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AI Short-Drama & Video Tool Pricing Compared (2026)

SinCoSphere EditorialUpdated 2026-10-14
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Free tiers, starting prices, billing models and commercial licensing of 36 tools in one table, plus how to estimate the cost of a 10-episode vertical drama.

Price per second

Published per-second prices (platform prices + API list prices)

17 prices verifiable on official pages; undisclosed ones are named in the caption, never drawn as 0
36 tools · 11 video modelsHow we score ↗
  1. Viduplatform price$0.04–$0.07
  2. Runwayplatform price$0.12
  3. Runway Gen-4.5 / AlephAPI list price$0.12
  4. ViduAPI list price$0.04–$0.12
  5. Hailuo (MiniMax)platform price$0.08–$0.13
  6. MiniMax Hailuo H3API list price$0.08–$0.13
  7. Kling AIplatform price$0.08–$0.17
  8. Wanplatform price$0.10–$0.20
  9. Wan 3.0 / 3.0 PrimeAPI list price$0.05–$0.20
  10. PixVerse V6API list price$0.09–$0.23
  11. LTX Studioplatform price$0.09–$0.39
  12. LTX-2.5API list price$0.09–$0.39
  13. Kling 3.0 / OmniAPI list price$0.08–$0.42
  14. SceneMixerplatform price$0.06–$0.47
  15. Veo / Flow (Google)platform price$0.05–$0.60
  16. Veo 3.1API list price$0.05–$0.60
  17. SoraAPI list price$0.10–$0.70
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Solid range = published low-to-high tier price per second ($); shorter is cheaper. No convertible per-second price published: Dreamina, PixVerse, CapCut, Pika, Luma Dream Machine, Sora (OpenAI), invideo AI, Morph Studio, SkyReels, PopShort AI, Scenes AI, Showrunner Studio, Pixmax, OnSolo, Frameo.AI, Katalist, M Studio, Storyboarder.ai, ScreenWeaver, Melies, Elser AI, AutoWeeb, Argil, Higgsfield, Topview, MagicLight, OpenArt, Mootion.

