Luma AI
Luma Dream Machine
Luma Dream Machine is the value pick for image-to-video work, producing motion that respects physics without enterprise pricing.
What it is actually for
Image-to-video. Luma Dream Machine is the value pick when you have a still and want it to move without paying frontier prices, and its motion tends to respect physics rather than inventing it.
That case matters more than the leaderboards suggest: animating an existing image is the single most common real-world use of these models, and the whole job is preserving the thing you started with. A model that improves your image has failed.
Who should pick it
Anyone whose main workflow is bringing stills to life, and teams that want a genuinely usable free tier for evaluation before committing.
Capabilities
- Native audio
- No
- Multi-shot sequences
- No
- Image to video
- Yes
- Public API
- Yes
Benchmark scores
How we test →This model has not been through a scored round yet.
Where to use it
The same model costs different amounts depending on the platform you reach it through.
| Platform | 10s costs | Max res | Watermark | Commercial use | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Krea |
— | — | — | yes | Visit |
 ImagineArt |
— | 720p | — | yes | Visit |