Kinovi
Verified Oct 15, 2026 ActiveA REST API and web studio for generating AI video, images, and audio from several underlying models.
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Paid
- Paid options from
- $9.99 once
- Billing
- One-time purchase
Credits are sold in one-time, non-expiring packs starting at 2,150 credits for $9.99; no subscription plan is offered.
Use tool ↗About Kinovi
Kinovi provides both a web studio for creators and a REST API for developers, generating AI video, images, and audio through a single interface that sits on top of several underlying models rather than building its own. Its own materials name specific models available through the platform, including a video model it calls Seedance 2.0 alongside separate image models. There's no subscription — you buy non-expiring credits in one-time packs, from 2,150 credits for $9.99 up to 215,000 credits for $999.90, usable on both the studio and the API. No company name, founding team, or country is disclosed on the site or its associated GitHub organization beyond the Kinovi brand itself.
- Platforms
- Web · API
- API
- Yes
- Last verified
- Oct 15, 2026
Verified sources
- Kinovi's dual web studio and REST API offering, and its use of multiple underlying generation modelskinovi.ai ↗
- Credit pack pricing from $9.99 to $999.90, non-expiring and usable on both studio and APIkinovi.ai ↗
Is Kinovi legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- Domain registered
- Feb 17, 2026Registry record (RDAP), registrar Cloudflare, Inc, looked up Sep 21, 2026
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Google Trust Services, valid until Jan 10, 2027Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 15, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 15, 2026The site answered
- Operated by
- KinoviOur research, card verified Sep 1, 2026
Pros & cons of Kinovi
Kinovi's value is having one API and one credit balance across multiple underlying video, image, and audio models, instead of juggling separate accounts and keys for each model provider. Non-expiring, pay-once credits suit unpredictable or bursty usage well, but the lack of any published company name or team behind a product that takes payment is a real trust gap worth weighing before buying a large credit pack.
Pros
- Single REST API covering multiple models rather than separate integrations per provider
- Credits don't expire and work across both the studio and the API
- A free tier lets you try generation without a credit card
- Async flow is built for handling longer-running video generation jobs
Cons
- No company name, founders, or location published anywhere reviewed
- One-time credit packs mean no predictable recurring cost for budgeting
- Being a layer over other providers' models exposes it to those providers changing terms or pricing upstream
Best for
- Developers who want one API and one credit balance across multiple video/image models
- Creators who prefer paying once for credits over a recurring subscription
- Projects with bursty, unpredictable generation volume rather than steady daily use
Not for
- Buyers who want a named, accountable company behind a product before prepaying for credits
- Teams needing guaranteed long-term access to a specific underlying model version
Watch out: Because no operating company is identified, treat prepaid credit purchases as you would with any anonymous vendor and start with the smallest pack.
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