Free AI UGC video generators
Verdict on free AI UGC generators
Plan to pay before running an ad: no free plan here is documented as unmarked and cleared for ads. The terms of 2 of the 10 tools allow commercial use of free output; 4 rule out a paid social ad (sorted table). The 2 are JoggAI, watermarked until Starter, and Wireflow, with 60 starter credits plus 10 a day while your balance is under 60. Last checked
For a free avatar test on terms that allow commercial use:
JoggAI
Its terms allow use of output for commercial purposes
, with no free-plan exception. The 200 free credits expire after 31 days.
For trying Avatar IV and a custom avatar free, with no plan to run the clips:
HeyGen
3 videos a month up to 1 minute, for personal, non-commercial, and internal evaluation purposes
(terms s.4).
For free drafts on terms that allow commercial use, though the FAQ disagrees:
Nextify.ai
50 credits on the free card, up to 2 watermarked videos; renewal unclear. Terms 2.1 allow commercial use; the FAQ ties it to paid plans.
| Tool | Monthly from (USD) | Official site |
|---|---|---|
| | $9.99 | Visit Captions |
| | $15 | Visit Creatify |
| | $29 | Visit D-ID |
| | $29 | Visit HeyGen |
| | $29 | Visit JoggAI |
| | $29 | Visit Nextify.ai |
| | Unverified | Visit Pippit |
| | $19 | Visit Synthesia |
| | $36 | Visit Topview |
| | $36 | Visit Wireflow |
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Prices checked 14 Nov 2026. Pippit’s price is unverified.
How free plans are rated
Where a vendor’s own documents disagree on commercial use, a plan is unclear. Otherwise it counts as allowed with conditions, the rights matrix’s term, when the terms permit commercial use of output with no free-plan exception. It is barred when a clause keeps free users or trials, or everything the free plan makes, out of ads. Anything else is unclear.
The AI commercial use matrix quotes each tool’s terms plan by plan, paid plans included. On free plans it bars the same 4, rates Creatify’s unclear and marks the other 5 “Allowed with conditions”, quoting each condition.
This page reads 3 of those 5 as unclear: Nextify, Captions and Pippit. Another of the vendor’s documents pulls the other way, or the grant leaves AI output open.
AI UGC meaning sets out the term’s two senses: an AI actor reading your script, or a real creator’s take that AI edits.
Which libraries hold the most actors, and which actors can pull out: AI actors for ads.
Open models on your own graphics card are the other free route; AI influencer ComfyUI workflow covers the nodes and what a rented GPU costs instead.
Which free plans may produce an ad you can run?
JoggAI and Wireflow allow commercial use of output with no free-plan exception in terms or pricing. HeyGen, Topview, D-ID and Synthesia rule out a paid social ad; the other 4 leave it unclear. HeyGen’s and Topview’s bans sit only in their terms; D-ID’s Trial card hints at its limit (“Personal license”), and Synthesia’s Basic card lists no downloads.
| Tool | Ad use of free output | What free includes | Mark on free exports |
|---|---|---|---|
| JoggAI | Allowed with conditions | 200 one-time credits, about 1 minute of avatar video, valid 31 days | Yes, removed from Starter |
| Wireflow | Allowed with conditions | 60 starter credits, plus 10 a day while your balance is under 60, image models only | Not stated |
| Nextify | Unclear | 50 credits (card: a month; sign-up message: 30 days), up to 2 videos | Yes |
| Creatify | Unclear | 10 credits a month, 30 seconds of avatar video (2 ads of 15 seconds) | Yes |
| Captions | Unclear | 60 to 200 one-time credits (help centre); none in the pricing table | Not stated |
| Pippit | Unclear | Daily credits | Implied: paid plans list “Remove watermark” |
| HeyGen | Barred | 3 videos a month, up to 1 minute | Yes |
| Topview | Barred | No free plan on the pricing page | Not stated |
| D-ID | Barred | 14-day trial, 3 minutes of video | Full-screen watermark |
| Synthesia | Barred | 10 minutes of video or dubbing, 3 survey responses and 500 credits a month, no downloads, stock avatars only | Synthesia watermark |
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| Tool | The words quoted |
|---|---|
| JoggAI Terms, “License to Your Content”, undated | “does not restrict your ability to use User Output for your own purposes (including for commercial purposes)”, unless “otherwise clearly specified in the Services” |
