AI Video Tools: Ranking, Prices and Reviews
Who is behind each AI video tool, what it does, what it is based on, who it suits, what it costs, and how popular it is. Every fact has a source and a date, and every tool links to its own official site.
Ranking · All tools · Compare prices · What users say · Reviews · How this is made
Ranking: the Stage index
Tools ranked by quality and popularity. The scoring method is explained at the end of the page.
Second and third place have the same index (4.0), so their order is alphabetical.
Stage index (out of 5)
1. Hailuo (MiniMax)4.52. PixVerse4.03. Wan4.04. Google Veo and Gemini Omni3.55. Runway3.56. Kling3.07. Vidu2.5Website visits a month, September 2026
Higgsfield72.99MRunway10.68MPixVerse10.4MHailuo (MiniMax)5.93MKling3.96MGoogle Veo and Gemini Omni3.86MVidu3.69MWan3.63MQuality rank on the leaderboard (longer bar is better)
Wan#1Hailuo (MiniMax)#3Seedance (Dreamina)#4Google Veo and Gemini Omni#10Grok Imagine#13Kling#18PixVerse#21LTX (Lightricks)#25Tools without both measures (Seedance, Grok Imagine, LTX, Luma, Pika, Higgsfield and Adobe Firefly) are not ranked. Their quality and traffic appear in the charts where we have them, and in the data table below.
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Show the full index table, with the tools that are not ranked
| # | Tool | Quality rank | Visits a month | Quality points | Popularity points | Stage index |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hailuo (MiniMax) MiniMax, Shanghai | #3 (MiniMax H3 (768p)) | 5.93M | 5/5 | 4/5 | 4.5 |
| 2 | PixVerse AIsphere, Beijing | #21 (PixVerse V6) | 10.4M | 3/5 | 5/5 | 4.0 |
| 3 | Wan Alibaba | #1 (Wan 3.0) | 3.63M | 5/5 | 3/5 | 4.0 |
| 4 | Google Veo and Gemini Omni Google DeepMind | #10 (Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 (Veo 3.1 is at rank 22)) | 3.86M | 4/5 | 3/5 | 3.5 |
| 5 | Runway Runway, New York | not in the top 25 | 10.68M | 2/5 | 5/5 | 3.5 |
| 6 | Kling Kuaishou | #18 (Kling 3.0 Omni 1080p (Pro)) | 3.96M | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3.0 |
| 7 | Vidu ShengShu Technology, China | not in the top 25 | 3.69M | 2/5 | 3/5 | 2.5 |
| # | Tool | Quality rank | Visits a month | Quality points | Popularity points | Stage index |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Firefly Adobe | not ranked: it offers other companies' models | not in the top 30 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| Grok Imagine xAI (the leaderboard lists its creator as SpaceXAI) | #13 (Grok Imagine Video 1.5) | not in the top 30 | 4/5 | n/a | n/a | |
| Higgsfield Higgsfield Inc., San Francisco | not ranked: it offers other companies' models | 72.99M | n/a | 5/5 | n/a | |
| LTX (Lightricks) Lightricks | #25 (LTX-2.5 Fast) | not in the top 30 | 3/5 | n/a | n/a | |
| Luma Dream Machine Luma AI | not in the top 25 | not in the top 30 | 2/5 | n/a | n/a | |
| Pika Pika Labs (incorporated as Mellis, Inc.) | not in the top 25 | not in the top 30 | 2/5 | n/a | n/a | |
| Seedance (Dreamina) ByteDance (Seed team) | #4 (Dreamina Seedance 2.5) | not in the top 30 | 5/5 | n/a | n/a |
Sora (OpenAI) has been discontinued. OpenAI's video model and app. OpenAI announced on 24 March 2026 that it was ending Sora in two stages: the web and app on 26 April 2026 and the API on 24 September 2026. Sources: The Decoder: Sora shutdown in two stages · Engadget: OpenAI is shutting down Sora
Compare prices
We show a price only when we read it on the tool's own official page. For every other tool we show "not verified" and link to the official page, because third-party price lists disagree with each other and change often.
