YouArt
Formative Intelligence Inc. · YouArt: Agentic Creative Studio for AI Image and Video Workflows
YouArt is an agentic creative studio in which you describe an image or video job in chat and its agent builds and runs a node workflow on a canvas, choosing from a large catalog of third-party image, video, audio and language models. It also runs from Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or ChatGPT through a hosted MCP server and has a new desktop app for macOS and Windows. It suits marketers, creators and small creative teams producing ads, product videos and social content across many models.
Best for
Marketers, creators and small creative teams who make ads, product videos and social content with many generation models and want an agent to build and rerun the pipeline instead of prompting each model by hand
Not ideal for
Editors who mainly want automation inside their existing editing software, teams that need a self-hosted or open-source pipeline, and anyone who needs a fixed, predictable cost per finished video
Who it's for
Marketers, content creators, e-commerce brands, agencies and in-house creative teams producing image and video creative
Capabilities
- Chat agent that turns a brief into a node workflow on a canvas, writing scripts and storyboards, adding and wiring nodes and running the whole pipeline
- Catalog of 50-plus third-party image, video, audio, voice and language models (106 according to YouArt's MCP page), each with a model page showing its credit cost before you generate
- Workflows can be edited node by node and saved as reusable systems for repeat jobs such as product ads and variants
- Timeline video editor connected to the agent and canvas for cutting generated clips
- Skill Marketplace of reusable agent instructions, plus your own skills uploaded as a file or written by hand
- Hosted MCP server (Streamable HTTP, OAuth sign-in) that lets Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, ChatGPT and other MCP clients create projects, build and run workflows and upload assets
- Desktop app for macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel) and Windows in which the agent can read local folders you grant and import local images to a canvas
- Read-only connectors for Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drive and Gmail, Notion, Figma, Slack and GitHub, managed from the desktop app
- Browser tools for subtitles, color grading and LUTs, letterboxing, compression, upscaling and background removal
- Team plan with shared canvases, workflows and assets, role-based management, team credit caps and per-member usage tracking
Limitations
- All generation runs on credits, and the agent itself costs credits too (2 per Creative Agent call and 6 per chat message), so cost per finished asset depends on the models and retries involved
- Monthly plan credits expire at each billing date; only separately purchased credits carry over, and top-ups require an active subscription
- Listed plan prices are annual-billing rates; monthly billing costs more (the pricing page shows yearly savings from $24 on Basic to $792 on Team) but the monthly prices themselves are not listed
- The desktop app is an early release (v0.3.20 at launch), and workspace connectors are read-only, so the agent cannot post to Slack or edit Figma or Google files
- No self-hosted deployment or public REST API is documented; programmatic access is through the MCP server
- The Free plan may add a watermark, and its zero-credit Free Mode covers only Nano Banana and Nano Banana Pro, with a queue of roughly ten minutes
Use cases
- Turning one product photo into a scripted, storyboarded 15-second product ad with voiceover and music
- Producing creator-style UGC ad videos for TikTok, Reels and Shorts from a product description and image
- Building a reusable workflow that generates on-brand variants of a campaign visual across aspect ratios
- Asking Claude Code or Codex to generate images and video through YouArt's MCP server while working on a site or app
- Comparing several video models on the same shot before committing credits to a full sequence
- Having the desktop agent read client feedback from Slack threads, Gmail and local project folders before revising assets
Our take
YouArt is a good fit when the job is a repeatable pipeline rather than a one-off image: a product photo in, a scripted and storyboarded ad out, rerun for the next product. Having the agent build a visible node graph keeps the result inspectable in a way chat-only creative agents are not, and the MCP server makes the same pipelines available from coding agents. Before committing, run a typical job on trial credits to see its real credit cost, since agent calls and chat messages are billed alongside generations, and treat the desktop app as an early release.
Who should use it
Performance marketers and e-commerce brands producing ad and product video in volume, creators who want to compare many video models in one place, and developers who want image and video generation inside Claude Code, Codex or Cursor through MCP.
Who should skip it
Post-production teams that mainly need automation inside their existing editing software, organizations that require self-hosted tooling, and buyers who need a fixed cost per video.
