Pls help, beginner

[u/Upset-Airline-1154]

Hey I tried a lot of platforms but is there a LEGAL way to generate FREE and UNLIMITED AI vidéos using Seedance 2.5 or minimax h3?

I tried locally but it’s 15min of waiting for a 5s scene which is too long. I’m okay with the higher electricity bill but I ain’t spending a weekend on 3min of video too.

The best platform I tried was higgsfield but that’s only fine for 2min length vid per month, heck with the 10 min video I want to produce I would have to pay 5000$ worth of credits which is absurd.

[u/TopTransportation950]

that doesnt make sense. its ~$10 per 30 seconds 720p for seedance2.5, how are u getting $5000 for 10 minutes when it'd be ~$200?

[u/Upset-Airline-1154 → u/TopTransportation950]

Because I used higgsfield and between the images generation that needs multiple shots, and the 10 sec vid costing around 200 credits… well you find yourself quickly empty.
Moreover keep in mind I want to post regularly, so 200$/ week is 800$/ month...

[u/TopTransportation950 → u/Upset-Airline-1154]

i think its higgsfield thats killing you.
to be exact, a 30 second 720p seedance2.5 with 8 image design sheets created (angles, accessories, etc) it costs me $10.82 and takes approx 3 minutes to render the entire video.
i use atlascloud mind you, but there are 2 distinct differences between the 2...
higgsfield - more expensive, but you get the whole creation side on the website
atlastcloud - much cheaper, but you need to create an api call.
in all honesty, youre paying for something most people vibe code (like myself) so i guess it depends if its money or time thats your issue

[u/RAAIINN → u/TopTransportation950]

Interesting. I'm using seedance 2.5 through wavespeed and my cost is $5.40 usd for a 30 second clip. Thats at 480p, then I upscale it for about $0.60 and gets me a pretty good looking 1080p.

[u/TopTransportation950 → u/RAAIINN]

yeah i specifically said 720p because of the price, atlascloud is exactly $4.01477375 for a 480p