For creators and teachers who explain things.
Explainimate is an AI explainer video maker for hand-drawn explainers. Type a topic or paste your script: the AI writes a scene-by-scene script for you to check, then a pen draws every scene line by line while the narration plays. No timeline, no stock-clip hunting.
9
narration languages
16:9 · 9:16 · 1:1
for YouTube, Shorts and feeds
Up to 5 min
per video
$0
script, hand edits and export
A finished explainer, written and drawn by the same engine that will make yours, playing live in your browser. Switch the style to see the same script as a chalkboard lesson or a product explainer.
Faceless educational videos without filming, drawing or editing.
See the stickman explainer video generator.
Explain a concept once and reuse it every term.
See how whiteboard animation works on its own.
Also a fit for founders and SaaS teams who need a 60–90 second product explainer without hiring an animation studio.
An explainer video is a short, narrated video that makes one idea easy to understand: how a product works, why a process matters, what a formula means. AI explainer videos do the slow parts for you. Instead of storyboarding, recording a voiceover and animating each frame by hand, you describe the idea or paste the text you already have, and the software produces the script, the narration and the visuals.
Explainimate makes drawn explainers. Every scene is sketched on screen while the narrator talks about it, in the style that suits the job: a chalkboard for a lesson, clean lines and labelled diagrams for a product, stick figures for a story. Because each picture arrives with its explanation, viewers stay on the idea instead of scanning a busy frame. The classic marker-on-white look has its own page: whiteboard animation.
Write a one-line prompt, or paste a script you want read word for word. Pick a length of up to 5 minutes, a drawing style, a frame (16:9, 9:16 or 1:1) and a voice.
Before anything is drawn, you get a scene-by-scene script with a picture idea for each scene. Edit sentences, reorder scenes or delete what you don't need. Editing the script is free, and every account gets free scripts each day (past them, a script usually takes a credit or two). The drawing, where credits really go, waits until you press Draw, so you don't spend them on a video you'll throw away.
The pen draws each scene while its narration plays. Change a word, move or resize a single drawing, or ask the AI for a change, then export an MP4 (WebM in browsers that cannot encode MP4) in 16:9, 9:16 or 1:1, with captions burned into the picture if you want them.
Most explainer videos go wrong in the words, not the pictures. Generate-then-fix tools make you pay for a whole video before you can see that. Explainimate separates writing from drawing: you read and approve every scene's narration and picture idea first, for free, and the visuals are built around the words you approved.
Each scene is written as drawing instructions, so labels are real text that never comes out garbled and every shape is its own object you can change. The whiteboard animation page explains how the pen follows the voice.
Narration is generated with AI text-to-speech in English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Chinese, with four voices and three speeds. Or choose no voice and show the narration as captions.
Ask for changes in plain English: "make scene 3 shorter", "draw the coins in gold", "add an example before the ending". The AI changes the storyboard, and every change can be undone.
Every drawing is its own object. Move, resize or delete one label or shape, or edit its text, without touching the rest of the scene. Editing by hand is free and has no limit.
If you already have an approved script, switch on "Use my script word for word" and the AI will not paraphrase it. It only plans the pictures.
For a homepage or ad, 60–90 seconds is usually enough to explain one product. Pick the length first: the script is written to fit it, so the video is not cut off before its ending.
Each scene should carry one message. The script review shows every scene on its own, which makes it obvious when one is doing too much: split it or cut it before anything is drawn.
Feature lists are hard to remember. Drawn metaphors, such as a leaking bucket for wasted budget, stick. The script suggests a picture idea for each scene, and you can change it.
"Subscribe", "Try the exercise", "Start free": close on a single, clear request. Say it in the prompt, or write it into the last scene during script review.
Clean outlines, one accent colour and simple charts for product walkthroughs and homepage videos.
Fine light lines on dark blue: devices, signals and processes with short labels, for engineering and how-it-works topics.
Coloured chalk on a dark board for classes, revision and science.
Simple characters that act out history, money or psychology topics. See the stickman explainer video generator.
Every style is available on every account. For the classic marker-on-white look, see whiteboard animation.
YouTube explainer (3–5 min, 16:9)
one question answered, scene by scene.
