Lumen5 app profile
For marketing, comms and L&D teams who repurpose content: what Lumen5 does with blog to video, what its plans buy, and why VidRush turns the same article into a finished 6 to 60 minute YouTube video.
One brief in, a finished 6 to 40 minute video out, cut from real footage. You see the credit quote before anything runs.
Lumen5
AI video maker that turns blogs, articles and documents into short branded videos for business teams
4
· 73 reviews

About
Lumen5 is a web-based AI video maker aimed at business and enterprise teams in marketing, communications and training. You paste a blog URL, upload a PDF, add text or start from an outline. Its AI Script Composer writes several script options, and Lumen5 pairs the chosen script with stock media, timing and motion to build a rough cut you then adjust. It includes AI voiceover, automated captions, brand kits, templates, a licensed stock library and Talking Head presenter overlays. Videos are capped at 10 minutes on every plan.
Ideal for
Marketing, communications and L&D teams that want to turn existing written content into short, on-brand videos without an editor.
What it does well
Builds a video from a blog URL, an uploaded PDF, pasted text or an outline
AI Script Composer writes several script options from your content to choose from
Automated captions on every plan, including Free
Voice cloning from a short sample on Basic and above (1 voice; 3 on Pro)
Shutterstock library from Starter up, and 300 Shutterstock editorial assets a year on Pro
Talking Head lets you add presenter clips with callouts and cutaways inside a video
Weighing Lumen5 for long-form YouTube? VidRush builds the whole edit
4.3
· 54 reviews
None on Mini and Pro: all 8 from one brief
Research; you finish script, footage and visuals, editing, music and sound
Yes, 6–60 min
No, 10 min max
Max video length is 10 min on every paid plan, 2 min on Free
Yes
No Storyblocks; licensed stock and Shutterstock
Shutterstock library from Starter up
Yes, paired with another tier
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes, 6–60 min
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Yes (beta)
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Yes
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Yes (beta)
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Yes
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When the video finishes; blocked input and system failures cost nothing
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Monthly plans pause for up to 3 months
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Yes, from one photo, with no charge to create it
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Editing Style and Script Style learned from one of your videos
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Up to 30 blocked sources per Brand Profile, plus preferred sources
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First render included in the video charge
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1 to 15 at once, by plan
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Unused plan credits roll over, up to half the monthly allotment
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Yes
Yes
Upload your own script or URL
Yes
Limited
Adds presenter clips with callouts and cutaways inside a video
Yes, 5–50 by plan
Brand kits: 1 on Basic/Starter, 3 on Pro
Unlimited on Team
Yes, plus Cartesia and 25 VidRush-exclusive voices
1000+ AI voices; provider not stated
Yes, up to 15 by plan
Single user up to Pro; multiple users on Team
In-app chat, 24 hours on weekdays
Chat on paid plans; one page states 24/7 chat
Free plan gets help center only
English, German and Spanish
Translations: 12/yr Basic and Starter, 60/yr Pro
Unlimited on Team; Free has none
1080p
720p on Basic
1080p starts on Starter
Paste your article as the script
Paste a blog post or article as your script. VidRush keeps your words as the source of truth and builds narration, licensed footage, music, captions and a thumbnail around them.
A finished minute at $1.46 to $2.18
On Pro + Medium, each minute runs $1.46 to $2.18 and arrives finished, with Storyblocks B-roll and motion graphics. Lumen5 publishes no cost per minute. Its plans list yearly voiceover minutes instead.
6 to 60 minutes, past the 10-minute cap
Long explainers and documentaries run 6 to 60 minutes. Lumen5 caps every video at 10 minutes on every plan, including Team.
Real licensed Storyblocks footage
Deep Video v1 Pro cuts Storyblocks stock video, licensed in perpetuity, with images and motion graphics. You can block up to 30 footage sources per Brand Profile.
Quote first, charged on completion
The Quote Statement shows model, length, voice and a credit estimate before anything runs. Credits are charged when the video finishes. Generations that fail on a system error cost nothing.
Brand Profiles and team seats
Save voice, look, footage rules and script style in 5 to 50 Brand Profiles by plan, with up to 15 team seats. Lumen5 offers 1 to 3 brand kits and a single user below Team.
Finish in a timeline editor
Fix the last 20% in a full timeline editor, or ask Rush Agent (early beta) to swap footage or regenerate a stretch of voiceover. A weak clip can be swapped without regenerating the whole video.
Pros
Builds a video from a blog URL, an uploaded PDF, pasted text or an outline.
