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Best Video Generation AI tools

17 video generation tools, ranked by our score. Our top pick is Runway, followed by Sora and Veo.

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17 video generation tools, ranked by our score. Our top pick is Runway, followed by Sora and Veo. If you want to start without paying, look at Runway, Kling, Luma. Every score is our own judgement of how well a tool does the job, and you can read how we score on the blog.

  1. Runway: Makes and edits videos with AI. Used by film studios, creators and hobbyists. Freemium. Solthar Score 94/100.
  2. Sora: OpenAI's text-to-video model producing strikingly coherent, cinematic clips. Paid. Solthar Score 93/100.
  3. Veo: Google's video model with native audio and strong physical realism. Paid. Solthar Score 93/100.
  4. Kling: Kuaishou's high-fidelity video model with long, physically believable shots. Freemium. Solthar Score 89/100.
  5. Luma: Dream Machine turns text and images into smooth, realistic motion in seconds. Freemium. Solthar Score 89/100.
  6. Pika: Playful, fast AI video with fun effects and easy image-to-video animation. Freemium. Solthar Score 88/100.
  7. HeyGen: AI avatars and video translation for training, marketing, and localized content. Freemium. Solthar Score 87/100.
  8. Synthesia: Enterprise avatar video platform for L&D and corporate comms in 140+ languages. Paid. Solthar Score 86/100.
  9. LTX Studio: Storyboard-first video generation that keeps characters consistent across shots. Freemium. Solthar Score 85/100.
  10. Hailuo: MiniMax's video model, notable for expressive character motion. Freemium. Solthar Score 84/100.
  11. Seedance: ByteDance video model tuned for multi-shot consistency. Freemium. Solthar Score 83/100.
  12. PixVerse: Fast video generation with effect templates built for social formats. Freemium. Solthar Score 81/100.
  13. Wan: Alibaba's open-weight video generation family. Free. Solthar Score 81/100.
  14. Hedra: Talking-character video from a single image plus audio. Freemium. Solthar Score 80/100.
  15. Vidu: Video model with strong reference-to-video character consistency. Freemium. Solthar Score 80/100.
  16. Genmo: The team behind Mochi, an open-weights video model you can run yourself. Freemium. Solthar Score 79/100.
  17. Argil: Clone yourself once, then generate presenter video from scripts. Paid. Solthar Score 76/100.

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