| Tool | Free option | Billing | Prices read from the official page | Official links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Firefly | Yes. Adobe's plans page says you do not need a plan to get free daily generations across image, video and audio. | Monthly plans with generative credits. The Standard plan page says up to 20 five-second videos a month, Pro up to 40, Pro Plus up to 100, and Premium unlimited use of the Firefly Video Model. | Not verified: see the official page | Site · Pricing |
| Google Veo and Gemini Omni | Not in the API: Google's pricing page lists no free tier for Gemini Omni Flash. In the consumer plans, Google's subscriptions page says Google AI Pro gets a limited trial of Veo 3.1 Lite and Google AI Ultra includes video creation with Veo 3.1. | API: per second of video. Consumer: Google AI subscriptions with quotas that reset every 5 hours until a weekly limit. |
| Site · Pricing |
| Grok Imagine | Not verified. | Not verified. | Not verified: see the official page | Site · Pricing |
| Hailuo (MiniMax) | Not verified. | Not verified. | Not verified: see the official page | Site · Pricing |
| Higgsfield | Not verified. The official pricing page did not load for us. | Not verified. | Not verified: see the official page | Site · Pricing |
| Kling | Not verified. | Not verified. | Not verified: see the official page | Site · Pricing |
| LTX (Lightricks) | Yes. The Studio pricing page lists a Free plan with 800 one-time credits and a personal-use licence only (not for business or paid work). | Monthly credits. |
| Site · Pricing |
| Luma Dream Machine | No free plan is listed on the pricing page. | Monthly credit plans. |
| Site · Pricing |
| Pika | Yes. The Free plan has no monthly credits (credit packs can be bought), includes all models and no watermark, but has no commercial licence. | Monthly credit plans. |
| Site · Pricing |
| PixVerse | Not verified. | Not verified. | Not verified: see the official page | Site · Pricing |
| Runway | Yes. A free plan with 125 one-time credits and 5GB of storage. | Monthly plans with credits. On the page, Gen-4.5 costs 60 credits per 5 seconds of video. |
| Site · Pricing |
| Seedance (Dreamina) | Not verified as a standing free plan. The Dreamina page lists promotions. | Credit-based monthly and yearly plans. |
| Site · Pricing |
| Vidu | Not verified. | Not verified. | Not verified: see the official page | Site · Pricing |
| Wan | Not verified. | Not verified. Reports describe per-second API pricing. | Not verified: see the official page | Site · Pricing |
What users say
These are real users' scores, kept apart from our index on purpose. How we read them is explained at the end of the page.
App Store rating (out of 5)
Pika4.73Adobe Firefly4.69Kling4.67Luma Dream Machine4.50Runway4.49Seedance (Dreamina)3.07Trustpilot score (out of 5)
Higgsfield4.0Pika2.2PixVerse2.2Vidu2.2LTX (Lightricks)1.6Hailuo (MiniMax)1.4Luma Dream Machine1.4Kling1.2Runway1.1| Tool | App Store (US) | Trustpilot |
|---|---|---|
| Adobe Firefly | 4.69 from 11,170 ratings Adobe Firefly AI Video & Photo | Not checked |
| Hailuo (MiniMax) | No official app found | 1.4 from 94 reviews Trustpilot page |
| Higgsfield | No official app found | 4.0 from 5,244 reviews Trustpilot page |
| Kling | 4.67 from 32,591 ratings Kling AI: AI Image&Video Maker | 1.2 from 431 reviews Trustpilot page |
| LTX (Lightricks) | No official app found | 1.6 from 82 reviews Trustpilot page |
| Luma Dream Machine | 4.50 from 1,799 ratings Luma Dream Machine | 1.4 from 71 reviews Trustpilot page |
| Pika | 4.73 from 4,314 ratings Pika - AI Video | 2.2 from 78 reviews Trustpilot page |
| PixVerse | No official app found | 2.2 from 129 reviews Trustpilot page |
| Runway | 4.49 from 19,100 ratings Runway: AI Image & Video | 1.1 from 382 reviews Trustpilot page |
| Seedance (Dreamina) | 3.07 from 44 ratings Dreamina AI: Image&Video Maker | Not checked |
| Vidu | No official app found | 2.2 from 18 reviews Trustpilot page |
Read the two sides together: a tool can be loved by people who use its app and still be rated badly by customers who complained about billing or support. Higgsfield's Trustpilot score is far above the others; we do not know why, and it may reflect how reviews are collected.
