Cheap Video Models
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P Video is the cheapest AI video model in the PixelDojo catalog at 0.5 credits per second of 720p output, and its draft mode drops that to 0.1 credits per second. WAN 2.6 Flash is next at 1 credit per second, and WAN 2.1 Video is third at 1.5 credits per second. We sent the same prompt and the same source image to all three on August 26, 2026, timed each request, and measured every returned file. The cheapest one is genuinely usable. It is also the one that made us wait the longest, and that trade is the whole story on this page.
The same prompt and the same source still, run through all three
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Slow cinematic camera orbit around the earbuds case, soft studio lighting shifts, the lid opens gently to reveal the earbuds, product commercial style
P Video, 2.5 credits, about 175 seconds, 960 by 960 at 24 fps
Slow cinematic camera orbit around the earbuds case, soft studio lighting shifts, the lid opens gently to reveal the earbuds, product commercial style
WAN 2.6 Flash, 5 credits, about 44 seconds, 1280 by 720 at 30 fps
Slow cinematic camera orbit around the earbuds case, soft studio lighting shifts, the lid opens gently to reveal the earbuds, product commercial style
WAN 2.1 Video, 1.5 credits, about 224 seconds, 640 by 640 at 16 fps
The ranking, and the honest case against each one
How we ranked them
Three things decided the order: the credit rate from the live catalog, the measured wall clock time from request to finished file, and what the returned file actually contained when we probed it. We gave each model the same orbit prompt and the same product still, and we ran each one at the cheapest setting it accepts, because that is the number a budget question is really asking about. That means the clip lengths differ. WAN 2.6 Flash will not go below 5 seconds, so it ran 5. P Video has no floor but we ran 5 seconds for a fair look at the output. WAN 2.1 Video accepts 1 second, so it ran 1. Cost per finished second is therefore the honest comparison, and on that measure the order is 0.5, 1 and 1.5 credits.
1. P Video, the lowest bill
P Video is the cheapest of the three by every measure a budget cares about. It charges 0.5 credits per second at 720p, 1 credit per second at 1080p, and it has a draft mode that drops those to 0.1 and 0.2 credits per second. It also has no minimum clip length, so a one second draft test costs 0.1 credits. Our benchmark used the standard 720p setting at 5 seconds and was charged 2.5 credits. The file came back at 960 by 960 pixels, 24 frames per second, 5.04 seconds long, 1.1 MB, with an audio track present alongside the video. Two things to know before you commit. It took about 175 seconds to return, roughly four times the wait of WAN 2.6 Flash. And we asked for a product orbit and got a square frame, so plan on cropping if you deliver in 16:9. Skip it if you are iterating quickly and the wait between attempts is what actually costs you.
2. WAN 2.6 Flash, cheap enough and four times faster
WAN 2.6 Flash costs 1 credit per second at 720p, double the standard P Video rate, and it will not accept a clip shorter than 5 seconds. That gives it a hard floor of 5 credits per job. What the extra credits buy is the best file of the three and by far the shortest wait. Our run came back in about 44 seconds. The output measured 1280 by 720 pixels at 30 frames per second, 5.007 seconds long, 1.2 MB, with an audio track alongside the video. That is the only true 720p widescreen frame in this comparison and the only one running at 30 frames per second. It is image to video, so you feed it a still rather than a text prompt on its own. Skip it if your per clip budget sits under 5 credits, or if you want to test a rough idea first, because the floor makes very cheap experiments impossible.
3. WAN 2.1 Video, only for the LoRA hook
WAN 2.1 Video charges 1.5 credits per second, the highest rate of the three, and the rate does not change with resolution, so 720p costs exactly what 480p costs. Duration is capped between 1 and 5 seconds. Our run asked for the shortest and cheapest job the model accepts, 1 second at 480p, and was charged 1.5 credits. It took about 224 seconds, the longest wait here. The returned file measured 640 by 640 pixels at 16 frames per second, 1.06 seconds, 104 KB, with no audio track. We requested a 16:9 aspect ratio and got a square. The reason to keep this model on the list is the one thing the other two do not offer: it accepts a LoRA URL and a strength value, so a custom trained style can ride along with the prompt. Skip it if you are not using a LoRA, because a 5 second clip costs 7.5 credits, more than either alternative.
