Same prompt, 2.4x cost gap: AI UGC videos at $0.75 vs $1.78
miilesus · x · 2026-10-23
Creator miilesus generated two UGC-style videos with the exact same prompt and parameters — one cost $0.75, the other $1.78, a 2.4x price difference that doesn't clearly translate into better output.
The takeaway: you don't always need the most popular AI video models. Lesser-known models plus a few small tricks can deliver equal or better results at a much lower cost. The author invites readers to guess which models were used.
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