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What a second of AI video costs, channel by channel

The longest single clip on HeyGen

HeyGen states a maximum video length of up to thirty minutes on the lower plans, up to sixty on one tier, and no duration maximum above it. Everything else in this column is measured in seconds. As of 2026-09-22.

A ceiling in minutes, moving with the tierUp to thirty minutes on the plans below one tier, up to sixty on that tier, and no duration maximum stated above it. Two orders of magnitude above every other ceiling in this column, which is the clearest single fact separating this kind of product from a shot-level generator.Longest at the topAbove one tierNo duration maximum stated, which makes the limit a productdecision.That tierUp to sixty minutes in one piece.The plans below itUp to thirty minutes, still far beyond every seconds-basedceiling here.Cost of reaching itAbsent: the page states that credits a video consumes vary bymodel, duration and complexity.Here the ceiling is the firm figure and the rate is the adjective
Fig. 1 A limit that moves with what a buyer pays is a sales boundary rather than a property of the model, and it is still what a pipeline has to be built around.
What each channel puts on its pricing pageFilled where the channel publishes something in that column, hollow where its pricing page is silent.What each channel puts on its pricing pageLongest single video, as publishedLongest singlevideo…The plans below one tierThe plans below one tier — Longest single video, as published: Up to thirty minutesThat tierThat tier — Longest single video, as published: Up to sixty minutesAbove itAbove it — Longest single video, as published: No duration maximum statedCost of a minute of itCost of a minute of it — Longest single video, as published: Absent: credits a video consumes are stated to vary
Fig. 2 Filled where the channel publishes something in that column, hollow where its pricing page is silent.
How HeyGen states its length ceiling, tier by tier, and what it does not price. Read from pricing page on 2026-09-22.
Which tierLongest single video, as published
The plans below one tierUp to thirty minutes
That tierUp to sixty minutes
Above itNo duration maximum stated
Cost of a minute of itAbsent: credits a video consumes are stated to vary

Inclusion rule. Statements on the pricing page about the maximum length of one video, grouped by tier as the page groups them. Order. Shortest ceiling first.

1Where HeyGen sits in this column

The ceiling each channel prints on one generationThe longest single generation each of these channels states, HeyGen marked. Three channels state one; the rest of the register leaves it off the rate page. Recorded 2026-09-22.The ceiling each channel prints on one generationLongest single generationLongest singlegenerationHeyGenHeyGen — Longest single generation: Minutes, and it changes by tierSceneMixerSceneMixer — Longest single generation: 30 seconds on two families, 15 on two othersWanWan — Longest single generation: 30 seconds for one generation
Fig. 3 The longest single generation each of these channels states, HeyGen marked. Three channels state one; the rest of the register leaves it off the rate page. Recorded 2026-09-22.
Longest single generation, as each channel answering it has it, with HeyGen marked. Recorded 2026-09-22.
ChannelLongest single generation
HeyGenMinutes, and it changes by tier
SceneMixer30 seconds on two families, 15 on two others
Wan30 seconds for one generation

Inclusion rule. Channels stating a maximum length for one generation on a page a buyer can open. The channels that leave it out are counted in the questions section instead. Order. Alphabetical by channel name.

2A ceiling in minutes says the product is not a generator

Thirty minutes is two orders of magnitude above every other ceiling in this column. A tool that will render half an hour in one piece is not generating cinematic beats; it is assembling a presenter, a script and a set of slides into a long continuous deliverable.

That makes the column entry more informative than the number. The ceiling is the clearest single fact separating this kind of product from a shot-level generator, and it sits on the same page as the plan prices rather than in a specification sheet.

3The ceiling is published and the cost of reaching it is not

A buyer learns that an hour-long video is permitted on one tier and cannot learn what an hour costs, because the page states that credit consumption varies by model, duration and complexity. The boundary is precise and the meter behind it is not.

That pairing is the reverse of the usual gap in this register, where a rate is published and the ceiling is missing. Here the ceiling is the firm figure and the rate is the adjective.

4Unlimited above a tier is a sales boundary rather than a technical one

No stated duration maximum on the top tier, where the tier below is capped at an hour, suggests the limit is a product decision rather than a property of the model. Limits that move with what a buyer pays usually are.

For planning that is still usable. The tier a production can afford sets the longest single piece it can render, and a pipeline built around thirty-minute deliverables should read the tier list before the price list.

  • Longest single video
    Videos up to 30 mins on the plans below Business, up to 60 mins on Business, with no duration maximum on Enterprisestated per planHeyGen, pricing page / recorded 2026-09-22
  • Why no credit count per video is printed
    Credits are described as the single currency for video and asset creation, and the number a video uses can vary by model, duration and complexityHeyGen, pricing page / recorded 2026-09-22
  • What HeyGen publishes instead of a rate
    Credits as one currency for everything, with plan prices and allowances but no credit priceHeyGen, pricing page / recorded 2026-09-22

5Sources

Read from the pricing page published at heygen.com on 2026-09-22. The rate this column sits beside is on HeyGen; what the register accepts as published is on the method page. The same column on other channels: SceneMixer, Wan. Every column: what each channel publishes.