# Which AI video generators have a free plan? **Short answer:** Some do, with small one-time allowances: Runway's free plan includes 125 one-time credits, LTX Studio's 800 one-time credits for personal use, and Showrunner a 3-day trial with 50 credits (as of October 2026). None is enough for a series, and model APIs bill every second. URL: https://arc.katechon.technology/answers/which-ai-video-generators-have-a-free-plan Updated: 2026-10-18 ## Free plans we checked Runway entry price: Free (125 one-time credits); Standard $15/month. (Source: Runway, https://runway.com/pricing, checked 2026-10-17) LTX Studio entry price: Free (800 one-time credits); Lite $15/month. (Source: LTX Studio, https://ltx.io/studio/pricing, checked 2026-10-17) Showrunner entry price: 3-day free trial with 50 credits; USD prices not shown on the plan page. (Source: Showrunner, https://www.showrunnerstudio.com/app/create, checked 2026-10-17) ## Paid entry plans for comparison Higgsfield entry price: Starter $15/month for 200 credits. (Source: Higgsfield, https://higgsfield.ai/blog/credits-vs-unlimited-ai-video-generation, checked 2026-10-17) Topview entry price: Plus $24/month (promotional; list $36). (Source: Topview, https://www.topview.ai/pricing, checked 2026-10-17) Hedra entry price: Basic $20/month for 2,000 credits. (Source: Hedra, https://www.hedra.com/pricing, checked 2026-10-17) Arc has no free plan. Its entry plan is Starter $12.90/month for 1,800 credits. ## Why free plans do not cover a project - Video is priced per second. At list prices one minute costs $7.29 on Seedance 2.0 Mini and $24.00 on Veo 3.1 with audio, so a free allowance covers seconds to a few minutes. - One-time credits do not renew; trials end. - Free tiers often limit commercial use. LTX Studio's free credits are for personal use; check each tool's terms before publishing. Model prices on this page are Atlas Cloud list prices quoted 2026-10-17 with its free /calculate endpoint, as published in our [AI video price index](https://arc.katechon.technology/ai-video-price-index). (Source: Atlas Cloud model catalog and /calculate list prices, https://www.atlascloud.ai/models, checked 2026-10-17) ## Truly free options Open-weight models such as Wan 2.2 cost nothing to license if you have a capable GPU; see [is Wan free](https://arc.katechon.technology/answers/is-wan-free). Everything else is a trial, a one-time allowance or a paid plan. ## Where Katechon Arc fits Arc suits people who already know they will make a series or several ads and want one project to hold the whole production. If you want to try AI video before paying anything, start with a tool that has a free allowance; Arc has none. ## People also ask ### Is there a completely free AI video generator? Not for hosted, current models at any volume. Free plans give one-time credits or short trials; open-weight models are free to license but need your own GPU. ### Can I make an AI movie for free? Not a long one. A free allowance covers seconds to a few minutes of video; a 40-minute film needs hundreds of clips. ## Related answers - [What is the cheapest AI video generator?](https://arc.katechon.technology/answers/what-is-the-cheapest-ai-video-generator): By list price per second, the cheapest model we track is Veo 3.1 Lite at $0.050 per second at 720p (2026-10-17), followed by PixVerse V6… - [Is Wan free to use?](https://arc.katechon.technology/answers/is-wan-free): Some Wan models are free to download: Wan 2.2 is released with open weights under the Apache 2.0 license, so you can run it on your own… - [What are the best Runway alternatives?](https://arc.katechon.technology/answers/runway-alternatives): The closest Runway alternatives are Higgsfield for many models in one place, LTX Studio for script-to-storyboard pitching, Topview for ads,… - [What are the best LTX Studio alternatives?](https://arc.katechon.technology/answers/ltx-studio-alternatives): Runway and Higgsfield are the closest LTX Studio alternatives for general AI filmmaking, Topview and Showrunner for guided story formats,… - [How much does it cost to make an AI short drama?](https://arc.katechon.technology/answers/how-much-does-it-cost-to-make-an-ai-short-drama): Rendering a 30-episode AI short drama costs roughly $302 in video at list prices on a budget model, and we measured $2.26 per finished… ## Sources - Runway: [runway.com/pricing](https://runway.com/pricing), checked 2026-10-17 - LTX Studio: [ltx.io/studio/pricing](https://ltx.io/studio/pricing), checked 2026-10-17 - Showrunner: [www.showrunnerstudio.com/app/create](https://www.showrunnerstudio.com/app/create), checked 2026-10-17 - Higgsfield: [higgsfield.ai/blog/credits-vs-unlimited-ai-video-generation](https://higgsfield.ai/blog/credits-vs-unlimited-ai-video-generation), checked 2026-10-17 - Topview: [www.topview.ai/pricing](https://www.topview.ai/pricing), checked 2026-10-17 - Hedra: [www.hedra.com/pricing](https://www.hedra.com/pricing), checked 2026-10-17 - Atlas Cloud model catalog and /calculate list prices: [www.atlascloud.ai/models](https://www.atlascloud.ai/models), checked 2026-10-17