Vidu Alternatives
Looking for something other than Vidu? Here are 9 alternatives, with specs side by side so you can see what you gain or lose.
← Back to ViduKling AI
Free plan · from $8.8/mo
Kuaishou's video generator with native 4K, audio and up to 15s clips
Hailuo AI (MiniMax)
Free plan · from $14.99/mo
MiniMax's video app running the H3 model with reference-driven generation
PixVerse
Free plan · from $10/mo
Budget-friendly video generator with daily free credits and many partner models
Dreamina (Seedance)
Free plan · from $15/mo
CapCut's creative app and home of ByteDance's Seedance video models
Runway
Free plan · from $15/mo
Pro-grade AI video studio built on its own Gen-4.5 model plus partner models
Adobe Firefly Video
Free plan · from $9.99/mo
Adobe's commercially safe video model plus partner models inside Firefly
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
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
Vidu vs top alternatives
| Vidu | Kling AI | Hailuo AI (MiniMax) | PixVerse | Dreamina (Seedance) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan · from $10/mo | Free plan · from $8.8/mo | Free plan · from $14.99/mo | Free plan · from $10/mo | Free plan · from $15/mo |
| Free tier | Free plan with login bonus credits; Q4 at 540p | Free Basic plan with no monthly credits; exports watermarked | Free credits for new users | 60 initial credits plus 30 daily credits, up to 540p | Free daily credits for images and videos |
| Max clip length | 16s per generation (Q3) | 15s per generation (Kling 3.0) | 15s per generation (MiniMax H3) | ||
| Max resolution | 4K (higher tiers) | 4K (native) | 2K (MiniMax H3) | 4K (Pro plan and up) | |
| Watermark on free plan | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Commercial use | Paid plans | Paid plans | Paid plans | ||
| Developer API | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Open source | No | No | No | No | No |