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Cheapest AI video generator right now, by model

Q: What is the cheapest option for each model?

The table is one row per model: the lowest live dollars per second, the same pick as the homepage cards.

The lowest rate we track is $0.0163 per second on fal (plan tier not listed, resolution 480p, audio not listed), a promo until 2026-10-31 (checked 2026-10-31). Without promos, the lowest rate is $0.02 per second on Runway API (plan tier not listed, resolution 480p, audio not listed), a vendor-stated rate (checked 2026-10-31).

Last checked 2026-10-31.

Lowest rate we track

$0.0163/s

fal · plan tier not listed, resolution 480p, audio not listed until 2026-10-31

DEAL −35% · until 2026-10-31

Without promos: $0.02/s on Runway API (plan tier not listed, resolution 480p, audio not listed)

What is the cheapest AI video generator right now?

What is the cheapest option for each model?

One row per model, lowest dollars per second first. A promo keeps its end date.

No promo: same means that pick is not a promo. Otherwise the cell is the cheapest non-promo rate. — means there is no non-promo row.

Model	$/s	Where	Tier	Res	Audio	Status	No promo	Source
MiniMax Hailuo / H3	$0.0163	fal	not listed	480p	not listed	promo until 2026-10-31 DEAL −35% · until 2026-10-31	$0.025/s fal 480pvendor-stated	source 35% off until Oct 31, 2026. pricing page · 2026-10-31
Wan 3.0	$0.02	Higgsfield API	not listed	480p	not listed	promo until 2026-11-01 DEAL −60% · until 2026-11-01	$0.033/s Higgsfield 480pvendor-stated	source 60% launch discount; low end of the stated 480p–1080p range. pricing page · 2026-10-31
Grok Imagine Video 1.5	$0.02	Runway API	not listed	480p	not listed	vendor-stated	same	source 2 credits/s × $0.01 = $0.020/s Runway credits are $0.01 each. +1 credit per image/audio reference. pricing page · 2026-10-31
Veo 3.1	$0.0222 Estimate: assumes every credit you pay for is used	Krea	Basic (yearly)	720p	not listed	approx.	same	source Krea says ~225 clips on Pro (20,000 units) → ~89 units/clip. $5/mo ÷ 5,000 units = $0.00100/unit; ~88.9 units/clip (4s) → $0.089/clip → $0.0222/s Krea publishes only approximate clip counts ('~'); per-clip units are derived. pricing page · 2026-10-31
Wan 3.0 Prime	$0.0272	Higgsfield API	not listed	480p	not listed	promo until 2026-11-01 DEAL −60% · until 2026-11-01	$0.0495/s Higgsfield 480pvendor-stated	source 60% launch discount until Nov 1. Page ties 480p rate to 1-2s clips and 720p/1080p rates to 30s clips. pricing page · 2026-10-31
Kling 3.0	$0.0495 Estimate: assumes every credit you pay for is used	Higgsfield	Ultra (annual)	720p	not listed	approx. DEAL −23% · standing price Unlimited · no end date given	same	source $99/mo ÷ 3,000 credits = $0.03300/credit; ~7.5 credits/clip (5s) → $0.247/clip → $0.0495/s Higgsfield labels it ~7 credits/5s; its yearly counts (Plus 1,920 clips for 14,400 credits) imply 7.5 credits, used here. Plus/Ultra also include 7-day unlimited Kling 3.0 (per pricing page); unused credits do not roll over per plan terms. pricing page · 2026-10-31
Runway Gen-4.x	$0.05	Runway API	not listed	not listed	not listed	vendor-stated	same	source 5 credits/s × $0.01 = $0.050/s Runway credits are $0.01 each. pricing page · 2026-10-31
Gemini Omni Flash 1.1	$0.099	Atlas Cloud	not listed	720p	not listed	vendor-stated	same	source pricing page · 2026-10-31
Seedance 2.5	$0.132 Assumes every credit you pay for is used	Magnific	Pro (annual)	480p	not listed	vendor-stated	same	source 1.5M credits/year (= 125,000/month avg). $82.5/mo ÷ 125,000 credits = $0.00066/credit; 800.0 credits/clip (4s) → $0.528/clip → $0.1320/s Annual billing; credits granted per year, valid 1 year. pricing page · 2026-10-31

What prices are not in this list?

These items are in the price file as unconfirmed, so they are not given a dollars-per-second row here.

Kling app (kling.ai) consumer subscription prices: pricing not rendered without login/region; check manually
Replicate Wan 3.0 '30% off this week' banner: discount not reflected on model page; not applied
Replicate Wan 3.0 Prime (alibaba/wan-3-prime): model page shows no static price
Higgsfield Seedance 2.5 per-clip credits: plan page only says '~80 Seedance 2.5 videos' for 1,200 credits without clip length/resolution
Higgsfield Kling 3.0 credits: compare table says ~7 credits/5s at 720p, plan quiz says ≈14 credits per 8s 720p; both approximate
Krea Max plan per-clip counts: count column appears to assume a 40k pack, price for that pack not shown; Max omitted
Kling 4.0: official API page lists per-second rates, but input video changes the billed duration, so no single $/s is in the table

How do we calculate this?

Every dollar figure on this page comes from the price rows when the site is built. API rows use the vendor's stated dollars per second. Credit-plan rows use plan price ÷ credits × credits per clip ÷ seconds, and assumes every credit you pay for is used. A promo shows its end date. An approximate row is one the vendor marked with "~", "roughly", or "estimated". The full method is on the about page (https://sheepinboots.github.io/clipcost/about/).