AI video
Top Vidmoat competitors 10 competitors in Vidmoat's market
- Competitors listed
- 10
- Ranked on the scorecard
- 10
- Vidmoat's rank
- #24 of 124
- With a free plan
- 4
Data checked Oct 14, 2026 against the vendors' own pages. How we verify
These are the 10 tools closest to Vidmoat in its own market: AI video generators that list ai video too, picked by shared categories and how close their entry price is to Vidmoat's (the rules are below).
10 of them are ranked on the AI video generators scorecard; Steve AI is the highest at 78/100 (#27 of 124 in the category).
Vidmoat itself is #24 of 124 with 81/100, so 0 competitors on this list rank above it.
Vidmoat's cheapest paid plan is $19 billed monthly (Creator). On the same billing basis, 2 of 10 competitors with a published price start lower and 6 start higher; entry plans are not like-for-like, so check the limits.
4 competitors have a free plan, and so does Vidmoat.
Vidmoat vs its competitors: market position
| Rank | Tool | Score | From, billed monthly | From, billed yearly | Free plan | Public API | Features verified | Data checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #24 | VidmoatThis tool | 81/100 | $19/mo | Not offered | Yes, 40 credits per month | Yes | 4 of 8 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #27 |  Steve AI | 78/100 | $15/mo | $45/mo | Yes | – | 3 of 8 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #33 |  HeyGen | 76/100 | $29/mo | Not offered | Yes | Yes | 8 of 8 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #45 |  Captions | 71/100 | $24.99/mo | Not offered | Yes | – | 5 of 8 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #48 |  Elai | 68/100 | $29/mo | $23/mo | Yes, 1 user | Yes | 7 of 8 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #69 |  FilmYourSite | 63/100 | $19/mo | Not offered | No | – | 5 of 8 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #75 |  Pictory | 62/100 | $29/mo | $25/mo | No | Yes | 7 of 8 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #76 |  Video Bytes | 61/100 | $20/mo | Not offered | No | – | 4 of 8 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #78 |  Video Maker | 60/100 | $29/mo | Not offered | No | Yes | 3 of 8 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #88 |  Vid Maker Pro | 52/100 | $15/mo | Not offered | No | – | 2 of 8 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #94 |  Viewmax | 49/100 | $19/mo | Not offered | No | – | 3 of 8 | Oct 14, 2026 |
Each value links the page it was read from (hover for the check date).
– = not published by the vendor, or not verified yet.
How each competitor differs from Vidmoat
- Steve AI · #27, 78/100
AI video maker that turns prompts, scripts and text into animated, generative and avatar videos with AI voices.
- Score: 78/100, #27 of 124 (Vidmoat: 81/100, #24)
- Entry price: $15 billed monthly (Basic), $4 less than Vidmoat's $19 source
- Verified features: Text to video, AI avatars, No watermark on paid plans
4 of 14 tracked details verified
Homepage captured Oct 14, 2026 - HeyGen · #33, 76/100
AI video platform that generates videos with avatars and AI voices from scripts, translates videos with lip-sync and offers a text-based studio editor.
- Score: 76/100, #33 of 124 (Vidmoat: 81/100, #24)
- Entry price: $29 billed monthly (Creator), $10 more than Vidmoat's $19 source
- Matches Vidmoat: has all 5 features we verified for Vidmoat
13 of 14 tracked details verified
- Captions · #45, 71/100
AI video editor that edits uploaded footage, adds captions and translations, creates AI avatars and offers a chat-based editor.
- Score: 71/100, #45 of 124 (Vidmoat: 81/100, #24)
- Entry price: $24.99 billed monthly (Max), $5.99 more than Vidmoat's $19 (different pricing units: compare plan limits) source
- Verified features: Text to video, AI avatars, Voice cloning, Automatic captions, AI dubbing / translation
6 of 14 tracked details verified
- Elai · #48, 68/100
Web-based AI video studio that turns scripts, slides and web pages into videos with AI avatars, voices and translation, aimed at training and learning content.
