StrokeVideo alternative
StrokeVideo alternative: two AI whiteboard makers, compared honestly
StrokeVideo and AnimatedBoard both turn a script, a topic or a PDF into a narrated whiteboard video, both keep a pasted script word for word, and neither adds a watermark. StrokeVideo is cheaper per minute ($0.20 to $0.50) and narrates in 14 languages. AnimatedBoard adds illustrated story styles, six video formats, your own voice or a clone on paid plans, free Shorts cut from your long video, thumbnails and scene-by-scene editing, from $29 a month. Facts checked on StrokeVideo's own site on 7 October 2026.
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Updated on October 7, 2026
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Script
The brain weighs just three pounds, yet it uses 20% of the body's energy…
Our app made this video of about a minute from a plain-text script, in about a minute: you paste it, click Create video and our AI draws and narrates every scene. Nothing edited by hand. Longer videos take a few minutes more.
What StrokeVideo is
StrokeVideo is an AI whiteboard animation maker run by WHALEPLUS PTE. LTD., a company in Singapore. Its About page says it launched in September 2026 and is built by a small independent team. You give it a one-line topic, your own script, an audio recording, a web page, a PDF or a Word file; it writes the narration if you didn't, cuts it into boards of one idea each, illustrates every board, narrates it and traces each stroke in time with the voice.
It is a focused product and a good one to know about. It is also very new, so if you are choosing a tool for a channel or a course you will run for a year, it is worth comparing the details that change your monthly work: what a minute costs, how long a video can be, which formats and languages you get, and what you can fix after the first render.
AnimatedBoard is built around the same promise, a script becomes a drawn and narrated video, with a few different choices about what comes around it. The rest of this page goes through them one by one, including where StrokeVideo comes out ahead.
StrokeVideo vs AnimatedBoard at a glance
StrokeVideo's figures come from strokevideo.com (pricing, whiteboard animation maker, terms and about pages), read on 7 October 2026. Where its own pages disagree, we say so.
| AnimatedBoard | StrokeVideo | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | $29/month, 30 minutes of video | $19.90/month, 2,000 credits (about 40 minutes) |
| Cheapest minute | About $0.42 (Pro, yearly) | About $0.20 (yearly plan, $99.90 for 500 minutes) |
| Free plan | 1 minute once, MP4 with no watermark, no card | 1 video a day up to 2 minutes, no watermark, no rollover |
| Longest video | 15 minutes on every plan; join finished videos into one of up to 1 hour | From 30 seconds to about 15 minutes |
| Inputs | Your script, an idea and a length, or a PDF or Word file (up to 5 MB and 80 pages) | A topic, your script, an audio file, a web page, a PDF or a Word file |
| Narration languages | 6 (English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese) | 14 on its maker page (12 in its home page FAQ) |
| Visual styles | 19: 10 whiteboard looks and 9 illustrated story styles | 23 drawing styles on most pages (other pages say 19+ or 26+) |
| Formats | 16:9, 9:16, 1:1, 4:5, 3:2 and 2:3; 1920×1080 or 1080×1920 | 1200×800 (3:2), 1920×1080 (16:9) and 1080×1920 (9:16) |
| Captions | .srt and .vtt files, and burned-in captions on any look in 5 styles | An .srt file; burned-in subtitles are available |
| Your own voice | Upload your recording or clone your voice on paid plans | Upload your recording (30 seconds free, up to 15 minutes with a membership); no cloning mentioned |
| Extras | Free Shorts cut from a long video, thumbnails, titles and description for YouTube | Not mentioned |
| Unused minutes | Plan minutes renew each period | Credits never expire, even after cancelling |
StrokeVideo charges 50 credits per minute of finished video and 100 when the video uses a character reference sheet. AnimatedBoard figures use the default voice; a scene drawn from a character or style reference counts at least 8 seconds.
StrokeVideo pricing: what one minute costs
Both products sell minutes of finished video. StrokeVideo lists the per-minute price itself; for AnimatedBoard we divide each plan's price by its minutes.
| Plan | Price | Minutes | Per minute |
|---|---|---|---|
| StrokeVideo Monthly | $19.90/month | About 40 | About $0.50 |
| StrokeVideo Quarterly | $39.90 every 3 months | About 120 | About $0.33 |
| StrokeVideo Yearly | $99.90/year | About 500 | About $0.20 |
| AnimatedBoard Starter | $29/month | 30 | About $0.97 |
| AnimatedBoard Creator | $79/month | 100 | $0.79 |
| AnimatedBoard Pro | $149/month | 250 | About $0.60 |
| AnimatedBoard Pro yearly | $1,248/year | 3,000 | About $0.42 |
On price per minute, StrokeVideo is clearly cheaper today. Its extra credits cost $0.35 to $0.50 per 50 credits, and redrawing one board costs 10 credits. AnimatedBoard's paid plans include 10, 25 or 60 free scene changes a month before any minute is spent.
Where AnimatedBoard works differently
Your words stay yours. Both tools read a pasted script as written. In AnimatedBoard that rule runs through the whole editor: our AI only proposes where each scene starts and what to draw, and the narration of every scene is cut word for word from your text. Lines that aren't narration, like "Scene 3" or "Visual: a graph going up", are spotted before anything is created and turned into drawing directions instead of being read aloud.
Two kinds of video, not one. Besides the whiteboard looks (white board, chalkboard, blueprint, notebook and more), nine illustrated story styles make full-colour picture-book videos with recurring characters, a slow camera move on each panel and karaoke captions. A history channel and a bedtime-story channel can live in the same account.