Reviews
Adobe's generative AI app. It has Adobe's own Firefly video model and also lists partner models from other companies in the same video generator.
- What it is based on
- Adobe's own Firefly Video Model plus partner models. A July 2026 third-party guide lists Kling, Luma Ray, Runway Gen-4.5, Sora 2 and Veo 3.1 among them, and the list changes over time.
- Who it suits
- People who already work in Adobe apps and want video generation next to their other tools.
- How you use it
- Web app with credit plans. Adobe says partner models are not developed by Adobe and that you decide whether a model suits your project.
- Free or paid
- Yes. Adobe's plans page says you do not need a plan to get free daily generations across image, video and audio.
- How it is billed
- Monthly plans with generative credits. The Standard plan page says up to 20 five-second videos a month, Pro up to 40, Pro Plus up to 100, and Premium unlimited use of the Firefly Video Model.
- Prices we could read on the official page (checked 2026-11-01)
- Not shown here. The page showed prices in a local currency for us, so we do not quote a dollar price. Check the current price on the official page. Official pricing
- Popularity
- Website visits: not in the top 30 a month (September 2026, third-party estimate). Quality ranking: not ranked: it offers other companies' models.
Sources: Adobe Firefly plans page · Adobe Help: partner models in Adobe products
Google's video models. Veo 3.1 (October 2025) generates video with native audio, including dialogue and sound effects, and supports vertical 9:16 output. Google's API pricing page also lists Gemini Omni Flash, described as its next-generation video generation and editing model.
- What it is based on
- Google's own models.
- Who it suits
- People already in the Google ecosystem who want audio generated together with the picture.
- How you use it
- Reported channels: the Gemini app, Flow, Google AI Studio and Vertex AI.
- Free or paid
- Not in the API: Google's pricing page lists no free tier for Gemini Omni Flash. In the consumer plans, Google's subscriptions page says Google AI Pro gets a limited trial of Veo 3.1 Lite and Google AI Ultra includes video creation with Veo 3.1.
- How it is billed
- API: per second of video. Consumer: Google AI subscriptions with quotas that reset every 5 hours until a weekly limit.
- Prices we could read on the official page (checked 2026-11-01)
- Gemini API, Gemini Omni Flash: about $0.10 per second of video (Google: effective price under Standard pricing)
The consumer plan prices showed in local currency for us, so we do not quote them. The API figure is from Google's pricing page.- Popularity
- Website visits: 3.86M a month (September 2026, third-party estimate). Quality ranking: #10 (Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 (Veo 3.1 is at rank 22)).
Made with Google Veo and Gemini Omni on World AI Video Stage
THE HARVEST: AI-powered Nollywood thriller (tea…
Sophie.exe: made with Google AI tools
Veo 3 tutorial: how to make an ad with AI
Veo 3 limits stretched: a funny commercial made…
Sources: Google Gemini API pricing · Google AI plans · VentureBeat: Veo 3.1 in Flow and the API · Artificial Analysis text-to-video leaderboard
xAI's image and video generation inside Grok. Grok Imagine Video 1.5 is reported to add native synchronized audio and lip-synced dialogue, with output from 480p to 1080p and clips of 1 to 15 seconds.
