The cheapest AI video models, in order
Price is the one number in this business nobody publishes in a form you can compare. Providers quote per second, per frame, per compute second, per megapixel, and each of those means something different about what a finished clip will cost you.
This page uses one figure throughout: the credits a five second clip costs on Musevate, which is what you would actually spend. It runs from 5 to 120, a range of more than 24 times, and the table shows what the extra buys. The numbers are read from the live registry each time this page is served, so it cannot go stale the way a hand written comparison does.
73 models, priced from the live registry when this page loaded.
| # | Model | 5 seconds | Resolution | Longest | Sound | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P-Video Fast iteration, with a draft mode. | 5 cr | 1080p, 720p | 20s | No. It takes an audio track and animates to it | Watch |
| 2 | 5 cr | 480p | 5s | No | Not yet | |
| 3 | Seedance v1 Pro Fast Seedance 1 Pro text-to-video, accelerated. | 6 cr | 1080p, 720p, 480p | 12s | No | Not yet |
| 4 | 7 cr | 480p | 5s | No | Not yet | |
| 5 | 8 cr | Not available | 5s | No | Not yet | |
| 6 | MiniMax H3 Max Turbo H3 Max with the brakes off, at half the cost. | 8 cr | 1080p, 768p, 480p | 15s | No | Not yet |
| 7 | Seedance 1.5 Pro Joint audio and video, following complex instruction. | 8 cr | 1080p, 720p, 480p | 12s | On request, with audio switched on | Watch |
| 8 | Ray Flash 2 540p The cheapest Luma tier, at 540p. | 9 cr | 540p | 9s | No | Not yet |
| 9 | Veo 3.1 Lite The lightest Veo 3.1 tier. | 9 cr | 1080p, 720p | 8s | On request, with audio switched on | Not yet |
| 10 | Grok Imagine 1.5 Lite Grok Imagine 1.5 for a fraction of the price. | 10 cr | 1080p, 720p, 480p | 15s | Always, as part of the generation | Watch |
| 11 | Kling v2.5 Standard The Kling 2.5 look, at the standard tier. | 10 cr | 720p | 10s | No | Not yet |
| 12 | 10 cr | 480p | 10s | No | Not yet | |
| 13 | 10 cr | 720p, 480p | 16s | No | Not yet | |
| 14 | P-Video-2 Pruna's quality-focused P-Video, up to 1080p. | 10 cr | 1080p, 720p | 20s | Always, as part of the generation | Watch |
| 15 | Seedance 1 Lite The light Seedance tier, for text and image driven clips. | 10 cr | 1080p, 720p, 480p | 12s | No | Not yet |
| 16 | 10 cr | Not available | 5s | No | Not yet | |
| 17 | Wan 2.1 1.3b The small, cheap Wan for quick 480p drafts. | 10 cr | 480p | 5s | No | Watch |
| 18 | Hailuo 02 Hailuo 2, strong on physical realism. | 11 cr | 1080p, 768p | 10s | No | Watch |
| 19 | Hailuo 2.3 Fast Hailuo 2.3 with lower latency, keeping its motion quality. | 12 cr | 1080p, 768p | 10s | No | Not yet |
| 20 | LTX 2.5 Fast Built for speed, with native audio and high resolutions. | 12 cr | 4k, 1440p, 1080p, 720p | 20s | On request, with audio switched on | Watch |
| 21 | P-Video-2 Pro Pruna's top model, run in its quality mode. | 13 cr | 4k, 1440p, 1080p, 768p, 480p | 15s | Always, as part of the generation | Watch |
| 22 | MiniMax H3 MiniMax H3: video with sound from a prompt, a frame or references. | 14 cr | 4k, 1440p, 768p, 480p | 10s | Always, as part of the generation | Not yet |
| 23 | MiniMax H3 Max H3 retrained for closer prompt adherence. | 14 cr | 1080p, 768p, 480p | 10s | Always, as part of the generation | Watch |
| 24 | Grok Imagine Video xAI's Grok Imagine video model. | 15 cr | 720p, 480p | 15s | Always, as part of the generation | Watch |
| 25 | Hailuo 2.3 High fidelity model tuned for realistic human motion. | 15 cr | 1080p, 768p | 10s | No | Watch |
| 26 | Kling 1.6 Kling 1.6 Standard, Kuaishou's release of December 2024. | 15 cr | 720p | 10s | No | Not yet |
