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The 5 Best Video Face Swap Tools in 2026, Ranked
The best video face swap tools in 2026 are Mage, Magic Hour, Akool, Vidnoz and FaceFusion. Mage leads on iteration, because the Video Face Swap app runs with unlimited generations on Pro and above, so…
The Best Flux AI Image Generators in 2026, Ranked
The best places to run Flux in 2026 are Mage, Replicate, fal.ai, NightCafe and Magnific. Mage runs Flux 2 Dev with no meter from $10 a month, which is the short answer if you iterate a lot.
The 5 Best AI Image Editors in 2026
The best AI image editors in 2026 are Mage, Adobe Photoshop, Google Gemini, Canva and Photoroom. Mage leads because editing on it is unlimited: you can run the same fix 20 times and the twentieth atte…
Lemon Video, Auto Top-Up Gems & Character Video Swap App
We’re excited to launch Lemon, our newest video model, delivering an exceptional balance of quality and price. Lemon is fully compatible with Characters, References, and Character Voices. Unlimited Ge…
The 5 Best AI Anime Video Generators in 2026
Anime video lives or dies on the takes you throw away. You run 40 clips, the lineart smears on most of them, and the 1 where your character still looks like themselves in shot 3 is the one you keep.
Best AI Image to Video Generators in 2026
It depends on which thing you're short of. If you want the single best-looking 8 seconds, Veo 3.1 is still the one to beat, and Kling 3.0 gives you more clips per dollar than anything else here. If yo…
Best Affordable Unlimited AI Video Generators in 2026
Almost nothing, on most platforms. Search for unlimited AI video and you'll find the word on half a dozen pricing pages, but follow it into the fine print and it usually means unlimited on a slower qu…
Best Online Krea 2 Generator in 2026 (No GPU Needed)
The cheapest way to run Krea 2 without a graphics processing unit (GPU) is Mage, where unmetered generation starts at $10 a month. Krea's own studio runs the model too, and its unmetered Max tier star…
Cherry 2 Pro 1080p & Video Face Swap App
Our best video model, Cherry 2 Pro, is now available in 1080p, built for serious video creators.
Unlimited Grok Image 2, More Video Apps & Mage Assistant Improvements
We’re excited to introduce Grok Image 2, xAI’s newest image model, designed for photorealism and anime — now available with Unlimited Generations for Pro, Pro Plus, and Max members.
Cherry 2 Pro Video
We are excited to launch Cherry 2 Pro, our best video model yet, designed for serious video creators. Cherry 2 Pro is fully compatible with Characters, References, and Character Voices and is now avai…
Guava 2 & Video Editor App Upgrade
We’re excited to introduce Guava 2, our newest exclusive fruit image model family, designed for photorealism and greater creative freedom. Both Guava 2 and Guava 2 Pro are now available with Unlimited…
The 5 Best Pika Alternatives in 2026
Pika is genuinely fun. Pikaffects, Pikascenes, Pikadditions, Pikaswaps, Pikatwists, Pikaframes, and Pikaformance turn a still into something that melts, inflates, or explodes, and no platform on this …
How To Create An AI Influencer On Mage: The Full 2026 Workflow
One face, posting every day, recognizable in every shot. That's the whole job of an AI influencer, and it's where most generators quit on you. You make a portrait you love, prompt again, and a strange…
Plum Video & Berry 2 480p
We are excited to launch Plum, a new advanced video model with Seedance 2 and Happy Horse quality. Plum is fully compatible with Characters, References, and Character Voices, and is now available with…
The 5 Best Sora Alternatives in 2026 (Sora Is Shutting Down)
Because Sora is going away. OpenAI announced the discontinuation in March 2026, closed the Sora web and app experiences on April 26, 2026, and set the Sora application programming interface (API) to s…
The 5 Best Google Veo Alternatives in 2026
Veo 3.1 is very good, and very cheap for what it is. Cinematic output with generated audio, strong prompt adherence, and access through the Gemini app or Google's Flow studio on a subscription that st…
Best All-in-One AI Image and Video Generator in 2026
Plenty of tools now do both image and video, so "all-in-one" has stopped being a real differentiator on its own. The catch is almost always the same, and it's easy to miss until you're a week into a p…
Krea 2, Video Editor App & Mage Referral Program
We’re excited to introduce Krea 2, a new image model designed for high-quality aesthetics. Now available with Unlimited Generations for all Premium members.
Gems Now Work Everywhere & Berry 2 Video
We're excited to expand Gems across Mage. You can now use Gems with every model, feature, and app while Unlimited Generations stay exactly the same.
AI Character Consistency: Why Faces Drift and How to Lock Them
Character consistency is keeping one AI-generated character, the same face and the same identity, steady across every image and video you make, instead of a slightly different person each time you gen…
Mango 3 & Audio Generation
We’re excited to introduce Mango 3, the next generation of our most popular image model. Mango 3 is now available with Unlimited Generations for Pro, Pro Plus, and Max members. Try it out and let us k…
Best AI Outfit Swap Tools in 2026 (Free, Photorealistic, and Consistent Edits)
Outfit swapping is where most AI editors quit. Ask for a full clothing change and the tool either regenerates the whole person or blocks the edit outright.
Private Messages & Anima Improvements
Messages is now live on the main site! It's a new way to privately share anything and create together with other Mage members. Start messaging here: https://www.mage.space/messages