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21 eligibledata as of 2026-07-04
Dreamina / Seedance 2.0 ByteDance A live
API & price
public · ~$0.01-0.03/s (720p, via BytePlus ModelArk)
secondary
Max output
15s · 2K
secondary
Native audio
yes
official
Weights
closed
secondary
Free tier
limited · watermarked
secondary
Quality 1221Artificial Analysis Video Arena (with audio) ↗
Best freeBest for APINative audio ✓ 2026-07-04
Kling O1 Kuaishou (Kling AI) A live
API & price
public · resellers ~$0.1111/s
secondary
Max output
1080p · multi-shot up to ~3 min
secondary
Native audio
yes (voice/dialogue/SFX/singing, EN+ZH)
official
Weights
closed
secondary
Free tier
limited (~66 daily credits)
secondary
Quality no independent measure
Best freeBest for APINative audio ✓ 2026-07-04
Adobe Firefly Video Model Adobe A live
API & price
public (Firefly Services API) + web app + Premiere Pro
official
Max output
1080p (4K via upscale) · ~5-15s
secondary
Native audio
no (generated audio in early testing)
secondary
Weights
closed
official
Free tier
limited (free Firefly credits; unlimited on some CC plans)
secondary
Quality no independent measure
Best freeBest for API ✓ 2026-07-04
Luma Ray3.2 Luma AI B live
API & price
public · ~$0.30 per 720p 5s clip (HDR 2x, EXR 3x)
official
Max output
20s · 1080p (native 5-10s; 20s via V2V)
official
Native audio
no
official
Weights
closed
secondary
Free tier
limited (Lite plan, limited monthly credits, no watermark)
official
Quality no independent measure
Best freeBest for API ✓ 2026-07-04
Veo 3.1 Google DeepMind A live
API & price
public · $0.40/s (Fast $0.10-0.30/s, Lite $0.05-0.08/s)
official
Max output
8s · 1080p (4K available; ~148s via extension)
official
Native audio
yes
official
Weights
closed
official
Free tier
limited (watermarked generation via Gemini app; no free API)
official
Quality 1094Artificial Analysis Video Arena (text-to-video) ↗
Best freeBest for APINative audio ✓ 2026-07-04
Allegro Rhymes AI B live
API & price
self-host only
official
Max output
6s (88 frames @15fps) · 720p
official
Native audio
no
official
Weights
open · Apache-2.0
official
Free tier
open self-host
official
Quality no independent measure
Best freeOpen-weights ✓ 2026-07-04
Pyramid Flow Kuaishou / Peking University B live
API & price
self-host only
official
Max output
10s · 768p (24fps)
official
Native audio
no
official
Weights
open · MIT
official
Free tier
open self-host
official
Quality no independent measure
Best freeOpen-weights ✓ 2026-07-04
Wan 2.2 Alibaba (Tongyi Lab) A live
API & price
cloud + self-host
official
Max output
5s · 720p (24fps, TI2V-5B on one 24GB GPU)
official
Native audio
no
official
Weights
open · Apache-2.0
official
Free tier
open self-host
official
Quality no independent measure
Best freeBest for APIOpen-weights ✓ 2026-07-04
LTX-2 Lightricks A live
API & price
cloud + self-host · fal.ai $0.04-0.24/s
secondary
Max output
~10s · up to 4K (50fps)
official
Native audio
yes (LTX-2/2.3; older 0.9.x had none)
official
Weights
open · custom (Lightricks community licence; free commercial under $10M ARR)
official
Free tier
open self-host (free commercial under $10M ARR)
official
Quality 974Artificial Analysis Text-to-Video Arena (LTX-2.3 Fast) ↗
Best freeBest for APIOpen-weightsNative audio ✓ 2026-07-04
Step-Video-T2V StepFun B live
API & price
self-host only
official
Max output
204 frames (~8s) · 544×992
official
Native audio
no
official
Weights
open · MIT
official
Free tier
open self-host (free demo at yuewen.cn)
official
Quality no independent measure
Best freeOpen-weights ✓ 2026-07-04
Open-Sora HPC-AI Tech A live
API & price
self-host only
official
Max output
768px · ~5s
official
Native audio
no
official
Weights
