Best AI Tools for Video & Podcast
Video editing, podcast production, and media tools

Runway
Newby Runway
Runway is best for creators and teams experimenting with AI video shots, generative edits, visual effects, and fast creative iteration.

Google Veo
Newby Google Veo
Google Veo is the best at generating audio together with video right now, at a cost that reflects it.

Sora
Newby Sora
Sora produces the most cinematic and coherent generated video, with availability and limits that keep changing.

Opus Clip
Newby Opus Clip
Opus Clip generates nothing: it finds the moments in your existing long video that work as shorts.

HeyGen
Newby HeyGen
HeyGen is a practical AI video tool for businesses that need avatar-led videos, localization, training content, and presenter-style production at scale.

Kling
Newby Kling
Kling has the strongest realistic human motion of the generators, with some friction if you are outside Asia.

Descript
Newby Descript
Descript is a video and podcast editor that lets you edit media by editing text transcripts, with AI-powered features like filler word removal and eye contact correction.

Luma
Newby Luma
Luma is fast and smooth for short b-roll clips, and short is the operative word.

Pika
Newby Pika
Pika is the most playful and easiest to start with, and the least controllable of the generators.

Castmagic
Newby Castmagic
Castmagic repurposes podcast and video content into newsletters, social posts, show notes, and articles using AI — upload once, get dozens of outputs.