Comparison
AI video generators compared
The fields that matter most, side by side for all 14 tools. Every cell is either from the vendor's own page or marked "Not verified". Scroll sideways on mobile.
How to read this site: Verified = on an official vendor page · Vendor claim = the company's own marketing · Our note = our math or observation · Not verified = we couldn't confirm it, so we left it blank.
Price, free plan & limits
| Tool | Free plan | Starting price | Max resolution | Max clip | Audio | API | Commercial use | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini Omni FlashGoogle | Recurring free credits | API about $0.10/sec (720p, Standard). Free in Flow within daily credits. | 720p generation. Flow upscaling: 1080p free for Plus/Pro/Ultra; 4K for Ultra (50 credits). | 10 sec per generation (Flow) | Not verified | Yes: Gemini API, paid tier (GA) | Not verified | 2026-10-11 |
| Google Veo 3.1Google | Free plan not verified | API from $0.05/sec (Veo 3.1 Lite, 720p). Standard $0.40/sec (720p/1080p), $0.60/sec (4K). Google AI Ultra $99.99/mo (US). | 4K (Standard and Fast via API); Lite up to 1080p | 8 sec per generation in Flow (4, 6 or 8 sec), with Extend | Yes. API prices are listed as "video with audio". | Yes: Gemini API, paid tier | Not verified | 2026-10-11 |
| Grok ImaginexAI | Free plan not verified | SuperGrok $30/mo includes image and video generation. API from $0.02/sec (1.5-lite); $0.08/sec (1.5). | 1080p (native on 1.5; upscaled from 720p on 1.5-lite). In the app, 1080p video is listed on SuperGrok Plus ($100/mo). | 15 sec (1 to 15 sec, default 8) | Yes: native audio with lip-synced speech | Yes: xAI API | Not verified | 2026-10-11 |
| Hailuo AI (MiniMax H3)MiniMax | Free plan, allowance not published | App "From $9.99/mo" (homepage). API: H3 $0.08/sec (768P), $0.13/sec (2K); H3 Max $0.05/sec (480P). | 2K (H3); 768P (H3 Max) | 15 sec (H3: 4 to 15 sec; H3 Max: 5 to 15 sec) | Accepts reference audio (voice timbre); audio input is free on the API | Yes: platform.minimax.io | Not verified | 2026-10-11 |
| HiggsfieldHiggsfield AI | Free plan, allowance not published | Starter $19/mo billed annually. Plus $47/mo annually ($59 monthly). Ultra $99 annually ($129 monthly). Teams from $65 per seat. | 4K (through Seedance 2.0 and Kling 3.0 options) | Not verified | Not verified | Yes: API and MCP listed (pricing not checked) | Not verified | 2026-10-11 |
| Kling AIKuaishou (Kling AI) | Free plan, allowance not published | Standard $6.99 for the first month, then $8.80/mo (monthly tab, list price $10). | 4K on paid plans ("1080p/4K Video Generation") | Not verified | Kling 3.0: synchronized audio-video generation (vendor description); VIDEO 2.6 Voice Control | Developer platform at kling.ai/dev (its pricing page didn't render for us; unverified) | Paid plans ("Generated content is for commercial use") | 2026-10-11 |
| Luma Dream Machine (Ray3.2)Luma AI | No free plan | Plus $30/mo ($25/mo billed yearly) | 1080p native (Ray3.2), with HDR and 16-bit EXR export | Ray3.2: 10 sec text/image-to-video; video-to-video 10, 15 or 20 sec; extends in 5-sec blocks | No audio listed for Ray3.2. Audio comes from third-party models and ElevenLabs tools in the app. | Yes: Ray3.2 from $0.15 per 5 sec (540p SDR) to $1.20 per 5 sec (1080p) | Yes, on all paid plans (Plus and up) | 2026-10-11 |
| PikaPika Labs | Free plan, 0 credits | Starter $10/mo ($8/mo billed annually) | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | Mentioned on the pricing page (API and MCP); pricing not published there | Creator plan and up ($35/mo) | 2026-10-11 |
| PixVersePixVerse | Recurring free credits | Standard $8/mo billed yearly ($96/yr); $10 list | 4K (Pro and up); 720P on Standard; 540P on Free | Not verified | Not verified | Yes: API platform; Enterprise API from $100 | Not verified | 2026-10-11 |
| RunwayRunway | One-time free credits | Standard $12/mo billed annually ($15 monthly). Pro $28 ($35). Max $76 ($95). | Not verified | Gen-4.5: 5 or 10 sec per generation | Separate audio tools on plans (text-to-speech, Lyria 3 music, Seed Audio) | Yes: Runway Dev, $0.01 per credit (Gen-4.5 = 12 credits/sec = $0.12/sec) | Not verified | 2026-10-11 |
