Explain.ink vs Explideo
Explain.ink
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| Figure | Explain.ink | Explideo |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | $19/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 4 |
| Spec score · Explainer Video Software | 7.6 (#28) | 9.0 (#5) |
| Spec score · Whiteboard Animation Software | 7.5 (#21) | 8.9 (#3) |
| Commercial rights | Rendered video files include full commercial rights, including for client work, courses, and monetized channels. | The maker says users own what they create and may use it commercially. |
| Editing | Users can redraw or revise an individual frame and rebuild the video without making the whole video again. | Users can start from audio, a template, or a blank canvas and use pan-and-zoom cameras. |
| Privacy | The privacy policy says user content is not used to train AI models and is not shared for advertising. | The privacy policy page identifies itself as a placeholder and says final policy text is being prepared. |
| Support | The maker invites users to contact [email protected] for help and says it will answer in the app. | The contact page invites account questions, feedback, and help requests through a form. |
| What it does | Explain.ink turns a topic, script, or document into a hand-drawn explainer video with narration and a downloadable MP4. | Explideo is a browser-based whiteboard-video maker that creates hand-drawn explainers and exports MP4 files. |
Plans
Explain.ink
- 2 minutes$10, paid once
- 5 minutes$20, paid once
- 15 minutes$45, paid once
- 50 minutes$100, paid once
In their own words
Explain.ink
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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.