AI video generator price in India: credits, models and a ₹249 budget
Every clip on the AI Video Generator is billed per second in credits, at 1 credit = ₹0.50, and the exact total shows before you press Generate. Here is what each model costs in rupees, what a ₹249 pack buys, and the habit that keeps the bill small.
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Ask anyone who has tried an AI video tool and the first question is rarely about quality. It is "what will this cost me?" The AI Video Generator answers that before you spend a rupee: pick a model, set the length, and the Generate button shows the exact number of credits the clip will take. This post turns those credits into rupees for the models people use most, works out what the ₹249 pack buys, and shows the workflow that keeps a month of clips affordable. Prices are as of October 2026.
How credits and rupees work
The unit is one credit, and one credit costs ₹0.50. Every model has a rate in credits per second of finished video, so a 5-second clip on a model that charges 23 credits a second costs 115 credits, which is ₹57.50. Nothing is rounded up to a block of ten seconds; a 7-second clip is billed for 7 seconds.
Credits are deducted the moment the clip starts rendering. If the model fails, or declines the prompt, the credits come back on their own. You never pay for a clip that did not arrive. The total appears on the Generate button before you click it, so there is no surprise at the end of the month and no subscription ticking away in the background. You buy a pack, or recharge any amount from your account, and spend it when you need it.
The main models in rupees
Here are the "for 5 seconds" totals from the model picker, converted. Five seconds is a useful yardstick because it is the length of most product and property clips that go into a Reel or a WhatsApp status.
| Model and setting | Credits for 5 s | Price in rupees | Per second |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nova Lite, 768p | 40 | ₹20 | ₹4 |
| Lumen Motion 2.5, 720p | 60 | ₹30 | ₹6 |
| Orbit 3, 480p | 70 | ₹35 | ₹7 |
| Lumen Motion 3, Standard | 115 | ₹57.50 | ₹11.50 |
| Nova 2K, 2K | 175 | ₹87.50 | ₹17.50 |
| Lumen Motion 3, 1080p | 185 | ₹92.50 | ₹18.50 |
| Orbit 3, 1080p | 265 | ₹132.50 | ₹26.50 |
| Vela 2.5, 480p | 385 | ₹192.50 | ₹38.50 |
| Director 4, 720p | 1,225 | ₹612.50 | ₹122.50 |
| Vela 2.5, 1080p | 2,105 | ₹1,052.50 | ₹210.50 |
| Vela 2.0, 4K | 2,875 | ₹1,437.50 | ₹287.50 |
Nova Lite is the floor. It makes 6- or 10-second clips at 8 credits a second, so its smallest clip is 48 credits, or ₹24, which is where the "from ₹24 a clip" line on the site comes from. At the other end, Vela 2.0 at 4K is for a hoarding, an LED wall at a launch, or a film you will cut into a television spot. It is not what you reach for on a Tuesday afternoon to make a Meesho listing move.
What ₹249 actually buys
The ₹249 pack is 520 credits. On Lumen Motion 3 Standard, the all-rounder most people start with, that is four 5-second clips with 60 credits left over. On Orbit 3 at 480p it is seven 5-second clips, or one 30-second clip with credits to spare (30 seconds at 14 a second is 420 credits, ₹210). On Nova Lite it is thirteen 5-second-equivalent clips, or six 10-second ones. On Nova 2K it is two sharp 5-second clips. A single 5-second clip on Vela 2.5 at 480p (385 credits, ₹192.50) fits inside the pack; the 1080p version does not, so for cinematic work you will be recharging a larger amount.
A fair way to think about it: ₹249 is enough for a kirana brand in Chennai to make a week of Reels drafts, or for a channel partner in Hyderabad to animate two or three elevation shots for a WhatsApp broadcast. It is not enough for a 30-second 1080p film on the biggest model, and it is not meant to be.
Draft cheap, then make the final on a bigger model
The single best money habit is to never send a first attempt to an expensive model. Write the prompt, run it on Nova Lite or Orbit 3 at 480p, and watch what the model does with it. Does the camera move the way you described? Is the subject the right size in the frame? Is the motion too fast? Fix the prompt, run it again. Three drafts on Nova Lite cost ₹72 to ₹120 depending on length. Once the prompt works, switch the model to Lumen Motion 3 at 1080p or Nova 2K, keep the prompt and the start image exactly as they are, and make the final once.
Compare that with running the same three iterations on Vela 2.5 at 1080p: over ₹3,000 for the same learning. The prompt is the thing you are refining, and a cheap model teaches you about the prompt for a fraction of the price. The image-to-video path is even more forgiving, because the start frame is fixed and the only thing you are testing is the motion description.
Edits and extensions are billed on the input
Edit video, Extend video and Motion control work on a clip you already have, and they are billed on the length of that input, plus the new seconds for Extend. A 15-second clip pushed through Morph at 480p to restyle it costs 15 times 84 credits, which is 1,260 credits, or ₹630. If you only need the middle five seconds restyled, trim the clip first with the free trim tool, which cuts without re-encoding so nothing is lost, and the same edit costs 420 credits, ₹210. The same logic applies to Extend: if you want to continue the last moment of a long clip, trim down to the tail, extend that, and join the pieces back together afterwards with the video tools. Trimming is free; extra input seconds are not.
How it compares with a shoot or a stock clip
This is where hedging is fair, because quotes vary a lot by city and by brief. A half-day with a videographer in Mumbai or Bangalore, with travel and basic editing included, typically runs into several thousand rupees, and you wait days for the cut. A single licensed stock clip from a library typically costs more than a 5-second 1080p clip on Lumen Motion 3, and it will not show your building or your product. None of this means an AI clip replaces a real shoot for a brand film. It means the fifty small clips a year you would never have paid a videographer for, the status updates and listing videos and festival greetings, now cost between ₹20 and ₹100 each and are ready in a few minutes.
Finishing costs nothing
Once the clip is made, everything after it is free and runs in your browser. Resize to 9:16 with the video resizer, trim the start, add a caption or logo, and compress it for WhatsApp so it goes out under the size limit. Clips stay in your history for seven days, so download the ones you want. Budget for the generation, and treat the rest as included.
Frequently asked questions
How much does one AI video clip cost in India?
It depends on the model and the length. One credit is ₹0.50 and every model is billed per second: a 5-second clip costs ₹20 on Nova Lite, ₹57.50 on Lumen Motion 3 Standard and ₹1,052.50 on Vela 2.5 at 1080p, as of October 2026.
What does the ₹249 pack buy?
520 credits. That is about four 5-second clips on Lumen Motion 3 Standard, seven on Orbit 3 at 480p, or thirteen 5-second-equivalent clips on Nova Lite.
Do I pay if the video fails?
No. Credits are deducted when the clip starts rendering and returned automatically if the model fails or declines the prompt.
Is there a subscription or a watermark?
Neither. You buy credits in a pack or recharge any amount from your account, and finished clips carry no watermark or logo.