16 Training Video Production Companies Compared (2026)

The training video production company to hire depends on what is hard about your training. When the teaching itself is complex, start with a learning-first company such as NextThought, Ninja Tropic or Blue Carrot; when people simply stop watching, a studio with real craft, such as Studio Pigeon, Epipheo or MotionCue, will get more of it finished. Squideo (from £750 plus VAT), Gisteo (from $3,500) and Yans Media ($5,500 to $8,500 for a fully custom 60 to 90 second animation) publish the most useful starting prices.

I work at Moonb, and I have briefed training videos from both sides of the table: the marketing side, where someone guards the brand, and the learning side, where someone just needs forty modules that new hires finish. I checked all 16 companies below against their own websites and Clutch profiles on 5 October 2026, and kept only the ones that list training, onboarding, e-learning or how-to video as something they make. If your project is a full e-learning program for a school, a university or a course platform, my colleague’s roundup of educational and e-learning video production companies covers the learning companies built for that.

If you only want the numbers:

• Seven of the 16 publish some pricing: Squideo, Gisteo, Yans Media, Blue Carrot (per minute), MotionCue (monthly), Epipheo, and Lemonlight for its annual program.
• Training is the whole business for three of them: NextThought, Ninja Tropic and Blue Carrot. For the rest it is one service among several.
• Review depth ranges from 166 Clutch reviews (Wow-How Studio) to none at all (Ninja Tropic and Squideo).
• This version replaces most of the last list. One earlier name, Skeleton Productions, has since been dissolved, and its domain now points to Venture Videos.

How I compared these

I looked at four things for each company: which formats it is strongest in, whether it owns the instructional design or only the production, how it handles volume (a single safety film and a forty-module onboarding series are different projects), and who it is built for, judged by its portfolio and client list rather than the adjectives on its homepage. Where a company does not publish something, the entry says so. When a procedure happens inside a machine, our 3D animation services page shows how we cut it open on screen.

Demand for training video keeps growing. According to LinkedIn Learning’s 2025 Workplace Learning Report, 71% of L&D professionals are already exploring or integrating AI into their work. What holds training video back is how few people finish it.

Why most training videos never get finished

The problem is rarely the topic. Wistia’s State of Video data shows the shortest videos hold attention best and that engagement drops off sharply past the five-minute mark, so a 22-minute compliance module is losing people long before the important part. That matters because onboarding is where retention is won or lost, and Gallup estimates the cost of replacing an employee at between half and twice their annual salary. When people abandon a training video at minute four, you have paid for onboarding that did not do its job.

If you want to see the basic production steps before you brief anyone, this walkthrough from Camtasia, the screen-recording software many learning teams already use, covers them in five steps.

The 16 companies

1. Moonb

Moonb is where I work, so treat this first entry as the one with a stake in the outcome. We are an embedded creative team: a dedicated Creative Director plus animators, motion designers and editors who already know your brand, which matters for training because the onboarding film ends up looking like it came from the same company as the marketing.

• Training fit: onboarding, culture and product training that has to look as good as your marketing
• Formats: animation, motion graphics and edited live footage
• Model: embedded team on a set monthly rate, or a per-project quote
• Clients they name: Dell, Toyota, Nestle
• Clutch: 4.9 from 14 reviews

One example: an animated learning module we made for Thrive Scholars, a nonprofit program for high-achieving students from under-resourced communities. At about six minutes it is longer than I would usually advise, so it is built in short chapters: a parable to open, the lesson in sections, then a clear conclusion.

Brainfuse, an e-learning company we produced video for, wrote on our Clutch profile: “The ability to quickly understand and adapt to the company branding was impressive.”

2. NextThought

NextThought makes “custom training & elearning content for top organizations,” and training is the whole business rather than a side line. It is based in Oklahoma City and runs as an initiative of Public Strategies.

• Training fit: corporate training video, microlearning, onboarding and interactive modules
• Formats: training video, animated explainers, interactive modules, 360 video and VR
• Price: not published; an instant-quote form instead
• Clients they name: Amazon, Cummins, McDonald’s, USPS, Waratek
• Clutch: 4.9 from 9 reviews

3. Ninja Tropic

Ninja Tropic builds “world-class interactive microlearning solutions & custom eLearning development,” from training video to running the learning platform itself. It serves clients in the US and Canada with what it calls a global production team.

