OpenArt Review: Images, Video and Sound in One Account
OpenArt is not just an image site. It makes images, video, voice and music, and keeps your characters between projects. Video eats credits fast, so read the plan cards first.
The short version
One of the most complete all-in-one platforms. You can make the image, the video and the sound in one place. Video costs far more credits than images, and the licence rules are not explained the same way everywhere on its site.
What's good
- Images, video, voice, music and sound effects in one account
- Director: plan and edit a whole video by chatting
- Saved characters keep the same face across images and videos
- Seedance 2.5, Kling 3, Veo 3.1, GPT Image 2.5 and Nano Banana Pro all included
- Daily free credits, no card needed
What isn't
- Credits burn fast on video: about 50 videos on Starter, where ImagineArt Basic gives about 97 for $13
- The pricing page lists commercial use rights only from Plus ($34 a month)
- No quarterly billing, only monthly or annual
- So many tools that the first hour can feel like a lot
OpenArt is an all-in-one platform. You pay one monthly fee and get credits. You spend them on images, video, voice, music and sound. You do not need a separate account for each model.
It started as an image site, and many people still think of it that way. It is much more than that now. The Superhero Landing walkthrough is written for OpenArt from start to finish: a character sheet first, then a video with the character speaking.
What OpenArt can do
I checked this list on OpenArt’s home page, pricing page and model catalogue on 15 September 2026.
| Feature | What it does |
|---|---|
| Image | Make images, then edit them in the same place: erase, expand, change the background, restyle, upscale to 4K |
| Video | Make a video from text or from an image. OpenArt says up to 15 seconds and up to 4K on its main video page. Some models go longer: Seedance 2.5 and Wan 3.0 make up to 30 seconds |
| Director | Plan a video as a storyboard and change each shot by chatting |
| Character | Save a character from photos or a text brief. Tag it in later images and videos to keep the same face |
| Worlds | Make a 3D place from one prompt. Put characters in it, take stills, or export it |
| Audio | Voiceovers in 30+ languages with lip-sync, music, sound effects and voice cloning. Export as WAV or MP3 |
It also has smaller tools for video work:
- Smart Shot turns one prompt into 3 to 5 cuts with different camera angles.
- Motion Sync copies the movement from a 3 to 30 second clip onto your character. Think dance, sport or a walk.
- Camera Angle Control shows an image from a new angle.
- Replace Background and Relight Video change the scene or the light and keep the person the same.
- Video Inpaint changes everything around the part you protect with a mask.
Which models you get
OpenArt says it has more than 100 image, video and audio models. These are the ones that matter for the prompts on this site:
- Video: Seedance 2.5, Seedance 2.0, Kling 3.0, Kling 3 Omni, Veo 3.1, Wan 3.0, MiniMax H3, Grok Imagine, PixVerse V6
- Image: GPT Image 2.5, GPT Image 2, Nano Banana Pro, Nano Banana 2, Seedream 5 Pro, Wan 2.7 Image
OpenArt’s home page also names Sora 2 and HappyHorse. I could not find them in its model catalogue, so treat them as unconfirmed.
Seedance 2.5 with its full reference limit. On OpenArt, Seedance 2.5 takes up to 30 images, 10 video clips and 10 audio clips as references. It makes clips up to 30 seconds. You get the whole model, not a cut-down version.
What you pay
I read these prices on OpenArt’s pricing page on 15 September 2026, with both billing options clicked. Prices are per seat.
| Plan | Credits a month | Monthly | Annual | About how many videos |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | 4,000 | $14 | $13 | 50 |
| Plus | 12,000 | $34 | $27 | 150 |
| Pro | 24,000 | $56 | $44 | 300 |
| Wonder | 106,000 | $240 | $175 | 1,300 |
Each plan makes “up to” as many images as it has credits. The video counts do not include Director. Every plan includes Director, Characters, the image editing tools and no watermark.
The number of saved characters grows with the plan: about 13 on Starter, 40 on Plus, 80 on Pro and 353 on Wonder.
On Plus and above you can buy extra credits: $15 a month for 5,000 more.
The free plan gives daily credits and needs no card. OpenArt does not say how many credits a day, so I can’t give you a number.
Where it costs you
Credits burn fast on video. Starter makes about 4,000 images or about 50 videos. So one video costs about as much as 80 images.
Compare that with ImagineArt. Its Basic plan costs $13 and makes about 97 videos. OpenArt’s Starter costs $14 and makes about 50. Both numbers are each platform’s own estimate from its pricing page. So for video, your credits on OpenArt run out about twice as fast.
For images it is the other way round. OpenArt Starter makes about 4,000 images and ImagineArt Basic about 600. So OpenArt is the better deal if you mostly make images, and ImagineArt if you mostly make video.
You will also rarely get a video right on the first try. Plan for four or five attempts, and count your credits with that in mind.
The licence is explained two ways. The pricing page lists “Commercial use rights” on Plus, Pro and Wonder, but not on Starter. The FAQ on the home page says you fully own what you make and can use it in client work. It does not mention a plan.
No quarterly plan. You pay monthly, or you pay for a whole year.
A lot to learn. Image, video, Director, Characters, Worlds, audio and six extra video tools is a big menu. Start with one job, such as one image turned into one video, and add the rest later.
Who should use it
- People who make whole videos, not just clips. Image, video and sound all happen in one place.
- People who reuse one character. Saved characters keep the same face.
- People who want to test models. Run one prompt on several models and keep the best result.
Who should look elsewhere:
- People who build scenes from many reference images on a small budget. ImagineArt+200 free credits sells its plans by reference slots and includes commercial terms from $13. See ImagineArt vs OpenArt.
- People who mostly make video. ImagineArt+200 free credits Basic gives about 97 videos for $13, where OpenArt Starter gives about 50.
- People who only need a lot of short videos. Vosu gives more videos on its entry plan. See OpenArt vs Vosu.
What this review does not cover
I work on OpenArt. The features, prices and plan limits above come from OpenArt’s own pages and its model catalogue. I have not run the same brief through OpenArt and another platform and compared the results side by side.
I have not used every tool listed here either. Worlds, Motion Sync and Relight Video are described from OpenArt’s own pages.
OpenArt also does not show the credit cost of one Seedance or Kling video on its plan cards. “About 50 videos” is its own average, not a price for any one model.
Verdict
OpenArt covers the whole job: character, image, video and sound. Its model list has everything my prompts need. Remember two things: video costs far more than images and runs out faster than on ImagineArt, and the licence rules for Starter are unclear. If that works for you, it is one of the best places to start.