- Score: 68/100, #48 of 124 (Vidmoat: 81/100, #24)
- Entry price: $29 billed monthly (Creator), $10 more than Vidmoat's $19 source
- Verified features: Text to video, AI avatars, Voice cloning, Automatic captions, AI dubbing / translation and 3 more
12 of 14 tracked details verified
- FilmYourSite · #69, 63/100
Tool that turns a website URL or prompt into a narrated launch video with captions and music, with a free preview before rendering.
- Score: 63/100, #69 of 124 (Vidmoat: 81/100, #24)
- Entry price: $19 billed monthly (Lite), the same as Vidmoat (different pricing units: compare plan limits) source
- Free plan: no (Vidmoat: yes) source
- Verified features: Text to video, Automatic captions, 4K export, No watermark on paid plans, Brand kit
7 of 14 tracked details verified
- Pictory · #75, 62/100
Web video maker that turns text, scripts, blog posts, URLs, slides and images into videos with AI voices, avatars, captions and stock footage.
- Score: 62/100, #75 of 124 (Vidmoat: 81/100, #24)
- Entry price: $29 billed monthly (Starter), $10 more than Vidmoat's $19 source
- Free plan: no (Vidmoat: yes) source
- Verified features: Text to video, AI avatars, Voice cloning, Automatic captions, AI dubbing / translation and 3 more
11 of 14 tracked details verified
- Video Bytes · #76, 61/100
AI video creator that turns scripts, images or links into short videos with avatars and auto captions, plus an editor and export for several platforms.
- Score: 61/100, #76 of 124 (Vidmoat: 81/100, #24)
- Entry price: $20 billed monthly (Starter), $1 more than Vidmoat's $19 source
- Free plan: no (Vidmoat: yes) source
- Platforms: 6 platforms (Vidmoat: 1); not on Telegram; adds Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, X (Twitter), LinkedIn and YouTube
- Verified features: Text to video, AI avatars, Automatic captions, No watermark on paid plans
6 of 14 tracked details verified
- Video Maker · #78, 60/100
AI service that turns text prompts into faceless videos with visuals and narration, sold as monthly credit plans.
- Score: 60/100, #78 of 124 (Vidmoat: 81/100, #24)
- Entry price: $29 billed monthly (Beginner), $10 more than Vidmoat's $19 source
- Free plan: no (Vidmoat: yes) source
- Verified features: Text to video, No watermark on paid plans, Brand kit, Public API
5 of 14 tracked details verified
- Vid Maker Pro · #88, 52/100
AI generator that builds short vertical videos with script, scenes, voice and subtitles from a viral video link, trend template, idea or script.
- Score: 52/100, #88 of 124 (Vidmoat: 81/100, #24)
- Entry price: $15 billed monthly (PRO), $4 less than Vidmoat's $19 source
- Free plan: no (Vidmoat: yes) source
- Platforms: 2 platforms (Vidmoat: 1); not on Telegram; adds TikTok and YouTube
- Verified features: Text to video, Automatic captions
3 of 14 tracked details verified
- Viewmax · #94, 49/100
Web studio that generates and edits AI video, images and audio with many third-party models, sold on credit-based subscriptions.
- Score: 49/100, #94 of 124 (Vidmoat: 81/100, #24)
- Entry price: $19 billed monthly (Starter), the same as Vidmoat source
- Free plan: no (Vidmoat: yes) source
- Verified features: Text to video, Automatic captions, No watermark on paid plans
4 of 14 tracked details verified
Vidmoat head to head
How we picked
- Pool: tools in the same market as the tool on this page: they list its primary category, and their own primary category is one it lists too. Explicit competitor links count as well.
- Closest first, at most 10: explicit competitors, then the same primary category, then more shared categories, then the smallest gap in entry price (per month, on a log scale), then more shared platforms, then name.
