Video Generation
AI tools for generating and editing video
Runway
Runway
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A hosted workspace for generating and editing visual media, with model-dependent tools, workspace credits and a separately billed developer API.
HeyGen
HeyGen
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HeyGen is a hosted platform for scripted avatar videos and video translation with voice and lip sync. Free output has non-commercial limits; paid plans use shared generation credits.
Pika
Pika
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An AI video generation and editing tool supporting text-to-video and image-to-video.
Luma Dream Machine
Luma AI
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An AI video generation tool developed by Luma AI.
Veo
Google DeepMind
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Google DeepMind's video model family, available through selected Google apps and APIs; model versions and access routes have different features and billing.
Synthesia
Synthesia
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A hosted platform for script-based avatar videos, dubbing and localization, with plan-dependent creation, collaboration and API access.
Kling AI
Kuaishou
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Kuaishou's hosted video creation service, with text/image input, native audio and storyboard/reference controls documented for VIDEO3.0; consumer rights and API contracts differ.
Hailuo AI
MiniMax
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MiniMax's hosted visual creation app with H3 multimodal video workflows; the app's content terms and pricing differ from the separately licensed H3 model release.
Haiper AI
Haiper
Status unconfirmed
The main site yielded no readable product body, while official documentation still describes the app and commercial API enquiries. Neither establishes current access or an official shutdown; availability and current terms remain unconfirmed.
PixVerse
PixVerse
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A video generation platform specializing in stylized and anime output, with character consistency across clips and text or image inputs.
Fliki
Fliki
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A text-to-video editor that turns scripts and blog posts into videos with AI voiceovers in dozens of languages and a stock media library.
InVideo AI
InVideo
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A prompt-driven video maker that writes scripts, picks stock footage, adds voiceovers and assembles complete publish-ready videos from one instruction.
D-ID
D-ID
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A creative reality platform that animates digital people: turn photos into talking avatars or generate presenter-style videos from text.
VEED
VEED
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A hosted video workspace with an editor, captions, AI generation and media management. Developer API usage has its own workspace and billing.
Genmo
Genmo
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A research-driven video generation company building open models that turn text and images into expressive motion, with a playful web playground.
Wisecut
Wisecut
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An AI video editor that removes silences, adds subtitles and music, and auto-punches zooms — turning raw talking-head footage into watchable cuts.
OpusClip
Opus
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OpusClip turns existing videos into editable short clips with prompt-based selection, captions and reframing, plus plan-dependent export and scheduling.
LTX Studio
Lightricks
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An AI filmmaking studio that turns scripts into storyboarded video sequences with consistent characters, shot control and editing tools.
Colossyan
Colossyan
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An AI video platform for workplace learning: text-to-video presenters, document-to-video conversion and interactive training features.
Pictory
Pictory
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A script-to-video platform for marketers: paste a blog post or script and it matches scenes, stock footage and voiceover automatically.
Elai.io
Elai
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An AI video platform for creating avatar-led training and marketing videos from text, with multilingual voices and document-to-video conversion.
Veo 2
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Google DeepMind's flagship video model, generating cinematic 4K clips with strong physics understanding and camera-control prompts.
Kling 1.6
Kuaishou
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The latest Kling model with improved motion coherence, multi-image reference and lip-sync features for realistic and stylized video generation.
Vidu
Shengshu Technology
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A high-fidelity AI video generator from Shengshu Technology, known for fast generation, strong anime output, reference-to-video character consistency and a generous free tier.
Higgsfield
Higgsfield AI
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Higgsfield is a hosted image and video creation suite with camera-motion controls and multi-model workflows. Cinema Studio adds scene, reference and team controls; current plan amounts remain unconfirmed here.
Wan
Alibaba
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Alibaba's video model family: public Wan2.2 code/weights for self-hosting and separately billed cloud models. Capabilities, hardware, licenses and fees must be checked per release and service.
HunyuanVideo
Tencent
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Tencent's open-weights video generation model: one of the first open releases to rival closed leaders on motion realism and cinematic camera work, with 13B parameters you can run yourself.
Hedra
Hedra
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Hedra Studio combines image, video and speech tools with agent workflows; avatar videos use a character image, audio and performance instructions. Content-policy and credit limits need checking before a project.
Klap
Klap
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Turn long videos into viral shorts automatically: AI finds the best moments, reframes to vertical, adds animated captions and posts-ready clips — built for podcasters and channels feeding TikTok/Shorts.
Veo 3
Historical record
Google's original Veo 3.0 Generate and Fast model pages record retirement on 2026-06-30, and the Gemini API schedule lists that shutdown date for veo-3.0-generate-001 and veo-3.0-fast-generate-001. This exact-generation entry is retained for historical research and migration, outside current recommendations. It does not establish the availability of newer Veo versions, consumer apps or third-party services.
