The real cost of AI video in 2026.
We compiled the published pricing of 12 leading AI video tools into one dataset — entry price, monthly allowance, cost-per-minute, bundled models, and free-tier terms. The headline: entry pricing varies 4.3×, and cost-per-minute varies up to 5.2× between platforms doing fundamentally similar things.
Free to cite with attribution to deevidreview.com. Methodology and sources below.
Five numbers worth quoting.
Entry-price spread — from $6.99 (Kling) to $30 (Luma) per month.
Average entry price across all 12 tools (median $18).
Cost-per-minute spread among minute-billed tools — InVideo AI at $0.56/min vs HeyGen at $2.9/min.
Tools that exclude commercial use on their free tier — free output is for evaluation only across the board.
Tools that bundle multiple frontier video models; the rest are single-model, avatar, or editor-first.
Cheapest to most expensive monthly entry tier.
Lowest paid monthly tier per tool. Avatar tools (Vidnoz, Synthesia, HeyGen) bill by video-minute, not generation credits — see cost-per-minute below.
12 tools, every figure in one table.
| Tool | Entry price | Allowance | Cost/min | Category | Models | Free tier | Commercial on free |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kling | $6.99/mo | 660 credits/mo (~9 Pro-mode clips) | — | Single-model | Kling 2.x | 66 credits/day | No |
| Pika | $8/mo | 700 credits/mo | — | Single-model | Pika 2.5 family | Limited, watermarked | No |
| Deevid AI | $10/mo | 200 credits/mo (~40 videos) | — | Multi-model | 14+ (Sora 2, Veo 3.1, Kling, Runway, Pika…) | 20 one-time credits | No |
| FlexClip | $11.99/mo | ~300 AI credits/mo + editor | — | Editor | Kling, Veo 3, Hailuo connectors | Yes, 720p watermarked | No |
| Runway | $12/mo | 625 credits/mo | — | Multi-model | ~8 (Gen-4, Veo 3.1, Kling, FLUX.2…) | Limited, watermarked | No |
| Vidnoz AI | $14.99/mo | 15 min/mo | $1/min | Avatar | 1,900+ avatars | 3 min/day | No |
| Synthesia | $18/mo | 10 min/mo | $1.8/min | Avatar | 230+ avatars | 10 min/mo, watermarked | No |
| Seedance | $20/mo | ByteDance Seedance 2.0 | — | Single-model | Seedance 2.0 | Free credits on signup | No |
| Fliki | $21/mo | 180 credits (~60–90 min) | — | TTS/Slideshow | 1,300+ voices + stock | 5 min/mo, watermarked | No |
| InVideo AI | $28/mo | 50 AI min/mo | $0.56/min | Editor | Sora 2 + Veo 3.1 pipeline | ~10 min/week, watermarked | No |
| HeyGen | $29/mo | 200 credits (~10 min premium avatar) | $2.9/min | Avatar | Avatar IV + voice clone | 3 videos/mo, watermarked | No |
| Luma Dream | $30/mo | Luma Ray + curated models | — | Multi-model | Luma Ray + Kling + Veo 3 | Limited, watermarked | No |
Where minute-billed tools land.
Avatar and editor platforms bill by output minute rather than generation credits, which makes their true cost directly comparable. The spread is dramatic.
Credit-billed generators (Deevid, Kling, Pika, Runway) work out to roughly $0.05–$0.25 per short clip — not directly comparable to per-minute avatar billing, but materially cheaper for short-form output.
How we compiled this.
- Source: every figure was taken from each provider's public pricing page during May 2026. Where a tool runs a promotional price, we used the current promotional rate (e.g. Deevid Lite at $10, regular $14).
- Entry price = the lowest paid monthly tier. Annual-billing discounts are excluded for comparability.
- Cost-per-minute is shown only for tools that bill by output minute (avatar and editor platforms). Credit-billed generators are noted separately because credits don't map cleanly to minutes.
- "Commercial on free" reflects whether the free tier grants commercial-use rights — across all 12 tools, it does not.
- Limitations: AI-tool pricing changes frequently. These figures are a May 2026 snapshot. Verify against the live pricing page before citing in time-sensitive work.
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Deevid Review (2026). "The Real Cost of AI Video in 2026: 12 Tools Priced & Compared." https://deevidreview.com/research/ai-video-pricing-2026/Want the tool that bundles 14+ models?
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