AI shorts pricing compared: plans, tokens and Moments

All the plans, side by side

Every platform on this board lets you start free. This table is for the moment after the second leg, when you want the rest. All figures are in US dollars and were checked in the weeks before publication. They can change.

Candy AI: Premium plus tokens

On the Candy side, later episodes are unlocked with tokens. Each series page shows the per-episode token cost and the cost of the full series, and Candy AI sometimes shows a reduced price on a full run. We never quote a figure for the reduction.

Premium comes in three shapes, and the sums are straightforward. Twelve months at 3.99 USD a month comes to 47.88 USD over the year, three months at 8.99 USD a month to 26.97 USD, and two months on the one-month plan to 23.98 USD. Every plan includes 100 tokens a month.

What does finishing a series cost? On the Candy series we cover, each locked episode is 12 tokens: a five-episode series needs 36 tokens for episodes 3 to 5, inside the 100 tokens Premium includes each month. The 30-episode Yes Ma'am is 336 tokens, more than three months of included tokens. See the Candy AI shorts hub for the series.

Dreamy Shorts: one gate at episode 3

Dreamy Shorts is the simplest to read. Episode 1 is free with no account, episode 2 is free after a free sign-up, and episode 3 onward is in Premium. At 19.99 USD a month, the yearly price of 119.88 USD works out at 9.99 USD a month, half the monthly price. Twelve monthly payments of 19.99 USD would come to 239.88 USD, which is double.

A six-episode series such as Full English leaves four episodes behind the gate. A monthly plan covers all of them and anything else you watch that month. The deluxe yearly plan at 359.88 USD adds OurDream coins that the series do not need. According to OurDream you can cancel, and the platform shows its price again before you pay. More on the Dreamy Shorts board.

Secrets AI: Premium, Ultimate and Moments

On the Secrets side, episodes are unlocked one by one with Moments, 500 per later episode on our series, and spending Moments needs Premium or Ultimate. The Free plan cannot buy them.

Take a six-episode series: after the free two, 4 locked episodes at 500 each is 4 x 500 = 2,000 Moments. A five-episode series needs 3 x 500 = 1,500 Moments. Premium includes 8,000 Moments a month, which is 16 x 500, so sixteen locked episodes. Ultimate includes 15,000, which is 30 x 500, so thirty. The statement shows a neutral company name, S LABS INC, and you can cancel any time from the account. Details are on the Secrets AI shorts hub.

What this board does not include

We only list prices that apply to the series on our hub. On Secrets AI, chat is part of Premium. For Dreamy Shorts, OurDream does not show payment methods before sign-up, so we do not list any. On Secrets, cards (no Amex), virtual debit cards and crypto from 20 USD are accepted. We do not invent discounts, countdowns or bundles.

If you are comparing AI shorts pricing for one series only, the series page is the fastest check: it gives the episode count, what is free and what the back half costs. This board is for choosing a league, and the series pages are for choosing a story.

Which one for which viewer

If you want to try one series and move on, the cheapest route is the one that matches the series: Dreamy for a quick six-episode run, Secrets if one flame-rated story hooks you, Candy for a series you can unlock with tokens.

If you plan to binge, compare the yearly figures: 3.99 USD a month billed yearly on Candy AI, 9.99 USD a month on the Dreamy yearly plan, 9.17 USD a month on Secrets Premium yearly. They buy different things, so read them as a ticket to a league, not as a ranking. The free board shows what you can watch before paying, and the billing and privacy guide explains cancelling and statements.

Our call: watch every opener first, pay for the one series you cannot stop thinking about, and stop there.

More from the hub

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