Grok Imagine Pricing 2026: Cost per 10 Seconds, Free Plan and Watermark
xAI's image and video generator is offered in Grok consumer subscriptions and through a separately priced video API.
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Key facts
| Cost per 10 seconds | Not published [Pricing: Compare Plans] [The X Subscription Pricing] [The X Subscription usage limits] [FAQ - Grok Website / Apps] |
|---|---|
| Cheapest paid plan | $8.00/month (The X Subscription Plus, monthly) |
| Free plan | A free Grok account is available; video eligibility and allowance require login. [Pricing: Compare Plans] [FAQ - Grok Website / Apps] |
| Watermark | Free: Yes
· Paid: Yes Generated consumer images and videos carry a Grok watermark; no removal setting or paid-plan exemption is published. Removing or obscuring provenance marks is prohibited. [FAQ - Grok Website / Apps] [Terms of Service - Consumer] |
| Commercial use | Free: Unclear
· Paid: Unclear The legal FAQ permits commercial use, while current consumer and bundled-plan terms require permission and attribution for output use; clarify the applicable conditions before commercial use. [Consumer FAQs] [Terms of Service - Consumer] [X-Subscription Consumer Terms of Service*] |
| Max clip length | 15 seconds |
| Max resolution | 1080p |
| Native audio | Yes API model grok-imagine-video-1.5 supports 1-15 seconds, native 1080p, and generated audio. Lite upscales 720p for 1080p. Consumer model details and limits require login. [Video Overview: Grok Imagine Video API] |
| Models | grok-imagine-video-1.5, grok-imagine-video-1.5-lite, grok-imagine-video |
| API | Yes, from $0.020 per second grok-imagine-video-1.5-lite costs $0.02/second at 480p, $0.03 at 720p, and $0.14 at 1080p; an input image adds $0.01. Model 1.5 costs $0.08, $0.14, and $0.25/second respectively. Audio is included; subscription usage is billed separately. [API Pricing] [Video Overview: Grok Imagine Video API] |
Grok Imagine plans and prices
| Plan | Monthly | Billed annually (per month) | Credits per month | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The X Subscription Plus | $8.00 | $6.67 | — | Annual $80 / 12, rounded to cents; shared weekly usage. [Pricing: Compare Plans] [The X Subscription Pricing] |
| The X Subscription Premium | $30.00 | $25.00 | — | Annual $300 / 12; shared weekly usage and full X Premium+ benefits when an X account is connected. [Pricing: Compare Plans] [The X Subscription Pricing] [X Premium customers moving to The X Subscription] |
| The X Subscription Super | $100.00 | $83.33 | — | Annual $1,000 / 12, rounded to cents; shared weekly usage. [Pricing: Compare Plans] [The X Subscription Pricing] |
| The X Subscription Ultra | $200.00 | $166.67 | — | Annual $2,000 / 12, rounded to cents; shared weekly usage. [Pricing: Compare Plans] [The X Subscription Pricing] |
Is Grok Imagine free?
It is not clear from official pages: A free Grok account is available; video eligibility and allowance require login.
How we got the cost per 10 seconds
Consumer subscriptions use a shared weekly usage pool without published video-credit rates; model details and usage caps require login. [Pricing: Compare Plans] [The X Subscription Pricing] [The X Subscription usage limits] [FAQ - Grok Website / Apps] Our reference clip is 10 seconds at 720p of the tool's default model, priced from the cheapest monthly plan that can use it; see the methodology.
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| Tool | Cost per 10 s | Cheapest paid plan | Free plan | Free watermark | Commercial use | Audio | Max length | API per second |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pollo AIPollo AI | $0.38Pollo 2.5, 720p | $15.00/moLite, monthly | Yes | Unclear | Free: Unclear Paid: Unclear | Yes | — | — |
| HeyGenHeyGen · avatar videos | $0.39Avatar V, Video Look, 720p | $29.00/moCreator, monthly | Yes | Yes | Free: No Paid: Yes | Yes | — | $0.010 |
| PixVerseAIVORA PTE. LTD. / PixVerse | $0.83 *PixVerse V6, 720p | $10.00/moStandard, monthly | Yes | Yes | Free: Unclear Paid: Unclear | Yes | 15 s | $0.022 |
| Luma Dream Machine / Luma AppLuma AI, Inc. | $0.90Ray3.2, 720p | $30.00/moPlus, monthly | Yes | Unclear | Free: No Paid: Yes | No | 20 s | $0.030 |
| Google VeoGoogle | $1.00Veo 3.1 Fast, 720p | $7.99/moGoogle AI Plus, monthly | Yes | Unclear | Free: Unclear Paid: Unclear | Yes | 8 s | — |
| Hailuo AIMiniMax | $1.05 *MiniMax H3, 768p | $14.99/moStandard, monthly | Yes | Yes | Free: Unclear Paid: Yes | Yes | 15 s | $0.015 |
| Kling AIKuaishou / Kling AI Pte. Ltd. | $1.20Kling VIDEO 3.0, 720p | $8.80/moStandard, monthly | Yes | Yes | Free: No Paid: Yes | Yes | 30 s | $0.042 |
| PikaMellis, Inc. (Pika) | $2.71Seedance 2.5 (hosted by Pika), 720p | $10.00/moStarter, monthly | No | No free plan | Free: No free plan Paid: Yes | Yes | 30 s | $0.040 |
| RunwayRunway AI, Inc. | $2.88Gen-4.5, 720p | $15.00/moStandard, monthly | Yes | Yes | Free: Yes Paid: Yes | Unclear | 10 s | $0.050 |
| InVideo AIInvideo Inc. | $3.00Seedance 2.0 Fast, 720p | $20.00/moStarter, monthly | Yes | Unclear | Free: Yes Paid: Yes | Yes | — | — |
| HiggsfieldHiggsfield Inc. | $3.44Seedance 2.5, 720p | $19.00/moStarter, monthly | Unclear | Yes | Free: Unclear Paid: Yes | Yes | — | $0.042 |
| Seedance via DreaminaByteDance / Dreamina | $3.52 *Dreamina Seedance 2.5, 720p | $15.00/moBasic, monthly | Yes | Yes | Free: Unclear Paid: Unclear | Yes | 30 s | $0.010 |
| OpenArtOpenArt | $4.55Seedance 2.5, 720p | $14.00/moStarter, monthly | Yes | Unclear | Free: No Paid: Unclear | Yes | — | No API |
| ViduShengshu Technology | Not published | $10.00/moStandard, monthly | Yes | Yes | Free: No Paid: Yes | Yes | 16 s | $0.012 |
Sources
- API Pricing checked 2026-10-26
- X-Subscription Consumer Terms of Service checked 2026-10-26; read from the search-engine copy of the official page because the page could not be loaded directly
- FAQ - Grok Website / Apps checked 2026-10-26
- Terms of Service - Consumer checked 2026-10-26
- Do I have to switch? checked 2026-10-26
- Consumer FAQs checked 2026-10-26
- Pricing: Compare Plans checked 2026-10-26
- Introducing The X Subscription checked 2026-10-26
- The X Subscription Pricing checked 2026-10-26
- The X Subscription usage limits checked 2026-10-26
- Video Overview: Grok Imagine Video API checked 2026-10-26
- X Premium customers moving to The X Subscription checked 2026-10-26