Launch a Faceless YouTube Channel

The workflow, step by step

1. 1

   Research trending video topics

   Perplexity

   Use Perplexity to find what's currently popular in your niche by searching real-time web results and social trends. It combines LLM reasoning with recent data, so you get actionable topic ideas and key talking points—unlike standard search engines that lack synthesis.

   Hand-off → A shortlist of 3–5 trending topics with bullet‑point angles and sources.

2. 2

   Draft the script and structure

   ChatGPT

   Paste your research into ChatGPT and ask it to write a complete video script with hook, body, and call‑to‑action. ChatGPT excels at structuring engaging narratives and can adjust tone or length, making it faster than writing from scratch or using niche script tools.

   Hand-off → A formatted script with timestamps for each section.

3. 3

   Generate avatar voiceover footage

   HeyGen

   Upload your script to HeyGen and generate a talking‑head video using a lifelike avatar. HeyGen offers high‑quality lip‑sync and multiple voice options, making it the best choice for a professional presenter without recording yourself—superior to basic text‑to‑speech tools.

   Hand-off → A video file of the avatar reading the script (with background removal if needed).

4. 4

   Create supporting B-roll footage

   InVideo AI

   Import the avatar video and script into InVideo AI; use its intelligent agent to automatically generate relevant B-roll clips, stock footage, and animations. It saves hours of manual searching and editing, and its AI adjusts the timeline to match the voiceover.

   Hand-off → A rough cut of the main video with avatar and B-roll synced.

5. 5

   Auto-edit and add captions

   Captions

   Upload the rough cut to Captions, which automatically removes silences, adds dynamic captions, and polishes timing. Its AI applies professional editing rules (pacing, punch‑ins) without manual keyframes, giving you a clean final edit faster than any traditional editor.

   Hand-off → A polished video file with burned‑in captions and smooth edits.

6. 6

   Design the thumbnail and end screen

   Canva AI

   Use Canva Magic Studio to generate a clickable thumbnail from the video’s keyframe or a custom prompt. Canva’s AI design tools let you iterate on text, backgrounds, and stickers quickly, ensuring a cohesive look that matches your brand—no graphic design skills needed.

All tools in this stack

Perplexity

freemium

Source-cited AI answer engine for live web research, file analysis, premium data...

Rating

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4.6

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搜索研究与知识管理

Pricing

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Perplexity has a free Standard tier for basic cited search. The main paid individual plans are Pro at $20/month and Max at $200/month. Education Pro is $10/month for verified students and educators. Enterprise pricing is per seat: Enterprise Pro is $40/seat/month or $400/seat/year, while Enterprise Max is $325/seat/month or $3,250/seat/year. Perplexity API usage is separate from web subscriptions and is billed by API request, token usage, tool invocation, sandbox session, and embeddings tokens.

ChatGPT

freemium

General-purpose AI assistant for writing, research, coding, images, voice, agent...

Rating

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4.6

Category

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通用助手与模型平台

Pricing

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ChatGPT uses a freemium plan ladder. Individual plans include Free, Go, Plus, and Pro. Official pricing pages list Free at $0, Go at $8/month, Plus at $20/month, and Pro from $100/month. OpenAI Help says Pro has two usage tiers: the $100 Pro tier has lower allowances than the $200 Pro tier. Business is a self-serve team workspace with standard ChatGPT seats at $25/user/month when billed monthly or $20/user/month when billed annually, with a 2-seat minimum. Enterprise and Edu are managed organization plans with sales-led pricing and optional flexible credit pricing for products such as Codex, ChatGPT for Excel/Sheets, ChatGPT for PowerPoint, and Workspace Agents. ChatGPT for Teachers is free through June 2027 for verified U.S. K-12 educators.

HeyGen

freemium

AI video platform for creating avatar videos, localized dubbing, digital twins, ...

