Video Generation Models

Google's mid-tier video generation model balancing speed and quality. Veo 3.1 Fast generates high-quality video from text or image prompts with native synchronized audio, offering faster turnaround than Veo 3.1 at lower cost. Supports first-frame and last-frame conditioning, multiple resolutions and aspect ratios, and SynthID watermarking.

Seedance 2.0 is a video generation model from ByteDance. It supports text-to-video, image-to-video with first and last frame control, and multimodal reference-to-video. It is particularly strong at preserving character consistency, visual style, and camera movement from reference material. The number of tokens is given by (height of output video * width of output video * duration * 24) / 1024

Google's most cost-effective video generation model, designed for high-volume applications and rapid iteration. Veo 3.1 Lite generates 720p and 1080p video from text or image prompts with native synchronized audio at less than 50% of the cost of Veo 3.1 Fast. Supports 4–8 second clips in landscape (16:9) and portrait (9:16) formats, with SynthID watermarking. Ideal for content platforms, short-form video creation, and automated media generation.

Seedance 2.0 Fast is a video generation model from ByteDance. It supports text-to-video, image-to-video with first and last frame control, and multimodal reference-to-video. It prioritizes generation speed and lower cost over maximum output quality. The number of tokens is given by (height of output video * width of output video * duration * 24) / 1024

Google's state-of-the-art video generation model, built for maximum visual fidelity in final production cuts. Veo 3.1 generates high-quality 1080p video from text or image prompts with native synchronized audio — including dialogue, ambient effects, and background sound. Supports scene extension (up to 20 chained clips for 140+ second narratives), frames-to-video transitions between two images, vertical video for Shorts, and 4K upscaling.

Grok Imagine Video is xAI's fast, text-, image-, and reference-conditioned video generation model. It produces short videos (1–15 seconds, 24 fps) at 480p or 720p across seven aspect ratios - 1:1, 16:9, 9:16, 4:3, 3:4, 3:2, and 2:3.

The model supports three generation modes: text-to-video from a prompt alone, image-to-video that animates a still input, and reference-to-video that grounds the output in up to seven reference images for consistent characters, styles, or settings.

Kling v3.0 Standard is a video generation model from Kuaishou. It supports text-to-video and image-to-video workflows, with first-frame and last-frame control for guided scene composition. Clips range from 3 to 15 seconds in 16:9, 9:16, or 1:1 aspect ratios. Native audio generation is available as an option.

Kling v3.0 Pro is Kuaishou's premium video generation model, offering higher visual quality than the Standard tier. It supports text-to-video and image-to-video workflows, with first-frame and last-frame control for precise scene composition. Clips range from 3 to 15 seconds in 16:9, 9:16, or 1:1 aspect ratios. Native audio generation is available as an option.

ByteDance's next-generation audio-visual generation model with a 4.5B parameter Dual-Branch Diffusion Transformer architecture. Seedance 1.5 Pro generates video and audio simultaneously in a single unified pass — eliminating the timing issues of sequential audio dubbing. Supports multi-language lip-sync (English, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, and more), cinematic camera control (pan, tilt, zoom, orbit), multi-character dialogue, and character consistency across shots. Produces clips from 4–12 seconds at up to 1080p. The number of tokens is given by (height of output video * width of output video * duration * 24) / 1024

HappyHorse 1.1 is a video generation model from Alibaba. It generates short videos from a text prompt, a single starting image, or a set of reference images, with output up to 1080p and durations of 3 to 15 seconds. It is suited for creative content, social media clips, and image-driven animation, and improves on the prior version with stronger prompt adherence, smoother motion, and more consistent characters across frames.