AI Video Cost-per-Clip Calculator
Budget a month of AI video before you pay for a plan. Pick a tool, plan and model, enter how many finished clips you need and how many attempts a usable clip usually takes. The calculator shows what each keeper really costs, whether the plan's credits cover the month, and the cheapest plans across all tools that would.
Pricing accuracy: prices are a snapshot checked Oct 28, 2026 and AI video vendors change them often. Figures may be out of date or wrong. Always confirm the current price on the vendor's site before you buy. Terms
Cheapest 5s clip on each tool (checked Oct 28, 2026)
Google Flow (Veo 3.1) · Ultra 20x · Veo 3.1 Lite 720p$0.04
Luma Dream Machine · Plus · Ray3.14 Draft$0.06
Grok Imagine · API (pay as you go) · Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite (API) 480p (base)$0.10
Wan (wan.video) · Pro · Wan 3.0 (standard video) 720p (unverified)$0.17
Hedra · Ultra · Character-3 (talking avatar) 720p (unverified)$0.17
Hailuo (MiniMax) · Max · Hailuo 2.3 768p$0.20
Kling AI · Ultra · Kling 3.0 720p$0.21
Seedance 2.0 (Dreamina) · Basic · Seedance 2.0 Mini 720p$0.24
Runway · Max · Gen-4 Turbo 720p$0.25
Sunra · Creator · Grok Imagine Video (in Sunra) 720p (unverified)$0.26
Pika · Starter · Wan 3.0 (in Pika) 720p$0.37
Higgsfield · Ultra · Wan 3.0 (in Higgsfield) 720p$0.38
Morphic · Max · Kling 3.0 (in Morphic) 720p$0.64
InVideo AI · Plus · Seedance 2.5 Draft (in InVideo) 480p (unverified)$0.73
How to get a realistic number
- Be honest about retries. Most people need 2–4 generations per clip they keep. "Attempts per keeper" multiplies every cost and every credit.
- Check the credit fit, not just the price. A cheap plan that runs out halfway through the month means top-ups or a second plan. The calculator warns you when that happens.
- Compare annual billing carefully. Annual prices are used only where the vendor publishes one. Otherwise the monthly price is used.
- Pay-as-you-go tools (like API pricing) have no credit cap, so the monthly spend is simply attempts × price per attempt.
Want every price at once? See the full comparison table or the per-tool price pages.
Pricing by tool
Picked a tool in the calculator? Its page lists every plan, model and resolution ClipCost tracks, with sources.
Google Flow (Veo 3.1)from $0.04 per 5s clipGrok Imaginefrom $0.10 per 5s clipHailuo (MiniMax)from $0.20 per 5s clipHedrafrom $0.17 per 5s clip (unverified)Higgsfieldfrom $0.38 per 5s clipInVideo AIfrom $0.73 per 5s clip (unverified)Kling AIfrom $0.21 per 5s clipLuma Dream Machinefrom $0.06 per 5s clipMorphicfrom $0.64 per 5s clipPikafrom $0.37 per 5s clipRunwayfrom $0.25 per 5s clipSeedance 2.0 (Dreamina)from $0.24 per 5s clipSunrafrom $0.26 per 5s clip (unverified)Wan (wan.video)from $0.17 per 5s clip (unverified)