One long video becomes many posts. From a finished video you can cut Shorts and Reels for free: pick consecutive scenes, and you get a 1080×1920 clip with captions and a headline, made from drawings and voice you already paid for. You can also make YouTube thumbnails and covers, get three title ideas, a description with chapters and tags, and join finished videos into one of up to an hour.
- Edit one scene at a time: rewrite a sentence, redraw a scene, go back to an earlier drawing for free, or change only the part of a drawing you select.
- Your voice: upload your own recording on any paid plan, or clone your voice, and the drawing follows it.
- Captions burned into the picture in five styles, in any of the six languages even when the voice speaks another one, plus .srt and .vtt files.
- Six formats from the same editor, in Full HD, with no watermark on any plan.
Whiteboard and story looks on every plan
Real 30-second samples from our engine, narrated and uncut. All 19 looks are available on every plan, including the free minute.
- Video made by our app · 1-min video in ~1 min
Whiteboard
Black marker on white, hand-lettered labels and touches of blue and orange. Each idea is drawn as you name it.
Infographics and explainers - Video made by our app · 1-min video in ~1 min
Midnight Chalk
White chalk on a blackboard. Detailed diagrams that develop gradually.
Science and explanation - Video made by our app · 1-min video in ~1 min
Margin Notes
Blue ballpoint, red annotations and observational sketches on cream paper.
Learning and study - Video made by our app · 1-min video in ~1 min
Idea Atlas
Connected diagrams that make processes and relationships visible.
Processes & lessons - Video made by our app · 1-min video in ~1 min
Little Worlds
Simple, expressive characters in a warm illustrated world.
Stories & characters - Video made by our app · 1-min video in ~1 min
Watercolour Tales
Soft watercolour washes, paper texture and the calm colours of a picture book.
Tales & bedtime stories
When StrokeVideo is the better choice
An honest list. If one of these is what you need most, StrokeVideo fits better today.
The lowest price per minute
At about $0.20 a minute on its yearly plan, or $0.50 on the monthly one, StrokeVideo costs less than any AnimatedBoard plan.
Languages beyond the main European ones
StrokeVideo narrates in Hindi, Arabic, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Chinese, Bengali and Urdu as well. AnimatedBoard covers English, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Portuguese.
A free video every day
Its free plan makes one video of up to 2 minutes a day, without a watermark. AnimatedBoard's free minute is given once, to test before you pay.
A web page as the starting point
StrokeVideo can start from a link. With AnimatedBoard you paste the text or upload a PDF or Word file.
Credits that never run out
StrokeVideo's credits stay in your account even after you cancel. AnimatedBoard's plan minutes renew each period.
Trying the same script in AnimatedBoard
Nothing to export: everything starts from text.
Paste the script or upload the document
Use the same script you gave StrokeVideo, or the same PDF or Word file (up to 5 MB and 80 pages; scanned PDFs without text can't be read).
Pick a look, a format and a voice
One of 19 looks, one of six formats, one of our AI voices; on a paid plan, your own recording or your cloned voice.
Check the scenes
Each scene shows its words and its drawing before you spend anything on the whole video. Redraw one or change a detail of it.
Download and reuse it
An MP4 up to 15 minutes long in Full HD, without a watermark, with .srt and .vtt captions. Then cut free Shorts from it and make its thumbnail.
Put the two side by side
Your first minute on AnimatedBoard is free and downloadable. Paste a paragraph you already rendered in StrokeVideo and compare the drawings, the voice and the timing.
Frequently asked questions
What is StrokeVideo?
An AI whiteboard animation maker launched in September 2026 by WHALEPLUS PTE. LTD., a company in Singapore. It turns a topic, a script, an audio file, a web page, a PDF or a Word file into a narrated whiteboard video of 30 seconds to about 15 minutes.
How much does StrokeVideo cost?
On 7 October 2026: $19.90 a month for 2,000 credits (about 40 minutes), $39.90 a quarter for 6,000 credits (about 120 minutes) and $99.90 a year for 25,000 credits (about 500 minutes). A minute of finished video costs 50 credits, or 100 with a character reference sheet.
Is StrokeVideo free?
It has a free plan: one video a day of up to 2 minutes, in every style and language, as an MP4 without a watermark. Unused days don't roll over. AnimatedBoard gives 1 minute once at signup, also without a watermark or a card.
Is StrokeVideo cheaper than AnimatedBoard?
Yes, per minute. StrokeVideo works out at about $0.20 to $0.50 a minute; AnimatedBoard at about $0.42 to $0.97, depending on the plan. AnimatedBoard's price includes story styles, voice cloning, free Shorts, thumbnails and free scene changes each month.
Can both tools turn a PDF into a whiteboard video?
Yes. StrokeVideo accepts PDF and Word files and web pages. AnimatedBoard accepts PDF and Word files of up to 5 MB and 80 pages, writes a script from them that you can edit before anything is drawn, and doesn't read scanned PDFs without text.
Which one has more languages?
StrokeVideo: 14 narration languages on its maker page, including Hindi, Arabic, Japanese and Chinese. AnimatedBoard has 6: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Portuguese.
Can I use my own voice?
In both you can upload a recording. AnimatedBoard also clones your voice on paid plans, so our AI can narrate new scripts in it. StrokeVideo's site doesn't mention voice cloning.
Your script, drawn and narrated
Create a free account, paste a script and download the first minute.
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