AI short-drama makers, read side by side
Of 5 further short-drama makers read on 2026-09-19, 3 state that a project runs to several episodes and 3 say the cast is held across them. Dollar prices appear on 2 static pages, and none of them states a rate per second of output. As of 2026-09-19.
| Tool | Episodes, as stated | Cast, as stated | 9:16 | Price as shown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DirectStudio AI | Micro Drama use case; multi-episode workflow not stated | Consistent cast and location across scenes… | Yes - vertical and landscape | Pay as you go $0.20/credit; Pro $40/month (300 credits, $0.15/credit)… |
| DomoAI (AI Drama Generator) | Community episodes and templates; suggests 15-30s tests | By reusing approved character, wardrobe, location and prop references | not stated | Basic $9 ($13 list) per month billed annually, 600 credits… |
| Media.io AI Micro Drama Creator | Episode beats and recurring characters planned in prompt | not stated | Yes - 9:16 | Free start; '50% OFF' promotion; prices not on this page |
| SceneMixer | One upload analysed into characters, scenes, props and episode structure | A reference sheet per character, injected into every segment | 16:9 by default, 9:16 available | Episodes billed at 1 credit per second of output |
| StoReel Canvas | not stated | not stated | not stated | Not stated on the page read |
| Wondershare Filmora (AI Short Drama) | not stated | Character reference images uploaded for generation | Recommends 9:16 | Free version available; plan prices not on this page |
Inclusion rule. Tools found in a 2026-09-19 search of directories, launch lists and search results, kept only where an English official page could be read; tools already in the register are recorded on their own pages and not repeated here. SceneMixer's row repeats its register entry for comparison. Order. Alphabetical by tool name.
1A series is promised far more often than it is explained
These pages sell a workflow rather than a clip, and the ones that mention the cast at all describe it as locked, stable or consistent from one episode to the next. What they rarely say is what does the holding: a reference image supplied per role, an approved asset reused by later scenes, or nothing more than the model being asked twice. The register treats that difference as the whole point, because it decides where a production looks when episode nine drifts.
No page left in this group states how long a run may be. The makers that published a figure a producer could plan against were read again on 2026-09-22 and given their own entries, so series length appears in this table in words rather than in episodes. A count is easier to argue with and easier to compare down a column, which is why the entries carry it and this sweep does not.
2Credits are the unit, and the unit hides the cost of an episode
Where a price is public it is a monthly plan or a credit pack. Without a figure per second or per segment, the cost of a finished episode cannot be worked out from the page, because the number of credits a minute of drama consumes is not published next to the price. Several pages load their prices only after scripts run in the browser, so the cells here record what a reader without an account can see.
The SceneMixer row carries the register's existing entry for comparison: episodes produced from one analysed upload, a reference sheet injected into each segment, 16:9 by default with 9:16 available, and output billed per second.
3What each vendor says it does
- DirectStudio AIChat-driven video agent that writes a script, generates storyboards and renders micro dramas, short films and ads with consistent cast and locations.what the vendor says it does
- DomoAIAI video app with a drama scenario that builds short vertical drama beats from per-role reference images and named-speaker dialogue prompts.what the vendor says it does
- Media.io AI Micro Drama CreatorOnline tool that turns a micro-drama script, hook or cliffhanger into styled 9:16 short drama clips.what the vendor says it does
- StoReel CanvasShort-drama creation workspace from the StoReel microdrama platform covering scriptwriting, storyboarding, voiceover and video generation.what the vendor says it does
- Script to episodesOne upload is analysed into characters, scenes, props and episode structurein one pass
- Cross-episode castA full-body reference sheet is generated per character at analysis time, and its face and body crops are injected into every segment featuring that charactera stated mechanism
- Serial formatEpisodes default to 16:9 with 9:16 available, and outlines are generated with cliffhanger pacingstated as the default
- Assembling an episodeEpisodes are composited from segments, billed at 1 credit per second of outputa priced step
4Sources
Each row links to the vendor page it was read from on 2026-09-19; the quoted wording behind every cell is kept in the dataset. The three season-scale steps for the tools already recorded are in the register. The other groups read the same day: film and series studios, story-to-video tools, adjacent tools.