AI image, video & audio

AI video generators & editors: the tech stack of 33 real products

Generating, editing, clipping or captioning video.

The typical stack

The leading pick where at least 8 of them show the decision and the leader has at least a quarter of it.

DecisionMost common pickShareAt default usage
Frontend FrameworkNext.js20 of 25 · 80%—
LLM APIOpenAI API16 of 18 · 89%$10/mo · GPT-6 Luna
DatabaseSupabase4 of 15 · 27%$25/mo · Pro
HostingAmazon Web Services5 of 14 · 36%$17/mo · Pay as you go (Lambda + EC2 t4g.small)
Transactional EmailResend12 of 14 · 86%$20/mo · Pro 50k
PaymentsStripe7 of 11 · 64%fees on revenue · $410 on $10,000/mo

Monthly bills add up to about $72 at the calculators' default usage, list prices; fees on revenue (Stripe) come on top. Set your own usage →

What they chose, decision by decision

Among the AI video generators & editors that show each choice, from makers' products and open-source code alike.

Small samples, fewer than 8 products: Authentication (Clerk 2, Better Auth 2) · Backend Framework (FastAPI 4, Express 1) · Product Analytics (PostHog 4, Mixpanel 1) · AI SDK & Agent Framework (Pydantic AI 2, Claude Agent SDK 2) · Database Access & ORMs (SQLAlchemy 3, Prisma 2) · Lifecycle Email (Loops 3, Customer.io 1) · Web Analytics (Plausible Analytics 1, Cloudflare Web Analytics 1) · Background Jobs & Cron (Trigger.dev 1, Temporal 1)

AI video generators & editors we track

26 makers' products and 7 open-source projects. Makers' products first.

ReloopVideo studio built for small teams+3
MeliesMelies is an AI filmmaking studio for writing a script and generating the images, video, voices, music and sound effects for a film. It is for independent filmmakers and creators.+2
iArt.aiTurn ideas & designs into stunning video/animation.+1
VeloAI video infrastructure to explain, train, and sell faster+1
SieveVideo AI that just works.
TopviewThe Agent OS for Marketing and Filmmaking
Jupitrr AIAll-in-one video marketing built for coaches & consultants
UGCRealTurn 1 product image into 5 ad-ready UGC video in under 1min
Gan.AIRepresenting humans in the AI-first world
PicMotionAITurn your images into scroll-stopping videos using AI
VibrantsnapTurns a screen recording into a product demo or walkthrough: AI transcribes the narration, rewrites it as a script, voices it in one of several languages and retimes the video to match. For teams that regularly make product demos.
Vozo AIAI video translation that translates the voice, subtitles, lip-sync and on-screen text of a video to produce versions in other languages.
Glims (Beta)Turn static shots into fast-moving showreels – like magic.
TrupeerTurns rough screen recordings into edited product videos and step-by-step guides using AI. Used for product marketing, tutorials and documentation.
GlypConsistent influencer videos to scale your traffic & revenue
IndieScoreTurn long meetings into concise, shareable highlight clips
supoclipAn open-source OpusClip alternative+4
ArcReelAI Agent 驱动的开源可自部署视频工作台:将小说与剧本转为角色、场景、道具资产、分镜、视频和剪映草稿,支持跨镜头一致性、多供应商与费用追踪 | Self-hosted AI video workspace for stories, storyboards and short-form video production+4
Paper2VideoAutomatic Video Generation from Scientific Papers+10
dramaclawA general-purpose AIGC video engine: script to finished film in one pipeline — dramas, ads, product videos, otome games, and more. | 通用 AIGC 视频引擎 —— 从剧本到成片一条流水线,漫剧、广告、电商、乙游皆可+4
dev-video-creatorIncredible drastically simplifies creation of developer video content. It offers a unified workflow to storyboard, record, collaborate and produce the video.+2
infinite-canvas面向 AI 创作的开源无限画布工作台,集成 AI 生图、参考图编辑、视频生成、Agent 智能助手、画布编排、对话创作、提示词库与素材管理等能力,支持可视化创作流程与多 Agent 协同工作。兼容 OpenAI 接口生态,支持 chatgpt2api、grok2api、flow2api、newapi 等渠道接入。
pyvideotransTranslate the video from one language to another and embed dubbing & subtitles.
clip-jsonline video editor built with nextjs, remotion and ffmpeg (web assembly port) for render.
super-video-maker-skillAI video production skill for agents: HeyGen avatars, Seedance b-roll, OpenAI images, Remotion, HyperFrames, screen recording, FFmpeg captions and QC.