"Unlimited" actually means "1 video a day" — if you’re lucky
My 1-star rating concerns the fact that Topview is not delivering on one of its key selling points: "Unlimited video generations". When I subscribed, my plan included one year of unlimited Seedance video generation. I understand that this is subject to a fair-use policy, and that "unlimited" does not necessarily mean instant generation or a guaranteed fixed processing time. However, there is a big difference between not guaranteeing instant generation and making the service so slow that unlimited generation becomes practically unusable. Since Seedance 2.5 was introduced, the Unlimited queue has become consistently and absurdly long. In practice, this means at most one free video per day, if you’re lucky. According to Topview, waiting times can increase significantly when demand is high, "particularly after a new model launch". But a significant increase in demand following the launch of a highly anticipated AI video model should hardly have come as a surprise. Capacity planning should happen "before" launching a major new model, not "afterwards". Topview also points out that Credit Mode provides higher priority. Technically, I understand that I am not required to purchase additional credits. But if the supposedly unlimited mode makes it practically impossible to create and iterate, while paying extra is the only realistic way to get usable turnaround times, that distinction becomes rather academic. The current situation raises a simple question: What exactly does Topview mean by "unlimited"? Based on the current reality, a more accurate slogan would be: "Get 1 free video per day — if you’re lucky." That is a significant difference from what subscribers could reasonably understand they were signing up for. I would be more than happy to update this review with a positive one if Topview addresses these issues, as the platform itself works quite well.