
Co-founder of Yum Yum Videos | Explainer Video & Video Marketing Expert

A $5,000 animated explainer and a $50,000 filmed brand campaign can appear in the same search for a video marketing agency. They may share a category, but the teams, production process, and type of work behind those prices are very different.
Your project type narrows the field quickly. A complex SaaS product may need a team that can simplify the message before anyone starts designing. A commercial may depend more on casting, locations, and filming. YouTube growth brings a different set of skills again. The 30 agencies below cover all of those areas, with budgets ranging from around $1,000 to well above $50,000. The comparison table gives you a quick overview, and the individual profiles explain what each company actually does and the kind of project it is set up to handle.
We know this market from the production side. At Yum Yum Videos, we have spent more than 14 years creating custom videos for startups, SaaS companies, healthcare organizations, financial companies, and enterprise teams. The list includes companies that compete with us on explainer and product work, along with specialists in YouTube, filmed campaigns, design, corporate video, and nonprofit storytelling. The profiles below separate those production models so you can compare agencies that are actually relevant to your project.
We grouped the companies around the kind of job they are built to handle. A YouTube specialist, an animation studio, and a film crew solve different problems, so the production model has to match the brief.
We evaluated portfolio quality, repeat client work, case study depth, service mix, and typical budget. The portfolio shows execution. Repeat projects and case studies add context about the working relationship and the communication problem behind the finished video. We also separated animation studios, filmed production teams, YouTube specialists, and broader video agencies so very different production models were not treated as equivalents.
Industry experience matters more when the subject adds complexity. Healthcare and finance can involve heavier review processes. SaaS often depends on product logic and clear workflows. A filmed brand campaign puts more weight on casting, locations, and production logistics.
Budget changes the comparison as well. A $5,000 explainer and a $100,000 brand film belong in different production brackets. For a SaaS explainer, much of the value can sit in the script and in deciding what the viewer needs to understand. A filmed campaign shifts more of the budget toward casting, locations, filming, and production logistics.
| Agency | Best For | Core Strength | Typical Budget | Ideal Use Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yum Yum Videos | SaaS, Healthcare, Fintech, B2B | Explainer videos and animated storytelling | $8K+ | Explainers for complex products, launches, fundraising, and product education |
| Sandwich Video | Startups and consumer brands | Concept driven live action | $50K+ | Brand launches and major awareness campaigns |
| Vireo Video | YouTube growth | YouTube strategy and optimization | $10K+ | Organic YouTube growth and paid video campaigns |
| Giant Ant | Brand focused companies | Design and animation | Custom | Brand films and animated storytelling |
| Thinkmojo | B2B SaaS | Explainer and product content | $10K+ | Sales enablement and customer onboarding |
| Demo Duck | Education and explainers | Explainer storytelling | $25K+ | Product education and concept explanation |
| Breadnbeyond | Early stage startups | Affordable animation | $1K+ | MVPs and early product launches |
| The DVI Group | Enterprise organizations | Interactive and personalized video | $10K+ | Enterprise marketing and internal communications |
| Colormatics | Regulated industries | Video strategy and production | $25K+ | Healthcare, finance, and other complex industries |
| Indigo Productions | Corporate and enterprise | Live action production | $5K+ | Corporate communications and internal video |
Top Video Marketing Agencies of 2026
Founded in 2010 · 10 to 20 employees · Average project range $8,000 to $15,000 · Clients include Amazon, McKesson Corporation, Walmart, Accelerant, Chargebee, Red Bull
Yum Yum Videos produces custom explainer videos, product videos, commercials, educational content, and other marketing videos, with a particular focus on animation.
Over the past 14+ years, we have produced more than 1,000 custom videos. Much of our work involves products that are difficult to explain quickly, particularly in SaaS, healthcare, finance, and other B2B markets.
We produced nine videos for Accelerant between 2021 and 2024. During that period, the company raised more than $340 million. Accelerant later went public on the NYSE in 2025, raising another $724 million at a valuation of approximately $6.4 billion.
We also produced three videos for Chargebee during a period in which the subscription management company raised substantial funding and reached a $1.4 billion valuation.
Those business results belong to the companies themselves. Our role was narrower. We had to understand the product, decide what needed to be communicated, and build videos that could support sales, investor communication, product education, or marketing.
Our work is centered on products, services, and business models that need explanation before the audience can act on them.
Our portfolio shows the range of visual styles, while the case studies add the business context behind selected projects.
