Hotpot AI helps you reimagine yourself and the world through images and videos, with an image generator, video generator, and professional AI headshots starting from a free plan.
Hotpot’s philosophy is ‘AI as amplified imagination’: making professional-grade graphics affordable for the millions who can’t hire designers. The platform bundles several creation tools around one credit system. The AI Image Generator creates images from a few words, with dedicated flows for AI Characters (consistent generated personas), AI Logos for your brand, and AI Anime. The newer AI Video Generator turns images and ideas into motion: animate a character, set a photo in motion, or imagine a scene from scratch.
Its headshot and portrait generators are a signature feature: upload one photo and get professional headshots, or 20 cinematic Fantasy Heroes portraits (live-action movie look or painted art style) casting you as the hero. Rounding out the suite are photo editing utilities like background removal, object removal, and upscaling.
Hotpot offers a generous free plan with no sign-up required (outputs are watermarked and downscaled, roughly 75 images per day). Everything else runs on credits: monthly subscriptions start at $10/month for 1,000 credits and scale to $200/month for 20,000 credits; one-time credit packs start at $12 for 1,000 credits, and yearly plans discount about 43%. Commercial use and full-resolution exports require credits.
Best for solo entrepreneurs, e-commerce sellers, and content creators who need quick visuals, headshots, and product-image cleanup at low cost. Professional designers needing layered editing depth or teams needing collaboration will outgrow it quickly.