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The main difference between faceless video makers is where they run and how you pay. InVideo, Pictory, Fliki and Revid run in your browser and charge for credits or minutes of use. Vidlyn runs on your own Windows PC, uses your own AI account, and charges a flat fee for the licence. If you are on a Mac or want no setup, one of the browser tools is the better choice. If you make videos often, work in Sinhala or want to approve every shot, Vidlyn is built for that.
We make Vidlyn, so we are not neutral. Here is how we tried to keep this useful: every price below comes from the vendor's own page, and we have not rated tools we have not properly tested.
Price and what you get
Prices change often, and the checkout price can differ from the listed price, so confirm them before buying. All were checked on 4 November 2026.
| Tool | Listed price | What that buys | Free option |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vidlyn | LKR 1,500 a month or LKR 15,000 a year for the first 1,000 customers. Standard price is LKR 3,000 or LKR 30,000. | No limit from us on videos. Costs from your AI provider, if any, are separate. | 7 days, every feature, no card |
| InVideo | Basic $9 a month, or lower billed annually. Pro $30, Ultra $80. | 190 credits a month on Basic, 1,000 on Pro, 3,000 on Ultra | None shown on the pricing page |
| Pictory | Starter $29 a month, or $25 billed annually. Professional $59 or $35. | Up to 30 video minutes a month on Starter, 90 on Professional | 14-day trial with up to 10 minutes |
| Fliki | No figure in the page text we could read. Check their site. | Credit plans. Standard exports up to 15 minutes, Premium up to 40. | Free plan with a Fliki watermark, 720p |
| Revid | Growth $39 a month, or $32 billed annually. Ultra $199. | 2,000 credits on Growth, which Revid estimates as 25 to 50 short videos | Not stated on the pricing page |
Vidlyn's prices are in Sri Lankan rupees. At the mid-2026 Central Bank rate of roughly Rs 335 to the dollar, LKR 1,500 is around US$4.50 and the LKR 3,000 standard price is around US$9. Rates move, so treat those as rough figures.
What the price does not show
Vidlyn's flat fee is not the whole cost. You need your own AI: a Claude or ChatGPT subscription if you already pay for one, or a free Gemini key. The narration voices use a free Gemini key and the stock footage uses a free Pexels key, both within those services' limits. Illustrated templates need an image generator, and with some of them each picture costs money.
In exchange, your videos and your account sign-ins stay on your own computer. And because we don't resell AI usage, there is no credit balance from us to run down, though your AI provider's own limits still apply.
Credit-based tools are simpler to reason about for light use. You pay one company and don't manage keys. But check how many credits your usual video costs, because features like generated video can use them quickly.
Sinhala
This is the clearest difference for Sri Lankan creators. Vidlyn was built alongside our own Sinhala channels, so scripts, narration, timing, captions and thumbnails all handle it as a first-class language, including proper letter shaping. It has dedicated Sinhala templates for Shorts, listicles and long videos of eight minutes or more.
Fliki has the most developed Sinhala offering among the others that we saw, listing three Sinhala voices along with stock footage and captions in its video workflow. We did not confirm Sinhala support in InVideo, Pictory or Revid, so test a short Sinhala script in any tool before you pay. Look closely at joined letters in the captions, which is where Sinhala usually breaks.
Where the other tools are better
- Mac, Chromebook or a low-powered PC. Vidlyn runs only on 64-bit Windows 10 or 11. Browser tools run on anything.
- Getting started in minutes. Vidlyn has keys to add and about 4 GB of models to download. A browser tool can have you making a video right away.
- AI-generated video. Vidlyn builds videos from stock footage, archive images and generated stills. If you specifically want generated moving scenes, check what the browser tools' plans include.
- Turning articles or long recordings into clips. Pictory has put a lot of work into repurposing existing content.
- Paying in dollars by card from anywhere. The established tools are set up for international billing. Vidlyn is sold in rupees through PayHere.
Where Vidlyn is better
- Sinhala, as above.
- Control before you spend. It stops after the script and again after picking clips, so nothing is rendered until you approve it. See how that works.
- Heavy use at a flat fee. There is no limit from us on the number of videos, and it can render a batch of scripts in one go.
- Publishing included. Auto Publisher comes with every key and schedules posts to YouTube, Facebook and TikTok.
- Your files on your own machine. Projects, keys and sign-ins are stored locally.
Which should you choose?
- You make Sinhala content: try Vidlyn's free trial first, and compare it with Fliki if you are not on Windows.
- You are on Windows, post often and don't mind some setup: Vidlyn.
- You make a few videos a month and want no setup: a browser tool's entry plan, or Fliki's free plan if the watermark is acceptable.
- You mainly want to turn existing articles or webinars into videos: look at Pictory first.
Whichever you choose, no tool makes a channel succeed by itself, and YouTube's rules apply to all of them. Read what those rules say about AI videos before you plan on a large volume.