Best Text to Video AI Tools (2026)
Generate video clips from a written prompt. Compare clip length, resolution, free credits and commercial terms across the leading generators.
27 of 27 tools
Adobe Firefly Video
Free plan · from $9.99/mo
Adobe's commercially safe video model plus partner models inside Firefly
Autodesk Flow Studio (Wonder Studio)
Free plan · from $10/mo
Put CG characters into live-action footage with AI mocap and editable exports
CapCut
Free plan · Paid
Free all-in-one video editor for desktop, web and mobile, from ByteDance
Colossyan
Free plan · from $89/mo
AI avatar video and course builder for workplace training
DeepBrain AI (AI Studios)
Free plan · from $29/mo
AI Studios: avatar videos, lip-synced dubbing and live interactive avatars
Dreamina (Seedance)
Free plan · from $15/mo
CapCut's creative app and home of ByteDance's Seedance video models
Google Veo (Flow / Gemini)
Free plan · from $4.99/mo
Google's Veo 3.1 and Gemini Omni video models inside Flow and the Gemini app
Hailuo AI (MiniMax)
Free plan · from $14.99/mo
MiniMax's video app running the H3 model with reference-driven generation
HeyGen
Free plan · from $29/mo
Script-to-video platform with realistic AI avatars and video translation
Higgsfield
Free plan · from $19/mo
One subscription for dozens of third-party and in-house video and image models
HunyuanVideo
Open source
Tencent's open-weight 8.3B video model that runs on consumer GPUs
InVideo AI
Free plan · from $20/mo
Prompt-driven AI video creation with agents, generative models and an editor
Kaiber
from $10/mo
Canvas, beat-synced video and editor for musicians and visual artists
Kling AI
Free plan · from $8.8/mo
Kuaishou's video generator with native 4K, audio and up to 15s clips
Krea
Free plan · from $9/mo
Creative AI suite with many video models, motion transfer and video upscaling
LTX Studio
Free plan · from $15/mo
Lightricks' storyboard-to-video studio powered by the open LTX-2.5 model
Luma Dream Machine
from $30/mo
Luma's Ray3 video models with HDR output plus third-party models in one app
Mochi 1 (Genmo)
Open source
Genmo's Apache-licensed 10B open text-to-video model
Moonvalley (Marey)
Paid
Marey: a filmmaker-focused video model trained only on licensed footage
Pictory
from $29/mo
Turn scripts, articles, slides and recordings into captioned videos
Pika
Free plan · from $10/mo
Playful multi-model video app with effects, swaps and its own Pika 2.5 model
PixVerse
Free plan · from $10/mo
Budget-friendly video generator with daily free credits and many partner models
Runway
Free plan · from $15/mo
Pro-grade AI video studio built on its own Gen-4.5 model plus partner models
Synthesia
Free plan · from $29/mo
Enterprise-focused AI avatar video studio for training and comms
Vidnoz
Free plan · from $26.99/mo
Budget AI avatar video maker with a daily free allowance
Vidu
Free plan · from $10/mo
ShengShu's video generator known for multi-reference consistency and anime
Wan (Alibaba)
Open source
Alibaba's Apache-licensed open video models for T2V, I2V, speech and animation
Side-by-side specs
| Adobe Firefly Video | Autodesk Flow Studio (Wonder Studio) | CapCut | Colossyan | DeepBrain AI (AI Studios) | Dreamina (Seedance) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan · from $9.99/mo | Free plan · from $10/mo | Free plan · Paid | Free plan · from $89/mo | Free plan · from $29/mo | Free plan · from $15/mo |
| Free tier | Free daily generations across image, video and audio | 300 credits/month, 720p export, watermarked | Free plan with basic editing tools and free templates | Free Starter plan: 20 min/month with NEO avatars, watermarked | 3 videos up to 1 min at 720p, 3 dubbing uses, 16 one-time generative credits | Free daily credits for images and videos |
| Max clip length | 5s per clip (Firefly Video Model); longer with some partner models | 20 min (free), 30 min monthly / 50 min yearly (Professional), custom on Enterprise | 30 min (Personal), 60 min (Team), unlimited on Enterprise | |||
| Max resolution | 1080p (Firefly Video Model); 4K with select partner models | 4K (Standard plan and up) | 4K | 4K (Enterprise); 1080p on Starter/Professional | 4K (Team and Enterprise) | |
| Watermark on free plan | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ||
| Commercial use | Firefly model outputs on all plans; check partner-model outputs | All plans | ||||
| Developer API | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Open source | No | No | No | No | No | No |