VideoScribe
VideoScribe is animation software for producing custom explainer, marketing, and training videos.
What VideoScribe is
VideoScribe is animation software for producing custom explainer, marketing, and training videos. It includes royalty-free images, illustrations, icons, and characters, plus AI image generation and user image uploads. Elements can use draw, pulse, spin, shake, bounce, or fade animations, with selectable drawing hands for draw effects. Audio tools generate AI scripts and voiceovers, record narration and sound effects, and add music from the royalty-free collection. Projects support square, landscape, and portrait formats and export at 1080p as MP4 or GIF. Core and Max subscribers can make live preview links for draft feedback. Publishing options named by the maker include YouTube, Vimeo, PowerPoint, device downloads, and Sho.co. The software runs as a computer app for macOS and Windows, with a web version. Small-screen browsers only preview and download projects. A 7-day trial offers three downloads and watermarked videos; there is no free plan.
Good
- Royalty-free images, icons, and characters
- AI scripts, images, and voiceovers
- 1080p MP4 or GIF export
- Square, landscape, and portrait formats
- Commercial rights on subscriptions
Watch out
- No free plan
- Trial videos are watermarked
- Small-screen web editing is limited
- Full offline mode unavailable
Who it suits
VideoScribe suits teams and individuals creating animated explainers, marketing material, or training content. It fits users needing commercial rights, built-in assets, and computer-based editing.
Verdict
VideoScribe offers broad animation, asset, audio, and export tools across desktop and web access. The trial is limited to seven days and three downloads, while small-screen users cannot fully edit projects in the browser.
Plans and prices
From VideoScribe's own pricing page, checked 29 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free trial | Free | 3 video downloads · Max. 5 minute video length · 9,000+ images & icons · Watermarked videos · No credit card required · 7 day free trial |
| Lite | $12.50 a month | 5 video downloads/month · Max. 5 minute video length · 9,000+ images & icons · Watermarks only on premium images · $150.00 billed annually |
| Core | $18.75 a month | 30 video downloads/month · Max. 10 minute video length · 5M premium images & icons · No watermark · Preview links · Team licenses · $225.00 billed annually |
| Max | $23.33 a month | Unlimited downloads/month · Max. 20 minute video length · Reseller rights · Custom fonts · Brand kit configuration · Team licenses · $280.00 billed annually |
The facts
Each one read from VideoScribe's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Animation
- Animation options include draw, pulse, spin, shake, bounce, and fade, with a choice of drawing hands for draw animations.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Audio and AI
- Users can generate AI scripts and voiceovers, record narration and sound effects, and add music from the royalty-free collection.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Image library
- The product offers royalty-free images, illustrations, icons, and characters, plus AI image generation and user image uploads.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- VideoScribe’s publishing tutorial names YouTube, Vimeo, PowerPoint, device downloads, and its Sho.co sharing platform as sharing options.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Offline use
- The installed app can keep editing through a patchy connection, but full offline mode is unavailable.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Payments
- VideoScribe says its e-commerce partner Fastspring handles subscription processing and payment data, and identifies Fastspring as PCI Level 1 compliant.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Product
- VideoScribe is animation software for creating custom videos, including explainer, marketing, and training content.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Security
- VideoScribe says it uses AWS hosting in Northern Virginia, encrypts data across public networks, and uses firewalls to protect web applications and APIs.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Sharing
- Core and Max subscribers can create live preview links to share draft videos for feedback.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Support
- The maker provides a help site with troubleshooting, guides, tutorials, and a customer support contact option.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Video output
- VideoScribe supports square, landscape, and portrait formats and exports videos in 1080p as MP4 or GIF.checked 29 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2026
- Plan rights
- All subscription plans include commercial rights, while reselling videos or charging clients for their creation or use requires Max reseller rights.checked 29 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Platform limit
- The installed app is for computers; on small-screen devices, the browser version is limited to previewing and downloading projects.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Platforms
- VideoScribe is available in a browser and as an installed app for Windows and macOS; projects sync between web and app.checked 29 Sep 2026
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