Plans and credits
KitCut is paid for in credits: one credit is one second of film. Every film uses at least 30 credits. Free accounts get 30 seconds of film a month. Standard and Pro are monthly subscriptions that give more minutes; Pro also makes films up to 8 minutes and makes them first when the service is busy.
| Plan | Price a month | Film a month | Longest film | Frame rate | Made first when busy | KitCut mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 30 seconds | 1 minute | 30 fps | no | yes |
| Standard | $12 to $319 | 2 to 60 minutes | 1 minute | 60 fps | no | no |
| Pro | $45 to $849 | 10 to 240 minutes | 8 minutes | 60 fps | yes | no |
Free in practice: a month's free credits (30) make one film of up to 30 seconds. Free films can be up to 1 minute, but a longer one needs bonus credits on top.
All plans make the same films with the same tools: both looks, pictures and voice notes, characters that come back, projects, and a page for every film. Plans differ only in:
- how much film you get a month;
- how long one film can be;
- priority;
- the KitCut mark.
Paid plans, by the minute
| Plan | Minutes a month | Price a month | Price a minute |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | 2 | $12 | $6.00 |
| Standard | 5 | $29 | $5.80 |
| Standard | 10 | $56 | $5.60 |
| Standard | 20 | $109 | $5.45 |
| Standard | 40 | $215 | $5.38 |
| Standard | 60 | $319 | $5.32 |
| Pro | 10 | $45 | $4.50 |
| Pro | 20 | $85 | $4.25 |
| Pro | 40 | $159 | $3.98 |
| Pro | 80 | $299 | $3.74 |
| Pro | 120 | $439 | $3.66 |
| Pro | 240 | $849 | $3.54 |
Prices are in US dollars, billed monthly in advance by Stripe. Promotion codes are accepted at checkout.
How credits work
- Cost: a film uses its length in seconds, and at least 30. A 45-second film uses 45 credits; a 10-second film uses 30.
- Held, then charged:
- When a film is asked for, its credits are held (taken from the balance).
- They are charged only when the film is finished.
- Given back automatically when a film fails, is stopped, is interrupted, or is refused.
- A film with no result after 6 hours, plus 45 seconds for every second of film, has its credits given back.
- Order: credits are spent from the batch that expires soonest.
- Too few credits: a film that needs more than the balance is refused before it starts ("This film needs m:ss of credit and you have m:ss").
When credits arrive and expire
| Plan | When credits arrive | When they expire |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 30 seconds every month, on the day of the month the account was made. They appear the first time the account is used in that month. | at the end of that month; they don't carry over |
| Standard, Pro | the plan's minutes, each time a monthly payment goes through | at the end of that billing month; they don't carry over |
| Bonus credits (given by KitCut) | when given | when stated; by default never |
| Invitation bonus (Invite friends) | when an invited friend's first film is finished, or they subscribe | after 365 days (a subscriber's first-month boost: at the end of that paid month) |
A refund of credits whose batch has already expired arrives as a new batch that lasts to the end of the current month.
Changing plans
- Moving up (a bigger plan or more minutes) applies at once. The difference is charged for the rest of the month, and the extra minutes are added in proportion.
- Moving down or cancelling takes effect at the end of the billing month. Credits already received stay until they expire.
- When a subscription ends, the account is on Free again, with a new free month from that day.
- A failed payment keeps the plan while Stripe retries.
- Where to do it:
- change plans on the pricing page;
- update the card, see invoices, or cancel under Manage billing on the account page (Stripe's billing portal).
- Refunds: payments are not refunded, except where the law requires it.
Priority (Pro)
- When other films are waiting, Pro films are made first at every step that waits.
- Films on the same plan are served first come, first served.
- Priority doesn't make a film faster once its turn comes.
Inside AI assistants
Assistants connected to KitCut never show prices or plans, and never offer upgrades (Assistants). An assistant can report the balance and the longest film the plan allows.