Two different machines
Freebeat is an AI video generator tuned for music. Give it a track and a prompt and a model such as Seedance or Veo produces footage: a singer mouthing the words, a dancer, a story in scenes, or an abstract visualizer. The output is generated video, and each second of it costs model time, which is why the product is sold in credits.
Groovalizer is an audio-reactive engine. It runs projectM, the open-source successor to Winamp’s MilkDrop, in your browser, with 2,100+ presets written as equations. The music moves the geometry directly, every frame, and your machine does the drawing. There is no model time to buy.
That difference in how the picture gets made is the whole reason the prices look the way they do.
What the credits add up to
Freebeat’s pricing page in September 2026 lists four plans: $6.99 a week for 1,990 credits, $34.99 a month for 10,000, $49.99 a month for 19,000 and $249 a month for 95,000, with credit packs from $7.99 on top. The two cheaper plans cap video at 720p; 1080p begins at $49.99 a month. Watermark removal appears as a paid feature on every plan. A 30% promotion was showing against those list prices when they were read.
Groovalizer sells clean videos one at a time, $4.99 each up to 1080p, and has two flat monthly plans. Pro is $14.99 a month for 8 videos a month up to 1080p, each up to 15 minutes. Unlimited is $29.99 a month for every video you want, up to 4K, with nothing counted. Neither adds a watermark. The free tier plays every preset in the browser and downloads videos at 720p with a watermark.
If you release one video a month, the weekly plan on Freebeat is cheap. If you release every week, or iterate, the arithmetic turns around fast.
Groovalizer vs Freebeat at a glance
| Groovalizer | Freebeat |
|---|
| Pricing model | $4.99 a video, or two plans at $14.99 or $29.99/mo, no credits | Credits: $6.99/wk to $249/mo, plus credit packs |
| Cheapest 1080p | One bought video, $4.99 · Pro, $14.99/mo | Ultimate, $49.99/mo (720p below that) |
| Watermark | On free 720p videos only; none on bought videos or Pro | Removal is a paid feature on every tier |
| Video count | 8 a month on Pro; no count on Unlimited | Bounded by credits |
| What makes the picture | 2,100+ audio-reactive presets | AI video models (Seedance, Veo, PixVerse and others) |
| People on screen | No | Yes: lip-sync, dance, story scenes |
| Aspect ratios | 16:9 · 9:16 · 1:1 · 4:5 | 16:9 · 9:16 · 1:1 |
| Rendering | Your browser, audio stays local | Cloud |
| Live / projector mode | Yes | No |
Freebeat facts from freebeat.ai/pricing, September 2026, list prices before its promotion. Groovalizer limits come from the plan table the app enforces.
Where Freebeat wins
If the video needs a face, a body or a place, Groovalizer cannot make it. A lip-synced performance, a dance clip, a narrative in scenes: those are generated footage, and Freebeat’s models produce them. Its abstract visualizer mode overlaps with what Groovalizer does, and that is the only mode where the comparison is head to head.
Freebeat also renders in the cloud, so a slow laptop does not slow the job. Groovalizer renders on your hardware, and a long video takes as long as your machine takes.
Which one to open
Open Freebeat when you want generated footage with people in it and you are happy to buy it by the credit. Open Groovalizer when you want the music to draw the picture, want to try looks without spending credits, want a 1080p video for $4.99, or 8 a month for $14.99, rather than $49.99, or need the track to stay on your machine.
Previewing Groovalizer needs no account and no credits, and a free account downloads the video at 720p. Try the look on your own track, then decide.