Venice AI
Venice AI in 2026 offers private, uncensored chat, image, video, and code generation across 230+ models, free tier included, Pro starts at $18/month.
About Venice AI
What is Venice AI (2026 update)
Venice AI is a private, uncensored AI chatbot and generation platform in the Chatbot & Virtual Assistant category that lets you generate text, images, code, and AI characters while emphasizing that conversations are not stored or used for training on paid tiers. It gives access to more than 230 underlying models rather than building its own foundation model from scratch.
What is new in 2026
In April 2026 Venice restructured its pricing into four tiers, Free, Pro, Pro Plus, and Max, replacing its earlier plan structure. The bigger product changes came through the year’s feature releases: AI Agent Skills let agents chain together text generation, image creation, code execution, and web search inside a single conversation without storing intermediate data on Venice’s servers, and a new Agentic Chat (Chat V2) mode adds multi-step, tool-using conversations. Venice also added live web search with a choice between Brave and Google as the provider, and launched Venice Video Studio, a dedicated workspace with multi-model video generation for side-by-side comparison plus a full timeline-based video editor with multi-track editing, text overlays, filters, and transitions. On privacy, every model now displays its privacy mode, including models that run inside Trusted Execution Environments and end-to-end encrypted models that Venice itself cannot read.
Key features
- Access to 230+ underlying AI models for text, image, video, and code from one account
- Agentic Chat (Chat V2), a multi-step agent mode with tool access
- AI Agent Skills for chaining generation, code execution, and web search in one workflow
- Venice Video Studio with multi-model video generation and a full timeline video editor
- Live web search inside chat, switchable between Brave and Google
- Per-model privacy modes, including Trusted Execution Environment and end-to-end encrypted models
- Custom AI character creation and image enhancement tools (upscaling, background removal, variants)
Pricing in 2026
Venice uses a credit system on paid tiers, where 100 credits equal $1, alongside a free plan with fixed daily prompt limits. Annual billing saves about 10% versus paying monthly on every paid tier.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/month | Base AI models, 10 text prompts/day, 15 image prompts/day, API access |
| Pro | $18/month | 100 credits/month, unlimited text prompts, 1,000 images/day, video/music/frontier model access via credits, image enhancement tools, custom characters, extended context windows |
| Pro Plus | $68/month | 7,500 credits/month, everything in Pro, higher image generation limits, 2-month credit rollover |
| Max | $200/month | 22,500 credits/month, everything in Pro Plus, highest image generation limits, 3-month credit rollover |
Who should use it
Venice fits users who specifically want a private, less-restricted AI platform with encrypted or TEE-based privacy modes, and who want one subscription covering chat, image, video, and code generation across many models instead of picking a single provider. The Pro tier suits regular chat and image users, while Pro Plus and Max target heavier video and frontier-model usage.
Limitations and alternatives
Because premium features like video, music, and frontier models draw from a shared credit pool, heavy multi-model use can burn through even the Pro Plus or Max allowance faster than expected, and the free plan’s 10 text and 15 image prompts per day only cover light testing. Venice’s emphasis on uncensored output also means it is not built for enterprises needing strict content moderation. Real alternatives include Unlucid AI for a pay-as-you-go uncensored image and video tool, Perplexity for a search-integrated chatbot with stronger citation features, and ChatGPT Plus for a more mainstream, heavily moderated alternative.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Venice AI cost in 2026?
Venice offers a free plan plus three paid tiers: Pro at $18/month with 100 credits, Pro Plus at $68/month with 7,500 credits, and Max at $200/month with 22,500 credits. Annual billing saves about 10% on paid tiers.
What changed in Venice AI's pricing in 2026?
In April 2026 Venice moved to a four-tier structure (Free, Pro, Pro Plus, Max) built around a shared credit system, where 100 credits equal $1, replacing its earlier plan setup.
Is Venice AI private and uncensored?
Yes, Venice markets itself around privacy and reduced content restrictions. In 2026 it added per-model privacy modes, including models that run in Trusted Execution Environments and end-to-end encrypted models that Venice cannot read.
Does Venice AI generate video?
Yes, Venice launched Venice Video Studio in 2026, a workspace with multi-model video generation for side-by-side comparison and a full timeline-based video editor with multi-track editing and transitions.
Information last verified: September 2026.
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