What the 150 free credits actually cover
Credits are spent per generation, and a credit is worth a cent at the top-up rate where 1,000 credits cost $10 — so 150 free credits are about $1.50 of generation. On the image models of Kreavo's price index, generations start at 7 credits (Grok Imagine, $0.07 each), which means the free balance stretches to roughly 21 images on that model, or 2 on the most expensive one (Nano Banana Pro). Prices here are read from the live model catalog at build time, so they match what the app charges.
- 150 credits at signup, no credit card, no trial countdown.
- Image generation: AI influencers, product photography, product compositing, virtual try-on.
- A selected set of models rather than the whole catalog.
- Downloads carry a Kreavo watermark; removing it is a paid-plan feature.
- No credit top-ups: buying extra credits requires a paid plan.
- No video generation — the cheapest video render in the price index is 20 credits (Wan 3.0, $0.20), and it stays locked until you verify a card.
Why video is the one thing nobody gives away
An image costs a provider fractions of a cent. A video books real GPU time on an external model for a few minutes, and it is billed whether the clip is usable or not. That is why every serious tool in this category gates video behind a card, a watermark, a queue, or a demo shortlist — and why a generator advertising unlimited free AI video is either rendering something much smaller than it implies or is about to change its terms.
Kreavo's version of that gate is a $1 charge that verifies the card. It is not a quality tier: trial renders use the same models at the same resolutions, without a watermark. One card opens one trial, which is the whole point — it keeps free video from being farmed at scale by people who never intend to pay. The complete terms, including the per-model breakdown of what the 200 trial credits buy and what happens on day 8, are on the $1 trial page.
The cheapest honest route to your first AI UGC video
- Sign up free and spend image credits first: upload your product, generate the shots, and confirm the model actually keeps your packaging and label intact. This is the part that decides whether the tool is worth a card, and it costs nothing.
- Write your scripts and hooks before you unlock video. Trial credits should go into generation, not into figuring out what to say.
- Unlock video for $1 when you have a shot you like. Every video model opens for 7 days and 200 credits land in your balance.
- Run several cheap clips first — Wan 3.0 starts at $0.20 — then spend what is left on one premium render of the angle that worked.
- Cancel in one click from Account → Subscription if you do not want to continue. Otherwise the Starter plan starts at $12/month on day 8 and renews monthly until you cancel.
How to read a rival's free offer
When another tool calls itself free, the word covers at least five different things. Check which one you are being offered before you sign up: how many videos you get, at what resolution, with or without a watermark, whether a card is required up front, and whether the free output is licensed for paid advertising at all. A free tier that watermarks every export is not free for an advertiser — it is a preview. A free tier that needs a card is a trial with a nicer name.
Free versus cheap
For an advertiser the practical question is rarely whether a tool is free. It is whether it is cheap enough to test at volume. A human creator video typically costs $50 to $500 and takes days to brief, shoot and deliver. At $0.20 for the cheapest render in the price index, a $10 top-up funds a whole batch of variations of the same ad. The free credits are for confirming the quality on your own product; the $1 trial is for confirming it moves in video; the top-ups are what make weekly creative testing sustainable.