PicLumen
Verified Oct 16, 2026 ActiveCredit-based image and video generation that wraps third-party models in a node canvas and a public creator feed.
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Paid options from
- $6.09/mo
- Billing
- Monthly
Lite is US$6.09/month billed yearly, US$7.59 month to month, for 750 Lumens (roughly 750 images or 30 videos). Standard US$19.99, Pro US$37.49 and Elite US$134.99 are the yearly-billed rates. One-off Lumen packs run from US$0.99 for 100 to US$149.99 for 20,000. The free tier is 10 Lumens a day, watermarked, with no commercial rights.
Use tool ↗About PicLumen
PicLumen runs image and video generation off a single credit balance it calls Lumens. Rather than train its own stack it resells access to outside models — Seedream, Kling, Seedance, GPT-Image, Midjourney on the top tier — and adds a node canvas for chaining text, image and video steps, a set of built-in video effects, and a public feed where users publish and remix each other's output. The operator is Grand Vision Tech Software Limited, and both the terms and the privacy policy put disputes in Hong Kong courts. Free accounts get 10 Lumens a day with watermarks and no commercial licence; paid tiers start at US$6.09 a month billed yearly.
- API
- Not confirmed
- Last verified
- Oct 16, 2026
Verified sources
- Image and video generation, node canvas, video effects and community feed; iOS, Android and desktop browser accesspiclumen.com ↗
- Lite US$7.59 monthly / US$6.09 yearly, Standard US$19.99, Pro US$37.49, Elite US$134.99, Lumen packs from US$0.99, free 10 Lumens a daypiclumen.com ↗
- Operator is Grand Vision Tech Software Limited, governed by Hong Kong lawpiclumen.com ↗
Is PicLumen 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
- Mar 19, 2024 (2 years ago)Registry record (RDAP), registrar Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd. d/b/a HiChina (www.net.cn), looked up Sep 6, 2026
- TLS certificate
- Issued by DNSPod, Inc., valid until Dec 17, 2026Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 16, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 16, 2026The site answered
- On the market since
- 2024The vendor's own material, read by us
- Operated by
- Grand Vision Tech Software Limited, Hong Kong SAR ChinaOur research, card verified Aug 23, 2026
Pros & cons of PicLumen
PicLumen is a cheap way to reach a lot of hosted models without holding four subscriptions, and the daily free Lumens make it easy to try before paying. What you give up is control: you are renting someone else's inference, the credit maths shifts with each model, and the entry tier is watermarked with no commercial licence. Treat it as a generation front-end, not something to build a pipeline on.
Pros
- One Lumen balance covers image, video and canvas work
- Node canvas chains text, image and video steps in a single flow
- Free tier refreshes 10 Lumens every day without payment
- Top-up packs from US$0.99 let you skip a subscription entirely
Cons
- No public API, so nothing here can be automated
- Free output is watermarked and carries no commercial rights
- Model line-up and per-model credit costs change without notice
- Company disclosure stops at a Hong Kong entity name with no address
Best for
- hobbyists who want many hosted models on one credit balance
- creators testing image and video prompts before committing
- people who like publishing into a built-in community feed
Not for
- teams that need programmatic access or automation
- anyone relying on the free tier for commercial work
Watch out: Subscription Lumens reset every billing cycle and do not roll over unless you are on the Elite plan with Lumen Vault.
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