Founded in 2009 · 10 to 50 employees · Projects from $50,000 · Clients include Aven, Slack, Shopify, ExtraHop
Sandwich Video became well known for live action product videos that feel closer to short comedy films than conventional corporate presentations.
Their work for technology companies often puts the product inside a recognizable situation. Slack’s early video starts with the daily communication problems of an actual team, then lets the product enter that story.
For a product that is easy to grasp, this gives the concept and humor more room to do the selling. Sandwich tends to suit brands with the budget for filmed production and a voice strong enough to carry a creative idea.
Founded in 2016 · 10 to 50 employees · Projects from $10,000 · Clients include Brother Printer, Exabeam, Briogeo, Not
Vireo Video has a very clear lane. YouTube is the point.
The company treats YouTube as the main channel, so its work includes strategy, video content, optimization, and advertising.
Vireo is built around YouTube growth and platform performance. Teams that depend on the channel can use the same partner for strategy, optimization, advertising, and production.
Founded in 2007 · 10 to 50 employees · Pricing by inquiry · Clients include Animaniacs, Twitch, TED, Mayo Clinic
Giant Ant designs and animates brand content, with a portfolio that puts substantial weight on visual design.
The studio creates animation, illustration, and brand storytelling for entertainment, technology, healthcare, and media clients. Visual identity is often central to the project.
Giant Ant gives art direction a large role in the project, which fits briefs where the visual identity needs to carry as much weight as the explanation.
Founded in 2009 · 1 to 10 employees · Projects from $50,000 · Clients include Oransi, Mosaik, Premium Beat, Matomo
Umlaut produces primarily live action work for B2B brands, with 2D, 3D, and motion graphics appearing in selected projects.
Humor appears frequently in its portfolio, which can make technical or corporate subjects feel less formal. Its smaller team and relatively high project pricing suggest a boutique production model.
The mix points toward B2B brand work with room for a strong creative idea.
Founded in 2010 · 10 to 50 employees · Pricing by inquiry · Clients include Duolingo, Marriott Bonvoy, Cabify
Le Cube operates from Madrid, Sao Paulo, and Buenos Aires and specializes in animation and design.
Its work spans animation, character design, illustration, and branded content. The portfolio draws heavily from graphic design, photography, urban culture, film, and other visual disciplines.
Le Cube changes visual language from project to project, moving between different approaches to animation and design.
A brief driven by illustration or character design sits comfortably inside Le Cube’s range.
Founded in 2011 · 10 to 50 employees · Projects from $10,000 · Clients include Jumbo, Fico, LinkedIn, Lattice
Thinkmojo creates explainer videos, product content, and branded video for B2B and B2C companies.
Its portfolio includes work for software and technology brands where the video has to support a broader customer journey, such as product discovery, onboarding, or sales.
SaaS teams can use Thinkmojo across product marketing, sales, and onboarding.
Founded in 2000 · 10 to 49 employees · Projects from $10,000 · Clients include Doosan, Payrix, Hansgrohe, Audio Technica
The DVI Group has operated since 2000 and produces corporate, interactive, personalized, and custom video.
Interactive and personalized video set The DVI Group apart from studios built mainly around animation or advertising. Enterprise teams can use those formats to adapt the same core content for different audiences.
Founded in 2014 · 1 to 10 employees · Pricing by inquiry · Clients include Joko TV Show, Logitech, OpenClassrooms, Frooti Fizz
Clim Studio’s operating model is a little different. It builds a flexible network of creative professionals around each project.
The team changes with the visual language and production requirements of each brief. That flexibility is a practical advantage when a project needs a very specific combination of animation and design skills.
Founded in 2011 · 20 to 30 employees · Projects from $25,000 · Clients include Weizmann Institute, IBM, GEICO, Zocdoc
Demo Duck produces explainer videos and branded content across healthcare, education, technology, insurance, and other industries.
The studio uses animation, live action, and mixed formats, giving it room to handle both complex explanations and larger productions.
Founded in 2012 · 2 to 9 employees · Pricing by inquiry · Clients include Lady Galaxia, Schweppes, MTV, Spotify
Estudio Pum offers graphic design, animation, and video production. Advertising ideas often sit alongside a strong visual design component, and the small team gives the studio a more boutique profile than agencies producing large volumes of content.
The portfolio leans toward visual experimentation, especially in social and advertising work.
Founded in 2012 · 1 to 10 employees · Projects from $10,000 · Clients include Mangomint, Aimpoint Digital, OpenAsset, Calendly
Consume Media is a production agency based in Atlanta that provides video strategy and production. The team handles the process from early concept development through filming, animation, editing, and final delivery.