Rating

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4.4

Category

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视频生成与剪辑

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HeyGen's official pricing page lists Free, Creator, Pro, Business, and Enterprise web plans. Free is $0/month and includes 3 videos per month, videos up to 1 minute, Avatar IV and Video Agent access, 500+ stock Digital Twins, 1 Custom Digital Twin, and 30+ languages. Creator is $29/month, or $24/month if paid annually according to the official pricing FAQ, and includes 600 credits, videos up to 30 minutes, 1080p export, fast processing, unlimited Photo Avatars, watermark removal, Voice Cloning, advanced AI image and video models, 175+ languages and dialects, and credit rollover. Pro is $49/month and includes 1,000 credits, 4K export, faster processing, customizable monthly usage, and edit/proofread controls for translation scripts. Business is $149/month plus $20/seat/month and includes 1,500 credits, 60-minute videos, 4K export, fastest video processing, 2x concurrency, 5 Custom Digital Twins, SAML/SSO, centralized billing, top-up or auto-reload credits, workspace collaboration, interactive video, SCORM export, LMS integrations, and integrations with n8n, Make, HubSpot, and Zapier. Enterprise is Contact Sales and adds flexible video generation, no video duration max, highest concurrency, multi-workspace control, proofreader seats, centralized role and access management, SCIM, MFA, commercial terms, priority support, a dedicated customer success manager, onboarding, Enterprise Community access, and invoice billing. API pricing is separate: Pay-As-You-Go starts with a $5 top-up, while API Enterprise is Contact Sales.

InVideo AI

freemium

AI video agent that turns prompts, scripts, models, avatars, voices, stock media...

Rating

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4.0

Category

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视频生成与剪辑

Pricing

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InVideo AI's official pricing surface lists Individual and Team & Enterprise plan families. The official Help Center confirms Free, Plus, Max, Generative, Team Standard, Team Premium, and Enterprise. Free is $0 with limited credits. Plus is $20/month or $200/year, about $17/month, with 75 credits/month. Max is $100/month or $1,000/year, about $85/month, with 390 credits/month. Generative is $200/month or $2,000/year, about $170/month, with 800 credits/month. The official pricing API also exposes Elite at $1,000/month or $10,800/year, with 4,250 credits/month. Team Standard is $50/seat/month or $40/seat/month when billed annually, with 160 credits/seat/month and a 2-seat minimum. Team Premium is $500/seat/month or $400/seat/month annually, with 1,600 credits/seat/month. Enterprise is custom pricing for organizations that need advanced security, compliance controls, model access control, RBAC, analytics, audit logs, onboarding, dedicated success management, Slack connect, and invoice/PO billing. Credits reset every billing cycle and unused plan credits do not roll over. Video model costs vary by model, duration, resolution, video input, and audio.

Captions

freemium

AI video editor and generator for short-form creators, with captions, avatars, d...

Rating

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4.1

Category

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视频生成与剪辑

Pricing

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Captions uses a subscription and credit model. The official pricing page highlights Max at $24.99/month, Scale at $69.99/month, Scale 2x at $139.99/month, Scale 4x at $279.99/month, and Enterprise with custom pricing, with a note that displayed prices reflect iOS plans. The official Subscriptions & Plans help page adds the Free plan, Android-only Lite at $4.99/month, Pro/Starter at $9.99/month with 200 monthly credits, Max at $24.99/month with 500 monthly credits, Scale at $69.99/month with 1,400 credits, Scale 2x with 2,800 credits, and Scale 4x with 5,600 credits. Credits refresh monthly on paid plans, while Free credits are lifetime credits and do not refresh. Unused paid credits can roll over up to two extra months, so the balance can hold up to 3x the monthly allowance. Separate Mirage API pricing is usage-based: styled video captions cost $0.15 per input minute, and Mirage Video 1 costs $0.175 per generated second in 6-second increments.

Canva AI

freemium

AI-assisted Canva workspace for generating editable designs, images, videos, cop...

Rating

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4.5

Category

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图像生成与设计

Pricing

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Canva AI is included inside Canva's plan stack. Canva Free includes a limited shared monthly AI allowance. Canva Pro, Business, Enterprise, Education and Nonprofit expand access to Premium and Ultra AI tools according to plan limits. AI Pass is an optional add-on for Canva Pro or Canva Business that increases AI allowance, but Canva's public AI Pass page did not expose a standalone dollar price during this collection run.

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