Checked against Morphic's official pages and docs on 1 October 2026. Prices and features change; follow the source links for the latest.
The short answer
- Choose Poiema if you are making a story with recurring characters: a short film, a series, an animated episode or an ad. Poiema starts from your script and keeps the cast, world and look consistent from the first shot to the last.
- Choose Morphic if you want a flexible canvas with the widest model menu, a full timeline editor with 4K export, 3D scene blocking and real-time collaboration, and you are happy to design the process yourself.
At a glance
| Poiema | Morphic | |
|---|---|---|
| Built around | Your film project: script, cast, world and shots | An infinite canvas, a Copilot and a Compose timeline (source) |
| Starts from | A script, a story or a one-line idea | A prompt, references or a prebuilt workflow |
| Script to shots | Pip plans the cast, locations, episodes and shot list | Copilot breaks a script into storyboard frames on request (source) |
| Character consistency | Lorebook references and named looks used in every shot | Saved references called with @Name; 100 on paid plans (source) |
| Visual styles | 200+ film styles that set camera, acting and pacing | Style comes from prompts, references and workflows |
| Video models | Veo 3.1, Kling 3, Seedance 2, Runway Gen-4.5 and more | Veo 3.1, Kling 3.0, Seedance 2.0 and 2.5, Wan 3.0, Hailuo, Vidu, LTX and more; no Runway (source) |
| Editing | Creative Studio edit, extend and motion control; CapCut export | Compose timeline with colour, audio and captions; 3D scene blocking (source) |
| Export | MP4, CapCut draft | MP4 up to 4K, H.264 or H.265, subtitles (source) |
| Free option | $1 trial with 100 credits | Free plan, 20 one-time credits, watermarked exports (source) |
| Paid plans from | $29/month (1,500 credits) | $19/month for 2,400 credits (source) |
Workflow: a film plan vs a flexible canvas
Morphic gives you building blocks. The canvas holds your generations, Copilot runs models for you, Compose is a timeline editor, and prebuilt workflows such as "Short film creator" chain steps together (source). How a film is structured is up to you and the workflow you choose.
Poiema starts from the story. Paste a script and Pip, the Copilot, builds the cast, locations and props, splits the story into episodes and shots, and plans each shot's camera, lighting and action. Every shot lives in one project with everything the film already knows. Read more on script to video.
Character consistency
Morphic lets you save a character, style or product as a reference and call it with @Name in a prompt; paid plans hold up to 100 references (source). In Poiema, every character has reference images and named looks in the project's lorebook, and Poiema passes them into each shot the character appears in, so you don't tag them by hand. See consistent AI characters.
Models
Morphic's credit table lists one of the widest model menus available, including Veo 3.1, Kling 3.0, Seedance 2.0 and 2.5, Wan 3.0, MiniMax and Hailuo, Vidu, LTX and Gemini Omni Flash (source). Poiema includes leading models such as Veo 3.1, Kling 3, Seedance 2 and Runway Gen-4.5, and you choose the model for each shot while your cast and world travel with you.
Pricing
Morphic (monthly billing, from its pricing page on 1 October 2026):
| Plan | Price | Credits | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 20, one time | 1 |
| Basic | $19/month | 2,400/month | 1 |
| Standard | $29/month | 3,625/month | 1 |
| Pro | $49/month | 6,350/month, shared | Up to 5 |
| Max | $185/month | 24,650/month, shared | Up to 10 |
Morphic also sells an Education plan and credit packs for paid plans, and charges Copilot replies in credits (source, credits).
Poiema starts with a $1 trial including 100 credits, then plans from $29 a month for 1,500 credits. The Studio plan ($199 a month) shares 14,000 credits between 5 creators. Every Generate button shows its credit price before anything runs. See pricing.
Where Morphic is stronger
- The widest model menu, often with early access to new models
- A full timeline editor with colour, captions and 4K H.265 export
- 3D scene blocking with lenses, rigs and continuity checks
- Real-time collaboration on the same canvas
- A free plan and an MCP server for AI assistants
Where Poiema is stronger
- A story-first workflow from script to cast, episodes and shot list
- Consistency built in: characters, locations and props follow every shot automatically
- 200+ film styles that direct camera, acting and pacing
- Runway Gen-4.5 alongside Veo 3.1, Kling 3 and Seedance 2
- Series as projects: episodes share one cast and world
Bottom line
If your work starts with a script and needs the same characters across a whole film or series, Poiema is built for that. If you want the widest model menu, a full editor and a canvas to design your own process, Morphic is a strong choice.