Blog · Last updated 28 Oct 2026 · BakeVideos team

How much does an AI video generator cost per video?

As of October 2026, a finished 45-second faceless short costs between about $0.33 and $2.34 on tools that make the whole video (script, voice, visuals, captions), and $4 to $15 or more in clip credits alone on generative tools such as Higgsfield or InVideo's Seedance clips. BakeVideos works out at $0.80 a short on Creator ($24 for 30 shorts and 3 long videos), $0.65 on Pro and $0.52 on Studio, tax included. Crayo is cheaper per video, and Vid.AI's yearly plan is slightly cheaper than Creator, so check the plan that fits how often you post, not the headline price.

Credits vs per-video pricing

Tools sell output in one of three ways:

Per video. The plan says how many videos you get (BakeVideos, Vid.AI, Faceless.video). The price per short is the plan price divided by the count. Easy to compare.
Per posting schedule. You pay for a "series" that posts a set number of times a week (AutoShorts). Divide by the posts a month.
Credits. The plan gives a pool of credits and each action spends some (Revid, Fliki, InVideo, Higgsfield; Crayo's credits are one video each, but voice minutes are capped separately). The cost of one video depends on its length, the visual model, the resolution and how many times you regenerate. You only know your price per short after you have made a few.

Credits are not worse in themselves; they are harder to compare. The math below converts every plan to the same unit.

Price per short on 9 tools (as of October 2026)

Assumption: one short is 45 seconds, voiced, with captions. "Per short" is the monthly price divided by the shorts the plan can make at that length, using the whole allowance. Prices are monthly billing in US dollars unless noted.

Tool	Plan and price a month	What a month buys	Price per 45-s short
BakeVideos	Creator $24 (Pro $49, Studio $99), tax included	30 shorts + 3 long videos (Pro 75 + 7, Studio 190 + 18)	$0.80 (Pro $0.65, Studio $0.52)
Crayo	Hobby $19, billed $57 every 3 months	250 credits (1 credit = 1 video), 30 voiceover minutes	$0.48: the voice cap allows 40 shorts of 45 s (30 ÷ 0.75); $0.33 on the yearly $160
Vid.AI	Starter $39 ($369 a year)	40 one-minute shorts + 4 ten-minute videos	$0.98; $0.77 billed yearly
Faceless.video	Starter $20 / Daily $35	up to 15 / up to 30 videos	$1.33 / $1.17
AutoShorts	Starter $19 / Daily $39	1 series posting 3 a week (about 13 a month) / daily (about 30)	$1.46 / $1.30
Revid	Growth $39 ($32 billed yearly)	2,000 credits; Revid says a 30-s video costs 40–80 credits, so about 60–120 for 45 s	$1.17–$2.34; $0.96–$1.92 yearly
Fliki	Standard $28 ($21 billed yearly)	180 credits, spent by the length of audio and video produced	no fixed count; $0.93 if you make 30 ($0.70 yearly)
InVideo AI	Basic $9 a seat; Pro $30 a seat	190 / 1,000 credits; Seedance 2.5 at 720p costs about 56 credits per 5 seconds	stock-footage cost per video not published; a fully generated 45-s short is about 504 credits, about $15 of Pro credit
Higgsfield	Pro $29 ($23 billed yearly), plus VAT	600 credits; a Kling 3.0 clip of 8 s at 720p is about 14 credits	about $4.14 (six clips, 84 credits, 7 shorts a month), clips only: no script, voice or captions

Sources, read on 2026-10-28 unless dated otherwise: crayo.ai/pricing (the yearly $160 is from 2026-10-17), vid.ai/pricing, faceless.video/pricing, autoshorts.ai plan list, revid.ai/pricing, invideo.io/pricing, fliki.ai/pricing (prices from 2026-10-17; the live page did not show them), higgsfield.ai/pricing (read on 2026-10-10; it did not load on 2026-10-28). These tools change plans often; treat every number as "as of" its date.

What the table shows, plainly:

Crayo is the cheapest per video if its formats suit you, and cheaper again billed yearly.
Vid.AI billed yearly ($0.77) is a little cheaper per short than BakeVideos Creator ($0.80), but you pay $369 up front. BakeVideos Pro ($0.65) and Studio ($0.52) are cheaper per short than any Vid.AI plan we read.
Generative clip tools cost several times more per short, and that is before voice, captions and editing.

Hidden costs to check

Regenerations and edits that spend credits. Fliki's own FAQ says changing text or voice settings reprocesses the video and costs credits again. On Higgsfield and InVideo every new clip is a new charge. Revid shows the estimated cost before each render. On BakeVideos only new videos count; edits, re-renders and downloads are free.
Voice minute caps. Crayo's Hobby plan has 250 credits but 30 voiceover minutes a month, so the voice runs out first: about 40 shorts of 45 seconds, or 30 of one minute.
Credits that expire. Crayo and InVideo both say unused credits do not roll over to the next month.
Watermarks on low tiers. Fliki's free plan carries a Fliki watermark and exports at 720p. AutoShorts' one-time free video was "temporarily paused" on 2026-10-28. BakeVideos' one free short (Google sign-in, no card, up to a minute, 1080p) carries a small bakevideos.com credit line; there is no watermark on paid plans.
Tax added at checkout. Higgsfield's prices excluded VAT when we read them on 2026-10-10. Check the final checkout total for any tool billed in US dollars if you live in the EU, UK or India. BakeVideos includes tax in the card price.
Prices that need a yearly or quarterly commitment. Crayo's $19 is billed $57 every 3 months. Vid.AI's $0.77 needs $369 up front. Revid's $32, Fliki's $21 and InVideo's lower per-seat price are yearly-billing prices. Vid.AI also offers 50% off the first month to eligible new monthly subscribers, which is a one-month price, not the running cost.
Per-seat pricing. InVideo charges per seat, so a two-person team pays twice.
Launch prices. BakeVideos' $24, $49 and $99 are launch-offer prices, kept for as long as the subscription stays active; new subscribers after the offer pay $39, $99 and $199. In India the plans are ₹999, ₹1,999 and ₹3,999 (25 shorts + 1 long, 55 + 2, 110 + 3).

