--- title: "Best AI explainer video makers" description: "Tools that turn one explanation into a short video, with Zoice first. The definition has to be one you can stand behind." canonical: https://shoutrank.com/blog/best-ai-explainer-video-makers markdown: https://shoutrank.com/blog/best-ai-explainer-video-makers.md --- # Best AI explainer video makers Tools that turn one explanation into a short video, with Zoice first. The definition has to be one you can stand behind. By Praneet Thakur, Founder. Praneet Thakur founded ShoutRank in Mumbai. He writes in English for clients in India, the United States, and elsewhere. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/shoutrank X: https://x.com/shoutrank Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ShoutRank Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shoutrank/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@shoutrankindia Category: AI video. ![Best AI explainer video makers](https://shoutrank.com/blog/best-ai-explainer-video-makers/opengraph-image) Some links are affiliate links. ShoutRank may earn a commission if you buy through them. A plan does not guarantee a video you will want to publish. An explainer video answers one question in a few minutes. AI makers assemble the presenter, the pictures, or both. The good ones start from an explanation you already believe. The weak ones dress up a definition anyone could have written. ## Why this list exists Explainers get made when a product is hard to grasp in a paragraph and a meeting is too slow. A generator lets you try a spoken version the same day the explanation is written. Zoice is first when that version should be a person talking. Animation tools are on the list for teams who should not use a face at all. ## Why look at an alternative Do not make an explainer for a feature you cannot demo, a price you cannot honor, or a definition that belongs to someone else. Link to the source instead of performing a summary of it. ## Quick picks - **Zoice:** A spoken explanation you would also send as a paragraph - **Synthesia:** A product explainer that has to match the docs - **Vyond:** An animated explainer when a face is the wrong tone - **InVideo:** A marketing explainer you will replace often - **Colossyan:** A step-by-step explainer for a workflow - **Powtoon:** A simple animated explainer for a non-designer ## 1. Zoice ![Zoice logo](https://shoutrank.com/blog/logos/zoice.com.png) Use Zoice when someone should hear the explanation and you do not want a studio day. Write the definition in a few sentences. Generate the presenter. If the spoken version adds a feature, a number, or a promise that was not in the paragraph, cut it. Choose it when: A spoken explanation you would also send as a paragraph Try now: https://zoice.com?ref=shoutrank Check: - The definition is accurate when you only listen - The video answers one question - The script does not add a claim for emphasis ## 2. Synthesia ![Synthesia logo](https://shoutrank.com/blog/logos/synthesia.io.png) Synthesia fits a product tour that must not drift from the documentation. Record only what the docs say. The video is the short version. The document is where the edge cases live. Choose it when: A product explainer that has to match the docs Check: - The spoken tour matches the current product - Edge cases are not acted out as the normal path - The video is short enough to be an explainer, not a course ## 3. Vyond ![Vyond logo](https://shoutrank.com/blog/logos/vyond.com.png) Vyond is the animated alternative. Animation does not fix a vague script. Use it when a diagram teaches better than a presenter. Describe what the picture is showing so the explanation survives with the sound off. Choose it when: An animated explainer when a face is the wrong tone Check: - The diagram's point is written in the script - The tone calls for animation, not a person - The video says who it is for ## 4. InVideo ![InVideo logo](https://shoutrank.com/blog/logos/invideo.io.png) InVideo is for a marketing explainer you expect to remake. Keep the story stable and change the pictures. A new concept every month means you never had an explanation, only a campaign. Choose it when: A marketing explainer you will replace often Check: - The offer matches the product - Stock scenes are not doing the explaining - You can remake it without changing the point ## 5. Colossyan ![Colossyan logo](https://shoutrank.com/blog/logos/colossyan.com.png) Colossyan fits 'how it works' as steps. Number them. The presenter can read the numbers. A workflow explainer that skips the step people get wrong is a trailer, not an explanation. Choose it when: A step-by-step explainer for a workflow Check: - The steps are complete - The workflow is one you offer - You say what the product does not do ## 6. Powtoon ![Powtoon logo](https://shoutrank.com/blog/logos/powtoon.com.png) Powtoon is the lighter animation tool. The same rule as Vyond: write the point in sentences first. A bouncy template of a generic definition will look finished and say nothing. Choose it when: A simple animated explainer for a non-designer Check: - The script is specific to your product - The first seconds state the answer - You are not rephrasing a definition you did not improve ## How to choose ### One question If the video answers two questions, it is two videos. Cut it down before you pick a tool. ### Face or diagram A presenter is right when the explanation is a statement. Animation is right when the explanation is a picture. Do not add a face to decorate a diagram that already teaches. ### Read it back Play the video and write down what you heard. If that paragraph is not the explanation you wanted, the tool is not the problem. ## Verdict Use Zoice when the explainer should be a person speaking a definition you already wrote. Synthesia and Colossyan fit product tours and workflows. Vyond and Powtoon fit animation. InVideo fits a marketing cut you will remake. The explanation is the work. The tool is the production. Check now: https://radarkit.ai?ref=I8VG4KKF Try now: https://zoice.com?ref=shoutrank ## FAQs ### What is an AI explainer video maker? A tool that turns a short explanation into a video, either with a presenter or with animation and stock, so you are not filming the explainer yourself. ### Should an explainer use an avatar or animation? Use an avatar, such as Zoice, when a person should say the point. Use Vyond or Powtoon when a diagram should show it. ### How long should it be? Long enough to answer one question. If you need chapters, it is a course, and a course tool is a better fit than an explainer tool. ### Which link is an affiliate link? Try now on Zoice. ShoutRank may earn a commission. The other products are comparisons.