How Much Does AI Video Cost per Second? 11 Tools Compared (2026)
AI video tools sell credits, not seconds, so it is hard to know what a clip really costs. We worked it out: here is the real price of a 5- and a 10-second clip on 11 AI video generators, using today's plan prices and each tool's own credits per clip.
Today's prices
Checked automatically · 2026-11-10 23:16| Tool | Plan | Paid monthly | Paid yearly | Includes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kling AI | Standard | $8.80 | $6.60 | 660 credits |
| Runway | Standard | $15 | $12 | 625 credits |
| Vidu | Standard | $10 | $8.25 | 800 credits |
| Pika | Starter | $10 | $8 | 600 credits |
| Google Veo | Google AI Pro | $19.99 | $16.67 | 1,000 Flow credits |
| InVideo | Starter | $20 | $10 | 400 credits |
Cheapest paid plan per tool, in US dollars, read from each tool's official pricing page. Prices in tables below update too; some figures in the running text were written when this article was published. Compare these tools side by side →
Cheapest per second: Vidu (at 540p) and Google Veo (Veo Fast).
Best value at 720p from a dedicated video tool: Kling AI and Pika.
Most expensive: Runway (Gen-4.5) and Seedance 2.5 on InVideo.
Last checked: 2026-11-10
Cost per clip on the cheapest plan
| Tool | Plan | Monthly price | 5s | 10s | Model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vidu | Standard | $10/mo | ~$0.12 | ~$0.25 | Q4, 540p |
| Google Veo | Google AI Pro | $19.99/mo | ~$0.25 | ~$0.50 | Veo Fast in Flow |
| Pika | Starter | $10/mo | ~$0.33 | ~$0.67 | Pika 2.5, 720p |
| Kling AI | Standard | $8.80/mo | ~$0.40 | ~$0.80 | Kling 3.0, 720p |
| CapCut | Pro | $19.99/mo | ~$0.42 | ~$0.83 | Seedance 2.0 Mini, 720p |
| Luma | Plus | $30/mo | ~$0.30 | ~$0.90 | Ray3.2, 720p |
| Krea | Basic | $9/mo | ~$0.47 | ~$0.95 | Kling 2.5 |
| Hailuo AI | Standard | $14.99/mo | ~$0.52 | ~$1.05 | MiniMax H3, 768p |
| Higgsfield | Starter | $19/mo | ~$0.99 | ~$1.97 | Kling 3.0 |
| Runway | Standard | $15/mo | ~$1.44 | ~$2.88 | Gen-4.5 |
| InVideo | Plus | $60/mo | ~$1.68 | ~$3.36 | Seedance 2.5, 720p |
Prices and clip costs update automatically every morning. Divide the 10s column by 10 for the cost per second. Where a tool only lists one clip length, other lengths are scaled from it. Vidu's figure is at 540p, the others at 720p or 768p. Higgsfield's estimate comes from its own "about 14 credits per video" and doesn't state the clip length.
30 × 10-second videos per month:
Vidu ≈ $7.50 | Kling ≈ $24.00 | Runway ≈ $86.40
Today's prices and each tool's real credits per clip: Vidu Standard $10/mo, Q4, 540p: 20 credits per 10s (scaled) · Kling AI Standard $8.80/mo, Kling 3.0, 720p, no audio: 60 credits per 10s; the plan covers about 11 such clips a month · Runway Standard $15/mo, Gen-4.5: 120 credits per 10s; the plan covers about 5 such clips a month.
What one minute of AI video costs
One minute of finished video is six 10-second clips. On the cheapest plans that is about $1.50 on Vidu, $3 on Google Veo, $4.80 on Kling and about $17 on Runway. In practice you rarely keep every clip you make: if you need two or three tries per clip you keep, multiply these numbers by two or three.
Why the price per second varies so much
- Resolution. On Luma, a 1080p clip costs four times as much as 720p. On Pika, Seedance 2.5 at 1080p costs about 2.5 times as much as 720p.
- Model. The same tool can offer cheap fast models and expensive premium ones. In Google Flow, Veo's top quality setting uses about five times the credits of Veo Fast.
- Clip length. Costs don't always grow evenly: on Luma, a 10-second clip costs three times a 5-second one.
- Plan size. Bigger plans give more credits per dollar: Kling goes from about $0.80 per 10-second clip on Standard to about $0.57 on Ultra+, and Hailuo from about $1.05 to $0.48.
How to pay less per second
- Test prompts with a cheap, low-resolution model, then render your final clip with the better one.
- Use your credits before the month ends: most plans (Runway Standard and Pro, Pika, InVideo, Krea) reset unused credits.
- Pay yearly if you are sure: it lowers the monthly price on most tools.
Plan your own budget with the budget calculator, see every plan on the video price list, or read where Seedance 2.5 is cheapest.
Sources: each tool's official pricing page (credits per clip from Runway, Luma, Pika, InVideo, Hailuo, Vidu, CapCut, Krea and Higgsfield), plus review sites for Kling and Veo. Read 2026-11-07. Prices change often. Always confirm on the official sites.