Kira is an AI creative platform from Singapore-based Kira Art that generates images from text, edits photos through sketches and plain-language requests, and turns stills into short videos, with daily free credits and paid Basic, Pro and Max plans.
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Kira describes itself as an all-in-one AI creative platform for generating, editing and enhancing visuals. In one workspace it combines text-to-image generation, AI edits of uploaded photos, short video generation and a public feed where people post their results and follow other creators.
The service comes from Kira Art Pte. Ltd., a private limited company incorporated in Singapore. Which of its three model tiers you can use depends on your plan, and every result is paid for in credits, so plan choice shapes most practical decisions.
Kira works as an AI photo editor and a generator at the same time: you can start from a text prompt, an uploaded photo, a web image or a rough drawing, and keep refining the result in the same thread.
Sketch and the clarifying questions tackle the same weakness of text-only editing: a mark shows where a change belongs, and a multiple-choice question narrows vague requests before a result is generated.
Video Generation creates short clips from a text prompt or animates an existing image through natural-language instructions, and it is only available on the Pro and Max plans. Motion Control goes a step further: it takes a reference video and a still photo, extracts the movement from the clip, and applies it to the subject in the photo, so a portrait can perform a dance or a gesture copied from another video.
The Kira 1.0 model stack consists of Lite for fast generation and rapid iteration, Nova for balanced quality, and Ultra for maximum quality and creative fidelity. The company presents these as in-house multimodal models that power both image and video creation in one unified system. Its own benchmark write-up claims that Ultra performs competitively with leading video models such as Seedance 2.0 on motion fidelity; that comparison is vendor-reported rather than independently tested.
The Gallery is its public space for images created or edited with Kira. The 5.8 release added the option to follow creators whose work you like so their new posts stay in reach.
This is the most direct image to video route in Kira when the goal is a specific movement rather than a camera effect.
Kira's help center and homepage point to a mix of everyday content creation and playful personal edits:
The template and face-swap examples also carry the most obvious consent risk, which the Limitations section covers.
Kira is a weaker fit for anyone who needs files to stay on their own device or outputs that no other user can receive.
Kira uses a free tier plus three auto-renewing subscriptions. The billing page opens on the Billed Yearly view, where each plan shows two per-month figures; the page's embedded plan data labels the higher figure as the plan price and the lower one as the yearly price.
| Plan | Billed yearly (per month) | Listed plan price (per month) | Credits | Models and video |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | $8.99 | $9.99 | 1,000 per month or 12,000 per year | Kira Lite only |
| Pro | $16.99 | $19.99 | 2,000 per month or 24,000 per year | Lite and Nova, video generation |
| Max | $49.99 | $59.99 | 6,000 per month or 72,000 per year | Lite, Nova and Ultra, video generation |
Web fees are stated and charged in US dollars and exclude applicable taxes. Model access is strictly tiered: Kira Nova is available only on Pro and Max, and Kira Ultra only on Max.
Free users receive 15 credits per day that refresh daily and do not carry over, and every new account also gets a one-time allowance of 30 credits. The homepage additionally offers 50 credits per user for sharing Kira, with no stated limit.
The help pages do not agree on video pricing: the credits article gives a per-second rate, while the Billing FAQ says video generation costs 60 credits per video.
Subscription credits reset at each renewal, and unused subscription credits do not roll over unless Kira explicitly says otherwise. Add-on credits are used on top of plan credits and do not expire. They cannot be used without a subscription.
Upgrade rules also differ between pages. The plans article says a mid-period upgrade charges the full price of the new plan, adds its full credit allocation and resets the billing cycle. The Billing FAQ instead says you only pay the price difference for the remaining period and receive the credit difference right away.
Cancelling takes effect at the end of the current billing period, and paid features stay active until then. Except where required by law, fees are non-refundable, with no refunds for partial periods or unused credits. For web purchases, Kira may refund at its sole discretion in cases of clear billing error, double-charging or other exceptional circumstances. Kira cannot issue refunds for App Store or Google Play purchases, which go through Apple or Google.
Directory listings frame Kira in two ways, which is useful for choosing what to compare it with. One software directory still describes Kira.art as a web-based AI photo editor and visual design platform offered as an alternative to Photoshop and Illustrator. An AI tool directory files it under image editing, design generators and image generators.
People who mainly need precise manual retouching without cloud processing are better served by a local editor; people who want generated scenes, animated photos and a sharing feed are the audience Kira is built around.
Yes. Free accounts get 15 credits per day plus a one-time 30-credit sign-up allowance. Video generation and the Nova and Ultra models require a paid plan.
The Terms allow any lawful use of outputs, including commercial use, in accordance with your subscription tier, while the mobile App licence covers personal, non-commercial use of the service. Outputs are not exclusive, so another user may receive a similar result.
Kira states that it does not train AI models on your prompts, uploads or outputs. It also says it cannot guarantee that the third-party model providers it relies on will not use the data for their own model improvement.
Generally no: fees are non-refundable except where required by law, and unused credits or partial periods are not refunded. Web purchases may be refunded at Kira's discretion for clear billing errors or double charges; store purchases are handled by Apple or Google.
No. The current Terms ban sexually explicit, nude and other adult content in both private generations and public posts, and prompts and outputs pass through automated safety filters.
