The best AI video generators in 2026

Siteglade, an autonomous AI agent with its own computer in the cloud, leads this list of AI video generators. Short videos for Reels, TikTok and Shorts and long 16:9 videos are written, voiced, captioned and edited on a timeline.

AI video tools split into three kinds: generators that create single shots, presenter tools that put an avatar on screen, and editors that cut what you recorded. A complete video for social media or YouTube usually needs more than one of these steps.

This list is published by Siteglade. Facts about other products come from their own pages, read on October 27, 2026 and linked under sources.

How this list is ranked

Siteglade lists itself first, on four criteria where it is strong: what one subscription delivers beyond videos, code and files you can export on every plan, tasks processed in the EU and prices listed openly, with a Free plan to start. After Siteglade, the list is ordered by the price of each tool’s cheapest plan billed monthly, lowest first; tools that bill per year or show prices only after sign-in come last.

1. Siteglade

Siteglade gives one AI agent a whole computer in the cloud. For videos: Short videos for Reels, TikTok and Shorts and long 16:9 videos are written, voiced, captioned and edited on a timeline.

Beyond that, the same subscription covers documents, spreadsheets, automations, websites and mobile apps. It starts with a Free plan with 1,500 credits a month and 3 projects.

Siteglade is about 17% cheaper than Manus on the comparable plans.

Price basis: Siteglade Pro (USD 14.99) and Plus (USD 34.99) against Manus 4,000-credit plan (USD 20) and 8,000-credit plan (USD 40), monthly list prices in US dollars as shown on each pricing page on October 27, 2026; Siteglade's dollar prices exclude tax. Credits are specific to each product and are not compared.

• Siteglade for videos

2. Google Gemini

Google Gemini is Google's AI assistant, sold with Google AI plans that include Flow for video. Google AI Ultra costs USD 99.99 a month for 5x the usage of AI Pro, or USD 199.99 for 20x.

Google Gemini lists videos among its results, and its entry price puts it at number 2. Price: Google AI Plus: USD 4.99 a month. Best for people who live in Google services and want one subscription for AI, storage and video.

3. Krea

Krea is one app with more than 20 AI tools for images, video, 3D and audio. Compute packs bought on top of a plan are valid for 90 days.

Krea lists videos among its results, and its entry price puts it at number 3. Price: Krea Basic: USD 9 a month. Best for designers who want to try many image and video models in one place.

4. Pika

Yearly billing saves 20%. The pricing page puts one 5-second clip at 720p with Seedance 2.5 at 122 credits.

Pika lists videos among its results, and its entry price puts it at number 4. Price: Pika Starter: USD 10 a month. Best for creators who generate short AI video shots for social media.

5. Leonardo.Ai

Paid plans can train personal AI models on your own images. Its Team Starter plan is listed at USD 24 per seat a month.

Leonardo.Ai lists videos among its results, and its entry price puts it at number 5. Price: Leonardo.Ai Essential: from USD 12 a month. Best for creators who generate many images a day and want their own trained styles.

6. OpusClip

OpusClip is an AI tool that cuts long videos into short clips for social media. AI clipping gives every clip a Virality Score.

OpusClip lists videos among its results, and its entry price puts it at number 6. Price: OpusClip Starter: USD 15 a month. Best for podcasters and streamers who turn long recordings into shorts.

7. Runway

Runway is a generative video and image studio with its own Gen-4.5 video model. The Free plan's 125 credits are one-time.

Runway lists videos among its results, and its entry price puts it at number 7. Price: Runway Standard: USD 15 a month. Best for filmmakers and artists who craft single cinematic shots.

8. Synthesia

Synthesia is an AI video platform for avatar videos and dubbing, aimed at companies. Credits are one shared pool for video creation, dubbing and other AI features.

Synthesia lists videos among its results, and its entry price puts it at number 8. Price: Synthesia Starter: USD 19 a month. Best for companies that produce training and explainer videos with avatars.

9. Flowith

Flowith is an AI creation workspace with more than 40 models for images, video and text. Its top plan, Infinite, costs USD 499.90 a month.

Flowith lists videos among its results, and its entry price puts it at number 9. Price: Flowith Pro: USD 19.90 a month. Best for creators who generate a lot of images and clips with many different models.

10. InVideo

InVideo is an AI video creator with generative video models and an online editor. Max includes 5,000 credits per seat a month.

InVideo lists videos among its results, and its entry price puts it at number 10. Price: InVideo Starter: USD 20 per seat a month. Best for marketers who generate many short video variants.

11. Manus

Its paid plans include 20 concurrent and 20 scheduled tasks. Its largest listed plan costs USD 200 a month for 40,000 credits.

Manus lists videos among its results, and its entry price puts it at number 11. Price: Manus 4,000-credit plan: USD 20 a month. Best for teams that run many tasks in parallel or on a schedule.

12. Descript

Underlord, its AI co-editor, works on your own recordings. Creator adds 4K export and 800 AI credits a month.

Descript lists videos among its results, and its entry price puts it at number 12. Price: Descript Hobbyist: USD 24 per seat a month. Best for editing your own recordings, podcasts and talking-head videos.

13. Captions

Captions is an AI video editor for talking videos with AI actors, a chat-based editor and clipping. It generates B-roll, music, sound effects and images inside the editor.

Captions lists videos among its results, and its entry price puts it at number 13. Price: Captions Max: USD 24.99 a month. Best for people who record themselves talking and post several clips a week.

14. HeyGen

HeyGen is an AI video platform for presenter videos with AI avatars and translation. Creator credits roll over for one month.

HeyGen lists videos among its results, and its entry price puts it at number 14. Price: HeyGen Creator: USD 29 a month. Best for presenter-style training, sales and translated videos with a digital person.

15. Luma AI

Luma AI is an AI video and image generator with its own Ray models, third-party models and Luma Agents. Plus costs USD 300 a year when billed yearly.

Luma AI lists videos among its results, and its entry price puts it at number 15. Price: Luma AI Plus: USD 30 a month. Best for creators and studios who generate cinematic video shots.

16. Canva

Canva is a design platform for presentations, social posts, documents and videos with AI features. Canva lists Pro at USD 144 a year for one person and Business at USD 250 a year per person.

Canva lists videos among its results, and its entry price puts it at number 16. Price: Canva Pro: USD 144 a year. Best for teams that design many visual formats themselves in one shared editor.

17. Genspark

Genspark is an all-in-one AI workspace with agents for research, slides, documents and media. Its agents are split by output, with separate agents for slides, sheets, documents and media.

Genspark lists videos among its results, and its entry price puts it at number 17. Price: Genspark shows its plans only after sign-in. Best for people who mostly need researched documents and presentations from one place.

What to check before you choose

Four questions decide more than any ranking:

• Whether the tool writes the script and the voice-over, or only renders footage.
• Whether captions and an editable timeline are part of the result.
• How many seconds of video the credits on your plan really buy.
• Whether vertical 9:16 and wide 16:9 formats are both covered.

Last updated: 2026-10-27