Strengths
- One agent builds and runs multi-step pipelines across a large catalog of image, video and audio models
- Workflows stay editable node by node and can be saved and rerun for repeat jobs
- Hosted MCP server with OAuth sign-in brings the same models and workflows into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and ChatGPT
- Low entry price on annual billing, plus trial credits and a zero-credit Free Mode for two image models
- The privacy policy documents desktop folder access and read-only connectors in detail
Weaknesses
- Agent calls and chat messages cost credits on top of generations
- Monthly credits do not roll over, and listed prices assume annual billing
- The desktop app is an early release, and its workspace connectors are read-only
- No self-hosting or public REST API
YouArt pricing
Free
$0
- Trial credits for new accounts
- Free Mode runs Nano Banana and Nano Banana Pro at zero credits through a queue of about ten minutes, with a daily fair-use limit
- Catalog, workflow editor and creative agent included
- May include a small watermark
Basic
$7.99
Billed annual
- Per month, billed annually (list price $11)
- 1,000 credits per month
- Creative agent, video editor and unlimited templates
- Video uploads up to 50 MB
- No watermark
Pro
$23.99
Billed annual
- Per month, billed annually (list price $36)
- 3,300 credits per month
- Video uploads up to 200 MB
- No watermark
Max
$119.99
Billed annual
- Per month, billed annually (list price $198)
- 18,000 credits per month
- Up to 50 new files per message
Team
$263.99
Billed annual
- Per month, billed annually (list price $435)
- 36,300 credits per month
- Shared canvases, workflows and assets
- Up to 10 members per team and 5 teams
- Team credit caps and per-member usage tracking
Enterprise
Custom
- Unlimited teams and members
- Custom credits and pricing
- Claude Code and Codex integration
- Skill sharing across the organization
- Dedicated account manager
Free tier limits: New accounts get trial credits. Only Nano Banana and Nano Banana Pro can run at zero credits, through Free Mode's queue of roughly ten minutes and a daily fair-use allowance. Other models need credits, and output may carry a watermark.
Note: Prices shown are per month on annual billing; monthly billing costs more, and YouArt's FAQ says yearly plans are about 20% cheaper (the page shows yearly savings of $24 on Basic, $72 on Pro, $360 on Max and $792 on Team). Each model page lists its credit cost per generation. Each Creative Agent call costs 2 credits and each chat message 6 credits. Monthly credits reset on the billing date and do not roll over; extra credits cost $5 per 500, require a subscription and do not expire. MCP usage draws on the same credits with no separate fee.
Technical specs
Modalities
Image, Video, Audio, Text
Where YouArt excels
Product ad from one photo
The agent writes the script, storyboards each shot, generates them with suitable video models and assembles the result, leaving a workflow that can be rerun for the next product.
Creative generation from a coding agent
A developer building a landing page can ask Claude Code or Codex to generate hero images and a short video through YouArt's MCP server, with results saved to a YouArt project.
Team ad production with spending limits
The Team plan shares canvases, workflows and assets across members and sets credit caps and per-member usage tracking, so several people can run the same pipelines without overspending.
YouArt vs. competitors
YouArt vs. Krea Agent
Krea Agent is a chat agent over Krea's 150-plus model catalog that plans jobs in a session with an attached computer and a shared context library. YouArt's agent builds an editable node workflow on a canvas and adds a desktop app, and its MCP server can build and run those workflows.
YouArt vs. Hera
Hera is a creative canvas where several agents produce layered designs and editable motion graphics such as animated ads and explainers. YouArt focuses on chaining third-party image, video and audio generation models into reusable pipelines.
YouArt vs. Comfy Agent
Comfy Agent builds and runs node workflows inside ComfyUI, the open-source node-graph tool, on Comfy Cloud. YouArt offers a similar agent-built node canvas as a hosted studio with a timeline editor, team workspaces and credit pricing, but without ComfyUI's open-source, self-hostable base.
YouArt vs. Adobe Firefly
Adobe Firefly is a multi-model creative studio built into Photoshop and other Creative Cloud apps, where you choose the model for each generation. YouArt has an agent that assembles multi-step pipelines across models for you.
Frequently asked questions
What is YouArt?
YouArt is an AI creative studio from Formative Intelligence Inc. You describe an image or video job in chat, and its agent builds a node workflow on a canvas, picks models from a large catalog of third-party image, video, audio and language models, and runs it. It also has a timeline editor, reusable skills, team workspaces, an MCP server and a desktop app.
How much does YouArt cost?
On annual billing, Basic is $7.99/month for 1,000 credits, Pro $23.99/month for 3,300 credits, Max $119.99/month for 18,000 credits and Team $263.99/month for 36,300 credits; Enterprise is custom. Monthly billing costs more, and YouArt's FAQ says yearly plans are about 20% cheaper. Extra credits are $5 per 500 with an active subscription. Each Creative Agent call costs 2 credits and each chat message 6 credits, and monthly credits do not roll over.