Table

ToolFree tierStarting priceBillingCommercial useChecked
SceneMixer50 credits on sign-up; first project includes 15 concept sheets + first storyboard free; video is billed per secondCredit packs from $1.49 (100 credits); memberships from $7.99/mo (Pro, 700 credits), 5 paid tiers, cheaper quarterly / yearlyCredits: parsing per 1k chars, storyboard per episode, video per second × tier multiplier, compositing per secondCommercial use allowed; free-account output carries an AI-generated badge, paid-plan output has none by default2026-09-21
DreaminaFree trial (quota per site)Not disclosed on official pagesMembership/creditsNot disclosed on official pages2026-09-02
Kling AIFree Basic plan; its plan table lists no monthly credits, no 1080p/4K and no commercial useStandard $10, Pro $37, Premier $92, Ultra $180 per month at list (660 / 3,000 / 8,000 / 26,000 credits); first-month and billing-cycle discounts were shown on 2026-09-12Membership + credits; API billed per secondPaid plans are listed as 'Generated content is for commercial use'; the free Basic plan is not2026-09-12
Hailuo (MiniMax)Free credits (per site)Memberships advertised from $9.99/month on hailuoai.video; the plan table is not shown to signed-out visitorsMembership + credits; API per secondNot disclosed on official pages2026-09-12
WanNew-user free quota (per site)International API (Singapore) $0.05/s (480p), $0.10/s (720p), $0.20/s (1080p); $0.041 / $0.083 / $0.165 in Tokyo, Frankfurt, Virginia and Hong Kong; consumer plans per siteAPI per second; consumer membership/creditsNot disclosed on official pages2026-09-12
ViduFree credits (per site)Consumer plan prices are not shown on the public pricing page (the plan table does not render for signed-out visitors); API credits $0.005 each: Q3 reference-to-video $0.035 / $0.06 / $0.075 per second (540p / 720p / 1080p)Subscription + credits; API creditsNot disclosed on official pages2026-09-12
PixVerseFree credits (per site)API: V6 9–23 credits per second (720p–1080p, audio adds 3–5); credits $0.01 each in packs from $10, about $0.0067 on the $100/month Essential API plan; consumer plans page not reachableMembership + credits; API credits per secondNot disclosed on official pages2026-09-12
CapCutFree, no card requiredPro subscription (price per site)Free + Pro subscriptionFree exports allowed; Pro unlocks more licensed assets2026-09-02
LTX Studio800 one-time credits, personal-use licenseLite $15/mo ($12 billed yearly) 8,000 credits; Standard $35 ($28) 28,000; Pro $125 ($100) 110,000Subscription + credits; LTX-2.5 API $0.09–0.39 per secondCommercial-use license from Standard; Free and Lite are personal use2026-09-12
Runway125 one-time creditsStandard $15/mo ($12 annual) 625 credits; Pro $35 ($28) 2,250; Max $95 ($76) 9,500Subscription + credits (Standard and Pro reset each month; Max rolls over up to one month; purchased credits never expire)Paid tiers commercial, watermark-free2026-09-12
PikaBasic: 80 credits/month, 480p, no commercial useStandard $8/mo billed yearly ($10 monthly) 700 credits; Pro $28 ($35) 2,300; Fancy $76 ($95) 6,000Subscription + creditsCommercial use and watermark-free downloads on Pro and Fancy only2026-09-12
Luma Dream MachineNo free tier listedPlus $30/mo ($25 annual) 10,000 credits; Pro $90 (40,000); Ultra $300 (150,000)Subscription + creditsAll tiers commercial2026-09-12
Sora (OpenAI)None: the Sora app closed on 2026-04-26 and the API price list shows no free tierAPI until 2026-09-24: sora-2 $0.10/s (720p); sora-2-pro $0.30 / $0.50 / $0.70 per s (720p / 1024p / 1080p)Per-second API billing until the 2026-09-24 shutdownNot disclosed on official pages2026-09-12
Veo / Flow (Google)50 Flow credits per day for every account (no rollover); non-subscribers may be unable to generate video at peak hoursGoogle AI Plus +200, Pro +1,000, Ultra +10,000 ($100 plan) or +25,000 ($200 plan) Flow credits a month; plan prices vary by region; Gemini API from $0.05/s (Veo 3.1 Lite)Daily and subscription Flow credits; API per secondNot disclosed on official pages2026-09-12
invideo AINo free plan on the pricing pageStarter $20/seat/mo (400 credits); Plus $50 billed yearly, $60 monthly (2,000); Max $100 / $150 (5,000). A different plan block on the AI microdrama landing page lists Basic $9/seat/mo (190 credits), Pro $25 / $30 (1,000) and Ultra $60 / $80 (3,000)Per-seat subscription + credits (no rollover)Paid tiers commercial2026-09-12
Morph Studio75 credits/mo, 2 models, 90-day retention, no commercial useBasic $12/mo ($8.40 billed annually) 3,000 credits; Pro $35 ($24.50) 12,000; Premier $90 ($63) 40,000Subscription + credits; failed generations consume no creditsCommercial use on Basic, Pro and Premier; not listed on Free2026-09-12
