Cost and choices
Powtoon alternative: a film designed for you instead of a template you fill
By the Voom team Published 4 min read
Powtoon is a template editor: you build each scene from its templates, characters and assets, with AI tools that run on credits. Voom is a generator: you describe the film and it writes, designs, voices and scores a finished motion graphics video. Choose Powtoon to build scene by scene, Voom to get the whole film from a prompt.
Powtoon and Voom at a glance
Powtoon is a long-standing tool for animated videos and presentations. You open its editor, pick a template, place characters and assets, write or record the voice and time each scene. It includes screen and webcam recording, and its plans now add AI tools that run on credits: anything-to-video, image and clip generation, text to speech, avatars, translation and dubbing.
Voom starts where an editor ends. You write a prompt and, if the film is about your product, paste its link. Voom writes the script for the length you pick, designs every shot for that one film, records the voice-over, writes an original score and adds sound effects. What comes back is a finished MP4 in 16:9, 9:16, 1:1 or 4:5.
The difference is who builds the film. In Powtoon you do, with good parts. In Voom the software does, from your brief.
Powtoon vs Voom compared
Powtoon facts come from its pricing page, read on 23 October 2026. Prices are in US dollars.
| Powtoon | Voom | |
|---|---|---|
| How a video is made | You build scenes from templates, characters and assets | You describe it; the film comes back finished |
| Design | Templates you fill and adjust | Designed for each film, from your brand or the topic |
| Voice | AI text to speech on credits | Voice-over included, 20 voices that speak more than 20 languages |
| Free plan | 720p, up to 3 minutes, Powtoon watermark | First film free, up to 30 seconds |
| Entry paid plan | Lite: $15 a month billed yearly, 1080p, up to 10 minutes, 5 watermark-free exports a month | Pro: $29 a month for 560 credits, no watermark |
| Video length | Up to 10 minutes on Lite, 20 on Professional, 30 on Advanced | 15 seconds to 3 minutes |
| Best for | Training videos, presentations and character scenes you build yourself | Launch films, explainers and ads you want finished from a brief |
Bottom line: if you enjoy building scenes and want long training videos, Powtoon’s editor is made for that. If you want a designed film from a sentence, with its own score and a voice-over in your language, Voom does the building for you.
What a finished film costs
On Powtoon you pay a monthly fee and do the building. The Lite plan, at $15 a month billed yearly, removes the watermark on five exports a month; Professional starts at $40 a month billed yearly with unlimited premium exports. AI features use credits: Lite includes 300 a year, and extra packs start at 125 credits for $49.
On Voom you pay per film, by its length, and the building is included:
| Film length | Voom credits | On Pro |
|---|---|---|
| 30 seconds | 13 | about $0.67 |
| 60 seconds | 17 | about $0.88 |
| 90 seconds | 22 | about $1.14 |
Reading a product link costs nothing, and remaking a finished film in another size costs one credit for every five seconds of film.
What you get with Voom that a template cannot give
- A design made for your film. No two films share a theme. Your palette, type and logo come from your site, or the look is chosen for the topic.
- Your real product. Paste a link and Voom keeps the product pictures worth showing, such as app screens and packshots.
- Sound that is finished. A directed voice-over, an original score shaped to the story and sound effects on the beats, mixed and mastered for you.
- Numbers you can trust. A film states only figures its sources state, checked against your page and your prompt.
- Every size from one film. 16:9, 9:16, 1:1 and 4:5, each composed for its shape, plus cheap remakes in another size.
- Your language. 20 voices, each able to speak more than 20 languages, including Hindi, Spanish, German, Japanese and Arabic.
The film at the end of this page, a 45-second explainer about solar panels, was made by Voom from one sentence.
Which one should you choose?
- Long training videos and presentations: Powtoon, with lengths up to 10, 20 or 30 minutes depending on the plan.
- Characters you direct scene by scene: Powtoon, with its character library and, on Advanced, lip sync.
- Click-by-click tutorials: Powtoon’s screen recording.
- A launch film, explainer or ad, finished from a brief: Voom.
- Product films every week, each in your brand and in several sizes: Voom, at a known price per film.
To compare for yourself, describe your next video in Voom. Your first film is free. For more on choosing a style, read types of explainer videos.
Made with Voom: An explainer made from one prompt: how a solar panel makes electricity
Settings: Size: 16:9, Length: 45 s set, 45 s finished, Voice: Sulafat, Captions: Off
Read the transcript
Omar looks up at his roof and wonders: how does sunlight become electricity? It starts in the panel, where cells are built to catch the light. Light frees electrons inside, and they flow one way. That flow is current. The panel makes direct current. An inverter turns it into the kind your home uses. So the lights and the fridge run on the sun, and a battery keeps the extra. Sunlight in. Power out. That's the whole trick.
Frequently asked questions
It depends on whether you want to build the video yourself. If you like assembling scenes, other template editors work the same way. If you would rather describe the film and get it finished, Voom writes the script, designs every shot, records the voice-over and composes the music from a prompt or a product link.
Voom's first video, up to 30 seconds, is free and needs no card, and reading a product link never costs credits. Powtoon also has a free plan, which exports 720p videos of up to 3 minutes with a Powtoon watermark.
It asks for less work. In Powtoon you choose templates, place characters and time each scene. In Voom you write a sentence, optionally paste a link, and choose a size and length; the film comes back finished.
Yes. Voom makes animated explainers as motion graphics, illustrated cut-paper stories with simple characters, or kinetic typography, chosen for the topic. Each comes with a voice-over in one of 20 voices, an original score and optional captions.
Sources
- Powtoon, “Powtoon plans and pricing” , accessed 23 October 2026, https://www.powtoon.com/premium/
About this guide
Written by the Voom team with AI assistance, and checked against the sources listed with it before publishing.