What a daily channel pays: 30 shorts a month

Posting once a day means 30 shorts a month. The cheapest plan on each tool that covers that, as of October 2026:

Tool	Plan that covers 30 shorts of 45 s	Monthly cost	Per short
Crayo	Hobby (within its 30 voice minutes)	$19 billed quarterly; about $13.33 billed yearly	$0.63; $0.44
BakeVideos	Creator, plus 3 long videos	$24, tax included	$0.80
Fliki	Standard, for stock-footage shorts	$28; $21 billed yearly	$0.93; $0.70
Faceless.video	Daily (up to 30)	$35; the page says save 30% yearly, about $24.50	$1.17; about $0.82
Vid.AI	Starter (40 shorts, 10 left over)	$39; $30.75 billed yearly	$1.30; $1.03
AutoShorts	Daily (posts once a day)	$39; "2 months free" yearly, about $32.50	$1.30; about $1.08
Revid	Growth at 60 credits a short; Elite ($89, 5,000 credits) at 120	$39 to $89	$1.30 to $2.97
Higgsfield	30 × 84 credits = 2,520, more than Max's 1,800 ($79)	over $79, plus VAT, clips only	over $2.63, plus voice and editing elsewhere
InVideo AI	fully generated: 30 × 504 = 15,120 credits, more than Ultra's 3,000 ($80 a seat)	not covered by one plan	n/a; stock-footage cost not published

The yearly figures for Faceless.video and AutoShorts are our arithmetic from the discount each page states, not a listed price.

For the same 30 shorts, the tools also give different things. AutoShorts and Faceless.video post to your accounts on a schedule; BakeVideos does not auto-post yet. Vid.AI makes long videos up to 20 minutes; BakeVideos up to 5. BakeVideos adds 3 long videos to Creator, real licensed stock footage with a licence record per render, and animated AI scenes with one consistent cast for stories.

How to compare honestly

Fix your unit. Pick your real length (30, 45 or 60 seconds) and your real cadence (posts a month) before reading any pricing page.
Convert credits to videos. Find the tool's own cost per second or per video, multiply by your length, divide the plan's credits.
Count retries. Estimate how often you redo a video or change its voice, and add that cost on tools where edits spend credits.
Check the caps that run out first: voice minutes, export hours, AI images, posts a week.
Use the monthly price unless you will commit. A yearly price is only your price if you pay the year up front.
Look at the checkout total, with tax, for your country.
Make one free video first where a tool allows it, and see what you would actually post.

To test the math on BakeVideos, try a short of the length you post: a 45-second short on how saving $5 a day grows with compound interest. Script, voice, footage or AI scenes, captions and music are all included in the one video.

FAQ

How much does an AI video generator cost per video? As of October 2026, a finished 45-second faceless short costs about $0.33 to $2.34 on whole-video tools such as Crayo, BakeVideos, Vid.AI, Faceless.video, AutoShorts and Revid. Generative clip tools such as Higgsfield cost about $4 or more per short in clip credits alone. BakeVideos is $0.80 a short on Creator, $0.65 on Pro and $0.52 on Studio, tax included.

What is the cheapest AI video generator for shorts? Per video, Crayo, as of October 2026: $19 a month billed quarterly for 250 one-video credits, with 30 voiceover minutes, which is about 40 shorts of 45 seconds. Billed yearly it is cheaper again. BakeVideos is $24 for 30 shorts plus 3 long videos, and its Pro and Studio plans go down to $0.65 and $0.52 a short.

Are credits or per-video plans cheaper? Neither is cheaper in itself. Credit plans can be cheap for short, simple videos and expensive for long or generative ones, and regenerations spend more credits. Per-video plans tell you the price up front. Convert both to the price of one video at your length to compare.

How much does a daily faceless channel cost in AI tools? For 30 shorts a month, about $19 to $39 a month on most whole-video tools as of October 2026: Crayo $19 billed quarterly, BakeVideos $24, Fliki $28, Faceless.video $35, Vid.AI and AutoShorts $39. Generative clip tools cost far more for the same 30 shorts. Earnings depend on the platform; see how much faceless channels make.

Do edits cost extra on AI video generators? On many credit tools, yes: re-rendering or regenerating spends credits again (Fliki's FAQ says so, and clip tools charge per clip). On BakeVideos only new videos count; edits, re-renders and downloads are free.

Can I make a short for free before paying? On BakeVideos, yes: one short free with Google sign-in, no card, up to a minute in 1080p, with a small bakevideos.com credit line; there is no watermark on paid plans. Fliki has a free plan of 3 credits a month at 720p with its watermark, and Vid.AI has no free plan.

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