Video · segment

Native audio

Sound generated in the same pass.

No independent measure ranks this whole set, so no crown. Shortlist ordered by Max output; the basis is stated, not hidden.

11 eligibledata as of 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
HappyHorse 1.1 Alibaba (Taotian — Future Life Lab) B live
API & price
public via aggregators (fal.ai ~$0.14-0.28/s); no first-party endpoint
secondary
Max output
3-15s · 1080p (24fps)
secondary
Native audio
yes (joint video+audio, multilingual lip-sync)
secondary
Weights
closed (vendor states no open-source)
secondary
Free tier
no (paid API only)
secondary
Quality 1152Artificial Analysis Video Arena (text-to-video) ↗
Best for APINative audio ✓ 2026-07-04
Veo 3.1 Fast Google DeepMind A live
API & price
public · ~$0.10/s (720p/1080p, audio incl.); $0.30/s at 4K
official
Max output
8s · 720p/1080p/4K (24fps; ~140s via extension)
official
Native audio
yes
official
Weights
closed
official
Free tier
no (metered paid API)
official
Quality 1076Artificial Analysis Image-to-Video Arena ↗
Best for APINative audio ✓ 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
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 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
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
Grok Imagine Video xAI A live
API & price
public · $0.05/s ($4.20/min incl. audio)
official
Max output
15s · 720p
secondary
Native audio
yes
secondary
Weights
closed
secondary
Free tier
no (free tier removed 2026-03-19; watermarked outputs)
secondary
Quality 1113Artificial Analysis Image-to-Video Arena (with audio) ↗
Best for APINative audio ✓ 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
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