• Training fit: microlearning series and onboarding rolled out across many modules
• Formats: animation, live-action host video and interactive courses
• Price: not publicly stated
• Clients they name: Dale Carnegie, UCLA, Saks Fifth Avenue, Pfizer, Merck
• Clutch: no profile found

4. Blue Carrot

Blue Carrot now leads with learning: its headline is “Helping organizations turn learning into measurable impact.” It still produces animation and publishes per-minute rates, which makes it unusual among learning companies.

• Training fit: structured courses that need instructional design plus animation
• Formats: 2D and 3D animation, Storyline and Rise courses, localization
• Price: per finished minute: whiteboard from $1,500, motion graphics from $2,000, traditional animation from $6,500
• Clients they name: United Nations, University of Southern California, Takeda, News Corp, Dun & Bradstreet
• Clutch: 5.0 from 43 reviews

5. RaffertyWeiss Media

RaffertyWeiss Media makes “video production that moves people to action,” with e-learning and training video among its services. It works from Bethesda, Maryland, on the edge of Washington, D.C.

• Training fit: government, healthcare and nonprofit training filmed on location
• Formats: live action, animation and motion graphics, live events
• Price: not on its site; Clutch lists a $10,000 minimum and $100 to $149 an hour
• Clients they name: American Red Cross, CDC, AARP, Lockheed Martin, Gallup
• Clutch: 5.0 from 32 reviews

6. Synima

Synima lists e-learning and corporate training video next to its animation and live-action work, which makes it one of the few global studios here with a stated training practice. It runs offices in London, New York, Los Angeles and Amsterdam.

• Training fit: global companies rolling out the same training across regions
• Formats: 2D, 3D and character animation plus live action
• Price: not on its site; Clutch lists a $5,000 minimum
• Clients they name: BMW, Microsoft, Deloitte, GSK, J.P. Morgan Chase
• Clutch: 4.9 from 38 reviews

7. MotionCue

MotionCue counts training videos among its core formats and offers a monthly plan for teams that need a steady supply. Its teams sit in New York, Los Angeles and Islamabad.

• Training fit: an ongoing library of product training and how-to video
• Formats: 2D, 3D, whiteboard and live action
• Price: monthly plan from $5,000 (annual terms) to $6,000 (month to month)
• Clients they name: Microsoft, Aircall, Loom, Johnson & Johnson, Slack
• Clutch: 4.9 from 25 reviews

8. IdeaRocket

IdeaRocket lists HR videos and healthcare animation alongside its marketing work, which is useful when training has to explain a policy or a procedure clearly. It lists a Miami mailing address and a New York phone number.

• Training fit: HR, policy and healthcare training that is easier to animate than film
• Formats: 2D, 3D, whiteboard, mixed media and live action
• Price: not on its site; Clutch lists a $10,000 minimum
• Clients they name: Intuit, Dell, Electronic Arts, L’Oréal, Madison Square Garden
• Clutch: 5.0 from 11 reviews

9. Yans Media

Yans Media names corporate training and onboarding among the videos it makes, and it is one of the few training-capable studios that prints its prices. It works from Delaware and Armenia.

• Training fit: animated onboarding and product training on a fixed budget
• Formats: 2D, 3D, motion graphics and character animation
• Price: $5,500 to $8,500 for a fully custom 60 to 90 second animation, or $3,500 to $5,500 AI-assisted
• Clients they name: Cisco, DoorDash, VISA, Databricks, Intel
• Clutch: 5.0 from 11 reviews

10. Gisteo

Gisteo lists training videos as a service and prices its packages in public, including a yearly plan for teams with ongoing needs. It is based in Miami.

• Training fit: short animated training pieces and AI-avatar updates
• Formats: 2D, 3D, whiteboard, live action and AI avatar video
• Price: from $3,500 for the first 60 seconds; a yearly plan at $20K; AI avatar videos from $1,000
• Clients they name: SAP, National Military Family Association, Panzi Foundation, Kemper Sports Management, Rayonier
• Clutch: 5.0 from 8 reviews

11. Squideo

Squideo makes staff and compliance training videos as well as e-learning courses, and it publishes a starting price for its explainers. It is a small team in East Yorkshire.

• Training fit: simple compliance and process training on a tight budget
• Formats: 2D animation and motion graphics
• Price: from £750 plus VAT; course hosting from £99 a month
• Clients they name: NHS, Unilever, Amazon, Aldi, Network Rail
• Clutch: profile with no reviews yet

12. Studio Pigeon

Pigeon Studio lists animated training videos among its formats, next to explainers and commercials, and brings a handcrafted look that most training content lacks. It works from Warsaw and Kraków.

