USE CASE · YOUTUBE
The best AI for YouTube videos
Rates shown at each model's base tier, verified July 2026 from official vendor pricing pages and documentation. Vendors change prices without notice — see methodology.
A YouTube video is 90% B-roll and 10% moments that decide retention — the open, the payoff, the thumbnail frame. Budget accordingly: Seedance 2.0 handles volume at the market's best quality/price ratio, while the two or three shots viewers actually judge deserve Veo 3.1 Fast or better. That mixed strategy lands a typical 8-minute faceless video around $37 including retakes.
Kling's multi-minute takes matter more than they sound: fewer clips means fewer seams to hide in editing, and continuity errors between stitched clips are the tell that makes AI footage feel cheap. Full monthly math per upload schedule: YouTube channel budget.
Whichever pick fits, pressure-test the budget in the calculator with your real clip counts — and remember every rate above multiplies by your retake ratio.