Its clients include SaaS and technology companies such as Mangomint, OpenAsset, and Calendly. Buyers can keep strategy and production with the same team from the early concept through final delivery.
Founded in 2012 · 10 to 20 employees · Projects from $5,000 · Clients include Oval, Affirm, Bloomberg, Ikebana
Illo Studio, formerly known as Ilenoliukgo, is an Italian motion design and illustration studio.
Illo Studio creates handmade motion design, illustration, infographics, and animated content for clients in different industries.
The studio’s small team and strong illustration focus create a recognizable visual character. It fits brands that want illustration to be part of what people remember from the video.
Founded in 2008 · 10 to 30 employees · Projects from $1,000 · Clients include Mender, Trustifi, Zeux, Digivante
Breadnbeyond is the price outlier in this list. It specializes in animated explainer videos and has worked extensively with startups.
Its pricing begins considerably lower than many agencies on this list, giving younger companies and smaller businesses a more accessible entry point. The company produces different animation styles and keeps its focus on explaining products and services.
Founded in 2013 · 1 to 10 employees · Projects from $5,000 · Clients include VAMA Cosmetics, Aegean Airlines, AMEX India, Nutribakes
Faze offers brand design, illustration, and video.
Faze prioritizes visual identity and client collaboration in its projects. The studio fits especially well when the video sits inside a broader identity or design project.
Founded in 2009 · 10 to 50 employees · Pricing by inquiry · Clients include Nubank, Nike, Cheerios, Tanqueray
Black Madre offers art, animation, illustration, and design.
Its portfolio includes advertising, music, fashion, publishing, and branded projects. The multidisciplinary background leaves room for projects where art direction can take the lead.
Founded in 1991 · 2 to 9 employees · Projects from $5,000 · Clients include Salesforce, QTS Global, Rolling Stone, AM New York
Since 1991, Indigo Productions has created corporate video, commercials, web video, and animation.
Since 1991, Indigo Productions has built experience across several filmed formats for corporate teams.
Founded in 2012 · 1 to 10 employees · Pricing by inquiry · Clients include Thumbtack, Starbucks, Nest, Portland Timbers
Very True Story creates animated content with a strong focus on design and audience.
Its portfolio includes brand films, product communication, social content, and other marketing videos. The studio adapts the visual direction to each client, giving projects a distinct brand treatment.
Founded in 2008 · 1 to 10 employees · Projects from $10,000 · Clients include Next Trucking, RingCentral, PetNet, Onriva
VeracityColab creates marketing, product, corporate, and branded video.
The company has experience with technology and B2B clients, including RingCentral and Next Trucking, and produces content for different points in the customer journey.
VeracityColab adapts its visual approach to each project and can support B2B and technology teams at several points in the customer journey.
Founded in 2018 · 5 to 9 employees · Projects from $7,000 · Clients include Lucky Dog Bark & Brew, A&K Painting Company, Taos Valley & Los Sueños RV Park, Home Builder
Signature Video Group is a production company based in Toronto.
Its services include documentary branded content, internal communications, product films, explainer videos, and broadcast work.
Signature Video Group builds projects around real people, locations, and interviews. That production model works when filmed material carries the story.
Founded in 2014 · 10 to 49 employees · Projects from $25,000 · Clients include Hello Heart, Brandclub, Providence, Public.com
Colormatics combines video production with advertising and marketing strategy.
The agency produces filmed and animated work in healthcare, finance, sports, and other industries. It also creates testimonials and campaign content.
Colormatics has experience in healthcare and finance, where claims and approval processes can add complexity to production. That background is relevant when a project needs more review than a typical brand video.
Founded in 2004 · 10 to 49 employees · Projects from $20,000 · Clients include AdvaMed, Sears Foundation, FHI360
5:00 Films & Media has substantial experience working with nonprofits and mission focused organizations.
5:00 Films & Media’s nonprofit focus shapes both the stories it tells and the production choices around them. Its work is especially relevant to organizations explaining programs, documenting impact, or telling stories involving real communities within a defined budget.
Founded in 2010 · 10 to 49 employees · Projects from $10,000 · Clients include Youngstown, Alarm.com, Eversense
Storyfarm is a full service video production company with designers, animators, editors, and production professionals.
Its portfolio covers branded content, corporate video, advertising, and animation.
Storyfarm’s range suits companies that want several video formats from one production partner.
Founded in 2014 · 2 to 9 employees · Projects from $10,000 · Clients include Geodis, Cherwell, Tanger Outlets, CloudWave
Videorize is a smaller production company with experience in animation and several other video formats.
