Let's start with the part most comparison pages skip: invideo AI is good at what it does. It's text-to-video with stock footage, and if that's the video you need, you should use it — I'll say exactly when below.
The reason people land here is that they searched for a invideo AI alternative after discovering something specific: they needed a promo video for a software product, and the output didn't have their product in it. invideo AI produces a video assembled from stock clips and AI generation, from a text prompt. PromoHyper produces an animated promo video built around your actual product screens, generated from your URL — it reads your site, writes the script, takes your real screenshots, uses your brand's colors and type, and animates the whole thing. Your first video is free with a small watermark.
What invideo AI is genuinely good at
- Genuinely broad: one prompt gets you a complete video with stock footage, music, voiceover and subtitles.
- Huge stock library and a very fast path from idea to a watchable video.
- Strong for travel, lifestyle, listicle and faceless-channel content where stock footage IS the content.
Use invideo AI for: Content channels, social video at volume, and any subject where library footage genuinely is the subject.
Where it doesn't fit a SaaS promo video
- Stock footage can't show your software. A SaaS video made from stock clips shows an actor at a laptop — not your dashboard.
- Credit-based plans are recurring subscriptions; a founder who needs a video twice a year still pays monthly.
- The result looks like the template it came from, because that's what makes it fast.
None of this makes invideo AI a bad tool. It makes it a tool for a different video.
invideo AI pricing in the table below was read from their own pricing page on 2026-08-24. Prices in this category change often — click through if it matters to your decision.
What PromoHyper does instead
You paste your product's URL. It reads the site — what you do, who it's for, your colors, your type, your logo — then writes three script directions, records the voiceover, scores the music, and designs every frame around the words. Your real product screens appear at the moment the script explains them, because in a software video the interface is the evidence.
There's no template gallery and no timeline editor. There's also no subscription: your first video is free with a watermark, a clean single video is $29, and $39 buys the same one video with 4K, AI video clips, Animate UI and the Complex animation mode. You can see what these actually look like before you make one — that gallery is every video the system produced, not a showreel of the best three.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| invideo AI Plus | $17/mo ($200/year) | 75 credits/mo · 4 avatars · 20 GB |
| invideo AI Max | $85/mo ($1,000/year) | 390 credits/mo · 16 avatars |
| invideo AI Generative | $170/mo ($2,000/year) | 800 credits/mo · 40 avatars |
| invideo AI Elite | $900/mo ($10,800/year) | 4,250 credits/mo |
| PromoHyper — free | $0 | 1 video, watermarked, embeddable |
| PromoHyper — Starter | $29 one-time | 1 clean video, no subscription |
| PromoHyper — Pro | $39 one-time | 1 clean video in 4K, with AI video clips, Animate UI and 2 revisions |
When you shouldn't use PromoHyper
Use invideo AI instead of us if this is you: Content channels, social video at volume, and any subject where library footage genuinely is the subject.
In that situation invideo AI will do a better job than we will, and you should go use it. We're the better answer for one specific case: Software, where the product itself has to be on screen and the design has to match your brand.
If you're not sure which category your video belongs to, this breakdown of the two kinds of AI video tool sorts it out in a couple of minutes.
Frequently asked questions
Is PromoHyper a direct invideo AI replacement?
No, and I'd rather say that than sell you the wrong thing. invideo AI makes a video assembled from stock clips and AI generation, from a text prompt; we make an animated promo video built around your actual product screens. If you need what invideo AI makes, we can't do it. If you need a promo video where the viewer sees your software working, that's what we're built for.
Is invideo AI cheaper?
It depends entirely on how often you need a video. invideo AI is a subscription, so you pay in the months you don't publish anything. PromoHyper is a one-time payment per pack — $29 for one clean video, or $39 for the same video with 4K, AI video clips and Animate UI. If you make videos every week, a subscription wins. If you need two or three good videos a year, it doesn't. (invideo AI prices above were read from their pricing page on 2026-08-24; check the link in the table, since prices change.)
Do I need to write a script or upload anything?
No. You paste your product's URL and everything before the final render — the analysis, three script directions, the storyboard, the voice preview — is free. You edit the script in plain English ("mention the free tier", "shorter"). You only pay when you render.
Can I get it in vertical for Reels and TikTok?
Yes — 9:16 is designed for the vertical frame, not cropped from the widescreen version, with type scaled and motion placed for a phone. You can render the same video in 16:9, 9:16 and 1:1.
What does the free video actually include?
A complete video with a small PromoHyper watermark in the corner — one per account. You can embed it on your own site and we keep it for 30 days as long as it's being watched. Any pack re-renders it clean, without the watermark, and adds revision rounds.