| Wireflow Terms s.5, 18 Feb 2026 | “yours to use for personal and commercial purposes, subject to the underlying AI model provider’s terms” |
| Nextify Terms 2.1, 15 Nov 2025; homepage FAQ, undated | “not restrict your ability to use User Output for your own purposes (including for commercial purposes)” (2.1); “Paid plans include watermark-free videos with full commercial rights” (FAQ) |
| Creatify Terms s.1, 23 Sep 2024; help centre FAQ, 20 Sep 2026; avatar page FAQ, undated | “Users of the Free Tier have limited rights” (s.1); “in any channel without limitations” (help centre); “Commercial usage rights” in “all paid subscription plans (Starter, Pro, and Enterprise)” (avatar page) |
| Captions Terms 2.2 and 3.1(xiv), 4 Sep 2025; help centre, 17 Aug 2026 | “subject to Mirage and its licensors’ rights in the Mirage Content contained in the Output” (2.2); “any commercial use of the Services including the Mirage Content except as authorized hereunder without our prior written consent” (3.1(xiv)); “You retain full rights to all videos created” (help centre) |
| Pippit CapCut terms s.9, 15 Apr 2026 | “For Pippit, you are expressly permitted to use Company Content for commercial purposes” |
| HeyGen Terms s.4, 23 Jul 2026 | “may not be … used in connection with commercial activities, advertising” |
| Topview Terms, prohibited uses, 9 Sep 2026 | “any commercial purpose, including for advertising, if you are a Free User” |
| D-ID EULA 3.1, July 2024 | “for non-commercial use only” |
| Synthesia Acceptable Use Policy, 23 Feb 2024 | “Incorporating a Stock Avatar in content for ‘promoted’, ‘boosted’, or ‘paid’ advertising on any social media platform or similar media, absent written express consent from Synthesia” |
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Is there a free AI UGC generator without a watermark?
None of these 10 tools documents one: every free plan here that states its export terms marks the video. Captions and Wireflow do not say, Pippit only implies it, and Topview lists no free plan. Paid plans that remove it (cost per video):
- HeyGen: Creator, $29 a month (HeyGen pricing)
- Creatify: Standard, $15 a month
- JoggAI: Starter, $29 a month
- Nextify: Starter, $29 a month
- Synthesia: Starter, $19 a month (Synthesia pricing)
- Pippit: Starter, which lists “Remove watermark”; its price shows as a discount offer with no stated renewal price (Pippit prices)
- D-ID: Advanced, $196 a month, puts your logo in place of the watermark
D-ID’s synthetic mark stays on every plan: under EULA 4.2 you may not “remove, hide or minimize” it without D-ID’s prior written approval.
JoggAI free plan: ads allowed, watermark stays
JoggAI’s terms say Jogg “does not restrict your ability to use User Output for your own purposes (including for commercial purposes)”, except on termination or where “otherwise clearly specified in the Services”. The pricing page sets no such exception for free output.
JoggAI’s stock avatars page FAQ says “Commercial usage depends on your subscription plan and applicable usage terms” and names no plan.
The terms’ restrictions bar using output “in a misleading way”, including “representing that the User Output is entirely human generated”. A testimonial-style ad presenting the avatar as a real customer does that (fake testimonial rules).
- Best for
- A one-off test of a talking-avatar script on terms that allow commercial use of the output.
- Skip it if
- you need product ads or an unmarked export: product ad tools and watermark removal start on Starter.
Wireflow free plan: 60 starter credits
Wireflow’s free plan gives 60 starter credits, “plus 10 a day for logging in while your balance is under 60”, on its pricing page, and its card adds “Video models are on paid plans”. Its terms say “Free tier credits refresh periodically” (s.4), which the daily login credits match.
Generated content is “yours to use for personal and commercial purposes, subject to the underlying AI model provider’s terms” (s.5). Those unnamed providers’ terms decide whether a free generation may run in an ad.
- Best for
- Building a swap workflow for filmed takes when you already hold footage of a consenting creator.
- Skip it if
- you want free avatar videos: the pricing page keeps video models on paid plans.
Nextify free plan: terms and FAQ disagree
Nextify’s free card lists 50 credits a month, up to 2 videos, with a watermark, under a “Free Trial” heading. Its sign-up message, in the pricing page’s source, says “Credits valid for 30 days”, so renewal is unclear.
