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VideoMagic Hour AI, Inc.

Magic Hour

AI video generator and creative suite with a developer API.

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VideoImage
Pricing
FREEMIUM
Source
Proprietary
Hosting
Cloud
Platforms
WebAPI
Models
Multi-model
Verified
Jun 19, 2026

Magic Hour is an AI creative platform for video, image and audio generation aimed at creators, marketers and developers. It bundles 100+ tools — text-to-video, image-to-video, face swap, lip sync, talking photo, image generation and upscaling, plus voice cloning and music generation — behind one shared credit balance. Beyond the browser app it exposes a REST API with official Python, Node.js, Go and Rust SDKs.

Pros & cons

  • 100+ tools under one subscription
  • Free tier, no credit card to start
  • REST API with Python/Node/Go/Rust SDKs
  • Browser-based, no downloads
  • Y Combinator–backed
  • Breadth over best-in-class depth per tool
  • Credit-based usage can add up at volume
  • Quality varies across the many tools

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