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story-boards.ai
✓ verifiedFreemium
AI storyboard generator for filmmakers and ad creators, now migrated to the Ciaro Pro brand.
8.4K visits/mo2.6K saves
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UGC Ads AI
✓ verifiedPaid
AI platform that produces UGC-style video ads using licensed AI actors and scripts, aimed at e-commerce brands scaling paid social creative.
28K visits/mo
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✓ verifiedPaid
Done-for-you service producing human-filmed UGC video ads, plus software to track and manage the creative.
150K visits/mo
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Instories
✓ verifiedFreemium
Mobile-first design app for making social-media stories, reels and images from templates, with built-in AI editing tools.
41K visits/mo
Pricing
Indie: $15/month (2 stories, 20 images/storyboard)
Pro: $35/month (unlimited credits, custom characters)
Studio: $79/month (unlimited images, team seats, admin dashboard)
Free trial available
Lite: $49.99/mo (5 renders/mo, 200 AI actors)
Starter: $99.99/mo (10 renders/mo, 400 AI actors)
Pro: $249.99/mo (50+ renders/mo, 500 AI actors)
Basic: $9 /month
Advanced: $19 /month
Elite: $26 /month
Theme Only: $395 /one-time fee
6 human UGC ads: $999 (2 creators x 3 ads)
No public pricing
Core features
- ✦AI-generated storyboard frames from text prompts
- ✦Consistent character and style rendering across a story
- ✦AI scene-composition suggestions based on a script
- ✦Real-time team collaboration and feedback annotations
- ✦Version history for iterating on storyboards
- ✦Optional video generation module on higher tiers
- ✦Library of 500+ licensed AI actors for on-camera delivery
- ✦AI script writing assistance for ad copy
- ✦Multiple background scenes and 12+ editing styles
- ✦Unlimited script/actor/style combinations before rendering
- ✦Roughly 15-minute turnaround per rendered video
- ✦Licensed creator content with no separate copyright fees
- ✦AI-powered product page generation
- ✦High-converting ad creation
- ✦Audience analysis
- ✦Customizable Shopify theme
- ✦Full funnel coverage
- ✦Managed UGC ad production with real creators
- ✦Script writing and creator coaching
- ✦Video editing and delivery
- ✦Admaker 2.0 software to track, reuse and analyze ad assets
- ✦Story, reel and image templates
- ✦AI background removal
- ✦Face editor and retouching
- ✦AI image and video generation
- ✦Short-clip (Shorts) maker
- ✦Captions and subtitles
Use cases
- →Filmmakers pre-visualizing scenes before shooting
- →Ad agencies planning campaign storyboards
- →Screenwriters mapping scripts into visual sequences
- →Production teams collaborating on storyboard revisions
- →Replacing paid influencer or creator shoots for e-commerce ads
- →Testing many ad creative variations quickly for performance marketing
- →Producing TikTok/Instagram-style UGC ads at scale for agencies
- →Generating localized or repeat campaigns without rebooking talent
- →Finding winning products for dropshipping
- →Creating high-converting product pages in minutes
- →Generating optimized ads for specific audiences
- →Building complete sales funnels quickly
- →Testing different niches effortlessly
- →Sourcing UGC video ads for DTC brands
- →Scaling paid-social creative
- →Managing and analyzing ad performance
- →Creating Instagram or TikTok stories and reels
- →Producing branded social posts quickly
- →Editing product and profile photos
- →Turning long videos into short clips
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