Akool · AI video and avatar maker
Add a cheaper starter plan below your existing tiers
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What they did
The self-serve pricing had three tiers (Pro, Pro Max, Business). The team recently added a Starter plan to give people more options to get started. Prices not given; host calls the pricing page confusing, with many sliders.
- Stage
- 2026
In their words
Top Founders with Nathan Latka · "I Built My Own AI Video Model, Now Make $3M a Month," Akool CEO Jeff Lu“so before we only provide Pro, Pro Max, and Business, and uh we just recently added a starter plan. So, we kind of uh uh give people more options to get started, yeah.”
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