SoulGen (soulgen.net now permanently redirects to soulgen.ai) launched as a text-to-image AI character generator and has, as of this research, visibly repositioned itself around AI video — image-to-video, text-to-video, and reference-to-video generation up to 20 seconds — with character-image creation, an editing suite, and a companion-chat feature called Soul Chat now sitting alongside video as secondary modules rather than the whole product.

What it generates

Character and image creation covers both realistic and anime styles, with a “DreamTwin”-style lookalike-character tool and a photo-to-anime conversion mode. A Smart Edit feature lets you add, remove, or extend elements of an existing image via text prompt, and a separate AI Image Extender handles outpainting. Everything runs on a credit system: a character image costs roughly 1–2 credits, more involved “Human Modeling” generation costs 3, Smart Edit runs 3–8 depending on complexity, and video costs scale steeply, roughly 10–26 credits per 5 seconds of footage depending on model and resolution.

Pricing

SoulGen’s pricing page renders its numbers through client-side JavaScript in a way that didn’t expose exact dollar figures to automated fetching; the figures below come from cross-referencing several independent review and comparison sites rather than the primary source directly, so treat them as approximate. A free tier exists at roughly one credit per day with watermarked output. The paid Pro tier is commonly cited around $9.99–$12.99/month on monthly billing, dropping to roughly $7.58/month on annual billing, and includes about 100 credits/month, no watermark, a priority queue, and blur removal. Confirm the live number at checkout — we couldn’t verify a single figure directly ourselves.

The refund policy is the thing to read closely

SoulGen’s terms of service state that a refund is available only if you have never generated a single image on the account. Generate one image, even by mistake, even during a free trial, and refund eligibility is gone. The terms go further: disputing a charge after that point triggers what the company calls a formal dispute process and results in a permanent account block. That’s a materially stricter policy than most competitors in this review batch, and worth knowing before you generate your first image, not after.

Privacy

SoulGen’s privacy policy states that unposted creations are automatically deleted after seven days, while anything you post to the platform persists until you delete it yourself, and personal data generally is kept “only as long as needed.” Like several other products in this category, the policy is silent on whether user-generated images are used to train SoulGen’s own models, it neither confirms nor denies it, which we’d flag as a real gap rather than reassurance. Account deletion is available in-app and is described as irreversible. Prohibited-content language, barring material that could “harm or exploit children,” appears in the Terms of Service rather than the privacy policy, and doesn’t explicitly address deepfakes of real, identifiable people as a distinct category.

What users report

Public review volume is thin. A single Capterra review (3/5, a 2-out-of-10 likelihood to recommend) praised render quality and the available style library but called the product “so over priced,” citing a 50-images-per-month cap against cheaper competitors offering more. A small Trustpilot sample was similarly split, one reviewer called it worth the cost, another was skeptical of value for the subscription price. Several independent review roundups converge on a consistent pattern beyond that: strong anime output, weaker photorealism (asymmetrical features, hand and ear artifacts are commonly mentioned), credits that deplete faster than expected, and a subscription described by more than one source as “easy to start, harder to cancel.”

The bottom line

SoulGen does solid work in its anime and character lane and has genuinely expanded its feature set into video, but the refund policy is aggressive enough that we’d treat a first generation as a real commitment, not a free look. Compare it directly against the other NSFW image generator in our lineup in Best NSFW AI Image Generators.