Genmo
Generate lifelike videos with AI.
At a glance
Price not confirmed · Source review 2026-10-24- Price & billing
Free: ~50 credits/mo, watermarked, non-commercial. Lite $10/mo (1,200 credits), Standard $30/mo (5,000 credits); paid tiers remove watermark and allow commercial use. Mochi 1 weights free under Apache 2.0 for self-hosting. Prices as of Oct 2026.
- Free allowance
Free: ~50 credits/mo, watermarked, non-commercial. Mochi 1 weights free under Apache 2.0 for self-hosting.
- Best suited to
Indie creators and developers who want an open-weight video model — self-host Mochi for full control, or use the cheap hosted tiers for social clips, prototypes and motion experiments.
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What to know before choosing
Good fit
Indie creators and developers who want an open-weight video model — self-host Mochi for full control, or use the cheap hosted tiers for social clips, prototypes and motion experiments.
Limits and trade-offs
The free hosted tier is watermarked and non-commercial, and its monthly credits do not cover a full Mochi generation — treat it as a demo. Self-hosting Mochi needs a beefy GPU and ComfyUI setup. Defau
Plans and free allowances
Free: ~50 credits/mo, watermarked, non-commercial. Lite $10/mo (1,200 credits), Standard $30/mo (5,000 credits); paid tiers remove watermark and allow commercial use. Mochi 1 weights free under Apache 2.0 for self-hosting. Prices as of Oct 2026.
Evidence
Official website ↗ (reviewed 2026-10-24)
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Dates: Last reviewed 2026-10-24. Last reviewed is the latest source or editorial review date; it is not a content-change date.
A closer look at Genmo
Genmo is a creative AI video platform whose headline feature is Mochi 1, an open-source text-to-video model released under the Apache 2.0 license. The hosted playground offers text- and image-to-video generation with a community hub, while technical users can self-host Mochi for watermark-free, commercially usable clips with no license fee.
Editorial guidance based on published documentation. The workflow below is a suggested starting point, not a measured product result.
When to choose Genmo
- Indie creators and developers who want an open-weight video model — self-host Mochi for full control, or use the cheap hosted tiers for social clips, prototypes and motion experiments.
- Technical users who want to self-host Mochi under Apache 2.0 for watermark-free, commercially usable clips with no license fee.
When to choose something else
- Not for teams needing long clips, audio, or talking-head production — outputs are short and silent. Also a poor fit if you need a polished consumer app with editing
- Genmo is a generator, not an editor.
A practical starting workflow
- Sign in to the Genmo playground.
- Pick a model (Mochi for quality, Replay for cheap iterations).
- Enter a prompt describing subject, motion and style, or upload a reference image.
- Generate, preview, and download.
- Finish with captions and audio in an external editor.
Check before committing
- The free hosted tier is watermarked and non-commercial, and its monthly credits do not cover a full Mochi generation — treat it as a demo. Self-hosting Mochi needs a beefy GPU and ComfyUI setup. Default outputs are around 720p, not 4K.
- Pricing and feature availability may change; confirm current terms on the official website before committing.
Common questions
Is Genmo free?
The hosted playground has a free tier (about 50 credits/month, watermarked, non-commercial). Paid tiers are Lite $10/mo (1,200 credits, no watermark, commercial use) and Standard $30/mo (5,000 credits). The Mochi 1 model weights themselves are free under Apache 2.0 if you self-host.
Can I use Genmo videos commercially?
Yes on paid hosted plans, which grant commercial use and remove the watermark. Self-hosted Mochi 1 output is commercially usable under the Apache 2.0 license. The free hosted tier is non-commercial.
How much does one video cost in credits?
About 100 credits per Mochi generation and about 10 per Replay generation, so the Lite plan's 1,200 monthly credits cover roughly 12 Mochi videos.
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- Luma — Good fit: 1) short-form creators who need cinematic b-roll/transition shots fast
Sources and checks
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