Sondo Reviews

I wouldn’t recommend getting Sondo. It’s not very good. I had it for about 5 mins they don’t even give you enough free credit to test Sondo to see if it’ll work well for you before it asks for money. I don’t mind paying if it actually works. I just hate when they ask for money and the base subscription isn’t even enough to cover a single cost of creation. An example is to make music videos it cost around 1500 credits. Base subscribers get 800 credits for 10$ while monthly subscribers get 3000 credits for 30$. If they hope to do any better give ppl the ability to at least test their app out before asking for a subscription fee which would become a waste if it didn’t work in the end. Side note. First time sign up is only 10 credits which is a joke. Don’t waste your money. I didn’t and I hope if you’re reading this you didn’t either.

I find the amount charged for such a small number of credits to be a total rip-off. The platform lacks transparency; you aren't given a proper preview to see if the video is actually good before committing. Instead, you are forced to pay $9.99 just to see the result, only to realize that the process consumes so many credits that you have to pay again almost immediately.
It feels like a predatory system designed to keep you paying without showing you what you're getting first. It is extremely disappointing, and I honestly feel cheated. I hope they improve their credit system and provide a fair trial/preview soon. Avoid until they fix this.

I normally do not take time to fill out reviews but I think Sondo is terrible. The videos take forever to be created and what’s worse about it is the quality of the videos. You can’t specifically edit the way AI generates the videos you have to hope and pray that it understands the music that you have uploaded. I’ve tried multiple pictures and options but it’s not picking up anything that I’m putting down. Then not to mention that with the amount of money that you pay to have them create a video is expensive. For the weekly one for example $9.99 for maybe three to four videos. Then you have to wait a week or purchase more. It’s really a letdown.

I’m writing this review because people need to be aware, I have sent many emails explaining to them that the script I read the video do not turn out looking like it I ask for the person singing to be facing forward they show more clips of other things in video then the person that is singing I ask for my tokens back for both videos I they have not given them back to me. Also they need to show proof of the video so customers can say it’s a good video before taken people token money I will let you know if they respond back to me but so far no and I’m angry 😡😡

Installed only to write this review and then deleted it. I don’t bother with AI anymore. Every AI app ad I skip over. All of them are a ripoff. Money grabs. Why are the Chinese beating us at AI? Because they don’t restrict content creation radically like we do. The U.S. stifles content creation. Why? Liberal lawyers and judges. I hope you guys read this and consider the fact you’re not getting rich from this because it’s an old concept. Take your app back to the drawing board and do something no one else is doing. Or I will.

One Star Deeply Disappointed

It takes a great deal for me to describe a product this bluntly but Sondo earns it

The pricing model is not merely expensive it is aggressively disproportionate to the value provided Users are funneled toward high cost subscriptions before having any meaningful opportunity to evaluate functionality quality or legitimacy There is no substantive demonstration of capability no transparent breakdown of deliverables and no defensible justification for the financial demand

Charging premium rates without premium substance is not bold innovation it is exploitation of trust

What is most troubling is the opacity You are asked to invest first and discover later if there is anything to discover at all That is not how ethical software operates A confident product invites scrutiny This one avoids it

An app that commands high tier pricing must meet high tier standards Clear feature transparency Verifiable performance Trial access or demonstrable output Measurable value

None of those standards are convincingly met here

At best this feels unfinished At worst it feels strategically structured to monetize curiosity rather than deliver substance

Consumers deserve clarity They deserve proof before payment They deserve a product that respects their intelligence

Until transparency accountability and genuine value are implemented I cannot recommend Sondo and I strongly caution others to approach it with skepticism

Disappointed Informed Unwilling to normalize this model

I thought I’d give this frustrating app a try, but it’s just full of errors and when I wanted to make an update to the errors that were produced by Sondo , I was charged credits. When I used my credits to have those mistakes fixed, nothing worked still. So, do not waste your money or time on Sondo. I want my money back because I lost a client that I can no longer get back. To Sondo developers, this is not a stable release. I’m the creator of a web application, and I understand the process. Sondo isn’t ready. Stop taking money.

If you’re considering this app as an AI video generation tool for anything beyond casual fun, it is not quite ready yet. Sondo has real potential, especially for turning music into quick videos, but it needs several more rounds of serious development before the current pricing feels justified.
Lip-sync remains one of the biggest weaknesses. Characters’ mouths often fail to match the vocals properly. Sometimes the alignment looks decent, but more often the AI adds random or mismatched movements that pull attention away from the performance. On the visual side, the output frequently feels like a blend of two or three different generation models, with noticeable hallucinations, artifacts, and inconsistencies running through the entire video. It can be entertaining to experiment with, but it does not reach professional or even semi-professional quality.
For pure entertainment, you can usually get better or more controllable results by creating individual clips or images with something like Grok’s video tools and then stitching them together yourself, often at a lower effective cost.
The credit system also feels expensive for the output you receive. A single music video can consume around 1,500 credits, while lower-tier plans provide far fewer credits than that burn rate would suggest (for example, base plans around $10 for 800 credits, higher ones $30 for 3,000). If they reduced the entry price to about $9.99 per month and increased credits to something closer to 6,400, it would offer much stronger value. That kind of change could attract far more casual users, generate more revenue, and speed up the development of needed upgrades.
Bottom line: Keep an eye on this app and check its progress in a year or two. It has the potential to become genuinely useful. For now, I would hold off on subscribing unless you are only dabbling for amusement and do not mind the current rough edges.

