The best Doodly alternative for AI whiteboard videos
Drag-and-drop whiteboard scenes you draw and time yourself.
What Doodly is
Doodly is a desktop whiteboard animation tool where you build each scene from a library of pre-drawn SVG images, place them on a canvas, and set the draw order and timing. You bring (or buy) the artwork and provide the voiceover — Doodly animates the hand drawing whatever you placed.
Doodly is best for
Marketers and course creators who want total control over which image appears when, already have artwork or buy Doodly's asset packs, and record their own voiceover.
Where Ankon wins
Ankon writes the narration from your topic, script, PDF, or reference image and draws the whiteboard scenes for you — in sync with the voice. No scene-by-scene authoring, no asset packs to buy, no voiceover to record.
Where Doodly has the edge
- You author every scene manually — there is no AI that writes the narration or decides what to draw.
- Voiceover is your own recording (or a paid TTS add-on); there's no script-writing AI.
- Lifetime-license pricing tiers gate which asset libraries and features you can use.
Ankon's honest trade-off: Ankon does not give you frame-by-frame control over every drawn stroke. If you need pixel-perfect, hand-timed illustration of your own artwork, a manual whiteboard tool is the better fit.
Doodly vs Ankon AI
Side-by-side at a glance.
| Capability | Ankon AI | Doodly |
|---|---|---|
| Output format | AI ink-reveal whiteboard | Manual whiteboard animation |
| Narration | AI-written from your source | You record/provide it |
| Authoring effort | None — prompt/script/PDF → video | Scene-by-scene authoring |
| Source grounding | PDF / image → video explains it | Varies by tool |
| Captions + SRT | Included | Varies |
| Languages | 8+ with male/female voices | Varies |
| Developer API | OAuth 2.1 + REST — beta | Varies |
| Pricing model | Per finished minute (credit) | Doodly sells lifetime licenses in tiers that gate asset libraries; check Doodly for current pricing |
| Failed render | Auto-refund | Varies |
Pricing model: Doodly sells lifetime licenses in tiers that gate asset libraries; check Doodly for current pricing. Ankon is credit-based — 1 credit per finished minute, 10 free credits to start.
When to pick which
Pick Doodly if
Marketers and course creators who want total control over which image appears when, already have artwork or buy Doodly's asset packs, and record their own voiceover.
Pick Ankon AI if
Anyone who wants a finished, narrated, captioned whiteboard explainer from a topic, script, PDF, or reference image — without drawing a single scene or recording a single word.
Doodly vs Ankon — FAQ
Ankon gives you 10 free credits on signup (no card) — enough to render several short videos end-to-end. Doodly is a paid lifetime license. Ankon then bills per finished minute of video, so you only pay when a render ships.
No — that's the trade-off. Doodly gives you manual, frame-by-frame control over your own artwork. Ankon instead writes the narration and auto-draws the whiteboard for you, so you skip the authoring entirely. If pixel-perfect illustration of your own SVGs is the priority, Doodly is the better fit; if a finished narrated video from a prompt is the priority, Ankon is faster.
Ankon. A 1-2 minute video is ready in minutes from a topic or PDF, with narration, captions, and publish-ready metadata written for you. Doodly's render is fast, but the hours of authoring and voiceover happen first.
Try Ankon AI free — 10 credits, no card
Render your first narrated whiteboard video from a topic, script, PDF, or reference image in minutes.
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