VidCost

Six ways to buy, from simple to advanced

Further down needs more technical skill, and what you pay follows your actual usage more closely. The starting price is the cheapest confirmed price in each step; open a platform to see its plans and the date they were confirmed.

  1. Step 1

    In-app purchase

    Subscribe right in the phone app and pay with your Apple ID. The same plan can be priced very differently in different countries' App Stores.

    Needs: Apple ID

    Starts at

    $10/mo

    Kling AI · US App Store · Standard plan (monthly)

    Platforms in this step

    See all 34 stores ↗

  2. Step 2

    Web subscriptions

    Buy a monthly or annual plan on the official site and generate with its credits. Suits people with steady usage who don't want to write code.

    Needs: an account on the official site

    Starts at

    $4.99/mo

    Google Flow · Plus

    Platforms in this step

    All platforms ↗All plans side by side ↗

  3. Step 3

    Multi-model platform

    One subscription gives you models from several makers, without separate accounts or separate credits.

    Needs: an account on the official site

    Starts at

    $9/mo

    Krea · Basic

    Platforms in this step

    See Krea's plans ↗

  4. Step 4

    Built into editing apps

    Editing and design apps such as CapCut, Adobe Firefly and Canva can also generate AI video. Suits people who already use them.

    Needs: a subscription to that app

    Starts at

    No price yet

    These apps show prices by region, and this site has no official list price it can check daily yet, so no price is listed for now.

    Where the data comes from ↗

  5. Step 5

    Pay-as-you-go APIs

    Billed by the seconds or clips you generate, so you pay for what you use. Suits people who code and whose usage is large or uneven.

    Needs: coding skills to call an API

    Starts at

    $0.03/s

    Veo 3.1 Lite · fal · 720p

    Platforms in this step

    See all API prices ↗

  6. Step 6

    Self-hosted open source

    Rent GPUs and run open-source models yourself. GPUs are billed by the hour, so what one video costs depends on how fast it actually generates.

    Needs: skills to deploy models and rent GPUs

    Starts at

    Not priced

    This site lists only prices vendors publish, not measured costs, so this step has no price.

    Why no price ↗

Dollar prices are official US-dollar list prices and yuan prices are mainland China list prices, before tax. Once you pick a region, a conversion at the day's exchange rate appears beside them for reference.