Its terms (2.1) use JoggAI’s wording: Nextify does “not restrict your ability to use User Output for your own purposes (including for commercial purposes)”. Its homepage FAQ says “Paid plans include watermark-free videos with full commercial rights”.
Section 4.2 lets other users remix your output unless it is marked private, and 6.2(P) bars presenting it as “entirely human generated”.
- Best for
- 2 watermarked drafts on the free card, to compare avatar and product-video formats before buying.
- Skip it if
- you want written certainty that free output may run as an ad: the FAQ ties full commercial rights to paid plans. JoggAI’s terms set no free-plan exception.
Creatify free plan: rights not spelled out
Creatify’s free plan renews 10 credits a month (paid plans). Each started 15 seconds of video costs 5 credits. So the free plan buys 30 seconds of avatar video, which is 2 ads of 15 seconds or 1 of 30. “Videos rendered on the free plan will include a watermark” (help centre).
Creatify’s terms say “Users of the Free Tier have limited rights” (s.1) without listing them. Its help centre FAQ (20 September 2026) says ads can run “in any channel without limitations”, with no line between free and paid.
The FAQ on its AI avatar page puts “Commercial usage rights” in “all paid subscription plans (Starter, Pro, and Enterprise)” and never names Free.
- Best for
- Trying URL-to-video and avatar ad formats each month on a renewing allowance.
- Skip it if
- you need to know what free users may do with an ad: the terms mention limited rights and stop there. JoggAI’s terms set no free-plan exception.
Captions free plan: few or no AI credits
Captions’ free plan is an editor first: the pricing table shows no AI credits, the help centre a one-time 60 to 200.
Prompt to Video averages 16 credits per 6 seconds in the help centre’s table. If it bills whole 6-second blocks, which the help centre does not say, 60 credits buy about 18 seconds and 200 about 72.
Captions’ terms (2.2) say “you own all rights in and to your Input and Output, subject to Mirage and its licensors’ rights in the Mirage Content contained in the Output”. Section 3.1(xiv) bars “reselling or making any commercial use of the Services including the Mirage Content except as authorized hereunder without our prior written consent”.
Asked whether generated videos are “available for commercial use”, Captions’ help centre (17 August 2026) answers: “You retain full rights to all videos created. The AI-generated actors are completely virtual and free from licensing restrictions.”
Neither names a plan, and the help centre never mentions the consent 3.1(xiv) asks for. An app-made ad with a Mirage AI actor needs that consent: app avatars are Mirage Content (1.3, 2.1). “The Services” in 3.1(xiv) could reach an ad cut from your own footage too.
- Best for
- Editing and captioning your own filmed clips on a phone at no cost.
- Skip it if
- you want free AI actors: the free credits are a one-time 60 to 200, and the pricing table shows none.
Pippit free plan: daily credits, rights unclear
Pippit’s free plan lists daily credits, the Video agent and AI talking photos.
Pippit runs under the CapCut terms for US users (15 April 2026), which draw no line between free and paid use. Section 9 says “For Pippit, you are expressly permitted to use Company Content for commercial purposes, subject to compliance with the CapCut Materials License Agreement”. Company Content is CapCut’s own library material.
CapCut’s materials licence (22 January 2026) allows it in ads “provided that such content must not be used to endorse authenticity, legality, quality or other aspects of the products or services”.
Section 9 also takes “an unconditional, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully transferable, sub-licensable, perpetual and worldwide license to use your User Content” for running and developing the service.
Ad use of free output is unclear. The terms clear only CapCut’s materials, and do not say whether Pippit’s AI avatars count as them.
- Best for
- TikTok Shop sellers trying link-to-video on daily credits who can accept a watermark.
- Skip it if
- you need the licence settled first: the CapCut terms for US users (s.9) take a fully transferable, sub-licensable licence to your content.
HeyGen free plan: evaluation only
HeyGen’s free plan gives 3 videos a month (1 to 3 by region, says the help centre) up to 1 minute, with Avatar IV and a watermark (pricing page).
Section 4 of its terms, “License to your Content (For Users in the Free Plan)”, limits free output to “personal, non-commercial, and internal evaluation purposes”. It may not be “sold, sublicensed, redistributed, monetized, or used in connection with commercial activities, advertising, client work, revenue-generating product or any other services”.
