Pricing
Free to download.
Pay only when you generate.
The desktop studio is free. Generation runs on metered credits — credits never expire.
Credit packs
Try it
$5
One-time purchase
- ·$5 of credits added to your account
- ·~3–8 minutes of finished film, depending on models
- ·Good for a first end-to-end render
Recommended
Best value$25
One-time purchase
- ·$25 of credits added to your account
- ·Roughly a short-form piece end-to-end
- ·Best balance of runway vs commitment
Power user
$100
One-time purchase
- ·$100 of credits added to your account
- ·Multiple short films or a long-form pass
- ·Credits never expire — top up only when needed
macOS 12+ · Apple Silicon and Intel · v1.0.0 · Payments processed by Stripe
Teams
For studios and production houses.
The solo studio covers most workflows today. If you’re running a team or a pipeline at scale, we’re building tiers for shared credits, role-based access, and dedicated capacity.
Studio
Coming soonShared projects and team collaboration.
- ·Pooled credits across a team
- ·Shared projects with role-based access
- ·Cloud-synced asset library across machines
- ·Priority generation capacity during peak windows
- ·Invoiced billing · team seats
Production
By requestFor full-length pipelines and post houses.
- ·Dedicated capacity and SLA
- ·Custom routing per shot type
- ·On-prem / VPC deployment options
- ·White-label stitch pipeline integration
- ·Direct line to the engineering team
Common questions
What “free” actually means.
- Is there a subscription?
- No. The desktop studio is free to install and you only pay for the generation runs you actually trigger. You need a Cinegenta account to sign in and track credits, but there's no recurring charge.
- How do generation costs work?
- Credits are metered. Before each batch the studio shows a live cost estimate based on your project size, model choices, and shot count, so you know what a render will cost before you click go. Buy credits as you need them — they don't expire.
- What does a 20-minute film actually cost to generate?
- Depends on the models you pick and how much you iterate. As a rough order, a finished minute of film lands in the range of $30–$90 in credits today, so a 20-minute movie is roughly $600–$1,800 end-to-end. Live cost estimates appear on the Setup page before each batch.
- Can I buy credits inside the app instead of on the web?
- The Mac App Store build uses Apple In-App Purchase for credits. Buying here on the website routes through Stripe and avoids the App Store fee, so the same dollar buys the same credits with less platform overhead.
- Can I use Cinegenta without internet?
- The desktop app runs locally — editing, timeline work, and review work offline. Generation steps need internet because they call remote model providers.
- Is my project data private?
- Yes. Cinegenta is local-first — your scripts, characters, frames, and clips all sit in your chosen working directory on your machine. Nothing is uploaded to Cinegenta unless you opt into a hosted tier.