AI video generator pricing: cheapest plans and cost per second
What does AI video generation cost? Entry plans start low, but each plan buys a different amount of video, so we also convert plans into cost per second wherever the vendor publishes the numbers to do it. This page covers the 13 AI video generators we track.
Prices come from each vendor's pricing page and were re-checked on Oct 20, 2026, 10 PM ET. We show our math, and we don't rank video quality.
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Cheapest AI video generator plans
Cheapest with monthly billing: Kling AI Standard at $8.80/mo with monthly billing. Cheapest counting yearly billing: Krea Basic at $5.25/mo billed yearly (you pay for the year upfront).
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Sorted by cheapest paid plan (per month, as listed), tools without a confirmed subscription price last. "Unverified" means we could not confirm the figure on the vendor's page at our latest check.
Cost per second of video, with our math
Credits buy different amounts of video on each service, so a plan's price alone doesn't tell you the cost of a clip. Where a vendor states how many seconds a plan buys, or how many credits a clip costs, we divide it out. These figures are for the model and resolution named; other models cost more or less.
- Hailuo AI Standard: $14.99/mo ÷ 143 s of MiniMax H3 (768P) (seconds per the vendor's pricing page) = $0.105 per second.
- Higgsfield Starter: 270 credits ÷ about 14 credits per clip (Kling 3.0, 8 s at 720p) = 19 clips × 8 s = 152 s; $19/mo ÷ 152 s = $0.125 per second.
- invideo AI Starter: 400 credits ÷ about 30 credits per clip (Seedance 2.0 Fast, 5 s at 720p) = 13 clips × 5 s = 65 s; $20/mo ÷ 65 s = $0.308 per second.
- Luma AI Plus: 10,000 credits ÷ 100 credits per 5 s (Ray3.2 at 720p) = 500 s; $30/mo ÷ 500 s = $0.060 per second.
- Pika Starter: 900 credits ÷ about 122 credits per clip (Seedance 2.5, 5 s at 720p) = 7 clips × 5 s = 35 s; $10/mo ÷ 35 s = $0.286 per second.
- Runway Standard: $15/mo ÷ 52 s of Gen-4.5 (seconds per the vendor's pricing page) = $0.288 per second.
- Runway Pro: $35/mo ÷ 187 s of Gen-4.5 (seconds per the vendor's pricing page) = $0.187 per second.
- Runway Max: $95/mo ÷ 791 s of Gen-4.5 (seconds per the vendor's pricing page) = $0.120 per second.
Sources: hailuoai.video, checked Oct 20, 2026, 10 PM ET (page /subscribe); higgsfield.ai, checked Oct 20, 2026, 10 PM ET (page /pricing); invideo.io, checked Oct 20, 2026, 10 PM ET (page /pricing); lumalabs.ai, checked Oct 20, 2026, 10 PM ET (page /pricing); pika.art, checked Oct 20, 2026, 10 PM ET (page /pricing); runway.com, checked Oct 20, 2026, 10 PM ET (page /pricing)
Pay-per-second API prices
If you generate from code, these vendors publish a price per second of output. The lowest listed is MiniMax API MiniMax-H3, 768P at 8¢ per second.
- Hailuo AI: MiniMax API, MiniMax-H3, 768P, 8¢ per second.
- Runway: Runway API, Gen-4.5, 12¢ per second.
Sources: platform.minimax.io, checked Oct 20, 2026, 10 PM ET (page /docs/pricing/overview); docs.dev.runwayml.com, checked Oct 20, 2026, 10 PM ET (page /guides/pricing)
Cheapest by use case
- Lowest monthly subscription: Kling AI Standard at $8.80/mo with monthly billing.
- Lowest cost per second from a subscription (of the plans we could compute): Luma AI Plus at about $0.060 per second (Ray3.2 at 720p).
- Lowest per-second API price: Hailuo AI, MiniMax API MiniMax-H3, 768P, 8¢ per second.
- No license fee: Wan 2.2 is open weights (Apache 2.0); you pay for your own GPUs.
- Free to start: see free AI video generators.
Credit prices that vendors publish
Some vendors price the credit itself rather than the clip. The page prices credits per plan: 100 credits = $1.06 on Standard, $0.87 on Pro, $0.75 on Premier and $0.71 on Ultra+. Kling doesn't list seconds per credit on that page, so we can't convert it to cost per second.
Sources: kling.ai, checked Oct 20, 2026, 10 PM ET (page /app/membership/membership-plan)
Price changes
Price changes in the last 90 days: invideo AI Max: $150 → $250 (2026-11-04); invideo AI Max: $75 → $250 (2026-11-04).
Heads-up: Google's Gemini API deprecations page lists October 22, 2026 as the shutdown date for the Veo 3.1 Preview models (veo-3.1-generate-preview, veo-3.1-fast-generate-preview and veo-3.1-lite-generate-preview) and names Gemini Omni Flash (gemini-omni-1.1-flash) as the recommended replacement. The page defines a shut-down model as one whose endpoint is no longer available.
Every confirmed change is logged on pricing changes.
Sources: ai.google.dev, checked Oct 22, 2026, 8 PM ET (page /gemini-api/docs/deprecations)
FAQ
What is the cheapest AI video generator?
By cheapest paid plan with monthly billing, Kling AI Standard at $8.80/mo with monthly billing. Counting yearly billing, Krea Basic at $5.25/mo billed yearly. Wan 2.2 has no license fee but needs your own hardware.
How much does AI video cost per second?
It depends on the model and resolution. By TierRadar's math from the vendors' own prices and credit or second allowances: Hailuo AI Standard about $0.105/s, Higgsfield Starter about $0.125/s, invideo AI Starter about $0.308/s, and Luma AI Plus about $0.060/s; API prices run from 8¢/s (MiniMax API MiniMax-H3, 768P) to 12¢/s (Runway API Gen-4.5).
How much does AI video cost per minute?
Multiply the per-second figure by 60. For example, Luma AI Plus at about $0.060/s is about $3.60 per minute of Ray3.2 at 720p.
Is there an AI video generator with unlimited credits?
Some plans advertise unlimited use of specific models, usually with conditions. We list the credit amounts each plan states; check the vendor's terms for what "unlimited" covers.
Why don't you rank the best AI video generator?
We only rank by numbers we can check, like the cheapest paid plan or cost per second. Quality is subjective and changes with every model release.
Sources
Every price and plan fact above comes from these vendor pages, captured and checked at the times shown (ET). Read how we verify prices.
- fliki.ai/pricing, checked Oct 20, 2026, 10 PM ET
- hailuoai.video/subscribe, checked Oct 20, 2026, 10 PM ET
- higgsfield.ai/pricing, checked Oct 20, 2026, 10 PM ET
- invideo.io/pricing/, checked Oct 20, 2026, 10 PM ET
- kling.ai/app/membership/membership-plan, checked Oct 20, 2026, 10 PM ET
- krea.ai/pricing, checked Oct 20, 2026, 10 PM ET
- ltx.io/studio/pricing, checked Oct 20, 2026, 10 PM ET
- lumalabs.ai/pricing, checked Oct 20, 2026, 10 PM ET
- pictory.ai/pricing/?el=5000&htrafficsource=pictoryblog, checked Oct 20, 2026, 10 PM ET
- pika.art/pricing, checked Oct 20, 2026, 10 PM ET
- runway.com/pricing, checked Oct 20, 2026, 10 PM ET
- platform.minimax.io/docs/pricing/overview, checked Oct 20, 2026, 10 PM ET
- docs.dev.runwayml.com/guides/pricing/, checked Oct 20, 2026, 10 PM ET