Overview
Golpo AI (Y Combinator S25) turns a document, PDF, or prompt into a whiteboard-style explainer video. It accepts PDFs, text prompts, audio, and your own images or clips, edits frame by frame and by component, and exports landscape or vertical 9:16 video. Its pricing page says "Over 45 languages" (its Y Combinator profile says 50+). It targets educators and teams making training and product explainers.
Jellypod starts the same way: describe a topic or upload a PDF or slide deck, pick an art-directed style, and it writes the narration, generates illustrated scenes timed to it, and renders a 1080p MP4. Whiteboard is one of its styles, and the same source can become a podcast episode hosted with an RSS feed. If you searched for Gulpo, Golpo AI is the product this page covers.
Jellypod vs Golpo verdict
The choice depends on whether whiteboard video is the whole job.
If it is, choose Golpo. It is built around whiteboard and gives finer control than Jellypod: frame-by-frame and component-level editing and millisecond timing alignment, per Golpo.
If you want range, choose Jellypod. Whiteboard is one style among many, videos run longer on higher plans, and the same script can become a hosted podcast. For narrated, illustrated video from your own documents, see the AI video generator, or try the whiteboard animation maker.
Pricing
Per Golpo's pricing page, Free is $0 with one 1-minute video, a watermark, and no downloads. Starter is $39.99/mo for 20 credits, Creator $99.99/mo for 60, Growth $199.99/mo for 150, Business $499.99/mo for 390, and Scale $999.99/mo for 800, with Enterprise custom. One credit is one minute of video. Max video length rises from 2 minutes on Starter and Creator to 4 on Growth and 10 on Business and Scale, with 15 minutes in beta on Enterprise. Color video starts at Growth, and vertical 9:16 at Creator. Pay-as-you-go credits run $3.99 to $7.99 each. Confirm current prices on Golpo's site, as plans change.
Jellypod starts with a 7-day free trial, and paid plans start at $25/mo for the Starter plan billed annually, as of September 2026. Video runs to 15 minutes on Starter and Educator, 20 on Creator, and 25 on Business, at 1080p. Every paid plan includes podcast hosting, an RSS feed, a podcast website, and distribution to Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube.
Who should choose each
Choose Golpo for whiteboard explainers where you want to fix individual frames and components, language variants of one video, or a single focused tool for short whiteboard clips.
Choose Jellypod for other visual styles alongside whiteboard, videos longer than 10 minutes, or a podcast from the same script: an educator turning lessons into video and audio, a creator running a faceless channel, or a team that publishes rather than only trains. To weigh other tools, see every Jellypod comparison, including Jellypod vs Knowlify.