Getting Started

This guide walks you through creating your account, connecting your first AI key, and getting your first workflow running.

1. Create your account

Click "Start for free" to create your account. Once you're signed in for the first time, you're taken straight into the Welcome wizard to set up your creative stack.

2. The Welcome wizard

The Welcome wizard is 5 short steps. Your progress is saved automatically after each step, so if you refresh the page or come back later, you pick up right where you left off. Every step (except the first) has a "Skip this step" link, plus Back and Continue buttons.

1. What should we call you? Enter your name.
2. How did you find us? Choose from TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, X, Google, Referral, or Other.
3. What do you create most? Choose from UGC ads, AI influencer content, Talking-head videos, Faceless videos, Shorts/Reels, Product demos, Podcast clips, or Other. This shapes what your first workflow gets named.
4. A short explainer. Three quick video panels show how it works: "One canvas runs your whole production. Build it once, hit Run forever."
5. Connect your first AI key. Pick a provider (Kie AI is shown first and marked "Recommended"), watch a short walkthrough video if you want, click "Get a key" to open that provider's own key page in a new tab, paste your key, and click "Save key".

Your key is checked right away. If it isn't valid, you'll see "This key is not valid for {Provider}. Check that you copied the full key." and it won't be saved. Once it's saved, you'll see a masked version of your key and "Your {Provider} key is connected to your account."

If you'd rather add a key later, click "I'll do this later" instead of "Let's go". The wizard finishes either way.

3. Your first workflow

As soon as you finish the wizard (whether or not you added a key), 60 Minute Creator creates one starter workflow for you. It's named after what you said you create most, for example "My first AI influencer workflow" or "My first Shorts workflow" (or just "My first workflow" if nothing matched). You land straight in that workflow's editor, ready to start building.

4. The "Get set up" checklist

After the wizard, a small "Get set up" checklist appears on every page (bottom-right on desktop, top-right on mobile) until you've done all three things:

1. Connect a provider key
2. Start your subscription (from $25/mo)
3. Run your first workflow

Each item links you straight to where you need to go next. Once all three are done, the checklist stops appearing and you'll see a one-time "Setup complete. You're all set." message.

5. Start a subscription to run workflows

Building and saving workflows is free. To actually run one, you need an active subscription: "Running workflows needs a subscription, starting at $25/mo with a 3-day free trial. Building here is always free."

Every plan on the pricing page starts with "Start 3-day free trial" (if you have used your trial before, the button reads "Subscribe" and your plan starts right away). Plans start at Starter ($25/mo, or $20/mo billed annually at $240/yr), then Pro ($59/mo), Scale ($99/mo), and Studio ($199/mo). Starter includes the full node library and templates, running 2 workflows at once, 500 workflow runs a month, and 2 scheduled workflows. See Limits & Formats for the exact numbers on every plan.

Once you're subscribed, you're all set: connect any of your AI provider keys, build your workflow, and hit Run.