{
  "dataset": "AI video model free-tier observations",
  "maintainer": "VideoFreeTier",
  "homepage": "https://videofreetier.com/",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "generated": "2026-10-05",
  "coverage": "Seedance 2.5, Wan 2.5, PixVerse, Kling AI, Grok Imagine, Runway, Sora 2, Veo 3.1, Hailuo AI and Luma Dream Machine; more models will be added as they are verified",
  "note": "Each row records what a channel granted or stated (or, for a documented absence, what the official pages do not state), on the date observed. source_type: vendor = stated by the vendor, including officially published absences; report = reported by a user; single-source = one uncorroborated account. File names keep the seedance-2-5-free-tiers stem for link stability.",
  "fields": [
    "model",
    "channel",
    "metric",
    "value",
    "observed",
    "source_type",
    "note"
  ],
  "records": [
    {
      "model": "Seedance 2.5",
      "channel": "Jimeng",
      "metric": "daily free credits",
      "value": "60-100",
      "observed": "2026-07-04",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "not a published figure; range as reported"
    },
    {
      "model": "Seedance 2.5",
      "channel": "Jimeng",
      "metric": "daily free credits",
      "value": "88",
      "observed": "2026-08-11",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "conflicts with the July figure above; no official statement"
    },
    {
      "model": "Seedance 2.5",
      "channel": "Doubao",
      "metric": "daily generations (free tier)",
      "value": "5",
      "observed": "2026-08-11",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "per account per day"
    },
    {
      "model": "Seedance 2.5",
      "channel": "Mina Labs",
      "metric": "sign-up bonus",
      "value": "20 credits",
      "observed": "2026-08-11",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "one-off, new users"
    },
    {
      "model": "Seedance 2.5",
      "channel": "Lovart",
      "metric": "annual plan bonus",
      "value": "up to 20 generations",
      "observed": "2026-08-11",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "tied to an annual subscription"
    },
    {
      "model": "Seedance 2.5",
      "channel": "Doubao Work",
      "metric": "launch giveaway",
      "value": "30 days Standard membership (list CNY 68)",
      "observed": "2026-08-25",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "desktop client + phone-number login required; inner quota unverified"
    },
    {
      "model": "Seedance 2.5",
      "channel": "ByteDance (official)",
      "metric": "max clip length",
      "value": "30 seconds, single pass",
      "observed": "2026-07-31",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "up from 15 s in Seedance 2.0"
    },
    {
      "model": "Seedance 2.5",
      "channel": "ByteDance (official)",
      "metric": "extension ceiling",
      "value": "multi-minute, no round limit stated",
      "observed": "2026-07-31",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "official wording is 'several minutes'"
    },
    {
      "model": "Seedance 2.5",
      "channel": "Jimeng (reported)",
      "metric": "extension ceiling",
      "value": "3 minutes, Jimeng-only",
      "observed": "2026-07-08",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "official material confirms neither the number nor exclusivity"
    },
    {
      "model": "Seedance 2.5",
      "channel": "ByteDance (official)",
      "metric": "output resolution",
      "value": "not stated",
      "observed": "2026-07-31",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "the official post omits resolution entirely"
    },
    {
      "model": "Seedance 2.5",
      "channel": "most hosting platforms",
      "metric": "output resolution",
      "value": "1080p",
      "observed": "2026-07 to 2026-08",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "as advertised on model landing pages"
    },
    {
      "model": "Seedance 2.5",
      "channel": "one hosting platform",
      "metric": "output resolution claim",
      "value": "4K",
      "observed": "2026",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "single platform; contradicted by its own plan table"
    },
    {
      "model": "Seedance 2.5",
      "channel": "one pre-launch tester",
      "metric": "output resolution",
      "value": "4K + 10-bit",
      "observed": "2026-07-04",
      "source_type": "single-source",
      "note": "source was under NDA; nothing else corroborates it"
    },
    {
      "model": "Seedance 2.5",
      "channel": "Doubao",
      "metric": "watermark, free tier",
      "value": "watermarked",
      "observed": "2026-08-27",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": ""
    },
    {
      "model": "Seedance 2.5",
      "channel": "Doubao",
      "metric": "watermark, paid tier",
      "value": "removal off by default, manual toggle",
      "observed": "2026-08-27",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "toggle path: generate, open full size, top-right menu, auto-remove watermark"
    },
    {
      "model": "Seedance 2.5",
      "channel": "Doubao",
      "metric": "watermark, after the fact",
      "value": "not retroactive",
      "observed": "2026-08-27",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "subscribing later does not strip watermarks already saved"
    },
    {
      "model": "Seedance 2.5",
      "channel": "BytePlus ModelArk",
      "metric": "API availability",
      "value": "coming soon",
      "observed": "2026-07-31",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "as stated in the official launch post"
    },
    {
      "model": "Seedance 2.5",
      "channel": "developer report",
      "metric": "API availability",
      "value": "opened 2026-07-16",
      "observed": "2026-07-15",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "conflicts with the vendor statement; unresolved"
    },
    {
      "model": "Seedance 2.5",
      "channel": "API (in practice)",
      "metric": "error codes seen",
      "value": "429, 400, 402",
      "observed": "2026-08-04",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "429 rate cap; 400 param limits; 402 insufficient balance"
    },
    {
      "model": "Seedance 2.5",
      "channel": "API (in practice)",
      "metric": "error strings seen",
      "value": "api error: 529 overloaded; connection lost mid-response",
      "observed": "2026-08-25",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": ""
    },
    {
      "model": "Seedance 2.5",
      "channel": "API (in practice)",
      "metric": "billing on failure",
      "value": "moderation/platform failures not charged; dissatisfaction charged",
      "observed": "2026-08-04",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": ""
    },
    {
      "model": "Seedance 2.5",
      "channel": "one host, 5 test groups",
      "metric": "first-attempt usable rate",
      "value": "~30% to >60%",
      "observed": "2026-08-12",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "with structured prompts assigning one job per reference; one tester, not a benchmark"
    },
    {
      "model": "PixVerse",
      "channel": "pixverse.ai (official site)",
      "metric": "free-tier allowance figures",
      "value": "not published",
      "observed": "2026-10-02",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "homepage and /zh/pricing checked 2026-10-02; /pricing returns 404; the official marketing site carries no free-tier credit figure; third-party guides claim 60 credits/day and a 90-credit sign-up bonus but no official page verifies it"
