20 Top Explainer Video Companies for 2026

Plenty of studios will happily make you an explainer video. Telling the good ones apart is the hard part, because every website makes the same promise: clear videos that convert. I have hired studios like these and been pitched by plenty more, so I went through all twenty of them one by one in July 2026, checking who is still shipping, who they really work with, and where each falls short.

Fair warning before we start. I work at Moonb, so we are first on this list. I will tell you what we do well and the one thing we do not do, then hand the floor to nineteen other studios that earn their spot. Several of them would be a better call than us depending on your project, and I have tried to say when. Forbes has made the case that a sharp explainer is one of the highest-leverage assets a brand can commission, so it is worth getting the choice right.

Here is what actually separates these companies: the animation they are known for (2D character work, slick motion graphics, 3D, or live-action), who they usually work with (scrappy startups versus enterprise procurement), how they price, and how long they take. Skim the table near the bottom if you just want the shortlist. If you are still deciding on format, our guide on how to make an explainer video and the breakdown of animation vs. live-action are worth reading first.

1. Moonb

• Best for: Companies that need explainers on a steady cadence, not a one-off, and want the same team handling their design, motion, and social cuts too.
• Clients they name: Enterprise marketing teams across tech, healthcare, and consumer products (named case studies live on the work page).
• Pricing: By quote. A predictable monthly engagement with a dedicated Creative Director rather than a per-video invoice.
• Why they stand out: Moonb runs as your embedded creative team. You get a Creative Director who learns your brand and a crew that produces the explainer, then keeps producing everything around it. That continuity is the difference between a video that looks like your brand and one that looks like a stock template.
• Worth knowing: No live-action crews. If your explainer needs a film shoot with actors and a camera team on location, that is not our lane; we are animation, motion, and design, and we would point you to one of the live-action studios below.

2. Demo Duck

• Best for: SaaS and nonprofit explainers that need a clear story and a bit of warmth, in either animation or live-action.
• Clients they name: Google, Netflix, Dropbox, GoFundMe, Rippling, GEICO.
• Pricing: By quote. Project-based, scoped per video.
• Why they stand out: Working out of Chicago since 2011, Demo Duck built its name on thoughtful, story-first videos, and it does animation, live-action, and mixed media in-house, so it is not locked into one look.
• Worth knowing: They work project by project. If you need a high volume of videos on an ongoing basis, you will be re-scoping and re-briefing each time.

3. Vidico

• Best for: Funded tech and SaaS brands that want a polished, premium explainer and can move quickly.
• Clients they name: Square, Spotify, Uber, Airtable, TikTok.
• Pricing: From $5,000 for a simple 2D explainer, rising past $20,000 for high-end 3D or live-action. Monthly engagements are available too.
• Why they stand out: Vidico has shipped work for hundreds of brands and offers a cost quiz that gives you a ballpark in a minute, which is rare in a category that loves to hide numbers. Offices in Melbourne, Sydney, and New York mean broad timezone coverage.
• Worth knowing: The house style is confident and clean, which is a strength until you notice how many of their videos share a family resemblance. Premium pricing to match.

4. Sandwich

• Best for: Tech companies that want a properly funny, cinematic launch video people actually share.
• Clients they name: Autodesk, Rubrik, Perplexity, Descript, Brex.
• Pricing: By quote, and it sits at the top of the market.
• Why they stand out: Sandwich basically wrote the playbook for the modern tech launch film with its early work for brands like Slack. The live-action-led videos have comic timing and production value most studios cannot touch.
• Worth knowing: This is a live-action commercial shop first. For straightforward 2D character animation, or if cost is your main constraint, they are the wrong door.

5. Epipheo

• Best for: Enterprise brands that want a category veteran and a repeatable process.
• Clients they name: Google, Microsoft, Cisco, Deloitte, Okta, Splunk.
• Pricing: By quote, with an online cost estimator on their site.
• Why they stand out: Epipheo has been making explainers since 2009 and says it has produced more than 6,000 of them. If you want a studio that has seen every version of this problem, this is it.
• Worth knowing: The process is built for enterprise. A small team wanting one quick, low-cost video may find the machinery heavier than the job needs.