- What it is based on
- xAI's own model. Sources report that xAI became part of SpaceX in 2026, and give different dates.
- Who it suits
- People already using Grok who want quick clips with sound.
- How you use it
- Inside Grok, and through an API.
- Free or paid
- Not verified.
- How it is billed
- Not verified.
- Prices we could read on the official page (checked 2026-11-01)
- Not shown here. We could not read xAI's pricing from an official page. Third-party pages disagree. Check the official page. Official pricing
- Popularity
- Website visits: not in the top 30 a month (September 2026, third-party estimate). Quality ranking: #13 (Grok Imagine Video 1.5).
Sources: Artificial Analysis text-to-video leaderboard · OpenRouter listing, Grok Imagine Video 1.5
MiniMax's video model line. The leaderboard lists MiniMax H3 in July 2026 at rank 3 (768p), and Hailuo 2.3 is the earlier line.
- What it is based on
- MiniMax's own models. MiniMax released the base model weights of H3 on 3 August 2026 under the MiniMax H3 Community License, which reports say excludes some regions, so read the licence before use. The Artificial Analysis page names MiniMax H3 (768p) as the top open-weights model.
- Who it suits
- People who want a high-ranked model with a web app.
- How you use it
- Web app.
- Free or paid
- Not verified.
- How it is billed
- Not verified.
- Prices we could read on the official page (checked 2026-11-01)
- Not shown here. We could not read the plans from an official page. Third-party pages disagree. Check the official page. Official pricing
- Popularity
- Website visits: 5.93M a month (September 2026, third-party estimate). Quality ranking: #3 (MiniMax H3 (768p)).
MiniMax listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange in January 2026, and reports say it raised about $619 million.
Made with Hailuo (MiniMax) on World AI Video Stage
Sources: Artificial Analysis text-to-video leaderboard · One Little Web traffic ranking, September 2026 · Malay Mail on MiniMax's Hong Kong IPO · ComfyUI Wiki: MiniMax H3 open weights
Higgsfield
Higgsfield Inc., San Francisco · official site
A multi-model creative platform. It has its own image models (Soul) and a Cinema Studio video workspace, and it offers third-party models such as Seedance, Veo, Kling and Wan under one subscription.
- What it is based on
- A mix of its own models and partner models.
- Who it suits
- Creators who want to try several leading models in one place.
- How you use it
- Web platform with credit plans. The company also runs the Higgsfield Global Film Festival, and several festival films are on World AI Video Stage.
- Free or paid
- Not verified. The official pricing page did not load for us.
- How it is billed
- Not verified.
- Prices we could read on the official page (checked 2026-11-01)
- Not shown here. The official pricing page did not load, and third-party pages disagree on plan names and prices. Check the official page. Official pricing
- Popularity
- Website visits: 72.99M a month (September 2026, third-party estimate). Quality ranking: not ranked: it offers other companies' models.
Founders named by several sources: Alex Mashrabov (previously led generative AI work at Snap), Yerzat Dulat and Mahi de Silva. The company's valuation is reported differently by different sources, so we do not quote one.
Made with Higgsfield on World AI Video Stage
UNIT SEVEN (Higgsfield Global Film Festival)
Tears of a Panda (Higgsfield Global Film Festiv…
TALK TOMORROW (Higgsfield Global Film Festival…
The Seer (Higgsfield Global Film Festival 2026)
Sources: Higgsfield AI on Wikipedia · One Little Web traffic ranking, September 2026
Kuaishou launched the Kling 3.0 family on 5 February 2026: Video 3.0, Video 3.0 Omni, Image 3.0 and Image 3.0 Omni. Reported features include clips up to 15 seconds, native audio, multi-shot sequences and multilingual lip-sync. Two sources report native 4K from April 2026. Kuaishou says Kling 4.0 went live on 15 October 2026: up to 30 seconds in one pass, stereo audio, multilingual lip-sync and an Omni Reference mode. Reports say the Kling 4.0 API was not yet announced when we checked.
