Best Free Image to Video AI Tools in 2026: 8 Tools Compared

Adobe's plan page describes the free Firefly plan as "free daily generations across image, video, and audio," with limits that refresh every day, and says free users can generate video with models such as Luma Ray3.14. That makes it a steady option if you only need a few clips a week.

The weak spot is clarity: the page does not state how many generations you get per day. Paid plans are Firefly Standard at $9.99 per month with 2,000 generative credits, Pro at $19.99 per month with 4,000, and Premium at $199.99 per month with 50,000 plus unlimited use of the Firefly Video Model. Check your in-app allowance before planning a project.

PixVerse publishes more detail than most. Its plan page lists a free Basic plan with 60 initial credits and 30 daily credits that renew at 00:00 UTC and expire if unused. For the V6 model, the page puts 720p without audio at 9 credits per second, so a 5-second clip costs about 45 credits. By our arithmetic, one day's 30 credits will not fund that clip, so you will need your starting credits or lower settings.

Standard is $10 per month ($8 billed yearly) with 1,200 credits, watermark-free output and up to 720p. PixVerse says it does not claim ownership of your outputs but that commercial use depends on its terms and your rights in the source image, and the page does not say whether Basic output is cleared for commercial use.

Dreamina, from the CapCut family, answers "Is Dreamina free to use?" on its homepage with yes, saying it provides free daily credits for generating images and videos with no upfront payment. Its video menu lists image to video and text to video, with models including Seedance 2.0 and 2.5, plus Sora 2 and Veo 3.1 entries.

What we could not confirm is the size of the free allowance or the price of paid plans. The site notes that displayed pricing is for reference only and that you sign in to see final prices. That makes it hard to compare against PixVerse, so create a free account and check the credit balance before you commit to a project.

Vidu has a Free plan that runs the Q4 model at 540p for 4 credits per second, with 10 reference uploads a month. The FAQ says new users get trial credits when they register, but it does not state the number on the page we read.

Paid plans start with Standard at $10 per month ($99 billed yearly) with 800 credits and a faster generation channel. Vidu's paid plan cards list commercial use, and its comparison table also has a watermark-free download row. Premium is $43 per month with 3,500 credits. Vidu also offers off-peak generation on higher plans, which is a way to stretch credits if you are not in a hurry.

Hailuo, from MiniMax, shows a Free plan on its subscription page with zero monthly credits and "one-time free trial credits," limited to Hailuo models. The amount is not displayed on the page we read, so treat it as a sampler.

The Standard plan is $14.99 per month ($8.40 per month billed yearly, $100.80 total) with 1,000 credits a month. The comparison table has a watermark-removal row, and the paid plans list access to Veo 3.1 and Sora 2 models. Hailuo is a good place to test whether its motion style suits your images, but it is not a daily free tool.

Runway describes its Free plan as "free forever" with 125 one-time credits, 5 GB of storage and a selection of generative models. The FAQ says the credits do not expire. The page lists Gen-4.5 at 60 credits per 5 seconds, so by our arithmetic the free credits cover roughly two clips on that model.

Paid plans are Standard at $15 per month ($12 billed annually, 625 credits), Pro at $35 per month ($28 annually, 2,250 credits) and Max at $95 per month. The pricing page does not mention image to video by name or state whether free output carries a watermark. Use Runway when quality matters more than volume.

Leonardo is mainly an image generator that also offers video. Its pricing page lists a Free plan at $0 with 150 fast tokens a day, Essential at $12 per month with 8,500 tokens, Premium at $30 and Ultimate at $60. Video generation at a relaxed pace for select models, including Hailuo 2.3, Wan 2.6 and Motion 2.0, is listed on Ultimate.

The page does not say whether free daily tokens can be spent on video models or how many tokens a clip costs, so test a short clip and watch your balance before relying on it. Leonardo is most useful if you also need still images, since you can make the picture and animate it without leaving the account.

Kling's blog lists a Basic plan at $0, "free forever," with no monthly credits and a note that generated content is not for commercial use. Its credits policy says daily login credits go to subscribers, so free access to video generation looks limited. Check your account to see what you actually get after signing up.

Standard is shown at $10 per month, discounted to $6.99 for the first month and renewing at $8.80, with 660 credits. Brand watermark removal is listed as a benefit of Standard and above, not Basic. We put Kling last for a free-only user, but it is worth a trial if you may upgrade.