    },
    {
      "model": "PixVerse",
      "channel": "app.pixverse.ai (official app)",
      "metric": "plan and credit details",
      "value": "published only behind a human-verification wall",
      "observed": "2026-10-02",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "automated access on 2026-10-02 met a Cloudflare human-check interstitial; plan figures exist but could not be read without an interactive session; third-party claims unverified"
    },
    {
      "model": "PixVerse",
      "channel": "app.pixverse.ai (official app, pricing page)",
      "metric": "free plan initial credits",
      "value": "60 (one-time)",
      "observed": "2026-10-02",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "pricing table: initial credits 60; read via an interactive browser session that passed the human check"
    },
    {
      "model": "PixVerse",
      "channel": "app.pixverse.ai (official app, pricing page)",
      "metric": "free plan daily credits",
      "value": "30 per day",
      "observed": "2026-10-02",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "pricing table: daily refresh 30 for the free plan; paid tiers get 60/day; contradicts third-party guides that claim 60/day for free (60 is the free tier's initial grant, and the paid tiers' daily figure)"
    },
    {
      "model": "PixVerse",
      "channel": "app.pixverse.ai (official app, pricing page)",
      "metric": "free plan video resolution ceiling",
      "value": "up to 540P",
      "observed": "2026-10-02",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "paid tiers: up to 720P (Standard) and up to 4K"
    },
    {
      "model": "PixVerse",
      "channel": "app.pixverse.ai (official app, pricing page)",
      "metric": "watermark removal",
      "value": "paid plans only; no watermark-free row in the free tier column",
      "observed": "2026-10-02",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "pricing table lists watermark-free output from the Standard tier upward"
    },
    {
      "model": "PixVerse",
      "channel": "app.pixverse.ai (official app, pricing page)",
      "metric": "free plan monthly membership credits",
      "value": "none (paid tiers: 1200-25000 per 30 days)",
      "observed": "2026-10-02",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "credit packs sold separately: 500 credits $5, 2000 $20, 5000 $50, 10000 $100"
    },
    {
      "model": "PixVerse",
      "channel": "app.pixverse.ai (logged-in session)",
      "metric": "credit deduction, one 5-second video generation",
      "value": "50 credits",
      "observed": "2026-10-02",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "site-measured: logged-in session, one 5-second generation on default app settings; credit record screenshot on file; not independently re-verified by a second party. Against the free grant: the 30/day refresh cannot fund one 5s generation (50 > 30); the one-time 60 covers exactly one, leaving 10"
    },
    {
      "model": "Runway",
      "channel": "runwayml.com (official pricing page)",
      "metric": "free plan credits",
      "value": "125 one-time credits",
      "observed": "2026-10-02",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "plan table wording: 'Free forever... 125 one-time credits to explore Runway's AI tools'"
    },
    {
      "model": "Runway",
      "channel": "runwayml.com (official pricing page)",
      "metric": "free plan credit expiry",
      "value": "one-time deposit, does not expire",
      "observed": "2026-10-02",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "FAQ wording: 'the Free plan includes a one-time deposit of 125 credits that doesn't expire'"
    },
    {
      "model": "Runway",
      "channel": "runwayml.com (official pricing page)",
      "metric": "credit consumption, Gen-4.5",
      "value": "12 credits per second of generated video",
      "observed": "2026-10-02",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "from the pricing FAQ; the page states credit cost per generation depends on model, duration and resolution"
    },
    {
      "model": "Runway",
      "channel": "runwayml.com (official pricing page)",
      "metric": "free plan storage",
      "value": "5GB asset storage",
      "observed": "2026-10-02",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "free plan also includes 'a selection of generative creative models to test concepts'"
    },
    {
      "model": "Runway",
      "channel": "runwayml.com (logged-in session, model picker)",
      "metric": "models usable at no credit cost",
      "value": "Seedance 2.0 Mini, Kling 2.5 Turbo Pro, HeyGen Avatar 4 and OmniHuman 1.5 Avatar, each carrying a FREE label",
      "observed": "2026-10-04",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "site-measured: reported by the site owner from the model picker on 2026-10-04; the four entries are labelled FREE, so they can be used without spending the plan's 125 credits; screenshot on file; no generation was run, so no deduction was measured; not independently re-verified by a second party. This is the first row in the dataset that names which models a free plan may use at no credit cost"
    },
    {
      "model": "Runway",
      "channel": "runwayml.com (official pricing page)",
      "metric": "free plan credit equivalent",
      "value": "25s of Gen-4 Turbo, or 25 image generations",
      "observed": "2026-10-04",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "the free plan's own hint line, verbatim: '125 credits = 25s of Gen-4 Turbo, or 25 image generations.' The paid-plan lines name more models — Standard reads '625 credits = 52s of Gen-4.5, 52s of Gen-4, 125s of Gen-4 Turbo, 78 Gen-4 Images (1080p), or 31 Nano Banana Pro images (2K)'. Gen-4 Turbo is the only video model the free plan's own line names"
    },
    {
      "model": "Runway",
      "channel": "runwayml.com (official pricing page)",
      "metric": "credit consumption, Gen-4 Turbo",
      "value": "5 credits per second of generated video",
      "observed": "2026-10-04",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "our arithmetic on the page's own equivalence lines, not a rate the page states: the free line (125 credits = 25s), Standard (625 = 125s), Pro (2250 = 450s) and Max (9500 = 1900s) all divide to exactly 5.0 credits per second. The FAQ states a per-second rate explicitly only for Gen-4.5 (12)"
    },
    {
      "model": "Runway",
      "channel": "runwayml.com (official pricing page)",
      "metric": "credit consumption, Gen-4",
      "value": "12 credits per second of generated video",
      "observed": "2026-10-04",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "our arithmetic on the page's own equivalence lines, not a rate the page states: Standard (625 credits = 52s) and Max (9500 = 791s) both divide to about 12.0 credits per second — the same rate the FAQ states for Gen-4.5. The free plan's own line names Gen-4 Turbo, not Gen-4"
    },
    {
      "model": "Runway",
      "channel": "runwayml.com (official pricing page)",
      "metric": "credit cost table, per model",
      "value": "Gen-4.5 60 credits/5s; Seedance 2.0 Pro (1080p) 160 credits/4s; Seedance 2.0 Fast 116 credits/4s; Aleph 2.0 140 credits/5s; Gen-4 Image (1080p) 8 credits/image; Gen-4 Image Turbo 2 credits/image; Nano Banana Pro (2K) 20 credits/image; Nano Banana Pro 2 (2K) 11 credits/image",