- What it is based on
- Kuaishou's own models.
- Who it suits
- Short cinematic clips with sound.
- How you use it
- Web app.
- Free or paid
- Not verified.
- How it is billed
- Not verified.
- Prices we could read on the official page (checked 2026-11-01)
- Not shown here. The official plans page did not load for us. Third-party pages disagree on prices (for example, Standard is listed at $6.99, $8.80 and $10). Check the official page. Official pricing
- Popularity
- Website visits: 3.96M a month (September 2026, third-party estimate). Quality ranking: #18 (Kling 3.0 Omni 1080p (Pro)).
On the Artificial Analysis board, Kling 3.0 1080p (Pro) is the anchor fixed at 1000, so its score is not a measured result. The quality rank above is for Kling 3.0. Kling 4.0 does not appear on the Artificial Analysis text-to-video board we read on 1 November 2026.
Made with Kling on World AI Video Stage
Cosmic Serenity (surreal AI art video)
Kling 3.0 motion control pushed to the limit
Drifting Through Painted Skies (surreal AI musi…
Echoes of Us (sci-fi short)
Sources: Bernama: Kling 3.0 launch · Artificial Analysis text-to-video leaderboard · One Little Web traffic ranking, September 2026 · Bernama: Kling 4.0 launch (company press release)
An open-weights video and audio model family (LTX-2 was released in October 2025, with full weights and training code in January 2026) and a hosted LTX Studio.
- What it is based on
- Open weights under the LTX-2 Community License, which several sources say is not an OSI-approved open-source licence. Read the licence text before commercial use.
- Who it suits
- Technical users who want to run a model on their own machine, and people who want a free way to try it.
- How you use it
- Run it yourself from the open weights, or use the hosted LTX Studio.
- Free or paid
- Yes. The Studio pricing page lists a Free plan with 800 one-time credits and a personal-use licence only (not for business or paid work).
- How it is billed
- Monthly credits.
- Prices we could read on the official page (checked 2026-11-01)
- Free: $0, 800 one-time credits, personal use only
- Lite: $15 a month ($12 a month billed yearly), 8,000 credits a month
- Standard: $35 a month ($28 billed yearly), 28,000 credits a month, commercial use licence
- Pro: $125 a month ($100 billed yearly), 110,000 credits a month
Read from the Studio pricing page on 1 November 2026. Enterprise is custom.- Popularity
- Website visits: not in the top 30 a month (September 2026, third-party estimate). Quality ranking: #25 (LTX-2.5 Fast).
Sources: LTX Studio pricing · LTX-2 on Wikipedia · LTX 2.5 on Hugging Face · Artificial Analysis text-to-video leaderboard
Luma's video platform, Dream Machine, built on its Ray models. Ray3 is described as a reasoning video model, and Ray3 Modify edits existing footage. Luma raised $900 million in a Series C in November 2025, led by Saudi Arabia's HUMAIN.
- What it is based on
- Luma's own Ray models.
- Who it suits
- Creators who want to edit or restyle footage as well as generate it.
- How you use it
- Web app.
- Free or paid
- No free plan is listed on the pricing page.
- How it is billed
- Monthly credit plans.
- Prices we could read on the official page (checked 2026-11-01)
- Plus: $30 a month ($25 a month billed yearly), 10,000 credits
- Pro: $90 a month ($75 billed yearly), 40,000 credits
- Ultra: $300 a month ($250 billed yearly), 150,000 credits
Read from the official pricing page on 1 November 2026. Team and Enterprise are by contact.- Popularity
- Website visits: not in the top 30 a month (September 2026, third-party estimate). Quality ranking: not in the top 25.
