PixVerse

The thing to weigh is whether the clip will go further than your own feed.

Of the five common requests to it, four work out, and the fifth, hacking the credit counter, runs into the vendor's server.

Who it is for. For those who animate family photos and make videos for their feed: a photo, a phrase, and a ready-made video with sound. The Android app has been downloaded more than 50 million times, and the free plan gives one 540p video without sound every day.

Who else. For people building a pipeline: a Canvas workspace with "storyboard, images, video" nodes, a chat agent, terminal CLI, and an API with per-second pricing. The same subscription includes third-party models, Seedance 2.5 with clips up to 30 seconds and MiniMax H3 in 2K.

Who it is not for. Anyone who needs the clip for an ad or a client: the vendor's terms allow non-commercial use only, and the plan comes with no separate license. And anyone expecting 4K and half a minute: its own models top out at 15 seconds and 1080p.

Good fit: section 3 takes you from signing in to your first video. If you are choosing between it and Kling, see the choice in section 7.

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Three levels: proprietary video models, third-party models under the same subscription, and a pipeline around them with a workspace, agent, and terminal.

Proprietary models. There are three of them in the showcase. Since Mar 30, 2026, V6 makes videos from text and photos, extends clips, combines multiple shots into one clip, adds sound in the same pass, and follows camera commands such as "slow push-in" or "handheld shot". Since Apr 7, 2026, C1 has been tailored for film: action, special effects, and storyboarding in one model.

R1 and limits. Since Jan 12, 2026, R1 generates video as a continuous stream that responds to viewer actions, lives on a separate site, and is not available through the API. The limits for V6 and C1 are straightforward: 15 seconds and 1080p, while 4K in the showcase means upscaling a finished clip.

Third-party models. The site menu lists Seedance 2.5 and MiniMax H3 alongside V6, while the Google Play app description names about a dozen more third-party models, noting that availability depends on region and version; the full list is in the answers below. Clips up to 30 seconds and 2K images in PixVerse are only possible with third-party models.

Effects, voice, photos. Template effects such as “hug your younger self” make a video without a prompt. Voiceover syncs lips to text or audio; since Jul 22, 2026, you can clone a voice, and there are 14 preset voices.

Pipeline. Since Jun 12, 2026, Canvas builds a script from "break down idea, draw storyboard, generate video" nodes and runs them in batches. The agent takes a task in chat, the CLI has generated from the terminal in one line since Jul 13, 2026, MCP connects generation to Claude and Cursor but uses separate API credits. Mini apps such as Ad Master create an ad clip from one product photo for $3, or $2 for subscribers.

What the vendor itself shows. The header clip comes from the official Canvas video on the vendor's channel: three nodes on the workspace, "break down idea, 3x3 storyboard, video"; the panel has a GPT Image 2 third-party-model chip priced at 60 credits, then a "queued" status and a finished nine-frame grid with a robot. We have not run PixVerse for this task; the figures come from the showcase, documentation, terms, and third-party tests.

Step 1. Open app.pixverse.ai and create an account. Registration gives 60 credits, then 30 every day; they expire at midnight UTC.

Step 2. Upload a photo or describe a scene, choose the model, resolution, and duration, then check the button: the price in credits is displayed before you click. A free account is limited to 540p, has a watermark on every clip, and includes ads.

Step 3. For 720p, a watermark-free video, and 1,200 credits per month, you need Standard for $10.  

Apps. On Android the PixVerse app has lived in Google Play since Sep 25, 2024, with more than 50 million installs and 4.49 million reviews. On iPhone the vendor has one app, PixVerse Lite, out since May 2026: a different set of modes, without Canvas and the agent. There is no desktop program.

Steps verified on Sep 7, 2026 against the live app.pixverse.ai storefront, vendor terms, App Store and Google Play listings, and a check-host test with control nodes

Video-model arenas exist, and PixVerse is not in their top ten: as of Sep 7, 2026, V6 ranks 14th–18th out of 37 for images and 19th–21st out of 39 for text.

Arenas. In Artificial Analysis, V6 scores 1,074 points in text generation and 1,069 for images; the arena gives a range for its rank, which shifts during the day, while Wan 3.0, Gemini Omni Flash, MiniMax H3, and Seedance 2.0 hold the top of both tables. LMArena lists only the older V5.6, in 26th and 24th place. The vendor claimed second place worldwide in February and July 2026 and still keeps a table on its homepage where V6 ranks above Kling, Veo, and Sora, with a note saying "as of 02.04.2026."

Audience and money. The company claims more than 150 million users across 177 countries and about 15 million monthly active users; both figures are its own. PixVerse has two and a half times more users than Kling, but ten times less annual revenue: Huxiu calculated this on Jul 15, 2026, adding that the active audience has been flat for nine months and retention is about 10%. The valuation after the Series C extension in July 2026 exceeded $2 billion, with $439 million raised in the round overall.

