Lumen5 Pricing 2026, Lumen5 Cost per Month, Plans, and AI Voice Minutes

Lumen5 has four self-serve tiers in 2026: a Free plan with a branded outro and 720p export, Basic at 29 dollars a month (19 billed yearly), Starter at 79 dollars a month (59 billed yearly), and Pro at 199 dollars a month (149 billed yearly). Team is sold through sales on annual billing. Every paid plan makes unlimited videos, but AI voiceover is metered in minutes, and 1080p export starts on Starter.

Lumen5 is a browser tool that turns a blog post, a script, or a prompt into a slide-style video built from stock media, text on screen, and an optional AI voiceover. It has been a go-to for B2B marketing teams repurposing articles for LinkedIn since long before the current wave of AI video. The plan card looks simple, yet three limits decide what you actually pay: the export resolution, the monthly AI voice minutes, and the stock library each tier unlocks. The numbers below come from the plan data that powers the Lumen5 pricing page, checked in September 2026.

Lumen5 pricing plans in 2026

Basic and Starter are single-user plans. Pro is the first tier that lets you invite teammates into its workspaces, and Team adds formal collaboration and approvals. Yearly billing saves about a third on Basic (228 dollars against 348) and a quarter on Starter and Pro. On annual plans the voice minutes arrive as a yearly pool, so a heavy month does not stop you as long as the year total holds.

How much does Lumen5 cost per month?

Lumen5 costs 29 dollars a month for Basic, 79 for Starter, and 199 for Pro on monthly billing. Billed yearly, the same plans work out to 19, 59, and 149 dollars a month, charged up front as 228, 708, and 1,788 dollars. Team pricing is set with sales. The Free plan costs nothing but adds a Lumen5 outro and caps videos at 2 minutes and 720p.

The resolution line is the one to check first. Basic still exports 720p, which looks soft on a desktop monitor and on YouTube. If your videos go on your website, a LinkedIn company page, or YouTube, you need 1080p, and in Lumen5 that means Starter at 708 dollars a year. That single requirement moves the realistic entry price from 19 dollars a month to 59.

What the AI voice minutes really limit

Lumen5 advertises unlimited videos on every paid plan, and that is accurate for silent videos with music and text on screen. Narration is the metered part. Basic includes 20 AI voice minutes a month, Starter 60, and Pro 180. A typical one-minute social video uses about one voice minute, so here is roughly how far each plan goes when every video is narrated:

Regenerating a voiceover after an edit to the script uses minutes again, so leave some slack. If your audience watches with the sound off, as it largely does on LinkedIn, text-on-screen videos cost nothing extra and the unlimited claim holds.

Is Lumen5 free?

Lumen5 has a Free plan, but it is built for trying the editor rather than publishing. You get 5 videos a month, each up to 2 minutes, exported in 720p with a Lumen5 branded outro, and 2 minutes of AI voiceover. Removing the branding takes Basic at 29 dollars a month, or 19 billed yearly.

What does a year of Lumen5 cost compared with other options?

Here is the yearly bill for the most common Lumen5 setups, with the flat VidUp plans next to it. Read the last column, because the two tools produce different kinds of video.

For a marketer who needs narrated 1080p video, the gap is large: Lumen5 Starter at 708 dollars a year against VidUp Starter at 180. For a small team, inviting teammates in Lumen5 starts on Pro at 1,788 dollars a year, while VidUp Pro covers 2 to 3 seats at 852 dollars a year. Where Lumen5 wins is volume of silent videos: if you post ten text-on-screen clips a day, Basic at 228 dollars a year with unlimited videos is hard to beat.

Which Lumen5 plan should you buy?

Buy Basic if your videos are text-on-screen posts for LinkedIn or Instagram, 720p is acceptable, and you narrate only a handful a month.

Buy Starter if you need 1080p for your website or YouTube, want your logo and colors saved as a brand kit, and narrate up to about an hour of video a month.

Buy Pro if you manage several brands or clients, need Shutterstock editorial footage of real events and places, or translate videos every month.

Talk to sales about Team if several people need to share one workspace with review and approval steps, or your security team requires SSO.

When a flat text-to-video plan is the better buy

Most people pricing Lumen5 have written content and want it on video: blog posts, product pages, newsletters, announcements. Lumen5 turns those into scenes you then arrange, restyle, and time, and it charges more for the resolution and voice minutes a published video needs. That is fine when you enjoy fine-tuning slides and your videos are mostly silent.

If you want the finished file instead, VidUp takes a script, an article, or a product URL and returns a narrated video with burned-in captions, licensed stock footage matched to each line, and music, in 1080p, in 9:16, 1:1, and 16:9 from one render. Starter is 19 dollars a month (15 billed yearly) for about 15 to 20 videos, Growth is 39 (31 billed yearly) for about 50 with a brand kit, and Pro is 89 (71 billed yearly) with 4K, multiple brand kits, and 2 to 3 seats. There are no credits and no separate voice meter. VidUp does not accept your own media uploads, has no avatars or voice cloning, and has no slide editor, so if you need any of those, Lumen5 is the better fit.

Whichever tool you pick, judge it on results rather than output. Tag each video link with UTM parameters and track social video traffic next to your paid channels in one marketing dashboard, so the renewal decision rests on clicks and leads instead of video count.

If you are weighing a switch, the Lumen5 alternatives page lists who should switch and who should stay, and VidUp vs Lumen5 compares the two feature by feature. To turn existing articles into video, see blog to video. Similar breakdowns for other tools are in Pictory pricing and Synthesia pricing, category-wide numbers are in how much AI video generators cost, and the full VidUp plans are on the pricing page.

Frequently asked questions about Lumen5 pricing

Is Lumen5 worth the money?

Lumen5 is worth it for marketing teams that publish many short, mostly silent text-on-screen videos from blog posts, because every paid plan makes unlimited videos. It is less worth it when every video needs narration and 1080p, since that combination starts at Starter for 708 dollars a year and voice minutes run out.

Does Lumen5 have a free trial?

Lumen5 offers a Free plan rather than a timed trial of a paid tier. It allows 5 videos a month, up to 2 minutes each, in 720p with a Lumen5 outro and 2 AI voice minutes. That is enough to test the workflow, but published marketing videos need at least Basic.

What is the difference between Lumen5 Basic and Starter?

Starter adds 1080p export, a 50M+ premium stock library, a saved brand kit, and three times the AI voice minutes (60 a month against 20). Billed yearly, Starter costs 59 dollars a month against 19 for Basic, so the jump pays mainly for resolution and stock footage.

Does Lumen5 export in 1080p?

Yes, on Starter, Pro, and Team. The Free and Basic plans export in 720p. If your videos go on YouTube, your website, or anywhere viewers watch on a large screen, plan on Starter or higher, or pick a tool that includes 1080p at its entry price.

How many users does a Lumen5 plan include?

Basic and Starter are built for one user. Pro is the first self-serve plan that lets you invite teammates, and it adds multiple workspaces for separate brands. Team, sold through sales on annual billing, adds a shared branded template, review and approval steps, and SSO.