S2V
Verified Oct 15, 2026 ActiveCredit-based AI video generator that turns text prompts or a single image into short clips across several third-party models.
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Paid
- Paid options from
- $25/mo
- Billing
- Monthly
Starter is $25/month billed yearly ($300 up front) for 30,000 credits a year, about 333 videos; month-to-month it is $29.99 for 2,500 credits a month. Pro is $70/month yearly ($840) or $89.99 monthly; Unlimited $75/month yearly ($900) or $149.99 monthly, with Seedance 2.0 and 4K Veo tiers still charged in credits. No free tier is shown.
Use tool ↗About S2V
S2V is a web platform for generating video from a written prompt or an uploaded reference image, fronting a menu of third-party models rather than its own: Sora 2 and Sora 2 Pro including a multi-scene storyboard mode, Google's Veo 3 and Veo 3.1 with native audio, Wan 2.5 and, at per-second credit rates, Seedance 2.0. It states plainly that it is an independent platform not affiliated with OpenAI or Sora, despite the naming similarity. Access requires an account; usage is metered in credits, with an Unlimited tier that covers basic and enhanced models only. No company name, founding date or headquarters is disclosed on the site, only a copyright line.
- Platforms
- Web
- API
- Not confirmed
- Last verified
- Oct 15, 2026
Verified sources
- Starter $29.99/month for 2,500 credits or $25/month billed yearly ($300) for 30,000 credits a year (333 videos); Pro $89.99 monthly or $70/month yearly ($840) for 120,000 credits; Unlimited $149.99 monthly or $75/month yearly ($900), Seedance 2.0 excluded and charged per second; no free tier or API mentioned (15 October 2026)s2v.ai ↗
- Text-to-video and image-to-video across Sora 2, Sora 2 Pro, Sora 2 Pro Storyboard, Veo 3, Veo 3.1 and Wan 2.5; 'S2V is an independent platform and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or associated with OpenAI or Sora 2'; only 'Copyright 2026 © S2V.ai' names the operator (15 October 2026)s2v.ai ↗
Is S2V 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 10, 2025 (1 year ago)Registry record (RDAP), registrar NameCheap, Inc., looked up Sep 15, 2026
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Google Trust Services, valid until Dec 17, 2026Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 15, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 15, 2026The site answered
Pros & cons of S2V
S2V covers both text-to-video and image-to-video with straightforward credit pricing and a named menu of current models, but there is no visible information about who runs it, which is worth weighing against tools from established video-AI companies. It is a reseller of Sora, Veo and Wan capacity under an unaffiliated brand, so what you can generate depends on upstream providers it does not control.
Pros
- Supports both text-to-video and image-to-video in one platform
- Names the models it fronts, including Sora 2 Pro storyboard and Veo 3.1 with audio
- Published credit pricing across three tiers, monthly or yearly
- Unlimited-generation plan for heavy users of the basic and enhanced models
Cons
- No company name, location, or founding information disclosed anywhere on the site
- No free tier to test output quality before paying
- The $25 headline is a yearly rate paid up front; month-to-month costs $29.99 for a twelfth of the credits
- Premium models such as Seedance 2.0 and 4K Veo sit outside the Unlimited plan
Best for
- Turning a single reference photo into a short animated video clip
- Users who want one subscription across Sora 2, Veo 3.1 and Wan 2.5 instead of several
- Quick text-to-video generation without needing enterprise features
Not for
- Users who want to know exactly which company they are trusting with their content
- Teams needing a free tier to evaluate output quality first
Watch out: The advertised 30,000 credits (about 333 videos) on Starter are a yearly allowance billed as $300 up front; the monthly plan gives 2,500 credits for $29.99, and the site's own disclaimer says it is not affiliated with OpenAI or Sora.
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