Getting started costs $10 per month for 1,200 credits, while the storefront defaults to $8 with annual billing.

Currency. Payments use credits, and there are three wallets. Daily credits arrive at midnight UTC and expire at midnight. Membership credits arrive with the subscription and last 30 days. Purchased credits do not expire while you are subscribed.

Price on the button. The cost of a video is visible before you click: on Sep 7, 2026, the site charged 20, 30, 40, and 80 credits for a 5-second V6 video without sound in 360p, 540p, 720p, and 1080p. Sound adds 8 at 540p and 10 at 720p and is enabled by default, while 15 seconds in 1080p cost 168 in the official screenshot.

Free. Basic gives 60 credits on signup and 30 per day, no higher than 540p, with a watermark and ads. Thirty is enough for exactly one 540p video without sound, but not with sound, and you cannot save them for tomorrow. Practitioners in 2025 described 60 credits a day.

Plans. Standard is $10 per month for 1,200 credits, 60 per day, up to 720p, without a watermark or ads. Pro is $30 for 6,000, Premium is $60 for 15,000, Ultra is $199 on sale versus a $249 list price for 25,000 with free off-peak generations, and Team Ultra is $199 per seat. The storefront toggle is set to annual billing: the discount is 20%, 40% for Ultra, and prices of $8, $24, $48, and $149 per month mean $96, $288, $576, and $1,788 paid at once. Standard's 1,200 membership credits cover about 30 5-second 720p videos without sound.

On mobile. PixVerse Lite for iPhone sells the Elite subscription by the week only, at $5.99, or by the year at $49.99. The weekly price works out six times more expensive over a year than the yearly one. Credit packs in the apps are the same as on the site: 500 for $5, 10,000 for $100.

API separate. API credits and site credits cannot be transferred between each other, according to the vendor. Credits cost 100 per dollar, the smallest pack is $10, and the Essential subscription is $100 for 15,000. Pricing is per second: V6 without sound costs 5, 7, 9, and 18 credits per second in 360p, 540p, 720p, and 1080p. The "$4.80 per minute" figure on the site homepage matches the pricing only for 1080p without sound and at an exchange rate absent from the published tables, while a site credit costs less than an API credit.

Three questions: who owns the video, what the vendor does with your photos, and who it is at all.

Whose video. The vendor does not take the rights to the output, but its terms of use dated May 7, 2026 limit it to non-commercial purposes unless you obtain a separate license from rights holders. The V6 model page, meanwhile, promises that commercial rights "depend on the plan," while plan cards say nothing about commercial use. Platform templates and materials are allowed only within the service. Kling, Runway, and Higgsfield explicitly provide commercial use on paid plans.

Your photos and data. The vendor uses everything uploaded and generated to train models under a perpetual license "in anonymized form," promising opt-out "where such an option is available"; we found no button.

Jurisdiction. The company is based in Singapore, disputes go to Singapore arbitration in English, and data may be transferred to the US. Age 16+, the service has ISO 27001 certification. Every video on the free plan has a watermark; paid plans download without one.

Who is the vendor. The service operator under the Terms and the app publisher on Google Play are registered in Singapore, the team is based in Beijing and Shanghai, and founder Wang Changhu previously led computer vision at ByteDance. We found no lawsuits, fines, or leaks in the English- or Chinese-language press over the past three years. Based on reviews, moderation is stricter than on Western platforms: frames with people in swimsuits are rejected.

Reviews. Google Play is rated 4.7 from 4.49 million reviews; the US App Store is rated 2.9 from 20 reviews for the new PixVerse Lite.

The difference is not the entry price, which is $10 a month for both, but where the video will go and how you pay.

Kling. A Kuaishou video model with its own website: Standard costs $10 at list price and $8.80 on promotion for 660 credits, monthly billing is clearly available, and commercial use is listed among the paid plan's benefits. In image arenas, Kling 3.0 and V6 are level, 1,072 versus 1,069 points. Choose Kling if the video will be used for work; choose PixVerse if you need a phone app and one free video a day.

Hailuo. A MiniMax model whose H3 ranks in the top five of both arenas: Standard is $14.99 a month for 1,000 credits, and the storefront also presents annual-plan $8.40 as a monthly price. The same H3 is available inside PixVerse under its subscription, so you pay directly for one model, while trying several models goes through PixVerse.

Over three years, the project of ByteDance's former head of computer vision grew to a valuation above $2 billion, released six numbered model generations, gained an app with 50 million installs, and drew press coverage of a stagnant audience.