Venice AI Private Studio for Chat, Image and Video

Venice opens on an “Ask anything” box with shortcuts to learn about the world, generate an image or create a video. Its model library lists 138 language models, from open-weight models it runs on its own or zero-retention partner GPUs to anonymized access to GPT, Claude, Gemini and Grok models. Free accounts get 10 text prompts a day; Pro makes text prompts unlimited.

Pro also adds longer context windows, encrypted chat backup and restore, and custom characters you can create and share. Conversations are stored in your browser rather than on Venice’s servers, so they do not follow you to another device unless you share a link or restore an encrypted backup.

Every request passes through Venice’s proxy, which relays it without storing it. Anonymous models, such as GPT, Claude and Gemini, hide your identity from the provider, but Venice says to assume the provider stores your prompt; Private models run on Venice-controlled GPUs or zero-retention partners, a promise that rests on contracts.

TEE runs inference in hardware-isolated enclaves operated by NEAR AI Cloud and Phala Network, and E2EE encrypts the prompt on your device until it reaches a verified enclave, without web search or memory. The library counts 100 Private, 174 Anonymous, 12 TEE and 12 E2EE models, and the Terms say Venice does not train on your content and requires its model providers not to either.

Venice Studio’s image tab is one prompt box with aspect ratio, settings and a model menu. The library lists 43 image models, including Nano Banana Pro and 2.1, GPT Image 2.5, Seedream V5, Flux 3, Qwen Image 3, Ideogram V4.5, Recraft V4 and Grok Imagine 2.0, with Z-Image Turbo as the default.

Pro includes 1,000 image requests a day on included models and adds hi-res upscaling, background removal, variants, generative editing and watermark removal. A 2× upscale with enhance can use up to 8 requests and a 4× up to 16, and models marked Pay Per Use, such as Seedream V5 Pro, spend credits instead.

The video tab has keyframe (first and last frame), multi-reference and Edit Video modes, with resolution, aspect ratio and length set per run. Seedance is listed as 2.5, 2.5 Edit, 2.0, 2.0 Fast, 2.0 Mini and 1.5 Pro, next to Kling 4.0 and V3, Veo 3.1, Wan and Grok Imagine; Kling 4.0 reference to video, added in October 2026, takes up to 10 images and 5 videos for clips up to 30 seconds.

Every video spends credits, at 100 credits to the dollar. The model library lists Seedance 2.5 from $0.51 a clip, Seedance 2.0 from $0.76 and Seedance 2.0 Mini from $0.18, and the pricing page puts leading video models under 80 credits for a roughly 5-second video. Guests are asked to sign in before generating.

On the check date the model library listed 274 models: 138 LLMs, 43 image, 63 video, 19 audio and 11 text-to-speech models, 94 of them open-weight. Each card shows the provider, the privacy mode and a price, in dollars per million tokens for text or a starting price per clip for video.

Credits are Venice’s single currency for video, music, premium image and text models and the API. Paid plans add a monthly allowance; Pro Plus and Max give a 10% and 12.5% bonus against retail and let unused credits roll forward for two or three months.

The Venice API puts chat, image, video, audio, embeddings and web search behind one key, with an OpenAI-compatible chat endpoint, guides for coding tools such as Cursor and Codex CLI, and agent apps that run Venice on messaging platforms. Venice’s FAQ says API use is metered separately from any plan: even models that are free in the web app are billed per token through the API.

Venice also has its own token, VVV. Staked VVV can be locked to mint DIEM, and each staked DIEM gives $1 a day of API credit; Venice describes DIEM as transferable and tradeable. Credits can otherwise be bought in USD or USDC, and yearly plans can be paid in Bitcoin.

Venice’s About page argues that mainstream content policies make AI “less intelligent”, and its menus tag models such as Qwen Image 3, Seedream V5 and Seedance 2.0 Enhanced as Uncensored. A Mature Filter is on by default; the FAQ says it can be switched off in Settings on Pro or higher, and guests see a note that upgrading unlocks four more image models.

Its Terms of Service still forbid illegal content and anything that exploits children, require users under 18 to have a guardian’s consent and keep the filter on, and say outputs come from third-party model providers, not Venice. The iOS app is limited by App Store policies, so Venice points iPhone users to its web app. Several Trustpilot reviewers say models still refuse some requests.