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An InVideo alternative for promo videos
InVideo turns a prompt into a video with help from stock providers and gives you a drag and drop editor with a timeline. OneCraft turns a brief into a scene by scene promo with generated visuals, your own images and clips, and a voice, without a timeline. Which one fits depends on whether you want a large licensed stock library and frame level control, or composed scenes that stay tidy on their own.
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Nuwan Madhusanka · Co-founder
3 min read · Published · Updated
The short verdict
InVideo suits people who want a large licensed stock library, avatars and a timeline they can cut on, with a large template library behind them. OneCraft suits people who want a short promo, tutorial or UGC video composed for them from a brief, scene by scene, in the same account that makes the matching flyer, deck and form.
| Feature | InVideo | OneCraft |
|---|---|---|
| How a video starts | Describe your scene and InVideo's agents help choose an AI model and write the prompt for each shot checked 2026-09-02 | A brief of up to 10,000 characters, with up to 8 images and 5 documents attached to ground it |
| Templates | 5,000+ video templates on their templates page checked 2026-09-02 | 32 templates; scenes are drawn from 52 named roles with 410 layouts behind them |
| Editing model | Drag and drop editor; your media and audio go on a timeline, with crop, trim, loop and flip checked 2026-09-02 | No timeline. You edit scene by scene; layout, motion and timing are deterministic and make zero model calls |
| Stock footage | Stock providers such as iStock and Storyblocks; plans carry an iStock allowance, 100 a month on Plus checked 2026-09-02 | Stock clips from Pexels: a promo's director places some during generation, and every clip scene has a stock search in the builder |
| Your own clips | Drop your own media and audio onto the timeline checked 2026-09-02 | Upload MP4, WebM or MOV clips up to 200 MB, with trim, cover or contain fit, and a mute or keep audio policy |
| Voiceover | AI avatars and voice clones are included by plan, 4 on the Plus plan checked 2026-09-02 | Google Chirp3-HD voices across 56 mapped locales, with per scene voice, speed, delay and caption control |
| Watermark | Videos exported before subscribing to a paid plan still contain watermarks; paid plans export without one checked 2026-09-02 | The watermark slot is yours: your own wordmark or a logo URL, bottom left, fading in after the opener |
| Export and sharing | Paid plans include unlimited exports without watermark checked 2026-09-02 | MP4 at 1080p, 4K from the Starter plan; the share link plays live in the browser, it does not serve an MP4 file |
| Usage metering | Credits per month by plan, 750 on Plus, and credits do not roll over to the next month checked 2026-09-02 | About 20 credits per video generation; an export bills its render time, and an unchanged re-export is free |
| Avatars | AI avatars and voice clones by plan: 4 on Plus, 16 on Max, 40 on Generative checked 2026-09-02 | One generated creator persona with at most 3 talking scenes, in UGC mode on the Pro plan and up |
Where InVideo is better
A bigger licensed stock library
InVideo's plans carry a monthly iStock allowance and its AI references stock providers such as iStock and Storyblocks. OneCraft searches Pexels, a free stock library, and only in promos and the builder's clip scenes. If your promo depends on licensed footage from a premium library, InVideo has it and OneCraft does not.
A real timeline
InVideo gives you a drag and drop editor where media and audio sit on a timeline and can be cropped, trimmed, looped and flipped. OneCraft deliberately has no timeline: you edit scene by scene and the motion between scenes is decided for you. Editors who want frame level control will find OneCraft restrictive.
A far larger template library
InVideo advertises more than 5,000 video templates across social ads, events, YouTube and more. OneCraft ships 32 templates and leans on 52 scene roles instead. If you shop for a starting point by browsing templates, their catalogue is orders of magnitude wider.
More avatars and voice clones
InVideo's plans include AI avatars and voice clones, from 4 on the Plus plan up to 200 on the Elite plan. OneCraft has exactly one generated persona, only in UGC mode, only on the Pro plan and up, and no voice cloning of any kind.
Where OneCraft is different
Scenes with named roles instead of a timeline
Every OneCraft scene has a role such as opener, proof or offer, drawn from 52 roles with 410 layouts. The director picks the roles and writes the lines; layout, motion and timing are deterministic code, so nothing drifts off grid however much you edit the words.
Captions and voiceover are the default
Narration is spoken by a Chirp3-HD voice matched to the brief's language, and captions type on as the words are spoken, on by default with a per scene toggle. You do not assemble subtitles as a separate step.
