Vidu vs OnTheFly

Vidu turns text prompts, still images, and reference photos into finished video clips up to 1080p. Independent creators and production teams use it to skip a traditional post pipeline and go from idea to export in the browser. The core modes are text-to-video, image-to-video, and reference-to-video.

Reference-to-video is where Vidu stands out. Upload up to seven images to keep characters, objects, and scenes consistent across a clip, or save assets in My References for reuse on later projects. The Vidu Q3 model adds native audio in the same generation pass, so dialogue, voiceover, sound effects, and music land with the picture instead of in a separate editing step.

Creators working in anime, advertising, social content, and short-form film use Vidu for everything from template-based viral clips to 16-second narrative shots with frame-level camera control. Studios and marketers also use image-to-video to animate product shots or swap ad backgrounds while keeping subjects on-model.

New accounts receive starter credits, with more available through daily logins, subscriptions, and platform events.

OnTheFly lets you multistream live video to 50-plus social platforms from one browser-based studio, record sessions automatically, and host webinars with guest invites, screen sharing, and Q&A chat. Full HD 1080p streams run over a global CDN with low-latency RTMP ingestion, real-time analytics, and optional custom RTMP destinations for your own player or website embed.

Compared with single-destination tools like native YouTube or Twitch streaming, OnTheFly is built around simultaneous distribution and post-stream repurposing. You can brand overlays, schedule streams in advance, download recordings for clips, and run pre-recorded live sessions without OBS. Plans scale from a free sampler tier through corporate plans supporting 10,000 webinar viewers.

Gamers, educators, marketers, and corporate teams use OnTheFly for product demos, podcasts, town halls, and fitness classes. The product is developed by CONTUS TECH and offers a 7-day trial on paid tiers with multistreaming included at no extra fee.