Scrollytelling.ai alternatives: 14 tools compared, with the prices each one publishes
Last updated: November 11, 2026 · Every price carries the date we checked it
What Scrollytelling.ai is, and what it costs
Scrollytelling.ai is an AI builder for scroll-driven story pages. You describe a story, paste a URL or upload a PDF, and in a few minutes it produces one long page with copy, generated images, a scroll-video hero and scroll widgets. You edit it in a visual editor and publish it to a hosted link, your own domain, WordPress, Shopify or an embed. It costs $0 for one published story with a small badge, then $12, $29 or $59 a month ($10, $24 or $49 billed yearly). It is not a multi-page website CMS, a flipbook, a print layout tool or a charting library.
That makes it the wrong tool for some jobs, and this page says which. Below are 14 alternatives: what each one is, what it costs, whether it has a free plan and whether AI builds the page for you. Every figure comes from our comparison page for that tool and carries the date we checked it. Several of these vendors publish no prices at all, and the table says so plainly. The aim is that you can choose without booking a sales call.
Scrollytelling.ai and 14 alternatives, side by side
Prices are in each vendor's own currency. "Checked" is the date we last read the vendor's pricing page. On a phone, swipe the table sideways.
| Tool | What it is | Starting price | Free plan | AI generation | Needs code | Best for | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scrollytelling.ai | AI builder for scroll-driven story pages | Free; paid from $12/month ($10 billed yearly) | Yes: 1 published story, small badge | Yes: the whole page from a prompt, URL or PDF | No | A finished scroll story in minutes, for marketers, founders and small newsrooms | Our plansNov 11, 2026 |
| Shorthand | Publishing platform for branded visual stories | No public prices; last public entry tier $60/month billed yearly (Dec 2025) | Free to create, pay to publish | Lays out a story from an uploaded brief, PDF, images or notes (checked Nov 11, 2026) | No | Editorial teams with review workflows and compliance needs | vs Shorthandchecked Oct 17, 2026 |
| Ceros | Freeform design canvas for interactive content | No public prices; median contract $45,000 a year (Vendr, Feb 2026) | Yes: Starter, 1 Creator seat, Ceros branding | Assistants inside the canvas | No, but it needs a designer | Enterprise marketing teams with designers | vs Ceroschecked Oct 17, 2026 |
| Vev | Design-first builder for interactive web content | Quote-only since Dec 2025 | Free to build; publishing is paid | Page AI in beta | No, but it needs a designer | Design teams with a CMS and an enterprise budget | vs Vevchecked Oct 17, 2026 |
| Foleon | Interactive documents for B2B content teams | Quote-only; median contract $21,000 a year (Vendr, Feb 2026) | No | AI credits for text and assets | No | Gated white papers and reports with reviewer workflows | vs Foleonchecked Oct 17, 2026 |
| Maglr | Digital magazines and interactive annual reports | €400/month excl. VAT (Advanced) | No, trial only | AI assistance in the editor | No | Multi-page digital magazines made by a team | vs Maglrchecked Oct 17, 2026 |
| Pageflow | Open-source tool for web documentaries | €8.50/month (€7.50 billed yearly), incl. German VAT | Free unlimited testing; publishing is paid | No | No; self-hosting needs Rails experience | Video and audio documentaries, newsrooms | vs Pageflowchecked Oct 17, 2026 |
| Genially | Interactive presentations, infographics and e-learning content | €6/month billed yearly (Pro) | Yes: unlimited creations with Genially branding | AI credits for text and images | No | Teachers, presentations and quizzes | vs Geniallychecked Oct 17, 2026 |
| Flourish | Animated charts, maps and data stories | Free; Publisher and Enterprise by quote | Yes: public charts with attribution | For charts only (checked Nov 11, 2026); no story generation | No | Data visualisation and data journalism | vs Flourishchecked Oct 17, 2026 |
