Cineocean
Cineocean is a browser-based AI studio that turns text or images into video, stills, copy, music and voice. It resells the Veo 3, Luma Ray2 and MiniMax engines through one credit balance, with a permanent free tier.
What is Cineocean?
Cineocean is a browser-based generation studio that gathers video, image, text, music and voice under a single account and a single credit balance. Its own framing, printed on the homepage, is your AI movie studio, built for filmmakers, brands and creators.
The distinctive part is what sits underneath. Cineocean does not train models: it resells access to third-party engines through their public APIs, and says so plainly in clause 4.2 of its terms. Three video engines are offered under house names. Flow is MiniMax Hailuo 02, presented as the affordable, versatile option with good image consistency. Voyage is Luma Dream Machine Ray2, which lets you fix the first and last frame for smooth storytelling. MovieCore is Google Veo 3, the premium tier that returns voice, music and sound effects along with the picture. Chat runs on OpenAI, images and upscaling on Leonardo.Ai, and Veo 3 is reached through Replicate. The publisher states it neither hosts nor owns these models and is not affiliated with their makers.
Everything is priced in credits, and the rates are published model by model: 100 credits for a chat reply, 500 for an image, 1,100 for an upscale, 1,700 for a Ray2 video, 2,500 for MiniMax and 36,000 for Veo 3, at a stated rate of one credit for USD 0.00025. The pricing FAQ translates that into roughly USD 0.025 per text, USD 0.15 per image and USD 0.65 to USD 1 per video.
Around the generators sit production controls that matter on a real shoot: keyframes to pin the opening and closing images, an Extend function to lengthen a finished clip in the same style, camera moves from pan and dolly through to orbit and crane, aspect-ratio selection, and style, composition and character references for continuity from one shot to the next. Images can be produced in Anime, 3D, Cinematic or Fashion styles, and a Stealth Mode on the top plan keeps generations out of the public feeds.
The service is web only. There is no API, no mobile application and no browser extension, and both the generators and the help centre require an account. The publisher is Cineocean LLC, registered in Casper, Wyoming.
What it does
- Generate video from a written prompt, a still image or a motion reference
- Pick between three engines: MiniMax Hailuo 02, Luma Dream Machine Ray2 or Google Veo 3
- Create images from text or from a reference, in Anime, 3D, Cinematic or Fashion styles
- Pin the opening and closing frames of a shot with keyframes, then lengthen it with Extend
- Apply camera moves — pan, tilt, dolly, orbit, crane and more — and set the aspect ratio
- Write articles, scripts, ads and prompts with a multilingual assistant that has live web access
- Generate music and voice tracks, and upscale finished images
When to use Cineocean / When not to
A quick filter to help you decide if Cineocean is the right fit.
When to use Cineocean
- Filmmakers and video producers needing previz, storyboards and concept shots before a shoot
- Brand and social teams turning out short cinematic clips for campaigns and feeds
- Freelance designers and illustrators exploring concept art, product shots and visual styles
- Small studios wanting to compare Veo 3, Luma Ray2 and MiniMax without three separate subscriptions
- Solo creators on a tight budget who need commercial rights from USD 10 per month
When not to use Cineocean
- Developers, since Cineocean publishes no API and no developer documentation
- Anyone who must retain ownership of their output, which clause 5.4 assigns to the publisher
- Teams that cannot pay in cryptocurrency, the only accepted top-up method
- Regulated organisations needing a DPA, a subprocessor list or a stated hosting jurisdiction
- Free-tier users intending to publish commercially, which the Basic plan forbids
How to use Cineocean
A typical end-to-end flow, from setup to results.