| 27 | Kling 2.1 Kling 2.1 image-to-video, a proven older generation. | 15 cr | 720p | 10s | No | Not yet |
| 28 | PixVerse v6 Pixverse v6, strong on stylised and animated looks. | 15 cr | 1080p, 720p, 540p, 360p | 15s | No | Not yet |
| 29 | Seedance 1.0 Pro Seedance 1 Pro for text-to-video. | 15 cr | 1080p, 720p, 480p | 12s | No | Not yet |
| 30 | Kandinsky 6.0 Lite Kandinsky's fast model: five seconds, with sound. | 17 cr | 480p | 5s | On request, with audio switched on | Watch |
| 31 | Kling v2.6 Kling 2.6 Pro, cinematic image-to-video with fluid motion. | 18 cr | 1080p | 10s | On request, with audio switched on | Watch |
| 32 | Wan 2.1 Accelerated Wan 2.1 image-to-video at 720p. | 19 cr | 480p | 5s | No | Not yet |
| 33 | Grok Imagine 1.5 Expressive motion from a still, with sound. | 20 cr | 1080p, 720p, 480p | 15s | Always, as part of the generation | Not yet |
| 34 | Kling v2.5 Kling 2.5 Turbo Pro, professional output at speed. | 20 cr | 1080p | 10s | No | Watch |
| 35 | Pixelcut Looping Video A product photo, turned into a seamless loop. | 20 cr | 1080p, 768p, 480p | 15s | No | Watch |
| 36 | Vidu Q4 Image-led video with sound, up to 4K. | 20 cr | 4k, 1440p, 1080p, 720p, 540p | 16s | Always, as part of the generation | Watch |
| 37 | Wan 2.2 The dependable all-rounder for everyday production work. | 20 cr | 720p, 580p, 480p | 10s | No | Watch |
| 38 | Kling v3 Cinematic framing with fluid, believable movement. | 22 cr | 4k, 1080p, 720p | 15s | On request, with audio switched on | Watch |
| 39 | Kling O3 The Kling O3 standard tier. | 23 cr | 4k, 1080p, 720p | 15s | On request, with audio switched on | Not yet |
| 40 | LTX 2.3 Video Fast The previous LTX generation, tuned for speed. | 23 cr | 4k, 1440p, 1080p | 20s | On request, with audio switched on | Watch |
| 41 | Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 Google's Gemini Omni Flash 1.1, with sound. | 25 cr | 4k, 1080p, 720p, 360p | 10s | Always, as part of the generation | Watch |
| 42 | Sora 2 Flagship generation with synchronised sound. | 25 cr | 720p | 12s | Always, as part of the generation | Watch |
| 43 | Video 01 The original Hailuo model, in 6 second clips. | 25 cr | 720p | 5s | No | Watch |
| 44 | Video 01 Director Video-01 with explicit camera direction. | 25 cr | 720p | 5s | No | Watch |
| 45 | Video 01 Live Trained for Live2D and illustrated characters. | 25 cr | 720p | 5s | No | Not yet |
| 46 | Wan 2.5 Preview build of Wan 2.5. | 25 cr | 1080p, 720p, 480p | 10s | No | Not yet |
| 47 | Wan 2.7 Wan 2.7, with first and last frame control. | 25 cr | 1080p, 720p | 15s | Always, as part of the generation | Watch |
| 48 | Wan 3.0 Smoother motion and cleaner scenes than Wan 2.2, up to 1080p. | 25 cr | 1080p, 720p, 480p | 10s | On request, with audio switched on | Watch |
| 49 | Veo 3 Fast Veo 3 at a lower price and a shorter wait. | 27 cr | 1080p, 720p | 8s | On request, with audio switched on | Watch |
| 50 | Veo 3.1 Fast Veo 3.1 accelerated, for iterating on a shot quickly. | 27 cr | 4k, 1080p, 720p | 8s | On request, with audio switched on | Watch |
| 51 | Gen 4.5 Runway Gen-4.5, strong motion quality and prompt adherence. | 30 cr | 720p | 10s | No | Watch |
| 52 | Kling Video v3 Standard Turbo Kling v3 quality at turbo speed. | 30 cr | 720p | 15s | Always, as part of the generation | Not yet |
| 53 | 30 cr | 1080p, 720p, 540p, 360p | 8s | No | Watch | |
| 54 | 30 cr | 1080p, 720p, 540p, 360p | 8s | No | Watch | |
| 55 | 30 cr | 1080p, 720p, 540p, 360p | 8s | No | Watch | |
| 56 | Seedance 2.0 Mini The smallest Seedance 2.0 tier. | 30 cr | 720p, 480p | 15s | On request, with audio switched on | Watch |
