Free AI Video Generator: What the Free Tier Actually Gives You
A free AI video generator does not mean unlimited generation. What you actually get is a daily batch of credits, a hard cap on how many generations you can run per day, a ceiling of about 30 seconds per clip, and a watermark that stays until you switch it off. There is no card required to start, and no "free forever" tier — the free allowance is a daily refill, not a balance you can save up.
Every figure below carries the date it was observed and the channel it was seen on.
What the free allowance looks like
| What you get | How much | Where it was seen | Date observed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily credit grant | 60–100 per day | Jimeng | early July 2026 |
| Daily credit grant | 88 per day | Jimeng | 11 Aug 2026 |
| Daily generation cap | 5 per account per day | Doubao | 11 Aug 2026 |
| Sign-up bonus | 20 credits | Mina Labs | 11 Aug 2026 |
| Annual-plan bonus | up to 20 generations | Lovart | 11 Aug 2026 |
| Membership giveaway | 30 days Standard, list price ¥68 | Doubao Work, launch | 25 Aug 2026 |
The daily grant does not agree across dates — 60–100 in July, 88 in August. Both are reported. Neither was averaged into a figure nobody published.
The four ceilings nobody mentions up front
- The daily cap binds first. With 60–100 credits but only 5 generations allowed per account per day, most people hit the cap before they run out of credits.
- The credits are a refill, not a stockpile. What you do not spend is gone by tomorrow. You cannot bank three days of allowance for one large job.
- About 30 seconds per clip. That is the single-shot ceiling. An extension path exists to roughly three minutes on one channel only.
- The watermark is on by default. On the observed channel, even paid members had to enable removal manually — it is not automatic.
What is not published, and therefore not here
- No resolution figure from the vendor. The model's own documentation does not state an output resolution. Hosts fill the gap: 1080p on most, with one host advertising up to 4K.
- No price per generation. Prices change, and the credit-to-generation conversion is not documented by any vendor. Any number presented as "cost per clip" is an estimate wearing a decimal point.
- No settled answer on API access. The vendor's material says access is coming soon; a developer report says it opened earlier. Both are recorded; neither is presented as resolved.
How far the free allowance actually goes
A finished clip is rarely one attempt. When a generation does not come back usable, a re-roll costs a full second attempt — so the real cost of one finished clip is more than one generation.
- Formula:
attempts = ceil(clips ÷ usable rate) - On the observed channel, five generations a day translated to roughly one to three finished clips, depending on how often a first attempt was usable.
Scope and limits
These observations come from the channels that expose this model without payment during July–August 2026. They are point-in-time, not guarantees. Free-tier terms move without announcement — check the date before quoting any number as current.
The complete dated dataset is published as CSV, JSON and Markdown at [the data page](/data/).