Alternatives to Steve AI

An AI video maker that turns prompts, scripts, blogs and audio into animated or live-action videos. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

The original

  • Steve AI

    An AI video maker that turns prompts, scripts, blogs and audio into animated or live-action videos.

    FreemiumProprietaryiOSWeb

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Steve AI.

  • Pictory

    A web-based AI video generator that turns scripts, articles and slides into edited videos.

    PaidProprietaryWeb

    Pictory turns scripts, articles and slide decks into edited videos with captions, voices and avatars, but is paid only and has no iOS app.

  • Fliki

    An online tool that turns scripts, blog posts or prompts into videos with AI voiceovers.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

    Fliki turns text into video with over 2,000 voices, voice cloning and dubbing, focusing on voiced stock visuals rather than animation styles.

  • Animaker

    An online animation and video maker for explainer, training and promo videos, with AI subtitles and voices.

    Animaker is an animation maker with a character builder and large stock library, offering an Android app instead of iOS and more manual control.

  • Vyond

    A web platform for making animated, avatar and mixed-media business videos, with AI text-to-video.

    PaidProprietaryWeb

    Vyond provides animated, avatar and mixed-media business videos with a large character library and translation, but is paid after the trial and web only.

  • Lumen5

    A browser-based AI video maker that turns blog posts and other text into short videos.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

    Lumen5 focuses on turning blog posts into short social videos in the browser, without Steve AI's animation styles or audio-based starting points.

  • Revid AI

    A web app that turns prompts, scripts, links, audio and PDFs into editable short-form videos.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

    Revid AI accepts prompts, URLs, audio and PDFs and adds automated short-form publishing, but targets social clips rather than explainer or training videos.

  • Zebracat

    An AI web tool that turns text and ideas into short social videos and schedules them.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

    Zebracat generates script, voice and visuals from text for faceless social videos with auto-scheduling and a free tier without a credit card.

  • Visla

    An AI video platform that turns ideas, scripts, slides or screen recordings into edited business videos.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

    Visla converts scripts, slides and screen recordings into business videos with team asset management and a screen step recorder for tutorials.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.

  • Synthesia

    A web platform for making presenter-style videos with AI avatars and voiceovers in many languages.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb
  • Colossyan

    A web app that turns documents, slides or prompts into training videos with AI avatar presenters.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb
  • invideo AI

    A browser-based video editor where AI agents cut and edit footage from plain-language instructions.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb
  • FlexClip

    A browser-based video editor with templates, AI generation features and quick editing tools.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb
  • Kapwing

    A browser-based collaborative video editor with AI tools for generating and editing video projects.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb
  • VEED

    A browser-based video editor with AI video generation, dubbing, subtitles and brand templates.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb