SceneMixer on whether the cost can be worked out
SceneMixer holds the single five for cost transparency. A five needs a public per-second or per-credit rate with the credit price beside it, which is a test of what is published rather than of what it costs. As of 2026-09-12.
| Point | As the rubric has it, or as the table records it |
|---|---|
| The question this column asks | Can the cost of a finished minute be worked out before starting? |
| What this tool rates | 5 of 5 |
| Tools holding the same value | One of the sixteen rated here |
| What a five looks like | A public per-second or per-credit rate with the credit price beside it |
| What leaves the column unrated | Price shown only after sign-in, or only as a monthly allowance |
| Tools left unrated on this column | Two of the sixteen |
Inclusion rule. The rubric's own wording for this criterion, with this tool's value beside it. Nothing here is taken from a demo, a benchmark or a review. Order. The question first, then the value, then the rule it was given under.
1The whole column, with this row marked
| Tool | Cost transparency |
|---|---|
| CapCut | 4 of 5 |
| Dreamina | 3 of 5 |
| Hailuo (MiniMax) | 4 of 5 |
| invideo AI | 3 of 5 |
| Kling AI | 3 of 5 |
| LTX Studio | Not rated |
| Luma Dream Machine | 2 of 5 |
| Morph Studio | 4 of 5 |
| Pika | 4 of 5 |
| PixVerse | 3 of 5 |
| Runway | 2 of 5 |
| SceneMixer | 5 of 5 |
| Sora (OpenAI) | Not rated |
| Veo / Flow (Google) | 2 of 5 |
| Vidu | 3 of 5 |
| Wan (Tongyi Wanxiang) | 4 of 5 |
Inclusion rule. Tools rated on this rubric: a public English product page addressing at least four of the seven criteria. An unrated cell means nothing usable is published on that point. Order. Alphabetical by tool name.
2The value measures disclosure, not price
Nothing in this column rewards a low rate. A five requires both halves of the arithmetic on pages anyone can open: a rate in credits or money against a second, and the price of a credit if the rate is in credits. A channel charging twice as much and publishing both halves would rate the same.
That is worth saying plainly on a page about a five. The number says a production can cost a finished minute before starting; it does not say the minute is cheap, and the ledger elsewhere in this register is where the figures themselves live.
3Two published halves, and a range in one of them
The credit price here runs from about one and a half cents in the smallest pack to eight tenths of a cent in the largest, so the derived rate is a range rather than a figure. The rubric does not penalise that, because both ends are published and the arithmetic is repeatable.
A reader should still do the arithmetic at the pack they will actually buy. Quoting the figure printed beside the credit rate uses a mid-range pack and understates the cost for a small buyer by roughly half again.
4Why the column is crowded below this cell
Five tools sit at four, five at three, three at two and two are unrated. Four means the rate is readable with work; three means it takes real reading; two means the price is effectively behind a door. The distribution says the field publishes something and rarely publishes both halves.
Which makes this column the one most likely to move. Publishing a credit price is one sentence on an existing page, and several of the tools below this cell are that close to a higher value.
Ratings describe what each vendor publishes on its own pages, read 2026-09-12, and are given under the rule on how scoring works. This column across every tool is on cost transparency; this tool across all seven is on SceneMixer. Nearby cells: LTX Studio, unrated on cost, Sora, unrated on cost. All of them: single ratings.