01 AI video generator pricing comparison
AI Video Generator Cost per 10 Seconds (2026)
The cheapest AI video generator per 10 seconds in the October 19, 2026 snapshot is Midjourney Video at $0.20 (Basic $10/200 GPU min; verified).
Prices are in US dollars.
The lowest single monthly price in the October 19, 2026 snapshot is Google Veo / Omni Flash Google AI Plus at $4.99 (partially verified). The lowest verified monthly price is $10.00, shared by Midjourney Video Basic at $10.00; Pika Starter at $10.00; PixVerse Standard at $10.00.
The lowest published API cost per 10 seconds in the October 19, 2026 snapshot is Grok Imagine at $0.30 (API; verified). Other API rates are quoted per second on each tool page and are not converted further here.
Snapshot October 19, 2026. 'unverified' = could not be confirmed on an official page; third-party values kept only with explicit notes. Prices exclude tax; promo first-month prices noted separately.
Snapshot wording is kept in English.
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| Resolution | Audio | Image to video | API vs app | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midjourney Video | $0.20verified Basic $10/200 GPU min Checked October 19, 2026 $10/200 = $0.05/min; SD batch-1 = 2 min per 5s clip; ~10s = 2 x 2 min = 4 min -> $0.20 (480p, silent; 5s+4s extension = 9s) | 720p (HD on Standard+); 480p SD | no | yes (image-to-video only) | web app (no public API) | Source |
| Grok Imagine | $0.30verified API Checked October 19, 2026 1.5 Lite 720p $0.03/s x 10 = $0.30; 1.5 full 720p $0.14 x 10 = $1.40; consumer plan price unverified | 1080p (reference-to-video 720p) | yes (native audio, lip-synced speech) | yes | both (Grok app + API) | Source |
| Google Veo 3.1 / Gemini Omni Flash (Flow, Gemini app, Gemini API) | $0.37partially verified Google AI Plus $4.99/200 credits Checked October 19, 2026 $4.99/200 = $0.02495/credit; Omni Flash 720p 10s = 15 credits -> 15 x 0.02495 = $0.37. (Veo 3.1 Fast: 20 credits per 8s gen = $0.50/8s ~ $0.62 per 10s equiv.) | 4K (Veo 3.1 Standard/Fast API; Omni Flash 1080p/4K are upscaled per Gemini docs search summary) | yes (native audio, always on for Veo 3.1 in API) | yes | both | Source |
| Hailuo AI (MiniMax) | $0.74partially verified Standard (monthly) Checked October 19, 2026 Vendor-stated $0.074/s for H3 768p on Standard monthly x 10s = $0.74 (2K: $1.26) | 2K (1440p) | yes (always-on stereo, per search summary) | yes | both | Source |
| Seedance (Dreamina by CapCut / BytePlus ModelArk) | $0.79verified Basic $15/1,575 credits Checked October 19, 2026 Vendor: 19 x 10s videos (Seedance 2.0 Fast 720p, event credit discount to Oct 23) -> $15/19 = $0.79 per 10s | 1080p (2.5); 4K (2.0) | yes (native audio) | yes (up to 50 references in Dreamina) | both | Source |
| Wan (Alibaba Tongyi Wanxiang) | $0.83verified API (US region) Checked October 19, 2026 720p $0.082513/s x 10 = $0.83 (Singapore $1.00); no consumer plan data | 1080p | audio input supported; native audio output unverified | yes (first frame / first-last frame / reference) | both | Source |
| Luma AI (formerly Dream Machine) | $0.90verified Plus $30/10,000 credits Checked October 19, 2026 $30/10,000 = $0.003/credit; Ray3.2 720p 10s = 300 credits -> $0.90 (1080p: 1200 credits = $3.60) | 1080p native, HDR + 16-bit EXR | Ray3.2: no (silent); audio via resold models | yes | both | Source |
| Kling AI | $1.50unverified Standard yearly $79.20/yr (=$6.60/mo, 660 credits) Checked October 19, 2026 Official: $1.00 per 100 credits on Standard yearly -> $0.01/credit. IF Kling 4.0 1080p = 15 credits/s (third-party, unverified): 150 credits = $1.50/10s | 4K (Kling 3.0 API 4K tier) | yes (native audio) | yes | both | Source |
| Pika | $2.71verified Starter $10/900 credits Checked October 19, 2026 $10/900 = $0.0111/credit; Seedance 2.5 720p 10s = 2 x 122 = 244 credits -> $2.71. Wan 3.0 720p 10s = 66 credits -> $0.73 | depends on model - unverified | depends on model (Seedance 2.5 has audio) | yes | both (web app + API + MCP; top-up credits not usable on API) | Source |
| Runway | $2.88verified Standard $15/625 credits Checked October 19, 2026 $15/625 = $0.024/credit; Gen-4.5 12 cr/s x 10s = 120 credits -> 120 x 0.024 = $2.88 (yearly $12 -> $2.30) | 1080p for Gen-4.5 (per plan text '1080p' images; video res not confirmed on pricing page) - unverified | Gen-4.5 native audio: unverified; third-party models (Veo, Kling, Seedance) with audio available | yes | both | Source |
| Adobe Firefly (video) | not published Plan not published Checked October 19, 2026 third-party only: $9.99/20 five-second videos -> ~$1.00/10s (unverified) | not published | not published | yes | both | Source |
| Higgsfield | not published Plan not published Checked October 19, 2026 not computed: per-model credit rates unverified | up to 4K on Plus+ (third-party) | depends on model | yes | both (web + API + MCP) | Source |
| LTX Studio | not published Plan not published Checked October 19, 2026 not computed: credits per second unverified | not published | audio-to-video supported; native audio output unverified | yes | both (studio app; LTX models also open weights/API) | Source |
| OpenAI Sora discontinued | not published Plan not published Checked October 19, 2026 n/a | not published | not published | not published | none | Source |
| PixVerse | not published Standard $10/1,200 credits Checked October 19, 2026 not computed: credits per second unverified ($10/1200 = $0.0083/credit) | 1080p (V6); 4K on Pro+ | yes (optional generated audio) | yes | both | Source |
| Vidu | not published Plan not published Checked October 19, 2026 not computed: credits per second unverified | 1080p | yes (native audio, search summary) | yes | both | Source |
API price notes
These are the API strings from the snapshot. A per-second quote is not turned into a new 10-second price on this page.
