Vyond

Animated training and explainer videos with AI scripts, avatars and voices

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RECATOOLS Score
7 / 10
Founded
2007
HQ
San Mateo, California, USA
Users
20,000+ customers, incl. 65% of Fortune 500
Launched
May 6, 2018 (rebrand from GoAnimate)
Developer
Alvin Hung

Overview

Vyond is a browser-based animated video maker for training and marketing, with Vyond Go prompt-to-video, AI avatars, 650+ text-to-speech voices, translation into 95 languages, SCORM export and enterprise controls. Per-user plans from $58 a month billed annually ($99 monthly); no free plan.

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Pricing

Pricing shown for reference only. These figures reflect RECATOOLS research as of 1 Oct 2026 and may be out of date or incomplete. This is not financial or purchasing advice — always confirm the current price on the provider’s official website before making any decision.

Starter
$58/mo
Billed annually ($699/yr); $99 monthly; single user
  • AI avatars and tools, 650+ TTS voices
  • Text to video from doc, script or URL
  • 10,000 credits per user a month
  • 100 downloads a month
Enterprise
$1,649/yr
Annual only; per user
  • Brand Management Suite
  • Enterprise security features
  • Virtually unlimited credits
  • 90-minute videos
Agency
$1,999/yr
Annual only; per user
  • For client-facing content
  • Brand Management Suite
  • 400,000 credits per user a month

What you can produce with Vyond

  • Animated explainer and training videos
  • Vyond Go prompt, script and document to video
  • AI avatars and 650+ text-to-speech voices
  • Translation into 95 languages
  • Screen and webcam recording
  • SCORM export and Articulate integration
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RECATOOLS Verdict

Vyond remains a dependable choice for teams producing a steady flow of animated explainers and training videos: a large character and asset library, Vyond Go for first drafts, AI avatars and voices, translation into 95 languages and learning-system exports, with enterprise security and strong review scores. It is priced per user and is not cheap — $699 a year at the entry tier — and AI features draw on monthly credits that do not roll over. There is no free plan, only a limited trial. Good value for L&D and comms teams; individuals making occasional videos will find cheaper tools.

Desk research by RECATOOLS from public sources, written with AI assistance — not a hands-on test. How we review

What we found

Vyond is a browser-based animated video maker for training, marketing and internal communications. You build scenes from characters, props and templates, or start from a prompt, script, document or web page with Vyond Go, which drafts a script and video for you. AI features add text-to-speech in more than 650 voices, more than 1,300 AI avatars, prompt-generated avatars and images, and one-click translation into 95 languages. It also records screens and webcams, exports SCORM for learning systems, works with Articulate Rise and Storyline, Zapier, Slack and Google Docs, and supports SSO, SCIM and a FedRAMP option for US government. AI features use credits allocated to each user every month, which reset monthly and do not roll over; credit costs for several features were revised in May 2026. Exports do not use credits but are capped by plan.

Vyond is made by GoAnimate, Inc., founded in 2007 by Alvin Hung, which relaunched as Vyond in 2018, is based in San Mateo, California, and raised $50 million from PeakSpan Capital in 2021. It has offices in Silicon Valley, Chicago, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Thailand and holds ISO 27001 certification.

Prices are per user. Starter costs $99 a month, or $58 a month billed annually ($699 a year), with 10,000 credits, 100 downloads a month and videos up to 25 minutes. Professional costs $199 monthly or $100 a month billed annually ($1,199 a year), adding collaboration, Shutterstock assets, translation and 20,000 credits. Enterprise, at $1,649 a year, and Agency, at $1,999, are annual only, with brand management, longer videos and much larger credit allowances; Agency is for client work. There is no free plan; a trial allows three watermarked videos with no downloads.

G2 rates Vyond 4.7 from 550 reviews and Capterra 4.7 from 267, and some users find the AI credit allowance limiting. It suits training and communications teams that need a steady flow of explainer videos.

Compiled by RECATOOLS from public sources: vendor documentation and pricing, code repositories and published reporting.

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