Last updated: 2026-09-03
Viggle, from WarpEngine Canada Inc., turns still characters into video: swapping a character into an existing clip, transferring motion onto a static image, PINOC for 3D character animation without a mocap pipeline, Real-Time Swap for live sessions, and an API. The free plan gives 5 watermarked videos a day with 7-day storage; paid plans are credit-based and watermark-free, at $9.99, $19.99 and $79.99 a month month-to-month, or $7.99, $15.99 and $63.99 billed yearly. Free-tier uploads may be used to train its models; content from paid users and from the API is excluded without written consent.
About Viggle
Viggle is an AI video generator from WarpEngine Canada Inc. that converts static images into short animated videos, built on the JST-1 physics-aware 3D foundation model developed in-house. The platform has generated $3.4 million in revenue with a team of just 21 people, one of the more capital-efficient AI video platforms in 2026. Founded by CEO Hang Chu in 2022 and backed by $19 million in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz, Viggle has grown into a widely shared tool for social media content creation. The JST-1 model works differently from the diffusion-based video AI used by tools like Runway: instead of generating frames from noise, it works from a 3D understanding of body geometry, which is why character proportions hold up through fast, complex choreography where frame-by-frame generators tend to warp. Text animation mode connects to third-party models including Veo 3.1 and Seedream for video generation from a written scene description instead of an uploaded photo. Viggle is built around short-form social workflows, from TikTok dances to Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts, and pairs a free plan with paid tiers that add credits and remove the watermark. No public API is available as of mid-2026, so integrations run through the web, iOS, and Android apps directly rather than custom pipelines.
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Pricing
Free gives 5 videos a day, one generation at a time, watermarked, with 7-day storage. The paid plans are credit-based and all remove the watermark: Pro is $9.99 a month month-to-month or $7.99 a month billed yearly for 80 credits and 4 concurrent generations; Live is $19.99 or $15.99 billed yearly for 200 credits, 6 concurrent generations and 6+ hours of Real-Time Swap; Max is $79.99 or $63.99 billed yearly for 800 credits, 10 concurrent generations and unlimited Real-Time Swap. Seedance is Live and Max only. Plan credits expire on the billing date; purchased credits do not expire but only work while subscribed. Verified against viggle.ai/pricing on 3 September 2026.
Feature Comparison by Tier
| Feature | Free | Pro | Live | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $0 | $9.99, or $7.99 billed yearly | $19.99, or $15.99 billed yearly | $79.99, or $63.99 billed yearly |
| Monthly credits | 0 | 80 | 200 | 800 |
| Free videos per day | 5 | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| No watermark | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Simultaneous generations | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| Real-Time Swap sessions | 5 min | 30 min | 6 hours | Unlimited |
| Maximum video upload | 1 min | 10 min | 10 min | 10 min |
| Multi-character sessions | Limited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Asset storage | 7 days | Permanent | Permanent | Permanent |
| Seedance model | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Uploads used to train Viggle's models | Yes | Not without written consent | Not without written consent | Not without written consent |
Key Features
- Character swap in an existing video: Drop one character, or several at once, into a clip you already have, with the swapped figures following the original motion through the sequence.
- Motion transfer onto a still character: Give it a static character and a motion reference and it animates the character to match - the job the tool became known for on short-form social.
- Real-Time Swap: Swap characters live in a session rather than rendering a clip. Session length is the clearest plan difference: 5 minutes free, 30 minutes on Pro, 6+ hours on Live, unlimited on Max.
- PINOC for 3D character animation: 3D character animation without the traditional motion-capture pipeline, aimed at animators rather than meme makers.
- Third-party models inside the product: The pricing page lists Seedance, Kling, Veo, Wan, ChatGPT and Nano Banana as models available in the product. Seedance is the one plan gate: Live and Max only.
- Public API: A documented API with its own portal, so the character jobs can run inside someone else's pipeline instead of only in the web and mobile apps.
Pros
- The free tier is usable rather than decorative: five videos a day, no card, with the same character tools as the paid plans behind a watermark.
- Paid users' content is contractually excluded from model training without written consent, and so is anything through the API - a carve-out most consumer video tools do not offer at all.