6. Yum Yum Videos

• Best for: B2B and SaaS brands that want character-driven 2D explainers with a marketing brain behind them.
• Clients they name: Google, Amazon, American Express, DocuSign, McGraw Hill.
• Pricing: By quote, with an instant cost calculator on the site.
• Why they stand out: Founded in 2010, Yum Yum pairs a colorful, character-led 2D style with a process that starts from your business goal rather than the visuals. It lands near the top of most best-explainer lists for a reason.
• Worth knowing: It is an animation studio, so there is no live-action option, and quoted timelines run around seven to nine weeks.

7. Giant Ant

• Best for: Brands that treat the explainer as a design piece and want award-level animation craft.
• Clients they name: Duolingo, Slack, Airbnb, Nike, Adobe, Mailchimp, Coca-Cola.
• Pricing: By quote, at the premium end.
• Why they stand out: Giant Ant, out of Vancouver, is one of the most respected motion and animation studios working today. The design sensibility and hand-crafted feel are the draw.
• Worth knowing: They pick their projects and book out. This is a studio you commission for a flagship film, not a pipeline of routine videos.

8. Cub Studio

• Best for: Ambitious brands that want animation with real personality, including sports and product storytelling.
• Clients they name: MasterClass, Formula 1, World Rugby, US Open Tennis, Therabody.
• Pricing: By quote.
• Why they stand out: Based in Brighton, Cub has a distinct, characterful style and a portfolio that spans big sports properties and consumer brands. Their work carries a charm most explainer studios lack.
• Worth knowing: Animation only. If your project leans on live footage of a real product or real people, look elsewhere.

Quick detour before the second half. The studio you pick matters, but the script matters more; a beautiful video built on a muddled story still fails. If you are about to brief anyone, spend a few minutes on our explainer video script guide, then watch this short talk on business storytelling. Harvard Business Review has a good companion piece on purposeful storytelling if you want to go deeper.

9. Studio Pigeon

• Best for: Businesses and NGOs that want European craft animation at a fair rate.
• Clients they name: Unilever, Electrolux, Vinted, Honda.
• Pricing: By quote.
• Why they stand out: With studios in Warsaw and Kraków, Studio Pigeon delivers polished motion design and character animation, and Poland-based production often means strong work at rates below the US premium shops.
• Worth knowing: Animation only, and if you need heavy real-time overlap with a US west-coast team, the timezone gap takes planning.

10. Explainify

• Best for: B2B companies that need to make a complex product simple.
• Clients they name: American Red Cross, Hotjar, Alteryx.
• Pricing: By quote, with better rates once you order several videos at once.
• Why they stand out: Explainify is a focused B2B explainer boutique out of Arkansas. They are good at the hard part: turning a dense, technical product into ninety seconds a normal person understands.
• Worth knowing: It is a boutique, so capacity is smaller than the big shops, and a one-off single video sits at the higher end of their range.

11. IdeaRocket

• Best for: US companies that want premium animation with a responsive, hands-on team.
• Clients they name: Dell, EA, Disney, L’Oreal, Intuit.
• Pricing: By quote, set by creative approach and length.
• Why they stand out: IdeaRocket covers 2D, 3D, and whiteboard animation and has a long list of Fortune 500 work. Typical turnaround is five to six weeks after script approval, with room to rush.
• Worth knowing: Animation-led and project-based. If you want live-action as the primary format, they are not the specialist for it.

12. Broadcast2World

• Best for: B2B and SaaS teams that want a lot of animated video at a clear per-minute rate.
• Clients they name: Siemens, AWS, Red Hat, Fujitsu.
• Pricing: From about $2,400 per minute, with a published rush option.
• Why they stand out: B2W (also called Broadcast2World) is upfront about pricing and covers nearly every animation style. Fifteen-plus years in and a strong Clutch rating make it a predictable choice.
• Worth knowing: Production runs out of India while sales sit in New Jersey, so factor in the timezone split, and a high-volume model can feel more template than bespoke.

13. Kasra Design

• Best for: Brands that want high-end 3D and detailed animation with global reach.
• Clients they name: Panasonic, Shell, HP, Intel, Visa, WWF.
• Pricing: By quote, with a pricing selector that starts around $3,000.
• Why they stand out: An award-winning studio with offices in Singapore, Malaysia, and California, and a real strength in complex 3D and technical animation that many 2D-first shops cannot do.
• Worth knowing: The best 3D work carries premium pricing and longer timelines, and primary production sits in Asia if timezone matters to you.

