PDF Course + Discord · October 2026 Edition
Pricing, Packages and a Portfolio for Selling AI Video to Businesses
An AI video course for freelancers. You get a 2026 freelancer rate card broken down into tool cost, time and margin, 3 packages to sell, 3 client billing models, a PLN 5,000/month retainer case study, a client brief template and 4 portfolio projects. Plus a Discord community of course buyers where you share your videos and get feedback.
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What's blocking AI video freelancers in 2026
4 reasons you're not closing your first AI video clients
You don't know what to charge ($200 or $2,000?)
A client asks for a quote. You type $300 because you're afraid to go higher. Later you find out a competitor charged $900 for the same thing. Or the reverse: you quote $700 and the client acts offended, assuming it's just a ChatGPT button press. No rate card means no business.
Clients say ChatGPT can do this for $5
You spend 20 minutes explaining that AI video is not a chatbot, that Veo 3 and Kling have real costs, that your work covers the script, model choice and editing. The client still doesn't buy, because instead of a package with a clear scope you are selling a single clip.
No portfolio, so no one takes you seriously
Empty profile, and businesses pick someone who can show finished work. You have the skill in your head but you don't know exactly which pieces to build first so they look like real client work, not a class assignment.
Every project starts from scratch, no process
Client messages you, you reply an hour later, the brief arrives in scattered emails, 3 script revisions follow. By the third client each one has a different strategy and different tools, and you are exhausted. Without a repeatable process, freelancing is just overworked employment.
What this costs you: without a rate card you negotiate in email threads instead of working. Without a portfolio it is hard to convince the first business. Without a package with a clear scope, the client haggles over the price of a single clip. The course gives you the rate card, packages, 4 portfolio projects and a repeatable process; the rest is up to you. See how the course works →
What you get from the course
7 things for freelancers that are in the course (not generalities)
- 1 2026 freelancer rate card: cost, time, market price, margin
A video on Veo 3 Fast at PLN 200–500, on pricier models PLN 300–800, an avatar with a brief PLN 500–2,000, a package of 10 videos PLN 3,000–7,000 a month (Polish market prices). Margin calculated honestly, after pricing your own time (60–95%). Plus the formula: generation cost + working time x rate + a margin for expertise, so you can apply it to your own market.
- 2 4 portfolio projects with briefs
A local physiotherapy clinic ad, a vitamin C serum product reel, an online course explainer and a narrative film about a café founder. Each from brief through script, avatar, prompt, generation and editing in CapCut to publishing and expected results.
- 3 3 packages to sell and 3 billing models
Start package (4 videos, PLN 500–800/mo), Business (8 videos, PLN 1,200–2,000/mo) and Premium (12+ videos, PLN 2,500–5,000/mo). Plus retainer, per-video and revshare billing, with who each model suits best and when revshare is worth offering at all.
- 4 A PLN 5,000/month retainer case study and the demanding client
A retainer breakdown for a restaurant chain: 16 videos, about PLN 114 in tool costs, about 19 hours of work, about PLN 2,036 net margin. Plus what to say to a client who shows you a Coca-Cola spot and says "I want that": set expectations, show a PLN 1–5 demo and anchor the price.
- 5 A repeatable process instead of starting from scratch
A client brief template filled in once per client, the same prompt templates for everyone, a weekly rhythm (Monday scripts, Tuesday and Wednesday generation, Thursday captions, Friday publishing). After 3 clients, automation through the Kie.ai or fal.ai API, or N8N and Make.
- 6 Discord community of course buyers
A private community for people who bought the course. Share your videos and get feedback, ask about prompts when something doesn't work, see how others in different industries adapt the course. Plus news about new models before they go mainstream.
- 7 Publishing and the metrics for a client report
Chapter 9: hook, retention, hashtags, cross-posting one video to 3 platforms, tools for publishing everywhere at once and the metrics worth tracking (watch-through, save rate, link-in-bio CTR). That is what the monthly report in the Premium package is built from.
Global AI Video Freelancer Rate Card 2026
What AI video freelancers charge in 2026: the course rate card
Indicative Polish market ranges (May 2026) from chapter 10 of the course, in PLN (roughly 4 PLN to 1 USD), not guaranteed earnings. Margin is calculated after pricing your time at PLN 100/hour, not only against tool cost. Use the pricing formula to adapt it to your own market.
| Project type | Rate range (PLN) | Delivery time | Included |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 video (Veo 3 Fast, Kie.ai) | PLN 200–500 | about 30 min | tool cost about PLN 1.20, margin after pricing your time 60–90% |
| 1 video (Veo 3 Quality or Sora 2) | PLN 300–800 | about 30 min | tool cost about PLN 4–5, margin 80–93% |
| Premium video with brief and strategy | PLN 800–1,500 | depends on scope | per-video billing, premium tier |
| Avatar + brief | PLN 500–2,000 | about 1 h | tool cost about PLN 5, margin 80–95% |
| Package of 10 videos a month | PLN 3,000–7,000 | about 5 h | tool cost about PLN 12–50, margin 80–92% |
| Premium package (12+ videos/mo) | PLN 2,500–5,000/mo | about 8 h + strategy | brief, 2–3 avatars, full publishing, monthly report |
These aren't universal. Someone with a portfolio and steady clients aims for the upper end; someone just starting out, for the lower end. The course gives you a pricing formula you can work out for your own hourly rate and market.
