Put yourself, your dog or your cat into the viral Bad Times TikTok trend with one photo
Stage
Startup
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Founded
2026
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Based in
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SG
Pricing model
Freemium
Paid
Pricing
Free: $5 signup credit, 1 concurrent job, 500 MB input cap. Pro: $9/month with $5/month included credits, 25% bonus on top-ups, 20 concurrent jobs. Studio: $29/month with $20/month included credits, 25% bonus on top-ups, 50 concurrent jobs. Compose renders at $0.04/min of output on every plan. Credi
Single video: $6.99 for one 14.5-second video with sound; Drama pack: $12.99 for 3 videos. Payment by card charged only when the video is ready.
Key features
FFmpeg as a Service - run any FFmpeg command in the cloud
Compose API - render video from JSON timeline
AI Captions - auto-transcribed, styled, and translated
Image generation, editing and upscaling
Compression to target size or quality
Media probing and metadata reading
MCP integration for AI agents
Webhooks and Server-Sent Events
CLI tool for terminal-based job management
GPU and CPU compute options
One-click video creation from a single photo
Works with personal photos and pet photos
14.5-second vertical MP4 format optimized for TikTok
Original Bad Times song included
No account or sign-up required
Video ready in approximately 5 minutes
Private uploads deleted after 7 days
HD download with no watermark
Automatic refund if video generation fails
What makes it different
One API key and credit balance for all media operations
Credit-based pricing with no subscriptions required
MCP-native platform for AI agent integration
No infrastructure setup required - fully serverless
Open source SDK, CLI, and MCP server on GitHub
No editing, prompts or templates required—the AI handles all the work
Works in the browser with no app installation needed
Captures all four iconic beats of the original trend in perfect sync
Pay once with no subscriptions or recurring charges
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Bad Times AI