      "observed": "2026-10-04",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "the page's own per-generation cost table, read 2026-10-04; it also prices audio (Seed Audio 1.0 15 credits/min, Lyria 3 Pro 8 credits/song, Lyria 3 Clip 4 credits/song). Against the free plan's 125 credits this is a 3.1s-to-25s spread: one Seedance 2.0 Fast generation (116) is affordable and one Seedance 2.0 Pro (160) or Aleph 2.0 (140) generation is not. Which of these models the free plan may run is not stated on this page"
    },
    {
      "model": "Wan 2.5",
      "channel": "create.wan.video (official app, pricing page)",
      "metric": "free plan credits per month",
      "value": "not published",
      "observed": "2026-10-03",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "the Free column is the only one of the three plan columns without a credits-per-month figure; the same page states 300 for Pro and 1,200 for Premium"
    },
    {
      "model": "Wan 2.5",
      "channel": "create.wan.video (official app, pricing page)",
      "metric": "free plan credit source",
      "value": "daily check-in; the amount is not stated",
      "observed": "2026-10-03",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "page wording: 'Daily check-in to earn free credits'; no figure for it appears in any of the three tabs (Membership Plans, Credits, Gift Cards)"
    },
    {
      "model": "Wan 2.5",
      "channel": "create.wan.video (official app, pricing page)",
      "metric": "free plan concurrent video submissions",
      "value": "1",
      "observed": "2026-10-03",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "wording: 'Submit up to 1 video concurrently'; Pro 3, Premium 8"
    },
    {
      "model": "Wan 2.5",
      "channel": "create.wan.video (official app, pricing page)",
      "metric": "free plan concurrent image submissions",
      "value": "1",
      "observed": "2026-10-03",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "wording: 'Submit up to 1 image concurrently'; Pro 3, Premium 5"
    },
    {
      "model": "Wan 2.5",
      "channel": "create.wan.video (official app, pricing page)",
      "metric": "free plan image styles",
      "value": "6",
      "observed": "2026-10-03",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "wording: 'Access to 6 image styles'; the paid tiers get all image styles"
    },
    {
      "model": "Wan 2.5",
      "channel": "create.wan.video (official app, pricing page)",
      "metric": "free plan watermark-free download",
      "value": "not listed",
      "observed": "2026-10-03",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "'Download watermark-free images & videos' appears in the Pro and Premium columns only"
    },
    {
      "model": "Wan 2.5",
      "channel": "create.wan.video (official app, pricing page)",
      "metric": "free plan maximum video resolution",
      "value": "not listed",
      "observed": "2026-10-03",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "'Create High-Res Videos (1080p)' appears from Pro upward; the free column carries no resolution figure"
    },
    {
      "model": "Wan 2.5",
      "channel": "create.wan.video (official app, pricing page)",
      "metric": "free plan video duration",
      "value": "not listed",
      "observed": "2026-10-03",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "'Create longer videos (10-30s)' appears from Pro upward; the free column states no duration"
    },
    {
      "model": "Wan 2.5",
      "channel": "create.wan.video (official app, pricing page)",
      "metric": "paid tier credits per month",
      "value": "Pro 300; Premium 1,200",
      "observed": "2026-10-03",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "Pro US$5/month billed yearly (US$10 monthly); Premium US$20/month billed yearly (US$40 monthly); both auto-renew; the page notes the purchase covers model creation on create.wan.video only and that the API is a separate purchase"
    },
    {
      "model": "Wan 2.5",
      "channel": "create.wan.video (official app, pricing page)",
      "metric": "one-time credit packs",
      "value": "30 credits US$1.50 to 3,900 credits US$100",
      "observed": "2026-10-03",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "seven packs; the page's own 'Accelerate: up to N images or M videos' lines work out to 5 credits per video and 0.25 per image at every pack size and at both membership tiers (our arithmetic on the page's wording, not a unit price the page states); credits are non-refundable, non-transferable, 2-year validity on redemption"
    },
    {
      "model": "Wan 2.5",
      "channel": "create.wan.video (logged-in session)",
      "metric": "credit deduction, one 2-second video generation",
      "value": "6 credits",
      "observed": "2026-10-03",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "site-measured: logged-in generation on 2026-10-03; screenshot on file; not independently re-verified by a second party. Against the free grant: 6 credits is the whole daily check-in, so the free tier funds exactly one 2-second clip per day"
    },
    {
      "model": "Wan 2.5",
      "channel": "create.wan.video (logged-in session)",
      "metric": "credit deduction, one 5-second video generation",
      "value": "15 credits",
      "observed": "2026-10-03",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "site-measured: logged-in generation on 2026-10-03; screenshot on file; not independently re-verified by a second party. Against the free grant: 15 credits is two and a half daily check-ins, so a 5-second clip is never fundable by one day's grant"
    },
    {
      "model": "Wan 2.5",
      "channel": "create.wan.video (logged-in session)",
      "metric": "credit deduction, one 10-second video generation",
      "value": "30 credits",
      "observed": "2026-10-03",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "site-measured: logged-in generation on 2026-10-03; screenshot on file; not independently re-verified by a second party. Against the free grant: 30 credits is five daily check-ins, so the longest clip the free tier allows costs five consecutive days of showing up"
    },
    {
      "model": "Wan 2.5",
      "channel": "create.wan.video (logged-in session)",
      "metric": "credit consumption, measured",
      "value": "3 credits per second of generated video",
      "observed": "2026-10-03",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "site-measured: derived — our arithmetic on the three measured deductions above (6 for 2 s, 15 for 5 s, 30 for 10 s all return 3 per second); the vendor states no per-second rate. This is the comparable figure to Runway's vendor-stated 12 credits per second"
    },
    {
      "model": "Wan 2.5",
      "channel": "create.wan.video (logged-in session)",
      "metric": "free plan duration ceiling",
      "value": "2 s, 5 s and 10 s available; 20 s and longer requires a paid account",
      "observed": "2026-10-03",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "site-measured: the free account's duration control offers 2 s / 5 s / 10 s, and choosing 20 s or more prompts an upgrade; screenshot on file; not independently re-verified by a second party. The plan table lists 'Create longer videos (10-30s)' from Pro upward and gives the free column no duration row at all"
    },
    {
      "model": "Kling AI",
      "channel": "klingai.com (official pricing URL, unauthenticated)",
      "metric": "free-tier figures without a login",
      "value": "not reachable - redirects to the marketing site",
