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AI Video Models and How to Compare Them

These notes describe how each provider publicly positions its video tools. They are not measurements, rankings, or a record of our own tests. If you want to compare AI video generators, start with the job.

AI video models and AI video generation models change names, lengths, and prices often. The cards below are alphabetical on purpose. Order is not quality. Follow the official link before you plan a project around a feature.

  • A person on a rocky summit photographing mountains above a sea of cloud

    Adobe

    Adobe Firefly

    Firefly is Adobe’s generative model family, including video features connected to Creative Cloud. Adobe describes Firefly as a commercial creative tool and discusses how its training data is handled. Treat that as Adobe’s account of its own product, and read the current plan terms before a client job.

    Inputs discussed publicly. Text and images, as Adobe presents the video workflow

    Official overview for Adobe Firefly (opens in a new tab)
  • Snowy mountain peaks under the Milky Way, with a meteor crossing the sky

    Google

    Google Veo

    Veo is Google’s video generation model family. Google’s public documentation has described creating video from text and from images, including clips that start and end on chosen frames. Which Google product offers Veo, and what that version accepts, has changed more than once.

    Inputs discussed publicly. Text and images

    Official overview for Google Veo (opens in a new tab)
  • A quiet shoreline at sunrise, with a thin wave washing onto pale sand

    MiniMax

    Hailuo

    Hailuo is MiniMax’s video product. MiniMax publicly offers it for clips made from text and image references. Length, resolution, and whether sound is included depend on the version you open, so the product page matters more than a summary.

    Inputs discussed publicly. Text and images

    Official overview for Hailuo (opens in a new tab)
  • A stone castle gate in heavy fog, with a cobbled bridge leading to wooden doors

    Kuaishou

    Kling AI

    Kling AI is Kuaishou’s video and image product. It generates clips from text and still images. Kuaishou’s public pages for recent Kling versions also describe sound produced with the picture. Confirm the version, because the feature list moves quickly.

    Inputs discussed publicly. Text and images

    Official overview for Kling AI (opens in a new tab)
  • A blue shell of glowing gas around a bright star in a star field

    Luma AI

    Luma Ray

    Ray is Luma AI’s video model line, published through Dream Machine. Luma describes Ray as a model for natural motion from written direction. Image and video inputs have been part of some Ray releases and absent from others.

    Inputs discussed publicly. Text. Other inputs have varied by version

    Official overview for Luma Ray (opens in a new tab)
  • Overlapping translucent bubbles in pink, blue, gold, and violet

    Pika

    Pika

    Pika is a video product associated with short clips, image animation, and effects aimed at social posts. It is a different kind of tool from a long cinematic scene. Check Pika’s site for the inputs and effects on the current version.

    Inputs discussed publicly. Confirm on Pika’s site

    Official overview for Pika (opens in a new tab)
  • A neon shopping street at night, with crowds crossing wet pavement

    Runway

    Runway

    Runway is a creative studio for generating and directing AI video. Its Gen models are publicly offered for text-to-video and image-to-video work, with an emphasis on controlling a shot rather than only typing a sentence.

    Inputs discussed publicly. Text and images

    Official overview for Runway (opens in a new tab)

Questions that compare the work

A useful comparison holds the prompt and the still constant, then changes only the model. These are the questions worth answering from the clip in front of you.

Questions to ask when comparing AI video models
QuestionWhy it changes the job
Does it accept the input I have?Text, a still, or a clip. A model that cannot take your material is the wrong model, however impressive the sample reel.
Does the subject survive the shot?A product, a face, or a garment has to stay itself. Watch the whole clip, not the first second.
Is sound included, and whose is it?Some tools generate audio with the picture. That audio has its own rights. Silence plus a track you license is often simpler.
What do the commercial terms allow?A personal trial and a client advertisement are different uses. Read the plan you would pay for.
How long is a clip, and can you extend it?Many models make short shots. A longer piece is usually an edit of several generations.
Where does the file go next?You still need a normal export for cutting, captions, and delivery.

What this page leaves out

There is no price column and no benchmark. Both go stale, and a score on someone else’s prompt does not predict your product shot. We also do not claim to have produced sample clips with these models. The photographs are references for mood.

Availability is part of the choice, and it can end. OpenAI’s documentation states that the Sora 2 models and Videos API were shut down on 24 September 2026. The lesson is practical: export what a project needs, and do not depend on a single vendor. The note lives in OpenAI’s video generation guide.

A longer way through the decision is in how to choose an AI video model.

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