Which InVideo pricing plan is best for AI video creators?
Last updated July 14, 2026
For most AI video creators publishing regularly, invideo's Max plan ($100/month) is the best fit. Plus ($20/month) covers testing and light use, Generative ($200/month) suits short-film production, and Elite ($1,000/month) matches episodic or commercial volume. Documented productions burned 3,000–30,000 credits per project, so pick the tier that covers your real iteration volume.
Match the tier to how much you actually generate, not how much you publish. invideo's plans run Plus at $20/month, Max at $100/month, Generative at $200/month, and Elite at $1,000/month — and because invideo carries all the current video models (Veo, Kling, Seedance 2.0) with the invideo agent routing each shot to the right one, credits are the only variable you're really buying.
What real projects burn. Documented productions give you a concrete benchmark before you commit to a tier:
| Production | Finished length | Credits | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 70-second short film | 70 sec | 3,000 | $750 |
| 90-second horror short | 90 sec | 4,100 | $870 |
| 3-minute animated episode | 180 sec | — | $950 |
| 2-minute brand promo | 120 sec | 6,000–6,500 | $1,500 |
| 4-person team short film | multi-scene | 20,000 | $5,000 |
| Episodic episode | one episode | ~30,000 | ~4 weeks of work |
Across the four productions with known length and cost, finished AI video ran $315–$750 per minute — the variance is natural, driven by team, style, and iteration discipline. As one filmmaker put it about the $5,000 project: pulling off a short with international locations and VFX on that budget is exceptional value against traditional production, where a comparable 2-minute commercial runs $100,000–$500,000.
Budget for iteration, not just output. Raw generation always exceeds finished footage: one 3-minute episode required 164 generated clips of which 41 made the final cut — a 25% selection rate — with an average of 3 generations per usable shot and only ~5 seconds used from each 15-second clip. Every one of those unused generations consumed credits, so treat overgeneration as a deliberate budget line. Practically: a Plus plan handles testing and single short clips; Max covers a creator finishing a short video or two per month; Generative covers a full short film per month at documented burn rates; Elite is for episodic series or client work at commercial volume.
Stretch whatever tier you pick. Run the invideo agent in Always Ask mode so you approve each prompt and reference before credits are spent, and have it write the prompt for review before triggering any generation. Storyboard first — one production spent zero video-generation credits until the full storyboard was approved, because a storyboard image shows composition, characters, and flow before a single video credit goes out. Image generation is cheap on invideo, so generate grids of options rather than burning video credits to explore ideas.
Start one tier below your ceiling. Credit-based billing rewards efficient iteration: if you lock references and approve prompts before generating, a $100/month Max plan goes much further than the raw numbers suggest, and you can move up to Generative or Elite once your monthly burn consistently exceeds your allocation.
Watch some of these to see what works for you:
We spent 20,000 credits, which roughly translates to about $5,000. And I know straight off the bat, that sounds like a lot.
— invideo's creative team, on the cost of a professional AI short film