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Grok Imagine — image-to-video and text-to-video

Animate a still or a text prompt into a short clip, and edit the source image in the same Imagine workspace.

  • Image-to-Video
  • Text-to-Video
  • Image Edit
  • Short Clips
Publisher
xAI
Type
AI Video Generator
Pricing
Free + Paid
Reviewed
25 September 2026
Official site

Quick verdict

Use when

  • Still image to a short clip
  • Text prompt to video
  • Edit the photo first
  • Same Grok account as chat

Skip when

  • Unlimited free video
  • Timeline editor with tracks
  • Long clips past the short cap

Grok Imagine vs common video generators

Grok Imagine next to two generators people use for still-to-clip work: plan gate, how a clip starts, length and resolution class, and where the upload is processed.

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Pricing

  • Grok ImagineThis page
    • Grok account
    • Video on paid tiers
  • Runway
    • Credit subscriptions
    • Pay-as-you-go
  • Kling AI
    • Free daily credits
    • Membership for higher limits
  1. Grok Imagine — official app
  2. Grok plans — official pricing
  3. Imagine API — image and video guide
  4. Runway — official site
  5. Kling AI — official site

Preview of Grok Imagine - not the live app. Confirm details on the official site.

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What is Grok Imagine?

Animate a still or a text prompt into a short clip, and edit the source image in the same Imagine workspace.

What it costs

Tier shape for the Imagine app and the separate API. Quotas move—use the plans page.
Free tier
Yes
Pricing summary
Imagine opens inside a Grok account at grok.com/imagine. Video generation sits on paid Grok tiers such as SuperGrok; a free account is not an unlimited video generator. The Imagine API is billed separately, per image and per second of video. Daily caps and which tier unlocks video change, so confirm them on the official plans page.

Reviewed on 25 September 2026 · Grok plans — official pricing

What Imagine generates

Jobs on the Imagine app and the documented Imagine API.

  • Image to video

    Upload a still, describe the motion, and the clip starts from that frame. On the API, image-to-video can omit the text and animate the picture alone.

  • Text to video

    A prompt with no source image produces a short clip. Docs note that text-to-video builds a first frame, then animates it, in one request.

  • Image editing before the clip

    The Imagine home includes photo edit, text edit, and background-change templates. The API edits a source image from a prompt, including multi-image edits.

  • Speed or quality

    The app offers a speed mode and a quality mode next to the prompt, plus an aspect-ratio control, before you switch between image and video.

How to use Grok Imagine

A short path on grok.com/imagine. Generation itself stays on that site.

  1. Open Imagine and sign in

    Go to grok.com/imagine. The prompt is the main control. Sign in with the Grok account that should own the generations.

  2. Pick image or video

    Image mode returns stills. Video mode is the image-to-video and text-to-video path. Upload a still when the clip should start from a photo you already have.

  3. Set speed, quality, and frame

    Choose speed or quality, then the aspect ratio, before you submit. Edit templates on the same page cover text, photo, and background changes when the still needs a pass first.

  4. Expect a short clip and a plan cap

    API docs allow video duration up to 15 seconds, with 1080p on the current Imagine video model for text-to-video and image-to-video. Consumer daily limits follow the Grok plan, not a published unlimited free pool.

Who Grok Imagine is for

Jobs that fit a short generated clip.

  • Designers animating a still

    Product shots, posters, and key art that need a few seconds of motion without a timeline edit.

  • Developers on the Imagine API

    Apps that generate or edit images, then poll a video request, using the documented image and video endpoints.

  • Marketers testing a shot

    One prompt or one upload to see if a scene moves, before a longer edit in another tool.

When Grok Imagine is the right pick

Choose Grok Imagine when the job is a short clip from a still or a sentence, and you already use a Grok account. Skip it when you need a free unlimited video tool, a multi-track editor, or a clip longer than the short generation cap.

Output and access notes

Stable limits from the Imagine API docs. Consumer quotas stay on the plans page.
Clip length and resolution
Video generation docs set duration up to 15 seconds. Text-to-video and image-to-video on grok-imagine-video-1.5 include 1080p. Reference-to-video is documented at a lower resolution cap.
Image edits
The image guide describes edits from a URL or uploaded image, including multi-image edits in one request.
Where files go
Prompts and uploads are processed in the cloud. The Imagine API docs say generated media goes through content-policy review.

Frequently Asked Questions

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