Course curriculum
6 modules, 168 pages. Module 6 covers publishing and earning
The course takes you from your first clip (Module 1, 15 minutes) to a freelancer offer with a rate card and packages (Module 6). Along the way you master Veo 3, Kling, Runway, LTX, and CapCut so you're never dependent on a single platform (Sora 2, shut down by OpenAI on 24.09.2026, showed why that matters). Module 6 is your module if earning is the goal.
Module 1: Your First AI Video in 15 Minutes
30 pages- → The AI video market in 2026 and who already earns from it
- → A 7-step pipeline from idea to finished video
- → A talking avatar from a single photo, first video for about PLN 1 of generation
Module 2: Ads and Content for Business
20 pages- → 5 uses where AI video pays off: local services, e-commerce, personal brand, online courses, content marketing
- → The ad pipeline: positioning, 3 video types for a product, format rotation and hook tests
- → A 3-part script under 200 characters and 4 engagement bait types with templates
Module 3: AI Tools and Prompting
38 pages- → Veo 3, Sora 2, LTX, Runway and Kling: what to use for what and what it costs
- → Kie.ai and fal.ai step by step, from sign-up to the first generation
- → 4 prompt templates, phonetic spelling and 10 lip-sync rules
Module 4: Captions and Finishing in CapCut
10 pages- → Karaoke captions in CapCut in 8 steps, from import to export
- → Music and licences: which library is safe for client videos
- → Platform format table: resolution, aspect ratio, length
Module 5: 4 Portfolio Projects
38 pages- → Project 1: local physiotherapy clinic ad
- → Project 2: beauty product reel, vitamin C serum
- → Project 3: online course explainer
- → Project 4: narrative film about a café founder
Module 6: Publishing and Earning
32 pages- → 2026 freelancer rate card: tool cost, working time, market price, margin
- → 3 packages to sell: Start, Business, Premium
- → 3 client billing models: retainer, per video, revshare
- → A PLN 5,000/month retainer case study and scaling from 1 to 5 clients
- → The client wants TV-spot quality: how to negotiate
- → Client brief template, API and production automation
Solo freelancer vs full-time designer vs agency employee
AI video freelancer vs salaried designer vs agency employee
Global averages for 2026, based on public compensation reports. Figures are pre-tax. Freelancer annual income assumes 8 active months of work.
| Parameter | Solo freelancer (course) | Salaried designer | Agency employee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annual income (global average 2026) | $60–150k | $55–90k | $70–110k |
| Rate per AI video | Yours to set | $0 (salary) | $0 (salary) |
| Control over the project | Full | Partial | Low |
| Commute time | 0 min | 30–60 min | 30–60 min |
| Scalability | High (add subcontractors) | None | Promotion every 2–3 years |
| Risk (no clients) | Medium | Low | Low |
| Time to learn new AI tools | Evenings + Discord | After hours | Only if the firm allows it |
| Hours freedom | Full | 9–5 | 9–5 |
Solo freelancing wins on rate, freedom, and scalability. It loses on stability in the first months, before you build a steady client base. The course won't remove that risk, but it gives you a ready rate card, packages and portfolio so you don't waste time inventing them from scratch. If you prefer B2B work and serving larger companies, also see the AI Video Course for Business and the course for marketers.
Results in practice
See what the same tools produce
AI reels from our own TikTok and YouTube accounts, 352K views in total. The same tools and prompts the course teaches.
See the reels →About the author
Łukasz Kowalski, AI Video Course Creator
I have been creating AI video since 2024 with Veo 3, Kling 3, Runway Gen-4, LTX, and CapCut, and I run my own AI reel accounts on TikTok and YouTube. The course started as the notes I was looking for when I began and couldn't find in English. More about the author →
Course pricing
One payment. Lifetime access. The complete freelancer course.
Complete freelancer package
One-time payment, no subscription
- ✓168-page PDF, 6 modules (Module 6 on publishing and earning)
- ✓2026 freelancer rate card and a pricing formula per video
- ✓4 portfolio projects with briefs
- ✓3 packages to sell and 3 client billing models
- ✓A PLN 5,000/month retainer case study and scaling to 5 clients
- ✓48-page prompt bank (35 industries, ready to copy-paste)
- ✓Discord for course buyers, feedback and tool updates
- ✓12-page workbook, including a client brief template
- ✓Lifetime access · withdrawal as per the Terms
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