| ScrollTide | Prompt library for AI-coded cinematic sites | $39/month, $144/year or $299 lifetime (sale prices) | 4 free templates | No: prompts for your own AI coding tool | Yes: you run, fix and host the code | Developers who already build with AI coding tools | vs ScrollTidechecked Oct 17, 2026 |
| MotionSites | Design prompts for AI website builders | $129 per 3 months, $279/year or $399 lifetime (sale price) | 3 free prompts | No: prompts for your own AI builder | Some: re-prompt or edit the code, host it yourself | Freelancers and agencies shipping sites in AI builders | vs MotionSiteschecked Oct 31, 2026 |
| Visme | Presentations, infographics and documents design tool | $29/month, or $12.25 billed yearly (Starter) | Yes: public link, Visme logo, no downloads | Drafts a design from a prompt, on credits | No | Decks, infographics and brand kits | vs Vismechecked Nov 11, 2026 |
| Venngage | Infographics and accessible document design tool | $19/month, or $10 on the yearly plan (Premium) | Yes: 5 designs, public link, no downloads | Drafts a design from a prompt, on credits | No | Infographics and accessible PDFs | vs Venngagechecked Nov 11, 2026 |
| PandaSuite | No-code studio for apps and kiosks | Free to build; publishing from €79/month or €790/year, excl. VAT | Build and test only, 1 project | Not yet; an assistant is announced | No | Native apps, kiosks and offline content | vs PandaSuitechecked Nov 11, 2026 |
| Webflow | Visual website builder with a CMS | $25/month, or $15 billed yearly, per site (Basic) | Yes: 2 pages on webflow.io with a badge | Drafts a whole site from a prompt | No; custom code is optional | Full multi-page websites with a CMS | vs Webflowchecked Nov 11, 2026 |
Vendr figures are buyer-reported contract values, not list prices. ScrollTide and MotionSites showed sale prices on the day we checked. Quote-only vendors can change terms without notice.
When to pick something else
You run a brand studio with designers and a five-figure budget
If designers will place every element by hand on a freeform canvas, and procurement is used to annual contracts, Ceros and Vev are built for that. Neither publishes prices: Vendr's buyer data put the median Ceros contract at $45,000 a year (February 2026), and Vev has been quote-only since December 2025 (both checked October 17, 2026). Scrollytelling.ai is a section-based builder, not a freeform canvas.
You are a newsroom with an editorial workflow
Shorthand has teams, roles and review flows, security certifications, and publishing to your own S3 bucket or through WordPress and Drupal plugins; its prices are by demo. Pageflow is the open-source option for video-led web documentaries, from €8.50 a month hosted, or self-hosted with no licence fee (both checked October 17, 2026). A small newsroom that needs one feature this week is closer to our use case.
The story is the data
Start in Flourish: animated charts and maps, free to publish with attribution. Its scroll-driven story format is limited to the Publisher and Enterprise plans, sold by quote (checked October 17, 2026). Scrollytelling.ai has a chart widget and an interactive map, but it is not a data-visualisation library.
You need interactive presentations, infographics or e-learning
Genially makes quizzes, branching presentations and classroom content from €6 a month billed yearly, with SCORM export on its Author plan (checked October 17, 2026). Visme is the choice for slide decks with PowerPoint export and brand kits, and Venngage for infographics and accessible PDFs (both checked November 11, 2026). None of the three makes scroll-driven pages; all three are better than us at files and slides.
You need a full multi-page website
Use Webflow. A home page, product pages, a blog and a CMS are its job: site plans run from free to $25 or $39 a month ($15 or $25 billed yearly), and scroll interactions are built by hand in its interactions editor (checked November 11, 2026). Scrollytelling.ai builds one story page at a time and embeds in a site by iframe.