14. Motion The Agency

• Best for: SaaS teams that want solid motion graphics at a clear, published price.
• Clients they name: ClickUp, Apollo.io, Attio, HackerRank, vidIQ.
• Pricing: From £2,700 per video, with an ongoing monthly option.
• Why they stand out: London-based Motion is open about cost and turns around clean motion-graphics explainers for tech brands without the enterprise overhead.
• Worth knowing: The value positioning shows: this is efficient motion design, not the bespoke, art-directed animation you get from the premium studios above.

15. Wow-How Studio

• Best for: Teams that want a broad menu (2D, 3D, illustration, editing) from one flexible studio.
• Clients they name: TransferGo and other mid-market brands (the site leans on testimonials more than logos).
• Pricing: By quote.
• Why they stand out: With teams in San Francisco and London, Wow-How covers explainers, product demos, and post-production, which makes it handy when a project needs a few different things at once.
• Worth knowing: The wide service range means less specialization, and the public portfolio names fewer marquee brands than the studios above, so ask to see work close to your use case.

16. Blue Carrot

• Best for: Education, training, and e-learning explainers that have to actually teach something.
• Clients they name: United Nations, USC, Northwestern Kellogg, Takeda.
• Pricing: By quote, with a cost calculator on the site.
• Why they stand out: Blue Carrot pairs animation with instructional design, so their explainers are built to help people learn and remember. Strong fit for universities, NGOs, and pharma.
• Worth knowing: The center of gravity is e-learning and instruction. For a punchy fifteen-second product teaser, a marketing-first studio is the better match.

17. Thinkmojo

• Best for: SaaS and product teams that want a launch or product video with a marketing brain behind it.
• Clients they name: Salesforce, Zendesk, Square, Discord, Calendly.
• Pricing: By quote, project-based.
• Why they stand out: Thinkmojo, out of San Francisco and Montreal, specialises in product and launch videos for top software brands, pairing story with a clear marketing goal.
• Worth knowing: the roster is stacked with established names, so a bootstrapped startup on a tight number may find it aimed above their stage.

18. Wyzowl

• Best for: businesses that want a custom explainer at a fixed, published price with no back-and-forth over cost.
• Clients they name: Capital One, Virgin Atlantic, LG, Allianz.
• Pricing: From $2,500 for an explainer and from $2,000 for a demo, at a fixed price and a fixed turnaround.
• Why they stand out: Wyzowl pioneered the fixed-price explainer model back in 2011 and has made more than 4,000 videos since, and it publishes the widely cited State of Video Marketing report every year.
• Worth knowing: one custom animation approach and a roughly six-week timeline, so it suits a planned project rather than a rush.

19. Gisteo

• Best for: teams that want a broad menu of explainer styles at a value price, including newer AI-assisted options.
• Clients they name: Rayonier, the National Military Family Association, the Panzi Foundation.
• Pricing: By quote, positioned below the premium studios.
• Why they stand out: Gisteo, based in Miami, covers 2D, motion graphics, whiteboard, kinetic type, and AI-avatar formats, so one shop can match the style to the message.
• Worth knowing: this is the value tier, and the AI-avatar option keeps the presenter on a generic background with simple gestures, so it is no substitute for full custom animation.

20. Grumo Media

• Best for: startups and businesses that want a punchy animated explainer or demo aimed at winning customers.
• Clients they name: Microsoft, Walmart, Reckitt Benckiser, Life360.
• Pricing: By quote.
• Why they stand out: Grumo is an early explainer studio with a startup pedigree, and its work has been publicly praised by figures like Alexis Ohanian and Ashton Kutcher.
• Worth knowing: the public portfolio leans on older startup work, so ask to see recent examples in a style close to yours.

Here they are side by side.