SkyReelsFree tier "Meet SkyReels": 1 queued task, a 100-credit one-time signup bonus, Fast mode only. At the published rate of 1 USD = 100 credits, that bonus is worth about $1 — roughly 12 seconds of 480p Fast or 7 seconds of 720p Std video.Paid plans (from the site's own plan data): Basic $10/month or $102/year ($8.50/month equivalent, ~100 videos/month); Pro $20/month or $204/year ($17/month equivalent, ~200 videos/month, 5 queued tasks); Plus $50/month (~500 videos/month); Max $100/month (~1,000 videos/month). Credit packs: $10 = 1,000 credits, $30 = 3,300, $1,000 = 115,000, $3,000 = 360,000, $5,000 = 625,000. Published per-second credit rates without video input — Fast: 8 (480p) / 11 (720p) / 27.5 (1080p); Std: 11 / 14 / 35. With a reference video — Fast: 15 / 20 / 50; Std: 18 / 25 / 62.5. At 1 USD = 100 credits that is $0.08–$0.14 per second at 480p–720p.Subscription plus credit packs; credits charged per second (site states 1 USD = 100 credits)Not disclosed on official pages2026-09-21
PopShort AINot published. The pricing page lists only Basic, Plus, Pro and Enterprise; there is no free plan card and no stated free allowance. A "Start Free" signup button appears in the navigation and hero, but what a free account includes is not published on the site.Basic $29.99/month, or $23.99/month billed annually ($287.90/year) — 2,350 PopCoins/month, "~ 1-2 minutes" estimated video, 5 GB storage, up to 3 concurrent tasks. Plus $59.99/month, or $47.99/month billed annually ($575.90/year) — 5,000 PopCoins, "~ 3-4 minutes", 20 GB, up to 10 concurrent tasks. Pro $199.99/month, or $159.99/month billed annually ($1,919.90/year) — 20,000 PopCoins, "~ 8 minutes", 100 GB, up to 20 concurrent tasks, plus Editing Agent and Seedance 2.0 SVIP. Enterprise: custom, stated to start at $1,000. All paid plans include Drama Studio, Drama Canvas, All Image Models, All Video Models, Series Production, Story to Assets and Auto-Generate Music. Derived from the site's own figures (annual price ÷ estimated minutes), the entry tier works out to roughly $0.20–$0.40 per finished second.Subscription with a monthly PopCoin allowanceNot disclosed on official pages2026-09-21
Scenes AINot published — the pricing page describes pay-as-you-go credits only, with no free tier or signup credits stated.Pay as you go, one credit = US$1, credits never expire, no subscription. Video from $0.026/second (Seedance 2.0 Mini, capped at 720p) up to $0.18/second (Seedance 2.5); per-clip engines from $0.20/clip (Veo 3.1 Lite). Worked examples on the pricing page: a 30-second short about $1.85, a 3-minute story episode about $10.26.Pay-as-you-go; 1 credit = 1 USD, credits do not expire, no subscriptionNot disclosed on official pages2026-09-21
Showrunner StudioThe Terms state: "Fable currently offers the Services for free, but Fable has the right to start charging for the use of the Services at a future date." No free credit amount or quota is published. The Terms also state that corporate entities, or employees of companies with annual revenue over US$250,000, "must be a paid subscriber to access the Services."Not published. There is no pricing page and no plans, credits or per-generation prices appear anywhere on the official site.Not published (no pricing page; terms state it is free for now)Not disclosed on official pages2026-09-21
PixmaxA Free tier marked "Lifetime" appears in the plan-comparison table with Asset Library, Generation History, Storyboard, Cloud Storage, Batch Generations, 1080P Image Enhancement, 4K Video Upscale, Panorama and Multi-Angle Control all ✓, 1 concurrent task, and "Models Accessible: Selected". Every named model-usage row shows "-" for Free. The pricing page also says "Still deciding? Try Pixmax for free first. No credit card required. Explore every model and see the results before you subscribe."Subscriptions (page shows an "Early Bird" banner offering up to 50% off): Starter $8/mo (list $15) — 1,500 credits/mo, 1 seat, 5 concurrent tasks, top-up $1 = 110 credits; Pro $42/mo (list $60) — 6,000 credits/mo, 10 concurrent tasks; Ultra $234/mo (list $360) — 36,000 credits/mo, unlimited concurrent tasks; Max $468/mo (list $720) — 72,000 credits/mo. An Enterprise tab exists. Published per-tier generation counts: Starter = 13 Seedance 2.0 720p videos, 5 at 1080p, 45 Kling 3.0 720p, 750 GPT Image2 images. Pay-as-you-go packs (no subscription required, "Credits never expire"): Starter Pack $15 / 1,575 credits; Creator Pack $39 / 4,290; Business Pack $199 / 22,885; Scale Pack $449 / 53,880; Team Max Pack $1999 / 439,780 total (199,900 base + 239,880 bonus, one-time offer, "+120% Bonus - Ends Sep 30").Subscription with monthly credits; top-ups at $1 = 110 creditsNot disclosed on official pages2026-09-21
