A free AI video generator that pays you back in credits

The short answer

Your first short on StreamingWars is free, up to 30 seconds, once you confirm your email. After that, shorts cost credits, and you can earn them without paying: every vote is worth 0.25 credits, and watching both shorts before you vote adds another 0.25, up to 40 credits a day. Watching and voting are always free.

Make a short Go vote

Lengths: 0:15 to 2:00
Shape: 9:16 with sound
First short: Free up to 30 s
Cost: 50 credits / 15 s
Every vote earns: 0.25 credits
Watch both, then vote: +0.25 credits

What free means here

Your first short is free, up to 30 seconds. No card needed, just a confirmed email.
Watching shorts and voting on them is free, signed in or not.
Signed-in votes earn credits once your email is confirmed. Those credits pay for more shorts.
There is no trial clock. Earned credits sit in your balance until you spend them.

Credits only buy shorts. There's no cash out, which is what keeps the arena about the shorts and not about farming.

How to earn credits by voting

01
Sign in and confirm your email
Confirmed accounts earn. It stops people from spinning up throwaway accounts to farm votes.
02
Open the arena
Two shorts play side by side. Vote for the one you like more. You can vote straight away.
03
Collect your quarters
Each vote is worth 0.25 credits. Watch both shorts at least 80% of the way through before you vote and you get another 0.25.
04
Watch them add up
Quarters bank on your account and turn into whole credits as you go. You can earn up to 40 credits a day.

How far free credits go

Short length	Credits	Quick votes	Watched votes
15 seconds	50	200	100
30 seconds	100	400	200
60 seconds	200	800	400

A watched vote is one where you watched both shorts first, so it's worth 0.5 credits instead of 0.25. At the daily limit of 40 credits, a regular voter can afford a 15-second short every couple of days without paying anything.

When paying makes sense

If you want to make longer shorts or make them often, credits are cheaper in bulk. Top-up packs can be bought any time, and monthly plans add credits to your balance every paid month. Both are on the credits page. Payments are handled by Lemon Squeezy, which takes care of tax for your country.