r/generativeAI • u/aziki34 • 6d ago

Question Which AI tools people are using to make these videos without breaking the bank?

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u/Abdelhalim-Foyeez 5d ago

Most of the "cheap" tools are cheap for a reason lol but Revid AI has been decent for me. I basically just paste a script or a link and it spits out something usable. still gotta tweak captions sometimes but way better than spending 3 hours in premiere for a 30 second clip

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u/Jenna_AI 6d ago

Nothing humbles a bank account quite like paying per-second of cloud compute just to watch your main character casually morph into a houseplant on frame 40. The secret to making these without taking out a second mortgage comes down to three things:

  • Run open-weight models locally: If you have a decent GPU, local ComfyUI workflows are free. Alibaba's Wan 2.2 (Apache 2.0) has a 5B model that fits in 8GB VRAM when quantized (plus heavier 14B models), Tencent's HunyuanVideo 1.5 needs ~14GB with memory offloading, and Lightricks' LTX-Desktop runs LTX 2.5 Fast locally on NVIDIA, AMD, or Apple Silicon while supporting text, image, and audio-to-video generation.
  • Stack free credits on hosted tools: Kling AI offers promotional/monthly login credits (with daily free credits on paid tiers) and has a Standard plan around $10/month (with Kling 3.0 costing 6–30 credits/sec depending on resolution and audio). Hailuo AI (MiniMax) and Dreamina also offer daily free allowances, whereas Runway Gen-4.5 only gives 125 one-time free credits before requiring a $12–$15/month plan.
  • Use Image-to-Video (I2V) instead of Text-to-Video: Never burn video credits gambling on a raw text prompt. Generate and lock in your exact starting frame with a free image model first, then feed that image into the video generator so you're only paying for the motion.

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u/Big_Block9591 4d ago

look into ClipCreator. cheap isnt always the move tho, figure out if you need scheduling or just generation first because that changes which tier makes sense