Watch for: The free plan produces 3 watermarked videos a month.

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InVideo

Best for avatar videos

Prompt-driven video with text, image and avatar tools

#3 of 26 overall · from $10/mo · yearly · Starter

8.9

out of 10

Free plan, as printed

“your account will be downgraded to the free plan” — invideo.io/pricing

✓Text to video
✓Image to video
✓AI avatars
✓AI voiceover
–API

Why it ranks: Lists text-to-video, image-to-video, AI avatar and text-to-speech tools from $10 per seat/month.

Watch for: Pricing page is billed per seat and does not detail free-plan limits.

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Steve AI

Best value

Explainer and animated videos from text prompts

#4 of 26 overall · from $120/yr · Basic

8.9

out of 10

Free plan, as printed

“50 Minutes/Month” — app.steve.ai/pricing

✓Text to video
–Image to video
✓AI avatars
✓AI voiceover
✓API

Why it ranks: The free column lists 50 minutes a month of AI avatars; Basic lists 75 minutes.

Watch for: The Steve AI API row is a dash for Free through Pro and 'Custom' for Enterprise.

Runway

Creators generating cinematic clips with Gen-4.5

#5 of 26 overall · from $12/mo · yearly · Standard

8.8

out of 10

Free plan, as printed

“Free forever” — runway.com/pricing

✓Text to video
✓Image to video
–AI avatars
✓AI voiceover
✓API

Why it ranks: Standard includes music, voice and sound effects generation for $12/month billed annually.

Watch for: Gen-4.5 uses 12 credits per second of generated video, so credits cap output.

Synthesia

Presenter-style business videos from a script

#6 of 26 overall · from $18/mo · yearly · Starter

8.4

out of 10

Free plan, as printed

“$0 per month” — synthesia.io/pricing

✓Text to video
–Image to video
✓AI avatars
✓AI voiceover
✓API

Why it ranks: Starter lists 125+ stock AI avatars and access to over 140 languages and voices.

Watch for: Starter is $29 per month on monthly billing; image-to-video is not stated on the pricing page.

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Elai.io

Small teams making avatar videos from scripts or URLs

#7 of 26 overall · from $23/mo · yearly · Creator

8.0

out of 10

Free plan, as printed

“Our Free plan includes” — elai.io/pricing

✓Text to video
–Image to video
✓AI avatars
✓AI voiceover
✓API

Why it ranks: Creator is $23/month billed annually and includes up to 15 minutes per month.

Watch for: Premium avatars are not on Free, Creator or Team, and the free plan covers 1 minute.

LTX Studio

Storyboard-first filmmakers using LTX video models

#9 of 26 overall · from $12/mo · yearly · Lite

7.8

out of 10

Free plan, as printed

“Forever” — ltx.io/studio/pricing

✓Text to video
✓Image to video
–AI avatars
–AI voiceover
✓API

Why it ranks: Lite is $12/month billed yearly with 8,000 credits a month and no watermarking.

Watch for: The free plan gives 800 credits one time and is limited to personal use.

Colossyan

Training and course videos with stock avatars

#10 of 26 overall · from $59/mo · yearly · Professional

7.5

out of 10

Free plan, as printed

“Our free plan gives you $27/month worth of value” — colossyan.com/pricing

✓Text to video
–Image to video
✓AI avatars
✓AI voiceover
✓API

Why it ranks: The free plan includes the entire 300+ avatar library.

Watch for: Professional starts at $59/month billed annually; API availability by plan is unclear.

Descript

Editing video by text with AI voice and avatars

#11 of 26 overall · from $16/mo · yearly · Hobbyist

7.5

out of 10

Free plan, as printed

“Get started on your creative journey with text-based editing” — descript.com/pricing

✓Text to video
–Image to video
✓AI avatars
✓AI voiceover
–API

Why it ranks: Hobbyist at $16/month billed annually lists text-to-video, 35+ avatars and AI text-to-speech.

Watch for: Text-to-video usage is marked 'Limited' on every plan.

Kapwing

Browser editing with an AI video generator and voiceovers

#12 of 26 overall · from $16/mo · yearly · Pro

7.5

out of 10

Free plan, as printed

“10 credits” — kapwing.com/pricing

✓Text to video
✓Image to video
–AI avatars
✓AI voiceover
–API

Why it ranks: Pro includes 50 minutes of text-to-voiceover per month for $16.

Watch for: Free plan has 10 credits and exports with a Kapwing watermark.

CapCut

Social editors wanting AI text-to-video inside an editor

#13 of 26 overall · from $19.99/mo · Pro

7.1

out of 10

Free plan, as printed

“Start for free with the basics you need to create.” — capcut.com/pricing

✓Text to video
–Image to video
✓AI avatars
✓AI voiceover
–API

Why it ranks: Pro at USD 19.99/month includes an AI video maker that turns text into video.

Watch for: Single-user Pro costs USD 19.99/month; the free plan covers only basic editing.

Krea

Pay-as-you-go compute across many video models

#14 of 26 overall · from $5/mo · yearly · Basic

7.0

out of 10

Free plan, as printed

“100 units / day” — krea.ai/pricing

✓Text to video
–Image to video
–AI avatars
–AI voiceover
✓API

Why it ranks: Basic offers 5,000 compute units a month and the free plan gives 100 units a day.

Watch for: Basic is $9/month; the $5 figure applies to the yearly toggle (40% off).

