Elai.io
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Elai.io, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Elai.io's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 1 user · 1 minute · 80+ avatars · 75+ languages · all Creator features · No commitment |
| Creator | $29 a month | 1 user · up to 15 minutes/month · Full HD · full avatar, voice and language library · $29/month; $23/month when billed annually ($276 annually) |
| Team | $125 a month | 50 minutes/month · 3 editors and 3 guests · custom images and fonts · Ultra 4K · premium voices · 1 selfie avatar · 1 voice clone · $125/month; $100/month when billed annually ($1,200 annually) |
| Enterprise | Priced on request | Unlimited users · 3 voice clones · 3 selfie avatars · premium avatars · brand kit · workspaces · SSO · premium support · Let's Talk |
The facts
Each one read from Elai.io's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Acquisition
- Panopto announced its acquisition of Elai on October 23, 2024; Panopto described Elai as founded in 2021 and serving more than 2,000 customers.checked 15 Oct 2026
- AI avatars
- The platform offers a library of more than 80 avatars and supports creating custom avatars from photos or video.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API access
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- API capabilities
- The REST API supports personalization, bulk generation from text, HTML, topics or URLs, video retrieval and updates, and real-time avatar streams.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API documentation depth
- The reference documents outline-to-video workflows, JSON requests, cURL examples, webhooks, rate limits and error codes.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Commercial use
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2026
- Compliance
- Elai states that it complies with GDPR and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CPPA).checked 15 Oct 2026
- Data controls
- Users can download or delete data from their profile and request account deletion, after which the company says user data is deleted.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Official integration pages list Zapier, Thinkific, uQualio, PowerPoint, Medium, Pexels, GIPHY, Moodle, LottieFiles, Articulate 360, Udemy and 360Learning.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Interactive video
- Interactive projects can include branching, buttons, hotspots, text quizzes, image quizzes and multi-select answers.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Languages and voices
- Elai advertises more than 75 languages and more than 400 narration voices, with one-click translation.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Licence
- The service is proprietary: its terms grant a limited, revocable, non-exclusive access licence and prohibit reverse engineering and commercial redistribution.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: avatar realism
- G2 reviewers repeatedly report robotic expressions, movements, intonation or lip-sync, especially in longer or emotionally complex videos.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: rendering and editing
- G2 reviewers report slow rendering for larger or peak-time projects and needing repeated renders after script or pronunciation fixes.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: rendering time
- A Capterra reviewer notes that longer videos take longer to render.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: Trustpilot complaints
- Trustpilot complaints include edits consuming rendering minutes and at least one reviewer saying a rendered video could not be downloaded.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: usage credits
- G2 reviewers criticize monthly minute limits and the need to spend additional minutes when correcting and re-rendering videos.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Maximum resolution
- 4kchecked 22 Sep 2026
- Notable news
- Panopto reported on April 16, 2025 that its Elai acquisition won EdTech Chronicle's Best M&A Deal Under $20M award.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Personalization
- Personalized videos can substitute recipient data such as names, companies, addresses and emails through templates.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company facts
- LinkedIn lists Elai as a privately held software company founded in 2021, headquartered in Pittsburgh, with 11–50 employees.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2021checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USAchecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
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