BRING YOUR OWN CREDITS

Bureau is free to use.

You bring your own kie.ai credits for video generation. Bureau does the research, scripting, voiceover, stock, subtitles, and export — all included. No subscriptions, no markup, vendor pricing direct.

Bureau (this app)

Free

The production pipeline — Bureau handles everything except the AI video generation itself.

  • Research with sources
  • Script generation (Claude)
  • Voiceover (ElevenLabs)
  • Stock footage (Pexels)
  • Subtitle rendering
  • Premiere / Resolve / FCP export
  • YouTube metadata + chapters
  • Thumbnail concepts (Gemini)
  • AI character library

kie.ai credits

Pay vendor

Veo3 / Seedance video generation runs through kie.ai. Buy credits there at vendor pricing — Bureau takes no margin.

  • Credits never expire
  • Auto-sync to Bureau workspace
  • Failed generations refunded automatically
  • 1 credit ≈ $1 of generation spend
See kie.ai pricing

What does a credit buy you?

Pick your tier per project. Cost scales with scenes.

TierPer clip20 scenes40 scenes
Budget
Fast turnaround. Good for testing, shorts, B-roll-heavy edits.
0.05 cr1.00 cr2.00 cr
Mid
Standard documentary quality. The default for most projects.
0.2 cr4.00 cr8.00 cr
Full
Premium quality for hero scenes and final cuts.
0.75 cr15.00 cr30.00 cr
Voiceover (ElevenLabs) is 1 credit per project — flat.
Stock footage and research drafts are included — no per-search charge.
Failed generations are auto-refunded — you never pay for a broken clip.

Common questions

How do I actually pay?+

You buy credits directly on kie.ai once, using their checkout. Bureau reads your balance and uses credits as you generate scenes. Nothing flows through Bureau's billing system.

Why this model instead of subscriptions?+

Bureau takes no margin on AI generation. You pay vendor pricing direct — same as if you used Veo3 through any other tool. Bureau's value is the pipeline (research, script, assembly, export), which is free during early access.

Do credits expire?+

No. kie.ai credits never expire — buy what you need, use them whenever.

What about voiceover, stock, subtitles?+

All included free during early access. Bureau pays the vendor costs (ElevenLabs, Pexels, Anthropic) on your behalf for now. This may change at general launch.

What happens if a generation fails?+

Refunded automatically. Bureau watches for upstream failures from kie.ai and credits back the cost of any clip that didn't deliver.

Will Bureau itself ever cost money?+

Probably yes at general launch — likely a flat monthly fee or one-time founder rate. Early access members will be grandfathered. Generation costs (kie.ai) will always pass through at vendor pricing regardless.

Start your first project

Free to sign up. Top up kie.ai credits when you generate.