Tutorial videos from your screenshots
The tutorial type builds a video from still screenshots you capture, with click points and automatic zoom at 1.5x or 2.1x and 5 to 9 seconds a step. It is a different way of making a how to video than editing a screen recording on a timeline.
The same account makes the rest of the launch
The video generator sits beside generators for flyers, presentations, documents and forms, so the promo, the poster and the sign up form for one launch come from one account with one set of credits.
A finished example
Real estate listing video exampleMade with OneCraft, exactly as the generator and editor left it. Open the page for the full breakdown.Pricing in plain terms
InVideo's pricing page, checked 2 September 2026, lists Plus at $17 a month billed $200 yearly with 750 credits a month, Max at $85 a month billed $1,000 yearly with 3,900 credits, and higher tiers beyond that; credits do not roll over, and their help pages say free plan exports carry a watermark until you subscribe. OneCraft's pricing page lists a Free plan with 100 credits a month, Starter at $8 a month with 500 credits, and Pro at $25 a month with 1,500 credits. On OneCraft a video generation uses about 20 credits, tutorial videos need the Starter plan, and UGC videos need Pro.
Moving across
There is no importer for InVideo projects, and no video tool can read another's project format. The honest path is to re brief: paste your script or the key points into the OneCraft brief box, attach the product images you used, and let the director recompose it as scenes. Uploaded clips from your library carry across as ordinary MP4, WebM or MOV files.
What we could not check
InVideo's public pages do not state free plan export counts, per plan export resolutions, a total stock library size or a maximum video length, so none of those appear in the table. Their template count of 5,000+ is their own claim on their templates page, quoted as written. Where a fact could not be read from an InVideo page on the day we checked, we left it out rather than guessing.
How the OneCraft side was verified
Every OneCraft cell in the table names a row in an internal fact ledger that is checked against the product's source code, from the 8,000 character brief cap to the 200 MB clip limit and the 3 talking scene cap in UGC mode. Nothing on this page describes a planned feature, and the absences, such as the timeline, are stated as absences.
Who should stay with InVideo
Stay with InVideo if your videos need premium licensed stock footage, if you cut and trim on a timeline, if you make long form video, or if you rely on avatar and voice clone allowances. OneCraft covers none of those; it is for short composed promos, tutorials and UGC style clips, not for editing footage.
Questions people ask
Does OneCraft have stock footage?
Yes, from Pexels, a free stock library. In a promo the director can place a few stock clips during generation, and every clip scene in the builder has a stock search. Other visuals are AI generated images and your own uploaded images and clips. If premium licensed footage is central to your videos, InVideo is the better fit.
Can I edit on a timeline?
No. OneCraft has no timeline. You edit scene by scene: change the words, swap the visual, adjust narration, reorder scenes. Motion, transitions and timing come from the chosen pace, Dynamic or Calm, and are applied by deterministic code rather than by dragging clips around.
How long can a OneCraft video be?
The generator offers short, standard and long lengths targeting roughly 10, 18 and 30 seconds, with a long video budgeted at 6 to 12 scenes. It is built for promos, tutorials and UGC style clips, not long form video. UGC videos are capped under 30 seconds with at most 3 talking scenes.
Is there a watermark on OneCraft's free plan?
OneCraft does not stamp its own branding on exports. The watermark feature is for your brand: your wordmark or a logo entered as a URL, shown bottom left at reduced opacity. On the free plan the practical limit is credits, since a video generation uses about 20 of the 150 monthly credits.
Can I use my own clips?
Yes. A user clip scene plays an uploaded MP4, WebM or MOV of up to 200 MB, with a trim start and end, cover or contain fit, and a choice of muting or keeping the clip's audio. Clips are not used in UGC mode, where the talking persona carries the video.
Which languages does the voiceover support?
Voices are Google Chirp3-HD, with 56 languages mapped to a locale and four styles across two genders. Malay and Filipino fall back to an older voice family, and a tutorial video always gets the instructional style whatever the brief asks for. Captions follow the narration in the same language.
Try the video side of OneCraft
The button opens the generator with a starting prompt already filled in. Change the wording to match your own work before you run it.
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What the module actually does, feature by feature: the AI video maker page, and the videos maker page.
Step by step in the builder: Make a promo video with AI voiceover, then Export a video for YouTube, Reels and TikTok.
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