Magic Hour
Verified Oct 15, 2026 ActiveCredit-metered hub for AI video, image and voice tools
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Paid options from
- $12/mo
- Billing
- Monthly
Credit-metered. Free accounts get a variable starter allowance and daily credits, image outputs without a watermark but video and audio possibly watermarked. Creator is $12/month billed annually ($144/year) or $19 month-to-month for 12,000 credits a month, Pro $25 annual or $39 monthly for 25,000, Business $66 annual or $99 monthly for 70,000. One-time packs run $10 per 4,000 credits; all credits roll over and never expire, and the pricing page may render in local currency depending on where you load it from.
Use tool ↗About Magic Hour
Magic Hour collects a large set of generative models, among them text-to-video, image-to-video, face swap, lip sync, talking photos, upscaling and voice cloning, behind one credit wallet and a single browser workspace. The same catalogue is exposed as a REST API that draws on the same prepaid balance, plus an MCP connection for agents such as Claude and Codex. Credits never expire, roll over between months and stay usable after a subscription lapses, which is rare in this category. Resolution rather than volume is what the paid tiers unlock: 1024px on Creator, 1472px on Pro and 4K only on Business.
- Platforms
- Web · API
- API
- Yes
- Last verified
- Oct 15, 2026
Verified sources
- Creator $19 monthly or $12/month billed annually for 12,000 credits a month; Pro $39 or $25 annual for 25,000; Business $99 or $66 annual for 70,000; credits never expire and survive downgrade or cancellation; API usable immediately after purchase (15 October 2026)docs.magichour.ai ↗
- Pricing page: max resolution 1024px Creator, 1472px Pro, 4K Business; uploads 2/5/10 GB; full API access on all three paid plans; one-time packs $10 per 4,000 credits; free images without watermark, free video and audio may be watermarked (15 October 2026)magichour.ai ↗
- Terms name Magic Hour AI, Inc., governed by California law with venue in San Francisco; last revised 3 October 2026 (15 October 2026)magichour.ai ↗
- API reference exposes account balance and subscription endpoints and MCP connections for Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code and Codex (15 October 2026)docs.magichour.ai ↗
Is Magic Hour 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
- Jan 22, 2023 (3 years ago)Registry record (RDAP), registrar GoDaddy.com, LLC, looked up Sep 11, 2026
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Let's Encrypt, valid until Nov 26, 2026Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 15, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 15, 2026The site answered
- On the market since
- 2023The vendor's own material, read by us
- Operated by
- Magic Hour AI, Inc., United StatesOur research, card verified Oct 15, 2026
Pros & cons of Magic Hour
The most sensible pick when you want many different generative media models on one bill and one API key instead of five vendor accounts. If you only care about the single best video model, buy that vendor directly: an aggregator never leads on quality.
Pros
- API access on every paid tier, drawing on the same credit balance as the web app
- Credits never expire and survive cancellation, so unused spend is not lost
- Free daily credit drip makes evaluation possible without a card, and free images carry no watermark
- MCP connection for Claude, ChatGPT and Codex agents alongside the REST API
Cons
- Export resolution is tiered: 1024px on Creator, 1472px on Pro, 4K only on Business at $99
- Credit costs per model are not obvious up front, so budgeting takes trial runs
- Quality tracks whichever third-party model is wired in, and that changes without notice
- Free video and audio outputs may be watermarked, so the free tier is for testing, not delivery
Best for
- Developers who want one REST API covering video, image and audio generation
- Marketing and social teams cycling through face swap, lip sync and upscaling on the same asset
- Anyone testing several video models before committing to one vendor
Not for
- Frame-accurate editing or timeline work, since this generates clips rather than editing them
- Teams needing the newest flagship video model on day one
Watch out: Resolution, not volume, is the real upgrade driver: 4K output sits behind the $99/month Business tier, and a credit pack alone does not unlock a paid plan's resolutions or upload limits.
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