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Private AI Video Generator

Private by default · No public feed

Private AI Video Generator

Video work often starts with something personal: a selfie clip, a client's footage, your own voice. On Mage, every clip and every upload stays in your account, out of any public feed, until you decide to post it.

No installation. No credit card. Private by default.

  • Opt-inPosting, one clip at a time
  • 30 daysThen history clears itself
  • PrivateCharacters and voices by default
  • $0Free to start

The basics

What makes an AI video generator private?

Privacy in AI video comes down to three questions. Who can see what you make? What happens to the footage, photos and voice recordings you upload? And what does the company's licence let it do with all of it, including training its own models? A tool can be private on the first question and still keep wide rights on the third, so check each one on its own.

Mage answers the first two in the product. Every clip is private by default: it goes to your own history, not to Explore, your profile or the leaderboard, and it becomes public only if you post that one creation. The photos, clips and voice recordings you upload, the characters you save and the voices you give them, and your outfit, location and object references are private too. History clears itself after 30 days, and anything you save stays in Saved creations until you delete it.

The third question lives in each company's terms, not in its app.

A little more possibility

Why creators keep their video work on Mage

  • Private by default

    Clips, edits and uploads stay in your account on every plan, Free included. Nothing reaches a public feed unless you post it.

  • Posting is per creation

    Sharing one clip to Mage Social never opens up the rest of your library or your drafts.

  • Private characters and voices

    A character you save, and the voice you give it, stays private until you choose to publish it.

  • History that clears itself

    Generations leave your history after 30 days unless you save them, so abandoned drafts do not pile up.

  • Delete when you are done

    Remove items from history, delete collections, or delete your account and everything in it from Settings.

  • No watermark

    A private clip is a finished file. Nothing is stamped on it, on any plan.

From idea to creation

How do you make a private AI video?

It takes three steps, and it is free to start.

  1. Open the generator

    Start from the Cherry generator or any video app in your browser. A free account is what keeps your work tied to you and no one else.

  2. Add your inputs

    Write the prompt and upload the photo, clip or voice the job needs. Uploads stay private to your account.

  3. Generate into your history

    Each clip lands in your private history. Save the keepers; the rest clear after 30 days.

  4. Share only on purpose

    Download the MP4, or post a single clip to Mage Social when you want an audience.

Tips and techniques

What stays private on Mage, and what leaves your account

Inside Mage, private means private to your account. Your generations, the source clips you upload for a swap or an edit, the photos and recordings you use for a lipsync, your saved characters and their voices, and your references are visible to you alone. Your history keeps each generation for 30 days, then deletes it; saving a clip moves it to Saved creations, which you can sort into collections and delete whenever you like.

Private by default describes who can see your work, not where it is processed. To render a clip, your prompt and inputs go to the model that makes it, and some models are run by outside providers that screen requests with their own filters. That is true of every hosted generator. The only way to keep footage on your own machine is a model you run locally, with the setup and hardware that takes.

If you generate from an AI assistant through Mage's MCP server, the request and the result also pass through that assistant, under its terms, and the result link lasts 30 days. Everything that starts with your own face or voice deserves the same care on any tool: the Video Face Swap, Video Character Swap and Lipsync apps all keep uploads private, and the swap apps ask you to confirm you have permission before they run.

  • Save the clips you want to keep: history clears after 30 days.
  • Post deliberately, one clip at a time.
  • Use footage and voices of real people only with their permission.
  • Delete source clips from history when a client job ends.

Tips and techniques

Keeping video work private on any tool

Check the default first. Some tools publish free-plan generations to a public gallery and sell privacy as an upgrade, so the plan you are on decides who sees your drafts. On Mage the default is private on every plan, but the habit is worth keeping wherever you work: make a test clip and look for it in the public feed before you upload anything personal.

Then decide what really needs to go in. A product launch can be drafted with a stand-in object until the final render. A client face can wait until the client has approved the concept. A voice clip can be a short line rather than a whole recording. The less personal material you upload, the less any licence covers.

Finally, close jobs cleanly: download the finals, delete the source clips from history, and keep only what you saved. For stills made the same way, see the private AI image generator.

