# HiDream review (2026): is it worth it? > Image and video model maker with the vivago consumer app Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. HiDream.ai is a Chinese generative AI company that says it builds multimodal models spanning text, image, video and 3D. It sells enterprise API services and marketing tools, and runs vivago, a web app for creating AI images and videos from prompts and templates. - **Category:** AI Image & Video Generators - **Made by:** HiDream.ai - **Website:** https://hidreamai.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want paid prices, as they could not be read without signing in. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing HiDream's current pricing could not be confirmed from its own site. ## Key features - **vivago creation app:** A web app for AI image and video generation with templates, an effects library and an AI agent that starts from a story idea. - **Enterprise API platform:** HiHarness is described on the homepage as a multimodal platform with 200+ APIs for model services. - **Marketing video tools:** HiBurst is aimed at marketing content, with storyboard control and one-click publishing to TikTok. - **Film production platform:** Zhenzan is presented as a platform for AI film creation and multi-role collaboration. - **Open-source models:** Company news mentions the open-source HiDream-E1.1 image editing model and the HiDream-O1-Image-1.5 model. ## Good for - People who want a free-to-start web app for AI images and videos - Companies looking for a multimodal model API vendor - Teams making short marketing videos ## Worth knowing - Paid plan prices could not be read: the vivago pricing page shows only a sign-in prompt without logging in. - HiDream.ai is a company with several products; the consumer app is vivago, at vivago.ai. - The 30 free credits are stated for new vivago accounts; what a credit buys was not readable. - Enterprise API pricing is not published on the homepage. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. HiDream.ai is a company with several products, and its consumer app is vivago. New accounts get 30 free credits, and more can be earned by watching ads. Paid prices could not be read without signing in. - **Value for money: C.** Paid plan prices could not be read, because the vivago pricing page shows only a sign-in prompt. It sits in the middle by default. - **Free plan and trial: C.** 30 free credits on a new account, with more earned by watching ads. What a credit buys was not readable. - **Features: C.** The vivago app, an enterprise API, marketing video tools, film tools and open-source models. The listing gives few limits. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. The offering spans several products, so there is some sorting out. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only on the pages read, with TikTok the one integration listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from HiDream.ai's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. The vivago pricing page showed only a sign-in prompt. ## Where it stands among AI image and video generators - HiDream's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 31 of the 168 other AI image and video generators we grade, and level with 31. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/ai-images ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace HiDream you would be making an image model, which you can rent by the picture but not make. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 106 of the 168 other AI image and video generators grade higher. - You could make: Templates: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: An image model, which you can rent by the picture but not make. - You could not: A video model, which you can rent by the second but not make. - You could not: It plugs into other products, TikTok among them, and has an API. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. - You could not: Sharing with other people, which means accounts and invitations. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with TikTok **Tags:** Image generation, Video generation, AI features, Public API, Templates ## Alternatives - [Kling AI](https://toolgpa.com/tools/kling-ai): AI video and image generator with monthly credit plans. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/hidream-vs-kling-ai) - [Hailuo AI](https://toolgpa.com/tools/hailuo): MiniMax's video and image generator, running its H3 model. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/hailuo-vs-hidream) - [PixVerse](https://toolgpa.com/tools/pixverse): AI video app built on PixVerse V6, with templates and an agent. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/hidream-vs-pixverse) - [Vidu](https://toolgpa.com/tools/vidu): AI video generator with reference-to-video and image-to-video. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/hidream-vs-vidu) - [Dreamina](https://toolgpa.com/tools/dreamina): AI image, video and audio studio built on Seedream and Seedance. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/dreamina-vs-hidream) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://hidreamai.com - https://vivago.ai/pricing Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/hidream Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).