EN If you want a Veo 3 alternative mainly because you do not want another monthly subscription, the useful difference here is the billing model. This is a Telegram bot that generates video and charges per second of finished clip, so a quiet month costs nothing and a busy one costs exactly what you rendered.
The arithmetic is the feature
One rate per model and resolution, multiplied by the length you picked. Nothing else moves it: sound is inside the rate where a model has it, and attaching reference photos is free. That means you can work out the price of a clip before you generate it, which is a surprisingly rare thing in this category.
The entry model is two credits a second at 480p, so a six second draft is 12 credits. The quality tier is 88 a second at 1080p. Both are visible before you commit, and the arithmetic is the same in each case. Open the bot and the price appears on the draft as you build it.
Where a subscription still wins
If you render every day, a flat monthly fee will almost always beat metered pricing, and it is worth saying so. Per-second billing suits people who make video occasionally, in bursts, and who resent paying for the months in between. If that is not you, a subscription is the cheaper shape.
What you give up
A specific named model. This catalogue is its own, chosen for range rather than to match one product, from a cheap draft tier to a quality tier that holds motion well. If a workflow depends on one exact model’s behaviour, no alternative will replace it.