Faceless video maker
Grow a faceless YouTube channel, TikTok account or Instagram page with narrated, illustrated, animated videos that look expensive and cost a few dollars each. No camera, no voice recording, no editing.
Formats, export settings, monthly costs and the originality rules that matter, platform by platform.
Explainers, countdowns and story series in 16:9, with one narrator and one look across every episode.
YouTube guide YouTube ShortsDaily 9:16 Shorts with a hook up front, captions burned in and a look viewers recognize.
YouTube Shorts guide TikTokStory parts, countdowns and explainers in 9:16, with hooks, captions and hashtags ready to post.
TikTok guide InstagramOriginal Reels in one signature style, with captions for silent autoplay and a cohesive grid.
Instagram guide FacebookOriginal stories, history and explainers as Reels or landscape videos, made from your own script.
Facebook guide IdeasNiches and example titles that suit an illustrated, narrated style, and how to test one before you commit.
Get ideasType a topic, like “the lost city of Ys in 45 seconds, eerie tone”. Etchly writes the script, picks a narrator, illustrates every scene, animates it with its motion engine, adds music and word-timed captions, and renders an MP4 in 9:16 or 16:9. It comes with a title, hook, description and hashtags.
YouTube, Instagram and Facebook have all tightened their rules on reposted, mass-produced and lightly edited content. Faceless pages built on other people's clips are the ones losing reach and monetization. Every Etchly video starts from your own script, with illustrations generated for its scenes. You still need a real idea for each episode, and Etchly handles the production.
Faceless channels win on recognition. Save a style preset with art style, palette, fonts, narrator and caption style, and every video on every platform is unmistakably yours. Plan whole seasons with the series planner, with episode memory so Part 5 remembers Part 1.
What common faceless posting schedules cost on Etchly, next to the same seconds of raw generative footage.
| Posting schedule | Credits / month | Fits on | Etchly / month | Seedance 2.0 footage only |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Shorts / Reels a week (30 s) | ~221 | Pro + a 50-credit pack | $54 | $164–$265 |
| 1 Short / Reel a day (30 s) | ~510 | Studio | $99 | $378–$612 |
| 1 YouTube video a week (5 min) | ~260 | Starter + 2 credit packs | $69 | $504–$816 |
| Weekly long-form + 3 Shorts a week | ~481 | Studio | $99 | $668–$1,081 |
Etchly credits assume every video is brand new: ideas, script and production with all-new illustrations. Reusing art across a series, or re-rendering, costs less. The Seedance column is footage only: one 1080p pass at typical third-party rates of $0.42–$0.68 per second (October 2026), with no script, voice, captions or rerolls. Prices change, so check the provider.
Seedance figures use typical third-party API rates of $0.42–$0.68 per generated second at 1080p with audio (October 2026). Generative clips run roughly 5–15 seconds, so a 60-second video is several generations stitched together. Prices change, so check the provider. The Etchly range is a 25-credit, 60-second video with 16 new illustrations on the Studio to Starter plans.
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A tool that makes videos without anyone appearing on camera. Etchly writes the script, generates an AI narrator, illustrates and animates every scene, and adds music and captions, so the whole video is made from a text idea.
Anywhere that accepts MP4. Etchly renders 9:16 for YouTube Shorts, TikTok, Instagram Reels and Facebook Reels, and 16:9 for long-form YouTube and Facebook video.
Platforms don't penalize you for being faceless. They penalize reused, repetitive or mass-produced content. Give every video its own idea, script and point of view, and read each platform's current rules. See our guide to faceless AI video monetization.
A 30-second Short with 8 new illustrations is about 17 credits, roughly $3–4. A 60-second video with 16 illustrations is about 25 credits, $4–6. Plans start at $15 a month, and you get 10 free credits to try it.
No. Etchly makes illustrated, animated videos, such as engraving, watercolor and line-art styles. For most faceless formats, a distinctive illustrated look stands out more than generic stock footage, and it costs a fraction of photoreal generative video.
10 free credits on signup, enough to script and produce a short 15-second video. No card required.