Made with Luma Dream Machine on World AI Video Stage
Sources: Luma pricing · SiliconANGLE on the $900M round
A consumer video generator known for effects. Founded in 2023 by Demi Guo and Chenlin Meng, former Stanford AI PhD students. Reported funding is about $135 million through mid-2024, and figures vary by source.
- What it is based on
- Pika's own models.
- Who it suits
- Casual creators who want quick, playful clips.
- How you use it
- Web app.
- Free or paid
- Yes. The Free plan has no monthly credits (credit packs can be bought), includes all models and no watermark, but has no commercial licence.
- How it is billed
- Monthly credit plans.
- Prices we could read on the official page (checked 2026-11-01)
- Free: $0
- Starter: $10 a month ($8 billed yearly), 900 credits
- Creator: $35 a month ($28 billed yearly), 3,150 credits
- Fancy: from $95 up to $880 a month depending on the level, 8,550 credits and up
Read from the official pricing page on 1 November 2026. The page was inconsistent: the plan cards showed Creator as $35 and $30 and Fancy as $95 and $90. Check the current price on the page.- Popularity
- Website visits: not in the top 30 a month (September 2026, third-party estimate). Quality ranking: not in the top 25.
Sources: Pika pricing · Maginative on Pika's Series B
A consumer video app from AIsphere, founded in April 2023 by Wang Changhu, a former Microsoft and ByteDance executive. PixVerse V6 was released on 30 March 2026. AIsphere raised a Series C of $300 million in March 2026, later extended to $439 million with Alibaba joining.
- What it is based on
- AIsphere's own models.
- Who it suits
- Creators who want a popular, easy web app.
- How you use it
- Web app.
- Free or paid
- Not verified.
- How it is billed
- Not verified.
- Prices we could read on the official page (checked 2026-11-01)
- Not shown here. The official pricing page did not load for us. Third-party pages roughly agree on a free tier and paid tiers from about $10 a month, but we do not quote them. Check the official page. Official pricing
- Popularity
- Website visits: 10.4M a month (September 2026, third-party estimate). Quality ranking: #21 (PixVerse V6).
Sources: KrASIA on AIsphere and PixVerse · DealStreetAsia on the Series C · Artificial Analysis text-to-video leaderboard · One Little Web traffic ranking, September 2026
A video generation and editing platform. Its current model is Gen-4.5 (December 2025). In February 2026 Runway raised $315 million at a reported $5.3 billion valuation and said it is moving toward world models.
- What it is based on
- Runway's own models.
- Who it suits
- Creators who want generation and editing controls in one tool. Several comparison guides name Runway for creative control.
- How you use it
- Web app and API.
- Free or paid
- Yes. A free plan with 125 one-time credits and 5GB of storage.
- How it is billed
- Monthly plans with credits. On the page, Gen-4.5 costs 60 credits per 5 seconds of video.
- Prices we could read on the official page (checked 2026-11-01)
- Free: $0, 125 one-time credits
- Standard: $15 a month ($12 billed yearly), 625 credits a month
- Pro: $35 a month ($28 billed yearly), 2,250 credits a month
- Max: $95 a month ($76 billed yearly), 9,500 credits a month
Read from the official pricing page on 1 November 2026. The page shows a Monthly/Yearly toggle and does not label the $15, $35 and $95 figures as monthly, but they appear to be.- Popularity
- Website visits: 10.68M a month (September 2026, third-party estimate). Quality ranking: not in the top 25.
Made with Runway on World AI Video Stage
The future of VFX: using Runway Aleph (how-to)
Runway Act-Two: how-to tutorial and pro tips
Runway video-to-video: best prompts and tips
Nature (free 4K AI-generated clip)
Sources: Runway pricing · SiliconANGLE on the $315M round · One Little Web traffic ranking, September 2026
ByteDance's video model. Seedance 2.5 was unveiled at the Volcano Engine FORCE conference at the end of July 2026 and opened to the public API. Reports describe 30-second clips and many reference inputs. Dreamina is ByteDance's consumer app for it.
