Checked against Higgsfield's official pages on 28 September 2026. Higgsfield's pricing page loads its prices dynamically, and its published plan details have changed recently, so confirm current prices on higgsfield.ai/pricing.
The short answer
- Choose Poiema if you start from a script or story and need one cast, one world and one style across a whole film or series, with the shot plan made for you.
- Choose Higgsfield if you want a large creative suite with its own tools, such as Cinema Studio camera presets, Soul ID characters trained on your photos and a dedicated lip sync studio.
At a glance
| Poiema | Higgsfield | |
|---|---|---|
| Describes itself as | The AI film studio | "An AI-native creative suite" (source) |
| Starts from | A script, a story or an idea | A prompt, references or a tool |
| Script to shots | Pip, the Copilot, plans the cast, locations and shot list | Cinema Studio's AI Director can break a script into shots (source) |
| Characters | Lorebook reference sheets and named looks | Soul ID, trained on 20 to 80 photos; Elements for characters, locations and props (source) |
| Visual style | 200+ film styles that set camera, acting and pacing | Camera movement presets and colour palettes in Cinema Studio (source) |
| Video models | Veo 3.1, Kling 3, Seedance 2, Runway Gen-4.5 and more | Sora 2, Kling 3.0, Veo 3.1, Seedance 2.0 and 2.5, Wan and its own Soul models (source) |
| Lip sync | Dialogue generated with supported video models | LipSync Studio with multiple lip sync models (source) |
| Teams | Studio plan shares credits between 5 creators | Team plans with shared workspace and roles (source) |
| Free option | $1 trial with 100 credits | Free tier with a limited model set (source) |
| Paid plans from | $29/month (1,500 credits) | See higgsfield.ai/pricing |
Workflow
Higgsfield is a suite: Cinema Studio for camera-driven shots, Canvas for node workflows, Marketing Studio for ads, a lip sync studio and an agent, alongside a large library of models (source). Its Cinema Studio AI Director can draft shots from a script (source).
Poiema is organised around the film project. Paste a script and Pip builds the cast, locations and props, plans episodes and shots, and keeps everything in one place for the whole production. The same lorebook serves every episode of a series. See script to video.
Character consistency
Both tools take consistency seriously, in different ways. Higgsfield's Soul ID trains a character from 20 to 80 photos and can carry it into video as an Element (source). Poiema gives each character reference images and named looks, generated or uploaded, and passes them into every shot the character appears in, alongside the scene's locations and props. Read more on consistent AI characters.
Pricing
Higgsfield's own blog, "prices verified September 11, 2026", lists Starter at $15 a month (200 credits), Plus at $49 (1,000 credits) and Ultra at $129 (3,000 credits) on monthly billing (source). An earlier official post listed different Starter figures (source), so check the live pricing page before deciding. Higgsfield shows each generation's credit cost on the Generate button (source).
Poiema starts with a $1 trial including 100 credits, then plans from $29 a month for 1,500 credits, up to the Studio plan for teams. Every Generate button shows its credit price too.
Where Higgsfield is stronger
- Its own tools and models, such as Cinema Studio and the Soul image models
- Soul ID, a character trained on your own photos
- A dedicated lip sync studio
- A free tier to try before paying
- Team features such as shared folders, roles and built-in calls
Where Poiema is stronger
- Story-first workflow: a whole script planned into cast, locations, episodes and shots
- One project for the whole production, with a lorebook shared by every episode
- 200+ film styles that direct camera, acting and pacing, not just the look
- Named looks for deliberate outfit and state changes across a story
- Built-in voice-over and CapCut export for the final cut
Bottom line
For story-driven films and series, Poiema keeps the whole production together from script to final cut. For a wide toolbox with trained characters, camera presets and lip sync, Higgsfield is a strong option.