      "observed": "2026-10-03",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "checked 2026-10-03 with a headed browser: /global/pricing redirected to the marketing homepage, 36,382 characters read with zero credit or plan figures; the plan table only renders inside a logged-in session"
    },
    {
      "model": "Kling AI",
      "channel": "klingai.com (logged-in session)",
      "metric": "free trial package credits",
      "value": "66",
      "observed": "2026-10-03",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "site-measured: the account package banner reads Free Trial Package, 66 credits; screenshot on file; read by the site owner, not independently re-verified by a second party"
    },
    {
      "model": "Kling AI",
      "channel": "klingai.com (logged-in session)",
      "metric": "free trial package expiry",
      "value": "2026-11-03",
      "observed": "2026-10-03",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "site-measured: the same banner carries an expiry date of 2026-11-03; the free grant is time-limited rather than a recurring daily allowance"
    },
    {
      "model": "Kling AI",
      "channel": "klingai.com (official pricing page, logged-in)",
      "metric": "paid tier credits per month",
      "value": "Standard 660; Pro 3000; Premier 8000; Ultra 26000",
      "observed": "2026-10-03",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "read from the plan table in a logged-in session; screenshot on file"
    },
    {
      "model": "Kling AI",
      "channel": "klingai.com (official pricing page, logged-in)",
      "metric": "paid tier price, first month",
      "value": "Standard $6.99; Pro $25.99; Premier $64.99; Ultra $127.99",
      "observed": "2026-10-03",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "same plan table; first-purchase prices, renewing at $8.80 / $32.56 / $80.96 / $159.99"
    },
    {
      "model": "Sora 2",
      "channel": "help.openai.com (official help centre)",
      "metric": "Sora web and app availability",
      "value": "discontinued on 2026-04-26",
      "observed": "2026-10-04",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "from OpenAI's own article 'What to know about the Sora discontinuation': 'The Sora web and app experiences were discontinued on April 26, 2026.'; the article was read on 2026-10-04 and is the only source on this site for Sora 2"
    },
    {
      "model": "Sora 2",
      "channel": "help.openai.com (official help centre)",
      "metric": "Sora API availability",
      "value": "discontinued on 2026-09-24",
      "observed": "2026-10-04",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "same article: 'The Sora API will be discontinued on September 24, 2026.'"
    },
    {
      "model": "Sora 2",
      "channel": "help.openai.com (official help centre)",
      "metric": "free-tier allowance",
      "value": "not measurable - the product was discontinued",
      "observed": "2026-10-04",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "the discontinuation removes the thing a free-tier figure would describe; third-party guides still quoting daily allowances (30 videos a day and similar) describe a product that no longer exists, and none of those figures is verified here"
    },
    {
      "model": "Grok Imagine",
      "channel": "x.ai / grok.com (official pages, this environment)",
      "metric": "vendor free-tier figures",
      "value": "not reachable from this environment",
      "observed": "2026-10-04",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "checked 2026-10-04: x.ai returns HTTP 403 to this environment, grok.com serves a JavaScript application with no static text, and the X Help Center path tried returned 404; no official free-tier figure could be read"
    },
    {
      "model": "Grok Imagine",
      "channel": "grok.com (consumer app)",
      "metric": "free-tier mechanism",
      "value": "count-based, per generation - not a credit balance",
      "observed": "2026-10-04",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "reported by the site owner on 2026-10-04; the same mechanism as ChatGPT's free allowance rather than the credit balances this dataset records for other models; the count is reported to change over time"
    },
    {
      "model": "Grok Imagine",
      "channel": "grok.com (consumer app)",
      "metric": "free-tier allowance",
      "value": "not measurable - no published figure and no login held",
      "observed": "2026-10-04",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "the site holds no Grok login, so no generation could be run; the absence is recorded rather than filled with a borrowed number"
    },
    {
      "model": "Grok Imagine",
      "channel": "docs.x.ai (official API documentation)",
      "metric": "API price, image",
      "value": "from $0.02 per image (1K / 2K)",
      "observed": "2026-10-04",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "quoted from the Imagine API block on docs.x.ai: Image - 1K / 2K Starting at $0.02 / image. This is API pricing, not the consumer free tier"
    },
    {
      "model": "Grok Imagine",
      "channel": "docs.x.ai (official API documentation)",
      "metric": "API price, video",
      "value": "from $0.02 per second (480p / 720p / 1080p)",
      "observed": "2026-10-04",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "same page: Video - 480p / 720p / 1080p Starting at $0.02 / sec. The documentation states no free tier anywhere on the page"
    },
    {
      "model": "Invideo AI",
      "channel": "invideo.io/pricing (official pricing page)",
      "metric": "free plan exists",
      "value": "yes - named in the pricing FAQ",
      "observed": "2026-10-05",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "read 2026-10-05: the pricing FAQ states that when a subscription ends, 'your account will be downgraded to the Free plan and any unused paid credits will expire'. The page never states what the Free plan grants"
    },
    {
      "model": "Invideo AI",
      "channel": "invideo.io/pricing (official pricing page)",
      "metric": "free plan allowance",
      "value": "not published - the pricing page states no figure for it",
      "observed": "2026-10-05",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "documented absence: the page names a Free plan in its FAQ but lists no allowance, no credit grant and no export limit for it"
    },
    {
      "model": "Invideo AI",
      "channel": "invideo.io/pricing (official pricing page)",
      "metric": "plan credits and prices",
      "value": "Starter 400 credits a seat a month at 0; Plus 2,000 at 6; Max 5,000 at 5 (annual billing)",
      "observed": "2026-10-05",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "quoted from the plan table; guest seats are listed at 190 credits each with the Invideo editor marked FREE"
    },
    {
      "model": "Invideo AI",
      "channel": "invideo.io/pricing (official pricing page)",
      "metric": "credit cost, Seedance 2.0 Fast 720p",
      "value": "about 30 credits per 5-second video",
      "observed": "2026-10-05",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "quoted from the plan table's cost column: 'Seedance 2.0 Fast 720p ~30 credits/5s'"
    },
    {
      "model": "Invideo AI",
      "channel": "invideo.io/pricing (official pricing page)",
      "metric": "credit cost, Seedance 2.0 1080p",
      "value": "about 72 credits per 5-second video",
      "observed": "2026-10-05",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "same cost column: 'Seedance 2.0 1080p ~72 credits/5s'; the Starter plan shows no access to this line"
