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Outlast ad fatigue — an AI creative studio for video ads
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Katalist is an AI creative studio for performance marketing teams that generates, edits, and scales video advertisements. It converts a written brief into a full storyboard and video in minutes, keeps the same AI character/actor consistent across every shot, and includes a Product Swap Engine to replace products in existing videos (with accurate product details and lighting) without reshoots. Videos can be localized or modified via text prompts and replicated across multiple SKUs or clients, then exported in multiple formats for different ad channels.
- Best for
- Performance marketing teams, ad agencies, and e-commerce brands that need to produce and scale video ad creative across many SKUs, clients, or markets without repeated reshoots
- Pricing
- Paid, from $19/mo; 7-day free trial with unlimited generations
Core features
- • Script-to-video generation from a written brief
- • Product Swap Engine (replace products without reshoots)
- • Consistent AI character/actor across shots
- • Localization and modification via text prompts
- • Portfolio scaling across multiple SKUs or clients
- • AI script assistant, voiceover, and lip-sync
- • Multi-format export for different ad channels
- • Adobe Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro integration
Use cases
- 1. Performance marketing teams producing video ad variants for many SKUs
- 2. Agencies scaling video ad creative across multiple client accounts
- 3. E-commerce brands launching new products with video ads quickly
- 4. Replacing a product in an existing ad video without a new shoot
- 5. Localizing a video ad for different markets via text prompts
How to use
Write a brief or script, and Katalist generates a full storyboard and video with a consistent AI character across shots. Use the Product Swap Engine to update products in existing videos, localize content via text prompts, and export in multiple formats for scaling across SKUs, clients, or markets.
Pricing plans
Essential
$19/mo (billed monthly)
- • 200 image credits/mo
- • 700 video credits/mo
- • 5 project limit
- • 1 custom character
- • AI script assistant, voiceover, lip-sync
Pro
$39/mo (billed monthly)
- • 700 image credits/mo
- • 1,500 video credits/mo
- • 20 project limit
- • 10 custom characters
- • AI image editor, Adobe Premiere Pro integration
Unlimited
$99/mo (billed monthly)
- • Unlimited image credits
- • 3,000 video credits/mo
- • Unlimited projects & custom characters
- • Real-time team collaboration, 2 seats included
- • 200+ frames/project, ZIP/PPT export
Enterprise
Custom
- • Unlimited users, video credits, projects & characters
- • Premiere Pro & Final Cut Pro export
- • API access
- • 24/7 dedicated support
FAQ
Does Katalist have a free trial?
Yes — every plan includes a 7-day free trial with unlimited generations before requiring payment.
What is Katalist's Product Swap Engine?
It lets you replace a product in an existing video ad with accurate product details and lighting, without needing to reshoot the video.
Can I keep the same character across multiple video shots?
Yes — Katalist maintains a consistent AI character or actor across all shots within a project.
Where it holds up
- Product Swap Engine replaces products in existing videos without a reshoot
- Keeps the same AI character/actor consistent across every shot in a project
- Converts a written brief into a full storyboard and video in minutes
- Replicates ad videos across multiple SKUs or clients for fast scaling
- Adobe Premiere Pro integration (Pro plan) and Final Cut Pro export (Enterprise)
- 7-day free trial with unlimited generations
Where it falls short
- No permanent free plan — paid subscription required after the 7-day trial
- Project and custom character limits are capped on the Essential and Pro plans
- Team collaboration and higher frame counts require the pricier Unlimited plan
