AI tools that force a credit or brand mark on your output

The pricing matrix confirms the Colossyan branded overlay is present on Free (the 'Remove' feature is a paid-only checkmark; Free column is empty). A persistent Colossyan brand overlay burned into every free export = L4 (persistent brand watermark). Note the matrix also states 'Full commercial license — Enjoy full rights to all the videos you create - no attribution required', but that 'no attribution' applies to paid plans where the watermark is actually removed.

Free output carries a forced on-screen HeyGen watermark and the Terms require an affirmative AI-origin disclosure (§2) — a mandatory branding/disclosure burden.

No formal attribution clause in the terms, but a Steve AI brand watermark is forced on free-tier output and is removable only by paying — functions as a mandatory forced watermark-credit. L3.

L3: free output carries a forced, non-removable Luma brand watermark on every clip — a mandatory on-screen credit the creator cannot opt out of without paying. No separate text-attribution clause, but the burned-in Luma mark functions as forced watermark-credit. (Separately, Terms 4.6 requires public AI-generation disclosure for person-resembling Output, but that is a synthetic-content disclosure, not attribution to Luma.)

Every free export carries a forced, non-removable-without-paying Pollo brand watermark — a persistent on-screen brand mark that credits Pollo on the creator's content => L3 (forced watermark-credit). Scored consistently with the codebase's treatment of other forced-watermark tools (Kling/Synthesia/HeyGen). The Terms impose no separate textual attribution clause, so the L3 rests entirely on the brand watermark; scored L3 rather than L4 as the more lenient read. Does not change the band, which the commercialUse+freeGate override already forces to Not recommended.

Free-trial output carries a mandatory on-screen D-ID watermark (full-screen per the FAQ: 'a full-screen watermark appears for trial users') plus the Synthetic Mark, neither removable without D-ID's prior written approval (EULA 4.2). A forced on-screen watermark-credit branding the content → L3.

User policy §4.5 requires free output to carry a mandatory Kling brand/logo label or a "generated by Kling AI" notice unless you have written permission — a forced credit that brands your content as Kling's.

Every free export carries a forced Hedra brand watermark (confirmed on the image-generator page and corroborated by the pricing FAQ 'limited watermarked generations'). This is a forced watermark-credit branding the content with Hedra's mark, removable only by paying -> L3. Not L4 because it is removable on a cheap paid tier and does not claim authorship/ownership of the content (Terms s.3.2 disclaims that).

No formal attribution clause exists in the ToS, but the only output a free user can actually share — the hosted share link — carries a forced LOVO watermark/brand credit = L3. Removed entirely on paid ('all paid subscriptions ... videos are not watermarked').

On the free tier, output carries a forced AutoShorts brand watermark (a forced watermark-credit) that only paying removes = L3. No textual attribution clause exists, but the free-tier watermark is the de facto forced credit. Removed entirely on paid, so this is not a permanent/non-removable L4 mark.

Every free 'Basic' render carries the Synthesia logo/watermark ('Remove Synthesia logo' is a paid-only Starter feature per the pricing page), and the AUP expressly prohibits removing or disabling that watermark. A forced, non-removable on-screen provenance/brand mark on free output = mandatory on-screen credit/forced watermark-credit => L3. (Borderline: the Synthesia logo is arguably an L4 persistent brand watermark; scored L3 as the lenient read — either way the band stays Risky.)

There is no separate mandatory text-credit requirement, but the free plan forces a persistent on-screen Fliki watermark on every export that brands the content with Fliki's name — a forced watermark-credit (L3). It is not L4 because it is removed on the paid tier rather than being a permanent brand-ownership mark. This is the same watermark artifact that drives freeGate, surfaced here as the de-facto forced attribution. (Level is L3, not a safe 0/1 level, so a help-source quote is acceptable; the watermark is also independently confirmed on the pricing page.)

Mandatory clear, visible attribution with a direct link to www.kapwing.com for free users; the requirement is lifted only by upgrading to a premium subscription. Mandatory on-screen/visible credit = L3.

CORRECTED to L3 — the prior draft scored L0 (no attribution) off a /tools/highlight-video-maker marketing page tagged 'official-statement', which both mislabels the source AND contradicts the tested free-tier watermark. There is no license-level attribution CLAUSE in the ToS, but the free export carries a forced visible Klap brand watermark (ClipJury product test) that the user cannot remove without paying = forced watermark-credit on free output = L3. It is L3 not L4 because the badge is removable by upgrading (not a permanent persistent watermark). A clipjury-observation legitimately raises risk here; it is not certifying a safe level.

Free videos carry a forced Lumen5-branded outro (on-screen Lumen5 logo/credit) that cannot be removed without paying = forced watermark-credit, L3. Separately, some library media auto-generates required credits, but the outro is the binding constraint.

On the free tier every export carries a forced on-screen 'Submagic watermark' that brands the creator's content with Submagic's mark — a mandatory, non-removable (without paying) brand credit => L3. No separate textual-credit/disclosure requirement exists in the terms, and paid tiers explicitly show 'No Watermark', so the forced branding is unique to the free tier. (Same verbatim Free-card quote as freeGate, for consistency.)

L3 — the forced burned-in 'Vizard.ai' badge on every free export is, in effect, mandatory on-screen attribution/forced watermark-credit the creator cannot remove without paying. Not scored L4 because it is a small corner badge, not full brand-takeover framing the content as Vizard's own. The Terms themselves contain no attribution clause, so the product-enforced watermark documented on the help center is the basis.

No written attribution clause exists in the terms, but the free tier's burned-in Vidnoz watermark is a forced watermark-credit (removal is a paid-only feature) — L3. On a paid plan this drops to L0.

The visible "Made with Veo" brand mark is a mandatory, non-removable on-screen credit on Free and Pro exports. It disappears only on the Ultra tier.