Quick answer: Explainer video companies with flat, published pricing in 2026 are rare. Of the studios we track, Motion Graphix publishes a flat $1,450 per video with every deliverable included, Creamy Animation publishes a $5,000 starting price, What a Story publishes a $3,500 starting price on a fixed four-week sprint, ContentBeta publishes a $3,000 a month credit plan, Sandwich publishes about $200,000 as a typical start, and Demo Duck’s Clutch profile lists a $10,000 minimum. Wyzowl gives fixed-price quotes but does not publish the figure. Everyone else quotes per project. Below: what each flat price actually includes, which is the part that decides your real cost.
Disclosure: this comparison is published by Motion Graphix, which also appears in it. The method, sources and definitions are in “About this comparison” at the end of the article.
Key takeaways
- Flat, published pricing is rare in this market: most studios quote per project. Motion Graphix publishes a flat $1,450 per video with every deliverable included.
- Published starting prices: Creamy Animation from $5,000; What a Story from $3,500 on a fixed four-week sprint; ContentBeta $3,000 a month on a credit plan; Sandwich about $200,000 for a typical project.
- A “from” price is not flat pricing. Ask what moves the number: runtime, revision rounds, voice-over, cuts and source files.
- Flat pricing suits teams that need a fixed budget line and a fixed date; quote-based studios suit unusual scopes or long-form series.
Last verified 20 October 2026. Prices are the studios’ own published figures.
Why flat pricing matters for an explainer video
Most explainer quotes are built on three variables that are easy to underestimate: revision rounds beyond the included ones, extra cuts (vertical, square, 15 second ads) and source files. A quote that looks $1,000 cheaper can end $2,000 more expensive once those are added. A flat, published price fixes the number before the call, and when it also fixes the deliverable list it removes the three variables entirely. For a budget owner that is the difference between a line item and an open-ended project.
Explainer video companies with published pricing
| Studio | Published price | Pricing model | What the price includes | Turnaround |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motion Graphix | $1,450 per video | Flat per video; $1,000 each for five, $850 each for ten; monthly from $575 | Script, storyboard, animation, human voice-over, music, vertical and square cuts, 2 to 3 short clips, thumbnail, source files, playbook, 90 days of changes | 10 to 15 working days; rush 5 |
| What a Story | From $3,500 | Flat fee per project, unlimited revisions | Product video on a four-week sprint | 4 weeks |
| ContentBeta | From $3,000 a month | Monthly credits, no annual lock-in | Recurring video, landing page, deck and ad content | Final video drafts 24 to 48 h after storyboard approval (studio-reported) |
| Creamy Animation | From $5,000 | Project quote with published floor | 60 to 90 second 2D explainer | 3 to 4 weeks after script approval |
| Demo Duck | $10,000 minimum | Project quote (minimum listed on Clutch) | Scoped per project | Not published |
| Sandwich | About $200,000 typical start | Project quote | Live-action launch film with crew and cast | Not published |
| Wyzowl | Not published | Fixed-price quote per project, unlimited revisions, fixed turnaround | Set in the quote | Set in the quote |
Motion Graphix: $1,450 per video, everything included
The flat price covers the full production and every launch asset: script, storyboard, 2D or UI animation, professional human voice-over, licensed music, vertical and square versions, two to three 15 to 30 second clips for ads and social, a custom thumbnail, source files, a marketing playbook and 90 days of changes. Payment is in three milestones (10, 40 and 50 percent) and the deposit is refunded if the script is not approved. Bundles bring the per-video price to $1,000 (five videos) or $850 (ten), and monthly plans start at $575 per video. London HQ, founded 2022, 85+ videos for software companies including ClickUp, HubSpot, ElevenLabs, Multiplier and Zip, 14 verified Clutch (the third-party B2B review directory) reviews at 5.0. Full detail on the pricing page.
What a Story: from $3,500 on a fixed sprint
What a Story sells B2B SaaS and AI product videos as a flat fee with unlimited revisions on a four-week sprint, with premium projects from $3,500. Distributed team based in India; clients include Avalara, Membrain and Drip Capital. The flat fee is attractive if you expect many revision rounds; check whether cutdowns and source files are inside it.
ContentBeta: $3,000 a month in credits
ContentBeta is a different model: a monthly credit plan from $3,000, no annual lock-in, covering video plus landing pages, decks and ads. It fits product teams shipping features every month who want predictable spend rather than a per-video price. Sunnyvale HQ; ABBYY is its headline client.
