CreateForge AI
Eighteen image and video models with per-output credit accounting
CreateForge AI is a hosted workspace for 18 third-party generation models, 9 for image and 9 for video, drawn from Google, ByteDance, OpenAI, Black Forest Labs, xAI and MiniMax and run on one credit balance. Its credit accounting is the most careful of the generation tools listed here. Credits are reserved before submission and settled per output, a failed or rejected output releases its reservation, a partially successful job charges only for what reached the Library, and the quoted price is held for 10 minutes. Every model publishes a credit floor without a login. There is no free tier of any kind, and the 4.99 USD welcome pack is the most expensive credit on the site at roughly 0.05 USD each, around four times the Studio pack rate.
Visit CreateForge AIIs CreateForge AI worth it?
- What it is
- Eighteen image and video models with per-output credit accounting
- Worth a look if
- You want Veo, Seedance, Nano Banana, Flux, GPT Image and Grok on one balance, and you will buy the Studio subscription at 69.99 USD for 6,000 credits rather than the entry pack.
- Skip it if
- You need a named contracting entity, a written ownership grant for generated output, or any way to judge output quality before paying.
- Cost to start
- 4.99 USD once for 100 permanent credits on the First Forge welcome pack. No. None. No free plan, trial credit or daily grant is published anywhere, so the cheapest way to see output is the 4.99 USD welcome pack, which is limited to one per account.
Before you pay for CreateForge AI
- No company name, registered address or place of incorporation is published, and the only contact route is an email address.
- Governing law is Hong Kong, which is a long way from most marketers for a dispute over a 150 USD credit pack.
- The terms grant permission to use output for lawful purposes rather than title to it, so there is no ownership clause for a brand review to rely on.
- Subscription credits are cleared at the end of the paid period, and a payment gap starts a new balance rather than restoring the old one.
- Responsibility for permissions covering people, brands, copyrighted material and personal data sits entirely with the user.
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CreateForge AI at a glance
| Job category | Video and Image |
|---|---|
| What it replaces | A separate subscription per image and video model |
| Pricing model | Paid only |
| Starting price | 4.99 USD once for 100 permanent credits on the First Forge welcome pack |
| Free tier | None. No free plan, trial credit or daily grant is published anywhere, so the cheapest way to see output is the 4.99 USD welcome pack, which is limited to one per account. |
| Getting started | Paid from day one |
| Built for | Marketers who want Veo, Seedance, Nano Banana, Flux, GPT Image and Grok behind one balance without a separate subscription for each |
| Company | Not published. No company name, registered address or place of incorporation is given, and the only contact route is an email address. Governing law is Hong Kong. |
| Last verified | September 2026 |
CreateForge AI pricing and plans
| Plan | Price | What it includes | What that works out at |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Forge pack (one per account) | 4.99 USD once | 100 permanent credits | 0.0499 USD a credit. The most expensive credit on the site, and 100 credits will not cover one Veo 3.1 Quality job at 225. |
| Starter pack | 19.99 USD once | 450 permanent credits | 0.0444 USD a credit. The same 19.99 USD buys 1,400 monthly credits, so permanence costs about three times as much per credit. |
| Pro pack | 49.99 USD once | 2,400 permanent credits | 0.0208 USD a credit |
| Studio pack | 149.99 USD once | 12,500 permanent credits | 0.0120 USD a credit. Best value among the permanent packs. |
| Starter subscription | 9.99 USD a month | 300 credits, rolling over while the subscription stays paid | 0.0333 USD a credit. Covers one Veo 3.1 Quality attempt a month at 225 credits, with 75 left over. |
| Pro subscription | 19.99 USD a month | 1,400 credits | 0.0143 USD a credit |
| Studio subscription | 69.99 USD a month | 6,000 credits | 0.0117 USD a credit. Cheapest credit on the site, roughly a quarter of the welcome pack rate. |
- In marketer units: at the 0.0117 USD Studio subscription rate, a Veo 3.1 Quality clip at 225 credits costs about 2.63 USD, and 20 ad variants about 52.65 USD. The same 20 variants bought on the 4.99 USD welcome pack rate would cost about 224 USD.
- At the cheap end of the catalogue a 3 credit GPT Image 2, Nano Banana or Grok Imagine Video 1.5 job is about 0.035 USD at the Studio rate, so 20 images run to roughly 0.70 USD.
- Worst value is the First Forge welcome pack at 0.0499 USD a credit. Best value is the Studio subscription at 0.0117. The spread across the seven ways of buying the same credit is more than fourfold.