Pika

Short stylised clips on a low entry price

#15 of 26 overall · from $10/mo · Starter

6.9

out of 10

Free plan, as printed

“Start free” — pika.art/pricing

✓Text to video
–Image to video
–AI avatars
–AI voiceover
✓API

Why it ranks: Starter is $10/month, includes no watermark and 900 credits a month.

Watch for: Free plan gives 0 monthly credits (packs only) and does not include no-watermark exports.

VEED

Browser video editing with a bundle of AI tools

#16 of 26 overall · from Not published

6.5

out of 10

Free plan, as printed

“Start for free” — veed.io/pricing

✓Text to video
✓Image to video
✓AI avatars
✓AI voiceover
✓API

Why it ranks: Creator is $10 per user per month billed annually with no watermark and 6,000 credits.

Watch for: Billed per seat; free trial is for enterprise customers only (minimum 3 users).

Lumen5

Marketers turning blog posts and scripts into videos

#17 of 26 overall · from $19/mo · yearly · Basic

6.3

out of 10

Free plan, as printed

“Everything in Free, plus:” — lumen5.com/pricing

✓Text to video
–Image to video
–AI avatars
✓AI voiceover
–API

Why it ranks: Basic at $19/month billed yearly includes 1000+ AI voices and no Lumen5 branding.

Watch for: Basic allows 12 animation minutes a year and 240 AI voice minutes a year.

Captions

Talking-head creators wanting AI actors and voiceovers

#20 of 26 overall · from $24.99/mo · Max

5.8

out of 10

Free plan, as printed

“Yes, there is a free version of Captions.” — captions.ai/pricing

–Text to video
–Image to video
✓AI avatars
✓AI voiceover
–API

Why it ranks: Max includes digital twins and custom AI actors for $24.99/month.

Watch for: The free version has a more limited feature set and the yearly Max price is not shown.

Fliki

Turning scripts and blog posts into voiced videos

#21 of 26 overall · from Not published

5.5

out of 10

Free plan, as printed

“Free forever plan” — fliki.ai/pricing

✓Text to video
–Image to video
✓AI avatars
✓AI voiceover
✓API

Why it ranks: The Free plan lists 300 voices across 80 languages and video creation from scripts, ideas and blog posts.

Watch for: The Free plan exports 720p videos with a Fliki watermark; paid prices are not shown in the static page.

Vidnoz

Free-tier avatar videos with a large template library

#22 of 26 overall · from Not published

5.5

out of 10

Free plan, as printed

“we offer a free plan for creating AI videos” — vidnoz.com/pricing.html

✓Text to video
✓Image to video
✓AI avatars
✓AI voiceover
–API

Why it ranks: A free plan is offered and the page lists 1,900 AI avatars plus text-to-video and image-to-video.

Watch for: Paid-plan prices are script-rendered, so no paid price could be confirmed from the page.

Vidu

Cheap entry to text and image to video

#24 of 26 overall · from Not published

4.5

out of 10

Free plan, as printed

“$0/month” — vidu.com/pricing

✓Text to video
✓Image to video
–AI avatars
–AI voiceover
✓API

Why it ranks: Standard is $8.25/month billed yearly ($99) with 800 credits monthly.

Watch for: Standard is $10/month on monthly billing and caps at 800 credits.

All 20 side by side

#	Product	Score	Free plan	Trial	Paid from	Text to video	Image to video	AI avatars	AI voiceover	API
1	Creatify	9.9	✓Yes	Not published	$10/mo · yearly	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
2	HeyGen	8.9	✓Yes	Not published	$24/mo · yearly	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
3	InVideo	8.9	✓Yes	Not published	$10/mo · yearly	✓	✓	✓	✓	–
4	Steve AI	8.9	✓Yes	Not published	$120/yr	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
5	Runway	8.8	✓Yes	Not published	$12/mo · yearly	✓	✓	–	✓	✓
6	Synthesia	8.4	✓Yes	Not published	$18/mo · yearly	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
7	Elai.io	8.0	✓Yes	Not published	$23/mo · yearly	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
9	LTX Studio	7.8	✓Yes	Not published	$12/mo · yearly	✓	✓	–	–	✓
10	Colossyan	7.5	✓Yes	14 days	$59/mo · yearly	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
11	Descript	7.5	✓Yes	Not published	$16/mo · yearly	✓	–	✓	✓	–
12	Kapwing	7.5	✓Yes	No	$16/mo · yearly	✓	✓	–	✓	–
13	CapCut	7.1	✓Yes	Not published	$19.99/mo	✓	–	✓	✓	–
14	Krea	7.0	✓Yes	Not published	$5/mo · yearly	✓	–	–	–	✓
15	Pika	6.9	✓Yes	Not published	$10/mo	✓	–	–	–	✓
16	VEED	6.5	✓Yes	Not published	Not published	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
17	Lumen5	6.3	✓Yes	Not published	$19/mo · yearly	✓	–	–	✓	–
20	Captions	5.8	✓Yes	Not published	$24.99/mo	–	–	✓	✓	–
21	Fliki	5.5	✓Yes	Not published	Not published	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
22	Vidnoz	5.5	✓Yes	Not published	Not published	✓	✓	✓	✓	–
24	Vidu	4.5	✓Yes	Not published	Not published	✓	✓	–	–	✓

Questions

Creatify ranks first (9.9/10, #1 of 26 in the full AI video generators ranking), ahead of HeyGen and InVideo. Standard includes 300 realistic AI actors at $10/month.

The full ranking has 6 more AI video generators that don't qualify here.See all 26 →