- What it is based on
- ByteDance's own models.
- Who it suits
- Reference-heavy and longer clips, and cheap per-second use on Dreamina.
- How you use it
- Dreamina web app, through other platforms (Higgsfield lists it), and an API. The availability can depend on your region.
- Free or paid
- Not verified as a standing free plan. The Dreamina page lists promotions.
- How it is billed
- Credit-based monthly and yearly plans.
- Prices we could read on the official page (checked 2026-11-01)
- Basic: 1,575 credits a month. The page said that for US users the first month is $0.29, with a listed renewal of $15 a month (offer from 21 October 2026).
Read from Dreamina's own price page, dated 27 October 2026. It listed other plans only in local currency, mixed with Black Friday deals until 6 November, so we do not quote them.- Popularity
- Website visits: not in the top 30 a month (September 2026, third-party estimate). Quality ranking: #4 (Dreamina Seedance 2.5).
The consumer site of ByteDance's Chinese version, Jimeng AI, is a separate site with 7.12M monthly visits in the traffic ranking. We do not count it for Seedance.
Made with Seedance (Dreamina) on World AI Video Stage
TRIBE: a 14-minute war film made alone with AI
LINGER / 余韻 (AI animated short)
Generated: an AI short film made with Seedance…
Seedance 2.0 showreel by Artlist
Sources: Dreamina Seedance price page · TechNode: Seedance 2.5 launch · Artificial Analysis text-to-video leaderboard
Vidu
ShengShu Technology, China · official site
ShengShu was founded in 2023 by Tsinghua University alumni and says it was the first Chinese company to release a video model, in April 2024. Vidu Q3 (April 2026) is described by the company as supporting audio and video together within 16 seconds at 1080p, plus a reference-to-video mode. A later round of about RMB 2 billion (about $293 million) was led by Alibaba Cloud.
- What it is based on
- ShengShu's own models.
- Who it suits
- Short series, animation and ad clips from reference images (the company's own positioning).
- How you use it
- Web app, plus a business API.
- Free or paid
- Not verified.
- How it is billed
- Not verified.
- Prices we could read on the official page (checked 2026-11-01)
- Not shown here. The official pricing page did not load for us. Check the official page. Official pricing
- Popularity
- Website visits: 3.69M a month (September 2026, third-party estimate). Quality ranking: not in the top 25.
The company's press release says Vidu Q3 ranked first on the Artificial Analysis benchmark. It was not in the top 25 of the text-to-video board we read on 1 November 2026. Different boards and dates can explain this, and we have not checked which one is right. On that board Vidu Q3 Pro is at rank 27 and Vidu Q3 Turbo at rank 28.
Sources: Yicai Global on ShengShu's funding · TechNode: Vidu Q3 reference-to-video · One Little Web traffic ranking, September 2026
Alibaba's video model line. Wan 3.0 launched on 24 August 2026 with clips of up to 30 seconds, and it is at rank 1 on the Artificial Analysis text-to-video board.
- What it is based on
- Alibaba's own models. Reports say Wan 3.0 weights are not downloadable, and that the earlier open Wan line stops at version 2.2 under the Apache 2.0 licence.
- Who it suits
- People who want a top-ranked model, mostly through Alibaba's site and API.
- How you use it
- wan.video, Alibaba Cloud Model Studio and an API (reported).
- Free or paid
- Not verified.
- How it is billed
- Not verified. Reports describe per-second API pricing.
- Prices we could read on the official page (checked 2026-11-01)
- Not shown here. We could not read the price from an official page, and reported per-second prices differ. Check the official page. Official pricing
- Popularity
- Website visits: 3.63M a month (September 2026, third-party estimate). Quality ranking: #1 (Wan 3.0).
