Best AI text to video generator: 6 tools compared

Best AI text to video generator: the short list

Fliki is the pick among six AI text to video generators when you want narrated scenes from a script, a blog post or a slide deck. Standard is $28 a month, billed monthly, as read on 6 October 2026, and the free plan gives 3 credits a month with no card. Pictory, HeyGen and Synthesia win when the job is different.

Fliki's free plan, 3 credits a month with no card, is one of four free plans in this table; Pictory offers a 14-day trial instead. Neither invideo AI nor Synthesia showed a US-dollar price, and each vendor counts its allowance in its own unit, so a cost per video does not compare across them.

Fliki: narration from a script, blog post or deck

Fliki starts from a finished script, a one-line idea, a public blog link or pasted article text, or a PowerPoint or PDF deck. A script becomes scenes at line breaks, and Fliki adds an AI voice, visuals, captions and music. Fliki's plan table lists 300, 1,000 or 2,000+ voices by plan.

Standard costs $28 a month, billed monthly, or $21 a month, billed annually ($252 a year). It adds 1080p, no watermark and commercial rights, with 180 credits a month. The Free plan exports 720p with a Fliki watermark, and a credit is not a minute, so Fliki's allowance cannot be set against Pictory's video minutes. The Fliki review covers every plan.

Pictory and Lumen5: minutes or unlimited videos

Pictory Starter is $29 a month, billed monthly, with 200 video minutes a month, one user and no watermark. Its script or link generator makes videos up to 30 minutes on paid plans. The 14-day free trial allows 15 video minutes, a 5-minute length limit and 3 video projects.

Lumen5 Basic is $29 a month, billed monthly, or $19 a month, billed yearly. It allows unlimited videos with no Lumen5 branding, at 720p and up to 10 minutes. Lumen5's free plan has 5 videos a month, each up to 2 minutes, with a branded outro.

invideo AI: credits per seat

On invideo AI, the Basic, Pro and Ultra plans are sold per seat, with 190, 1,000 and 3,000 credits a month per seat. The price is on the vendor's page. Unused credits do not roll over, credits are allocated monthly even on annual plans, and credit packs can be bought on top. Every teammate you add counts as a seat.

The vendor calls its product an agentic video editor and says it turns a script or idea into a shot-by-shot plan. Its pricing page shows no free plan; after a cancellation the account drops to a Free plan whose limits that page does not give.

HeyGen and Synthesia: an avatar presenter

HeyGen Creator is $29 a month, billed monthly, and allows videos up to 30 minutes. Its Free plan gives up to 3 videos a month, each up to 1 minute. Synthesia's Basic plan is free, with a watermark, and Starter lists 125+ avatars; its price is on the vendor's page. Fliki alternatives sets the avatar tools beside the rest.

Which one to pick for your videos

• Pick Fliki for narrated scenes from a script, blog post or deck.
• Pick Pictory for an allowance counted in video minutes, with a 14-day trial.
• Pick Lumen5 for unlimited short videos at 720p on a low plan.
• Pick HeyGen or Synthesia for an avatar presenter.
• Pick invideo AI for credit tiers priced per seat.

Before paying for a year, compare what each allows without paying: Fliki's free plan, Pictory's trial, and nothing shown on invideo AI's pricing page. Billed annually, Fliki Standard is $21 a month ($252 a year) and Pictory Starter is $25 a month; invideo AI's yearly price is on its page.

Fliki's FAQ says it cannot refund a paid plan, and Pictory says it does not offer refunds on paid subscriptions. For free plans side by side, see best AI text to video generator free; for voices, see best AI voiceover generator.