| Tool | API price as published |
|---|---|
| Midjourney Video | not publishednot published |
| Grok Imagine | Imagine Video 1.5: 480p $0.08/s, 720p $0.14/s, 1080p $0.25/s; 1.5 Lite: 480p $0.02/s, 720p $0.03/s, 1080p $0.14/s; input image $0.01 |
| Google Veo 3.1 / Gemini Omni Flash (Flow, Gemini app, Gemini API) | Veo 3.1 Standard $0.40/s (720p/1080p), $0.60/s (4K); Veo 3.1 Fast $0.10/s 720p, $0.12/s 1080p, $0.30/s 4K; Veo 3.1 Lite $0.05/s 720p, $0.08/s 1080p; Gemini Omni Flash ~ $0.10/s at 720p ($17.50/M output video tokens, 5,792 tokens/s) |
| Hailuo AI (MiniMax) | MiniMax-H3: 768p $0.08/s, 2K $0.13/s; H3-Max: 480p $0.05/s, 768p $0.08/s; legacy Hailuo 2.3 $0.28 per 768p 6s |
| Seedance (Dreamina by CapCut / BytePlus ModelArk) | BytePlus: Seedance 2.5 (16:9, no video input) 480p $0.103/s, 720p $0.231/s, 1080p $0.569/s; Seedance 2.0 720p $0.15/s, 1080p $0.37/s, 4K $0.78/s; 2.0 Fast 720p $0.12/s; 2.0 Mini 720p $0.08/s |
| Wan (Alibaba Tongyi Wanxiang) | Alibaba Cloud Model Studio wan3.0-video, Singapore (international): 480p $0.05/s, 720p $0.10/s, 1080p $0.20/s; US/Tokyo/Frankfurt regions: $0.041/$0.083/$0.165 per s |
| Luma AI (formerly Dream Machine) | Ray3.2 per clip: 5s $0.15 (540p) / $0.30 (720p) / $1.20 (1080p); 10s $0.45 / $0.90 / $3.60; HDR 2x |
| Kling AI | 1 unit = $0.14 list. Kling 3.0: 720p $0.084/s silent, $0.126/s audio; 1080p $0.112/s silent, $0.168/s audio; 4K $0.42/s. Kling 3.0 Turbo (audio) $0.112/s 720p, $0.14/s 1080p |
| Pika | not publishednot published |
| Runway | $0.01/credit: Gen-4.5 $0.12/s; Gen-4 Turbo $0.05/s; Veo 3.1 audio $0.40/s; Kling 3.0 Pro audio $0.17/s; Seedance 2.5 720p $0.30/s; Wan3 720p $0.10/s; Grok Imagine 1.5 720p $0.16/s |
| Adobe Firefly (video) | not publishedunverified |
| Higgsfield | not publishednot published |
| LTX Studio | not publishedunverified |
| OpenAI Sora | n/a - Videos API and sora-2 models shut down 2026-09-24 |
| PixVerse | not publishedunverified |
| Vidu | third-party (unverified): $0.005/credit; Q3 Pro $0.045/s 540p, $0.10/s 720p, $0.12/s 1080p; Q3 Turbo $0.035-0.065/sunverified |
02 Price-change log
October 19, 2026
First snapshot
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03 FAQ
What is the cheapest AI video generator?
The cheapest AI video generator per 10 seconds in the October 19, 2026 snapshot is Midjourney Video at $0.20 (Basic $10/200 GPU min; verified). How that figure was calculated: $10/200 = $0.05/min; SD batch-1 = 2 min per 5s clip; ~10s = 2 x 2 min = 4 min -> $0.20 (480p, silent; 5s+4s extension = 9s)
What is the cheapest AI video generator subscription?
The lowest single monthly price in the October 19, 2026 snapshot is Google Veo / Omni Flash Google AI Plus at $4.99 (partially verified). The lowest verified monthly price is $10.00, shared by Midjourney Video Basic at $10.00; Pika Starter at $10.00; PixVerse Standard at $10.00.
How is AI video generator cost per 10 seconds calculated?
Each figure is copied from the October 19, 2026 research snapshot, including the math note on that row. We do not fill blanks, and we do not convert a per-second API quote into a new 10-second price unless that 10-second figure is already in the snapshot. 'unverified' = could not be confirmed on an official page; third-party values kept only with explicit notes. Prices exclude tax; promo first-month prices noted separately.
Where can I compare AI video API pricing?
The lowest published API cost per 10 seconds in the October 19, 2026 snapshot is Grok Imagine at $0.30 (API; verified). Other API rates are quoted per second on each tool page and are not converted further here.
What is the best AI video generator for TikTok, YouTube Shorts, or music videos?
This snapshot has no use-case test for TikTok, YouTube Shorts, music videos, or ads. It cannot name a best tool for those jobs. Compare published length, audio, and cost instead.