Best Hotel Lobby AI Video Generators (2026): 8 Tools Compared
Eight Hotel Lobby AI tools checked in October 2026: what you upload, the sound, the published price, the free part and who each one suits.
The Hotel Lobby AI trend puts two new people in the orange booth from Quavo and Takeoff's 2022 COLORS performance: a flat orange wall, one hanging microphone and two performers trading the rap. Plenty of sites now say they make it. We picked eight that people actually use for this trend and read each one's own trend page and pricing page on October 28, 2026. MemeFX AI is ours, so weigh our view accordingly. We compare what each tool publishes, not output we haven't rendered ourselves, and prices move quickly while a trend is hot.
1Upload one photo per friend
Photo 1 stands calm on the left, photo 2 raps at the mic on the right.
JPG, PNG, WebP or HEIC · under 20 MB0/2 photos
Add 2 photos, one each, in the order of the slots.
Photos that work best
- Clear, waist up
- Screenshots, stickers
- Head only
- Too dark or blurry
- 14 s video
- 4:3, like the original
- Original song available
- No watermark
2Version
By making a video, you confirm you own these photos or have permission from everyone in them, and they don't show celebrities or anyone under 18.
Renders in about 5–10 minutes. We email you the link. Automatic refund if the photo is rejected or the render fails.
The eight tools side by side
| Tool | You upload | You get | Sound | Price model | Free part |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MemeFX AI | 2 photos | 14 s, 4:3, the trend's moves | The trend sound | One video from $7.99, no account; or credits | None; no watermark |
| CapCut templates | Your photo or clip | Someone else's edit with your media | Whatever the template uses | Free app; paid plans in the app | Using a template |
| Higgsfield Genjutsu | A 4–30 s source clip and face photos | That clip, recast with your faces | Not stated | Credits, with monthly plans | Free account, watermarked |
| Dreamina | 2 photos and a prompt | A new clip on Seedance 2.5 | Directed in your prompt | Monthly or yearly plans | Free credits where available |
| RapVideo | 2 photos, or 1 of both | 12 s, 9:16 or 16:9 | Hotel Lobby track, your song or an AI rap | 6 credits for 12 s at 480p | A 2-second watermarked preview |
| Rap Duo AI | 2 photos, or 1 of both | 12 s, 9:16, 720p | An original AI song | 10 credits a video | Not listed |
| MakeViral | 2 photos of people or pets | 15 s recast of the real clip, or a new 10 s version | The song, or an original AI beat | 180 credits for the default version | Not listed |
| PixVerse Lite (iPhone) | Your photos | A Hotel Lobby dance video | Not stated | In-app plans and credit packs | Free to download |
MemeFX AI
- What you get: a 14-second 4:3 MP4 that follows the camera, timing and moves of a viral take on the booth. Photo 1 stands calm on the left and takes over the verse; photo 2 raps at the mic on the right.
- Sound and watermark: the trend sound is in the file; no watermark.
- Clothes: your own by default, or "Outfit from the video" for the long white coat and the orange hat, at the same price.
- Price: without an account, one video from $7.99. With credits, Balanced is 10 (480p) or 25 (720p) and Premium 25, 55 or 95 (480p to 1080p). Credit packs start at 20 credits for $9.90, paid once, and never expire. No subscription.
- Limits: 4:3 only, a fixed 14 seconds, two people only, no free preview, and no pet or own-song version.
- Suits: two people who want the trend as everyone is posting it, with the sound, without an account or a plan.
CapCut templates
There is no official Hotel Lobby template; users upload them. The most used one we found, "hotel lobby", is 29 seconds in 3:4 with one slot and about 77K uses; "hotel lobby - migos" is 26 seconds in 9:16. A template re-cuts the photo or clip you add to its own timing and sound, so it doesn't render two of you at the mic. CapCut is free to download, with paid plans as in-app purchases. CapCut's own "Hotel Lobby AI Free" page sends the AI step to Higgsfield Genjutsu and brings you back to CapCut for the edit.
Suits: a free joke with your face on an existing edit.
Higgsfield Genjutsu
Higgsfield has no Hotel Lobby button. People use Genjutsu, which keeps the motion, camera and timing of a source video (4 to 30 seconds) and rebuilds the people from up to 30 reference images. You bring the booth clip. Higgsfield's launch post lists 40, 104 or 144 credits for 15 seconds at 480p, 720p or 1080p, about $2.00, $5.20 and $7.20, and since October 20 a cheaper Genjutsu Lite. Each run shows its credit cost first; check their pricing page for current plans. On a free account every generation carries a Higgsfield watermark; paid plans don't add one.
Suits: people who already pay for Higgsfield and want the original performance recast shot for shot.
Dreamina
Dreamina, CapCut's AI site, has a Hotel Lobby AI filter page with copy-and-paste prompts for two photos (friends, siblings or pets) on Seedance 2.5 image-to-video. You control the cast, movement, camera and sound, and retry until the sides and faces hold. It offers free credits "where available"; removing the Dreamina watermark in downloads is listed as a paid-plan benefit. Basic is $15 a month for 1,575 credits, with a first-month offer until November 6; Dreamina says to sign in for final prices.
Suits: people happy to write and fix prompts in exchange for control.
RapVideo
Two photos, or one photo of both of you, in its orange booth; the left person raps, the right one hypes. The sound is the Hotel Lobby track by default, or your own song, or an AI rap about a topic you type. A 12-second 480p video is 6 credits; the smallest pack is 10 credits for $9.99, credits never expire, and the MP4 has no watermark. Each Google account gets one free 2-second watermarked preview.
Suits: your own song or a rap about the two of you.
Rap Duo AI
Two photos or one of both; it writes and performs an original AI song, with no copyrighted track. Its page lists a 12-second 9:16 720p video for 10 credits, about 3 minutes to render, and 10 songs a month for $29.90 or 40 a year for $100, while saying no subscription is needed. Check their pricing page for one-off prices.
Suits: a birthday or roast song with real names, not the trend track.
MakeViral
A Hotel Lobby template with four versions. The default, Original song, recasts the real 2022 clip with your two photos for 15 seconds and keeps the moves, cuts, lip sync and song, for 180 credits. Two people makes a new 10-second vertical clip with an original beat, and two pet versions put your dog or cat at the mic. Packs run from 100 credits for $9.99 to 1,900 for $129.99, so 180 credits works out at about $12–18; weekly and monthly plans also exist. No watermark.
Suits: the actual clip with your faces, or two pets.
PixVerse Lite
PixVerse's iPhone app lists a "Hotel Lobby Trend" event: upload your photos and it turns them into an AI dance video. The app is free to download; videos use credits, with an Elite plan at $5.99 a week or $49.99 a year and credit packs from $5 to $100 in the App Store listing.
Suits: making it inside an app on your phone.
Which one should you use?
- One video, no account, no subscription, with the trend sound: MemeFX AI, from $7.99.
- The real 2022 clip with your two faces: MakeViral's Original song version, or Higgsfield Genjutsu if you have a plan and a source clip.
- Your own song, or a rap about you: RapVideo or Rap Duo AI.
- Two pets: MakeViral or Dreamina's pet prompt.
- Full control, and time to retry: Dreamina.
- A phone app: PixVerse Lite or CapCut.
- Free, just for a laugh: a CapCut template. More on the free routes: can you make the Hotel Lobby AI video for free?
Whatever you use, pick a clear, waist-up photo of each person, ask the other person first, leave public figures out and label the video as AI when you post. Step by step: how to make the Hotel Lobby AI video.
