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Elai.io
Elai.io · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA · founded 2021
What it is
Elai.io is an AI video creation service offering text-to-video generation and AI avatars through API access. It supports videos up to 4K resolution, but commercial use is not allowed. The service uses a freemium model with a free plan priced as free. That tier provides one user, one minute, more than 80 avatars, and more than 75 languages. Creator is listed for one user with 15 minutes per month and Full HD video, while Team lists three editors, three guests, 50 minutes per month, and Ultra 4K HD video. Enterprise lists unlimited users, three voice clones, and three selfie avatars. Prices for Creator, Team, and Enterprise are not provided. Elai.io was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
For and against
For
- Text-to-video and AI avatars
- API access provided
- Maximum resolution reaches 4K
- Free plan costs nothing
- Free tier includes 80+ avatars and 75+ languages
Against
- Commercial use is not allowed
- Creator, Team, and Enterprise prices are unlisted
- Free plan includes only one minute
The verdict
Elai.io provides API-based avatar video creation with a free entry tier and higher plans differentiated by minutes, users, and resolution. Buyers must confirm pricing for paid tiers and observe the commercial-use restriction.
Who it suits
It suits users seeking API-based AI video creation with avatars, multilingual options, and tiered user or minute allowances.
Plans and prices
Free
1 user · 1 minute · 80+ avatars · 75+ languages
Read 15 Oct 2026 · elai.io
Creator
1 user · up to 15 minutes/month · Full HD · full avatar, voice and language library
Read 15 Oct 2026 · elai.io
Team
50 minutes/month · 3 editors and 3 guests · custom images and fonts · Ultra 4K
Read 15 Oct 2026 · elai.io
Enterprise
Unlimited users · 3 voice clones · 3 selfie avatars · premium avatars
Read 15 Oct 2026 · elai.io
On the record
- Acquisition
- Panopto announced its acquisition of Elai on October 23, 2024; Panopto described Elai as founded in 2021 and serving more than 2,000 customers.panopto.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- AI avatars
- The platform offers a library of more than 80 avatars and supports creating custom avatars from photos or video.elai.io · read 15 Oct 2026
- API access
- Yeselai.io · read 22 Sep 2026
- API capabilities
- The REST API supports personalization, bulk generation from text, HTML, topics or URLs, video retrieval and updates, and real-time avatar streams.elai.readme.io · read 15 Oct 2026
- API documentation depth
- The reference documents outline-to-video workflows, JSON requests, cURL examples, webhooks, rate limits and error codes.elai.readme.io · read 15 Oct 2026
- Commercial use
- Noelai.io · read 22 Sep 2026
- Company facts
- LinkedIn lists Elai as a privately held software company founded in 2021, headquartered in Pittsburgh, with 11–50 employees.linkedin.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Compliance
- Elai states that it complies with GDPR and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CPPA).elai.io · read 15 Oct 2026
- Data controls
- Users can download or delete data from their profile and request account deletion, after which the company says user data is deleted.elai.io · read 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Official integration pages list Zapier, Thinkific, uQualio, PowerPoint, Medium, Pexels, GIPHY, Moodle, LottieFiles, Articulate 360, Udemy and 360Learning.elai.io · read 15 Oct 2026
- Interactive video
- Interactive projects can include branching, buttons, hotspots, text quizzes, image quizzes and multi-select answers.elai.io · read 15 Oct 2026
- Languages and voices
- Elai advertises more than 75 languages and more than 400 narration voices, with one-click translation.elai.io · read 15 Oct 2026
- Licence
- The service is proprietary: its terms grant a limited, revocable, non-exclusive access licence and prohibit reverse engineering and commercial redistribution.elai.io · read 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: avatar realism
- G2 reviewers repeatedly report robotic expressions, movements, intonation or lip-sync, especially in longer or emotionally complex videos.g2.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: rendering and editing
- G2 reviewers report slow rendering for larger or peak-time projects and needing repeated renders after script or pronunciation fixes.g2.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: rendering time
- A Capterra reviewer notes that longer videos take longer to render.capterra.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: Trustpilot complaints
- Trustpilot complaints include edits consuming rendering minutes and at least one reviewer saying a rendered video could not be downloaded.trustpilot.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: usage credits
- G2 reviewers criticize monthly minute limits and the need to spend additional minutes when correcting and re-rendering videos.g2.com · read 15 Oct 2026
