Credits & pricing
Translate clips, retries, and model choices into a realistic budget.
Cost guides →INDEPENDENT AI COST RESEARCH • 2026
Price AI before you buy.
Waste fewer credits.
Free calculators and source-linked decision guides for AI subscriptions, APIs, agents, video, images, voice, and production workflows—built to make cost visible before you commit a budget.
Model the workloadSticker price is not total cost.
Review the sourceOfficial rates and checked dates are linked.
Stay independentNo vendor can buy a verdict.
RESEARCH LIBRARY
Start with the cost
you need to understand.
Video models
Choose generation routes by use case, control, and production constraints.
Model guides →Production workflow
Plan prompts, iterations, editing, and approval before credits disappear.
Workflow guides →Subscriptions & APIs
Compare seats, token usage, agent runs, and infrastructure before you subscribe.
Pricing tools →AI SUBSCRIPTIONS & APIS
Use the price page.
Then model the bill.
These tools separate subscriptions, seats, token processing, credits, and usage-based charges so a monthly headline is not mistaken for a complete budget.
CHATGPT VS APIFREE
Compare ChatGPT Plus and OpenAI API cost
Model fixed ChatGPT Plus seats, metered OpenAI API usage, the break-even request volume, and a combined hybrid budget.
Open resource ↗OPENAI APIFREE
Calculate OpenAI token cost
Estimate GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, or Luna cost from uncached input, cached input, output, requests, and retries.
Open resource ↗CLAUDE APIFREE
Model token and cache cost
Estimate prompt-cache writes, reads, Batch processing, and the upcoming Sonnet price change.
Open resource ↗GEMINI APIFREE
Price Gemini tokens and grounding
Calculate Standard or Batch processing, cached input, cache storage, and Search grounding.
Open resource ↗NOTION AIFREE
Plan seats and Custom Agents
Separate the known Business seat price from an editable Custom Agent usage range.
Open resource ↗CANVAFREE
Compare Pro and Business team cost
Model annual Canva list prices by users, then keep optional AI Pass and regional uplift separate.
Open resource ↗PERPLEXITYFREE
Compare consumer and team plans
See monthly, prepaid annual, seat, and Computer-credit cost without confusing due-today cash.
Open resource ↗OPEN DATAFREE
Check the official pricing sourcebook
Review and download the provider rates, billing units, constraints, and checked dates behind the tools.
Open resource ↗32 DECISION GUIDES
Useful before
you buy more credits.
Each guide begins with the real outcome: usable clips, iteration rate, budget exposure, and the control you need after generation.
CREDITS & PRICINGFramework updated · Jul 2026
How to calculate the real cost per usable AI video clip
A provider-neutral method for turning current credit rules, generation attempts, and production work into a defensible cost per approved AI video clip.
Read guide ↗CREDITS & PRICINGOfficial sources checked · Jul 2026
Runway Credit Budget Planner: Plan Creative Credits Without Guessing at the Headline Price
Build a Runway Creative credit budget from the current model rate, planned generations, rejected outputs, rollover rules, and delivery requirements.
Read guide ↗VIDEO MODELSFramework updated · Jul 2026
Choose an AI video plan by output workflow, not by a model demo
A decision framework for comparing access limits, credit structures, editing needs, and team workflow before subscribing.
Read guide ↗CREDITS & PRICINGFramework updated · Jul 2026
AI Video Credits Explained: Why a Monthly Plan Is Not a Production Budget
A glossary and assumption checklist that converts AI video plan credits into deliverable, watermark-free clips before you pay.
Read guide ↗CREDITS & PRICINGFramework updated · Jul 2026
How to Compare AI Video Generator Pricing Without Comparing the Wrong Unit
Compare AI video generator pricing by normalizing per-credit, per-second, per-generation, and per-seat plans into one cost-per-second number.
Read guide ↗CREDITS & PRICINGFramework updated · Jul 2026
AI Video Cost per Minute: Raw Duration vs. Usable-Clip Cost
Most AI video tools sell credits, not minutes. Learn to convert raw-duration cost into true usable-clip cost per minute before you pay.
Read guide ↗FREE TOOL
How many credits
does your video plan need?
Estimate total generations before choosing a plan. Then use the full budget tool to compare plan credits and monthly spend.
Estimated credits required / month3,900
Generation attempts: 60 / month
Use the provider's current model and duration credit rate. The full budget tool adds plan credits and price.
Compare plans and monthly spend →OUR METHOD
Not another
“best AI video” list.
We build decision pages around usable output, credit burn, prompt iteration, workflow control, and the questions to answer before a team buys a plan.
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Source check
Official pricing, credit rules, product documentation, and policy pages are recorded before a guide is drafted.
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Cost model
Every comparison shows the assumptions behind clip count, retries, duration, credit use, and the plan threshold.
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Human review
Drafts are never published until claims, changes, and reader usefulness are reviewed.
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Refresh queue
Pricing and product-change alerts create a review task instead of silently rewriting a live guide.
VERIFIED PRICING DATA
See the rate
behind the result.
Browse the official-source pricing rows used by the calculators, or download the current dataset as CSV. No account or email is required.