Best Canva Alternative in 2026, by Cost per Video

• ✕Canva Pro includes about 20 AI video clips a month, per third-party sources, and that allowance is shared with other AI tools.
• ✕Going past the allowance means the AI Pass add-on, reported at about $100 per person a month.
• ✕Canva Free does not include video generation, per third-party sources.
• ✕Reviewers report recurring charges, slow refunds and slow support.
• ✕Each retry of an AI clip uses another Ultra AI use, so the allowance drains fast.

From public reviews: Reviewers report recurring charges and slow refunds.; Reviewers report slow support.; Reviewers report that the AI assistant is gated behind premium plans and limits.; A pricing review reports that the AI video allowance drains quickly, since each retry uses an Ultra use..

1. 1.Hooked

   From $29/mo · $0.93 per output

   Best for: AI video, UGC ads and slideshows in one plan

   Hooked Pro is $29/month for 1,000 credits that go to any mix of video models, UGC ads, slideshows and captions. An 8-second Veo 3.1 Lite clip costs 32 credits ($0.93), a UGC avatar video 100 credits ($2.90) and a captioned clip 8 credits ($0.23). Studio is $89 once with your own API keys, where you pay provider price.

   Watch out: Hooked has no design canvas or template library for graphics, and Canva is cheaper per clip while you stay inside its allowance.

   On Hooked	Credits	Pro, monthly	Pro, yearly	Studio, your own key	100 a month
   Veo 3.1 Lite, 720p	32	$0.93	$0.77	$0.32 to the provider	$116 (Pro + 1 × 1,500-credit pack + 2 × 500-credit pack)
   Kling 3.0, 1080p	72	$2.09	$1.74	$0.72 to the provider	$235 (Pro + 1 × 4,000-credit pack + 1 × 1,500-credit pack + 2 × 500-credit pack)
   Veo 3.1 Fast, 720p	80	$2.32	$1.93	$0.80 to the provider	$246 (Pro + 1 × 4,000-credit pack + 2 × 1,500-credit pack)
   Seedance 2.0 Fast	88	$2.55	$2.13	$0.96 to the provider	$267 (Pro + 2 × 4,000-credit pack)

   Pro is $29/month or $290/year for 1,000 credits a month; extra credits come in packs from $19 for 500. The Studio is $89 once and runs on your own API keys, so you pay the model provider directly at their rate.

   Try Hooked instead of Canva

   • ✓8-second AI videos from $0.93 each on Pro (Veo 3.1 Lite, 720p)
   • ✓Veo 3.1, Kling 3.0, Seedance 2.0, Nano Banana Pro and GPT Image 2 in one plan: no second subscription per model
   • ✓Or $89 once for the Studio with your own API keys

   Try Hooked, from $29/mo→

2. 2.CapCut

   From $9.99/mo · $1.60 per output

   Best for: Free hand editing of short-form video

   CapCut's editor is free on mobile, desktop and web. Pro is $19.99/month in the US App Store with 1,200 AI credits and 1 TB of cloud storage.

   Watch out: CapCut does not publish what an AI video costs in credits, and premium assets add a watermark on the free plan.

   CapCut pricing, plan by plan →

3. 3.InVideo

   From $20/mo · $0.96 per output

   Best for: Turning a prompt into a full edited video

   InVideo builds a video from a prompt with stock footage, voiceover and generated clips. Starter is $20/month for 400 credits, and an 8-second Seedance 2.0 Fast clip uses about 48 credits ($2.40).

   Watch out: Credits do not roll over, and reviewers report that a single short video can use much of the monthly allowance.

   InVideo pricing, plan by plan →

4. 4.Descript

   From $16/mo

   Best for: Editing talking-head video by editing the transcript

   Descript lets you cut video by editing its transcript. Hobbyist is $24/month ($16 billed yearly) with 10 media hours and 400 AI credits.

   Watch out: Descript does not publish what AI-generated video costs, and unused minutes and credits do not roll over.

5. 5.Leonardo AI

   From $10/mo · $0.60 per output

   Best for: AI images with many models in one place

   Leonardo covers image generation with its own and third-party models. It starts at $12/month ($10 billed yearly) for 8,500 Fast Tokens, and the free plan gives 150 tokens a day.

   Watch out: Leonardo shows token costs only inside the app, so you can't price a video before you sign up.

   Leonardo AI pricing, plan by plan →

6. 6.Freepik (Magnific)

   From $11/mo · $0 per output

   Best for: Stock assets plus AI image and video models

   Freepik, now Magnific, pairs a stock library of 250M+ assets with 30+ AI models. Premium is reported at $16/month, and an 8-second Kling 3.0 Pro clip works out to about $0.58 on it.

   Watch out: There is no free AI plan, and reviewers report plan changes and renewals they did not agree to.

   Freepik (Magnific) pricing, plan by plan →