- Cheap for what it does. The entry plan is $7.99 a month billed yearly, against subscriptions several times that for general video generators.
- The plan table is published in full, feature by feature, so you can see exactly what a tier changes before you pay.
- Narrow on purpose: for the specific job of putting a character in motion, there is far less prompt-wrangling than a general video model needs.
Cons
- Free-tier uploads and generations may be used to train Viggle's models, and free assets are deleted after seven days.
- Credits, not minutes: each feature costs a different amount depending on the model, plan credits expire on the billing date, and purchased credits are stranded if the subscription lapses.
- No SOC 2 and no ISO 27001, and data may be processed in Canada and the United States wherever you live.
- The headline prices on the pricing page are the annual-billed rates - the page loads with the yearly toggle already on - so month-to-month costs 25% more than the number you first see.
- It is character animation, not filmmaking: no multi-scene control or camera work, and the newer Games and PINOC layers are a long way from a production pipeline.
Data Handling
- Training-data policy
- Free tier: yes. The privacy policy, last updated 26 August 2026, says Viggle may use the images you provide and the content it generates to improve its services, including to train and improve its AI models. Paid users are carved out: content submitted or generated through the API, or during any period in which you were a paid user, is not used for training or fine-tuning without your prior written consent. Face data is not stored and the extracted motion data is discarded after the video is generated. Retention is criteria-based with no published window; Sentry, AppsFlyer and Google are the named third parties. Checked 3 September 2026.
- Data residency
- Canada and the United States. The privacy policy says personal information may be stored or processed outside your own country or region, including in Canada and the US. The operating entity is WarpEngine Canada Inc.
- Compliance
- No SOC 2 · No ISO 27001
Frequently Asked Questions
What does Viggle cost in 2026?
The free plan is 5 videos a day, one at a time, watermarked, with assets kept for 7 days. Paid plans are credit-based and all drop the watermark: Pro at $9.99 a month, or $7.99 billed yearly, for 80 credits; Live at $19.99, or $15.99 yearly, for 200 credits and 6+ hours of Real-Time Swap; Max at $79.99, or $63.99 yearly, for 800 credits and unlimited Real-Time Swap. The pricing page loads with the yearly toggle already on, so the big number you see first is the annual-billed rate.
How do Viggle credits work?
Credits are spent across the generation tools, and each feature costs a different number depending on the model and the output. Plan credits expire on your billing date, so an unused month does not roll over. Credits you buy separately do not expire, but you can only spend them while you hold an active subscription - which means a lapsed plan strands them.
Does Viggle train its AI on what you upload?
On the free tier, yes: the privacy policy says Viggle may use the images you provide and the content it generates to improve its services, including training its models. Paid users are explicitly carved out - content submitted or generated through the API, or during any period you were a paid user, is not used for training or fine-tuning without your prior written consent. Face data is not stored, and the extracted motion data is discarded once the video is generated. That carve-out is the strongest single argument for paying rather than staying free.
What can Viggle actually make?
Four things, broadly: swap a character into an existing video, add motion to a static character, run multi-character scenes, and swap characters live in Real-Time Swap. PINOC handles 3D character animation without a mocap pipeline, there is a games layer for playing and remixing, and an API for building on top. It is character animation rather than general text-to-video, though the product does surface third-party models including Seedance, Kling, Veo and Wan.
What are the alternatives to Viggle?
Runway is the general video-generation tool: whole scenes from a prompt, at a much higher subscription, where Viggle animates one character from one photo cheaply. HeyGen is the avatar and talking-head tool for corporate video, a different job entirely. If the specific thing you want is a character moving in a clip you already have, Viggle is the narrow specialist and priced like one.
Top Alternatives
- Runway: Viggle animates one photo for almost nothing. Runway generates whole cinematic scenes and expects a monthly subscription in return.
- HeyGen: HeyGen puts a scripted presenter on screen for marketing or training. Viggle takes an existing image and moves it.
- Synthesia: Synthesia is the polished corporate route, licensed presenters and brand controls included. Viggle is the free, fast, short-form one.
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