Creatomate

API

API that generates videos and images from templates or JSON (RenderScript)

Price: Free credits, then paid
Access: API key

About

Media automation API: design a video or image template in the web editor, then render variations through the REST API, Zapier, Make, n8n or spreadsheets. Videos can also be described in JSON (RenderScript). Output files are hosted for 30 days.

What you can do with it

Render personalised videos from a template by swapping text and media
Generate social media images and videos in bulk from a spreadsheet
Auto-caption videos and add text-to-speech voiceovers

Get started

Create a template in the editor or pick one from the gallery
Copy the API key from Project Settings > API Integration
POST the template ID with modifications, then poll the render

Example

curl -X POST https://api.creatomate.com/v2/renders \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CREATOMATE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "template_id": "YOUR_TEMPLATE_ID",
    "modifications": {
      "Title-1": "Your headline here",
      "Background-1": "https://cdn.creatomate.com/demo/video5.mp4"
    }
  }'

Details

Hosting: Hosted service
Available in: Worldwide
Official SDKs: JavaScript/TypeScript, PHP
MCP server: Remote