The right model for the job

Video models for private work

Every model on Mage follows the same privacy rules, so pick by the job, not by the setting.

  • Cherry 2 Pro

    Mage's flagship for final clips: up to 30 seconds at 1080p with sound, characters with their voices, and edits of a source clip.

  • Lemon

    Animate your own photo exactly from a first frame, or a first and a last, with audio unless you turn it off.

  • Melon

    Mage's anime video model, for characters still in development that you are not ready to show.

  • Kiwi

    Everyday clips from a prompt with nothing else to set up, at 5 or 10 seconds and up to 1080p.

Try these prompts

Private video prompts

The kinds of clips people keep to themselves until they are ready. Swap in your own photo or @character.

  • A family photo brought to life

    Animate this photo: she laughs and leans toward the camera, curtains moving in a light breeze, warm afternoon light. Keep her face exactly as it is.

  • A product under embargo

    A matte aluminium smart speaker on a walnut desk, slow orbit, soft window light, a faint chime as its light ring wakes. No logos, no text.

  • A character in development

    @yourcharacter walks through an empty train station at dawn, tracking shot from the side, long shadows, footsteps echoing.

  • A voice test

    @yourcharacter looks into the camera and says "This is take one." Close-up, soft key light, quiet room tone.

Room to experiment

Private-by-default vs public-feed video tools

Many AI video tools treat a public gallery as the default and privacy as an upgrade. A private-by-default generator starts the other way round: you choose what, if anything, the world sees.

Mainstream tools

  • Free-plan clips can go to a public feed
  • Hiding your work can cost a higher plan
  • Drafts kept until you clean them up
  • Uploads and characters visible on a profile

Mage

  • Private by default on every plan, Free included
  • Posting is per clip and always your choice
  • History clears after 30 days unless you save
  • Characters, voices and references private too

Follow your imagination

Who needs a private AI video generator?

  • Personal footage

    Animate family photos or your own clips without them landing in a feed.

  • Client and agency work

    Draft concepts with client footage and products, and share only the approved finals.

  • Characters in development

    Build a cast, its voices and a few scenes privately, then publish when the series is ready.

  • Voice and likeness tests

    Try a voice or a face on a short clip before deciding whether to use it at all.

Start small. Dream big.

Is the private video generator free?

Privacy is the same on every plan. New members get 300 Gems to try any video model, and unlimited video starts on Pro.

  • Free

    $0

    One-time 300 Gems for new members, private by default, no watermark.

  • Pro

    $30/mo

    Unlimited Melon, Lemon at 3 s and 480p, Wan, LTX and MiniMax-H3 Turbo, plus 1,500 monthly Gems.

  • Pro Plus

    $60/mo

    Adds unlimited premium video models such as Cherry, Kiwi and Plum Max within set lengths, plus 3,500 monthly Gems.

A little more clarity

Frequently asked questions

Are AI videos made on Mage private?
Yes. Every clip is private by default and stays in your account until you post it yourself, on every plan, Free included.
Can other people see the footage I upload?
No. Photos, clips and voice recordings you upload for a swap, a lipsync or a reference stay private to your account. Only a result you choose to post becomes public.
How long does Mage keep my videos?
Your history keeps each generation for 30 days and then deletes it automatically. Anything you save stays in Saved creations until you delete it, and you can delete your whole account from Settings.
Is a private video generator the same as a local one?
No. Mage is hosted, so your prompt and inputs go to the model that renders the clip, and some models are run by outside providers. Private means no one else on Mage sees your work unless you post it. Only a model you run on your own machine keeps footage entirely local.
Are videos I make in Claude through Mage private?
On Mage, yes: they stay in your account like any other clip. The conversation itself lives in Claude under Claude's terms, and the result link lasts 30 days, so download what you want to keep.
Can I make private videos of real people?
Only with their permission. Private does not change consent: the swap apps ask you to confirm you have permission to use a likeness, and harmful deepfakes are not allowed.

Ready to make video that stays yours?

Free to start, private by design. Have fun creating!

Create a private clip

Mage is for adults, 18+ only. Nothing illegal is allowed; any content involving minors or non-consensual depictions of real people is strictly prohibited.