Cheap does not have to mean low resolution
The cheapest model here was not the one that produced the smallest frame. P Video at 0.5 credits per second returned 960 by 960, while WAN 2.1 Video at 1.5 credits per second returned 640 by 640. Rate and resolution are set separately on every one of these models. WAN 2.6 Flash and P Video both offer a 1080p tier at a higher per second rate, and WAN 2.1 Video offers 720p at no extra charge over 480p. So price your job by the rate and the length you actually need, not by an assumption that a low rate caps your output size.
One prompt, one source image, three models, all run on August 26, 2026. Bills: 2.5, 5 and 1.5 credits. Waits: about 175, 44 and 224 seconds.
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0.1 credits is the real floor
P Video draft mode at 720p is 0.1 credits per second with no minimum length, so a one second look at an idea costs a tenth of a credit before you spend anything on a real render.
The fast one is not the expensive one
WAN 2.6 Flash was the quickest at about 44 seconds and cost 5 credits for 5 seconds. Both other models took over 170 seconds. Speed and price do not move together here.
Every price is per second, so length is the lever
All three bill by the second of requested output. Trimming a clip from 8 seconds to 5 cuts the bill by the same proportion on any of them.
How It Works
How we produced the numbers on this page, so you can repeat them:
Fix one prompt and one source image
All three models got the same product still and the same orbit instruction. Changing the prompt between models would have made the comparison meaningless.
Run each model at its own cheapest accepted setting
P Video at 5 seconds and 720p, WAN 2.6 Flash at its 5 second floor and 720p, WAN 2.1 Video at 1 second and 480p. That is why the bills were 2.5, 5 and 1.5 credits.
Time the request, then measure the file
We bracketed each request with a clock and probed every returned file for size, frame rate, duration and audio track. Everything quoted above came out of that, not out of a spec sheet.
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Common Questions
Everything you need to know about Cheap Video Models
What is the cheapest AI video model?
P Video. It bills 0.5 credits per second of 720p output, and its draft mode charges 0.1 credits per second. It has no minimum clip length, so the smallest possible job is one second of draft at 0.1 credits. WAN 2.6 Flash is next at 1 credit per second, and WAN 2.1 Video is 1.5 credits per second.
Is the cheapest model actually usable?
Ours was. The 2.5 credit P Video run returned a 5.04 second file at 960 by 960 pixels, 24 frames per second, with an audio track present. The catch was the wait, about 175 seconds, and a square frame when we had asked for a wider one.
What does a 5 second clip cost on each of these?
At 720p standard settings: 2.5 credits on P Video, 5 credits on WAN 2.6 Flash, and 7.5 credits on WAN 2.1 Video. A 5 second P Video draft is 0.5 credits. WAN 2.6 Flash cannot go below 5 seconds, so 5 credits is its minimum job of any kind.
Why was the cheapest model also the slowest?
Price and queue position are set separately. On August 26, 2026 the 2.5 credit P Video job took about 175 seconds while the 5 credit WAN 2.6 Flash job took about 44. Turnaround also moves with load on any given day, so treat those as typical figures rather than guarantees.
Does a cheap video model still give me 720p?
Yes on all three. WAN 2.6 Flash returned a real 1280 by 720 frame in our run. P Video and WAN 2.6 Flash both offer a 1080p tier at a higher per second rate, and WAN 2.1 Video charges the same for 720p as it does for 480p.
How do I call the cheap models from the API?
POST to /api/v1/models/p-video/run, /api/v1/models/wan-2.6-flash/run or /api/v1/models/wan-2.1-video/run with your API key, a prompt, and a duration. Same key and same request shape for every model in the catalog, so switching to a cheaper one means changing one string.