invideo vs Ssemble (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 Ssemble if

• Fits if you cut clips from long recordings, such as podcasts and streams
• Works for people who want clips scheduled to a few accounts

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want a free try, as the pricing page shows none
• Tight if you clip a lot: Pro's 360 credits are for the whole year and don't roll over
• Watch out: Pro connects 1 social account and Expert 3
• Watch out: every plan shows a crossed-out higher price and only yearly billing was readable
• Not for you if you want to make videos from nothing, as this only cuts existing ones

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.

Ssemble

• Credits are sold per year and the FAQ says credits reset each billing cycle and do not roll over.
• Prices are shown for yearly billing, with a crossed-out higher figure on each plan; no monthly-billing price was readable on the page.
• Social account connections are capped at 1 on Pro and 3 on Expert.
• The pricing page shows no free plan.

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.

Ssemble

AI clipping

Picks short clips from a long video; one video credit covers a clip source of up to 20 minutes.

Schedule and post

Posts clips to TikTok, YouTube, Instagram and X, and can spread several clips over days.

30+ languages

Clipping supports more than 30 languages, including English, Spanish, Portuguese and German.

API and MCP

The site links an API, docs and an MCP server; API access is listed on the Pro plan.

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.

Ssemble

• Pro$6

  per month, billed yearly ($72 a year)

  360 video credits a year, AI clipping, API access, scheduling and 1 social account connection.

• Expert$12

  per month, billed yearly ($144 a year)

  720 video credits plus 120 bonus a year and 3 social account connections. Shown against a crossed-out $30.

• Business$24

  per month, billed yearly ($288 a year)

  1,440 video credits plus 360 bonus a year and unlimited social account connections. Shown against a crossed-out $60.

• Custom$40

  per month, billed yearly ($480 a year)

  2,000 video credits plus 600 bonus a year and unlimited social account connections. Shown against a crossed-out $100.

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.

Ssemble

• Annual discount

  Save up to 60% with yearly billing

  The pricing page advertises up to 60% off for yearly billing and charges the full year at once.