| 57 | Gemini Omni Flash Google's Gemini Omni Flash, the release before 1.1. | 35 cr | 720p | 10s | No | Not yet |
| 58 | Happy Horse Alibaba's Happy Horse text-to-video model. | 35 cr | 1080p, 720p | 15s | No | Not yet |
| 59 | Happy Horse 1.1 Happy Horse 1.1, refined over the first release. | 35 cr | 1080p, 720p | 15s | No | Not yet |
| 60 | Kling Video v3 Turbo Pro The professional Kling v3 tier, accelerated. | 35 cr | 1080p | 15s | Always, as part of the generation | Not yet |
| 61 | Wan 3.0 Prime The flagship Wan tier, for shots that carry the piece. | 35 cr | 1080p, 720p, 480p | 30s | On request, with audio switched on | Watch |
| 62 | FLUX 3 Video Coherent, physically plausible motion from a single frame. | 45 cr | 4k, 1440p, 1080p, 720p | 20s | On request, with audio switched on | Not yet |
| 63 | Ray 2 720p Luma Ray 2 at 720p, in 5 and 9 second clips. | 45 cr | 720p | 9s | No | Watch |
| 64 | Seedance 2.0 Fast Seedance 2.0 at speed. | 45 cr | 720p, 480p | 15s | On request, with audio switched on | Watch |
| 65 | Veo 3 Google's Veo 3, with generated audio. | 50 cr | 1080p, 720p | 8s | On request, with audio switched on | Not yet |
| 66 | Veo 3.1 The current flagship, strongest on realism and natural motion. | 50 cr | 4k, 1080p, 720p | 8s | On request, with audio switched on | Watch |
| 67 | Seedance 2.0 ByteDance's multimodal generation with native audio. | 55 cr | 4k, 1080p, 720p, 480p | 15s | On request, with audio switched on | Not yet |
| 68 | Kandinsky 6.0 Pro Kandinsky Lab's flagship, with sound. | 70 cr | 480p | 5s | On request, with audio switched on | Watch |
| 69 | Kling v2.0 Kuaishou's Kling 2.0, in 5 and 10 second clips. | 70 cr | 720p | 10s | No | Watch |
| 70 | Kling v2.1 Master The premium 2.1 tier, with stronger dynamics. | 70 cr | 1080p | 10s | No | Watch |
| 71 | Seedance 2.5 Single shot clips up to 30 seconds, with audio. | 115 cr | 1080p, 720p, 480p | 30s | On request, with audio switched on | Watch |
| 72 | Sora 2 Pro The most capable Sora tier, with sound. | 120 cr | 720p | 12s | Always, as part of the generation | Watch |
| 73 | Veo 2 Google Veo 2, faithful to written direction. | 120 cr | 720p | 8s | No | Watch |
Questions
What is the cheapest AI video model?
P-Video is the least expensive on Musevate at 5 credits for a five second clip. 37 models cost 20 credits or less, so there is a range of cheap rather than a single answer, and the right one depends on whether you need sound, length or size.
Do I have to choose the cheapest model myself?
No. Choosing the Fast tier tells Musevate to route your request to the cheapest model that can actually do it -- the right resolution, the right length, sound if you asked for it. That is the value of the ranking below being live rather than written down: the router is reading the same numbers you are.
Why is one model twenty times the price of another?
Because they are not doing the same amount of work. The range here runs from 5 to 120 credits for five seconds, and the expensive end is buying larger renders, longer clips, generated audio, or a model that is simply more costly to run. The table shows what each price includes so the comparison is like for like.
Are these prices per clip or per second?
Per clip, for five seconds at 720p, or at the smallest size a model sells where it does not sell 720p. A longer or larger render costs more, and the studio quotes the exact figure before you spend anything. Nothing here is an estimate that changes after you press generate.
Do credits expire?
The pricing page states the terms, and it is the page to trust rather than this one: this page is about which model is cheapest, not about how credits work.
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