Steve.ai review: pricing, features and agent access
AI video maker for turning text or blogs into animated or live-action explainer and social videos.
Facts verified August 2026 Compiled from Steve.ai's own public documentation and pricing pages, not from a hands on test. The vendor site is steve.ai, which we do not link to.
What is Steve.ai
Plain description first, so you can rule it in or out before reading the rest.
AI video maker for turning text or blogs into animated or live-action explainer and social videos.
What you are buying is turning footage and text you already have into cut, captioned social video. On this site it is filed with the other video editing suites, which is the set a buyer normally holds it against, and the tools listed at the bottom of this page come from that set.
There is a free tier, so you can see the output before any card details change hands.
Quick verdict
What the record supports, said in as few sentences as it takes.
Steve.ai is a video editing suite, which on this site means turning footage and text you already have into cut, captioned social video.
On price, free tier, then $10 per month, taken from the vendor's own published plans.
Steve.ai has no MCP server, and API access is gated, so an agent cannot drive it without clearing that gate first.
The clearest reason to pick it: Low entry price starting at $10/month. The clearest reason not to: Watermark present on Basic and Starter plans.
Pricing
The published plans as they stood when we checked.
| Plan | Monthly | Annual | What the plan says it includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | $10 per month | $10 per year | Annual $120/year (~$10/mo); 720p, watermark present, 100 AI video minutes/month. |
| Starter | $30 per month | $30 per year | Annual $360/year (~$30/mo); 1080p, watermark present, 100 AI video minutes/month. |
| Pro | $40 per month | $40 per year | Annual $480/year (~$40/mo); 2K, watermark removed, 300 AI video minutes/month. |
| Generative AI | $40 per month | Not published | Listed separately from Pro on app.steve.ai/pricing at $40/mo. |
| Enterprise | Custom, on request | Not published | Custom; 4K, 6000 AI video minutes/month, API access. |
Checked on the vendor's own public pricing page in August 2026. Plans change, so treat this as the state of the page on that date rather than a quote.
Features on ten dimensions
The same ten questions are asked of every tool on this site, so the answers can be lined up side by side.
| Dimension | Steve.ai |
|---|---|
| Avatar library | Yes |
| Actor licensing | Not clearly stated |
| Batch generation | No |
| Public API | No |
| Watermark on free plan | Yes |
| Languages | Not confirmed |
| Aspect ratios | 9:16, 16:9, 1:1 |
| Hook variations | No |
| Editing suite | Yes |
| Direct publishing | No |
Not confirmed means the answer was not stated in the public documentation we read, not that the answer is no. Facts verified August 2026.
Agent and MCP access
The dimension most review pages skip, and the one that decides whether this tool can be part of an automated pipeline.
Steve.ai has no MCP server, and API access is gated, so an agent cannot drive it without clearing that gate first.
API access only mentioned as available on Enterprise plan; no self-serve API or MCP server found.
- MCP: No MCP server
- API: API gated or waitlisted
- Batch generation: Not supported on the public record, so variants are produced one at a time.
Why this matters: a tool an agent cannot call is a tool a person has to sit in front of. If the plan is to brief once and get twenty variants back, the MCP and API rows above are the rows that decide whether that plan works.
Pros and cons
Both lists come from the same research pass. Neither is padded to match the other.
What works
- Low entry price starting at $10/month
- Free plan available for basic testing
- Watermark removed starting on Pro plan
- 4K export and large AI-minute allowance on Enterprise
What does not
- Watermark present on Basic and Starter plans
- No public self-serve API, only Enterprise
- No MCP server found
- Basic and Starter share the same 100-minute AI video allowance despite price gap
Steve.ai questions people ask
Does Steve.ai remove watermarks?
Only on Pro and Enterprise plans, per app.steve.ai/pricing.
Is there an API?
API access appears limited to the custom Enterprise plan; no public self-serve API found.
What resolutions does Steve.ai support?
720p on Basic, 1080p on Starter, 2K on Pro, and 4K on Enterprise.
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Before you commit to Steve.ai
Check the two rows that are hardest to change later: whether your agent can call it, and what the second month costs. Everything else on a page like this is easier to live with than those two.
Facts verified August 2026. If a fact here is out of date, that is a mistake on our side, not a position.