Top AI Models for Video Generation

OpenAI's legacy synced-audio video model for short text- or image-guided clips—still documented, but approaching a permanent API shutdown.

Generation price

$0.10 / generated second

Clip duration

4, 8, or 12 seconds

Google's preview video model for text-, image-, and video-guided generation with native audio and output options up to 4K.

Generation price

$0.40/s standard with audio

Clip duration

4, 6, or 8 seconds

Google's lower-cost Veo 3.1 variant for quickly creating short video clips with native audio and output options up to 4K.

Generation price

$0.10 720p · $0.12 1080p · $0.30 4K / sec

Clip duration

4, 6, or 8 seconds

fal's speed-focused post-trained version of MiniMax H3 for short video with native audio, fast 768p iteration, and text, image, or multimodal reference input.

Generation price

$0.05 480p · $0.08 768p · $0.16 1080p / sec

Clip duration

5–15 seconds

Runway's flagship developer video model for text- and image-guided clips, with professional formats and a predictable credit-per-second base rate.

Generation price

12 credits / sec = $0.12 / sec

Clip duration

2–10 seconds

Kuaishou's Pro video model delivered through fal for multi-shot text/image generation, optional native audio, references, and clips up to 15 seconds.

Generation price

$0.112/s no audio · $0.168/s audio

Clip duration

Up to 15 seconds

A cost-conscious Kling model on fal for fluid five- or ten-second clips generated from text or a starting image.

Generation price

$0.07 / generated second

Clip duration

5 or 10 seconds

SpaceXAI's current video model for turning text, images, or references into short clips with optional generated speech and sound.

Generation price

$0.08 480p · $0.14 720p · $0.25 1080p / sec

Clip duration

1–15 seconds

ByteDance's current audiovisual model for coherent clips up to 30 seconds, with native sound, long-form storytelling, rich references, and targeted editing.

Generation price

$0.0214 / 1K video tokens on fal

Clip duration

4–30 seconds; official extensions supported

Alibaba's unified video family for creating short clips with sound from text, a starting image, or a reference video.

Generation price

Per generated second; use live QwenCloud rate

Clip duration

3–15 seconds

Lightricks' quality-focused video model for making 720p or 1080p clips from text, images, or audio with native sound.

Generation price

$0.12/s 720p · $0.17/s 1080p

Clip duration

6, 8, or 10 seconds

LTX's speed-optimized video model for text, image, or audio input, native sound, automatic duration, and output up to 4K.

Generation price

$0.09/s 720p to $0.30/s 4K

Clip duration

6–20 seconds depending on resolution and frame rate