- Open a free account in a few clicks, by email or through Sign in with Google
- Collect the credits granted at sign-up — 1,500 according to the pricing page, 500 according to clause 4.3
- Choose a generator from the menu: AI Texts, AI Images, AI Videos, AI Music or AI Voice
- Select the engine that fits the job and the budget, as costs run from 100 to 36,000 credits
- Set the aspect ratio, the style and any reference image for style, composition or character
- For video, add two stills as opening and closing keyframes when you need a controlled transition
- Hover the Send button to read the credit estimate, then launch the generation
- Lengthen a finished clip with Extend, which continues in the same style
- Track the remaining balance under Settings, then Account Details
- Subscribe or top up in cryptocurrency from USD 5; cancellation happens in the Cryptomus account
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Veo 3, Luma Ray2 and MiniMax Hailuo 02 all reachable from one subscription and one credit balance
- Video, image, text, music and voice gathered in a single interface
- Credit cost published model by model, so a shot can be costed before it is generated
- 1,500 credits on sign-up, with no card details required
- Commercial use and reseller rights included from USD 10 per month
- Annual billing cuts 20 percent, at USD 96 and USD 480
- Unusually frank about the third-party origin of its engines and its lack of affiliation with them
Cons
- Clause 5.4 assigns the intellectual property in generated content to the publisher
- Cryptocurrency is the only payment method, and cancellation happens in a third-party Cryptomus account
- The free allowance is stated as 1,500 credits on the pricing page but 500 in the terms
- Nothing is published on hosting jurisdiction, retention periods, DPAs or subprocessors
- No public API, no mobile application and no browser extension
- Spent credits are non-refundable, and models or credit prices may change without notice
- No about page, no named team, and the help centre is unreachable without an account
Pricing & Plans
A permanent free plan is available: the Basic tier costs nothing, grants 1,500 credits on sign-up and is limited to non-commercial use. The cheapest paid entry point is the Standard plan at USD 10.00 per month, or USD 96.00 per year under the 20 percent annual discount. Credits may also be topped up on demand, from a minimum of USD 5.00, in cryptocurrency.
- Basic — free — 1
- 500 credits at sign-up
- further credits purchasable
- non-commercial use only
- video from 1
- 700 points
- images 500 points for two images
- texts 100 points
- Standard — USD 10.00 per month or USD 96.00 per year — 40
- 000 credits per month
- commercial use permitted
- Premium — USD 50.00 per month or USD 480.00 per year — 200
- 000 credits per month
- Stealth Mode
- commercial use
- premium support
- Credit top-up — from USD 5.00
- paid in cryptocurrency
- at a published rate of 1 credit for USD 0.00025
Data, GDPR & hosting
A consolidated view of how Cineocean handles your data.
GDPR overview
The privacy policy names the regulation once, stating that CineOcean respects user rights under data protection regulations including the EU GDPR 2018, and it lists access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, portability and objection. Requests go to info@cineocean.com. Direct marketing is opt-in with an opt-out on request, and the publisher says it does not share data with third-party companies. Cookies cover Google Analytics, a Facebook plugin, the basket and enquiry forms, and are manageable only through the browser. Beyond that the document is silent: no legal basis, no data protection officer, no Article 27 representative, no DPA, no subprocessor list, no international transfer clause, no retention period and no certification such as SOC 2 or ISO 27001. Governing law is stated as that of the United States.
Who owns the data?
Cineocean LLC keeps the upper hand. Clause 5.1 of the Terms of Use makes the publisher the owner of all intellectual property attached to the service, the site and its content, and clause 5.4 goes further: the user assigns to the publisher every property right over content created through the service, which the publisher may then freely use or transfer. On personal data, the privacy policy says information gathered through forms, email, telephone or chat is stored securely and reachable only by authorised staff, and is not shared with third-party companies, while anonymised data may serve statistical and marketing purposes. The only named individual is Petr Romanov, cited as the company's representative.
Reuse rights
Reuse depends entirely on the plan. The free Basic tier is restricted to non-commercial use. From the Standard plan upwards, the pricing page states that commercial use is permitted, that generated videos may be monetised on third-party platforms and that subscribers hold reseller rights over what they produce — in each case only while the subscription is active, and subject to the destination platform's own rules on AI-generated content. Material belonging to the site itself is a separate matter: clause 5.3 forbids reproducing, modifying, adapting or distributing it without written permission. All of this has to be read alongside clause 5.4, which assigns the intellectual property in generated content to the publisher. The two provisions sit awkwardly together and warrant legal advice before any commercial commitment.
