Krea AI Video Without a Subscription? Its Plans, Compute Units, Clip Prices, and Paying Per Clip Instead (November 2026)
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Krea's video starts at its Basic plan, $9 a month for 5,000 compute units with "selected video models"; every video model starts at Pro, $35 a month. Plan units expire at the end of each billing cycle, one-time packs expire after 90 days, and the Free plan's 100 daily units do not include video models or a commercial license. Krea also sells a separate pay-per-use API, for people who write code.
This guide covers Krea's plans and unit rules, what a clip comes to from Krea's own clip counts, its API, paying per clip in a studio instead, and which fits whom.
A note on who wrote this: GenMagic is a per-clip studio and the alternative compared here; its prices come from its live catalog. Krea's figures were read on November 10, 2026 on its pricing page, its API pricing and its terms. All seven all-in-one apps side by side: which AI video apps need a subscription.
Table of contents
The short answer
- Basic, $9 a month ($5 billed yearly), 5,000 units, selected video models; Pro, $35 a month ($21 yearly), 20,000 units, all video models; Max, $105 a month, with unlimited relaxed generations.
- Units expire: monthly units do not roll over, and one-time packs are valid 90 days.
- Free: 100 units a day, no video models, no commercial license.
- Per clip on GenMagic, there is no plan and no expiry: top-ups from $5, top-up credit never expires, and $0.50 free when you verify your email.
Krea's plans
| Plan | Billed monthly | Billed yearly | Units a month | Video |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | $0 | 100 a day | Not included |
| Basic | $9 | $5 a month | 5,000 | Selected models |
| Pro | $35 | $21 a month | 20,000 | All models |
| Max | $105 | $63 a month | 60,000 | All models, unlimited relaxed |
Krea's video list is one of the longest of any app: Veo 3.1, Kling 2.5 to 4.0, Seedance 2.0 and 2.5, Wan 3.0, Hailuo and MiniMax H3, Runway Gen-4.5, Grok Imagine and more. Paid plans include a commercial license.
Its unit rules
- No rollover: on Basic, Pro and Max, "unused units expire at the end of each billing cycle".
- Packs: one-time packs of 2,000 to 50,000 units, priced after sign-in, "expire after 90 days".
- Refunds: no prorated refund on cancellation; the terms say Krea "will not refund any fees that you have already paid" except as they provide.
What a clip costs
Krea publishes how many clips of some models a plan makes, not the units per clip. Divided out, with every unit of the month used:
| A clip | Krea's published count | Per clip on Krea | Per clip on GenMagic today |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kling 3.0, 3 s, standard, no sound | about 26 on Basic ($9) | about $0.35 | $0.38 |
| Seedance 2.0, 4 s, 480p | about 20 on Basic ($9), with a video reference | about $0.45 | $0.40 |
| Seedance 2.5, 5 s, 720p | about 5 on Basic in its table, about 16 on its plan card | $1.80 or $0.56 (Krea's two figures disagree) | $1.73 |
| Veo 3.1, 4 s, 720p, no sound | about 33 on Pro ($35) | about $1.06 | $1.20 |
How to read it: Krea's column is its best case, with the whole plan spent on that one clip type. A month with a handful of clips still costs the plan; per clip, it costs the handful.
Krea's API
Krea also sells generations through a separate API, from a prepaid dollar balance with no monthly minimum, billed apart from the app plans; failed or cancelled jobs are not charged. Its API prices start at $0.084 a second for Kling 3.0 and $0.0809 a second for Seedance 2.0. Both are below GenMagic's per-clip prices for those models. It needs code. More on Krea's own image models: our Krea API guide.
Which to pick
- You use Krea's real-time tools or need Kling 4.0, and you spend your units every month: a Krea plan.
- You write code and want the lowest price per second on Kling or Seedance: Krea's API is worth comparing with each maker's own API.
- You make a few clips a month in a studio, with no code and no plan: pay per clip; top-up credit never expires.
- You automate without code: GenMagic's balance also works in n8n, Zapier and Make.
Questions
Can I use Krea for video without a subscription? In the app, no: video models start at the $9 Basic plan (selected models) and the $35 Pro plan (all of them), and the Free plan does not include video. Krea's separate API is pay-per-use.
Do Krea compute units expire? Yes. Plan units expire at the end of each billing cycle, and one-time packs after 90 days.
Is Krea cheaper than paying per clip? On a plan you use up every month, often yes for Kling; for Seedance 2.5 its own pages give two different counts. In a light month, the plan costs its full price; per clip, you pay only for what you make.
What is a Krea alternative without a subscription? A per-clip studio such as GenMagic: every video model on one balance, the price shown before you generate, and $0.50 of starter credit when you verify your email. Every model and price: pay-as-you-go AI video generator.