Luma AIvs
Black Forest Labs
Black Forest Labs: Both offer high-end generative visual models used in professional creative and agency workflows.
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AI platform for generating video, image, and audio content with brand consistency
Overview
Luma (Luma Labs) is a creative AI platform for generating video, image, audio, and text content. Its Ray video model offers frame-by-frame directorial control for cinematic output, while Uni-1 maintains consistent brand style and visual identity across generated assets. The platform supports agency workflows such as product videos, ad variations, storyboarding, and character design, and is used by agencies including Serviceplan, Dentsu, and Publicis Groupe, and brands like Mazda. Luma also runs the Open Physical AI Lab, a research effort focused on physical-world AI generalization.
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Black Forest Labs: Both offer high-end generative visual models used in professional creative and agency workflows.
Pricing
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Plus
$25 /mo
Pro
$75 /mo
Ultra
$250 /mo
Team
On request
Enterprise
On request
Capabilities
Ray video generation
Text- and image-to-video generation with frame-by-frame directorial control
Uni-1 brand intelligence
Maintains consistent style and visual identity across generated assets
Multimodal generation
Creates video, image, audio, and text content from a single platform
Agent-based workflows
Automates research, generation, and refinement across formats
Team collaboration
Guest collaboration and shared credits for team plans
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Plans start at Plus for $25-30/month (10,000 credits), Pro at $75-90/month (40,000 credits), and Ultra at $250-300/month (150,000 credits), with lower rates on annual billing.
SourceGeneration consumes credits: video costs 4-959 credits per second depending on model and resolution, images cost 1-255 credits each, and audio costs 21-98 credits per minute.
SourceYes, subscribing yearly instead of monthly saves up to 20% across all individual Plus, Pro, and Ultra tiers.
SourceTeam adds shared credits, team management, and SSO, while Enterprise adds custom commitments, dedicated training, and fine-tuning; both require contacting sales for pricing.
SourceYes, the Plus plan and above include commercial usage rights along with guest collaboration access for generated content.
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