The clause attaches to output “generated under a Free Plan”, so a clip made on Free stays barred after you upgrade.
- Best for
- Judging Avatar IV and a custom avatar on 3 videos of up to 1 minute, with no plan to run them.
- Skip it if
- you want a free video you can run as an ad: terms s.4 bar free output from advertising. JoggAI’s terms allow commercial use.
Topview free users: barred from advertising
Topview’s pricing page shows no free plan, yet its terms name Free Users: the prohibited uses include “any commercial purpose, including for advertising, if you are a Free User”.
- Best for
- Product-link-to-video ads on a paid plan, since the pricing page lists no free plan.
- Skip it if
- you want to run what a free account makes, since the terms bar Free Users from advertising. JoggAI’s terms allow commercial use.
D-ID trial: non-commercial, 14 days
D-ID’s Studio pricing offers a 14-day trial with 3 minutes of video and a full-screen watermark, “for non-commercial use only” (Studio EULA 3.1). Lite, its cheapest paid plan, is non-commercial too (20.2).
- Best for
- Checking talking-photo and presenter output for 14 days, if your later ads can carry D-ID’s AI mark.
- Skip it if
- you want a trial or Lite video in an ad: the EULA limits both to non-commercial use (3.1, 20.2). JoggAI’s terms allow commercial use.
Synthesia free plan: no downloads
Synthesia’s free Basic plan gives 10 minutes of video or dubbing, 3 survey responses and 500 credits a month, with 9 stock avatars. Its videos carry a Synthesia watermark; downloads and removing the logo start on Starter. Its Acceptable Use Policy bars stock avatars from “promoted”, “boosted”, or “paid” social ads without Synthesia’s written consent, on every plan.
- Best for
- Drafting presenter scripts in the editor on the largest stated free video allowance here, 10 minutes of video or dubbing a month.
- Skip it if
- you need a file for an ad account: Basic has no downloads, and stock avatars need Synthesia’s written consent for paid social. JoggAI’s terms allow commercial use.
Which AI UGC free trials bill you?
The Arcads and MakeUGC trials roll into a full plan price, so neither is in the tables above.
Arcads has no free plan: its help centre describes a 3-day trial that charges your saved card for Starter unless you cancel within 72 hours. Free routes are on the Arcads alternatives page.
MakeUGC has no free plan either: its pricing page offers a start for $1 on the Starter, Growth and Pro cards. Its FAQ says each then renews at the plan price, from $59 a month for Starter.
More pages for MakeUGC users, sorted by job, in the MakeUGC hub
Sources
- HeyGen: HeyGen pricing, free plan card and plan comparison. Checked
- HeyGen: HeyGen Terms of Service (last updated 23 July 2026), sections 3 and 4, licence to free-plan output. Checked
- HeyGen help centre: HeyGen credit-based pricing plans and subscriptions explained, free quota of 1 to 3 videos by region; updated 24 September 2026. Checked
- Creatify: Creatify pricing, free plan card. Checked
- Creatify help centre: FAQs, “Are there any limits on the use of ads made with Creatify?”, updated 20 September 2026. Checked
- Creatify help centre: Free plan, 10 credits a month, 5 credits per 15 seconds, watermark; updated 19 August 2026. Checked
- Creatify: Creatify Terms of Service (effective 23 September 2024), section 1, free tier rights. Checked
- Creatify: AI avatar page, FAQ “Can I use Creatify AI avatars for commercial purposes?”, commercial usage rights by plan. Checked
- JoggAI: JoggAI pricing, free credits, validity, watermark removal on Starter. Checked
- JOGG PTE. LTD.: JoggAI Terms of Service (no date shown), License to Your Content and Restrictions. Checked
- JoggAI: JoggAI stock avatars page, FAQ “Can I use a stock avatar for commercial videos?”, commercial use of stock avatars, no plan named. Checked
- Nextify.ai: Nextify.ai pricing, free card headed
Free Trial
; the page source holds the welcome message textCredits valid for 30 days
. Checked - Nextify.ai: Nextify.ai homepage FAQ, “Do generated videos have watermarks?”, watermarks and commercial rights by plan. Checked
- Nextify.ai: Nextify.ai Terms of Service (last revised 15 November 2025), sections 2.1, 4.2 and 6.2(P). Checked