- Order on the page: tools ranked on the category scorecard by their category rank, then tools that are not ranked (no scorecard, or under 60% of the weight with verified data) in closeness order.
- Prices are compared only on the same billing basis (billed monthly with billed monthly, billed annually with billed annually). A feature counts as missing only when the vendor's page states it; a feature the vendor does not mention is not listed either way.
Every value is read from the vendor's own pages (or GitHub for licences and stars) and shown with the date we checked it. A value we could not verify is shown as a dash, never estimated, and never read as a “no”. We did not test these tools hands-on unless a listing says so. Methodology
The scorecard behind the ranks
Every one of these AI video generators is scored by the same 8 criteria (scorecard v2). Each criterion gives 0 to 100 from the vendor's published data; the total is the weighted average. A criterion without verified data is left out and the other weights are re-normalised. A tool with under 60% of the weight covered is listed as not ranked, and so is a tool with no verified price and fewer than 2 verified features (“needs a verified price”); each score shows how many criteria it is based on. The core criteria are the same in every category; the category criteria are specific to AI video generators. Nobody gets custom weights, including our own products.
| Criterion | Weight | Type | What we measure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price | 25% | Core | Price per month of the cheapest paid plan, against the prices of other AI video generators on the same billing basis (monthly-billed prices against monthly, annual-billed against annual).Log scale. Billed monthly: $9/month or less = 100, $39 or more = 0. Only billed annually: $4.50/month or less = 100, $25 or more = 0. Only free plans = 100. Usage-priced and one-time plans are not scored. |
| Free plan or trial | 15% | Core | Whether you can use the tool before paying: a free plan, or failing that a free trial, as shown on the vendor's pricing page.Free plan = 100. No free plan but a free trial = 60. The pricing page lists plans but shows neither = 0. No plans read = not scored. |
| Pricing transparency | 10% | Core | How much of the pricing is public: the share of plans with a published price ("contact sales" counts against), and whether there are at least 3 published tiers.80 x (plans with a public price / plans listed) + 20 x (public plans, up to 3) / 3. No plans read = not scored. |
| Verified features | 15% | Core | How many of the 8 features we track for this category the vendor's own pages verifiably show (text to video, ai avatars, voice cloning, automatic captions, ai dubbing / translation, 4k export, no watermark on paid plans, brand kit). This counts verified features only: a tool that documents less scores lower here, and only here.Linear: verified features / 4 (half the tracked list) x 100, capped at 100. No tracked feature verified = not scored. |
| API, integrations and export | 10% | Core | Whether a public API exists, how many integrations the vendor states, and whether the vendor documents a way to export your data.Average of the parts with data: public API yes = 100, no = 0; integrations on a log scale (50 or more = 100); a documented data export = 100. None verified = not scored. |
| Cost per video minute | 10% | Category | Price per video minute on the cheapest paid plan that states a monthly minutes limit (monthly price / allowance).Log scale: $0.50 per video minute or less = 100, $10 or more = 0. Unlimited or unstated allowances = not scored. |
| Languages | 10% | Category | Number of languages the vendor says it offers.Linear scale: 100 or more = 100. No stated count = not scored. |
| Avatar library | 5% | Category | Number of stock avatars the vendor says it offers.Linear scale: 200 or more = 100. No stated count = not scored. |
Sources are vendor pricing pages, docs and changelogs, each with the date we checked it. We did not test these tools hands-on unless a listing says so. Full formulas: methodology.
Questions, answered from the data
Who are Vidmoat's main competitors?
By our scorecard, the highest-ranked of its closest competitors are Steve AI (78/100), HeyGen (76/100) and Captions (71/100).
Which Vidmoat competitor is cheapest?
Billed monthly, Steve AI starts lowest at $15 a month (Basic). Entry plans differ in limits.
How does Vidmoat rank against its competitors?
Vidmoat is #24 of 124 ranked AI video generators with 81/100.
Which Vidmoat competitors have a free plan?
Steve AI, HeyGen, Captions and Elai.