AI video models: Our pick, Best, and cost
Choose a Video Studio model before you generate. This page is the chooser. Open Video Studio when you are ready to run.
Our pick
MiniMax H3 MaxOur Pick
MiniMax H3 Max is Our pick in Video Studio. It is the default for everyday clips with first-to-last-frame control.
Best
Wan 3.0Best
Wan 3.0 is the Best video model for us: it leads the Artificial Analysis Text to Video Arena with audio, with clips up to 30 seconds.
Most cost-effective
LTX 2.5 Fast
LTX 2.5 Fast is the cost pick for fast 720p drafts with audio, when you want to iterate before spending flagship credits.
When to choose one over the other
Veo 3.1 vs Kling 3.0 Omni
Use Veo 3.1 when you want Google cinematic video and native audio. Use Kling 3.0 Omni when you want Kling first/last-frame control and optional audio up to 4K.
Seedance 2.5 vs Wan 3.0
Use Seedance 2.5 for longer high-quality clips with dialogue and last-frame control. Use Wan 3.0 to iterate cheaply at 720p before you spend on a flagship model.
Every current model
Prices come from the live studio catalog. The selected model stays visible while you work.
Veo 3.1
Google's flagship video model with native audio and highest fidelity.
Premium cinematic videos when quality matters more than speed
- Base
- 14 credits / second
- With audio
- 27 credits / second
Veo 3.1 Fast
Faster Veo 3.1 with native audio. Great for iteration and drafts.
Quick cinematic clips when you want Veo quality at lower cost
- Base
- 7 credits / second
- With audio
- 10 credits / second
Wan 3.0
Alibaba's Wan 3.0 video model with cinematic motion, 480p to 1080p, and clips up to 30 seconds.
Longer text-to-video or first-frame animation when you want Wan quality at lower cost
- 480p
- 2 credits / second
- 720p
- 4 credits / second
- 1080p
- 7 credits / second
Seedance 2.5
ByteDance's flagship video model with native audio, up to 30-second clips, and multimodal references.
Longer high-quality videos with native audio, dialogue, and first/last-frame control
- 480p
- 7 credits / second
- 720p
- 16 credits / second
Kling 3.0 Omni
Kuaishou's unified video model for text-to-video, image-to-video, and native audio up to 4K.
Cinematic clips with first/last-frame control and optional native audio
- Standard
- 12 credits / second
- Standard + audio
- 15 credits / second
- Pro
- 15 credits / second
- Pro + audio
- 19 credits / second
- 4K
- 28 credits / second
Grok Imagine Video
xAI's video model with text-to-video, image-to-video, and resolution control.
Text-to-video or animating a still image into a short video
- Base
- 4 credits / second
Runway Gen-4.5
State-of-the-art video motion quality, prompt adherence and visual fidelity.
High-quality cinematic videos with strong prompt adherence
- Base
- 8 credits / second
P-Video
Pruna AI's fast video model with text, image, and audio conditioning in one endpoint.
Rapid iteration, talking avatars, product animation, and audio-driven videos
- 720p
- 2 credits / second
- 1080p
- 3 credits / second
LTX 2.5 Fast
Lightricks' speed-optimized video model with synchronized audio, start/end frames, and up to 4K.
Fast high-quality clips with audio when you need 720p through 4K
- 720p
- 2 credits / second
- 1080p
- 4 credits / second
- 2K
- 8 credits / second
- 4K
- 16 credits / second
Flux 3
Black Forest Labs' multimodal video model with native audio, first/last-frame control, and storyboard input.
Text-to-video, image-to-video, or multi-image storyboards with synchronized audio
- 720p
- 12 credits / second
- 1080p
- 20 credits / second
- Draft 720p
- 4 credits / second
MiniMax H3 Max
MiniMax H3 Max video with faster text-to-video, first/last-frame control, and reference images at 480p or 768p.
The default Video Studio model for cheap, high-quality clips with first-to-last-frame control
- 480p
- 4 credits / second
- 768P
- 6 credits / second
Questions
- Do all video models include audio?
- No. Some add native audio as a credit row. The catalog below shows which prices include generated audio.
- What does Our pick mean?
- Our pick is the Video Studio default. You can still choose Veo, Kling, Wan, or any other live model.
- Where do I generate?
- This page helps you choose. Open Video Studio to prompt, add a start frame, and run.
Open Video Studio
Pick the model, set duration and resolution, and see the credit cost before you generate.