Vyond: AI Video Maker Guide & Alternative
Vyond is the animated video maker companies use for training, HR and sales videos, built on a library of characters, props and templates. Want a narrated cartoon from a script without building the scenes yourself? The ToonBee AI story video generator below writes or takes your script for free, draws every scene in the style you pick and shows the price before each step.
- Paste a script or an idea
- 64 art styles
- Videos up to 15 minutes
- No per-seat fee
This page is an independent guide written by ToonBee AI. The generator below is ToonBee AI’s own story video generator, not Vyond. ToonBee AI is not affiliated with or endorsed by Vyond or GoAnimate, Inc., and Vyond is a trademark of its owner.
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Key features of Vyond
What Vyond says it does, from its own website. Vyond is a separate product from ToonBee AI.
Vyond Studio
A drag-and-drop video editor with hundreds of templates and a library of characters, props and scenes. Start from scratch, from a template, or from a script, document or prompt.
Vyond Go
Vyond’s AI video creator: type an idea (up to 4,000 characters), paste a script word for word, or upload a document or a web page, pick a template style and get a video you can change with Quick Edit or finish in Vyond Studio.
Characters and avatars
More than 1,300 AI avatars, animated character styles such as Business Friendly, Whiteboard Animation, Contemporary and Storybook, and a Character Creator for building your own.
Voices and translation
More than 650 text-to-speech voices, instant translation into 95 languages on Professional and up, and voice cloning on Enterprise and Agency plans.
Teams and brands
Team collaboration, shared libraries, a brand management suite and enterprise security, which is what most of its business customers buy it for.
Vyond Mobile
Apps for iPhone and Android that run Vyond Go on the spot and match props, backgrounds and characters to your photos. Full editing is best on a computer.
What is Vyond?
Vyond, which used to be called GoAnimate, is a web-based platform for making animated and AI videos for business. You build a video from templates, characters, props and scenes in its editor, Vyond Studio, or let its AI tool, Vyond Go, turn a prompt, a script, a document or a web page into a first video you then edit.
Vyond says more than 17,000 companies use it, including more than two thirds of the Fortune 500. Its plans are priced per user and built around teams: shared libraries, brand controls, translation and security.
Who uses Vyond
- Learning and development teams making training and eLearning videos.
- HR and internal communications teams explaining policies and onboarding.
- Sales enablement and marketing teams making explainers and pitches.
- Instructional designers and freelancers who animate scenarios for clients.
Vyond pricing
Vyond sells four plans. Starter is for a single user; the others are priced per user, and Enterprise and Agency are billed yearly only.
| Plan | Billed monthly | Billed yearly | Credits a month | Downloads a month | Longest video |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $99/mo | $58/mo ($699/yr) | 10,000 | 100 | 25 min |
| Professional | $199/mo | $100/mo ($1,199/yr) | 20,000 | 200 | 40 min |
| Enterprise | Yearly only | $137/mo ($1,649/yr) | Virtually unlimited | Virtually unlimited | 90 min |
| Agency | Yearly only | $167/mo ($1,999/yr) | 400,000 | Virtually unlimited | 90 min |
Is Vyond free? There is a free trial with 2,000 credits to try most AI tools, but every video exported on the trial carries a watermark until you upgrade.
From Vyond’s plans page and FAQ on October 25, 2026, as shown to a US visitor. Credits and downloads are per user. Prices change, so check its site before you buy.
Vyond review: strengths and limits
A fair summary from what Vyond publishes about itself and what its users say. We build ToonBee AI, a different kind of video tool, so weigh it accordingly.
Strengths
- Full control in a drag-and-drop editor: every character, prop, line and timing can be changed.
- A large library of characters, avatars and templates, plus a Character Creator.
- Built for teams: collaboration, brand controls, translation into 95 languages and enterprise security.
- Vyond Go turns a script, a document or a web page into a first video in one step.
Things to check first
- Priced per user: Starter is $99 a month, or $699 a year, for one person, and team features start at Professional.
- Trial exports carry a watermark, so you need a paid plan to use a video.
- Videos are built from the same template characters many companies use, so check that the look is distinct enough for you.