Short (up to 60 s, 9:16)
a hook, one idea, captions burned into the picture.
Lesson walkthrough (2–3 min)
step by step, for a class or an online course.
Product explainer (60–90 s)
problem, solution, how it works, call to action.
| Traditional production (filming, drawing and editing it yourself, or hiring a studio) | AI explainer video maker (Explainimate) | |
|---|---|---|
| Script | You write it, or pay a copywriter | AI drafts it from your prompt, or uses your text; you approve it before anything is drawn |
| Visuals | You draw or animate every element, or an animator does | AI plans each scene and draws it as vector graphics |
| Voiceover | Record it yourself or book a voice actor, then align it by hand | Generated with the drawing, timed scene by scene |
| Changes | Back to the timeline or the animator | Edit one element by hand, or describe the change to the AI |
| Languages | A new recording and edit per language | Choose the narration language before you generate |
| Cost model | Software and your hours, or a studio fee per project | Free to try, then from $9.90/month or credit packs |
Include the topic, the audience, the length and the tone: "a 90-second explainer on interest rates for first-time home buyers, friendly and plain-spoken". The more specific the audience, the better the examples the AI chooses.
If a particular picture matters, such as a timeline, a cycle or a before-and-after, say so in the prompt or in that scene's picture idea. The scene is built around it.
Viewers decide within seconds. Start the script with a question or a surprising fact, and rewrite the opening line during script review if it is generic.
An explainer video is paid for once, when the AI draws it: the script you approve, your hand edits and every export after that cost nothing.
Prices in USD, before tax.
Free to start
the AI writes up to 5 scripts a day for free once you sign in (3 without an account). Editing by hand and exporting are free on every account, as often as you like.
Plans from $9.90/month
or $8.90/month billed yearly, which gives the most credits for the money. Credit packs start at $19.90 with no subscription and last 12 months, but a plan gives more credits for the money.
After you buy
10 free scripts a day, then scripts use credits like the rest of the AI work, usually 1–2 each, and exports carry no watermark. Accounts that have never bought anything export with a small watermark.
An AI explainer video is a short narrated video in which software writes the script, generates the voice and creates the visuals from your prompt or text. With Explainimate, the visuals are hand-drawn whiteboard scenes that appear while the narration explains them, so you never touch a timeline.
Yes, Explainimate works as a free AI explainer video generator to start. The AI writes a few scripts a day for free on every account, more once you buy, and hand edits and exports are always free. Drawing the video uses credits, and new accounts get free credits to try it. Videos from accounts that have never bought credits carry a small watermark; plans start at $9.90/month.
Yes, you can paste your own script and keep every word of it. Switch on "Use my script word for word": the narration keeps your text and the AI only plans the pictures. Uploading your own voice recording is not supported yet; narration uses AI voices, or captions with no voice.
Narration is available in nine languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Chinese. On-screen titles and labels follow the narration language unless you set them apart in More settings, so you can make a version for each audience by generating the video again in that language.
No, you do not need video editing skills to create explainer videos with AI. You describe the topic or paste a script, approve the script, and the AI does the drawing, narration and timing. Changes are made in plain English or by clicking one element; there is no timeline to learn.
The best AI explainer video generator for a beginner is one that shows you the script before anything is made, because that is where most mistakes happen. Explainimate is built around that review step: you check every scene's words and picture idea for free, and no timeline editing is needed.
Yes, Explainimate also works as an animated explainer video maker for product-led videos. Choose a colour style such as Modern Minimal, Illustration or Technical. Every scene is animated: elements are drawn on in order, and some drawings keep moving once drawn, like a turning gear or a waving hand.
Yes, videos made with credits from a paid plan or credit pack come with a commercial licence: use them on a monetized channel, in a course, in ads or for a client, with no attribution. Videos made only with free credits are for personal use and evaluation. The Terms of Service give the full wording.
Yes, it suits SaaS explainer videos well. Describe the problem, the workflow and the result, and the AI draws the flow as simple objects, labels and arrows. Each one can be relabelled or moved by hand, so the video follows your product's own words, and you can export 16:9 for your site or 9:16 for social.
What will you explain first?
Describe the idea and read the script before anything is drawn. Credits for the drawing are spent only when the explainer reads right and you press Draw.
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