In theory Sondo does what it says it does, BUT, it’s based on a credit system that will bleed you dry. You have to keep feeding the beast to get anything they is actually half way usable, every edit cost credits and it will quickly break the bank. Now as for the “video”… lip sync is way off, motion of characters is choppy and odd, things like clothing and props are oddly placed and often backwards. It is what it is but after a hundred bucks give or take, it is NOT WORTH IT!

I recently used this app AI Video Maker and spent 1100 credits on a single video. While I don’t mind paying premium pricing for quality, the final result was very disappointing. The video quality was heavily pixelated, and it did not look professional at all. The audio sync was noticeably off, and the visuals did not properly match the lyrics or timing of the song.

For the amount of credits charged, I expected much better rendering quality, smoother transitions, and accurate audio-visual alignment. Unfortunately, the output felt rushed and low resolution. I hope the platform improves its quality control and rendering standards because at this price point, users deserve far better results.

For those who have tried making music videos with ai, you are probably aware that most apps are complete garbage. I haven’t found a good one yet. But I did try this app, it’s not horrible. Out of 90 seconds of video I got about 10 seconds of usable content that was actually really good. That 10 seconds cost half of the weekly credits though. So at that rate it would take several months at $40 a month to get enough usable footage to make a full video. Right now ai video is just not cost effective. But it is getting better slowly but surely. Hopefully in a couple years we’ll have better ai video generation.

I wanted to like this app AI, but my experience was disappointing.

At first, Sondo seems affordable — it advertises around 10 credits to create a video. But once you actually go through the process and load your ideas, the cost suddenly increases with no clear warning upfront. It feels misleading.

Another major issue is customization. Sondo asks you to upload your own pictures, but then it ends up replacing or heavily altering them into its own AI-generated version — without giving you real control or options to fix it. That defeats the whole purpose of adding personal content.

Overall, the concept is good, but the execution needs work. Pricing transparency and user control over final visuals are big things that shouldn’t be overlooked.

Right now, it feels more restrictive than creative.

It’s a cool app but, I had Sondo create a video and it failed, it took my credits, I have been trying to contact Sondo support but haven’t heard anything back. On similar apps, when something fails it automatically gives you your credits back. If this is not the case with Sondo there’s no point in subscribing.

You have no contact when you get ripped off for credits. You have no contact at all, but you definitely have a way to take peoples money. You have to accept what you give us. It cost you to go back and edit for something you made up that we don’t even like. There should be an option of whether you want to pay for it or not and if you do then fine if you don’t, you delete it. An app like this should have a support line.

The quality of the videos I generated with Sondo was pretty good. Much better than some alternative apps. However, if you’re planning to create full length videos for songs, it’s more costly than it’s worth. Fair warning: you’ll end up having to buy more and more credits just to prompt Sondo to complete the requested video project it already began creating for you.

I initially left a review with my discontent regarding Sondo and the fact that it generates bad and uses your tokens. this app you need to add a negative prompt so tha users don’t feel ripped off. We need better tools more flexibility without having to use up all of our tokens. Also please include an option to disable the character from lip syncing , I wanted to make an instrumental and there were no lyrics and the character was singing Please take note

I purchased the yearly package with 8000 credits. Managed to make about 6 good music videos by simply adding a photo and a mp3 file.

Noticed the program takes anywhere from 10 to 18 minutes to create a video. The video doesn’t really follow the story told by the lyrics. AI kept using the same or similar outfit. The lip singing voice is slightly off. In a few videos AI either added an extra hand or arm or object out of nothing. When placed inside a car, the scene or angle seemed backwards or something weird in the matrix. The developers have the concept right, but need to ensure things look normal and not from a science fiction movie. Overall, pictures and scenes look amazing.

I paid for the annual subscription membership. You only get 8000 credits that disappear instantly. Not worth my money. I’d recommend using a different app. The ai has issues as well. The amount of money that it takes is not worth it.

Sondo failed to recognize the image uploaded consistently and you are not able edit all frames with new prompts to correct the error. You spend most of your credits and don’t get a semblance of what you want. Wasted effort and money.

Looks great! I only have 9 total songs to create and the system has definitely just gotten an upgrade. Matches my lyrics perfectly with the visuals…. My lips? Not so much but the action is hard to look away from.