Medeo vs InVideo
On 23 August 2026, Medeo's cheapest paid plan was listed at $39 per month and InVideo's cheapest plan at $17 per month as an annual-billing equivalent.
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On 23 August 2026, Medeo's cheapest paid plan was listed at $39 per month and InVideo's cheapest plan at $17 per month as an annual-billing equivalent. Both tools turn a prompt into a finished short video. They differ in how you drive them and what the output is built from.
Choose Medeo if you want to describe what you need in a chat and let it pick models for text, image, audio or a URL.
Choose InVideo if you want broad general-purpose generation from a single prompt, with both generated visuals and stock footage available.
Choose neither if you need a finished vertical documentary built from real archive footage with every clip's source named.
What each one does
Medeo is chat-driven generation from text, image, audio or a URL, across third-party models. You type what you want, point it at a link or upload an asset, and it produces video using whichever underlying model fits that step. The pictures come from generation, not from your own uploads or a stock library. It does not name the sources behind its clips.
InVideo is broad general-purpose generation from a prompt. Its visual mix combines generation and stock, so some shots are produced by a model and others come from a licensed library. Like Medeo, it does not attach a source citation file to its output.
Side by side
| Medeo | InVideo | |
|---|---|---|
| What it makes | Video from chat input: text, image, audio or URL | Broad general-purpose generation from a prompt |
| Where the pictures come from | Generated | Generation and stock |
| Names its sources | No | No |
| Entry price | Free tier exists; paid entry is Pro at $39/month | Plus at $17/month equivalent, billed annually ($200/year) |
| What it does not do | Does not use real archive footage or publish source citations | Does not name clip sources |
Pricing detail for Medeo, read 23 August 2026: the page shows Pro at "$28 per month" alongside a yearly total of $314, which works out to $26.17 per month. The two figures do not agree, and we report both rather than picking one. Higher tiers: Insider at $106/month ($912/year) with 2,400 credits per month, and Elite at $328/month ($2,832/year) with 9,000 credits per month. A free tier exists.
InVideo pricing, read 23 August 2026, all rates under annual billing: Plus at $17/month equivalent ($200/year, 75 credits), Max at $85/month equivalent ($1,000/year, 390 credits), and Elite at $900/month equivalent ($10,800/year, 4,250 credits).
Where Medeo wins
Three situations favor Medeo.
First, when your starting point is not a written prompt. Medeo accepts an image, an audio file or a URL as the seed for generation. If you have a product page link or a voice memo and want a video out of it, InVideo's prompt-first flow makes that a two-step detour.
Second, when one model will not cover every part of the job. Medeo routes across third-party models, so the script step, the visual step and the audio step can each run on whatever handles them best. A single-model pipeline locks you into one tool's weakest stage.
Third, when you want to test before paying. Medeo has a free tier. InVideo's measured plans start at $200 per year on Plus, so trying the workflow costs nothing on Medeo and a year of commitment on InVideo.
Where InVideo wins
InVideo holds real advantages too.
First, on price at the entry level. On 23 August 2026, InVideo Plus was $17 per month equivalent against Medeo Pro at $39 per month, less than half the cost. For someone producing a few videos a week on a tight budget, that gap decides the choice before features enter the picture.
Second, when you want stock footage in the mix. InVideo draws on both generation and a stock library. Stock clips of real places, objects and events read differently from fully generated imagery, and for explainer-style shorts a library shot can be more credible than a synthetic one. Medeo's visuals are generated only.
Third, when the task is genuinely general-purpose. InVideo is positioned for broad generation from any prompt, which suits users who make varied content across topics and formats rather than a narrow repeatable workflow. A chat-driven tool tuned around conversational iteration adds friction when all you have is a finished idea and no desire to negotiate with an assistant.
Neither claim comes from either vendor. Both descriptions were read directly from each product's own site during the same measurement window.
What neither of them does
Both tools generate their visuals. Neither uses real archive footage of actual events, maps or charts as its primary picture source. Neither attaches a media credit file naming where each clip came from, so if a viewer asks what the footage shows or where it was licensed, there is no document to point at. Neither publishes to your channel for you; you download the file and upload it yourself. And neither offers word-by-word burned-in subtitles as a documented standard feature in this comparison. If provenance matters for your channel, both fall short in the same way.
If neither fits
ViewMade converts a topic into a finished vertical documentary Short using real archive footage, maps and charts instead of generated images, and ships a media credit file naming the source of every clip. It reads your YouTube connection only, discards the access token after import, and never posts to your channel.
<!-- faq -->Frequently asked questions
Is Medeo better than InVideo?
Not universally. Medeo wins when your input is a link, an image or audio, when multi-model routing helps, or when a free tier matters. InVideo wins on entry price ($17 vs $39 per month as of 23 August 2026), on access to stock footage alongside generation, and on straightforward prompt-to-video work. Pick by which of those describes your week.
How much does Medeo cost?
As of 23 August 2026: a free tier, then Pro at $39 per month, Insider at $106 per month, and Elite at $328 per month. The page also lists a yearly Pro total of $314, which conflicts with its own "$28 per month" figure; both numbers appear on the page and they do not match.
How much does InVideo cost?
As of 23 August 2026, all under annual billing: Plus at $17 per month equivalent ($200/year), Max at $85 per month equivalent ($1,000/year), and Elite at $900 per month equivalent ($10,800/year). Credit allowances are 75, 390 and 4,250 per month respectively.
Do either of them show where their footage comes from?
No. Measured in August 2026, neither Medeo nor InVideo ships a source citation with its renders. Their visuals are generated, or generated plus stock, and no clip-level attribution file accompanies the download.
Which is cheaper for a beginner?
InVideo Plus, at $17 per month equivalent billed annually. But note the billing structure: that rate requires paying $200 up front for the year. If you cannot commit annually, Medeo's free tier lets you start at zero, while InVideo's measured tiers carry no free option in our data.