# Vidu review (2026): is the free plan enough?

> AI video generator with reference-to-video and image-to-video

Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA.

Vidu is a web video generator that makes clips from text, a start image or reference images, using its own Vidu Q-series models. It also offers an image generator, templates, an AI agent and an API platform. Plans give a monthly credit allowance, with faster queues and off-peak quotas on higher tiers.

- **Category:** AI Image & Video Generators
- **Made by:** Vidu
- **Website:** https://www.vidu.com
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want refunds: the page says it can't provide them.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026

## Pricing

As of Nov 12, 2026, Vidu has a free plan, and paid plans start at $8.25 per month for 800 credits, billed yearly ($10 billed monthly).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Q4 model at 540P for 2 credits per second and 10 references a month; credit amount not shown.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | Q4 model at 540P and 10 references a month; no commercial-use line on the page. |
| Standard | $8.25 per month for 800 credits, billed yearly ($10 billed monthly) | Fast generation channel, 3 to 16 second videos, up to 4 videos at once, commercial use. |
| Premium | $35.42 per month for 3,500 credits, billed yearly ($43 billed monthly) | Ultra-fast channel and an off-peak quota of 20 videos a day; yearly total is $425. |
| Ultimate | $95.83 per month for 10,000 credits, billed yearly ($115 billed monthly) | Off-peak quota of 200 videos a day; page shows 8,000 and 10,000 credits in different spots. |

Read from https://www.vidu.com/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Vidu before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Yearly billing, 18% off** (Annual discount): The pricing page shows a Yearly Billing toggle labeled 18% off, for example $99 a year for Standard against $10 monthly. Source: https://www.vidu.com/pricing

## Key features

- **Vidu Q-series models:** The site offers Vidu Q4 and Q3, with the plan table listing 720p and 1080p generation and 11 to 16 second Q3 videos.
- **Reference-to-video:** Multi-reference consistency lets you supply reference images so characters or objects stay consistent across a clip.
- **Text, image and sound tools:** Text-to-video, image-to-video, text-to-image and an AI sound effect generator sit beside templates.
- **Off-peak mode:** Premium and Ultimate add an off-peak quota of 20 or 200 videos a day, queued outside busy hours.
- **API platform:** A separate API platform is linked from the site for developers and enterprise customers.

## Good for

- Creators who need consistent characters across several video clips
- Social and animation makers who want an inexpensive entry plan
- Developers who want video generation through an API

## Worth knowing

- The page describes the yearly prices as a limited-time offer ('Yearly Billing 18% Off').
- The Free plan's credit amount is not shown, and the Q4 model uses 2 credits per second at 540P.
- Credits are sold at $1.03, $1.01 and $0.96 per 100 on the paid tiers.
- The Ultimate plan's credit total reads inconsistently on the page, so check it before buying.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Vidu is a web video generator that works from text, a start image or reference images, with an image generator and an API platform. The free plan is capped at 540P and the credit amount isn't shown, and the cheapest paid plan is $8.25 a month on yearly billing.

- **Value for money: C.** $8.25 a month on Standard, billed yearly, for 800 credits, or $10 billed monthly, just over the $8 that marks the cheaper quarter. Premium is $35.42 and Ultimate $95.83.
- **Free plan and trial: C.** A free plan with the Q4 model at 540P and 10 references a month, with sign-up and daily login credits. The page doesn't say how many credits that is.
- **Features: B.** Text, image and reference-to-video, a text-to-image tool, sound effects, off-peak queues and an API platform.
- **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. Credits, models, resolutions and queue types take some learning before you know what a clip will cost.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, with an API platform for developers, and no phone or desktop apps.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Vidu's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among AI image and video generators

- Vidu's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 106 of the 168 other AI image and video generators we grade, and level with 25.
- It stands best on features (B, above 104 of 168) and worst on ease of use (C, above 12).
- Its paid plans start at $8.25 a month, against a middle price of $11.88 for the category: 29 of the 120 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 6 tools score higher and cost less.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/ai-images

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** To replace Vidu you would be making a video model, which you can rent by the second but not make. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It costs $99 a year.

- You could make: Templates: an app builder makes this well.
- You could not: A video model, which you can rent by the second but not make.
- You could not: An image model, which you can rent by the picture but not make.
- You could not: An API that other software can build on.
- You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

**Tags:** Video generation, Image generation, AI features, Templates, Public API

## Alternatives

- [Kling AI](https://toolgpa.com/tools/kling-ai): AI video and image generator with monthly credit plans. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/kling-ai-vs-vidu)
- [Runway](https://toolgpa.com/tools/runway): AI video, image and audio studio with its own Gen-4.5 model. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/runway-vs-vidu)
- [PixVerse](https://toolgpa.com/tools/pixverse): AI video app built on PixVerse V6, with templates and an agent. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/pixverse-vs-vidu)
- [Hailuo AI](https://toolgpa.com/tools/hailuo): MiniMax's video and image generator, running its H3 model. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/hailuo-vs-vidu)
- [Pika](https://toolgpa.com/tools/pika): Video, image and sound apps built on Pika and partner models. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/pika-vs-vidu)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026:

- https://www.vidu.com/pricing
- https://www.vidu.com/

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/vidu
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