invideo Hides Its Free Plan From the Pricing Page
There is a free tier, it needs no card, and invideo does not sell it. That absence is itself the most useful thing to know before signing up.
invideo does have a free plan, it requires no card, and it does not appear anywhere on the pricing page. The free tier gives a limited credit allowance that resets weekly on Monday at 12am UTC and covers the Agents and Models flow, including image generation. invideo does not publish how many credits that allowance contains, and free exports carry a watermark.1
Every other product in this series advertises its free tier. invideo runs a paid ladder on its pricing page and keeps the free option inside the product, visible only after you have an account.
That is a merchandising decision rather than a packaging one, and it tells you something about who the plan is for.2
What the free plan actually includes
| Free | Starter | Plus | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $0 | $20/mo, $10 annual per seat | $60/mo, $30 annual per seat |
| Credits | Limited, unpublished | 400/seat/mo | 2,000/seat/mo |
| Reset cycle | Weekly, Monday 00:00 UTC | Monthly | Monthly |
| Card required | No | Yes | Yes |
| Timeline editor | Via free allowance | Full | Full |
| Seedance 2.5 | No | No | Yes |
| Watermark | Yes | No | No |
| Guest seats | n/a | None | 10 free, 190 credits each |
The published paid tiers start at Starter, and the free plan surfaces as a downgrade destination rather than an option on the comparison grid.
The weekly reset
A weekly reset is unusual. Most tools refill monthly, which means a bad week early in the cycle leaves you waiting.
Weekly refills reward steady use and punish batching. If your workflow is to sit down once a month and produce several videos, the weekly cycle wastes most of the allowance.
It also means free is genuinely viable for a small recurring need, such as one short video a week, in a way a monthly allowance rarely is.
The unpublished credit number
invideo's help centre confirms the plan exists, confirms no card is needed, and does not state how many credits you get. The honest answer is that the number lives in your account meter and may vary.
Independent tests have reported figures around a handful of credits, enough for roughly one short video. Treat any specific number you read elsewhere as unverified, including ours, because the vendor has not committed to one.
What is published is what the credits buy. The help article directs free users to the two-line icon in the generation panel, which shows the credit cost of a generation before you commit. That is the reliable way to plan.
What free can actually do
Access AI models with limited credits, generate images through the Agents and Models flow, animate an uploaded image into video, and share finished videos to social platforms.
That covers the core workflow: prompt or image in, video out. What it does not cover is volume, and what it does not remove is the watermark.
Anyone whose plan is to test image generation specifically has better free options. Ideogram and Leonardo both run free tiers with published allowances rather than a hidden meter.
Why the free plan is hidden
The pricing page anchors on the paid ladder, starting from Starter. A visible $0 card invites a direct comparison between free and the entry tier, and free wins that comparison for anyone whose need fits inside it.
Keeping the free plan inside the product still converts people who land there, while the pricing page speaks only to buyers. It is a deliberate split, and not a sign the free tier is being withdrawn.
The practical difference for a reader is that you cannot find the free tier by shopping. You have to sign up and look.
When the free plan is enough
Trying the workflow once, generating a handful of images, or producing one short video a week where a watermark is acceptable.
The no-card requirement makes it genuinely free to test, which is worth something in a category where several competitors still ask for payment details at signup.
For anyone who only needs short-form editing rather than generation, CapCut is free without a hidden meter and does the editing half better.
When it stops being enough
The first client export or the first project needing more than a couple of generations in a week.
Starter at $10 a seat billed annually is the entry point, with 400 credits and full timeline editing. Note that Seedance 2.5, invideo's headline video model, starts at Plus, so anyone drawn in by the model demos is looking at the $30 tier rather than the $10 one.
Prices are per seat, and multiseat plans multiply quickly. Check the guest-seat allowance before assuming a small team needs multiple paid seats.
Frequently asked questions
Does invideo have a free plan?
Yes. It needs no card and it does not appear on the public pricing page.
How many free credits does invideo give?
invideo does not publish the number. It describes "limited credits" and points users to the in-app meter, which shows the cost of each generation before you commit.
When do invideo free credits reset?
Weekly, every Monday at 12am UTC.
Does invideo Free add a watermark?
Yes, free exports carry a watermark.
What does invideo cost after free?
Starter is $10 a seat a month billed annually, Plus $30, Max $75. Seedance 2.5 access starts at Plus.
Can I use invideo Free commercially?
The watermark makes commercial use impractical regardless of licence terms, and a paid plan is the safe assumption.
Free-plan existence, weekly reset and no-card requirement verified against invideo's help centre article updated 28 July 2026 and checked again on 20 October 2026. Paid tier pricing verified against invideo's pricing page the same day.
Sources
- invideo help: can I use invideo AI for free: help.invideo.io/en/articles/9380226-can-i-use-invideo-ai-for-free. Used for: Confirmation the free plan exists, needs no card and resets weekly.
- invideo pricing: invideo.io/pricing.
All sources are the vendor's own plan or documentation pages, checked on 20 October 2026. Plan terms change without notice, so confirm current limits before you rely on them.
