invideo vs Katalist (2026): which should you pick?

Pick invideo if

• Fits if you shoot your own footage and want an agent to make the cuts
• Works for small groups who edit one video together, up to 5 seats on Starter

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you pay monthly: yearly prices are shown as 50% off with no end date, and monthly is double, $20 a seat for Starter
• Tight if you stay on Starter, whose 400 credits make about 15 Seedance 2 Fast videos and leave out Seedance 2.5
• Watch out: generation is billed at each model's list price, so a Veo 3.1 4K clip costs far more than a Kling one
• Watch out: plan credits reset monthly even on yearly plans and don't roll over, and the free allowance isn't stated
• Not for you if you might want a refund, as it's 7 days and only if nothing was generated or downloaded

Pick Katalist if

• Fits if you make short product ads and want a product swapped into existing footage
• Works for editors who finish in Premiere Pro

Look elsewhere if

• Watch out: two sets of prices appear and the page does not say which toggle is which
• Tight if you want collaboration, which needs Unlimited at $99 with 2 seats
• Watch out: image and video credits are counted separately, and monthly allowances reset
• Not for you if you want Premiere Pro, as that starts on Pro
• Skip it if you need a published Enterprise price, as there is none

invideo

• Starter and Plus are shown at 50% off on annual billing, with no end date given; monthly billing doubles their cost.
• Plan credits reset monthly, even on annual plans, and do not roll over; extra credits last up to 12 months or until the subscription ends.
• Refunds are given only within 7 days and only if nothing was generated or downloaded in that billing period.
• Manual timeline editing and exports do not use credits; generation is billed per model at the provider's list price, so a Veo 3.1 4K clip costs far more than a Kling one.

Katalist

• The pricing page shows two sets of prices ($19, $39 and $99 with video credits; $29, $31 and $79 labeled billed annually) without saying which toggle is which.
• Credits are monthly allowances; image and video credits are counted separately.
• Premiere Pro integration and the image editor start on Pro; collaboration needs Unlimited.
• Enterprise has no published price.

invideo

Editing agent on a real timeline

Describe an edit in plain words and the agent applies it to every shot on a multitrack timeline, from cutting pauses to matching the look; you can take over at any frame.

Searchable footage memory

The editing agent watches and logs every uploaded clip, so a moment can be found by describing it rather than scrubbing.

Agents & Models

Generate video and images with Seedance, Veo, Kling, Sora, Nano Banana, Ideogram and others, plus ElevenLabs voices, music and voice cloning.

Multiplayer editing

Several people edit one project at once with live cursors and comments on the timeline.

Script and storyboard

Write a script with an AI co-writer and turn it into a shot-by-shot plan before generating anything.

Bring your own agent

Connect Claude, ChatGPT Codex or Grok to the editor through invideo's MCP so they trim, grade and mix on your timeline.

Katalist

Script and brief to video

Start from a script or brief and get a first-draft video, or a trend-based starting point.

Product swap engine

Drop a new product into an existing video and change it afterward with a text prompt.

Character and voice replacement

Replace a character or only their voice, with consistent characters across scenes.

Localization and lip-sync

Adapt existing videos for new markets with lip-synced voiceover.

Multiple video models

The pricing page lists Runway Gen-4, Google Veo, Kling, Pixverse, WAN, Sora 2 and LTX-2 as available.

Team features

Real-time collaboration, ZIP and PPT export and Premiere Pro integration on higher plans.

invideo

• Starter$10

  per seat / month for 400 credits, billed annually ($20 monthly)

  About 160 Nano Banana Pro images or 15 Seedance 2 Fast videos; timeline editor, multiplayer for up to 5 seats, no Seedance 2.5.

• Plus$30

  per seat / month for 2,000 credits, billed annually ($60 monthly)

  About 800 Nano Banana Pro images or 52 Seedance 2 videos; all models and agents, up to 10 seats and 10 free guest seats.

• Max$250

  per seat / month for 8,000 credits, billed annually or monthly

  About 3,200 Nano Banana Pro images or 210 Seedance 2 videos, the lowest cost per credit and up to 20 seats. 10,000 credits cost $300 and 15,000 $450.

• Team$79

  per seat / month for 1,600 credits, billed monthly

  Team plan for agencies and small teams, up to 30 seats, with UGC ads and 400 GB of storage per seat. Yearly price not read.

• Scale$215

  per seat / month for 4,000 credits, billed monthly

  Business plan for growing creative teams, up to 30 seats and 1,000 GB of storage per seat. Yearly price not read.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Custom credits per seat and volume discounts per model, with SOC 2 terms, single sign-on and indemnification.

Katalist

• Essential$19

  per month; billing basis not shown

  200 image and 700 video credits a month, 5 projects, 1 custom character, lip-sync.

• Pro$39

  per month; billing basis not shown

  700 image and 1,500 video credits a month, 20 projects, 10 custom characters, Premiere Pro integration.

• Unlimited$99

  per month; billing basis not shown

  Unlimited images, 3,000 video credits a month, unlimited projects, real-time collaboration, 2 seats.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Unlimited users and video credits, API access and dedicated support; sold through sales.

invideo

• Annual discount

  50% off with annual billing

  The pricing page marks annual plans 50% off: Starter is $10 a seat a month instead of $20 and Plus $30 instead of $60. Max costs the same either way.

Katalist

No public discounts listed.