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AI Video Generation Cost Index
Nine AI video tools, one normalized rate card each. Every row links to its own price breakdown - $/second, $/8s clip, plan matrix and true cost per usable clip after retries. Click any column header to re-sort; ranked by true cost, cheapest first, by default.
All tools, ranked by true cost
$/8s clip, $/min and true cost use each tool's cheapest tier. Click a column header to sort.
| Tool | $/sec (range) | $/8s clip | $/min | True cost/clip* | Max clip | Audio | Verified | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hailuo / MiniMax (Hailuo 2.3)
Live
|
$0.0150-$0.0817 | $0.12 | $0.90 | $0.42 | 10s | unclear | 2026-07-23 | Details → |
Pika (2.5)
Live
|
$0.0274-$0.0914 | $0.22 | $1.64 | $0.77 | 10s | none | 2026-07-23 | Details → |
Luma Dream Machine (Ray3.2 API)
Live
|
$0.0300-$0.4320 | $0.24 | $1.80 | $0.84 | 10s | none | 2026-07-23 | Details → |
Google Veo 3.1
Live
|
$0.0500-$0.6000 | $0.40 | $3.00 | $1.40 | 8s | native | 2026-07-23 | Details → |
Runway (Gen-4.5 / Gen-4 Turbo)
Live
|
$0.0500-$0.1200 | $0.40 | $3.00 | $1.40 | ~16s | separate | 2026-07-23 | Details → |
LTX (Lightricks)
Live
|
$0.0600-$0.3200 | $0.48 | $3.60 | $1.68 | No fixed cap | none | 2026-07-23 | Details → |
Wan (Alibaba, 2.5/2.6)
LiveEst.
|
$0.0708-$0.1500 | $0.57 | $4.25 | $1.98 | 15s | native | 2026-07-23 | Details → |
Kling AI (2.x / 3.0)
LiveEst.
|
$0.0840-$0.4200 | $0.67 | $5.04 | $2.35 | ~10s | native | 2026-07-23 | Details → |
OpenAI Sora (API)
Dead
|
$0.1000-$0.5000 | $0.80 | $6.00 | $2.80 | 20s | native | 2026-07-23 | Details → |
*True cost per usable clip assumes a 3.5x retry multiplier - a user-adjustable assumption, not a vendor fact (practitioner reports put the real range at 3-10 attempts per keeper). Open the full calculator to change the retry rate, clip length or resolution.
Honest sourcing
Kling AI and Wan (Alibaba) are marked Est. because neither publishes a fully public, first-party per-second rate card: Kling's kling.ai/dev console sits behind account login, and Alibaba's own Model Studio pricing disagrees by roughly 2x with its own reseller network. Hailuo/MiniMax's per-clip figures are corroborated by a secondary aggregator, not a first-party rate we could directly confirm. Pika has no per-second API price sheet at all - its $/sec is derived from the cheapest subscription tier's credit cost. Every one of these is disclosed in full, with sources, on that tool's own /cost/ page.
Compare live
Prices verified 2026-07-23 against official vendor pages where available; estimated rows are clearly marked above and sourced in full on each tool's page.