Its portfolio includes explainer videos, sizzle reels, and 360 degree video tours, giving the team a wider technical range than its size might suggest.
Founded in 2007 · 10 to 49 employees · Projects from $25,000 · Clients include BlazerWorks, SKYE, SharkBite, Reliance Worldwide Corporation
REMEDY is a video production agency that uses a relatively flat studio structure and works closely with clients throughout production.
Its projects include commercial and branded content, with storytelling playing a central role in the creative process.
Projects start around $25,000, placing REMEDY in the larger commercial production range of this list.
Founded in 2009 · 2 to 9 employees · Projects from $10,000 · Clients include GMC, Nissan, JWC Environmental, Stellar
Sparkhouse creates marketing and advertising videos for companies of different sizes, including small businesses and automotive brands.
Storytelling and entertainment are common elements in its work. The portfolio leans toward product stories with more narrative than a straightforward demonstration.
Founded in 2017 · 10 to 49 employees · Projects from $10,000
TopLine Film produces corporate video, commercials, social media content, training videos, and other filmed work.
The company handles scripting, storyboarding, filming, editing, and post production. For corporate teams, the practical advantage is having one group cover the main production stages.
Founded in 2005 · 10 to 49 employees · Pricing by inquiry · Clients include OHC, Balluff, TrieHealth, Shoptech Software
Black Tent Media takes a fairly traditional production company approach from its Ohio base.
Its process covers early conversations, scripting, storyboarding, casting, filming, and post production. The company handles business video across several formats.
Buyers can keep the project with one team from early planning through delivery.
Founded in 2011 · 10 to 49 employees · Projects from $10,000 · Clients include Vysus Group, Baxters, Equinor, Chevron
Signal produces video and animation for companies that need to explain ideas, communicate internally, or reach external audiences.
Its portfolio includes energy and industrial clients, sectors where the subject matter can require more technical understanding than a conventional consumer advertisement.
Founded in 2015 · 10 to 49 employees · Projects from $8,000 · Clients include Xavier Sizzle, ShopRite, Bachman’s Roofing, Grats Pilates
Viral Ideas works with businesses that need guidance through the production process as well as the finished video.
The agency begins by defining the client’s idea and then moves through creative direction and production. First time buyers who are still shaping the brief get more guidance before production begins.
A portfolio shows the finished work. To judge the working relationship, you also need evidence about communication, review rounds, timelines, and how the team handles feedback.
Relevant experience is broader than an industry logo on a client page. Look at the audience, approval process, budget, and type of message the team has handled before. A healthcare company may need a team that is comfortable with technical subject matter and review processes. A SaaS company may care more about product logic and whether the agency can make a workflow understandable without turning the video into a screen recording.
A few questions usually reveal more than a reel.
Visual quality still matters. Context tells you whether that quality is relevant to your job.
A weak decision gets more expensive once design, animation, filming, or editing begins.
Ask how the agency handles the message before production starts. Will they help write the script? Will they push back when the brief contains too much information? Do they ask what the audience already knows?
Those conversations are part of the production work, even though no frames have been created yet.
Even a 60 second video passes through several stages, and every stage creates another place for feedback to go wrong.
For animation, the production process may move from concept and script into storyboard, illustration, animation, voiceover, music, and sound design. Live action brings a different set of logistics, including locations, talent, equipment, and filming.
Before signing, find out who manages the project, how feedback is collected, and how many review rounds are included. That becomes especially important when several people inside your company need to approve the work.
Templates can work when speed and budget lead the decision. Custom production earns its cost when the message needs a visual language built specifically for the company or product.
The expected lifespan matters too. An internal update used once can justify a very different production budget from a homepage explainer that may represent the company for several years.
Look for specifics.
Generic praise tells you almost nothing about the working relationship. Reviews that describe a difficult script, an approval delay, or a tight deadline show how the team handled an actual production problem. Verified reviews on platforms such as Clutch can provide that context.
Repeated work with the same client adds another clue. It shows that the relationship continued after the first delivery.
Price comparisons only work when the scopes are comparable.
A $5,000 proposal may begin after your company supplies a finished script and visual direction. A $15,000 proposal may include strategy, scriptwriting, storyboarding, custom illustration, professional voiceover, animation, music, sound design, and project management.
Ask every agency what is actually included. Revision limits, timeline, source files, cutdowns, usage rights, and additional formats can all change the final cost.
The number at the bottom of the proposal only becomes meaningful once the scope above it is clear.