    },
    {
      "model": "Invideo AI",
      "channel": "invideo.io/pricing (official pricing page)",
      "metric": "paid-gated features",
      "value": "no_watermark and video_resolution_4k",
      "observed": "2026-10-05",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "read from the plan data behind the pricing page, where these two are listed as gated features; the page does not state the free plan's watermark behaviour"
    },
    {
      "model": "Invideo AI",
      "channel": "ai.invideo.io (anonymous session)",
      "metric": "what happens without logging in",
      "value": "redirected to a signup page: the app entry sends an anonymous visitor to /signup (HTTP 200)",
      "observed": "2026-10-05",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "site-measured: fresh browser profile with no account signed in, checked on 2026-10-05. Landed URL https://ai.invideo.io/signup, main document HTTP 200; the page offers a Log in link, and no prompt field or generator interface is reachable behind it"
    },
    {
      "model": "Wan 2.5",
      "channel": "create.wan.video (anonymous session)",
      "metric": "what happens without logging in",
      "value": "blocked: opening /generate renders the login modal before any prompt can be entered (HTTP 200)",
      "observed": "2026-10-05",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "site-measured: fresh browser profile with no account signed in, checked on 2026-10-05. Landed URL https://create.wan.video/generate, main document HTTP 200; the modal offers Log in / Sign up / Google / GitHub and no generation control is reachable behind it"
    },
    {
      "model": "PixVerse",
      "channel": "app.pixverse.ai (anonymous session)",
      "metric": "what happens without logging in",
      "value": "blocked: the landing page offers Login / Subscribe / Claim-credits and no generator interface is reachable (HTTP 200)",
      "observed": "2026-10-05",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "site-measured: fresh browser profile with no account signed in, checked on 2026-10-05. Landed URL https://app.pixverse.ai/, main document HTTP 200; no prompt field and no generate control were present to attempt"
    },
    {
      "model": "Hailuo AI",
      "channel": "hailuoai.video (anonymous session)",
      "metric": "what happens without logging in",
      "value": "blocked: the create page offers Login and pricing from $9.99 a month, with no anonymous generation control (HTTP 200)",
      "observed": "2026-10-05",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "site-measured: fresh browser profile with no account signed in, checked on 2026-10-05. Landed URL https://hailuoai.video/zh-Intl/create/image-to-video, main document HTTP 200; the model on show is MiniMax H3"
    },
    {
      "model": "Runway",
      "channel": "app.runwayml.com (anonymous session)",
      "metric": "what happens without logging in",
      "value": "blocked at registration: the guest route renders the tool shell (HTTP 200), but the create entry lands on auth.runwayml.com registration",
      "observed": "2026-10-05",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "site-measured: fresh browser profile with no account signed in, checked on 2026-10-05. Landed URL https://app.runwayml.com/video-tools/teams/guest/ai-tools/generate, main document HTTP 200; no prompt field or generate control was reachable in the guest shell, and the create entry redirected to https://auth.runwayml.com/interaction/.../register with an email form"
    },
    {
      "model": "Luma Dream Machine",
      "channel": "lumalabs.ai/app (anonymous session)",
      "metric": "what happens without logging in, via lumalabs.ai/app",
      "value": "blocked at sign-up: clicking Start Now redirects to auth.lumalabs.ai/sign-up (page HTTP 200)",
      "observed": "2026-10-05",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "site-measured: fresh browser profile with no account signed in, checked on 2026-10-05. Landed URL https://lumalabs.ai/app, main document HTTP 200; no prompt field was present, and the Start Now control redirected to https://auth.lumalabs.ai/sign-up with a First name / Last name / Email form"
    },
    {
      "model": "Canva",
      "channel": "canva.com (zh_cn pricing page)",
      "metric": "free plan existence",
      "value": "named as the first tier (免费版), CTA 开始使用",
      "observed": "2026-10-08",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "plan table wording: 免费版 — 随心设计，将你的想法变为现实。无需成本，只靠创意。Read with a headed browser probe; static fetches of canva.com returned HTTP 403 from this environment. Prices on the same page rendered in won"
    },
    {
      "model": "Canva",
      "channel": "canva.com (zh_cn pricing page)",
      "metric": "free-tier AI allowance",
      "value": "标准AI工具或高级AI工具最多使用20次 (up to 20 uses of standard or premium AI tools)",
      "observed": "2026-10-08",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "plan table, AI 使用情况 block, verbatim: 标准AI工具或高级AI工具最多使用20次. Footnote on the same page: 使用情况均基于每个等级内的简单任务和较低消耗的AI工具进行估算 (usage estimated on the tier's simplest tasks and lowest-consumption tools; heavier tasks consume more quota, so actual uses can be fewer)"
    },
    {
      "model": "Canva",
      "channel": "canva.com (zh_cn pricing page)",
      "metric": "free-tier top-tier AI availability",
      "value": "not available on the free plan — 无法使用顶级AI工具",
      "observed": "2026-10-08",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "pricing FAQ, estimated allowances list, verbatim: Canva可画免费版：标准AI工具或高级AI工具最多使用20次。无法使用顶级AI工具"
    },
    {
      "model": "Canva",
      "channel": "canva.com (zh_cn pricing page)",
      "metric": "free-tier AI allowance reset",
      "value": "shared monthly AI quota, resets monthly (AI使用量在所有列出的AI工具之间共享，并且每月重置)",
      "observed": "2026-10-08",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "pricing FAQ heading wording: 按订阅方案估算的额度：AI使用量在所有列出的AI工具之间共享，并且每月重置"
    },
    {
      "model": "Canva",
      "channel": "canva.com (zh_cn pricing page)",
      "metric": "free-tier AI tools excluded from the meter",
      "value": "AI design tools (translation, AI writing and similar) are usable generously and do not count against the monthly AI quota",
      "observed": "2026-10-08",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "pricing FAQ wording: AI设计工具：翻译和AI写作等部分AI工具可大量使用*，且不计入每月AI额度. Footnote: * 受合理使用限制约束 (subject to fair-use limits)"
    },
    {
      "model": "Canva",
      "channel": "canva.com (zh_cn pricing page)",
      "metric": "free-tier cloud storage",
      "value": "5GB",
      "observed": "2026-10-08",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "free plan feature list, verbatim: 5GB的云存储空间"
    },
    {
      "model": "Canva",
      "channel": "canva.com (zh_cn pricing page)",
      "metric": "free-tier stock library",
      "value": "over 4.7 million photos, videos, illustrations and audio (超过470万的图片、视频、插画和音频)",
      "observed": "2026-10-08",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "free plan feature list; comparison table repeats it as 470万+"
    },
    {
      "model": "Canva",
      "channel": "canva.com/video-editor (video FAQ)",
      "metric": "watermark behaviour on a free account",
      "value": "watermarks appear only if Pro or paid elements are used: Watermarks will only appear if you use a Canva Free account and add Pro or paid elements to your videos",
