MiniCut vs OpenArt Director
MiniCut and OpenArt Director both turn a written idea into a finished short drama. MiniCut shows the credit cost of every generation on the button before you confirm it, starting at $16/month, with a $2 trial. OpenArt Director's cheapest paid plan is $14/month, read on openart.ai/pricing, 2026-08-13.
Side by side
| Row | Minicut | OpenArt Director |
|---|---|---|
| Price shown before you confirm | Yes, on the Generate button | Varies |
| Way in | $2 trial, then $16/mo | not published |
| Cheapest paid plan | $16/mo | $14/mo |
| What one generation costs | $0.17 for a 5-second shot on Seedance 1.0 Pro Fast | not published |
| Cast consistency | Reference-locked, held across episodes | not published |
| Chinese interface | Yes | not published |
Source: openart.ai/pricing. Checked 2026-08-13.
Where OpenArt Director is the better choice
OpenArt Director can produce a single continuous video up to five minutes long with no stitching, and its library covers a very wide range of generation types beyond drama.
Where Minicut is the better choice
A free OpenArt account gets 40 one-time credits, and the cheapest video action costs 80, so a free account there cannot generate a single video of any kind. Minicut starts with a $2 trial, then Plus at $55 a month, which is enough to actually generate video, not just images. Separately: the single largest complaint in OpenArt's own review history, 46 of 160 negative reviews, is credits spent with no finished video ever produced. The credit cost of every shot on Minicut sits on the Generate button before you confirm it, on whichever model you pick, so nothing spends without you seeing the number first.
Cast consistency, side by side
The same premise, run through both. Both outputs embedded once we have generated them.
This comparison run has not been generated yet.
Subscription credits on both products expire monthly with no rollover.
Plans and pricing
Trial
For seeing whether it works
Access to 70+ Models
≈ 15 five-second shots on Seedance 1.0 Pro Fast
≈ 57 images on Seedream 4
$2today
$2 today. After the trial it becomes Plus at $55 a month.
Models and limits
- Every model we carry
- Seedance 2.5 · Seedance 2.0 · Kling v3.0 · Kling 3.0 Turbo · Google Veo 3.1 · Wan 3.0 Prime · Kling O3 Omni
- Seedance 2.0 Mini · Seedance 1.5 Pro · Seedance 1.0 Pro Fast · 37 more
- New models land here first
- Minicut CLINew
- Agentic EditorNew
- MiniType ChecksNew
- Shot SheetNew
- 3D Scene DirectorNew
- Connect with AgentNew
- Infinite canvasNew
- 6 generations at once
- Agent chat, unlimited
- 1 GB storage
- No watermark
- Top-up credits
Entry
For your first few shorts
350 credits a month
≈ 92 five-second shots on Seedance 1.0 Pro Fast
≈ 333 images on Seedream 4
$12.80/mobilled yearly
Saves $38.40 against monthly
No Seedance 2.5 on this plan. From Plus up.
Models and limits
- Every model we carry
- Every model except the flagship line-up
- Seedance 2.5 · Seedance 2.0 · Kling v3.0 · Kling 3.0 Turbo · Google Veo 3.1 · Wan 3.0 Prime · Kling O3 Omni
- Seedance 2.0 Mini · Seedance 1.5 Pro · Seedance 1.0 Pro Fast · 37 more
- New models land here first
- Minicut CLINew
- Agentic EditorNew
- MiniType ChecksNew
- Shot SheetNew
- 3D Scene DirectorNew
- Connect with AgentNew
- Infinite canvasNew
- 2 generations at once
- Agent chat, unlimited
- 200 MB storage
- No watermark
- Top-up credits
Plus
For posting every week
1,300 credits a month
≈ 343 five-second shots on Seedance 1.0 Pro Fast
≈ 1,238 images on Seedream 4
$44/mobilled yearly
Saves $132 against monthly
Models and limits
- Every model we carry
- Seedance 2.5 · Seedance 2.0 · Kling v3.0 · Kling 3.0 Turbo · Google Veo 3.1 · Wan 3.0 Prime · Kling O3 Omni
- Seedance 2.0 Mini · Seedance 1.5 Pro · Seedance 1.0 Pro Fast · 37 more
- New models land here first
- Minicut CLINew
- Agentic EditorNew
- MiniType ChecksNew
- Shot SheetNew
- 3D Scene DirectorNew
- Connect with AgentNew
- Infinite canvasNew
- 6 generations at once
- Agent chat, unlimited
- 1 GB storage
- No watermark
- Top-up credits
Pro
Best valueFor running a channel
3,200 credits a month
≈ 846 five-second shots on Seedance 1.0 Pro Fast
≈ 3,047 images on Seedream 4
$100/mobilled yearly
Saves $300 against monthly
Models and limits
- Every model we carry
- Seedance 2.5 · Seedance 2.0 · Kling v3.0 · Kling 3.0 Turbo · Google Veo 3.1 · Wan 3.0 Prime · Kling O3 Omni
- Seedance 2.0 Mini · Seedance 1.5 Pro · Seedance 1.0 Pro Fast · 37 more
- New models land here first
- Minicut CLINew
- Agentic EditorNew
- MiniType ChecksNew
- Shot SheetNew
- 3D Scene DirectorNew
- Connect with AgentNew
- Infinite canvasNew
- 8 generations at once
- Agent chat, unlimited
- 5 GB storage
- No watermark
- Top-up credits
Studio
Lowest cost per creditFor a team shipping every day
9,200 credits a month
≈ 2,433 five-second shots on Seedance 1.0 Pro Fast
≈ 8,761 images on Seedream 4
$279.20/mobilled yearly
Saves $837.60 against monthly
Models and limits
- Every model we carry
- Seedance 2.5 · Seedance 2.0 · Kling v3.0 · Kling 3.0 Turbo · Google Veo 3.1 · Wan 3.0 Prime · Kling O3 Omni
- Seedance 2.0 Mini · Seedance 1.5 Pro · Seedance 1.0 Pro Fast · 37 more
- New models land here first
- Minicut CLINew
- Agentic EditorNew
- MiniType ChecksNew
- Shot SheetNew
- 3D Scene DirectorNew
- Connect with AgentNew
- Infinite canvasNew
- 12 generations at once
- Agent chat, unlimited
- 20 GB storage
- No watermark
- Top-up credits
FAQ
- Can I use MiniCut and OpenArt Director together?
- Yes, they are independent tools; using one does not stop you from using the other.
- How current is the data on this page?
- Every claim about OpenArt Director on this page carries the date it was checked. A field we have not verified reads "not published" rather than a guess.