Category: AI Video
Turn a blog post into a video, now with an MCP connector.
Lumen5 converts written content into video, which remains its core strength: paste a blog post or article and it extracts the key points, matches stock footage and imagery to each, applies your brand styling and produces a shareable video without you touching a timeline. Around that sit brand kits, a large stock library, templates and team collaboration. Contrary to its reputation as an older tool coasting, it is actively developed: it launched Claude, ChatGPT, Zapier and Make integrations in October 2026 alongside an agent editor, publishes a live public roadmap and is hiring. There is a first-party MCP connector documented for Claude. It is a Vancouver company and independent.
Still the best tool for the specific job of turning written content into video, and that job is more valuable than it sounds, because most marketing teams are sitting on years of articles that never became anything else. The extraction genuinely works, picking sensible key points rather than chopping paragraphs. The surprise here is that it has not been coasting: an agent editor and a Claude MCP connector shipped in October 2026, and there is a public roadmap, which is more transparency than most competitors offer. Two limits worth knowing before you commit. There is a hard ten-minute cap on video length across every paid tier, which rules it out for anything long-form. And premium AI features are metered annually rather than monthly, so the entry tier's allowance of roughly twelve animation minutes for a whole year runs out far faster than the monthly price implies. Price it on your real output.
Best for: Content teams with an existing blog who want video versions of what they have already written, without learning an editor.
Pricing: Free, then from $19/mo billed yearly (Freemium)
Rating: 4/5