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Pictory
AI Video Creation & EditingPictory is a browser-based tool that converts scripts, blog posts and URLs into videos by matching each sentence to stock footage, then adding AI voiceover and captions. It also edits recorded videos through their transcript and can pull highlight clips from webinars and long recordings. Content marketers, course creators and small businesses use it to produce videos without filming.
Pricing
Pictory pricing
Free trial; Starter $29/mo monthly or $25/mo billed yearly
Last checked September 2026 · Confirm on pictory.ai
Features
What Pictory does
- Script, article and URL to video
- Edit video by editing the transcript
- Highlight clips from long recordings
- Stock library from Getty Images and Storyblocks
- AI voices, voice cloning and ElevenLabs voices
- Brand kits and auto captions on all plans
Pros
- Quick rough cuts from existing written content
- Large licensed stock library included
- Transcript editing for recorded webinars and talks
- Brand kits on every paid plan
Cons
- Assembles stock footage rather than generating original video
- Export capped at 1080p
- AI avatars and voice cloning need the Professional plan or higher
- No permanent free plan
Fit
Who Pictory is for
Look elsewhere if: Creators who want original generative footage or trend-driven short-form edits should look at generative models or CapCut.
For teams & enterprise
Enterprise readiness
Enterprise and API offering lists SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR compliance and SSO with centralized user management.
- Business / enterprise plan
- Yes
- SSO (SAML / OIDC)
- Enterprise plan
- SCIM user provisioning
- —
- SOC 2
- Type II
- ISO 27001
- Yes
- HIPAA (BAA available)
- —
- GDPR DPA
- —
- Data residency options
- —
- No training on your data
- —
- Audit logs
- —
- Admin controls
- Yes
- Deployment
- Cloud
From the vendor's own security documentation. "—" = not confirmed. Verify during your security review. Compare all tools.
| Video feature checklist | |
|---|---|
| AI avatars / presenters | Professional plan and up |
| Generative text-to-video | Stock-based, not generative |
| Long-to-short clipping | Yes |
| Auto captions | Yes |
| Edit video by editing text | Yes |
| AI voiceover | Yes |
| Translation / dubbing | Limited |
| Max export resolution | 1080p |
| Stock media library | Yes |
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Buying guides
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