You need a native app or a kiosk
Use PandaSuite. It publishes the same project as a web app, an iOS or Android app, or a Windows or macOS program that runs offline on a touch screen. Building is free; publishing starts at €79 a month or €790 a year per application, excluding VAT (checked November 11, 2026). A Scrollytelling.ai story downloads as an offline .zip, but it is a web page, not an app.
You publish paged magazines or gated B2B reports
Maglr makes multi-page digital magazines and annual reports from €400 a month excluding VAT. Foleon makes interactive white papers with reviewer workflows and CRM integrations, by quote; Vendr's median contract is $21,000 a year (both checked October 17, 2026). Scrollytelling.ai makes one scrolling page rather than a page-turn publication.
You want prompts for your own coding agent
ScrollTide ($39 a month, $144 a year or $299 lifetime at sale prices, checked October 17, 2026) and MotionSites ($129 per 3 months, $279 a year or $399 lifetime, checked October 31, 2026) sell prompts and templates that an AI coding tool turns into a site you host yourself. The design ceiling is higher than ours and so is the work. If you build with an agent, our MCP server hands it finished scroll widgets instead.
Head to head: quick answers
Short answers to the comparisons people search for, built only from the facts on our comparison pages.
Shorthand vs Ceros
Shorthand is a publishing platform for long visual stories, assembled from section types such as Scrollpoints and Reveal; newsrooms, universities and non-profits use it. Ceros is a freeform design canvas for interactive marketing content, sold by demo to enterprise marketing teams. Neither publishes prices. Shorthand's last public entry tier was $60 a month billed yearly for 12 stories a year (December 2025). Vendr's buyer data put the median Ceros contract at $45,000 a year (February 2026). Ceros has a free Starter tier with one Creator seat and Ceros branding. Pick Shorthand for editorial long-form, Ceros for bespoke design work with designers on staff. Facts checked October 17, 2026. Details: Shorthand and Ceros.
Ceros vs Vev
Both are freeform canvases for designers, and both are sold by quote. Ceros targets enterprise marketing teams, with seats, workspaces, reviewers, SSO and integrations with Adobe, HubSpot and Marketo; Vendr recorded a median contract of $45,000 a year (February 2026). Vev, from Oslo, is used by publishers and enterprise marketing teams. It offers scroll-driven components, Figma import and CMS integrations, and moved every plan to quote-only in December 2025; its Basic plan allows 2 users and up to 10 projects. Ceros has a free Starter tier with Ceros branding. Vev lets you build for free, but publishing is paid. Facts checked October 17, 2026. Details: Ceros and Vev.
Ceros vs Foleon
Ceros is a blank canvas; Foleon is a structured document. Foleon makes interactive white papers, annual reports and digital magazines in a block-based editor, with brand kits, reviewer workflows, analytics and CRM integrations for B2B content teams. Ceros gives designers freeform control over landing pages, product demos and interactive reports. Both are quote-only: Vendr recorded median contracts of $21,000 a year for Foleon and $45,000 for Ceros (February 2026). Foleon has no free plan; Ceros has a free Starter tier with Ceros branding. Choose Foleon for gated documents that go through sign-off, Ceros when design freedom matters more. Facts checked October 17, 2026. Details: Ceros and Foleon.
Shorthand vs Vev
Shorthand is built for editors, Vev for designers. Shorthand's section-based editor produces long visual stories without a designer, and it adds team workflows, ISO 27001 and SOC 2 certification, publishing to your own S3 bucket and WordPress and Drupal plugins. Vev is a design canvas with pixel control, scroll-driven components, Figma import and integrations with CMSs such as Sanity and Contentful; static export to your own infrastructure is an Enterprise feature. Both now sell by quote: Shorthand's pricing page shows no figures, and Vev went quote-only in December 2025. Pick Shorthand for a newsroom or communications desk, Vev for a design team. Facts checked October 17, 2026. Details: Shorthand and Vev.
