Tokens, packs and the free reel

Work in Slicer is paid with tokens — the service's internal currency. Tokens are bought in packs in the Balance section and are spent only on what the AI does: the montage, rebuilds and AI operations in the editor. Everything you do by hand, and exporting the reel, is free.

What is free#

• Your first reel with the AI director — with a “Slicer” watermark (see below).
• An Edit it myself project — editing by hand without the AI director, export with no watermark (Project without AI).
• Export — with any file settings and publishing to social media. Manual projects have up to 30 exports a day. Only AI upscaling to 4K is paid, if you choose it.
• Manual edits in the editor: caption text, clips, transitions, effects, color, music, elements, titles, aspect ratio, cover.
• Cut pauses — remove silence (more).
• Style changes in Settings: font, accent, captions, sound effects, intro push-in.
• Remove filler words (free) in the AI assistant.
• Retrying a free run — if a free montage failed.

What is paid#

Slicer shows the price of a paid operation before it starts — on the button or in the confirmation sheet. The full table with explanations — Operation prices.

AI at cost#

A montage by the AI director is a product with a fixed price. Individual AI operations in the editor cost exactly what the AI service charges for them — with no markup. The operation's sheet says so: Costs exactly what the AI service charges, no markup. The actual price is charged — never more than shown.

1. Before it starts, Slicer works out the price from the amount: seconds of video, minutes of audio, length of text. The price is on the button, with “≈” and rounded up to a tenth. For the AI assistant, translation and face search the exact usage isn't known in advance — there it says “≈ price, at most the limit”.
2. While the operation runs, the price is reserved on your balance, rounded up to a whole token — so you need at least one free token to start.
3. Afterwards the actual cost is charged, but never more than shown: if the AI service charged more, Slicer pays the difference itself. If it fails, the reserve is returned.

Your balance is kept in whole tokens. Fractions of a token from inexpensive operations add up in the project and are charged once they make a whole token — with no rounding up on every operation.

How tokens are charged for a montage#

1. When a montage starts, tokens are reserved — the run card shows “Tokens reserved: …”.
2. When the reel is ready, the reserve is charged.
3. If the montage fails or you stop it, the reserve is returned to your balance and the project is marked “Tokens refunded”.

Tokens are charged for the whole reel, not for individual stages: the run card only shows each stage's share of the price.

The free first reel#

• The first montage on an account is free: the start button says Free, and the project list shows Your first reel is free.
• The reel carries a “Slicer” watermark.
• After you pay for any pack, Slicer re-renders this reel without the watermark for free — no tokens are charged for it.
• The free reel is available if your email is verified or you signed in with VK ID, Google or Apple. It is given once per email — even if you delete the account and sign up again.
• After your first pack purchase the free reel is no longer offered: it exists so you can try the service before paying.

Packs#

Packs are shown in Balance and during sign-up. The default packs as of 16.10.2026:

Packs and prices may change — the current ones are always in Balance. Below the packs it also says what a reel up to 90 seconds costs. Payment goes through YooKassa; how to buy a pack — in Balance and packs.

What's next#

• Balance and packs — buying, transaction history, payment statuses.
• Operation prices — every paid action and when tokens are not charged.
• Project without AI — edit by hand for free.
• Retry and stop — what happens to tokens on failure and stop.