Elyum review
A multi-model AI studio that charges only for the video and image takes you keep.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Nov 2026
Elyum is a web-based AI creative studio that puts many third-party generation models behind one account and one credit balance. Its model page lists Veo 3.1, Kling 3, Seedance 2.5, Nano Banana Pro, FLUX 2, Grok Imagine and more than 50 others, including 30 video models, alongside image, audio and 3D models. Depending on the model, a video can start from a text prompt, a starting image or reference images and clips, with takes of up to 30 seconds and output up to 4K.
Its billing model is the main difference from similar platforms. Every render arrives as a watermarked preview with its price on hold. Keeping a take turns the hold into a charge and delivers the clean file with commercial use included; killing a take returns its credits. Each plan includes a monthly kill allowance: 2 kills on Plus, 10 on Pro and 25 on Ultra. Failed renders refund themselves without using a kill.
Paid plans are Plus at $9 a month with 900 credits, Pro at $29 with 3,500 credits and Ultra at $69 with 9,000 credits; yearly billing saves up to 17%. Plus includes every video and image model and API and MCP access, Pro adds unlimited images on everyday models and unlimited parallel renders on credits, and Ultra has the lowest price per credit. A free plan exists, but Elyum's pricing page says free-plan generation is paused for now because of supplier costs.
Elyum also offers reusable characters built from photos for ads and talking avatars, remakes of a clip from a reference, and an MCP connection that lets Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor run generations. Its terms require consent from any real person whose face or voice is uploaded and forbid deepfakes of real people. It suits creators and marketing teams who test several models per idea and want to pay only for the takes they use; teams that need one fixed model or a working free tier should compare the alternatives.
Elyum pros and cons
- Where it wins
- 30 video models plus image, audio and 3D models on one credit balance
- Killed takes return their credits within a monthly kill allowance
- API and MCP access on every paid plan
- Where it doesn't
- Free-plan generation is paused for now
- Plus includes only 2 kills a month
- Credit cost per take varies by model, resolution and length
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