Maglr vs Foleon
Both make interactive documents for corporate communications. The differences are price transparency and format. Maglr, a Dutch platform for digital magazines, annual reports and presentations, publishes its prices: Advanced is €400 a month excluding VAT with 5 users, 5 domains and unlimited publications, and Enterprise is €1,100. Foleon is quote-only, with a median contract of $21,000 a year in Vendr's data (February 2026); its entry plan, Spark, includes 5 users, 2 custom domains and 7,500 AI credits a month. Neither has a free plan. Choose Maglr for magazine-style layouts and a known price, Foleon for reviewer workflows and CRM integrations. Facts checked October 17, 2026. Details: Maglr and Foleon.
Flourish vs Genially
These solve different problems. Flourish, owned by Canva, makes animated charts, maps and data visualisations. Its free plan publishes unlimited public charts with Flourish attribution, and its scroll-driven story format is limited to the Publisher and Enterprise plans, sold by quote. Genially makes interactive presentations, infographics, quizzes and e-learning content on slides and canvases, with no scroll-driven format. Genially's plans are public: Free, Pro at €6 a month billed yearly, Master at €20 and Author at €40 per member, with Genially branding on Free and Pro. Choose Flourish when the story is the data, Genially for classroom and presentation content. Facts checked October 17, 2026. Details: Flourish and Genially.
Frequently asked questions
What are the best Scrollytelling.ai alternatives?
It depends on the job. For editorial long-form with a team: Shorthand. For freeform design with designers and an enterprise budget: Ceros or Vev. For charts and maps: Flourish. For presentations and quizzes: Genially or Visme. For infographics and accessible PDFs: Venngage. For a full website: Webflow. For native apps and kiosks: PandaSuite. For digital magazines and gated reports: Maglr or Foleon. For video documentaries: Pageflow. The table on this page lists what each one costs.
Is there a free alternative to Shorthand, Ceros or Vev?
Scrollytelling.ai's free plan builds and publishes one story on a scrollytelling.ai subdomain with a small badge. Shorthand and Vev let you build for free but charge to publish (checked October 17, 2026). Ceros itself has a free Starter tier with one Creator seat, unlimited publishing and Ceros branding. Pageflow offers free unlimited testing, with publishing from €8.50 a month, and Flourish and Genially have free plans for charts and presentations.
Which scrollytelling tools publish their prices?
Of the 15 tools on this page, ten publish prices: Scrollytelling.ai, Maglr, Pageflow, Genially, ScrollTide, MotionSites, Visme, Venngage, PandaSuite and Webflow. Shorthand, Ceros, Vev and Foleon show no figures and sell by demo or quote. Flourish publishes a free plan and prices its Publisher and Enterprise plans by quote.
Which alternatives generate the page with AI?
Scrollytelling.ai generates the whole scroll story, with images and a hero video, from a prompt, a URL or a PDF. Shorthand's AI Creative Companion lays out a story from a brief, a PDF, images or notes you upload; its page does not mention generated images or video. Webflow's AI site builder drafts a multi-page site from a prompt, and Visme and Venngage draft a design from a prompt (all checked November 11, 2026). Ceros, Foleon, Maglr and Genially offer AI help inside their editors, and Vev's Page AI was in beta (October 17, 2026). Flourish's AI works on charts only. Pageflow has none, PandaSuite announces an assistant as coming soon, and ScrollTide and MotionSites sell prompts for your own AI tools.
How do I move my content if I switch?
No tool here migrates another tool's interactions automatically. With Scrollytelling.ai the practical route is to paste the public URL of the page you want to move, or upload its PDF, and let the AI rebuild it as a scroll story from the text and images. Then you edit. Before you leave a tool, export what your plan allows: several vendors tie export to higher plans, which each comparison page notes.
See what it builds from your own brief
The free plan builds and publishes one story on a scrollytelling.ai link. No demo call, no sales contact. Paid plans start at $12 a month, or $10 billed yearly.
Create your storyAll 14 comparisons
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