OnSoloEvery plan card lists "100 credits on signup" and "10 credits for daily login". Image model HY image 3.5 comes with free uses that scale by tier (3,000 / 10,000 / 28,000 / unlimited). A site banner reads "Access Hunyuan 3.5 exclusively on OnSolo, featuring full model capability free for all members." No permanent free generation plan is listed in the pricing dialog.Four plans, shown as annual prices in the in-app pricing dialog (a Monthly/Yearly toggle exists): Basic $99.99/yr (was $180, "44% OFF") — 900 credits/mo, "Up to ~180 images or 90s of videos", "Seedance 2.0 720P from $0.139/sec", 3 concurrent tasks, Standard queue, 2G storage. Premium $319.99/yr (was $540) — 3,000 credits/mo, "~600 images or 300s of videos", $0.133/sec, 5 concurrent tasks, High queue, 5G. Super $809.99/yr (was $1,440) — 8,000 credits/mo, "~1,600 images or 800s of videos", $0.127/sec, 8 concurrent tasks, Extreme queue, 8G. Ultra $2,899.99/yr (was $5,400, "LIMITED OFFER", "Best Value") — 30,000 credits/mo with "Credits valid 3 mos", "~6,000 images or 3,000s of videos", $0.121/sec, 10 concurrent tasks, Extreme queue, 10G. All tiers include "Remove branded watermark" and "Buy credit packs".Subscription (annual shown by default) with monthly creditsNot disclosed on official pages2026-09-21
Frameo.AINot published — the pricing page lists no free tier; the lowest plan shown is Starter at $25/mo. (Note: an article on Frameo's own blog lists a "Free" plan at $0, which conflicts with the live pricing page; we treat the pricing page as authoritative.)Starter $25/mo (1,750 credits/mo) · Pro $100/mo (8,000) · Studio $1,000/mo (100,000) · Enterprise custom. Annual billing "saves 20% versus monthly". No seat fees on any plan. Top-ups: $100 packs at 7,000 credits (1–4 packs), 8,000 (5–9), 9,000 (10+).Subscription with monthly credits, no seat fees, top-up packsNot disclosed on official pages2026-09-21
Katalist"Start your 7 day free trial today and use unlimited generations!" on every tier; the homepage FAQ adds: "Sign up free and get free credits to generate your first storyboard, no credit card needed."Monthly: Essential $19.00/mo (200 image credits + 700 video credits per month, 5 projects, 1 custom character) · Pro $39.00/mo (700 image + 1,500 video credits, 20 projects, 10 custom characters, AI image editor, Premiere Pro integration) · Unlimited $99.00/mo (unlimited image generations + 3,000 video credits, unlimited projects and characters, 2 seats, real-time collaboration, ZIP & .ppt export) · Enterprise custom. Annual cards show $348, $374 and $948 billed annually.Subscription with separate image and video credit poolsNot disclosed on official pages2026-09-21
M StudioNo free tier. Official FAQ: "There's no free tier — every plan is paid, starting at $27/month." Instead there is a 24-hour money-back window (full refund) and a public demo gallery of finished projects.Starter $27/mo (5 projects, ~100 storyboard frames, ~40 film clips ≈ 5–8 min finished video, 50GB, 1080p) · Professional $99/mo (25 projects, ~500 frames, ~150 clips ≈ 25–30 min, 250GB, 4K, 5 seats) · Studio $199/mo (unlimited projects, ~1,500 frames, ~450 clips ≈ 2 h, 1TB, 20 seats). Published unit rates: storyboard frame $0.25, video $0.18 per second, voice/music/SFX $0. Prices in USD; optional top-ups.Subscription-as-quota metered in storyboard frames and clips; the site states there is no free tier (from $27/mo)Not disclosed on official pages2026-09-21
Storyboarder.aiYes — a free plan: 2 projects, 6 shots per project, 30 image generations, 3 free video generations, exports watermarked, no commercial use, no video add-on. (The homepage FAQ states 50 image generations; the pricing page and comparison table state 30.) No credit card required.Starter $45/mo monthly or $35/mo billed yearly (list $69) — 5 projects/month, ~10-page scripts, 80 shots/project · Pro Unlimited $99/mo or $89/mo yearly (list $149) — unlimited projects, ~30 pages, 250 shots/project · Production Unlimited $295/mo or $225/mo yearly (list $399) — unlimited projects, unlimited script length and shots. All paid plans: unlimited image generation, commercial use, 10 free video generations. Video add-ons billed separately: Core +$49, Full Suite +$119, Full Suite Max +$349, Studio +$849 per month; one-time video credits $10–$500 (128 credits for $50). Prices exclude VAT/GST. Enterprise on request. (Rates shown were marked "Limited Time — Until Sep 30" on 2026-09-21.)Subscription tiered by projects, script pages and shots per project; unlimited stills, video sold separatelyNot disclosed on official pages2026-09-21
ScreenWeaverScreenwriter tier, $0: unlimited projects and pages, screenplay editor, outline and beats, PDF and Final Draft export. Its short-drama cost post adds that the storyboard is open to every account with a starter pack of credits at half a cent per credit.Storyboard Beta $9.99/mo (everything in Screenwriter plus the storyboard workspace and generation from your screenplay); generation billed in credits on top. Filmmaker tier: pricing not yet announced.Subscription plus per-credit image generation; the Filmmaker tier has no published priceNot disclosed on official pages2026-09-21
