Lumen5 alternative
Lumen5 alternative: b-roll made for your post, not pulled from stock
Pixel Dojo generates each shot your article describes on Seedance 2.5, Kling 3.0, WAN 3.0 or Veo 3.1, with sound built in, a host who speaks your line and captions in one click, every price shown first.
Lumen5 turns a blog post into a video by pairing your text with stock footage, voiceover and brand templates. We wanted to see what happens when every shot is generated for the post instead, so we wrote one b-roll brief for a flower care article and ran it on three engines.
30 credits ($1.88) per 5 s clip at 720p with audio. Included in every plan, from $10/month.
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By Brian Lovett · Updated
Lumen5: quick answers
What is Lumen5?
Lumen5 is a browser video maker for marketers, publishers and brands. It turns scripts and articles into videos with templates, stock media, AI voiceover, captions and brand kits.
How much does Lumen5 cost?
Lumen5 lists Basic at $29 a month or $228 a year, Starter at $79 a month or $708 a year, and Professional at $199 a month or $1,788 a year. Team is billed yearly at $3,828.
Is Lumen5 free?
Lumen5 has a free plan with 5 videos a month, videos up to 2 minutes, 720p export and 2 AI voiceover minutes, with Lumen5 branding on the video. No card is needed to start.
Does Lumen5 export in 1080p?
On Starter and above. The free plan and Basic export at 720p, according to the plan data on its pricing page.
More shots a content team can make here
Every clip below was made on Pixel Dojo with the prompt shown, sound included.
A talking host on Veo 3.1 Fast. The voice, the shop bell and the street sounds come out of one render.
Medium shot of a florist in her fifties with a cropped silver haircut and a linen apron, standing behind a wooden shop counter full of tulips and eucalyptus. She smiles at the camera and says, "Cut the stems at an angle and your tulips last a week longer." Soft morning light, a quiet shop bell and street sounds outside.
Flat motion graphics on WAN 3.0 for business explainers, with no stray text to fix.
Clean 2D motion graphics for a business explainer: a blue line chart draws itself upward across a white card, three rounded icons pop in beside it and a progress ring fills to full, smooth easing, flat corporate palette, no text, a soft whoosh and gentle clicks.
Vertical b-roll for Reels and Shorts on WAN 3.0.
Vertical tracking shot of a commuter in his forties in a mustard rain jacket cycling toward the camera along a canal path at dawn, mist over the water, brick warehouses lining the far bank, the hum of tyres on wet stone and a bicycle bell.
A property walkthrough on Seedance 2.5, steady like a gimbal shot.
Slow gimbal walk through a bright Scandinavian style living room with a pale linen sofa into a kitchen with oak cabinets and a window over the sink, sheer curtains moving in a breeze, property video style, quiet room tone and distant street sounds.
One flower care b-roll brief on three engines
A blog post about keeping tulips fresh needs a shot of the stems being trimmed and set in water. We gave the same 5 second prompt to three video engines at 16:9 with sound on. Each tile shows the settings and credits it used.
Close up of hands trimming the stems of pink tulips at a sharp angle under a running kitchen tap, then standing them in a tall glass vase of cold water with a few ice cubes, bright window light, lifestyle blog video style, the sound of running water and the snip of scissors.
Close up of hands trimming the stems of pink tulips at a sharp angle under a running kitchen tap, then standing them in a tall glass vase of cold water with a few ice cubes, bright window light, lifestyle blog video style, the sound of running water and the snip of scissors.
Close up of hands trimming the stems of pink tulips at a sharp angle under a running kitchen tap, then standing them in a tall glass vase of cold water with a few ice cubes, bright window light, lifestyle blog video style, the sound of running water and the snip of scissors.
- Seedance 2.5 followed the order of the brief, the snip under the tap first and the vase second, with a hand still settling the bunch at the end.
- Kling 3.0 gave the closest view of the scissors cutting under running water, the detail a how to post needs.
- WAN 3.0 trimmed the stems down in the sink and ended on the vase standing alone on a bright counter, for 10 credits.
- Auto captions put the florist's tip on screen for 5 credits, so the post's key line reads with the sound off.
Lumen5 plans vs Pixel Dojo
Every Lumen5 figure comes from its pricing page, read on October 15, 2026.
| At a glance | Lumen5 | Pixel Dojo |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | Basic $29, Starter $79, Professional $199 | Lite $10 a month for 160 credits, Pro $25 for 500 credits, Pro Max $50 for 1,100 credits |
| Yearly price | Basic $228, Starter $708, Professional $1,788, Team $3,828 | Monthly plans, cancel any time |
| Where the footage comes from | Stock media libraries, with Getty and Shutterstock on Starter and up | Generated for your prompt on Seedance 2.5, Kling 3.0, Veo 3.1, WAN 3.0 and more |
| Voice | AI voiceover, 20 minutes a month on Basic and 180 on Professional | Talking hosts with speech built into the clip, plus text to speech |
| AI images | 100 a month on Basic, 500 on Professional | Every image model on every plan, priced per image |
| Captions | Automated captions on all paid plans | Auto captions burned into any clip |
Deep dive: stock matching vs generating the shot
A blog to video tool reads your text, picks a stock clip for each sentence and lays your words over it. That is fast, and it is why the same handshake and laptop shots show up in so many brand videos. The match is as good as the library.
Generating the shot flips that. You describe exactly what the sentence needs, the tulips, the tap, the ice in the vase, and the model renders it with its own sound. We ran our brief three times and every take showed the product of the article, not a near miss.
The trade off is assembly. Lumen5 lays out scenes, text and music in one editor. On Pixel Dojo you make the shots, add captions, then cut them together, or let Sensei plan the whole video, price it and wait for your approval before it starts.
When Lumen5 is the better pick
If you publish many posts a week and want each one turned into a branded video in minutes, Lumen5 is built for that job, with templates, brand kits, translations and team workspaces in one place.
If the shots matter more than the speed, and you want footage that shows exactly what your post says, we think Pixel Dojo is the better fit.
What our shots cost on Pixel Dojo
Plans are Lite $10 a month for 160 credits, Pro $25 for 500 credits, Pro Max $50 for 1,100 credits. Every plan includes every model and commercial use.
Our tulip takes cost 30 credits on Seedance 2.5, 20 on Kling 3.0 and 10 on WAN 3.0, and captions cost 5. Each tile shows its own price.
Under our refund policy, a first purchase can be refunded within 7 days, in full if under 20% of the credits are used and pro-rated after that.
Lumen5 questions
What is the best Lumen5 alternative?
Pixel Dojo generates the shots your article describes on Seedance 2.5, Kling 3.0, WAN 3.0 and Veo 3.1, makes hosts that speak your lines, adds captions in one click and shows every price before you generate.
How much is Lumen5 per month?
Lumen5 lists Basic at $29 a month, Starter at $79 and Professional at $199. Paying yearly, the same plans are $228, $708 and $1,788.
Can I cancel Lumen5 any time?
Lumen5 says you can cancel from account settings, keep paid features until the end of the billing period and keep every video you made.
Can AI make b-roll for a blog post?
Yes. Describe the shot the paragraph needs, with the action, place and light, and a video model renders it with sound. Our tulip test above shows the same brief on three engines.
Which engine is cheapest for b-roll on Pixel Dojo?
In our test WAN 3.0 cost 10 credits for a 5 second clip with sound, Kling 3.0 cost 20 and Seedance 2.5 cost 30.
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Try Pixel Dojo as your Lumen5 alternative
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Facts about Lumen5 come from these public pages, checked on Oct 15, 2026. Prices and plans change; check the source before you buy.