What one AI generation costs on each platform (2026)
A price per generation is what one image or one 5-second clip costs on a platform's monthly plan. We price each model at the same settings on every platform that offers it, so the platform is the only thing that changes.
37 platforms · read 25 Oct to 7 Nov 2026
Key findings
01
The same model costs up to 12.5x more on another platform
GPT Image 2 costs $0.045 per image on InVideo and $0.56 on VEED.1 On the most-used models the gap runs from 3.2x to 12.5x.
How many times the cheapest platform's price each model costs on the dearest
VibeDex
cheapestmediandearestSame model, same settings · read 25 Oct to 7 Nov 2026 · vibedex.ai/pricing
What to do: Price the model you want on two or three platforms before you subscribe.
02
Seedance 2.5 costs least on Fotor, at $1.73 a clip
A 5 s, 1080p, 16:9 clip costs $1.73 on the Max plan2, against a median of $4.07 across 11 platforms. VEED charges $5.54, 3.2 times as much.
Seedance 2.5
Price per clip · 5 s, 1080p, 16:9 · 11 platforms
VibeDex
Price not shown before you pay: Canva, CapCut, Higgsfield, Kapwing, Luma Dream Machine, Recraft, SeaArt.
Price per generation on each platform's monthly plan · read 25 Oct to 7 Nov 2026 · vibedex.ai/pricing
What to do: If Seedance 2.5 is your main model, compare Fotor and Pika first.
03
The typical cheapest paid plan costs $15 a month
Across 36 platforms the cheapest paid plan runs from $2.79 on Pixlr to $64 on Kapwing.3
Cheapest paid monthly plan, one dot per platform
VibeDex
Monthly list price in US dollars · 36 platforms · read 25 Oct to 7 Nov 2026 · vibedex.ai/pricing
What to do: Start on the entry plan of your shortlisted platform and move up once you know your monthly volume.
More models, platform by platform
Kling 3.0
Price per clip · 5 s, 1080p, 16:9 · 11 platforms
VibeDex
Price not shown before you pay: Canva.
Price per generation on each platform's monthly plan · read 25 Oct to 7 Nov 2026 · vibedex.ai/pricing
Veo 3.1
Price per clip · 5 s, 1080p, 16:9 · 6 platforms
VibeDex
Price not shown before you pay: Canva, Google Flow, Synthesia.
Price per generation on each platform's monthly plan · read 25 Oct to 7 Nov 2026 · vibedex.ai/pricing
See Seedance 2.5 on every platform, with plan names
5 s, 1080p, 16:9, one clip.
Seedance 2.5: price per clip by platform, cheapest first
Platform
Plan
Price per clip
Fotor
Max
$1.73
Pika
Creator
$3.32
Leonardo.Ai
Ultimate
$3.59
OpenArt
Pro
$3.75
InVideo
Plus (2,000 credits)
$3.75
Dreamina
Standard
$4.07
Pixlr
Ultra MAX
$4.42
HeyGen
Creator
$4.57
Magnific
Plus
$5.23
Runway
Pro
$5.29
VEED
Pro
$5.54
Canva
Not shown before you pay
CapCut
Not shown before you pay
Higgsfield
Not shown before you pay
Kapwing
Not shown before you pay
Luma Dream Machine
Not shown before you pay
Recraft
Not shown before you pay
SeaArt
Not shown before you pay
Notes
A price per generation is a plan's monthly price divided by the number of generations its credits buy. Each platform is priced on its best-value monthly plan in the $20 to $60 a month range (the lowest price per credit); the plan is named in each table.
Fotor, Higgsfield, Magnific and Picsart prices are listed prices, taken from each platform's own per-model price table. Every other price is the cost the product shows before you generate.
Prices read 25 Oct to 7 Nov 2026: monthly list prices, without annual or promotional discounts, in US dollars at the ECB reference rate of 23 Oct 2026. The next read is 23 Nov to 28 Nov 2026.