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How much does AI UGC cost?

Real prices for the main AI video and image models, what a finished ad costs, and how you pay for it. Short version: from $0.20 per clip.

Updated 2026-10-05ยท4 min read
How much does AI UGC cost?
On the 13 video models of Kreavo's price index, an AI UGC video costs between $0.20 and $18.90. Their entry prices sit between $0.20 (Wan 3.0) and $2.00 (VEO 3.1); longer clips and higher resolutions cost more, up to $18.90. A human UGC creator typically charges $50 to $500 per video with a 3 to 10 day turnaround.

AI UGC video cost by model

Prices are what the app charges, from the shortest and lightest variant of each model to its longest, highest resolution one. One credit is one cent: a 1,000 credit top-up costs $10.

  • Wan 3.0: $0.20 to $18.90 per clip.
  • HunyuanVideo 1.5: $0.34 to $1.34 per clip.
  • Grok Imagine: $0.55 to $3.75 per clip.
  • Seedance 2.0: $0.60 to $9.00 per clip.
  • Hailuo 2.3: $0.64 to $1.07 per clip.
  • Kling 4.0: $0.75 to $11.10 per clip.
  • Vidu Q3: $0.75 to $5.60 per clip.
  • Gemini Omni: $0.80 to $7.50 per clip.
  • Wan 2.6: $0.84 to $2.34 per clip.
  • Seedance 2.5: $1.00 to $14.70 per clip.
  • Kling 3.0: $1.40 to $5.60 per clip.
  • Kling 2.6: $1.84 to $3.67 per clip.
  • VEO 3.1: $2.00 to $5.00 per clip.

The price you pay depends on three things: the model, the clip length and the resolution. The same model can cost several times more at 10 seconds and 1080p than at 5 seconds and 720p. The exact credit cost is shown in the app before you generate.

AI UGC image cost

Product photos, AI influencer stills and the first frame of a video are images, and they are much cheaper: on the image models of the index, from $0.07 on Grok Imagine up to $0.75 on the top variant of Nano Banana Pro.

  • Grok Imagine: $0.07 to $0.22 per image.
  • GPT Image 2: $0.08 flat per image.
  • Seedream 5.0 Lite: $0.12 to $0.27 per image.
  • GPT Image 2.5: $0.13 to $0.28 per image.
  • Seedream 4.5: $0.14 to $0.29 per image.
  • Flux: $0.14 to $0.42 per image.
  • Nano Banana 2.1: $0.15 to $0.40 per image.
  • Nano Banana 2: $0.55 to $0.70 per image.
  • Nano Banana Pro: $0.60 to $0.75 per image.

What one finished ad actually costs

Most AI UGC ads are made in two steps: an image with your product and the AI creator, then a clip generated from that image. So the honest price of one ad is image plus clip. On the cheapest pair of the index (Grok Imagine image, Wan 3.0 clip) that is $0.27. On Seedance 2.5, the premium model billed per second, a 5-second 720p clip alone is $1.75.

The cheap models are for testing hooks: the question is only whether the first two seconds hold attention, and resolution does not change that answer. Pay for the premium render once you know which angle wins.

How you pay for it

  • Free plan: 150 credits for images, no credit card.
  • Video trial: $1 for 7 days, 200 credits, every video model.
  • Starter: $12 per month after the trial. Plan credits reset each billing cycle.
  • Top-ups: from $10 per 1,000 credits, with volume discounts, on paid plans or pay as you go once you have paid for a plan or the $1 trial. Top-up credits are valid for 3 months after purchase.
  • One balance covers every model and feature: video, images, TikTok recreation and virtual try-on.

AI UGC vs paying a creator

A human UGC creator typically charges $50 to $500 per video, often plus product shipping, usage rights and revision fees, and delivers in 3 to 10 days. The bottom of that range, $50, buys 250 clips on Wan 3.0 or 28 on Seedance 2.5.

Time matters as much as money. Measured over 342 finished jobs, the median render is 117 seconds on Grok Imagine and about 4 minutes on Seedance 2.5. You can test five hooks before a creator has replied to your brief, then hire a human only for the angle that already works.

One caveat: creative is rarely your biggest cost. Media spend is. Cheap creative matters because it lets you test more angles with the same ad budget, not because it makes the ads free.

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