How AI video pricing actually works (and why one bundled subscription beats five separate ones).

AI video pricing comes down to one formula — seconds of output times resolution — which every provider then wraps in a monthly subscription so the real per-clip cost stays hidden. AI video pricing is opaque on purpose. Every provider wants you on their own subscription, because subscriptions are predictable revenue. The problem: if you want Sora and Runway and Veo andKling, you're suddenly paying four subscriptions to use four models — none of which talk to each other.

Here's how each provider charges in 2026, what that math looks like when you stack subscriptions, and how getvivix's one-subscription-for-everything model compares.

How the underlying providers price compute

Every AI video provider — OpenAI, Google, Runway, Kling, Pika — charges by seconds of output × resolution. The math:

• Sora 2 (1080p, 10s) — ~$0.30 wholesale to API resellers
• Sora 2 Pro (1080p, 10s) — ~$0.60 wholesale
• Veo 3.1 (1080p, 8s + audio) — ~$0.45 wholesale
• Veo 3.1 Fast (720p, 8s) — ~$0.20 wholesale
• Kling 3.0 (1080p, 10s) — ~$0.20 wholesale
• Runway Gen-4.5 (1080p, 10s) — ~$0.35 wholesale

These are approximate wholesale rates based on the providers' published API pricing, rounded for illustration — the point is the per-second math, not the exact cent. If you want the head-to-head on quality, our Sora vs Veo vs Kling comparison breaks down which model wins for which shot.

How subscriptions hide the math

Sora.com sells $20/mo (Plus) and $200/mo (Pro) tiers. The $20 plan gives you 50 "priority" generations. So you're paying $0.40 per generation — but only if you use all 50. Use 10? You paid $2 each. Use 0? You paid $20 for nothing.

Runway sells $15/mo (Standard) → $35/mo (Pro) → $95/mo (Unlimited). Same problem: unused credits expire monthly. Most users hit ~30% utilization, which means the effective cost is ~3× the headline rate.

Veo doesn't even sell to consumers directly — you need a Google Cloud project, billing account, and IAM roles set up. The list price is reasonable, but the setup cost in time + accounting friction is brutal.

Why one bundled subscription wins

Take a content creator who wants access to Sora 2, Runway Gen-4.5, and Kling 3.0 for testing different shots. Stacking three separate subs vs. one getvivix subscription that includes all of them:

getvivix is also a subscription. The difference: one getvivix subscription gives you all the models — Sora, Veo, Kling, Runway, FLUX, ElevenLabs, etc. — instead of needing a separate sub for each provider. Browse the full lineup on the models page, or start a render in text-to-video and watch the credit cost appear before you click run.

How getvivix credits work

Each getvivix subscription tier includes a monthly credit allotment that you spend on generations. The credit ledger:

• Each generation shows the exact credit cost before you click run, so you always know what a render will cost. Exception: for LLM (text) models, the cost is calculated from output tokens, so the deduction lands when the model finishes streaming the response.
• New users get 30 free credits + 1 free clip credit on signup, plus 30 credits dropped daily on the free tier.
• Subscription credits expire 30 days from the day you subscribed and do not roll over. Re-subscribe and you get a fresh 30-day allotment.
• Gift cards are available through approved resellers (list coming soon) and stack on top of your subscription wallet.

Subscriptions are month-to-month — cancel any time from your account settings. All purchases are final and non-refundable.

getvivix pricing tiers

Prefer not to subscribe? Gift cards are available through approved resellers (list coming soon) and stack on top of your subscription wallet.

What about Caption Studio (clip credits)?

Caption Studio is the in-house podcast clipper. It uses Whisper transcription + ffmpeg rendering, not a third-party API, so its compute profile is different from text-to-video. We track it as a separate "clip credit" — 1 clip credit = 1 captioned 9:16 export.

Free signup gets 1 clip credit. Standard = 80, Pro = 120, Ultimate = 400. See Podcast Clipper for details.

Frequently asked

Can I see exactly what I'm being charged?

Yes. Every model card shows credit cost before you click generate. The one exception is LLM (text) models — output is billed by tokens used, so the final cost lands once the response finishes streaming. /history shows every transaction with the exact credit debit.

Do credits expire?

Subscription credits are for one 30-day window from the day you subscribe and don't roll over to the next window — re-subscribe and you get a fresh allotment. Gift-card credits stack on top of your subscription wallet.

Are there refunds for failed generations?

Yes — if a model errors out before producing a finished asset, the credit deduction is reversed automatically.

Why does one bundled subscription cost less than separate provider subs?

Separate subscriptions to Sora, Runway, and Kling can run $85/mo for three models with three dashboards and three bills. One getvivix subscription starts at $10/mo and includes those three plus 100+ other image, video, and audio models in a single studio with a single bill, so you stop paying for credits you never used on each provider. Full tier breakdown is on the pricing page.

Sign up free — 30 credits + 1 clip credit, no card. See the credit cost on every render before you spend.