Leonardo runs on tokens that, in its own words, don’t correspond to anything specific. Creatide.ai runs on credits you can count: every top video and image model, music, 8K auto upscale and clips up to 60 seconds.
The best Leonardo AI alternative for video, images and music is Creatide.ai. Leonardo, owned by Canva since 2024, is strong for images, but its own pricing page says a token “doesn’t correspond to a specific image size or a specific action,” top-up tokens only work while you’re subscribed, tokens aren’t kept when a subscription ends, and Veo, Kling and Sora always cost tokens, even on the $60 Ultimate plan. Creatide.ai tells you what a plan makes in videos, puts every top video model on one balance, adds 8K auto upscale and clips up to 60 seconds with the 2× duration engine (beta), refunds unused credits within 14 days and answers live on Telegram.
Pick Leonardo if you mostly make images and like its in-house image models and relaxed image queue. If you want video, images and music in one place, pick Creatide.ai.
Every quote below comes from Leonardo itself: its pricing page, its FAQ and its replies to customers. We just put them next to what we do.
“A single token doesn’t correspond to a specific image size or a specific action.”Leonardo’s pricing FAQ
Our plans say it in videos: 1,000 credits ≈ 15 Seedance 2.5 videos.
“If the subscription ends, these tokens are not retained on the Free plan.”Leonardo’s reply to a customer on Trustpilot · Oct 7, 2026
Changed your mind? Unused credits are refunded within 14 days, even if you already used some.
Top-up tokens “are only usable while subscribed.”Leonardo’s pricing page
Need a one-off project? Buy credits without subscribing to anything.
Veo 3, Veo 3.1, Kling, Sora 2 and others: always billed in tokens, never relaxed.Leonardo’s pricing page · even on the $60 Ultimate plan
Seedance 2.5, Kling, Veo, Grok and more on the same credits, with 8K auto upscale on top. And no fake unlimited.
On the Free plan, Leonardo “holds rights to use, reproduce, modify, and distribute any images you create.”Leonardo’s pricing page
Commercial rights on every paid generation.
Auto upscale takes every video model to up to 8K (7680 × 4320), with no extra export and no second tool.
Leonardo: unlimited relaxed video only on the $60 plan, with MiniMax at 480p.The 2× duration engine (beta) extends a generation to twice the model’s native length, up to 60 seconds in 8K with Seedance 2.5.
Leonardo: each model’s native length, and Veo, Kling and Sora always cost tokens.| Feature | Creatide.ai | Leonardo AI |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Video, images, music and more | Images first, with video added |
| What a credit buys | Plans say it in videos: 1,000 credits ≈ 15 Seedance 2.5 videos | A token “doesn’t correspond to a specific action” |
| Top video models | Seedance 2.5, Kling, Veo, Grok and more on one balance | Veo, Kling, Sora always cost tokens |
| “Unlimited” video | Not sold until it holds up | $60 plan only, own models, slower queue |
| When you cancel | Unused credits refunded within 14 days | Tokens not retained on the Free plan |
| Credits without a plan | Yes | Top-ups only usable while subscribed |
| Clip length | 2× duration engine (beta), up to 60 s in 8K | Each model’s native length |
| Max video resolution | 8K auto upscale on every video model | Model dependent; relaxed MiniMax at 480p |
Fourteen ways to create, one balance. Video is just the first line.
Plus the hubs: Agent+ · Ad Hub · Cine Hub · Video Producer · Brand Kit.
Straight answers to the questions people search most. Checked on October 21, 2026.
For video, images and music, Creatide.ai. It tells you what your plan makes in videos instead of tokens, puts Seedance 2.5, Kling, Veo, Grok and more on one balance, adds 8K auto upscale and clips up to 60 seconds with the 2× duration engine (beta), refunds unused credits within 14 days and has live support on Telegram.
Leonardo doesn’t publish a fixed value. Its pricing FAQ says token cost reflects the computational intensity of each action and that a single token doesn’t correspond to a specific image size or action. As a reference point, one 8-second Veo 3 clip costs about as much as 300 basic image generations.
Partly. Unused monthly tokens move into a Rollover Bank with a cap per plan, for example 75,000 on Premium. Top-up tokens don’t expire but can only be used while you’re subscribed, and tokens aren’t retained on the Free plan when a subscription ends.
Only on the $60 Ultimate plan and team plans, and only in relaxed mode on selected models such as Motion 2.0, Hailuo and Wan. Veo 3, Veo 3.1, Kling and Sora 2 always cost tokens.
According to Leonardo’s own reply to a customer, tokens are not retained on the Free plan once the subscription ends, and top-up tokens are only usable while subscribed. Use them before your plan ends.
Canva acquired Leonardo.Ai in July 2024. It still runs as its own product.
Yes, the big ones. Creatide.ai includes Seedance 2.5, Kling, Veo, Grok, Wan, MiniMax Hailuo and more on one balance, with 8K auto upscale on top.
Yes. Video is only part of it. Creatide.ai also covers AI images with models like GPT Image 2.5, Flux 3, Nano Banana 2 and Midjourney, plus AI music, lip sync, sound effects, story, motion, video extend, upscaling, subtitles, background removal and 3D, all on one balance.
Not yet. We’re building it, and it won’t go on sale until it holds up under real use. When it launches, every cap, queue and model list will be on the pricing page in numbers. Until then, you pay in credits that do exactly what they say.
A Creatide.ai feature that upscales the videos you generate to up to 8K (7680 × 4320) on every video model, with no extra export step.
A Creatide.ai feature, currently in beta, that extends a generation to twice the model’s native length, up to 60 seconds in 8K with Seedance 2.5. One prompt gives you a full scene instead of a short clip.
Yes, always. If a generation fails because of an error on our side, the credits return to your balance automatically and you get a notification.
You can talk to the team live on Telegram on every plan, and most questions are answered the same day. You can also email [email protected].
Leonardo.Ai is a trademark of its owner. Independent comparison by Creatide.ai, based on public information checked on October 21, 2026. Plans change, so check their site before you buy.
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