The cheapest AI video generator is the one that gets the shot.

Measure the full generation budget

One finished clip can take several attempts, and attempts are the unit the gateway charges for. Five Runway Gen-4 generations at an indicative $0.069 come to about $0.35, so a route listed higher, such as Seedance V1 Lite at $0.297, can still be the cheaper usable result when it lands the shot first time.

Budget for every generation a scene needs, including variations and discards. Clip length does not enter that arithmetic here, so a longer edit does not multiply the rate. Keep the prompt and source image consistent when testing models.

Start with a cost-aware shortlist

Runway Gen-4 sits well below the rest of the current HeyAskr video catalog on indicative rate, with Kling 2.1 Pro and Seedance V1 Lite grouped closely above it. Veo 3 Fast, Seedance 2 Fast and Hailuo 02 Standard are higher again, and the premium variants move further still: kling-2.1-master is listed at an indicative $1.4375 per generation and the default Veo 3 variant at $1.38.

Higgsfield is often named in cheapest-video shortlists, but it has no route through this gateway today, so HeyAskr publishes no rate for it. Price that option from Higgsfield's own published plans and treat it as market context rather than balance you can spend here.

• Use lower-cost models for drafts and exploration
• Test premium routes on the scenes that justify them
• Move the same balance between models as the edit develops

Calculate video capacity from crypto

HeyAskr starts with the asset and amount you hold. Select the model next, then see the universal AI credit value and estimated generation capacity. The output is designed to be saved and shared.