- Wireflow: Wireflow pricing, free plan card and FAQ. Checked
- Wireflow: Wireflow Terms of Service (last updated 18 February 2026), sections 4 and 5. Checked
- Mirage: Captions pricing, iOS plans; free plan FAQ and comparison table. Checked
- Captions help centre: Understanding credits, free credits and Prompt to Video rate
based on average use
; modified 21 September 2026. Checked - Captions help centre: Prompt to Video, “Are videos I generate with Captions available for commercial use?”, modified 17 August 2026. Checked
- Mirage US LLC: Captions Terms and Conditions (effective 4 September 2025), sections 1.3, 2.1, 2.2 and 3.1(xiv). Checked
- Pippit: Pippit pricing, free plan card and the
Remove watermark
line on paid cards. Checked - TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC: CapCut Terms of Service, General Terms for United States users (last updated 15 April 2026), section 9, as linked from Pippit. Checked
- Bytedance Pte. Ltd.: CapCut Materials License Agreement (last updated 22 January 2026), materials in advertising and product endorsement. Checked
- Topview: Topview pricing. Checked
- TopView PTE. LTD.: Topview Terms of Service (last updated 9 September 2026), prohibited uses, free users and advertising. Checked
- D-ID: D-ID Studio pricing, trial allowance read from the page’s pricing script. Checked
- D-ID: D-ID Products Terms of Use (last updated July 2024), served at the Studio EULA address, sections 3.1, 4.2 and 20.2. Checked
- Synthesia: Synthesia pricing, Basic plan card and plan comparison: 10 minutes of video or dubbing, 3 survey responses and 500 credits a month, a Synthesia watermark, no downloads. Checked
- Synthesia: Synthesia Acceptable Use Policy (last updated 23 February 2024), stock avatars in paid social advertising. Checked
- Arcads help centre: Arcads refund policy, 3-day trial charged as Starter. Checked
- MakeUGC: MakeUGC pricing, start offer on the Start up, Growth and Pro cards, which the FAQ calls a trial; Pro renewal price. Checked
What changed on this page
- Wireflow’s Free card changed on 8 November 2026: 60 starter credits plus 10 a day for logging in while the balance is under 60 (was: up to 60 one-time credits). Its row and section follow.
- Wireflow’s pricing page changed on 19 October 2026: its Free plan now gives up to 60 one-time starter credits, with video models on paid plans (was: the first generation free, and an FAQ line saying generating needs a paid plan). Its row, section and Skip it if line follow.
- Updated for the 16 October 2026 price changes (Creatify’s new plan line-up): figures on this page follow.
- Updated for the 9 October 2026 price changes: MakeUGC renamed Start up to Starter and folded its API plans into every plan; Topview dropped its Basic plan, so Plus is now the entry plan. Plan names and figures on this page follow.
- Synthesia’s pricing page changed on 2 October 2026: Creator is renamed Pro, and every plan now includes 10 minutes of video or dubbing, 3 survey responses and 500 credits a month, with paid credits on top. Synthesia’s Basic row and section re-worded to that allowance (was: 1,200 credits for up to 10 minutes).
- Synthesia’s Skip it if line keeps the written-consent condition on stock avatars in paid social. The HeyGen section adds that its help centre gives 1 to 3 free videos by region.
- Corrected: an app-made Captions ad with a Mirage AI actor needs Mirage’s prior written consent (terms 1.3, 2.1 and 3.1(xiv)), as the AI UGC hub and legal guide say (was: unclear). Captions’ free plan stays unclear, since its help centre gives full rights.
- Corrected: JoggAI’s and Wireflow’s free plans read “Allowed with conditions”, as the rights matrix does (was: Allowed). Corrected: Synthesia’s Barred reading also rests on its Basic card, which lists no downloads (was: only D-ID’s pricing page showed a limit). Added: Creatify’s AI avatar page FAQ, which puts commercial usage rights in paid plans only, and JoggAI’s stock avatars page FAQ, which names no plan.
- Corrected: Pippit’s Skip it if line now cites section 9 of the CapCut terms for US users, read on 25 September 2026 (was: the US terms could not be read).
- Written: 11 AI UGC tools sorted by what their terms say about ads made on free plans and trials.