A no-code alternative to Remotion

Remotion lets developers make videos in React: data can drive thousands of variations, and renders can run in parallel on AWS Lambda. It's free for individuals and companies of up to 3 people, and needs Node.js and some React. smooth.video is the visual route: drag text, images and shapes onto a timeline and export in the browser. Its projects are plain JSON, documented at smooth.video/llms.txt, so an AI assistant can write one for you.

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smooth.video vs Remotion

	smooth.video	Remotion
Price	Free for everyone	Free for individuals and companies of up to 3 people, then a company license
How you make a video	A visual editor with a timeline	React code
What you need	A browser	Node.js, a code editor and some React
Rendering	In your browser	On your machine, a server or AWS Lambda
Transparent video	WebM	WebM or ProRes 4444
Videos generated from data, at scale	No	Yes
AI assistants	The whole format is published at llms.txt	Agent skills and a Claude Code plugin

Price: smooth.videoFree for everyone; RemotionFree for individuals and companies of up to 3 people, then a company license
How you make a video: smooth.videoA visual editor with a timeline; RemotionReact code
What you need: smooth.videoA browser; RemotionNode.js, a code editor and some React
Rendering: smooth.videoIn your browser; RemotionOn your machine, a server or AWS Lambda
Transparent video: smooth.videoWebM; RemotionWebM or ProRes 4444
Videos generated from data, at scale: smooth.videoNo; RemotionYes
AI assistants: smooth.videoThe whole format is published at llms.txt; RemotionAgent skills and a Claude Code plugin

Remotion as of September 2026. Plans change, so check theirs before you decide.

When smooth.video fits better

You want one video, not ten thousand: you'd rather see it and drag things into place than write components, or the person making it doesn't code.

When Remotion fits better

You generate videos from data, personalize them for each user, render them on servers, embed a player in your app, or build your own video product. smooth.video has no API and no server rendering.

How it works

Open smooth.video, or ask an AI assistant to write a .smooth file from the format at smooth.video/llms.txt.
Arrange and time everything on the timeline, and preview it as you go.
Export an MP4, a GIF or a transparent WebM, right in the browser.

Start from a template

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Open one, change the words, export. Every element stays editable.

Logo reveal

1080×1080

A name that pops into place

Bold statement

1080×1920

Three lines, one point

Count-up stat

1080×1080

A number that climbs

Lower third

1920×1080

Name and title, on cue

Quote card

1200×630

A line worth sharing

Product drop

1080×1350

An announcement that lands

Free, full stop: No plan, no trial, no credits, no export limit.
No account: Open the page and the editor is already there.
Nothing is uploaded: Your files are read and rendered by your own browser.
No watermark: Every export is clean, at any size, 4K included.

Questions

Can I generate many videos from a spreadsheet?

Not automatically. A script or an AI assistant can write one .smooth file per row, but each one is opened and exported by hand in the editor.

Can an AI assistant make the video?

Yes. The whole format is published at smooth.video/llms.txt: point ChatGPT, Claude or another assistant at it, describe the animation, and open the file it gives you.

Do I need to install anything?

No. The editor and the export both run in your browser.

Try it before you settle on Remotion.

It opens in a tab, works without an account, and exports without a watermark.