Last updated: 2026-10-16
Viggle, from Toronto-based WarpEngine Canada Inc., animates still characters: it swaps one into an existing clip, applies a motion reference to a photo, or swaps live in Real-Time Swap. Subscriptions are credit-based, with 80, 200 or 800 credits a month, and a separate pay-as-you-go API is billed per credit.
About Viggle
Viggle is a character-animation product from WarpEngine Canada Inc., a Toronto-based team that describes itself as building a foundation model for controllable video. Viggle reports a user base of 50 million creators. Its core job is narrow: take a character from a photo or illustration and make it move, either by swapping the character into a video you already have or by transferring a motion reference onto a still image. Around that sit Real-Time Swap for live sessions, a multi-character mode, PINOC for rigged 3D characters, a games layer and a developer API.
The product is not a general text-to-video generator. Where general generators such as Runway (cinematic scenes), Kling (text and image prompts) or Pika (short effects clips) build a scene from a prompt, Viggle starts from a character you supply and decides how it moves. Inside the app it also offers partner models, among them Nano Banana, ChatGPT, Happy Horse, Wan, Veo, Kling and Seedance, where Seedance sits behind the two higher plans. Seedance comes from ByteDance, Veo from Google and ChatGPT from OpenAI, so quality on those jobs depends on the partner model, not on Viggle's own.
Pricing has three separate meters. The Viggle AI plans (Free, Pro, Live, Max) are subscriptions with monthly credits. PINOC, the 3D character tool, is billed separately, with a free plan of one-time trial credits and two paid monthly plans. The API is metered per credit with a free starting balance. Exact prices and billing basis are in the pricing notes below.
Here is the case against it. If you need a presenter reading a script, look at HeyGen for marketing avatars or at the corporate-training route of Synthesia; Viggle is not built for that. If you need multi-scene storytelling, camera moves or edited social output, a general generator such as Higgsfield does more of the job, and for edited social output so do editors like CapCut or the ecommerce-focused Pippit. The free plan watermarks every clip, and Viggle can train on what free-tier users upload, which matters if the character is a real person or client work. Credit costs vary by feature and model, so a monthly allowance is harder to turn into a number of finished clips than the plan names suggest.
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Pricing
The free plan allows five videos daily with one job at a time, a watermark, a week of asset storage and 5-minute Real-Time Swap sessions. 99 a month billed yearly for 800 credits, 10 generations and unlimited Real-Time Swap. The pricing page loads on the yearly toggle, which is 20% off, so the first number shown is the annual rate.
Seedance is limited to Live and Max. Plan credits expire on the billing date; credits bought separately do not expire but only work while you are subscribed. 99 a month billed yearly for 1,200.
01 per credit, with 100 free credits on a new account. For pricing context against general generators, the Runway page shows how a scene-first tool charges. ai/v1/pricing on 16 October 2026.
| Tier | Monthly price | What it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 5 free videos a day, 1 generation at a time, Watermarked output, 7-day asset storage, 5-minute Real-Time Swap sessions |
| Pro | $7.99/mo | 80 credits a month, 4 simultaneous generations, No watermark, Permanent asset storage, 30-minute Real-Time Swap sessions, All models except Seedance |
| Live | $15.99/mo | 200 credits a month, 6 simultaneous generations, No watermark, 6-hour Real-Time Swap sessions, All models including Seedance |
| Max | $63.99/mo | 800 credits a month, 10 simultaneous generations, No watermark, Unlimited Real-Time Swap, All models including Seedance |
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 | No | No | No |
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: Makes rigged 3D characters from photos and lets you export motion as FBX or GLB for game and animation work. It is billed separately from the main Viggle plans, with its own free trial credits.
- Third-party models inside the product: The pricing page lists Seedance, Kling, Veo, Wan, Happy Horse, 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, metered per credit with a free starting balance on new accounts, so character jobs can run inside another 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 subscription costs a fraction of the general video generators, and the free plan covers a real trial.
- 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. The paid-user and API carve-out continues after you stop being a paid user. Checked 16 October 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
Is Viggle AI free?
Yes, with limits. The free plan covers a daily allowance of five clips, queued one at a time, with a watermark and a week of storage. Every paid plan removes the watermark and runs on credits: Pro at $9.99 a month ($7.99 billed yearly), Live at $19.99 ($15.99 yearly) and Max at $79.99 ($63.99 yearly). The pricing page opens on the yearly toggle, so the lower number is the annual 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, it may. The privacy policy lets Viggle learn from your uploads and the clips it makes for you, model training included. Anything sent through the API, and anything made while you were a paid user, is off limits without your prior written consent, and the policy says that protection outlasts a cancelled plan. Check the policy yourself before uploading a real person's face.
Does Viggle have an API?
Yes. The API has its own portal and docs and is billed separately from the subscriptions, one cent per credit, and a new account starts with a balance of 100 free credits. Video Remix, for example, is $0.01 per character per output second. API content is excluded from model training without written consent.
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 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.
HokAI guides covering Viggle
- Is Seedance 2.5 Free? Where You Can Actually Try It in 2026: Seedance 2.5 has no standing free plan. Free routes on Dreamina, SeeGen and Krea, what each withholds, and per-second prices checked on 10 October 2026.
- Higgsfield Alternatives in 2026: Is Higgsfield Free, and What to Use Instead: Higgsfield's free tier has no published credit limit. Here is what its $9-$237 plans cost, and six alternatives that skip the markup, verified 25 Sep 2026.
- Creatify vs Kling AI: Which Is Better for AI Video Ads in 2026?: Creatify assembles finished, trackable video ads from product pages; Kling AI generates original footage from a prompt. Real pricing and which to pick first.
- The Top AI Tools in 2026: How to Actually Choose One: ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, Gemini, and Perplexity all cap out near $200 a month in 2026. A practical framework for matching the right AI tool to your actual job.