Text to video models, and what each one costs

Fast iteration, with a draft mode.

The small, cheap Wan for quick 480p drafts.

Kling 1.6 at 720p and 30fps, the budget entry point.

xAI's Grok Imagine video model.

Ray 2's look, faster and cheaper, at 720p.

Seedance 1 Pro, faster and cheaper.

Kling 2.5 Turbo Pro, professional output at speed.

H3 retrained for closer prompt adherence.

The dependable all-rounder for everyday production work.

Faster, cheaper, and now takes reference images.

Wan 2.7, with first and last frame control.

Hailuo 2, strong on physical realism.

High fidelity model tuned for realistic human motion.

Flagship generation with synchronised sound.

The original Hailuo model, in 6 second clips.

Video-01 with explicit camera direction.

Smoother motion and cleaner scenes than Wan 2.2, up to 1080p.

Wan 3.0 driven by reference images rather than one frame.

Runway Gen-4.5, strong motion quality and prompt adherence.

Joint audio and video, following complex instruction.

Expressive motion with reference image control.

Kling 2.6 Pro, cinematic image-to-video with fluid motion.

Veo 3 at a lower price and a shorter wait.

Veo 3.1 accelerated, for iterating on a shot quickly.

The flagship Wan tier, for shots that carry the piece.

Cinematic framing with fluid, believable movement.

Seedance 2.0 at speed.

Luma Ray 2 at 720p, in 5 and 9 second clips.

Top tier cinematic image-to-video, with optional audio.

Kling 2.0, a clear step up from the 1.x line.

The premium 2.1 tier, with stronger dynamics.

Seedance 2.0 for text-to-video, with audio.

The current flagship, strongest on realism and natural motion.

Kling 3.0 Omni, multimodal generation with references.

Kling 3.0, cinematic clips of up to 15 seconds.

Single shot clips up to 30 seconds, with audio.

The most capable Sora tier, with sound.

Google Veo 2, faithful to written direction.

Seedance 1 Pro text-to-video, accelerated.

The cheapest Luma tier, at 540p.

H3 Max with the brakes off, at half the cost.

Hailuo 2 at the standard tier, a steady low cost option.

Pixverse v6, strong on stylised and animated looks.

The most cost efficient way to animate an image.

Seedance 1.5 Pro for text-to-video, with audio.

The lightest Veo 3.1 tier.

The original Kling generation, at the lowest price.

Hailuo 2.3 at the standard tier, tuned for value.

Seedance 1 Pro for text-to-video.

The previous LTX generation, tuned for speed.

Kling 2.5 Turbo Pro, a strong balance of speed and quality.

The light Seedance tier, for text and image driven clips.

Accelerated Wan 2.1 text-to-video at 480p.

Kling 1.6 at full 1080p.

Built for speed, with native audio and high resolutions.

Preview build of Wan 2.5.

The Kling O3 standard tier.

Kling v3 quality at turbo speed.

Wan 2.5 tuned for speed, from a text prompt.

Google's Gemini Omni Flash, built for speed.

Alibaba's Happy Horse text-to-video model.

Happy Horse 1.1, refined over the first release.

The Kling O3 professional tier.

Kling 2.6 Pro, steadier motion than the 2.5 line.

The professional Kling v3 tier, accelerated.

The professional Seedance 1 tier.

Coherent, physically plausible motion from a single frame.

The smallest Seedance 2.0 tier.

Google's flagship Veo 3, with generated audio.

Seedance 2.5 driven by reference material.