Chalkboard vs Explideo
Chalkboard
chalkboard.studio
Explideo
explideo.appSide by side
| Figure | Chalkboard | Explideo |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $25/mo | $19/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 4 |
| Spec score · Explainer Video Software | 7.9 (#22) | 9.0 (#5) |
| Support | The pricing page lists email support, and the site provides [email protected] as a contact address. | The contact page invites account questions, feedback, and help requests through a form. |
| What it does | Chalkboard turns a topic into a narrated explainer video by scripting, fact-checking, generating Manim animation code, synthesizing narration, and rendering an MP4. | Explideo is a browser-based whiteboard-video maker that creates hand-drawn explainers and exports MP4 files. |
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In their own words
Chalkboard
Chalkboard has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Explideo
Explideo is a browser-based whiteboard video maker for creating hand-drawn explainers from narration or a scene-by-scene plan, with MP4 export. Its auto-doodle tool transcribes uploaded audio or video, selects drawn assets and synchronizes them with narration. Users can turn photos into doodles or generate images ready for drawing from prompts. Projects can begin with audio, a template or a blank canvas, and the editor provides pan-and-zoom cameras plus entrance, emphasis and exit animations. Videos can be cloud-rendered or exported in the browser; browser exports are unlimited on every plan. The built-in library includes hand-drawn images, icons and music, and finished videos can be published to YouTube, social channels or an LMS. Explideo works in Chrome, Edge, Safari or Firefox on Mac, Windows or Chromebook. The Free plan is free, billed forever, with one server export per month with a watermark. Starter costs $19 a month, billed month-to-month.