Category: AI Video
Animation and live-action video from a script.
Steve.ai generates both animated and live-action video from a script or text, which is an unusual combination, with a large character and scene library on the animation side and stock footage on the other. It covers text to video, blog to video, script to video and audio to video, with voiceover, captions and branding. It released a major version in 2025 and has continued rebuilding the editor generatively through 2026, publishing blog content daily, so it is actively developed rather than coasting, though there is no public changelog to point at. Pricing runs on monthly export allowances, with additional exports charged individually, and the top tiers adding higher resolution. There is no MCP server.
The animation side is the reason to use it, because generating a watchable animated explainer from a script without an animator is genuinely hard and few tools do it well. Having live-action generation in the same tool is a useful bonus if your content mixes both. It is actively developed, which was the thing we most expected to find otherwise in a tool of this age. Two things to plan for. The billing is export-metered with individual overage charges, so a month where you iterate heavily on one video costs more than the plan suggests, and it is worth setting an internal limit. And the pricing experience is awkward: the pricing page is effectively an in-app upgrade modal and the plan names are inherited from its sibling product, which makes comparing tiers harder than it should be. There is no MCP server or developer surface, so it sits behind most of this category on agent readiness. Output is functional rather than distinctive.
Best for: Teams who want animated explainer video without an animator, particularly for training and internal communications.
Pricing: Free, then from $15/mo (Freemium)
Rating: 3.5/5