Kapwing
Kapwing
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Kapwing is a browser video workspace with prompt-assisted editing, short-clip repurposing, captions and shared project tools.
Tavus
Tavus
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Developer platform for real-time conversational video agents and separately metered asynchronous avatar videos, with configurable faces, voices and behavior.
CapCut
CapCut
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Video editing across desktop, mobile and web, with editable captions, templates and AI clip workflows. Feature access, credits and asset rights depend on the account, platform and region.
Creatify
Creatify
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Hosted ad-creation tools that import product URLs, draft scripts and combine avatars with media; platform subscriptions and API plans have separate credits and conditions.
Kaiber
Kaiber
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Music-video and motion studio: turn a still or a prompt into looping, lyric-aware clips — the artist-facing generator that showed up before Sora made everyone a filmmaker.
Argil
Argil
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UGC ad factory with AI avatars that look like creators: hook variants from a product URL — Creatify's European cousin for performance teams testing faces, not just scripts.
Steve AI
Steve AI
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Script-to-explainer video: paste text, get a stock-footage and avatar cut — InVideo's more template cousin for people who will not open CapCut for a training clip.
Clipchamp
Microsoft
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Microsoft video editor for browsers and Windows, with recording, captions and stock media. Personal and work/school accounts have separate projects, plans and AI features.
Filmora
Wondershare
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A desktop video editor for arranging media, effects and captions, with separately metered AI features and asset licensing conditions.
FlexClip
PearlMountain
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A browser video maker with templates, stock media and AI-assisted creation. Editor subscriptions and separately purchased AI credits have different usage rights.
Runway Act-One
Runway
Historical record
The original Gen-3 Act-One feature is no longer available according to Runway's guide. Gen-3 Alpha retired on 2026-07-08 and Turbo on 2026-07-30. This entry remains historical; it does not describe the availability of the Runway platform, Act-Two or newer models. No account availability test was performed.
MiniMax Video
MiniMax
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MiniMax's video model next to Hailuo: cinematic clips from a Chinese lab that also ships the talk — Kling's more API-shaped cousin.
Seedance
ByteDance
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ByteDance's video generation model family, built for stable motion, multi-shot storytelling and precise prompt following.
Captions
Captions
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An AI video editor that turns raw footage into a finished cut, with prompt-driven editing, translated subtitles and digital avatars.
Viggle
Viggle AI
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Character animation and motion transfer from a reference video, without a motion-capture pipeline.
OpenMontage
OpenMontage
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Open-source agentic video production: give it a brief and materials, and agents research, script, storyboard, narrate, score and render an editable video.
LTX 2.5
Lightricks
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Lightricks' open foundation models for video and audio generation, positioned with licensing terms aimed at developers.
MiniMax H3
MiniMax
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MiniMax H3 generates video with synchronized audio through an API and a separately licensed open-weight release; territorial and commercial conditions apply.
HyperFrames
HeyGen
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An open-source framework from HeyGen that renders HTML, CSS and seekable animations into deterministic MP4 video, driven from a CLI or by coding agents through installable skills.
Submagic
Submagic
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Browser video editor for animated captions, transcript or timeline edits, translation and b-roll, with plan-dependent export and API limits.
Luma Video
Luma AI
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Dream Machine and Ray2: Luma's video models that made NeRF-grade 3D thinking mainstream.
Moonvalley
Moonvalley
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Marey, trained on licensed footage: commercial-safe video generation built with filmmakers, not scraped.
Domo AI
Domo AI
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Anime and stylized video generation: restyle live action into anime, or generate native anime shots.
Topaz Video AI
Topaz Labs
Historical record
Topaz labels the original Video AI a legacy app discontinued in September 2025, with v7.1.5 final and no new models or updates. Existing owners may still use their licensed version subject to authentication and compatibility. This historical entry is distinct from the actively developed subscription product Topaz Video; it does not mean all Topaz products or legacy licenses have stopped working.
LTX Video
Lightricks
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The open-source real-time video model: LTX generates frames faster than playback on consumer GPUs.
Wan 2.1
Alibaba
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The downloadable Wan2.1 video-model release, with separate text, image and first/last-frame checkpoints under Apache-2.0; hardware and content rights still require review.
Sora
OpenAI
Discontinued
OpenAI states that Sora web/app ended on 2026-04-26 and the API on 2026-09-24. Its help page describes a content export route; account access and any final export window were not tested or guaranteed here.
Kling 2.0
Kuaishou
Status unconfirmed
The current official guide index covers newer Kling models but does not confirm access to the original Kling 2.0 generation. A launch announcement proves its release, not its present model selector, API access or pricing. Exact 2.0 availability remains unresolved, so this entry is withheld from current recommendations. No shutdown of Kling 2.0 or of the Kling platform is asserted.