      "observed": "2026-10-08",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "video-editor FAQ wording: Can I export videos without a watermark? — Yes! Even if you have a free Canva account, you can export videos without a watermark as long as you use free elements, images, footage, and music. If you're on Canva Pro, your videos won't have any watermarks whether you're using free or paid elements. The page does not state what the free tier does about output generated by its own AI tools"
    },
    {
      "model": "Canva",
      "channel": "canva.com/video-editor (AI video entries)",
      "metric": "AI video generation entries named on the page",
      "value": "Magic Media generates a short video; a stronger mode is Create a Video Clip, powered by Google Veo-3",
      "observed": "2026-10-08",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "video-editor page wording: Magic Media will generate a short video. For more power, create videos using Google Veo 3. The page does not state which tier each entry requires"
    },
    {
      "model": "Canva",
      "channel": "canva.com (zh_cn pricing page)",
      "metric": "paid plan prices shown on the same page",
      "value": "Pro ₩99,000/year per person; Teams ₩139,000/year per person",
      "observed": "2026-10-08",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "plan table as rendered to this environment: currency and amounts appear in won; the visiting environment's currency was used. Paid AI usage is stated as multiples of the free tier: Pro 10x (高级版), Teams 20x (商业版); the AI Pass add-on unlocks 40x of Pro's quota"
    },
    {
      "model": "Canva",
      "channel": "canva.com/video-editor (anonymous session)",
      "metric": "what happens without logging in",
      "value": "blocked at consent: after the cookie wall, Create a video surfaces a 14+ / terms-of-use consent gate instead of an editor (HTTP 200)",
      "observed": "2026-10-05",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "site-measured: fresh browser profile with no account signed in, checked on 2026-10-05. Landed URL https://www.canva.com/video-editor/, main document HTTP 200; no prompt field was reachable at any point"
    },
    {
      "model": "Canva",
      "channel": "canva.com (logged-in free account)",
      "metric": "what one AI video generation deducts",
      "value": "counted against the monthly shared AI quota — the free tier's up-to-20-uses pool, which resets monthly",
      "observed": "2026-10-08",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "reported by the site owner from a logged-in Canva account on 2026-10-08; the deduction runs through the shared monthly AI quota rather than a separate credit balance; no screenshot on file; not independently re-verified by a second party"
    },
    {
      "model": "Kling AI",
      "channel": "kling.ai/app (anonymous session)",
      "metric": "what happens without logging in",
      "value": "blocked at generation: a prompt was entered and Generate clicked, and the login modal appeared (HTTP 200)",
      "observed": "2026-10-05",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "site-measured: fresh browser profile with no account signed in, checked on 2026-10-05. Landed URL https://kling.ai/app/, main document HTTP 200; the workspace rendered a fillable prompt box, and clicking Generate raised a Welcome to Kling AI modal offering Google / Apple / email"
    },
    {
      "model": "Seedance 2.5",
      "channel": "jimeng.jianying.com (anonymous session)",
      "metric": "what happens without logging in",
      "value": "blocked at login: the creation workspace renders with a prompt box but states 请先登录 (log in first) (HTTP 200)",
      "observed": "2026-10-05",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "site-measured: fresh browser profile with no account signed in, checked on 2026-10-05. Landed URL https://jimeng.jianying.com/ai-tool/home after /ai-tool/video redirected there, main document HTTP 200; the workspace shows a prompt field and a 生成 control with 请先登录 beside it"
    },
    {
      "model": "Veo 3.1",
      "channel": "Google Flow (free account)",
      "metric": "free daily credits",
      "value": "50 credits per day",
      "observed": "2026-10-04",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "reported by the site owner from the official product on 2026-10-04; no screenshot on file; not independently re-verified by this site; the grant resets daily and does not accumulate"
    },
    {
      "model": "Veo 3.1",
      "channel": "Google Flow (free account)",
      "metric": "credit cost, Veo 3.1 Lite generation",
      "value": "10 credits per generation",
      "observed": "2026-10-04",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "reported by the site owner from the official product on 2026-10-04; no screenshot on file; not independently re-verified by this site. Against the 50-credit daily grant: about five Lite generations a day (our arithmetic)"
    },
    {
      "model": "Veo 3.1",
      "channel": "Google Flow (free account)",
      "metric": "credit cost, Veo 3.1 Fast generation",
      "value": "20 credits per generation",
      "observed": "2026-10-04",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "reported by the site owner from the official product on 2026-10-04; no screenshot on file; not independently re-verified by this site. Against the same grant: about two Fast generations a day (our arithmetic)"
    },
    {
      "model": "Veo 3.1",
      "channel": "Google Flow (free account)",
      "metric": "credit cost, Veo 3.1 Quality generation",
      "value": "100 credits per generation",
      "observed": "2026-10-04",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "reported by the site owner from the official product on 2026-10-04; no screenshot on file; not independently re-verified by this site. One Quality generation costs twice the whole daily grant, so the free tier cannot run one"
    },
    {
      "model": "Veo 3.1",
      "channel": "Google Vids (free Google account)",
      "metric": "free Veo 3.1 videos per month",
      "value": "10 per month",
      "observed": "2026-10-04",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "reported by the site owner from the official product on 2026-10-04; no screenshot on file; not independently re-verified by this site. A second free route to the same model, separate from Google Flow's daily grant"
    },
    {
      "model": "Veo 3.1",
      "channel": "Google Vids (free Google account)",
      "metric": "output limits on the free route",
      "value": "8 seconds, 720p",
      "observed": "2026-10-04",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "reported by the site owner from the official product on 2026-10-04; no screenshot on file; not independently re-verified by this site. Described as typical rather than guaranteed"
    },
    {
      "model": "Hailuo AI",
      "channel": "hailuoai.video (official product)",
      "metric": "credit consumption",
      "value": "60 credits per second of video",
      "observed": "2026-10-04",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "reported by the site owner from the official product on 2026-10-04; no screenshot on file; not independently re-verified by this site"
    },
    {
      "model": "Hailuo AI",
      "channel": "hailuoai.video (official product)",
      "metric": "model access on the free tier",
      "value": "MiniMax H3 only",
      "observed": "2026-10-04",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "reported by the site owner from the official product on 2026-10-04; no screenshot on file; not independently re-verified by this site. Free accounts are restricted to the MiniMax H3 model"
