How much one Vidu Q1 clip actually costs
Vidu Q1 cost per video without subscription
One Vidu Q1 generation on Doitong costs 2,000 credits and covers 5 seconds. That is $1.33 on the 30,000-credit pack ($19.99), $0.80 on the 100,000 pack ($39.99), and $0.67 on the 300,000 pack ($99.99) — $0.13 to $0.27 per second of video, with no API key needed. Vidu Q1's line reads 2,000 credits, 5 seconds; sound is listed in the line of six other models.
How this works
The number is 2,000 credits for 5 seconds
Vidu Q1 appears in the price list as a single line: 2,000 credits per generation, 5 seconds of video. Other models are described differently — Grok Video, for instance, is priced per second, at 350 credits per second for 480p and 450 credits per second for 720p — but the Vidu Q1 line is the flat pair of numbers above. That makes the money question purely a question of what you paid for the credits. Prices here are for credit packs: 30,000 credits for $19.99, 100,000 for $39.99, and 300,000 for $99.99. Take the pack price, divide by the pack size, multiply by two thousand, and you have the per-clip price: $1.33, $0.80 and $0.67 respectively. Nothing about the model changes between those three numbers. Only your entry price does. The per-1,000-credit rates work out to roughly $0.67, $0.40 and $0.33, but those are rounded. Every dollar figure on this page is calculated from the pack price itself, which is why the small pack lands on $1.33 rather than $1.34.
Same clip, three prices: what each pack buys
It is easier to think in whole clips than in dollars per credit. The 30,000-credit pack is 15 Vidu Q1 clips. The 100,000-credit pack is 50 clips. The 300,000-credit pack is 150 clips. The clips are identical; the largest pack simply lands at about half the per-clip price of the smallest, $0.67 against $1.33. The price is listed per generation, so the arithmetic stays simple: number of generations × 2,000 credits. Ten generations is a round 20,000 credits — two thirds of the small pack, a fifth of the middle one, a fifteenth of the large one. If you plan to run many attempts before you like a result, that ratio is the whole decision. If you need two or three clips and nothing more, the small pack is fine and the per-clip premium is a rounding error on a $19.99 purchase.
Where Vidu Q1 sits in the price list
Vidu Q1 is mid-priced. Listed below it, in ascending order of credits: Grok Video at 350 credits (480p, priced per second), Sora-2 Pro at 751 (720p, 5s), Seedance 1.0 at 1,200 (lite 720p, 5s), Luma Fast at 1,200 (720p, 5s), Hailuo 2.3 at 1,400 (768p, 6s), and Veo-3.1 Fast at 1,500 (8s, with audio). Listed above it: Wan AI, Seedance 1.5 and Sora-2 Lite at 2,500, Kling O1 at 2,750, Runway Gen4 at 2,800, Hailuo H3 at 3,375, Kling v2.6 at 3,500, Luma Pro at 3,550, then Seedance 2 Fast at 6,200 and Seedance 2.0 at 7,750 — the last of which is 3.9 Vidu Q1 clips for one generation. In exact dollars on the 100,000-credit pack, Veo-3.1 Fast is $0.60, Vidu Q1 and Veo-3.1 Pro are both $0.80, Wan AI is $1.00, Hailuo H3 is $1.35, Kling v2.6 is $1.40, Seedance 2 Fast is $2.48, and Seedance 2.0 is $3.10. Veo-3.1 Pro is worth a second look at that price: the same 2,000 credits, and its line covers 8 seconds with audio. Seedance 2's line carries two constraints worth knowing before you spend on it — 16:9, and no video input.
The numbers, in full
| Credit pack | Pack price | Approx. per 1,000 credits | One Vidu Q1 clip | Per second | Clips in the pack |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30,000 | $19.99 | ~$0.67 | **$1.33** | $0.27 | 15 |
| 100,000 | $39.99 | ~$0.40 | **$0.80** | $0.16 | 50 |
| 300,000 | $99.99 | ~$0.33 | **$0.67** | $0.13 | 150 |
| Model | Credits | What the line covers |
|---|---|---|
| Grok Video | 350 | 480p, priced per second (480p = 350/s, 720p = 450/s) |
| Sora-2 Pro | 751 | 720p, 5 s |
| Seedance 1.0 | 1,200 | lite 720p, 5 s |
| Luma Fast | 1,200 | 720p, 5 s |
| Hailuo 2.3 | 1,400 | 768p, 6 s |
| Veo-3.1 Fast | 1,500 | 8 s, with audio |
| **Vidu Q1** | **2,000** | **5 s** |
| Veo-3.1 Pro | 2,000 | 8 s, with audio |
| Wan AI | 2,500 | 720p, 5 s |
| Seedance 1.5 | 2,500 | 720p |
| Sora-2 Lite | 2,500 | 5 s |
| Kling O1 | 2,750 | 5 s |
| Runway Gen4 | 2,800 | 5 s |
| Hailuo H3 | 3,375 | 768p, 5 s, with audio |
| Kling v2.6 | 3,500 | 5 s, with audio |
| Luma Pro | 3,550 | 720p, 5 s |
| Seedance 2 Fast | 6,200 | 720p, 5 s, with audio |
| Seedance 2.0 | 7,750 | 720p, 5 s, with audio |
| Model (credits) | 30,000 pack | 100,000 pack | 300,000 pack |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veo-3.1 Fast, 8 s (1,500) | $1.00 | $0.60 | $0.50 |
| **Vidu Q1, 5 s (2,000)** | **$1.33** | **$0.80** | **$0.67** |
| Veo-3.1 Pro, 8 s (2,000) | $1.33 | $0.80 | $0.67 |
| Wan AI, 5 s (2,500) | $1.67 | $1.00 | $0.83 |
| Hailuo H3, 5 s (3,375) | $2.25 | $1.35 | $1.12 |
| Kling v2.6, 5 s (3,500) | $2.33 | $1.40 | $1.17 |
| Seedance 2 Fast, 5 s (6,200) | $4.13 | $2.48 | $2.07 |
| Seedance 2.0, 5 s (7,750) | $5.16 | $3.10 | $2.58 |
Credit packs: 30,000 for $19.99, 100,000 for $39.99, 300,000 for $99.99. Prices above are per generation at each pack rate.
