Bannerbear
API for auto-generating images, videos, and PDFs from templates.
About
Bannerbear is an API-driven platform for automated image and video generation. The workflow is design a template once, then generate hundreds of on-brand variations programmatically: social media visuals, ecommerce banners, Open Graph images, podcast videos, certificates, and more, rendered on AWS serverless infrastructure in about a second or two per image.
Developers get a REST API with official libraries in Ruby, Node, and PHP, while non-technical teams can drive generation through Zapier, Airtable, Make, or WordPress. Output covers images, videos, animated GIFs, PDFs, and multi-image collections, with AI touches like smart cropping and face detection. Plans are aggregator-reported from around $49 per month with a 30-credit free trial.
What it can do
- Template-based image and video generation API
- Multi-format output: images, videos, GIFs, PDFs
- Official Ruby, Node, and PHP libraries
- No-code triggers via Zapier, Airtable, and Make
Setup
Create an account, design a template in the editor, and call the REST API or connect Zapier and Airtable.
Prerequisites
Bannerbear account and a template to automate.
Use cases
Works with
Trust score — 7/10
Scored 7/10 (metrics tier, metrics-v1). Evidence: Verified via vendor site/docs/GitHub and reputable coverage, wave 96; Trending score 70/100 from researcher assessment.
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