    },
    {
      "model": "Kling AI",
      "channel": "klingai.com (logged-in session)",
      "metric": "credit cost, 720P generation",
      "value": "9 credits per second",
      "observed": "2026-10-03",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "site-measured: reported by the site owner from the logged-in session on 2026-10-03; the rate is for 720P output; not independently re-verified by a second party. Against the free grant: 9 credits per second means the 66-credit trial package funds about seven seconds of 720P video in total, and a single 10-second clip (90 credits) is more than the whole grant. This row does not name the model it was read on, and it is one credit per second below the Kling 4.0 rate read on 2026-10-26; the two are kept apart rather than reconciled"
    },
    {
      "model": "Kling AI",
      "channel": "kling.ai/app (logged-in, Kling 4.0 generator)",
      "metric": "credit cost, Kling 4.0 720p",
      "value": "10 credits per second (50 per 5 s)",
      "observed": "2026-10-26",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "site-measured on 2026-10-26 by driving the logged-in generator: the cost line under the parameter panel reads 30 credits at 3 s, 50 at 5 s, 100 at 10 s and 150 at 15 s, so the rate is exactly linear at 10 credits per second. Raising the output count multiplies the total linearly (10 s x 3 outputs = 300 credits). The cost line lags a parameter change by one to two seconds, so it has to be re-read after the display settles"
    },
    {
      "model": "Kling AI",
      "channel": "kling.ai/app (logged-in, Kling 4.0 generator)",
      "metric": "credit cost, Kling 4.0 1080p",
      "value": "15 credits per second (75 per 5 s)",
      "observed": "2026-10-26",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "site-measured on 2026-10-26 in the same session: 75 credits at 5 s and 150 at 10 s, again linear. The 4K option renders as Coming Soon and cannot be selected, so no 4K rate was obtained"
    },
    {
      "model": "Kling AI",
      "channel": "kling.ai/app/membership/membership-plan (logged-in)",
      "metric": "plan availability, Kling 4.0",
      "value": "Pro and above; Standard lists VIDEO 2.6 only",
      "observed": "2026-10-26",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "site-measured on 2026-10-26 from the logged-in plan table: the Model Benefits block lists 'Kling 4.0 - Limited-Time 10% Off' on Pro, Premier and Ultra+, and on Standard it lists only 'VIDEO 2.6 - Voice Control' plus 'Element AI Multi-Shot'. The banner reads 'Kling 4.0 Available Now! Get 10% Off with Pro or Higher'. kling.ai/pricing redirects to the marketing homepage in both logged-in and logged-out states; the plan table only renders at /app/membership/membership-plan behind a login"
    },
    {
      "model": "Kling AI",
      "channel": "kling.ai/app/membership/membership-plan (logged-in)",
      "metric": "credit price per 100 credits",
      "value": "Standard $1.06; Pro $0.87; Premier $0.75; Ultra+ $0.71",
      "observed": "2026-10-26",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "the page's own line, read on 2026-10-26. It is computed on the discounted first-month price, which the four tiers confirm: 6.99/660, 25.99/3000, 135/18000 and 402/57000 all reproduce the printed figure. At renewal prices ($8.80, $32.56, $181.99 and $544.99 a month) the same 100 credits cost $1.33, $1.09, $1.01 and $0.96. The tiers themselves were restructured after the 2026-10-03 rows above: Premier now carries 18,000 credits at $135 for the first month where the earlier row records 8,000 at $64.99, and Ultra has become Ultra+ with 57,000 credits at $402 where the earlier row records 26,000 at $127.99"
    },
    {
      "model": "Luma Dream Machine",
      "channel": "lumalabs.ai/pricing (official pricing page)",
      "metric": "free plan",
      "value": "not listed - the plan table carries no free row",
      "observed": "2026-10-05",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "the plan table carries three individual plans (Plus, Pro, Ultra) and two business plans (Team, Enterprise); no free plan appears anywhere on it, and the page states no free-tier allowance of any kind"
    },
    {
      "model": "Luma Dream Machine",
      "channel": "lumalabs.ai/pricing (official pricing page)",
      "metric": "free trial credits",
      "value": "stated to exist; no amount published",
      "observed": "2026-10-05",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "the only official statement that a free grant exists is the page's own structured data rather than its visible text: the OfferCatalog description reads 'Individual subscription plans for Luma AI creative agents. All plans include free trial credits and commercial use.' No figure for those credits appears on the page"
    },
    {
      "model": "Luma Dream Machine",
      "channel": "lumalabs.ai/pricing (official pricing page)",
      "metric": "published free-tier allowance",
      "value": "not published - no Luma page states an amount",
      "observed": "2026-10-05",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "the site holds no Luma account of its own; every published Luma page read on 2026-10-05 states that free trial credits exist and none of them states how many. The allowance recorded below is reported by the site owner from a logged-in session and is graded as a report, not as a vendor figure"
    },
    {
      "model": "Luma Dream Machine",
      "channel": "lumalabs.ai/learning-center (official FAQ)",
      "metric": "how pricing is described",
      "value": "three plans named, none of them free",
      "observed": "2026-10-05",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "the published answer to 'How does pricing work?' reads: 'Luma runs on a monthly subscription with a credit allowance included in each plan. Credits are used every time you generate images, video, audio... There are three plans to choose from: Luma Plus at $30/month includes 10,000 credits; Luma Pro at $90/month includes 40,000 credits; Luma Ultra at $300/month includes 150,000 credits'. The FAQ item is published collapsed on the Learning Center page and in that page's FAQ structured data"
    },
    {
      "model": "Luma Dream Machine",
      "channel": "lumalabs.ai/learning-center (official FAQ)",
      "metric": "credit expiry",
      "value": "unused credits expire at the end of the billing cycle and are not carried over",
      "observed": "2026-10-05",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "FAQ wording: 'Please note that any unused credits expire at the end of the applicable billing cycle and will not be carried over to the subsequent month'"
    },
    {
      "model": "Luma Dream Machine",
      "channel": "lumalabs.ai/learning-center (official FAQ)",
      "metric": "billing on failure",
      "value": "credits used for failed generations are automatically returned",
      "observed": "2026-10-05",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "FAQ wording: 'Any credits used for failed generations will be automatically returned to your account'"
    },
    {
      "model": "Luma Dream Machine",
      "channel": "lumalabs.ai/pricing (official pricing page)",
      "metric": "credit cost, Ray 3.2 by resolution",
      "value": "Draft 20 credits per 5 s; 540p 50; 720p 100; 1080p 400",
