Higgsfield vs Krea vs Luma Dream Machine vs LumiYing
A side-by-side look at Higgsfield, Krea, Luma Dream Machine and LumiYing for filmmakers: what each one can do, what it costs, and where they actually differ.
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AI video studio with camera control: Seedance 2.5, Cinema Studio 4.0, API and MCP
- Price
- Free tier; paid plans from €19/mo billed annually (prices exclude VAT)
- Learning
- Moderate
- Best for
- Directors previsualising multi-shot sequences with camera direction and fixed characters
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Multi-model AI canvas, agent and API for images, video and upscaling
- Price
- Basic $9/mo; Pro $35/mo ($21 yearly); Business $200/mo ($160 yearly); see the vendor's pricing page for other plans
- Learning
- Moderate
- Best for
- Pre-visualization: moodboards, look development and concept stills for a shoot
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Agent-run video and image studio with Ray3.2 camera control and multi-model access
- Price
- From $30/month (Plus), or $25/month billed yearly ($300/yr)
- Learning
- Moderate
- Best for
- Storyboard-driven shorts and ads where keyframe timing matters (Ray3.2 and Scenes)
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Seedance, Kling, GPT Image and Nano Banana on one credit balance for filmmakers.
- Price
- Credit packs from $19.90 one-time (1,000 credits); no subscription
- Learning
- Easy
- Best for
- Running one shot prompt through Seedance, Kling and GPT Image to pick a model before committing budget
Feature by feature
Higgsfield vs Krea vs Luma Dream Machine vs LumiYing: capabilities
| Higgsfield | Krea | Luma Dream Machine | LumiYing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free tier; paid plans from €19/mo billed annually (prices exclude VAT) | Basic $9/mo; Pro $35/mo ($21 yearly); Business $200/mo ($160 yearly); see the vendor's pricing page for other plans | From $30/month (Plus), or $25/month billed yearly ($300/yr) | Credit packs from $19.90 one-time (1,000 credits); no subscription |
| Infinite canvas | Partial | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed |
| Node / flow builder | Not confirmed | Yes | Partial | No |
| AI agent | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed |
| Chat assistant | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed |
| Team collaboration | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed |
| Text to image | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Image editing | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Text to video | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Image to video | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Video to video | Yes | Partial | Yes | Partial |
| Native audio in video | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Lip-sync | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Yes | Not confirmed |
| Voice / TTS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed |
| Music & SFX | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed |
| Upscaling | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed |
| Character consistency | Yes | Partial | Yes | Partial |
| Camera control | Yes | Not confirmed | Yes | Not confirmed |
| Custom training | Not confirmed | Yes | Partial | Not confirmed |
| Third-party models | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Public API | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed |
| MCP server | Yes | Not confirmed | Partial | Not confirmed |
| Mobile app | Partial | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Open source | No | Partial | No | No |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed | Partial |
| Commercial use | Not confirmed | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed |
Each column comes from that tool's own researched page. "Not confirmed" means the vendor doesn't say.
Plans
Pricing compared
Higgsfield
| Free | €0limited use |
|---|---|
| Starter | €19per month, billed annually |
| Plus | €47per month, billed annually (€59 monthly) |
| Ultra | €99per month, billed annually (€129 monthly) |
| Teams | From €65per seat per month |
Krea
| Free | $0monthly |
|---|---|
| Basic | $9monthly or yearly |
| Pro | $35 list / $21 yearlymonthly or yearly |
| Business | $200 list / $160 yearlymonthly or yearly |
| Enterprise | Customcustom |
Luma Dream Machine
| Plus | $30monthly, or $25/mo billed yearly ($300/yr) |
|---|---|
| Pro | $90monthly, or $75/mo billed yearly ($900/yr) |
| Ultra | $300monthly, or $250/mo billed yearly ($3,000/yr) |
| Team | Contact salescustom |
| Enterprise | Contact salescustom |
LumiYing
| Starter | $19.90one-time |
|---|---|
| Pro | $39.90 (was $44.80)one-time |
| Max | $69.90 (was $90.00)one-time |
The verdict
Which one should you pick?
Higgsfield
Pick it for
- Directors previsualising multi-shot sequences with camera direction and fixed characters
- Agencies producing ad variants from a product link or brand assets
- Editors who want generation inside DaVinci Resolve, Photoshop or Blender via plugins or MCP
Stands out
- Many models, one credit balance: Seedance 2.5, Kling 3.0 Turbo, Wan 3.0, Grok Video 1.5, MiniMax H3 Max, Gemini Omni and image models such as FLUX 3 and GPT Image 2.5 run from one account, so you can shop models per shot.
- Cinema Studio 4.0 is a directed-scene workspace (30-second takes, 50 references, camera and colour controls) rather than a single prompt box.
Watch out
- Premium video models are credit-gated on every plan, so high-volume work gets expensive quickly
- The best access terms are time-limited promotions (unlimited windows, the 33-day Seedance 2.5 promotion, cashback offers)
Krea
Pick it for
- Pre-visualization: moodboards, look development and concept stills for a shoot
- Producers who want Seedance, Nano Banana and ChatGPT Image in one account instead of three subscriptions
- Motion designers generating short hero clips with a reference image and a generated soundtrack
Stands out
- One compute balance covers Krea's own models plus third-party image and video models (Seedance 2.5, Nano Banana Pro, ChatGPT Image 2, Kling, Topaz), so you do not need a separate subscription per model.
- Canvas, node workflows and the Krea Agent sit in the same product, so a brief can be run as a chat or built as a visual graph.
Watch out
- Compute units are opaque: per-model costs are not published, so budgeting video is guesswork
- Native video is capped at 720p for Seedance 2.5; 1080p and 4K need Seedance 2.0
Luma Dream Machine
Pick it for
- Storyboard-driven shorts and ads where keyframe timing matters (Ray3.2 and Scenes)
- Agencies producing one hero spot resized to many placements (Variants)
- Creature and character motion with consistent references (Master Reference Assets)
Stands out
- Agent-run workflow: Luma Agents plan, select models, generate and iterate from a brief, with a separate Brainstorm mode that doesn't spend credits on renders.
- Shot-level control on Ray3.2: up to 16 keyframes per clip, frame-by-frame direction, and Luma Scenes storyboards you can retime before rendering.
Watch out
- Entry price is $30/month, above the $15 Runway Standard list price
- Agent credit usage makes it hard to predict clips per plan before buying
LumiYing
Pick it for
- Running one shot prompt through Seedance, Kling and GPT Image to pick a model before committing budget
- Pre-viz and storyboard frames from character sheets and reference stills
- Extending or re-editing a short AI clip without starting over
Stands out
- One credit balance across Seedance, Kling, GPT Image, Nano Banana and Midjourney, instead of separate subscriptions for each model
- Credits never expire and there is no monthly reset, which suits project-based work better than a monthly plan
Watch out
- No API, MCP server, canvas or node workflow documented on the official site
- Output is only as good as the upstream model, and access depends on those vendors staying available
Each column comes from that tool's own researched page, checked against vendor pricing and changelog pages (oldest check: ). Sources are listed on each tool's page.
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