Data retention & training
Hosting summary
Cineocean publishes nothing about where user data is physically kept. The privacy policy says only that data is securely stored and accessible only by authorized personnel, in compliance with relevant data protection regulations, naming no country, region or provider, and it records automatic server logs of IP address, browser, operating system, referring site, requested page and timestamp for statistical purposes. What can be established from outside is the publisher's jurisdiction and the network edge: Cineocean LLC is registered in Casper, Wyoming, the terms name United States law as governing, and the domain resolves to a Cloudflare anycast address. That last point says nothing about storage — a CDN node is a delivery point, not a data centre. Third parties that necessarily handle some data are mentioned in passing rather than listed: Google Analytics and a Facebook plugin for cookies, Cryptomus for payment, and the generation APIs of OpenAI, Leonardo.Ai, MiniMax, Luma and Replicate. There is no formal subprocessor list, no DPA and no international transfer clause.
Things to keep in mind
Risks and trade-offs to weigh before adopting Cineocean.
- Clause 5.4 hands the publisher the intellectual property in everything you generate — read it before any professional use
- That clause sits against the commercial and reseller rights sold with the subscription, and the contradiction is left unresolved
- Crypto-only payment removes the chargeback protection a card would give you in a dispute
- Cancellation happens off-site, in a Cryptomus account, which makes a forgotten subscription easy
- Credits already spent are never refunded, even when the output proves unusable
- Models and credit prices can change without notice, so a project's cost can move part-way through
- No minimum age is published for a service producing photorealistic images and video
Setup & Integrations
Technical difficulty
Getting started is easy. There is nothing to install: Cineocean runs in the browser and an account opens by email or through Sign in with Google. The credits granted at sign-up allow a first test without paying, and the homepage promises that no skills are required. The real difficulty lies elsewhere — in writing prompts and choosing the right engine, which is why the FAQ devotes long sections to camera moves, shot types and prompt construction. One non-technical hurdle remains: topping up requires a cryptocurrency wallet.
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Behind Cineocean
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Frequently asked questions
What exactly does Cineocean do?
Which AI models does it actually run on?
Is there a free plan?
How much does a generation cost?
Can I sell what I generate?
How do I pay, and how do I cancel?
What is the refund policy?
Is there an API or a mobile app?
What does Cineocean say about my data?
Should you pick Cineocean?
Cineocean is best understood as a shopfront rather than a workshop: it does not build models, it resells access to other people's, and it is refreshingly direct about that in its own terms. The practical appeal follows from it. For USD 10 a month you can put Google Veo 3, Luma Ray2 and MiniMax Hailuo 02 side by side under one credit balance, compare what each does with the same brief, and stop paying for the two you did not choose. Publishing the credit cost of every model makes that comparison honest, since a shot can be costed before it is generated — a level of detail most generators avoid.
Three reservations deserve equal weight. The first is legal: clause 5.4 assigns to the publisher the intellectual property in everything you create through the service, which sits badly beside the commercial and reseller rights the pricing page sells with the subscription. Anyone planning professional work should get that read properly before committing. The second is financial: payment is accepted only in cryptocurrency, cancellation is handled in a third-party Cryptomus account, and spent credits are never refunded. The third is informational: nothing is published about hosting jurisdiction, retention periods, subprocessors or a DPA, and no minimum age is stated at all.
The company itself is young and thinly documented — a Wyoming LLC, a domain registered in July 2024, one named individual and no about page. None of that makes the tool bad, and the permanent free plan means you can judge the output on its own merits before spending anything. It does mean Cineocean suits experimentation and short-form creative work better than it suits a regulated organisation or a project whose rights must stay unambiguously yours.
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