Best AI Video & Audio Tools in 2026
Generative video, AI music, voice synthesis and media editing tools for creators, podcasters and marketers.
15 tools in this category, ranked by quality score.
ElevenLabs
ElevenLabs
ElevenLabs sets the standard for AI voice, offering remarkably natural text-to-speech, voice cloning and dubbing in…
Runway
Runway
Runway is a pioneer of generative video, offering text-to-video, image-to-video and a full suite of AI-powered editing…
Suno
Suno
Suno is a leading AI music generator that creates full songs — vocals, lyrics and instrumentation — from a simple text…
Descript
Descript
Descript reinvents audio and video editing by letting you edit media as easily as editing a text document.
Synthesia
Synthesia
Synthesia creates studio-quality videos with realistic AI avatars and voiceovers from a script — no camera or crew.
Pika
Pika Labs
Pika is a generative video platform known for fun, fast and accessible video creation with playful 'Pikaffects'.
HeyGen
HeyGen
HeyGen generates avatar videos and offers instant video translation with lip-sync across languages.
Kling AI
Kuaishou
Kling AI is a high-fidelity text/image-to-video model from Kuaishou, known for long, coherent, physically realistic…
Luma Dream Machine
Luma AI
Luma's Dream Machine generates smooth, cinematic video from text and images with natural camera motion.
Opus Clip
Opus
Opus Clip turns long videos and podcasts into viral short clips with auto-captions, reframing and a virality score.
D-ID
D-ID
D-ID animates still photos into talking-head videos and powers real-time interactive AI avatars (Agents).
VEED.IO
VEED
VEED is a browser-based video editor with AI subtitles, avatars, translation and clip tools.
Resemble AI
Resemble AI
Resemble AI is a developer-focused voice platform for high-quality cloning, real-time TTS and speech-to-speech, with…
Murf AI
Murf
Murf is an AI voiceover studio with natural voices for narration, e-learning and ads, plus voice cloning and a video…
Kapwing
Kapwing
Kapwing is a collaborative online video editor with AI tools for repurposing, subtitles and text-to-video.
How to choose a video & audio tool
We track 15 video & audio tools, of which 15 offer a free tier. ElevenLabs currently leads on our quality score.
When choosing a video & audio tool, weigh four things: capability on your specific tasks, pricing (free tier vs. monthly vs. per-token), how well it fits your existing workflow and integrations, and how actively it's maintained. Start with a shortlist of two or three, trial them on a real task, and let the results decide.