- Model credit floors run from 3 credits to 225 for Veo 3.1 Quality, with Seedance 2.5 quoted from 112, so which model you pick moves the bill more than which plan you pick.
- One-time packs are refundable within 7 days only while entirely unused, and First Forge eligibility is consumed by a successful payment even if that payment is later refunded or disputed.
- Subscription fees for a period already started are not prorated once credits or capacity have been used.
Two structures sold side by side. Permanent packs never expire and are unaffected by subscription changes, at 4.99 USD for 100 credits on the once-per-account First Forge welcome offer, 19.99 for 450, 49.99 for 2,400 and 149.99 for 12,500. Monthly plans add credits that roll over while the subscription stays continuously paid, at 9.99 USD for 300 credits, 19.99 for 1,400 and 69.99 for 6,000. Per-credit cost varies more than fourfold across those options, from roughly 0.0499 USD on the welcome pack to 0.0117 on the Studio subscription. Model credit floors run from 3 credits for a GPT Image 2, Nano Banana or Grok Imagine Video 1.5 job to 225 for Veo 3.1 Quality, with Seedance 2.5 quoted from a 112 credit base. One-time packs can be refunded within 7 days while entirely unused.
CreateForge AI features: what it does
- 18 models on one balance, 9 image and 9 video, from Google, ByteDance, OpenAI, Black Forest Labs, xAI and MiniMax
- Every model page publishes a credit floor and marks whether the model can currently accept new tasks
- Credits are reserved before submission and settled per output, with failed or rejected outputs releasing their reservation
- A quoted credit price reflecting resolution, duration, native audio and reference files, held for 10 minutes before it has to be requoted
- Text-to-image, reference-guided image editing, text-to-video, first-frame and reference-guided video across the catalogue
- A private Library that preserves successful media after the provider's temporary links expire
CreateForge AI limitations
- No free tier, trial credit or daily grant exists, so output quality cannot be assessed without a purchase
- At 100 credits, the welcome pack cannot cover a single Veo 3.1 Quality generation at 225 credits or a single Seedance 2.5 at 112
- First Forge eligibility is consumed permanently by a successful payment even if the purchase is later refunded or the payment is disputed
- No API, team seats, shared workspaces, brand kits or approval steps are documented
- Subscription fees for a period already started are not prorated once credits or capacity have been used
Who CreateForge AI is for
| Your situation | What that means here |
|---|---|
| Marketer producing mostly still imagery | Image floors run from 3 to 8 credits, so even the 9.99 USD monthly plan covers several hundred attempts and the model choice barely moves the budget. |
| Team leaning on premium video | Veo 3.1 Quality is quoted from 225 credits and Seedance 2.5 from a 112 credit base, so the 9.99 USD plan covers a single premium attempt a month and the tier is set by the model rather than the volume. |
| Anyone wanting to test output before paying | No free tier, trial credit or daily grant is published, so the minimum cost of forming an opinion is the 4.99 USD welcome pack. |
| Brand publishing generated assets in paid media | The terms permit use of output for lawful purposes subject to third-party rights rather than assigning ownership, and place responsibility for permissions covering people and brands on the user. |
| Workflow that depends on one specific model | Each model page publishes a credit floor and marks whether it is currently accepting tasks, so both the price and the availability can be checked before an account exists. |
| Procurement requiring a named counterparty | No company name, registered address or place of incorporation appears on the site, and the terms are governed by the laws of Hong Kong. |
CreateForge AI use cases for marketers
- Paid social creative production across image and video models on one balance, with the credit floor of each model published before you commit to it.
- Automated creative batches, where failed and rejected outputs release their credit reservations rather than being charged.
CreateForge AI FAQ
What happens if a generation fails?
The reservation is released. Credits are reserved before submission rather than spent, each requested output settles separately, and a partially successful job charges only for the outputs that reached your Library.
Can I use the output commercially?
The terms permit it rather than grant it. You may use output for lawful purposes subject to third-party rights, and you obtain any permissions needed for people, brands and protected content.