Is YouArt free?
You can sign up, browse the catalog and build workflows for free, and new accounts get trial credits. Free Mode runs Nano Banana and Nano Banana Pro at zero credits through a queue of roughly ten minutes with a daily fair-use limit. Other models need credits, and the Free plan may add a watermark.
What does the YouArt desktop app do?
The desktop app (v0.3.20 for macOS on Apple Silicon or Intel, and Windows) brings YouArt to your computer. Per YouArt's privacy policy, its agent can read local folders you grant, import local images to a canvas, and read content from connected Google Workspace, Notion, Figma, Slack and GitHub accounts without being able to edit or post anything. YouArt's launch posts also say the agent can operate editing apps such as CapCut, Premiere and After Effects and accept your own model-provider API keys; YouArt's website, release log and policies do not document either yet, so test them on your own projects before relying on them.
Can I use YouArt from Claude Code, Codex or Cursor?
Yes. Add https://mcp.youart.ai/mcp as a remote MCP server in Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, ChatGPT or another MCP client and approve access with OAuth. Your agent can then create projects, build and run workflows, generate images, video and audio, and upload or reuse assets. Generations use your YouArt credits, with no separate MCP fee.
YouArt vs Krea Agent: what is the difference?
Both are chat agents over a large multi-model catalog with an MCP server. YouArt's agent builds a visible node workflow on a canvas that you can edit and rerun, and it adds a desktop app with local file access. Krea Agent plans and runs jobs in a chat session with an attached computer and shared context library, and Krea's MCP exposes generation models rather than the agent itself.
Integrations & fit
Alternatives to consider
Krea
Marketers, designers and small creative teams who produce campaign assets across images, video and audio and would rather brief one agent than switch between several model-specific tools
Freemium
Hera Video, Inc.
Startup founders, product marketers, performance marketers, agencies, and creators who need many on-brand ads, launch videos, animated charts, and overlays, and who want editable layers rather than a flat generated clip
Freemium
Comfy Org
ComfyUI users and creators on Comfy Cloud who want an agent to find models, wire, debug, and run node workflows while they keep full control of the graph, and newcomers who want ComfyUI's control without learning every node first
FreemiumAdobe
Creative professionals and agencies who want image, video, and audio generation with a commercially safe model option, especially those already working in Photoshop, Illustrator, and Express
FreemiumAbout YouArt
YouArt, from Formative Intelligence Inc., combines a multi-model generation catalog with a chat agent that does the assembly work. You describe an idea, for example a 15-second ad from one product photo, and the agent writes the script, storyboards the shots, adds and wires nodes on a canvas, picks image, video, audio and voice models for each step, and runs the graph; you can then edit any node by hand or ask the agent to change one part. YouArt's pricing FAQ likens the canvas to an easier ComfyUI. The catalog spans 50-plus models from Google, OpenAI, ByteDance, Kling, MiniMax, Midjourney, ElevenLabs and others (the MCP page counts 106), and the release log shows new models arriving every few weeks, most recently Seedream 5.5 and Kling 4.0. Around the canvas sit a timeline video editor, a Skill Marketplace of reusable agent instructions you can also write yourself, browser-based tools for subtitles, color grading and compression, and team workspaces with shared canvases and credit caps. The hosted MCP server at mcp.youart.ai connects over OAuth, with no API key, so a coding agent can create projects, build and run workflows, upload assets and pull results back into the chat, billed to the same credits. The YouArt Desktop App (v0.3.20 for macOS on Apple Silicon or Intel, and Windows) launched on Product Hunt on November 12, 2026. According to YouArt's privacy policy, the desktop agent can read local folders you select and can read, but never write to, Google Workspace, Notion, Figma, Slack and GitHub content you point it at. What sets YouArt apart is that one agent assembles reusable multi-model pipelines rather than single generations, and those pipelines can also be run from coding agents. The tradeoffs: everything runs on credits, including 2 credits per agent call and 6 per chat message; monthly credits do not roll over; prices shown are annual-billing rates; and the desktop app is at an early version.
Updates from YouArt
YouArt launched its desktop app (v0.3.20, macOS on Apple Silicon or Intel, and Windows) on Product Hunt. The app lets the agent read local folders you select and connect Google Workspace, Notion, Figma, Slack and GitHub content read-only.
Seedream 5.5 joined the catalog with text-to-image, image editing, transparent-background PNG output and up to 10 reference images, at 4 credits per 1K or 1.5K image and 6 credits per 2K image.
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