The detail
What the 2,000-credit line covers
The Vidu Q1 line reads 2,000 credits, 5 seconds. The models whose price line states sound as included are Veo-3.1 Fast, Veo-3.1 Pro, Kling v2.6, Hailuo H3, Seedance 2 Fast and Seedance 2.0. If your edit needs a track, either pick from that list or plan a separate audio step. Sound is also a priced choice on some models rather than a property of the model. Seedance 1.5 and Kling V3 are listed with separate "audio off" and "+ audio" variants, and the audio-off variant costs close to half of the one with audio. That is the direct answer to "why does my clip have no sound" on those two: the cheaper variant was the one selected. Length is the other thing to read off the price line, and durations are not uniform. Veo 3.1 is listed at 8 seconds, Hailuo 2.3 at 6, most of the rest at 5, and Grok Video is priced per second. Vidu Q1's listed price covers 5 seconds, so budget in 5-second units when you plan a sequence.
Per second, Vidu Q1 buys time at 400 credits a second
Divide credits by duration and the ranking changes. Vidu Q1 is 400 credits per second of video. Veo-3.1 Fast is 1,500 credits for 8 seconds, which is 187.5 credits per second, and its line includes audio. Sora-2 Pro is 751 credits for 5 seconds at 720p, about 150 credits per second. Seedance 1.0 works out to 240 credits per second, and Hailuo 2.3 to roughly 233 across its 6 seconds. So Vidu Q1 runs about 2.1 times the per-second credit cost of Veo-3.1 Fast and 2.7 times that of Sora-2 Pro. That is the honest framing: on runtime per credit, it is not the efficient pick. You choose it, or skip it, on what its output looks like for your particular prompt. What this page can state with certainty is the bill: 2,000 credits, 5 seconds, and $0.67, $0.80 or $1.33 depending on which credit pack you bought.
Questions people ask next
How many credits does one Vidu Q1 video use?
2,000 credits per generation, and the line covers 5 seconds. Budget in generations rather than in finished seconds: five generations is 10,000 credits, a third of the 30,000-credit pack, and ten generations is 20,000 credits.
Do I need an API key or a subscription to run Vidu Q1?
No API key. The prices here are credit-pack prices: 30,000 credits for $19.99, 100,000 for $39.99 and 300,000 for $99.99. Against those packs a 2,000-credit Vidu Q1 generation comes to $1.33, $0.80 and $0.67 respectively.
Does the 2,000-credit price include audio?
The Vidu Q1 line reads 2,000 credits, 5 seconds. The models whose price line states sound as included are Veo-3.1 Fast, Veo-3.1 Pro, Kling v2.6, Hailuo H3, Seedance 2 Fast and Seedance 2.0. Seedance 1.5 and Kling V3 are listed with separate audio-off and + audio variants, the audio-off one costing close to half. Veo-3.1 Fast is the cheapest line that includes sound: 1,500 credits for 8 seconds, $0.60 on the 100,000-credit pack.
How long is one Vidu Q1 generation?
The listed price covers 5 seconds: 2,000 credits, 5 s. Durations differ sharply across the list — Veo 3.1 is listed at 8 seconds, Hailuo 2.3 at 6, most of the rest at 5, and Grok Video is priced per second. Plan sequences in 5-second units at 2,000 credits each.
Is Vidu Q1 cheaper than Kling O1 or Runway Gen4?
Yes, in credits: 2,000 for Vidu Q1 against 2,750 for Kling O1 and 2,800 for Runway Gen4, all listed at 5 seconds. Vidu Q1 comes to $0.80 on the 100,000-credit pack. It sits above Sora-2 Pro at 751 credits, Seedance 1.0 and Luma Fast at 1,200, Hailuo 2.3 at 1,400, and Veo-3.1 Fast at 1,500.
What is the cheapest way to buy Vidu Q1 clips?
Of the three packs listed, the 300,000-credit pack at $99.99 gives the lowest per-clip price: $0.67, and 150 Vidu Q1 clips in the pack. The 100,000 pack lands at $0.80 per clip and 50 clips. The 30,000 pack is $1.33 per clip and 15 clips, roughly double the large-pack rate, which makes it the choice when you expect fewer than about fifteen generations.
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