CreateForge AI sources and references
- The CreateForge AI model directory lists 9 image models and 9 video models, each marked LIVE and described as clearly showing whether it can accept new tasks. Image models and their published floors are GPT Image 2 from 3 credits, FLUX 2 Pro from 5, Seedream 4.5 from 7, Seedream 5.0 Pro from 7, Seedream 5.0 Lite from 6, Nano Banana from 3, Nano Banana Pro from 8, Nano Banana 2 from 5 and Nano Banana 2 Lite from 3, attributed to OpenAI, Black Forest Labs, ByteDance and Google. Video models are Veo 3.1 Quality from 225 credits, Veo 3.1 Fast from 30, Veo 3.1 Lite from 15, Grok Imagine Video 1.5 from 3, MiniMax H3 from 64, Seedance 2.0 at a base quote of 76, Seedance 2.5 at 112, Seedance 2.0 Fast at 47 and Seedance 2.0 Mini at 16, attributed to Google, xAI, MiniMax and ByteDance. Listed capabilities include text-to-image generation, private reference-image editing, 1K, 2K and 4K output, PNG, JPEG and JPG delivery, text-to-video, first-frame and reference-guided video modes, native audio direction, optional returned final frame, and MP4 or MOV delivery. A comparison section advises defining the deliverable first, using only controls that exist today rather than planned ones, measuring prompt adherence, retries and storage rather than the cost of one provider call, and preferring a product that records job state, prevents duplicate submission and preserves successful media after temporary links expire.createforgeai.com
- The CreateForge AI pricing page sells permanent credit packs described as having no subscription and no expiry on unused credits, comprising First Forge at 4.99 USD for 100 permanent credits as a one-time welcome offer available once per account, Starter at 19.99 USD for 450 credits, Pro at 49.99 USD for 2,400 credits marked POPULAR, and Studio at 149.99 USD for 12,500 credits. Monthly plans are Starter at 9.99 USD a month for 300 credits, Pro at 19.99 USD for 1,400 credits marked POPULAR, and Studio at 69.99 USD for 6,000 credits, each described as adding credits each paid month while the subscription stays active with unused credits rolling over while active. The page states that credits roll over across continuous paid renewals, that cancellation or a payment gap clears only subscription credits after the paid period ends, that permanent credits are unchanged by this, and that every image or video request shows its credit price before submission. No free plan, trial credit or daily grant is offered anywhere on the page.createforgeai.com
- The CreateForge AI homepage states that users can create images and videos with Nano Banana, Seedream, Grok Imagine, Veo, Flux, GPT Image and Seedance in one workspace. It states that the final credit price reflects resolution, duration, native audio and reference files and stays available for 10 minutes, that CreateForge confirms the credit amount before generation and protects against duplicate submissions, and that completed images and videos stay available in the Library. The page declares alternate versions for the en-US, zh-CN, zh-TW, ja-JP, ko-KR, es-ES, de-DE, pt-BR, fr-FR and it-IT locales.createforgeai.com
- The CreateForge AI refund policy, last updated August 21 2026, states that credits and subscription access are delivered after successful payment and that the policy covers purchases made through CreateForge and Stripe. A full refund may be requested within 7 days of a one-time credit-pack purchase if that allocation remains unused, and the purchase is generally non-refundable once credits have been consumed for successful outputs. First Forge may be purchased only once per account, and successful payment consumes that eligibility permanently even if a refund is later approved or the payment is disputed, while a cancelled, expired or unpaid checkout does not consume it. Credits are reserved before a generation is submitted and each requested output is settled separately, so a successful output consumes its allocated credits, a failed or rejected output normally releases its reservation, and a partially successful job charges only for outputs successfully saved to the Library. A provider submission with an uncertain state can remain reserved to avoid charging twice or submitting a duplicate job. Monthly subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled, cancellation takes effect at the end of the current paid period, subscription credits remain usable through that period and are then cleared, a subscription started after a payment gap begins a new balance, and permanent credits are never cleared by cancellation, expiration or a payment gap. Subscription fees for a period already started are generally non-refundable and are not prorated once credits or capacity have been used. Consumed credits, completed generation service and promotional or test credits are not normally refundable.createforgeai.com
- The CreateForge AI terms of service state that, subject to applicable law and third-party rights, users may use generated output for lawful purposes, and that users are responsible for reviewing output before publication or commercial use and for obtaining any permissions required for people, brands, copyrighted material, personal data or other protected content. One-time credit packs are charged once, do not renew, and those permanent credits do not expire unless stated otherwise, while subscription credits clear on expiration or payment gaps. Prohibited uses include child sexual abuse material, sexual content involving minors, non-consensual intimate imagery, exploitative sexual content and content facilitating serious violence, self-harm, terrorism or other illegal harm. Access may be limited or suspended where reasonably necessary to protect users, providers, the platform or legal compliance, including for fraud, payment disputes, security risks or material violations. Total liability arising from the service will not exceed the greater of 100 US dollars or the amount paid to CreateForge during the 12 months before the event. The terms are governed by the laws of Hong Kong without overriding mandatory consumer protections that apply where the user lives. The contact address is [email protected] and no physical address or company registration is given.createforgeai.com
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