MeliesNo free tier on the pricing page. The AI screenwriting page states that free accounts get the complete screenwriting workspace, with unlimited manual writing and formatting, while AI writing and image generation use credits.Starter $7/mo ($84 billed yearly) = 6,000 credits/year (500/mo), 2K image cap, 25 GB storage, 1 concurrent generation. Pro $39/mo ($468/yr) = 60,000 credits/year (5,000/mo), 4K images, 250 GB, 3 concurrent. Max $79/mo ($948/yr) = 180,000 credits/year (15,000/mo), 4K, 1,024 GB, 8 concurrent. All tiers include every model, the 150+ actor library, custom actors and a commercial license. Credit examples: Flux Schnell 2, Nano Banana 10, Flux Pro 15, Kling v3 Pro 100 (3-15s), Veo 3.1 400 (4-8s), Seedance 2.5 50/second at 720p.Subscription with an annual credit allowance (monthly prices billed yearly)Not disclosed on official pages2026-09-21
Elser AIA Free plan is listed on the pricing page as "Limited use". The official pricing guide states the free tier has "Watermarks on exports" and that Free and Basic are "personal use only"; commercial rights start at Pro. A specific free credit amount is not published on the pages read.Basic $9/month, Pro $22.9/month, Ultimate $32.9/month, Creator $79.9/month — the pricing page marks these as "Billed for 12 months". Monthly-billed rates were not published on the page read. Plans grant per-model monthly generation quotas rather than a single credit number, and "Any unused credits expire at the end of the cycle and do not carry over."Subscription billed for 12 months; quota is per-model monthly runs rather than one credit poolNot disclosed on official pages2026-09-21
AutoWeebThe signup call-to-action reads "No credit card required • Free to try", and the AI video generator page states "Free accounts include access to the character creator, image generator, story generator, and the AI video generator." The size of the free credit allowance is not published on the pages read, and the pricing page does not list a free plan.Credit packs (one-time): 110 credits $10, 250 credits $20, 650 credits $50. Monthly: Creator $19 (250 credits), Pro $49 (700 credits), Studio $99 (1,500 credits). Annual per-month: $13.99 / $36.99 / $74.99. The pricing page states 110 credits is "sufficient for 110 images or 55 Seedance videos", i.e. 2 credits per Seedance video, and adds that "Credit costs for images and videos depend on settings and are subject to change". "Your credits never expire" and accumulate monthly.Subscription plus one-off credit packsNot disclosed on official pages2026-09-21
ArgilNo free tier is listed on the pricing page (Pro / Business / Enterprise only). The documentation's getting-started page says "Create a free account to start generating AI videos", but no free credit allowance is published on any public page.Pro $25/month for 1,000 monthly credits ("Access to all models", email support); yearly $20.83/month billed $250/year, "2 months free". Business $50/month for 2,000 credits, adds Director and a team workspace; yearly $41.67/month billed $500/year. Enterprise is "Book a demo" with volume-based credit pricing, custom connectors and audit logs. Credit examples on the site: a Seedance 2.0 clip "~40 cr", a MiniMax H3 clip "~50 cr"; the API docs list avatar video at 160 credits/minute and voice at 20 credits/minute.Subscription with monthly credits (annual billing adds two months)Not disclosed on official pages2026-09-21
HiggsfieldNo free plan is listed on its pricing page; a $3 one-time pack with 40 credits is offeredStarter $19/month billed monthly; Plus $59/month, or $47/month billed annuallySubscription with monthly credits; individual-plan credits reset each month; one-time packs availableNot disclosed on official pages2026-10-13
TopviewNot disclosed on official pagesBasic $8/month for 50 credits; Plus $24 (100); Business $58 (250); Ultra $112 (500), shown as time-limited discounts; Ultra Annual $599.9 billed yearlySubscription with monthly credits; monthly-plan credits reset every month and do not roll over; top-up credits are valid for 24 monthsNot disclosed on official pages2026-10-13
MagicLightA free plan with limited credits and no card (its pricing FAQ)Standard $15/month billed monthly (6,300 credits), or $7.50/month billed yearly ($90, 8,000 credits a month); higher tiers up to UltimateSubscription with monthly credits, billed monthly or yearlyNot disclosed on official pages2026-10-13
OpenArtNot disclosed on official pagesStarter $14 per seat a month billed monthly ($13 billed annually), 4,000 credits; Plus $34 ($27); Pro $56 ($44); Wonder $240 ($175)Per-seat subscription with monthly credits; subscription credits do not carry over to the next monthCommercial use rights listed from Plus2026-10-13
MootionNot disclosed on official pagesStandard $15/month billed monthly ($12 billed yearly), 1,500 credits; Plus $25 ($20); Pro $50 ($40); Max $200 ($160); EDU $5/monthSubscription with monthly credits, billed monthly or yearlyNot disclosed on official pages2026-10-13