• Training fit: training that has to hold attention, such as culture or safety stories
• Formats: 2D, 3D, cel animation and character design
• Price: not on its site; Clutch lists a $10,000 minimum
• Clients they name: Unilever, Electrolux, Vinted, Honda, InnoGames
• Clutch: 4.9 from 62 reviews

13. ECG Productions

ECG Productions is an Atlanta house for “video production, post-production, animation, and branded entertainment,” and it names training content among its project types.

• Training fit: filmed training and internal communications at volume
• Formats: live action, post-production, animation and motion graphics
• Price: not published; its cost guide says its corporate videos have ranged from $5K to more than $150K
• Clients they name: Manchester City, Etihad, Virgin Atlantic, Maker’s Mark, Fiserv
• Clutch: 5.0 from 1 review

14. Lemonlight

Lemonlight says it lets brands “create any video they need with a single, trusted partner,” and tutorial and event video sit inside that range. It is based in Inglewood, California.

• Training fit: filmed tutorials and on-camera onboarding on a deadline
• Formats: scripted and documentary-style live action, animation, AI video
• Price: not on its main site; its Pro program starts at a $50,000 annual commitment
• Clients they name: Toyota, Uber, LEGO, Google, Amazon
• Clutch: 4.9 from 48 reviews

15. Epipheo

Epipheo lists educational videos among its formats and is strong at the single concept that has to click, which is often the hardest part of a training program. It is based in Cincinnati.

• Training fit: the one concept your training keeps failing to explain
• Formats: 2D, 3D, whiteboard, motion graphics and live action
• Price: Starter Explainer $5K to $25K, Signature $25K to $75K
• Clients they name: Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Deloitte, Cisco
• Clutch: 4.9 from 28 reviews

16. Wow-How Studio

Wow-How Studio lists educational and how-to videos among a long menu of animation styles, and it brings the biggest review base of anyone here. Its site lists San Francisco and London.

• Training fit: animated how-to and product education in a range of styles
• Formats: 2D, 3D, frame-by-frame, whiteboard and kinetic typography
• Price: not on its site; Clutch lists a $5,000 minimum and $25 to $49 an hour
• Clients they name: Google, Sony, KPMG, Grammarly, Mercedes-Benz
• Clutch: 4.9 from 166 reviews

Learning specialist or creative studio: which one you need

The most useful question I can hand you is whether the hard part is the teaching or the watching. If your material is complex and has to be structured and packaged for a learning management system, hire a learning company such as Blue Carrot or NextThought, because it will build the pedagogy and treat the polish as secondary. If the material is simple but people tune out because it looks like a chore, that is a creative problem, and a studio that treats training with the same care as a brand film will get more of it finished.

Most companies sit somewhere in the middle, and the mistake I see most often is hiring the wrong half. A beautifully shot onboarding film that teaches nothing is as useless as a pedagogically perfect module nobody watches past minute three. Our guide to corporate training videos goes deeper on that trade-off, and how to make training videos for employees covers the production steps in order.

What a training video costs

Where companies publish prices, they give you a useful floor. Squideo starts at £750 plus VAT for a professional explainer, Gisteo at $3,500 for the first minute, Yans Media at $5,500 to $8,500 for a fully custom 60 to 90 second animation, and Blue Carrot prices by the finished minute from $1,500 for whiteboard. For a library that grows every quarter, MotionCue’s monthly plan starts at $5,000. Filmed training with crews and locations sits higher, and RaffertyWeiss lists a $10,000 project minimum on Clutch.

The variables that move the number are format, length and module count, whether you need on-camera talent and locations, and how much instructional design sits on top of the production. A single animated explainer and a forty-module onboarding series are not the same purchase, and treating them as one line item is how projects blow up halfway through. For the wider picture, our post on corporate video production prices lays out the ranges in detail, and if the training videos are part of a wider corporate program, our corporate video production page shows how one team handles both.

If you would rather make simple software walkthroughs yourself, TechSmith sells Camtasia, the screen-recording editor in the video above. It is a tool rather than a production partner, so the script, design and edit all stay with your team.

How to brief a training video team so people watch to the end

Whichever company you pick, the brief is where most of the outcome is decided. Keep every module short, because the engagement data is unambiguous that length is what loses people. Define one clear learning objective per video rather than cramming a whole handbook into a single file. Give the team real examples of training you admire, so "make it engaging" turns into something concrete. And decide up front whether you are building a one-off or an ongoing library, because that choice changes which partner on this list makes sense and how the relationship should be structured.

The best sign you have found the right team is that they push back on your brief. If they nod along and promise everything, be careful. If they ask why a module is nine minutes long and suggest cutting it to three, you have found people who care whether anyone finishes it.

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