Yum Yum Videos focuses on custom projects. Ongoing high volume content retainers are a smaller part of our work.
Most of our projects begin with a communication problem. The product takes too long to explain, the investor story needs a clearer structure, or the sales team needs something prospects can understand without a live walkthrough.
We have produced more than 1,000 custom videos over the past 14+ years.
Our client work spans startups, growing companies, healthcare companies, SaaS businesses, financial companies, educational organizations, and enterprise teams. Projects for Accelerant, Chargebee, McGraw Hill, MedVector, and other clients have also given us experience producing video during important stages of company growth.
Writers, designers, producers, and other specialists come into the project when their discipline is needed.
That gives the script, design, and animation their own review at the stage where each decision matters.
Projects move through defined stages. We usually begin with the script and visual direction, then move into storyboard, illustration, animation, voiceover, music, and sound.
Review rounds are built into those stages so feedback can be handled before the project gets too far ahead.
Our animated videos are built around the client’s message, visual identity, and audience.
We develop the script, storyboard, illustrations, characters, visual metaphors, and animation for the project itself.
Custom production starts at approximately $8,000. Video length and visual complexity have the biggest effect on the final price, followed by animation style, number of deliverables, and other production requirements.
These labels get blurry quickly, so it is better to read them as clues about where a company puts most of its attention.
A video marketing agency usually gets involved before production as well as during it. Messaging, audience, format, and the role of the video in a broader sales or marketing process may all sit inside the scope.
A video advertising agency tends to organize the work around paid campaigns. YouTube ads, social creative, commercials, and multiple versions for testing are common parts of that model.
A video production company often leans harder toward execution. Filming, animation, editing, sound, lighting, equipment, talent, and post production may be the center of the engagement, with strategy supplied either by the same team or by the client.
Plenty of companies cross those lines. The services, deliverables, and process in the proposal tell you more than the category in the website header.
A video marketing agency helps a company plan and produce video around a business or marketing goal.
Depending on the agency, that can cover the message and script as well as production, animation, editing, and decisions about which format makes sense for the audience.
The scope varies.
Some agencies can take a project from the first strategic conversation through final delivery. Others are strongest in one part of the job, such as creative development, animation, filming, YouTube strategy, or post production.
Typical projects include explainers, product videos, advertising, onboarding content, testimonials, social video, and corporate communication.
The biggest difference is usually where the work is headed.
A video marketing agency may create assets for product education, sales, onboarding, a website, or a launch. A video advertising agency puts more of its attention on paid distribution and campaign performance, including YouTube ads, social ads, and commercials.
There is plenty of overlap, which is why the actual scope matters more than the label.
Hire an agency when your internal team lacks the skills, time, or production capacity for the project.
That often happens around product launches, fundraising, rebrands, customer onboarding, sales enablement, advertising campaigns, or products that are simply difficult to explain quickly.
Professional video marketing projects can range from several thousand dollars to well above $25,000, depending on what is being produced.
For custom animated explainers, our 2026 pricing research found quotes from $2,800 to $27,000 for a 60 second video, with a median of $9,680.
Live action requirements, animation style, runtime, scripting, number of deliverables, locations, talent, and revision rounds can move the number in either direction.
The range is broad. Common formats include explainer and product videos, commercials, video ads, testimonials, corporate videos, training and onboarding content, social media video, educational content, and brand films.
Choose the format after the objective and audience are clear.
The metric should match the job the video was created to do.
A homepage explainer may be evaluated through conversion behavior. Sales teams can judge a video by how often they use it and whether prospects understand the product more quickly. Onboarding content can connect to adoption or support metrics, while paid campaigns have their own performance data.
Views matter when reach is the goal. A demo request, completed onboarding flow, purchase, or sales conversation may be a much better signal for other projects.
Those three answers separate very different production needs. A company publishing weekly YouTube content needs a different kind of partner from a SaaS company producing one homepage explainer. A global campaign with actors and locations needs a different production structure again.
Once the job is clear, compare agencies against it. Look at the closest work in their portfolio, how they run the process, what the proposal includes, and whether the budget fits the expected lifespan of the asset.

Victor Blasco has over 25 years of experience in animation and film production. For the past 14+ years, he has worked with companies to create explainer and marketing videos that simplify complex ideas and drive business results.
His work has supported global brands like Amazon and McKesson, as well as startups that raised over $2B and reached unicorn or IPO stages.
Victor shares insights based on real client work. His contributions have been published on platforms like Social Media Examiner, and he has been featured or quoted in outlets such as Forbes.
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