Sources: Artificial Analysis text-to-video leaderboard · DataNorth: Alibaba launches Wan3.0 · One Little Web traffic ranking, September 2026
Sora
OpenAI · official site
Discontinued
OpenAI's video model and app. OpenAI announced on 24 March 2026 that it was ending Sora in two stages: the web and app on 26 April 2026 and the API on 24 September 2026.
- What it is based on
- OpenAI's own models.
- Who it suits
- Not available any more. It stays in our list because some older videos on World AI Video Stage were made with it.
- How you use it
- Closed.
- Free or paid
- Not applicable.
- How it is billed
- Not applicable.
- Prices we could read on the official page (checked 2026-11-01)
- Not shown here.
- Popularity
- Website visits: not in the top 30 a month (September 2026, third-party estimate). Quality ranking: not ranked.
Made with Sora on World AI Video Stage
Sources: The Decoder: Sora shutdown in two stages · Engadget: OpenAI is shutting down Sora
Quick answers
Which AI video tool ranks first on the Stage index?
Hailuo (MiniMax) is first with 4.5 out of 5, followed by PixVerse and Wan. The index is our own scoring, the average of quality points from the Artificial Analysis leaderboard and popularity points from website visits (2026-11-01).
Which AI video generator is first on the Artificial Analysis text-to-video leaderboard?
Wan 3.0 (Alibaba) was ranked first on the board we read on 2026-11-01. The board does not show an update date.
Which AI video generators have a free option?
According to their official pages: Adobe Firefly, LTX (Lightricks), Pika, Runway. Check each page for limits such as watermarks, one-time credits or licence terms.
Is Sora still available?
OpenAI's video model and app. OpenAI announced on 24 March 2026 that it was ending Sora in two stages: the web and app on 26 April 2026 and the API on 24 September 2026.
Where do the prices on this page come from?
A price appears only when we read it on the tool's own official page. Where a page did not load or showed a local currency we write that the price is not verified.
How this is made
- What the index is: the average of two measures that anyone can check: quality points from the Artificial Analysis text-to-video leaderboard and popularity points from website visits. It is our own scoring, not an official benchmark, and it ranks only the tools that have both measures.
- Quality points: the tool's best model on the Artificial Analysis text-to-video board, shown as the top 25 on 2026-11-01. Rank 1 to 5 gets 5 points, 6 to 15 gets 4, 16 to 25 gets 3, and a tool that is not in the top 25 gets 2. Artificial Analysis text-to-video leaderboard (AA-Video-T2V v2.1), top 25 shown on the page on 1 November 2026. The page does not show an update date. Platforms that mostly resell other companies' models (Higgsfield, Adobe Firefly) get no quality points.
- Popularity points: monthly website visits. 10M or more gets 5, 5M to 10M gets 4, 3M to 5M gets 3, and 1M to 3M gets 2. One Little Web, AI video generators ranking for September 2026: estimates the site says it builds from SEMrush, Ahrefs and Aitools.xyz data. They are third-party estimates, not official figures. A tool that is not in that top 30 has no popularity points here, because it may sit under another website name.
- User ratings: Read on 1 Nov 2026. Store ratings are the US Apple App Store average for the tool's own app, shown only where we found an official app. Trustpilot scores are for the tool's own website page. Both are open to self-selection: happy app users rate in the app, unhappy customers go to Trustpilot, and some companies invite reviews, so the two are shown side by side and are not part of the World AI Video Stage index.
- Stage index: the average of the two. It is a simple summary of two public measures and not a verdict on which tool is best for you.
- Descriptions: written from the company's own pages and from press coverage, with the sources listed under each tool. We have not hands-on tested every tool.
- Links: every link goes to the official site or to a source article. We use no affiliate links on this page.
- Not complete: this covers major video-generation tools, not every tool. It leaves out avatar and presenter tools. Think something is wrong or missing? Write to aireel.contact@gmail.com.
Notice
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