Comparison
AI video generators such as Runway, Veo and Kling are for footage: realistic shots generated from a prompt or an image. Truca is for animations built from scenes, such as product videos, explainers and motion design, where every word, logo and timing must be exact and stay editable.
Facts about AI video generators last checked on November 8, 2026 · Sources
A generator gives you pixels. Truca builds scenes made of HTML and CSS layers that you and your agent can change at any time.
Unlike a generator, where a 9:16 version means a new generation, a crop or an extended frame, a Truca scene holds its 16:9, 9:16, 4:5 and 1:1 versions. The All formats view plays them side by side, each laid out for its shape, and one change can update them all.
Text is real text and logos are your own files. Ask your agent, or edit the layer yourself: a price, a headline or a date changes and the rest of the scene stays exactly as it was. Nothing is generated again.
Each scene is its own card in the Storyboard and its own clip on the timeline, with chapters, music and sound effects. Rework one without touching the rest, and retime any animation by hand.
Scenes are rendered by Truca’s engine, not sampled by a model: export the same project twice and you get the same frames, on your Mac, up to 4K in H.264, HEVC or ProRes, with text sharp at every resolution.
Where Truca stands out
| Criterion | Truca | Generators |
|---|---|---|
| Formats while you edit | Truca stands out: Every format of a scene side by side (16:9, 9:16, 1:1, 4:5…), each at its own resolution, playing together on one timeline; edit them all at once or one at a time | A clip is generated in one aspect ratio; another format means generating again, cropping or extending the frame |
| Models checked | No generative model: your AI agent builds the scenes over MCP, with 45 tools | Runway Gen-4.5, and Aleph 2.0 for editing; Google Veo 3.1, followed in the Gemini API by Gemini Omni Flash 1.2; Kling 4.0, launched in October 2026 |
| What you get | Truca stands out: A project of HTML and CSS scenes: real text, your own logo files, layers and animations you can edit | A video file: pixels generated from a prompt, an image or a video, text and logos included |
| Length and resolution | Export up to 4K in H.264, HEVC or ProRes 422 and 4444 | Short clips: 3 to 30 seconds for Kling 4.0 in Runway’s API, up to 15 seconds for Gemini Omni Flash; 1080p or 4K for Veo 3.1 |
| Changing one word | Truca stands out: Edit the text layer or ask your agent; the rest of the scene does not move | Generate the clip again, or rework it with a video-editing model |
| Changing one scene | Truca stands out: Each scene is separate in the Storyboard and on the timeline; rework one, keep the others | Generate that clip again; the new take can differ from the previous one |
| Rendering | Truca stands out: Rendered by Truca’s engine on your Mac: the same project exports the same frames | Generated in the provider’s cloud: the same prompt can give a different clip each time |
| Price | Free during the beta | Runway: Free plan with 125 one-time credits, then from $12 a month billed yearly. Gemini Omni Flash in the Gemini API: about $0.07 per second of 720p video |
Generators and Truca do different jobs, and they work well together: a generated clip can go into a Truca project as a video asset.
You need realistic footage. People, places and products in real light: a generator shows what HTML scenes can’t.
The shot is impossible to shoot. A camera flying through a city or an object that turns into another is what generative models do best.
You want a background clip in minutes. A prompt gives you b-roll faster than building it scene by scene.
You want sound with the picture. Veo 3.1 and Kling generate audio along with the video.
Other tools: Cavalry, the motion design app bought by Canva, has been free for individuals since April 16, 2026 (version 2.7), on Mac and Windows. You animate it by hand; its site mentions no AI agent.
Download the beta, connect the agent you already use and ask it to storyboard your next product animation.
No. Truca generates no pixels: your AI agent builds scenes in HTML and CSS, which Truca’s engine animates and exports. Everything stays editable.
Yes. Import a clip as a video asset and place it on the timeline, next to your animated scenes, then frame it for each format.
On November 8, 2026: Runway Gen-4.5 and Aleph 2.0, Google Veo 3.1 and Gemini Omni Flash 1.2, and Kling 4.0. The sources are at the bottom of this page.
Truca is free during the beta.
Last checked on November 8, 2026
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