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Alternatives to Luma AI
1 software tools sit alongside Luma AI in this directory. Below is what separates each from Luma AI on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 1
- With a free tier
- 0
- Cheaper to start
- 1
- Luma AI starts at
- Free, then $25/month
Why people look past Luma AI
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Luma AI entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
Cost climbs steeply across the tiers
Luma AI publishes 5 tiers, from $25/month up to On request. Teams that outgrow the entry plan can find the next rung a large step, the Luma AI pricing page breaks each one down.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Frontier AI lab behind the FLUX family of image, video, and audio generation models
- No free tier, where Luma AI has one.
- Starts $24.83 a month cheaper, at $0.17/month.
- Sold on a usage-based model rather than subscription.
Every Luma AI alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luma AI (this page) | Free, then $25/month | Subscription | 5 | |
| Black Forest LabsBoth offer high-end generative visual models used in professional creative and agency workflows. | $0.17/month | Usage-based | 5 | vs Luma AI |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Luma AI badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Cheaper than Luma AI (1)
Entry price under Luma AI's $25/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- Black Forest Labs , $0.17/month
What you would be giving up
Luma AI is most often brought in for generating branded product and advertising video variations, storyboarding and character design for agencies, automating multi-format content generation with agents, maintaining consistent brand visuals across campaigns. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Luma AI is broadly right and the question is cost, the Luma AI pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the full directory lists everything.
Luma AI runs on web, api. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Luma AI alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Luma AI?
- 1 other software tools are listed in this directory, led by Black Forest Labs. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Luma AI?
- None of the software tools listed alongside Luma AI publish a free tier on the record we hold.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Luma AI?
- Yes. 1 of the alternatives below start under Luma AI's $25/month: Black Forest Labs at $0.17/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Luma AI?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: cost climbs steeply across the tiers. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Luma AI?
- Luma AI is most often brought in for generating branded product and advertising video variations, storyboarding and character design for agencies, automating multi-format content generation with agents, maintaining consistent brand visuals across campaigns. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Luma AI?
- None of the software tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Luma AI alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Software, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Luma AI against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Luma AI covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every software tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Software category, 1 tools beside Luma AI. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.