Krea vs Elyumfor Seedance 2.5
Elyum charges only the Seedance 2.5 takes you keep; Krea spends unpublished compute units on every clip.
30 seconds, native audio, and a large reference stack. That is the Seedance 2.5 job. ByteDance built it for photographic motion: skin, materials, and camera moves that read as filmed. It writes dialogue and room tone with the picture, so you skip a second audio model unless you want one. On Elyum it does text-to-video, image-to-video, reference-to-video, and clip edits from 4 to 30 seconds. Drop a clip in and restage or extend instead of prompting from zero.
The model is the same vendor weights. The platforms are not. Krea lists 30-second clips, up to 1080p, native audio, and up to 50 multimodal references, with cost bundled into plan compute units and not published per clip. Elyum also tops out at 30 seconds and 1080p, but a keep is priced in credits on the Seedance 2.5 page, and a preview is free. Krea sells Basic at $9/mo with selected video models and Pro at $35/mo with all video models; it does not say which of those two includes Seedance 2.5. Elyum lists the model on pricing from Free (up to 150 credits once (our algorithm may grant them)) up, and we charge only when you keep.
Krea still wins if you want Nodes, an iOS app, team seats, or 50 references instead of Elyum's 30. Elyum does not ship a timeline editor, stock footage, avatars, a mobile app, team seats, or a community feed. If those are the job, stay on Krea. If the job is iterating Seedance 2.5 until a take is keepable, start from the Krea alternative page.
Seedance 2.5 on Krea
Krea lists Seedance 2.5 as available now on Krea's Seedance 2.5 page: 30-second clips, up to 1080p, native audio, up to 50 multimodal references. Per-clip compute cost is not published. Krea's pricing page shows Free at 100 compute units per day (limited video, no commercial license, no card), Basic at $9/mo for 5,000 units and selected video models, and Pro at $35/mo for 20,000 units and all video models. Which paid tier includes Seedance 2.5 is not stated.
A bad or failed Seedance 2.5 clip has no published credit-back on Krea. Official refunds docs cover subscription cancellation only when workspace usage is below 650 compute units and under 20 generations that month, processed in 5 to 10 business days. Monthly plan units do not roll over. One-time compute packs expire after 90 days. Paid plans include a commercial license. Watermark policy for Seedance 2.5 is not stated on krea.ai. Trustpilot reviewers describe cancellation as difficult and support as an AI bot.
Seedance 2.5 on Elyum
On Elyum, Seedance 2.5 does text-to-video, image-to-video, reference-to-video, and clip edits, 4 to 30 seconds, at 480p, 720p, or 1080p. A 5-second keep is 40 credits ($0.40) at 480p, 95 credits ($0.95) at 720p, and 130 credits ($1.30) at 1080p. Fifteen seconds is 120 credits ($1.20), 285 credits ($2.85), and 390 credits ($3.90). Per-second rates are 8, 19, and 26.
Every render comes back as a free preview. You judge it, then KEEP (credits move only then) or KILL for a full automatic refund. A failed generation is never charged. Free allows one kill a month; Plus ($9/mo), Pro ($29/mo), and Ultra ($69/mo) kill freely. 1 credit equals $0.01. Kept takes download full quality, no watermark, commercial use included. Same balance from the web studio or via the MCP docs and REST API docs.
What a Seedance 2.5 take costs
| Scenario | Krea | Elyum |
|---|---|---|
| One 5s take you keep (480p) | Not published; bundled into plan compute units | 40 credits ($0.40) |
| Ten takes, keep two (480p, 5s) | Not published; units spend per render, no published kill refund | 2 × 40 credits = 80 credits ($0.80) |
| A failed generation | No published credit-back for failed or bad clips | Never charged |
| Monthly plan needed to access the model | Available now. Basic $9/mo (selected video) or Pro $35/mo (all video); which tier includes Seedance 2.5 is not stated | Free plan, up to 150 credits once (our algorithm may grant them), no card |
| Watermark on the file | Not published on krea.ai | None on kept takes |
| Commercial license | Included on paid plans (Basic and up); not on Free | Included on kept takes |
Elyum: 1 credit = $0.01, charged only when you keep a take. Krea figures from its own pricing pages and independent reviews, verified 2026-09-07; sources at the end. Full rate card on the Seedance 2.5 page.
