Kinoslide vs Colossyan for course creators

October 23, 2026 · 4 min read

Colossyan and Kinoslide both start from a document and give you a narrated video. The videos look different. Colossyan's are led by an AI avatar presenting the material. Kinoslide's have no presenter. The lesson is drawn on a board or animated on slides as the narration explains it.

This page compares the two for course creators and course providers. Facts about Colossyan come from its own website as of October 2026.

At a glance

What it makes. Colossyan: presenter-led training videos and courses with an AI avatar, plus quizzes and branching. Kinoslide: lessons drawn on a whiteboard or blackboard, or animated slides, with a narrator's voice.
Starting point. Both start from a document. Colossyan takes Word, PDF, PowerPoint, Google Docs, and more. Kinoslide takes PDF.
Review. Colossyan: edit and approve each scene before render. Kinoslide: on Pro and Scale, edit any line or visual in the storyboard before render.
Languages. Colossyan: 100+ (its pricing table says 120+). Kinoslide: 11, on every plan.
Paid plans. Colossyan: Professional at $59 a month on annual billing, with 30 minutes of standard avatar video a month. Kinoslide: Basic $30 for 50 minutes, Pro $100 for 100 minutes, Scale $600 for 500 minutes.
Export. Colossyan: MP4 and SCORM 1.2 and 2004. Kinoslide: MP4.
Built for. Colossyan: corporate training teams. Kinoslide: course creators and course providers.

What the video looks like

Colossyan videos center on an avatar. You pick from more than 300 stock avatars or make your own, and the avatar presents each scene. Colossyan also adds quizzes, buttons, and branching, so a video can work like an interactive module.

Kinoslide videos center on the content. In Dry Erase, diagrams, handwriting, and math are drawn in marker as the narration reaches them, and then they move. In Presentation, the content becomes animated slides that can also be exported as a deck. This suits material that needs to be shown being worked out, like a calculation, a mechanism, or a process.

Starting from a document

Colossyan's document import is broad. It reads Word files, text and scanned PDFs, PowerPoint, Google Docs, Notion and Confluence exports, and plain text. Headings become scene titles and paragraphs become narration. For PowerPoint, slides become scenes and speaker notes become narration.

Kinoslide reads PDFs. You pick the page range for one lesson, so one chapter becomes one focused video. Kinoslide writes new narration from those pages, so the source does not need to be written as a script. For PowerPoint, Keynote, or Google Slides, export the deck as a PDF first.

For a full course, Kinoslide projects keep the voice, format, language, and style rules the same across every lesson.

Pricing

Colossyan has a free Starter plan with 20 minutes a month of its standard avatar model and a watermark. Professional is $59 a month on annual billing, with 30 minutes a month of the standard model and 10 minutes of its newer model, watermark removal, and 5 SCORM exports a month. Extra team members are $30 a month each. Enterprise pricing is custom.

Kinoslide prices by minutes. One credit is one minute of requested video. Basic is $30 a month for 50 credits, Pro is $100 for 100, and Scale is $600 for 500, with a 5-seat team workspace. Annual billing is 20% less, so Basic is $24 a month and Pro is $80. The free plan includes 5 credits, with videos up to 2 minutes.

Languages

Colossyan lists more than 100 languages and 700 voices. Kinoslide supports 11: English, French for France and Canada, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Turkish, Indonesian, Russian, Hindi, and Arabic. Every Kinoslide plan includes all 11.

LMS and export

Colossyan exports MP4 and SCORM, and can send quiz scores to an LMS through SCORM. It names Workday, Cornerstone, Docebo, Litmos, and Absorb. Kinoslide exports MP4 files, which upload to any LMS or course platform, including Teachable, Thinkific, and Kajabi.

Which one to choose

Choose Colossyan if you want an avatar presenter, quizzes inside the video, SCORM tracking, or direct import of Word and PowerPoint files.

Choose Kinoslide if your course is built on a textbook or manual and the lesson needs to be explained visually, with the diagram or the math drawn as it is described. It also costs less per minute of video. Learnedly, a Canadian continuing education provider, makes its English and French course videos this way. You can read how Learnedly makes its course videos.

The first Kinoslide video is free. Upload one chapter of a course you already teach and compare the result.

Common questions

Is Kinoslide a Colossyan alternative?

For course lessons, yes. Both start from a document and produce a narrated video. Colossyan puts an AI avatar on screen and adds quizzes and branching. Kinoslide has no presenter and draws or animates the lesson as it is explained.

Which one handles PowerPoint better?

Colossyan imports .pptx files directly and uses speaker notes for the narration. Kinoslide needs the deck exported as a PDF. If your notes hold the explanation, export the notes pages.

Does Kinoslide have quizzes or SCORM?

No. Kinoslide makes MP4 lessons. Add quizzes in your LMS or course platform. Colossyan includes interactive quizzes and SCORM export.

Which one is cheaper?

Colossyan Professional is $59 a month on annual billing for 30 minutes of its standard avatar video. Kinoslide Basic is $24 a month on annual billing for 50 minutes, and Pro is $80 for 100 minutes.