| Seedance (ByteDance)ByteDance (BytePlus / Dreamina) | Free plan not verified | Seedance 2.5: $0.103/sec (480p), $0.231/sec (720p), $0.569/sec (1080p), for 16:9, 5 sec, no video input. Seedance 2.0 Mini from $0.04/sec (480p). | 1080p (2.5); 4K (2.0 at $0.78/sec) | Not verified | Yes. Luma's price table lists Seedance 2.0 and 2.5 output with audio. | Yes: BytePlus ModelArk | Not verified | 2026-10-11 |
| ViduShengShu (Vidu) | Free plan, allowance not published | Standard $8.25/mo billed yearly ($99/yr); $10 list | Up to 4K ("Ultra HD up to 4K" in the comparison table; which tier gets it isn't clear); 1080p on paid plans | 16 sec (paid plans support 3 to 16 sec) | Not verified | Yes: API platform listed (pricing not checked) | Paid plans ("Generated content can be used commercially") | 2026-10-11 |
| Wan 3.0 (Alibaba)Alibaba Cloud | Free plan not verified | List price $0.05/sec (480P), $0.10 (720P), $0.20 (1080P) in Singapore; about $0.041/$0.083/$0.165 in other regions. Limited-time 30% off: $0.035/sec (480P). | 1080P | 30 sec | Yes: native audio-visual generation | Yes: Alibaba Cloud Model Studio (generally available, no application needed) | Not verified | 2026-10-11 |
| OpenAI SoraOpenAI | No free plan | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | No (API discontinued 2026-09-24) | Not verified | 2026-10-11 |
Longest single clip
Maximum length per generation, as the vendor states it. Extensions not included. Verified
- Wan 3.0 (Alibaba): 30 sec
- Vidu: 16 sec (paid plans support 3 to 16 sec)
- Grok Imagine: 15 sec (1 to 15 sec, default 8)
- Hailuo AI (MiniMax H3): 15 sec (H3: 4 to 15 sec; H3 Max: 5 to 15 sec)
- Gemini Omni Flash: 10 sec per generation (Flow)
- Luma Dream Machine (Ray3.2): Ray3.2: 10 sec text/image-to-video; video-to-video 10, 15 or 20 sec; extends in 5-sec blocks
- Runway: Gen-4.5: 5 or 10 sec per generation
- Google Veo 3.1: 8 sec per generation in Flow (4, 6 or 8 sec), with Extend
Cheapest API, per second
Formats & control
| Tool | Aspect ratios | References & control | Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini Omni Flash | Not verified | Accepts text, image, audio and video inputs together; multi-turn conversational editing (Gemini API docs) | Google Flow, Gemini API |
| Google Veo 3.1 | Not verified | Image-based direction, last-frame control and scene extension (Gemini API docs) | Google Flow (web, mobile), Gemini app, Gemini API, Google AI Studio |
| Grok Imagine | 1:1, 16:9, 9:16, 4:3, 3:4, 3:2, 2:3, 21:9, 5:2 | Up to 14 reference images and 3 voice references (1.5); first, last and up to 4 mid-video keyframes | Grok web, iOS and Android apps; xAI API |
| Hailuo AI (MiniMax H3) | 21:9, 16:9, 4:3, 1:1, 3:4, 9:16, or adaptive | Up to 9 reference images, 3 reference videos and 3 audio clips (12 files max); first and last frame | Web, API |
| Higgsfield | Not verified | Kling Omni 3 image reference and first/last frame | Web, API, MCP |
| Kling AI | Not verified | Element reference (30 to 500 elements depending on plan), Motion Control, image-to-video | Web, mobile apps |
| Luma Dream Machine (Ray3.2) | 9:16, 3:4, 1:1, 4:3, 16:9, 21:9 (Ray3.2 API) | Up to 16 keyframes per clip; video-to-video; motion transfer; reframe | Web, API |
| Pika | Not verified | Not verified | Web (pika.art), iOS |
| PixVerse | Not verified | Not verified | Web, mobile app, API |
| Runway | Not verified | Not verified | Web, API |
| Seedance (ByteDance) | Not verified | Video-to-video and reference video input (input video up to 30 sec on 2.5) | API (BytePlus); Dreamina by CapCut; many third-party studios |
| Vidu | Not verified | Reference-to-video; 10 references/mo on Free, 300/mo on paid plans | Web, mobile app, API |
| Wan 3.0 (Alibaba) | Not verified | Up to 10 images, 5 videos and 5 audio clips, plus documents and web pages as input (vendor page) | Alibaba Cloud Model Studio API; also on Runway Dev and Pika |