How credits work
What costs credits in the chat studio, what a video costs per second, lip sync, starting credits, and what the approval card shows before the big steps.
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Credits are what Melodious charges in. Everything the director makes uses some, so you always know where they went:
- Ideas and the plan use a few credits each, as you go.
- Your messages to the director are free on a paid plan, up to a generous daily limit; past it, and on starting credits, they use a few credits each.
- The storyboard is a paid step with its own card and price.
- The video is the big cost, with its own card and price.
- Changes after that (a redraw, a re-film) each have a card and a price (or a receipt, if you chose Don't ask in Approvals).
Adding your song isn't charged on its own. The listen is paid for as part of your first round of ideas.
Starting credits
New accounts usually get starting credits that last 7 days. They cover the ideas, the plan and the chat, so you can see where your video is going. The storyboard and the video need a plan.
What a video costs
The storyboard and the video together are about 24 credits per second. Videos from the chat studio are made at 720p, as a 16:9 file with a 9:16 file you can make from it.
Shots where the singer is lip-synced to your song cost more than shots without singing. The storyboard is a smaller step before the video. The exact price depends on the plan the director wrote (how many shots, how many are sung), so it is on the card, not a fixed table.
You always see the price first
The storyboard, the video and every change show their exact price on a card, and that is the most you pay. If a step fails on our side, its credits come back.
What a plan covers
- Starter ($29/month, 1,725 credits a month) covers a 30 second video with lip sync a month, or more video without lip sync.
- Artist ($97/month, 5,200 credits a month) covers about 3 minutes of video without lip sync.
- Label ($147/month, 8,500 credits a month) covers about 5 minutes without lip sync.
Lip-synced shots cost more, so a long video with lip sync needs a bigger plan or a top up. The note under each length in the studio names the plan that makes it, and the card shows the exact price.
Plan credits renew each billing month and don't roll over. Annual plans cost less than twelve monthly payments: billed yearly, credits added monthly. Cancel anytime. See Plans and top-ups.
Never more than you can cover
If your credits can't cover a step, the studio says so before anything is drawn and offers a top up or a shorter part. Nothing is charged for that check.
Checking your balance
Your balance is in the app, and on the billing page, where you can also top up or upgrade.