Where the two differ
Elyum is 1 credit = $0.01 with per-second Seedance 2.5 rates. Krea uses compute units (about 0.18 cents each on Basic, $9 / 5,000). Seedance 2.5 per-clip units are not published. Basic quotes about 20 Seedance 2.0 videos per 5,000 units, which is a different model.
On Elyum a kill is a full refund (one Free-plan kill per month; paid plans kill freely). Failed generations are never charged. Krea has no published credit-back for a bad or failed clip. Subscription refunds need under 650 units and under 20 generations that month.
Both run Seedance 2.5 up to 30 seconds and 1080p with native audio. Krea allows up to 50 multimodal references. Elyum documents up to 30. If you need the extra reference slots, Krea is the wider box.
Krea ships Nodes, App Builder, a public API, and an iOS app. Elyum has no timeline editor, stock, avatars, mobile app, team seats, or community feed. Elyum's MCP and REST sit on the same credit balance. Krea API docs list fixed USD prices for some image models; Seedance 2.5 API pricing was not enumerated.
Krea paid plans include a commercial license; Free does not. Monthly Krea units do not roll over; one-time compute packs expire in 90 days. Elyum kept takes include commercial use and no watermark. Free Elyum kills are capped at one per month.
Krea is 60+ models plus real-time canvas. Elyum is 50+ models in one studio. For the prior Seedance cut on the same two tools, see Krea vs Elyum for Seedance 2.
Pick Krea when
- Up to 50 multimodal references on one Seedance 2.5 shot, versus 30 on Elyum.
- Krea Nodes, App Builder, and an iOS app if the rest of the pipeline already lives there.
- A 60+ model catalog with 3D, LoRA training, and up to 22K Topaz upscaling around the clip.
- Up to 50 Business seats and pooled compute if several people share one Seedance 2.5 queue.
Pick Elyum when
- Free preview; credits move only when you KEEP. A kill is a full refund.
- Published keep prices such as 40 credits ($0.40) for 5 seconds at 480p.
- Failed generations are never charged. Free is up to 150 credits once (our algorithm may grant them), no card.
- Web studio plus MCP and REST from Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor.
Seedance 2.5 in three styles, rendered on Elyum
Getting the most out of Seedance 2.5
- Write the soundtrack. Put spoken lines in 'quotes', then name room tone, footsteps, and score. Seedance 2.5 generates audio with the picture; a mute prompt still invents a bed you may have to kill.
- Split camera and blocking into two clauses. 'Locked 50mm, slow dolly in.' Then the action. If you fuse them, the camera often steals the beat.
- Label each reference: face, wardrobe, product, grade. Two faces in one slot is how identity slips after ten seconds, even with 30 (or Krea's 50) slots.
- Prefer 5 to 8 seconds for new blocking, then restage with a clip edit. A 30-second first pass with three story beats is where materials and hands usually break.
- Call the frame: 16:9 with a horizon, or 9:16 with headroom. On an edit pass, lock what must not change (lens, wardrobe, product label) in one sentence.
- Skip vague grade talk. Give a key-light direction and a lens. The model is already tuned for filmed skin and materials, not a filter look.
Frequently asked questions
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Which Krea plan includes Seedance 2.5?
- Krea Pricing | AI Creative Tools for Everyone (accessed 2026-09-07)
- Krea Model Library (accessed 2026-09-07)
- Seedance 2.5 AI Video Generator | Krea (accessed 2026-09-07)
- Nano Banana 2 API reference | Krea Docs (accessed 2026-09-07)
- Refunds and Billing | Krea Docs (accessed 2026-09-07)
- Krea Reviews | Trustpilot (accessed 2026-09-07)
- Krea AI Review (2026): Real-Time Canvas, Free-Tier License Trap & Pricing (accessed 2026-09-07)
- Krea AI Pricing 2026: Free, $9 Basic, $35 Pro, $70 Max (accessed 2026-09-07)
- KREA API - AI Image Generation, Upscaling & Video API (accessed 2026-09-07)
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Seedance 2.5 is a AI video generator you can preview free on Elyum. Keep the takes you love, kill the rest for a full refund.