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Vidu
✓ verifiedFreemium
Fast AI video and image generator known for consistent multi-reference characters, anime motion, and free off-peak generation.
3.3M visits/mo50K saves
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Magic Hour
✓ verifiedFreemium
All-in-one AI studio for generating and editing video, images, and audio, with face swap, lip sync, and an API.
1.6M visits/mo
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Pika 2.2
✓ verifiedFreemium
A generative video platform that turns text or images into short AI videos, with playful visual effects and a video-focused chat agent.
2.2M visits/mo
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Vmake
✓ verifiedFreemium
AI UGC video studio that turns product photos into shoppable social videos with avatar hosts, enhancement, and watermark removal.
2.4M visits/mo5.6K saves
Pricing
No public pricing
Creator: $15/mo ($10/mo billed annually, 120k credits/yr)
Pro: $39/mo ($25/mo billed annually, 300k credits/yr)
Free trial available
Basic: $0/month (80 monthly video credits, 480p only, watermark on Turbo/Pro credits)
Standard: $8/month billed yearly (700 monthly video credits, all resolutions)
Pro: $28/month billed yearly (2300 monthly video credits, faster generation)
Fancy: $76/month billed yearly (6000 monthly video credits, fastest generation)
Free: $0/month (limited feature access, watermark included)
Core features
- ✦Text-to-video, image-to-video, and reference-to-video generation
- ✦Multi-reference consistency using up to 7 images
- ✦First and last frame transition control
- ✦Anime art-to-video animation
- ✦Unlimited free generation in off-peak mode
- ✦AI sound effect and AI image generation tools
- ✦Text-to-video and image-to-video generation
- ✦Face swap across video, photos, and GIFs
- ✦Lip sync and talking-photo tools
- ✦AI image generation and editing
- ✦Upscaling and animation
- ✦REST API and SDKs
- ✦Text-to-video and image-to-video generation
- ✦Pikaffects for stylized transformations of photos into video
- ✦Pika Agent conversational creative assistant
- ✦Pikascenes, Pikadditions and Pikaswaps for scene editing
- ✦Pika MCP to add creative tools to other AI agents
- ✦Commercial usage rights and watermark-free downloads on paid plans
- ✦AI UGC and avatar video generation from product images
- ✦Video and image watermark/background removal
- ✦Video upscaling and noise reduction
- ✦Viral-style creative video templates
- ✦Multi-language video translation and dubbing
- ✦Auto captions and attention-grabbing hook generator
Use cases
- →Marketers producing branded video ads with consistent characters
- →Anime creators animating static art
- →Creators reusing saved characters/props across multiple videos
- →Users wanting fast, low-cost video generation via off-peak mode
- →Produce social and ad videos
- →Localize or dub clips with lip sync
- →Generate marketing images
- →Automate video creation via API
- →Producing short social-media-ready video clips from text ideas
- →Turning a single photo into a reality-bending video effect
- →Automating creative content workflows through an AI agent
- →Adding video generation capability to existing AI agent setups via MCP
- →E-commerce sellers creating UGC-style product ads
- →Local business owners repurposing footage for social
- →Affiliate marketers producing shoppable videos
- →Social media managers scaling short-form content
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