#	Company	Best for	Pricing	Limitation
1	Moonb	Companies that need explainers on a steady cadence plus the design, motion, and social work around them	By quote (a predictable monthly engagement with a dedicated Creative Director)	No live-action crews. If the explainer needs a film shoot with actors and a camera team on location, Moonb is not the fit and would refer you to a live-action studio.
2	Demo Duck	SaaS and nonprofit explainers that need a clear story, in animation or live-action	By quote, project-based	Works project by project, so a high volume of ongoing videos means re-scoping and re-briefing each time.
3	Vidico	Funded tech and SaaS brands that want a polished, premium explainer fast	From $5,000 for a simple 2D explainer, past $20,000 for high-end 3D or live-action	The confident house style means a lot of their videos share a family resemblance, and pricing sits at the premium end.
4	Sandwich	Tech companies that want a funny, cinematic launch video people share	By quote, top of the market	A live-action commercial shop first, so the wrong choice for straightforward 2D character animation or a cost-constrained project.
5	Epipheo	Enterprise brands that want a category veteran and a repeatable process	By quote, with an online cost estimator	The process is built for enterprise, so a small team wanting one quick, low-cost video may find it heavier than the job needs.
6	Yum Yum Videos	B2B and SaaS brands wanting character-driven 2D explainers with a marketing focus	By quote, with an instant cost calculator	Animation studio only, no live-action option, and quoted timelines run around seven to nine weeks.
7	Giant Ant	Brands that treat the explainer as a design piece and want award-level craft	By quote, premium end	Selective and often booked out; a studio you commission for a flagship film, not a pipeline of routine videos.
8	Cub Studio	Ambitious brands wanting animation with real personality, including sports and product work	By quote	Animation only, so the wrong fit if the project leans on live footage of a real product or real people.
9	Studio Pigeon	Businesses and NGOs wanting European craft animation at a fair rate	By quote	Animation only, and real-time overlap with a US west-coast team takes planning around the timezone gap.
10	Explainify	B2B companies that need to make a complex product simple	By quote, with better rates on several videos at once	Boutique capacity is smaller than the big shops, and a one-off single video sits at the higher end of their range.
11	IdeaRocket	US companies wanting premium animation with a hands-on team	By quote, set by approach and length	Animation-led and project-based, so not the specialist if you want live-action as the primary format.
12	Broadcast2World	B2B and SaaS teams wanting lots of animated video at a clear per-minute rate	From about $2,400 per minute, with a published rush option	Production runs out of India while sales sit in New Jersey, and a high-volume model can feel more template than bespoke.
13	Kasra Design	Brands wanting high-end 3D and detailed animation with global reach	By quote, selector starts around $3,000	The best 3D work carries premium pricing and longer timelines, and primary production sits in Asia.
14	Motion The Agency	SaaS teams wanting solid motion graphics at a clear, published price	From £2,700 per video, with an ongoing monthly option	The value positioning shows: efficient motion design, not the bespoke, art-directed animation of the premium studios.
15	Wow-How Studio	Teams wanting a broad menu (2D, 3D, illustration, editing) from one flexible studio	By quote	The wide service range means less specialization, and the public portfolio names fewer marquee brands, so ask to see relevant work.
16	Blue Carrot	Education, training, and e-learning explainers that must actually teach	By quote, with a cost calculator	The center of gravity is e-learning and instruction, so a marketing-first studio suits a punchy fifteen-second product teaser better.
17	Thinkmojo	SaaS and product teams wanting a launch or product video with a marketing brain	By quote, project-based	The roster is stacked with established names, so a bootstrapped startup on a tight number may find it aimed above their stage.
18	Wyzowl	Businesses wanting a custom explainer at a fixed, published price	From $2,500 (explainer) or $2,000 (demo), fixed price and turnaround	One custom animation approach and a roughly six-week timeline, so it suits a planned project rather than a rush.
19	Gisteo	Teams wanting a broad menu of explainer styles at a value price, including AI options	By quote, below the premium studios	The value tier, and the AI-avatar option keeps a generic background with simple gestures, so it is no substitute for full custom animation.
20	Grumo Media	Startups wanting a punchy animated explainer or demo aimed at winning customers	By quote	The public portfolio leans on older startup work, so ask to see recent examples close to your style.

How to actually choose

Match the studio to the job, not the other way around.

If you need one cinematic launch film and cost is not the constraint, Sandwich or Giant Ant. For reliable, story-first SaaS explainers, Demo Duck, Vidico, Yum Yum Videos, or Thinkmojo. For a custom explainer at a fixed, published price, Wyzowl. For complex 3D, Kasra Design. For teaching and e-learning, Blue Carrot. For clear per-minute pricing and volume, Broadcast2World or Motion The Agency, or Gisteo for a broad style menu at a value rate. If you want the same team making explainers and everything else around them, month after month, that is where Moonb fits.

Before you brief anyone, get clear about scope and cost. Our video production cost estimator gives you a working number in a couple of minutes, and the best explainer video software roundup is worth a look if you are tempted to try a first draft in-house. Whoever you pick, the story comes first. Everything after that is production.