      "observed": "2026-10-05",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "the page's own cost table for Ray 3.2 text-to-video and image-to-video; the same table's header marks HDR at 2x and HDR+EXR at 3x, so five seconds of 1080p HDR+EXR would be 1,200 credits (our arithmetic on the page's stated multiplier, not a price the page prints). The cheapest rung on the ladder is 20 credits per 5 seconds and no rung is priced at zero"
    },
    {
      "model": "Luma Dream Machine",
      "channel": "lumalabs.ai/pricing (official pricing page)",
      "metric": "paid plan credits per month",
      "value": "Plus 10,000; Pro 40,000; Ultra 150,000",
      "observed": "2026-10-05",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "the plan cards and the FAQ state the same three figures; the FAQ adds that monthly credits reset each billing cycle"
    },
    {
      "model": "Luma Dream Machine",
      "channel": "lumalabs.ai/pricing (official pricing page)",
      "metric": "paid plan prices",
      "value": "Plus $30/month; Pro $90/month; Ultra $300/month",
      "observed": "2026-10-05",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "monthly billing; the yearly toggle on the same page shows $300, $900 and $3,000 billed yearly, which divides to $25, $75 and $250 per month (our arithmetic). The page's own header claims up to 20% saving with yearly"
    },
    {
      "model": "Luma Dream Machine",
      "channel": "app.lumalabs.ai (unauthenticated session)",
      "metric": "what happens without logging in, via app.lumalabs.ai",
      "value": "account required; unauthenticated access is redirected to an authentication sign-up page",
      "observed": "2026-10-05",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "site-measured: an unauthenticated request to app.lumalabs.ai on 2026-10-05 was redirected to auth.lumalabs.ai/sign-up carrying a client_id and redirect_uri, and the response was HTTP 403 behind a bot-check interstitial; no generation path was reachable without an account. Screenshot of the redirect target on file; not independently re-verified by a second party"
    },
    {
      "model": "Luma Dream Machine",
      "channel": "lumalabs.ai (logged-in free account)",
      "metric": "free-tier mechanism",
      "value": "generation-count based - one generation costs one unit of the allowance, not a credit balance",
      "observed": "2026-10-05",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "reported by the site owner from the official product on 2026-10-05; no screenshot on file; not independently re-verified by this site. The allowance is counted in generations rather than in credits, which is the same shape as the Grok Imagine row in this dataset and a different shape from every credit-balance model in it"
    },
    {
      "model": "Luma Dream Machine",
      "channel": "lumalabs.ai (logged-in free account)",
      "metric": "free-tier allowance",
      "value": "about 30 generations per month, reset monthly and not carried over",
      "observed": "2026-10-05",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "reported by the site owner from the official product on 2026-10-05; no screenshot on file; not independently re-verified by this site. The figure is reported as approximate; the no-rollover behaviour matches the vendor's own FAQ wording for paid plans, which says unused credits expire at the end of the billing cycle. This is the first row in the dataset that puts a number on Luma's free tier"
    },
    {
      "model": "Luma Dream Machine",
      "channel": "lumalabs.ai (logged-in free account)",
      "metric": "free-tier output resolution",
      "value": "Draft only - 540p, 720p and above are not available on the free tier",
      "observed": "2026-10-05",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "reported by the site owner from the official product on 2026-10-05; no screenshot on file; not independently re-verified by this site. Draft is the bottom rung of the vendor's own published price ladder, where it costs 20 credits per 5 seconds"
    },
    {
      "model": "Luma Dream Machine",
      "channel": "lumalabs.ai (logged-in free account)",
      "metric": "free-tier watermark and licence",
      "value": "a watermark that cannot be removed; personal, non-commercial use only",
      "observed": "2026-10-05",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "reported by the site owner from the official product on 2026-10-05; no screenshot on file; not independently re-verified by this site"
    },
    {
      "model": "Luma Dream Machine",
      "channel": "lumalabs.ai (logged-in free account)",
      "metric": "free-tier editing features",
      "value": "video extension and local repaint are not available",
      "observed": "2026-10-05",
      "source_type": "report",
      "note": "reported by the site owner from the official product on 2026-10-05; no screenshot on file; not independently re-verified by this site"
    },
    {
      "model": "Seedance 2.5",
      "channel": "Replicate (bytedance account, model input schema)",
      "metric": "reference audio inputs",
      "value": "up to 10 files, 30 s combined",
      "observed": "2026-10-27",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "read on 2026-10-27 from the input schema embedded in the model page, no login, no generation: 'Reference audio files (up to 10, combined duration max 30s) for audio-driven generation and lip-sync. Requires at least one reference image or video.' This is the hosting platform's integration of the model, not a BytePlus API statement, so the ceiling is channel-specific"
    },
    {
      "model": "Seedance 2.5",
      "channel": "Replicate (bytedance account, model input schema)",
      "metric": "audio generation default",
      "value": "on (generate_audio default true)",
      "observed": "2026-10-27",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "same schema read on 2026-10-27: generate_audio is a boolean with default true, described as 'Generate synchronized audio with the video, including dialogue (use double quotes in prompt), sound effects, and background music.' A field default, not an observed output: no clip was generated"
    },
    {
      "model": "Seedance 2.5",
      "channel": "Replicate (bytedance account, model input schema)",
      "metric": "reference inputs, images and videos",
      "value": "up to 30 images; up to 10 videos, 30 s combined",
      "observed": "2026-10-27",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "same schema read on 2026-10-27: 'Reference images (up to 30)' and 'Reference videos (up to 10, combined duration max 30s)'. Reference arrays cannot be combined with first-frame or last-frame input. The three ceilings sum to 50, which matches the BytePlus product page's '50 multimodal inputs'; that sum is this site's arithmetic, not a published allocation"
    },
    {
      "model": "Kling AI",
      "channel": "Replicate (kwaivgi account, model input schema)",
      "metric": "audio input field",
      "value": "none listed (absence)",
      "observed": "2026-10-27",
      "source_type": "vendor",
      "note": "absence recorded on 2026-10-27: the kling-v4.0 input schema defines start_image, middle_images, end_image, reference_images, reference_videos, base_video, prompt, resolution, aspect_ratio and duration, with no audio input and no audio switch. Also absent from kwaivgi/kling-v2.5-turbo-pro and kwaivgi/kling-v2.1, so this is a channel-level absence, not a Kling 4.0-specific one. Kling's own API documentation renders in JavaScript and was not read"
    }
  ]
}