open · Apache-2.0
official
Free tier
open self-host (free Gradio demo on HF)
official
Quality no independent measure
Best freeOpen-weights ✓ 2026-07-04
HunyuanVideo Tencent A live
API & price
third-party cloud + self-host · fal.ai $0.4/video
secondary
Max output
5s · 720p (129 frames)
official
Native audio
no
official
Weights
open · custom (Tencent Hunyuan Community License; excludes EU/UK/KR)
official
Free tier
open self-host (weights free; no vendor free hosted tier)
official
Quality 82.7VBench (third-party compilation) ↗
Best freeBest for APIOpen-weights ✓ 2026-07-04
Mochi 1 Genmo A live
API & price
cloud playground + self-host
official
Max output
5.4s · 480p (30fps)
official
Native audio
no
official
Weights
open · Apache-2.0
official
Free tier
open self-host + free hosted playground
official
Quality no independent measure
Best freeBest for APIOpen-weights ✓ 2026-07-04
CogVideoX Zhipu AI A live
API & price
cloud + self-host · hosted $0.2/video (z.ai)
official
Max output
10s · 1360×768 (16fps, CogVideoX1.5-5B)
official
Native audio
no (open weights video-only)
official
Weights
split — 2b: Apache-2.0; 5b: custom CogVideoX License
official
Free tier
open self-host + free Qingying web tier
official
Quality 80.3VBench (secondary compilation) ↗
Best freeBest for APIOpen-weights ✓ 2026-07-04
PixVerse V6 AIsphere A live
API & price
public · $0.09/s (1080p, via fal.ai)
secondary
Max output
15s · 1080p
secondary
Native audio
yes
secondary
Weights
closed
secondary
Free tier
watermarked
secondary
Quality 1074Artificial Analysis Image-to-Video Arena ↗
Best freeBest for APINative audio ✓ 2026-07-04
Vidu Shengshu Technology A live
API & price
public · ~$0.02-0.145/s
official
Max output
16s · 1080p
official
Native audio
yes
official
Weights
closed
secondary
Free tier
watermarked
secondary
Quality 1061Artificial Analysis Video Arena (image-to-video) ↗
Best freeBest for APINative audio ✓ 2026-07-04
Higgsfield Higgsfield AI C live
API & price
public · ~$0.14-0.57 per 5s (own DoP models)
secondary
Max output
15s · 4K (via routed Kling 3.0 / Wan 2.6)
secondary
Native audio
yes (via routed models)
secondary
Weights
closed
secondary
Free tier
watermarked · ~10 credits/day
secondary
Quality no independent measure
Best freeBest for APINative audio ✓ 2026-07-04
Kling 3.0 Kuaishou (Kling AI) A live
API & price
public · ~$0.075/s (reseller); consumer plans give no API access
secondary
Max output
15s · 4K (60fps)
secondary
Native audio
yes
secondary
Weights
closed
secondary
Free tier
watermarked (~66 daily credits)
secondary
Quality 1105Artificial Analysis Video Arena (with audio) ↗
Best freeBest for APINative audio ✓ 2026-07-04
Pika 2.5 Pika Labs A live
API & price
public · ~$0.04-0.09/s (via fal.ai)
secondary
Max output
25s · 1080p (via Pikaframes; base ~15s)
secondary
Native audio
partial (SFX only, no music/voice)
secondary
Weights
closed
secondary
Free tier
watermarked (80 credits/mo, 480p)
official
Quality no independent measure
Best freeBest for API ✓ 2026-07-04
Hailuo 02 MiniMax A live
API & price
public · points-based (768p/6s = 1 pt; packages $1,000-$6,000)
official
Max output
10s · 768p / 6s · 1080p
official
Native audio
no
official
Weights
closed
secondary
Free tier
watermarked (daily free allowance; watermark removed on $14.99/mo)
official
Quality 1228arena.ai Image-to-Video Leaderboard ↗
Best freeBest for API ✓ 2026-07-04
Runway Gen-4 Runway B live
API & price
public · ~$0.05/s (Gen-4 Turbo = 5 credits/s @ $0.01)
official
Max output
10s · 720p (4K via upscale)
secondary
Native audio
no
secondary
Weights
closed
secondary
Free tier
watermarked (Free plan: 125 one-time credits)
official
Quality no independent measure
Best freeBest for API ✓ 2026-07-04