M Studio plans a film from your screenplay, makes a storyboard picture and a video clip for each shot, and mixes voiceover, music and sound effects on one timeline.
InVideo alternative: the short answer
M Studio is an InVideo alternative for films planned from your own screenplay. Pick InVideo if you want a full browser editor with many AI models, a free plan, and an editable project to finish in Premiere, Final Cut or Resolve. Pick M Studio if you want your finished screenplay PDF planned into scenes, a shot list and a cast for you. Each 5-second clip costs a flat $0.25 from a $27/month plan.
Switching is probably not worth it if you already make and edit your films in InVideo's editor and hand them to Premiere or Resolve as editable projects.
Prepared by the M Studio team. Last checked against InVideo’s own pages. How we checked
Write a brief or import a screenplay PDF (PDF only). M Studio plans scenes, a shot list and the cast, then writes each shot's picture and video prompt.
Video generation
MiniMax H3: text or image to video, shots of 5–15 seconds, up to 9 reference images per shot. $0.05 a second.
Voice, music and sound effects
Voiceover in 12 languages, generated music and sound effects, mixed on a timeline (volume, trim, fade). Starter includes 50,000 voice characters and 20 sound-effect generations; they do not draw on the budget.
One place
Script to cut
Script, storyboard, video clips, voice, music, and sound without moving files between tools
Speed
One session
First cut in one session: storyboard, video clips, and an animatic from your script
Handoff
Edit-ready
Export MP4, WebM, or MOV (1080p on Starter, 4K from Professional), or hand the cut to your editor as FCPXML or EDL
Script
Storyboard
Characters
Video clips
Voice
Music
Sound effects
Timeline
4K export
Script
Storyboard
Characters
Video clips
Voice
Music
Sound effects
Timeline
4K export
Script
Storyboard
Characters
Video clips
Voice
Music
Sound effects
Timeline
4K export
Script
Storyboard
Characters
Video clips
Voice
Music
Sound effects
Timeline
4K export
Models from these AI providers
OpenAIMiniMaxAlibaba (Wan)xAIBlack Forest Labs
At a glance
How M Studio differs from InVideo
01
Editor first versus film planner
InVideo pairs a browser timeline editor with AI agents that generate and edit. M Studio starts from a script or screenplay PDF and plans scenes, a shot list and cast before it makes pictures and clips.
02
Many models versus one
InVideo prices dozens of video models, including MiniMax H3, Seedance, Kling and Veo 3.1 Fast. M Studio users get one video model, MiniMax H3.
03
Credits versus a dollar budget
InVideo charges credits that vary by model, resolution and length; a 5-second MiniMax-H3 clip at 2K is 31.20 credits. M Studio charges $0.05 a second of video from a monthly dollar budget.
Static board vs motion
A still board next to the same shot in motion
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Static storyboard
M Studio video clip
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One platform, every tool you need
Script, characters, pictures, video, voice and the timeline that ties them together — every part of making a film lives in one place. Pick a tool to see it in action.
Editor — Lay your shots out on a real timeline and cut them together.
Feature by feature
M Studio vs InVideo
The answer in each cell, with the plan it needs. A check marks the stronger side for a writer-director making a film from a script; an equals sign means neither is stronger. Each InVideo cell links the page we read it on.
M Studio vs InVideo: what each tool does, the plan it needs, and which side is stronger
About the same:Write a brief or import a screenplay PDF (PDF only). M Studio plans scenes, a shot list and the cast, then writes each shot's picture and video prompt.
About the same:Agent Two works from conversation and references. A storyboarding workflow takes a script to boards before you generate, and a casting workflow locks a cast across shots.Read on invideo.io, Oct 15, 2026
Video generation
MiniMax H3: text or image to video, shots of 5–15 seconds, up to 9 reference images per shot. $0.05 a second.
Stronger here:Dozens of models priced in credits, including MiniMax H3 (2K, 5–15 seconds), Seedance 2.5 and 2.0, Kling 3.0, Veo 3.1 Fast, Wan 3.0 and Luma Ray 3.2.Read on invideo.io, Oct 15, 2026
Voice, music and sound effects
About the same:Voiceover in 12 languages, generated music and sound effects, mixed on a timeline (volume, trim, fade). Starter includes 50,000 voice characters and 20 sound-effect generations; they do not draw on the budget.
About the same:ElevenLabs, MiniMax and other text to speech, voice design, music (Mureka, ElevenLabs Music, Google Lyria) and ElevenLabs sound effects, each priced in credits.Read on invideo.io, Oct 15, 2026
Editing
A timeline under the shots for voice, music and sound effects, with volume, trim and fades.
Stronger here:A browser editor with a multitrack timeline, keyframes, color grading, a full audio mixer, effects and transitions.Read on help.invideo.io, Oct 15, 2026
4K export
1080p on Starter ($27/month). 4K on Professional ($99/month).
About the same:MP4, WebM or MOV, plus a delivery package with FCPXML and EDL for Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve or Final Cut Pro.
About the same:MP4, audio as WAV, AAC or Opus, a review link, or an editable project that opens in Premiere Pro or Final Cut Pro and goes to DaVinci Resolve through OpenTimelineIO.Read on invideo.io, Oct 15, 2026
Review and seats
About the same:Starter includes 2 seats. Team members comment on each shot; clients get a read-only link to watch.
About the same:Real-time multiplayer editing from Basic (up to 5 seats, each billed). Pro adds up to 10 free guest seats.Read on invideo.io, Oct 15, 2026
Same job, both tools
What a 2-minute pitch trailer from a finished screenplay costs
24 shots of 5 seconds, each with a storyboard picture and a video clip, plus a voiceover and music. Budget three takes of every clip and two of every picture. One person, one month, billed monthly.
