Conan vs Creatomate: Features, Pricing & Which Is Better (2026)

A side-by-side comparison of Conan and Creatomate — features, pricing, and ideal use cases — to help you decide which AI tool fits your workflow.

Conan

Paid

Conan is a native macOS app that wraps Claude Code in a live HUD, surfacing every prompt, tool call, skill, and token in real time.

Live Timeline: Every command, edit, and tool call streams onto a living timeline as it happens.
Context Window Meter: Watch the context window fill across system, tools, memory, skills, and messages while tokens burn in real time.
Session Pulse: A live throughput pulse that spikes when Claude works and calms when it waits.
Skills & MCP Visibility: See every skill and MCP server in play, surfaced and observable as they fire.
Native macOS App: A native HUD for Apple silicon Macs running macOS 13+, with no subscription required.
Claude Radio: Built-in curated audio stations to score your coding sessions.

Monitoring Claude Code Sessions: Watch every prompt, tool call, and skill execution in real time without scrolling logs.
Token Budget Management: Track context window usage and token burn to avoid context rot and surprise costs.
Debugging Agent Behavior: Observe which skills and MCP servers fire to understand and debug agentic workflows.
Staying In Flow: Keep a glanceable HUD of session activity while focusing on the work itself.

Freemium

Cloud API and editor for automated video and image generation using templates, JSON and developer integrations.

Template-Driven Rendering: Create reusable video and image templates in the online editor or via JSON, then render personalized outputs programmatically to produce MP4, GIF, JPEG or PNG files.
Cloud Rendering Infrastructure: All encoding and rendering is handled on Creatomate's cloud servers, removing the need to manage FFmpeg or other media servers locally and enabling large-scale batch generation.
Official Client Libraries and SDKs: Provides official libraries (Node.js, PHP and others) and a Preview SDK for browser apps to simplify template rendering, previewing and integration into web applications.
Rich Composition and Animation Support: Compose scenes with videos, images, texts, shapes, compositions, keyframes and animations to build complex dynamic media driven by JSON data.
No-Code Integrations: Connect Creatomate to automation platforms like Zapier and Make (Integromat) to generate media from spreadsheets, forms, or other triggers without writing code.
Preview and Edit Workflow: Render real-time previews in web apps using the Preview SDK to review and iterate templates before creating final high-quality assets.
REST API for creating, editing and rendering videos and images via JSON templates