Shotz vs Leonardo.ai
Leonardo.ai is an image-first studio, now part of Canva, with its own models, outside ones like Veo and Kling, a canvas for painting changes in and custom models trained on your own pictures. Shotz runs many of the same video and image models, then puts every generation on a timeline with your own footage, captions and music.
Making images. Concept art, product shots and stills, with your own trained styles and a canvas for fixing details.
Making the whole video. Cut your footage, generate only what's missing, and caption and export it in one place.
The short version.
Leonardo is built around the picture. Shotz is built around the edit the picture goes into.
Shotz watches what you filmed, so a generated shot sits next to real ones, not instead of them.
Every model's cost is on the button, from one set of credits.
Side by side.
An honest look at what each tool is built to do. Plenty of people use both.
Where Leonardo.ai is great.
A deep set of image models and settings for concept art, products and characters.
Train a model on your pictures and use the style again and again.
Paint over a picture to change one part, or grow it past its edges.
Use them together.
Make the stills and concept frames in Leonardo, then bring them into Shotz to animate, cut with your footage and caption.
Drop in your clips and say what you want. Get a first cut with captions and music.
Export the project with clips and captions, and fine-tune anywhere you like.
Post it wherever your people are.
Questions.
Should I switch from Leonardo?
If you mostly make images, Leonardo is built for that. If you need a finished video with your own footage in it, Shotz is built for that.
Can I use Leonardo images in Shotz?
Yes. Upload them like any other media, use them as a start frame for a generated shot, or put them straight on the timeline.
Is Shotz free?
Yes. The editor is free with no watermark. Starter is from $12 a month with 1,000 credits for generating, Pro from $33 with 3,000, and Team from $129 for up to five people.
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