How to estimate a 10-episode vertical series

  1. Fix episode length (60–90 s recommended) and count to get total seconds S.
  2. Look up the per-second price P of your video tier, with 1.3–1.5× regeneration headroom.
  3. Video ≈ S × P × 1.4; parsing, reference art and storyboards add roughly 5–10%.
  4. Draft at 720p, finalize at 1080p: saves 30–45% overall.

Example: 10 × 90 s = 900 s at a $0.30/s 1080p tier → 900 × 0.30 × 1.4 ≈ $378; at a $0.15/s 720p tier ≈ $189. Upstream API list prices set the floor: for example $0.05–0.20 per second for Wan 3.0 (480P–1080P, Singapore) and $0.05–0.13 for MiniMax H3-Max and H3 (480P–2K), checked 2026-09-12.

Explainer: what an AI short drama costs → · Credits vs tokens vs per-second →

FAQ

Why are so many prices 'not disclosed'?

Several pricing pages require login or render dynamically and could not be captured reliably; we do not republish second-hand quotes. Current prices are always as shown on the vendor's page.

How do credits convert to money?

Using the lowest credit price each platform offers: SceneMixer from ≈ $0.006 per credit, i.e. the largest pack or annual membership with bonus; Runway Gen-4.5 is 60 credits per 5 seconds. Compare on cost per finished second or per series.

Do subscription credits expire?

invideo monthly credits do not roll over; Runway's Standard and Pro credits reset each month while Max rolls over up to one month of unused credits; Google Flow's daily and monthly credits do not roll over; Vidu subscription credits last 30 days and purchased credits 2 years; SceneMixer membership credits are added to your balance alongside purchased credits. Verify on each site.

Sources

Official pages opened while writing; current pricing and features are always as shown on the vendor site.