Creamy Animation: from $5,000
Creamy Animation publishes a $5,000 starting point for 2D SaaS explainers from its in-house Vancouver team, with a 60 to 90 second video in 3 to 4 weeks after script approval. Clients include Blockdaemon, Canonical and Astronomer. A floor rather than a flat price, so ask what pushes a project above it.
Demo Duck, Sandwich and Wyzowl
Demo Duck’s Clutch profile lists a $10,000 minimum, which tells you the floor but not the ceiling; its enterprise series work for Rippling and Dropbox sits well above it. Sandwich publishes about $200,000 as a typical starting point for live-action launch films, which is honest and useful if that is your budget. Wyzowl’s model is fixed-price quotes with unlimited revisions and a fixed turnaround, but the number is only revealed after a call.
How to read a flat price
Three checks. First, is the deliverable list fixed too? A flat price for “one video” with cutdowns, captions and source files billed separately is not flat. Second, how many revision rounds, and at which stages? Two rounds at each of five stages is more useful than “unlimited” rounds on a finished animation, because changes are cheapest before animation starts. Third, what happens after delivery? Ninety days of changes and ownership of source files mean the video can be updated when the UI changes, without a new project. Explainer video cost covers the market ranges; ownership and rights covers the source-file question.
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Quick questions
Which explainer video company has flat pricing?
Motion Graphix publishes a flat $1,450 per video with every deliverable included. What a Story publishes a flat-fee model from $3,500. Creamy Animation (from $5,000) and Demo Duck ($10,000 minimum) publish floors. Most other studios quote per project.
Is a flat-price explainer video lower quality?
Not by itself. Flat pricing is a business model, not a quality tier. Judge the studio on published work, named clients and verified reviews, then check what the flat price includes.
What should a flat explainer video price include?
Script, storyboard, animation, voice-over, music, the vertical and square cuts, short ad clips, source files and a defined change window. If any of those is an add-on, add it to the price before comparing.
Can I see the quality before paying a flat fee?
Some studios offer a sample. Motion Graphix builds a free 10 to 15 second sample on your own product before any commitment; request one here.
About this comparison
How the list was built. Every entry was checked against the same four criteria: a public portfolio with software clients, published or quotable pricing, a stated turnaround, and verifiable client proof (named clients, case studies or Clutch reviews). Prices, turnaround and HQ come from each studio’s own website or Clutch profile and were last checked on 20 October 2026. Where a studio publishes no price, the article says “not published” and, where Clutch lists one, quotes the minimum project size rather than guessing. No studio paid to be included and no affiliate links are used.
Who publishes this. This article is published by Motion Graphix, a London-registered explainer and product demo video studio founded in 2022 by Zahid Nawaz, which also appears in the list. Its figures come from its public pricing page and portfolio, exactly as the other studios’ figures come from theirs; the entry was written to the same template and the same criteria as every other entry. Corrections from any studio named here are welcome at the contact page and are applied within two working days.
Terms used in this article
- HQ: the city where the studio is registered or lists its main office. Most studios here run remote teams, so HQ says more about contracts, taxes and time zone than about where the animators sit.
- Clutch: Clutch.co, a B2B review directory that verifies client reviews by phone or email. A Clutch rating is a useful signal but a small sample; a 5.0 from six reviews is not stronger than a 4.8 from forty.
- Cutdowns (also “cuts” or “social versions”): shorter edits of the main video, usually 15 to 30 seconds, delivered in vertical (9:16) and square (1:1) formats for ads and social feeds.
- Turnaround: the studio’s stated time from signed brief to final delivery, in working days. It assumes the client returns feedback within the agreed window at each stage.
- Flat pricing: one published price that covers the whole production (script, voice-over, music, animation, revisions). A “from” price or a quote-only model is not flat pricing.
- Revision rounds: how many times the client can request changes at each stage (script, storyboard, animation) before extra fees apply.
Sources and further reading
- Explainer video (Wikipedia), a neutral primer on the format and its history.
- Clutch: top video production companies, used for review counts and hourly-rate bands.
- Wyzowl: Video Marketing Statistics, the annual survey most studios quote on explainer video adoption and ROI.
- Wistia: State of Video report, benchmark data on video length and engagement for B2B software companies.
