Renderforest review

Renderforest approaches whiteboard animation as a template job. Instead of drawing on a blank canvas, you pick from more than 1,000 prebuilt whiteboard scenes, change colors, transitions and text, and upload your own artwork or voiceover. A newer option asks you to describe a topic, such as how photosynthesis works or a new employee onboarding, and the AI drafts a hand-drawn video with a script, scenes and voiceover that you can edit scene by scene. That makes it quick for beginners and teachers who need a usable video by tomorrow. The trade-offs are control and clarity of cost. You cannot tune drawing hands or draw paths the way VideoScribe and Doodly allow, and the plans are credit bundles shared with AI video and image models. Lite exports templates at HD720, so most marketers will want Pro for 1080p. Prices shown to us were in Polish zloty, so the USD price is pending.

Who it is for

Beginners who want to assemble a whiteboard video from ready-made scenes

Price

See vendor pricing (USD check pending); free test credits to try, then Lite, Pro and Business plans.

US price check pending. See the vendor pricing page.

Key features

• Library of more than 1,000 whiteboard scenes
• Whiteboard Animation Pack with 400+ scenes to mix and combine
• AI drafts a hand-drawn whiteboard video with script, scenes and voiceover from a topic
• Upload your own artwork or voiceover into templates
• Runs in the browser with no install

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Scene-based templates suit people who cannot draw or storyboard
• Strength: Any AI-generated scene can be edited before export
• Strength: The same subscription covers logo, website and AI image tools
• Weakness: Lite exports templates in HD720; 1080p template exports start on Pro
• Weakness: Plans are credit-based and also cover AI video models, which makes costs harder to compare
• Weakness: Less control over draw order and drawing hands than VideoScribe or Doodly

Key facts

• Whiteboard scenes: 1,000+
• Template export quality: HD720 on Lite, HD1080 on Pro, 4K on Business
• Plans: Lite, Pro, Business
• Users: 34M+ according to Renderforest

Where it ranks

Renderforest is No. 6 in our Best Whiteboard Animation Software verdict.