Yes. A new account starts with $2 of credit and needs no card. After that you add credit from $5 and pay for each run, with no plan.

Can I use Ray3.2 on Leap?

Only to reframe a clip: Luma Ray 3.2 Reframe widens or reshapes a video of up to 10 seconds. Ray's text and image to video run on Luma.

Does credit expire on Leap?

Credit you pay for doesn't expire while Leap is offered. On Luma, plan credits expire at the end of each billing cycle.

What happens if a run fails?

It costs nothing. Only a run that succeeds is charged.

Can I use Leap from my own app or an AI agent?

Yes. The API and the MCP server spend the same balance as the studio, at the same prices.

Leap vs Luma Dream MachineA Luma Dream Machine alternative, compared

Leap is one studio for Veo 3.1, Kling 3.0, Seedance 2.5, Wan, Hailuo and the other top video models, with Nano Banana Pro and GPT Image 2 for stills and Luma's Ray 3.2 for reframing a clip. You pay for each run in dollars, with no plan, and credit you pay for doesn't expire.

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How Leap and Luma Dream Machine compare

What you pay, what happens to credit you don't use, and what you get for it, from each one's own pages.

Topic	Leap	Luma Dream Machine
How you pay	Leap: Per run, from a balance in dollars. No plan to pick.	Luma Dream Machine: A plan: Plus $30, Pro $90 or Ultra $300 a month for 10,000, 40,000 or 150,000 credits, or ten months' price billed yearly.
Unused credit	Leap: Credit you pay for doesn't expire.	Luma Dream Machine: Plan credits expire at the end of each billing cycle.
A run that fails	Leap: Costs nothing. Only a run that succeeds is charged.	Luma Dream Machine: Its credits come back automatically.
Models	Leap: Veo, Kling, Seedance, Wan, Hailuo, Grok Imagine, Nano Banana, GPT Image, FLUX and more, plus Ray 3.2 Reframe.	Luma Dream Machine: Luma's own Ray3.2, Ray3.14 and Uni-1, plus Seedance, Kling, Veo 3.1, MiniMax H3, FLUX 3, GPT Image, Nano Banana and Seedream.
API and agents	Leap: An API and an MCP server that spend the same balance, at the same prices as the studio.	Luma Dream Machine: A separate API, priced in dollars per clip on its own page.

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Where they differ

On Leap, not on Luma Dream Machine

Pay as you go with no plan: top up from $5 whenever you want more.
Credit you pay for doesn't expire, and nothing runs out at the end of a billing cycle.
The API and the MCP server spend the studio's balance.

On Luma Dream Machine, not on Leap

Luma's own Ray3.2 and Ray3.14 video models and the Uni-1 image model. Leap runs only Ray 3.2's reframe.
HDR and EXR output from Ray3.2.
Luma Agents, with more agent use on the higher plans.
Team plans with shared credits and SSO.

Made on Leap

Real runs, as they came back, each with the model or recipe that made it. Where a price shows, it is about what the runs behind the piece were charged, first frame included.

Forest libraryVeo 3.1 Lite, $0.33
Paper lanternsH3 Max Turbo
Chrome ribbonVeo 3.1 Lite, $0.22
Mirror ballWan 2.6
Paper flowerSeedance 1.5 Pro, $0.14
Running with the herdKling 2.5 Turbo Pro
UnderpassH3 Max
MargheritaKling O3 Pro, $0.81

Switching

Moving from Luma Dream Machine

Where the same job lives on Leap, from a one-photo recipe to the same model.

Reframe: Luma Ray 3.2 ReframeReframes a video of up to 10 seconds to a new aspect ratio and paints in what the wider frame shows, from a prompt. Billed by the length of the video.
Video-to-Video: RestyleThe same clip, every frame redrawn: claymation, anime, felt puppets or living marble.
Kling 3.0: Kling 3.0Cinematic motion and strong physics, from text or a first frame.
Veo 3.1: Veo 3.1Google's highest-quality video model, with sound.

What it costs

What a run costs on Leap

A new account comes with $2 of credit and no card. The table shows each model's cheapest run and about how many the credit covers. After that you add credit and pay per run, and a run that fails costs nothing.

Model	From	What $2 makes
Veo 3.1	$0.88for 4 s	About 2 clips
Kling 3.0	$0.92for 5 s	About 2 clips
Seedance 2.5	$0.60for 5 s with sound	About 3 clips
Wan 3.0	$0.28for 5 s with sound	About 7 clips
MiniMax H3	$0.86for 6 s	About 2 clips
Veo 3.1 Fast	$0.44for 4 s	About 4 clips

Each price is one run at the model's lowest-priced settings, from the live catalog. Larger sizes, longer clips and sound cost more, and the studio shows the exact price before every run. How pricing works.

Questions

Questions people ask

Is Leap free to try?: Yes. A new account starts with $2 of credit and needs no card. After that you add credit from $5 and pay for each run, with no plan.
Can I use Ray3.2 on Leap?: Only to reframe a clip: Luma Ray 3.2 Reframe widens or reshapes a video of up to 10 seconds. Ray's text and image to video run on Luma.
Does credit expire on Leap?: Credit you pay for doesn't expire while Leap is offered. On Luma, plan credits expire at the end of each billing cycle.
What happens if a run fails?: It costs nothing. Only a run that succeeds is charged.
Can I use Leap from my own app or an AI agent?: Yes. The API and the MCP server spend the same balance as the studio, at the same prices.

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