- Most edits are made by hand in the editor, which takes time on a long video.
Vyond vs ToonBee AI
Both turn a script into an animated video with a voiceover. They differ in how the pictures are made, who they are built for and how you pay.
| Vyond | ToonBee AI | |
|---|---|---|
| Start from | A prompt, your script, a document or a web page (Vyond Go), or a template | An idea, or your own script word for word |
| How the scenes are made | Templates with characters, props and scenes from its library, edited by drag and drop | Every scene drawn by AI in the art style you pick, with the same characters throughout |
| Looks | Business Friendly, Whiteboard, Contemporary and Storybook animation, AI avatars, mixed media | 64 art styles, from flat vector and whiteboard doodle to 3D, anime and watercolor |
| Longest video | 25 minutes on Starter, 40 on Professional, 90 on Enterprise and Agency | Up to 15 minutes |
| Characters | 1,300+ AI avatars, a character library and a Character Creator | Up to 3 AI-designed main characters, plus up to 5 pictures of your own |
| Voice | 650+ text-to-speech voices, talking avatars, translation into 95 languages, voice cloning on top plans | One narrator in 17 languages; no character dialogue, lip sync or voice cloning |
| Editing | Full drag-and-drop editor for every element | Edit the script and redraw scenes; no element-by-element editor |
| Teams | Collaboration, shared libraries, brand kit, enterprise security | Made for one person; no team workspace or brand kit |
| Free to start | Free trial with 2,000 credits; trial exports are watermarked | Free account; writing scripts is free; exports have no watermark |
| How you pay | Per user: Starter $99 a month, or $58 a month billed yearly | Plans from $39 a month, or one-time credit packs; no per-seat fee |
Vyond details are from its own website, plans page and FAQ, checked on October 25, 2026. ToonBee AI is a separate product and does not use Vyond.
Explainer and training video styles
Style examples: what short narrated explainers look like in flat, whiteboard, poster, editorial, 3D and stickman looks. They show the looks, not finished training videos, and none of them were made with Vyond. Press play.
Pastel flat 2D
How a lighthouse keeper kept the lamp turning all night, in soft flat colors.
Whiteboard doodle
Why we yawn, drawn in marker on a whiteboard with arrows and notes.
Poster vector
The Greek gods and who ruled what, in bold flat shapes and bright color blocks.
Editorial illustration
The story of the Mona Lisa, in a textured, magazine-style look.
Colorful 3D
How a hot air balloon rises, with toy-like 3D objects.
Stickman cartoon
Odysseus and the one-eyed giant, in a bold cartoon look.
Longer videos from one brief
Two examples from the engine behind ToonBee 1.0, the one-click option under the story box: a teacher’s lesson and a shot-by-shot explainer, each from a single brief. The briefs were written in Chinese, so the narration and captions are in Chinese too; on ToonBee AI the narration comes back in the language you choose.
3D lesson: spring in a classic poem · 54s
A teacher’s one-paragraph brief turned into a one-minute 3D animated lesson, with no presenter on screen.
Vertical explainer: why kids lose interest · 44s
A shot-by-shot brief for a 9:16 parenting explainer, with a narrator and a host who closes the episode.
Vyond or ToonBee AI?
Where we think each one fits best.
Vyond fits if you need
- A team working on the same videos, with shared assets and brand controls.
- To place and time every character, prop and line by hand.
- Talking avatars, character dialogue, translation into many languages or a cloned voice.
- To turn a slide deck, a PDF or a web page into a video.
ToonBee AI fits if you want
- A finished, narrated cartoon from a script, without building each scene.
- A look of your own: every scene drawn fresh in one of many art styles instead of the same template characters.
- To write and rewrite the script for free and see the credit cost of each step before you confirm it.
- To pay as one person: a monthly plan or a one-time credit pack, with no per-seat fee.
How to make a training or explainer cartoon with ToonBee AI
- 1
Paste your script or describe the video
Switch to Paste a script to have your own words narrated exactly, including a script you wrote for Vyond, or type what the video should teach and who will watch it.