M Studio
$27/month
Starter, billed monthly
Starter includes a $90 monthly generation budget. A storyboard picture costs $0.25 (GPT Image) and video costs $0.05 a second (MiniMax H3), so the 48 pictures and 72 five-second clips use $30 of it. Voiceover, music and sound effects do not draw on the budget. Exports are 1080p; 4K export needs Professional at $99/month.
With MiniMax-H3 at 2K, a 5-second clip costs 31.20 credits, so 72 clips use 2,246 credits; 48 Nano Banana Pro pictures at about 2.5 credits each add about 120. That is more than Pro's 1,000 or Pro 2x's 2,000 credits, so the job needs Ultra's 3,000. Voiceover (ElevenLabs, 3.20–4.00 credits per 1,000 characters) and a song (Mureka 9, 2.20 credits) fit in the rest. Cheaper, lower-resolution models cost fewer credits. Unused credits do not roll over.
M Studio imports the PDF and plans scenes, a shot list and the cast, then writes each shot's picture and video prompt.
You want a flat price per clip
Video costs $0.05 a second, so a 5-second clip is $0.25 from Starter's $90 budget. Voiceover, music and sound effects do not draw on it.
Two people work on the film
Starter includes 2 seats. Team members comment on each shot, and clients watch through a read-only link.
Decision fit
When InVideo fits better
You want a full editor in the browser
InVideo's editor has a multitrack timeline, keyframes, color grading and an audio mixer, and you can bring in a Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve project to keep working on it.
You want to choose the model
InVideo prices dozens of video models in credits, from MiniMax H3 and Seedance to Kling, Veo 3.1 Fast and Wan. M Studio users get MiniMax H3 only.
You want to start free or export 4K for less
The Free plan has credits that reset every week. Basic, at $9 per seat/month, exports your own footage in 4K, while M Studio's 4K starts at $99/month. Basic includes Seedance 2.0 Fast and Mini but not every model; all models start on Pro at $30 per seat/month.
Several people edit at once
Real-time multiplayer editing is on every paid plan, with up to 5 seats on Basic.
Switching is probably not worth it if you already make and edit your films in InVideo's editor and hand them to Premiere or Resolve as editable projects.
What you can bring
Your screenplay, as a PDF (M Studio imports PDF only).
Rendered MP4s and audio exported as WAV or AAC upload to M Studio's asset library; an audio file can go on the timeline or drive lip sync.
A picture of each cast member from InVideo uploads as that character's reference image.
What you rebuild
There is no importer for InVideo projects, so the edit and the cast setup are rebuilt.
Shots are made again in M Studio from its own shot list and prompts.
Test this first
Import your screenplay and make one 30-second sequence, then compare M Studio's dollar cost with the credit cost InVideo shows before it generates the same shots.
How we checked
Who wrote this comparison, and how
Prepared by the M Studio team. We make M Studio, so read this as a vendor's comparison and check the linked sources. Each fact about another product links the page we read it on, with the date we read it. "Read on" means we read it on that vendor's own pricing page, docs or release notes; we did not run its product for this page. M Studio facts come from our live plans and model list. We last checked the InVideo facts on .
Why M Studio
From script to final cut in one place
Script, storyboard, video clips, voice, sound, and export, with no handoffs between single-purpose tools.
One session
Script, storyboard, video, voice, and sound in a single workflow — no tool switching.
4K export
Export the finished film in 4K on Professional and up (1080p on Starter).
12 languages
Write, direct, and narrate films end to end — scripts, dialogue, and voiceover in your language.
Yours to use
You own what you make — use it commercially, on YouTube or for clients.
M Studio builds a film shot by shot, and you direct every shot — this is the whole path, start to finish.
01
Start a film
Start from a one-line brief, or import a screenplay PDF and build straight from the pages you already wrote.
02
Add your script
Scenes, action and dialogue laid out shot by shot — editable line by line before anything renders.
03
Add your characters
Add each character once with a reference image so the same face carries across every shot in the film.
04
Build the storyboard
Your script breaks into shots on a canvas. Reorder, reframe and re-prompt any shot until the board reads right.
05
Make the video clips
Turn approved storyboard pictures into video clips one shot at a time, then layer voiceover, music and sound effects.
06
Export the cut
Take the finished cut out as an MP4, MOV or WebM, up to 4K on Professional and up, ready for the edit or the pitch.
There is no length cap in the editor. Because films are made shot by shot, how long a film can run comes down to how many video clips your plan includes — not a limit in the tool.
FAQ
Questions about M Studio vs InVideo
Common questions about workflow, AI generation, audio integration, and export capability.
No, not to start. InVideo has a free plan, and Basic is $9 per seat/month against M Studio's $27/month Starter. For a 2-minute pitch trailer with 48 pictures and 72 five-second MiniMax-H3 clips, InVideo needs Ultra at $80/month (about 2,380 of its 3,000 credits); M Studio's Starter covers it with $30 of its $90 budget.
Yes. InVideo exports an editable project that opens in Premiere Pro or Final Cut Pro and goes to DaVinci Resolve through OpenTimelineIO. M Studio's delivery package includes FCPXML and EDL for the same editors.
Yes. InVideo's storyboarding workflow takes a script to boards before you generate, and its casting workflow locks a cast across shots. M Studio imports a screenplay PDF and plans scenes, a shot list, the cast and each shot's prompts.
No. M Studio has no importer for another tool's project file. Export MP4 and WAV or AAC audio from InVideo and upload them to M Studio's asset library.
InVideo offers many; M Studio offers one. InVideo prices MiniMax H3, Seedance, Kling, Veo 3.1 Fast, Wan and others in credits. M Studio users get MiniMax H3.
