Cheapest at your usage
$2.75/mo
Vidu API · Pay as you go
For 10 videos a month, 5 s each
Channels that sell it
3
Subscriptions: 0 · APIs: 3
Official specs
1080p · 1–16 seconds
Generates its own audio
Last confirmed
Sep 18, 2026
Next review Oct 18, 2026
The fast model of the Q3 series on the Vidu API (viduq3-turbo), with picture and sound together, at about half Q3 Pro's price per second at the same resolution. fal sells it too.
Cheapest place to buy it at your volume
50 seconds of generation a month: 10 videos × 5 seconds each × 1 (average attempts per video). At least 720p, no audio needed. Change usage ↗
| Where to buy | Setting | How to buy | Per month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vidu API API | 720p Not specified · Per second | Pay as you go $0.055 per second | $2.75 |
| Vidu API CN API | 720p Not specified · Per second | Pay as you go ¥0.375 per second | ¥18.75 |
| fal API | 720p Not specified · Per second | Pay as you go $0.077 per second | $3.85 |
Does the cheapest way to pay change with volume?
One line per channel: an API is a straight line; a subscription is the cheapest plan that covers the month, so it climbs in steps and stops past the largest plan (extra credit packs are not counted).
At 10 videos a month, each channel costs:
- Vidu API$2.75/moCheapest
- Vidu API CN$2.81/mo
- fal · API$3.85/mo
- 1–50 videos a month: Vidu API is cheapest
Official specs
| Clip length | 1–16 seconds |
|---|---|
| What it can do | Text to video, Image to video, First/last frame, Reference to video |
| Highest resolution | 1080p |
| Audio | Generates its own audio |
The official API docs state: 1 to 16 seconds, resolutions 540p, 720p or 1080p, and the audio parameter defaults to true (picture and sound together). It generates faster than Q3 Pro.
From Vidu's own page, confirmed on Sep 20, 2026. This is what the model can do; whether a given channel sells it, and at which settings, is in the prices below. Official spec page
Third-party blind-vote ranking
| Name on the leaderboard | Category | Rank | Elo score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vidu Q3 Turbo | With audio | #28 | 1025 |
| Vidu Q3 Turbo | No audio | #51 | 1105 |
The text-to-video board of the Artificial Analysis Video Arena: people watch two clips, pick the better one without knowing which model made it, and the votes give an Elo score. The rank is the model's place in the board's default view (current models), and names are written as the board writes them; checked Sep 26, 2026. Scores move every week and are a guide to quality only. See the leaderboard ↗
Where it is available
None of the subscription tools this site tracks list it; for now it is sold only through the APIs below.
Pay-as-you-go API prices
| API provider | API model name | Resolution | Audio | Official price | Per second | Minimum per generation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vidu API CN | viduq3-turbo | 540p | Not specified | 7 credits/s | $0.033 | — |
| Vidu API | viduq3-turbo | 540p | Not specified | 7 credits/s | $0.035 | — |
| fal | fal-ai/vidu/q3/text-to-video/turbo | 360p | Not specified | $0.035/s | $0.035 | — |
| fal | fal-ai/vidu/q3/text-to-video/turbo | 540p | Not specified | $0.035/s | $0.035 | — |
| Vidu API | viduq3-turbo | 720p | Not specified | 11 credits/s | $0.055 | — |
| Vidu API CN | viduq3-turbo | 720p | Not specified | 12 credits/s | $0.056 | — |
| Vidu API CN | viduq3-turbo | 1080p | Not specified | 13 credits/s | $0.061 | — |
| Vidu API | viduq3-turbo | 1080p | Not specified | 13 credits/s | $0.065 | — |
| fal | fal-ai/vidu/q3/text-to-video/turbo | 720p | Not specified | $0.077/s | $0.077 | — |
| fal | fal-ai/vidu/q3/text-to-video/turbo | 1080p | Not specified | $0.077/s | $0.077 | — |
Prices as each provider's official pricing page states them, confirmed Sep 18, 2026 – Sep 19, 2026. No subscription: you pay for the seconds generated. Prices exclude tax.
How the status is checked
Whether a model still runs is checked separately from prices: prices change monthly, but a model can disappear between two price syncs, quietly making every page that mentions it wrong. So each model record has its own confirmation date and review deadline; overdue records are flagged, never assumed to still be running.
Last confirmed on Sep 18, 2026; due to be rechecked by Oct 18, 2026.
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