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Melius – Node-Based AI Canvas for Image, Video and Audio Creative

Melius is a node-based AI creative canvas where the Mel agent builds image, video and audio workflows across leading models. Paid plans start at $17 a month billed yearly.

Melius – Node-Based AI Canvas for Image, Video and Audio Creative

Melius – Node-Based AI Canvas for Image, Video and Audio Creative

Melius is a node-based AI creative canvas where the Mel agent builds image, video and audio workflows across leading models. Paid plans start at $17 a month billed yearly.

Features

Pricing

  • Paid

Description

Melius is an AI creative platform that describes itself as an “agents lab for creative work”. It is a node-based canvas for AI image, video and audio: every prompt, image, clip and voiceover is a node on an infinite canvas, connected so one output feeds the next. Describe what you want and its Mel agent wires up the workflow, picks the right model for each step and leaves every prompt editable.

Melius is based in New York and was founded by former Ramp engineers Joowon Kim, Young Kim and Arnav Ramu. In October 2026 it announced $25 million in total funding, made up of a $20 million Series A led by CRV and a $5 million seed round led by General Catalyst. The company says it passed $1 million in annualised revenue within two months of coming out of stealth in July.

Who Melius Is For

Melius is used by teams that produce a lot of visual and video content:

  • Agencies and creative directors pitching concepts and producing campaign variants.
  • Performance marketers who need ad creative for every placement and aspect ratio.
  • E-commerce teams creating product imagery and lifestyle scenes from one product photo.
  • GTM and growth teams producing event graphics, blog images and decks without a design ticket.

Core Capabilities

Node-Based Creative Canvas

Work is built as a visible graph rather than a chat thread. You can change an early step and re-run everything downstream, branch to compare variations side by side, and save a working graph as a reusable template.

Many Models, One Subscription

One plan covers a library of leading models, including Nano Banana, GPT Image, Flux, Seedream and Ideogram for images, Seedance, Veo and Kling for video, and ElevenLabs for voice. Mel can choose the model automatically, or you can pick one per node.

Campaign Creative at Volume

Advertising teams can build a graph per concept, then fan an approved concept out to every placement and aspect ratio. Brand assets, fonts and references can be pinned as nodes so downstream generations stay on-brand, and a built-in multi-track editor assembles video.

Collaboration and Agent Access

Canvases are real-time and multiplayer, so feedback lands on a specific node. External agents can drive the same graph over MCP or the CLI, and higher plans add Slack agent access.

Key Features Summary

  • Infinite node-based canvas for image, video and audio
  • Mel agent that builds workflows and picks models
  • Access to all models on every paid plan
  • Reusable templates and batch runs
  • Built-in multi-track video editor
  • Real-time collaboration, MCP and CLI access
  • Commercial use of outputs, which are not used for training

Plans & Pricing

Signing up is free, but generating content uses credits, which come with a paid plan or a one-time purchase. Billing yearly saves up to 20%.

Plan Price What you get
Creator $20/month ($17 billed yearly) 20,000 credits a month, about 300 images or 14 videos
Growth $50/month ($43 billed yearly) 50,000 credits a month and up to 3 agent skills
Professional From $110/month ($93 billed yearly) 110,000+ credits, up to 10 agent skills and Slack agent access
Team $70/seat/month ($56 billed yearly) 70,000 pooled credits per seat, two-seat minimum
Enterprise Custom pricing Higher limits, priority queue and a dedicated Slack channel

Pricing taken from melius.com on 30 October 2026 and shown in US dollars. Plans may change, so check the official pricing page before you buy.

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Many leading image, video and audio models under one subscription.
  • Visible, editable workflows that are easy to rerun and reuse.
  • Well suited to producing ad variants at volume.

Cons

  • No free credits; generation needs a paid plan or credit purchase.
  • A node-based canvas takes some learning compared with simple prompt tools.
  • Credit costs vary by model, so heavy video use can get expensive.

Where Melius Fits

Melius sits among design and creative tools and AI video generators, with clear uses in video marketing and paid ads creative. It is also useful for content creation at scale. Comparing options? Browse our directory of AI tools for digital marketers.

FAQs

Is Melius free?

You can create an account for free, but generating images, video or audio uses credits from a paid plan or a one-time purchase. Plans start at $17 a month billed yearly.

Which AI models does Melius support?

It includes image models such as Nano Banana, GPT Image, Flux and Ideogram, video models such as Veo, Kling and Seedance, and ElevenLabs for audio.

Can I use Melius content commercially?

Yes. You own what you create and can use it commercially, subject to the model providers’ terms. Melius does not use your work to train AI models.