- 2
Read the scenes, for free
The AI splits the script into scenes in seconds. Change a line, cut a scene or reorder the steps without spending credits.
- 3
Pick the look and the cast
Choose one of 64 art styles, such as flat vector or whiteboard doodle. Attach up to 5 pictures, like your mascot or your product, or let the AI design the main characters once for every scene.
- 4
Narrate, animate and export
Choose a narrator in one of 17 languages, 16:9 or 9:16, a length up to 15 minutes, which scenes move, music and captions, then export without a watermark.
What a training cartoon costs on ToonBee AI
Writing the script is free. A 60-second video costs about 232 credits with still, illustrated scenes and a narrator, or about 1,732 credits with every scene animated.
Plans start at $39 a month for 5,000 credits: about 21 minutes with still scenes, or about 2 fully animated minutes. There is no per-seat fee, one-time credit packs work too, every step shows its cost before you confirm, and failed animations are refunded automatically.
Good to know about ToonBee AI
- One narrator tells the whole video. There is no character dialogue, lip sync, talking avatar or voice cloning in story videos.
- There is no drag-and-drop editor, team workspace, brand kit or character library. You change a video by editing the script and redrawing scenes.
- Text, charts and logos are not drawn inside the pictures; on-screen words come from the captions.
- A video runs up to 15 minutes and keeps up to 5 of your own pictures and up to 3 AI-designed main characters fixed. You paste text; documents and web pages cannot be imported.
- ToonBee AI and Vyond are separate products: accounts, projects and credits are not shared.
Vyond FAQ
What is Vyond used for?
Vyond is used by companies to make animated and AI videos for training, onboarding, HR, internal communications, sales and marketing. Videos are built from templates, characters and props in Vyond Studio, or started with its AI tool, Vyond Go.
Is the generator on this page Vyond?
No. The generator on this page is ToonBee AI’s own story video generator. ToonBee AI does not use Vyond, is not affiliated with Vyond or GoAnimate, Inc., and accounts, projects and credits are not shared between the two.
Is Vyond free?
Vyond has a free trial with 2,000 credits to try most AI tools, but videos exported on the trial carry a watermark until you upgrade. On ToonBee AI, creating an account and writing scripts are free, pictures, narration and animation use credits, and exports have no watermark.
How much does Vyond cost?
Its plans page lists Starter at $99 a month, or $58 a month billed yearly ($699 a year), for a single user, and Professional at $199 a month, or $100 a month billed yearly, per user. Enterprise and Agency are sold by the year. Prices change, so check its site for the current offer.
What is Vyond Go?
Vyond Go is Vyond’s AI video creator. You type an idea, paste a script or upload a document or a web page, pick a template style and it makes a video you can change with Quick Edit or open in Vyond Studio. Each Vyond Go video uses 800 credits on Vyond.
Does Vyond use AI?
Yes. Besides Vyond Go, Vyond has AI avatars, text to speech, text to image, AI translation and, on its top plans, voice cloning and AI video clips. Its classic animation is still built from its own character and prop library.
Is there a Vyond app?
Yes, Vyond Mobile runs on iPhone and Android, though Vyond says full editing is best on a computer. ToonBee AI runs in the browser on a computer or a phone, with nothing to install.
What is a good Vyond alternative?
If you want a narrated cartoon straight from a script, drawn in one of 64 art styles, and you work alone, ToonBee AI is built for that, with plans from $39 a month and no per-seat fee. If you need a team workspace, a character library, talking avatars or element-by-element editing, Vyond fits better.
Can I use a Vyond script in ToonBee AI?
Yes. Copy the script, paste it into the story box at the top of this page and switch to Paste a script. It is narrated word for word in one of 17 languages and split into scenes without being rewritten. Characters, props and edits made in Vyond do not carry over.
How much does a training cartoon cost on ToonBee AI?
About 232 credits for a 60-second video with still scenes and a narrator, or about 1,732 credits with every scene animated. Videos run up to 15 minutes, the script is free, the exact cost appears before each step, and failed animations are refunded automatically.
Turn your next training script into a cartoon
Paste the script into ToonBee AI and read the scenes before you spend anything. The pictures are one step away.
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