Script Composer writes several script options from your content to choose from.
Automated captions on every plan, and voice cloning from Basic up.
Video translation on paid plans, unlimited on Team.
Short social formats with aspect ratio reformatting, a job VidRush does not do.
Cons
Every video is capped at 10 minutes, on every plan including Team.
The AI returns a rough cut. Reviewers report changing slides and copy so the images match the text.
Reviewers report lag, sticky rendering and final renders that do not match the preview timing.
Research is left to you, and script, footage, editing and music are only partly done.
Basic exports at 720p. 1080p starts on Starter.
Single user on every plan below Team.
USE CASES
Faceless, talking-head or with an AI presenter: give VidRush a brief, a script or a recording and get the finished long-form video back.
Faceless documentary and explainer channels
Give VidRush a prompt with your topic, length and title. You get back a researched, narrated documentary cut from licensed stock, images and motion graphics.
See how it works
Top 10 lists and breakdowns
Ask for a Top 10 in your prompt or write a list-structured script. VidRush builds a numbered countdown with enough time for each item to land.
See how it works
Talking-head videos
Record yourself once and upload it. VidRush cuts dead air and filler, adds B-roll, captions and your theme, and returns a finished edit.
See how it works
AI presenter videos without filming
Pick a VidRush avatar, a background and a voice. VidRush writes the script and builds the full video around your presenter (beta).
See how it works
Your own face as a reusable host
Upload one photo of yourself to create a custom avatar. It then presents your videos to camera, so you can appear on screen without filming each one.
See how it works
Avatar-led videos with generated scenes
Give Persona I an avatar plus your script or voiceover. It generates a visual for every line and shows your host from different angles, for videos up to 40 minutes.
See how it works
From zero to 3 monetized channels in 5 months
“In that short time I managed to monetize three YouTube channels. That's something I never would have pulled off so fast with a traditional setup. What used to take my team roughly four days to coordinate, scripting, editing, voiceover, finding the right footage, I can now get done in under 30 minutes.”
Arez A.
· VidRush customer
It helped me monetize a channel in 1 month.
“So far, the vidrush videos went viral much faster and more often than the ones my editors did. AND, I created those videos in 1-2 hours, with minimal input on my end. Maybe I changed 1 or 2 scenes. The videos turn out very good.”
RomyB
· VidRush customer
“My editors have been in panic mode since I started using vidrush. It makes great videos in a few hours and also create thumbnail for it. The editing is better than 70% of my editors.”
Osas King
· VidRush customer
Vidrush is for you if you want good quality videos fast
“Vidrush is great because it cuts video production time down by a lot. With a few prompts or even your own custom script, you can get a video done in around a couple hours, versus possibly days with a normal video editor.”
Pic Jr
· VidRush customer
World-Class Tool, World-Class Support
“VidRush has become the backbone of my entire production workflow. The voice quality, imagery, and video output are genuinely impressive, everything comes out looking and sounding professional without the hours of manual editing other tools require.”
Cam Conkle
· VidRush customer
Vidrush is Lifechanging
“Vidrush is insane, I've gotten multiple bangers and made my money back so early that every video afterwards is just playing with house money (one vid hit 1.3M views early on and I barely knew what I was doing back then).”
Gabby
· VidRush customer
“You cannot change the text size or colour. You cant resize text so when it wraps and the s is on another line (such as Cryptocurrencies the s is on the next line and you cant change it. Sometimes swapping media leaves your text a vibrant pink colour that looks terrible.”
Leisen Butler
· Lumen5 user
they must've bought the reviews
“If you're thinking to buy their $29, be AWARE that this plan is just like their free plan and the only difference is that it does not display watermark. Forget about changing color or fonts unless you update to a more expensive plan.”
Медет Кайрбеков
· Lumen5 user
It's easy to use, but video content too US-centric.
“It's easy to use, mostly quite intuitive and produces good quality videos. The biggest challenge I have with using Lumen5 as a user from the UK is that the video content available is all very America-centric. It's very tough to find suitable content for a UK viewerbase.”
Hannah
· Lumen5 user
Turns a blog post into a social video in minutes. Just double-check the AI's visuals.
“I pasted in a short post about how small coffee shops can grow on social media, and within about 10 minutes Lumen5 had built a complete draft. It summarized the text into short scenes, highlighted keywords, and added stock footage, music and captions.”
Logan Lake
· Lumen5 user
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Real, licensed footage, narration, music and captions, assembled into a publish-ready video in under an hour.




