AI video tools compared side by side — prices, features, what each one actually does
| Name↕ | Origin↕ | Freetier↕ | Pricing↕ | Features↕ | Maxlength↕ | Resolution↕ | Api↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kling 3.0 🇨🇳 China | 🇨🇳 China | 66 credits/day | $10–$180/mo (Standard $10, Pro $37, Premier $92, Ultra $180; ~20% off annual) | Text-to-Video, Image-to-Video, Video-to-Video, Native multilingual audio + per-character Lip Sync (Omni), Multi-shot Storyboard, Camera Controls, Motion Brush, 4K, Character Consistency — Video 3.0 & Omni launched Feb 5, 2026; 3.0 Turbo Jun 17, 2026 | 15s (extendable via multi-shot) | 4K | Yes |
| Runway Gen-4.5 🇺🇸 USA | 🇺🇸 USA | 125 one-time credits | $15–$95/mo monthly (Standard $15, Pro $35, Max $95; $12/$28/$76 annual) | Text-to-Video, Image-to-Video, Video-to-Video, Lip Sync (Act-One), Camera Controls (Multi-Motion Brush), Gen-4.5 flagship, Gen-4 Aleph editing, Gen-4 Turbo | 10s | 4K | Yes |
| Sora 2 (Legacy) 🇺🇸 USA | 🇺🇸 USA | None — consumer app shut down Apr 26, 2026 | API $0.10/s until sunset Sep 24, 2026 — plan migration | Text-to-Video, Image-to-Video, Camera Controls, Style Transfer — CONSUMER APP DISCONTINUED; API sunsets Sep 24, 2026 | 60s | 1080p | Sunsets Sep 24, 2026 |
| Google Veo 3.1 🇺🇸 USA | 🇺🇸 USA | Google AI Pro $19.99/mo (1,000 Flow credits) | API per sec: Lite $0.05–$0.08, Fast $0.10–$0.12 (4K $0.30), Standard $0.40 (4K $0.60) | Text-to-Video, Image-to-Video, Native Audio, Camera Controls, Flow interface, Lite tier (Mar 2026), 4K on select platforms | 8s | 4K | Yes (Gemini API / Vertex AI) |
| Gemini Omni Flash 🇺🇸 USA | 🇺🇸 USA | Gemini app (with limits) | API $0.10/s (public preview since Jun 30, 2026); ~$1 per 10s clip | Any-input generation (text+image+video), Conversational editing, Native audio, Replaces Veo in the Gemini app — #1 Artificial Analysis text-to-video-with-audio (Elo 1245, Aug 2026) | 10s | 720p+ | Yes (Gemini API, preview) |
| Pika 2.5 🇺🇸 USA | 🇺🇸 USA | 80 credits/mo (480p) | $8–$76/mo (Basic $8, Standard $28, Pro $76; annual) | Text-to-Video, Image-to-Video, Pikaffects (melt/explode/inflate), Pikascenes, Pikadditions, Pikaswaps, Pikatwists, Pikaframes, Sound Effects, Lip Sync | 10s (up to 25s via Pikaframes) | 1080p | Yes |
| Luma Dream Machine 🇺🇸 USA | 🇺🇸 USA | None (free tier removed Mar 2026) | $30–$300/mo (Plus $30, Pro $90, Ultra $300; ~20% off annual) | Text-to-Video, Image-to-Video, Video-to-Video, Ray 3.2 model, Lip Sync (Ray3), Camera Controls, Style Transfer, Luma Agents (usage-capacity model since Mar 2026) | 30s | 1080p | Yes |
| Vidu Q3 🇨🇳 China | 🇨🇳 China | 80 credits + unlimited off-peak gens | $10–$99/mo (Standard $10, Premium $35, Ultimate $99; $8/$28/$79 annual) | Text-to-Video, Image-to-Video, Video-to-Video, Native audio+video single pass (Q3 — first to ship), Multi-Entity Consistency (7 reference images), Reference-to-Video (Apr 2026), Anime strength | 60s (cinema mode) | 1080p | Yes |
| MiniMax H3 (Hailuo) 🇨🇳 China | 🇨🇳 China | Trial credits | API $0.08/s (768p), $0.13/s (2K); regen $0.05/s — launched Jul 31, 2026 | Text-to-Video, Image-to-Video, Reference-to-Video, Native stereo audio, 24fps, #2 Artificial Analysis T2V-with-audio arena (Aug 2026); input references metered separately | 15s | 2K | Yes |
| Seedance 2.5 🇨🇳 China | 🇨🇳 China | Jimeng free tier (225 shared tokens/day, watermarked) | API from ~$0.022/s (Atlas Cloud Fast) to ~$0.47/s (fal); subs via Jimeng/Dreamina | Text-to-Video, Image-to-Video, Multi-modal (text+image+audio+video, 12 refs/request), Single-pass 30s generation, up to 50 full-modal references, Region-level editing, 10+ languages — 2.5 launched Jul 2026; #1 AA image-to-video board | 30s | 1080p (2K on 2.0 tier) | Yes (BytePlus, Volcengine, fal, Atlas Cloud) |
| PixVerse V6 🇨🇳 China | 🇨🇳 China | 90 signup + 60 credits/day (watermarked) | $10–$199/mo (Standard $10, Pro $30, Premium $60, Ultra $199; $8–$149 annual) | Text-to-Video, Image-to-Video, Video-to-Video, Native Audio (V6), Style Selection, Camera Presets, Multi-shot Generation — V6 announced Mar 30, 2026; $439M Series C Jul 2026 | 15s | 4K (paid tiers) | Yes |
| Grok Imagine Video 1.5 🇺🇸 USA | 🇺🇸 USA | Limited free (Grok app) | API from $0.05/s; SuperGrok $30/mo (Grok+ $10/mo gets 480p Imagine) | Text-to-Video, Image-to-Video, Reference-to-Video (up to 7 images), Native Audio, 1080p — Video 1.5 released May 18, 2026 | — | 1080p | Yes |
| Stable Video Diffusion 🇬🇧 UK | 🇬🇧 UK | Open source/free | Free self-hosted (hosted API retired) | Image-to-Video, Video-to-Video (frame interp.), Open-source | 4s | 1024x576 | No (self-hosted only) |