Best AI Video Generators in 2026

Veo is the video generation model family developed by Google DeepMind. Google describes Veo 3.1 as its leading video model; it generates sound effects, ambient noise and dialogue natively and outputs at 1080p and 4K, and clips can be lengthened with scene extension. Veo is reached through several Google products: the Gemini app, the Flow filmmaking tool, Google Vids, Google AI Studio and the Gemini API for developers. On the consumer side, Google's subscription page lists Flow access for free users on a limited basis, 200 Flow credits on Google AI Plus at US$4.99 a month and 1,000 credits on Google AI Pro at US$19.99 a month, the latter with a limited trial of Veo 3.1 Lite. Veo models are also licensed to third-party platforms such as Luma.

Runway develops its own generative video models and sells them through a browser-based creative suite. Its pricing page lists Gen-4.5 and the Aleph 2.0 video-editing model, together with third-party models including Kling 4.0 and Seedance 2.0 Pro. The free tier gives a one-time grant of 125 credits. Paid plans are Standard at US$15 a month billed monthly (US$12 annually) with 625 credits, Pro at US$35 (US$28) with 2,250 credits, and Max at US$95 (US$76) with 9,500 credits and early access to new models. The company lists offices in New York, San Francisco, Seattle, London, Paris, Tel Aviv and Tokyo. Runway moved its primary domain from runwayml.com to runway.com, and the old address now redirects.

Kling AI is the video generation product of Kuaishou Technology, the operator of the Kuaishou short-video app. Its website promotes Kling 4.0 as the current model. Kuaishou reports Kling as a separate revenue line: in its results for the second quarter of 2026, released on 19 August 2026, the company said Kling AI generated revenue of over RMB850 million in the quarter, more than 200% higher than a year earlier. Kling models are also resold by other tools in this list; Runway, Luma and Adobe Firefly all list Kling models in their plans. Kling's own consumer membership prices were not displayed on the pages accessible for this review.

Luma AI develops the Ray family of video models and offers them in its Dream Machine creative app alongside an unusually long list of third-party models. Its pricing page lists Ray3.2 and Ray3.14 next to Seedance, Kling 4.0, Veo 3.1 and MiniMax H3, plus image, audio and lip-sync models. Individual plans are Plus at US$30 a month with 10,000 credits, Pro at US$90 with 40,000 credits and Ultra at US$300 with 150,000 credits; annual billing lowers these to US$25, US$75 and US$250 a month. All individual plans include commercial use. Team and Enterprise plans add shared credits, SSO and custom fine-tuning, with prices available from sales.

Synthesia generates presenter-led videos from a script using stock or custom AI avatars, and is aimed at corporate training, onboarding and internal communication. The company says it was founded in 2017 and gives its address as London. The pricing page lists a Basic plan at US$0 with 10 minutes a month and 9 avatars; Starter at US$19 a month (US$14 billed yearly) with 125+ avatars; Pro at US$89 a month (US$59 billed yearly) with 180+ avatars; and a custom-priced Enterprise plan with 240+ stock avatars and unlimited video minutes. The comparison table lists 140+ languages and voices, while dubbing output covers 70+ languages below Enterprise.

HeyGen produces avatar-presented videos and translates existing video into other languages with lip-synced voice. The company says its product is used by over 40 million people and by 85% of the Fortune 100, and names Joshua Xu, a former Snap engineer, as its founder; it lists offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Palo Alto and Toronto. The free plan allows three watermarked videos a month of up to one minute. Creator costs US$29 a month with 600 credits and 30-minute videos, Pro starts at US$49 with 1,000 credits, and Business costs US$149 a month plus US$20 per additional seat, with 60-minute videos. Paid plans list 175+ languages and dialects.

Adobe Firefly is Adobe's generative AI application, covering image, video and audio generation and integrated with Creative Cloud. Plans are sold by generative credits: Firefly Standard at US$9.99 a month with 2,000 credits, Firefly Pro at US$19.99 with 4,000, and Firefly Pro Plus at US$49.99 with 10,000, with introductory discounts running at the time of review. Adobe says plans give access to models from Adobe, Google, OpenAI and other providers; Pro Plus includes unlimited generations on selected video models, including Kling 2.5 Turbo, for the first year. The team-oriented Firefly Premium at US$199.99 per licence a month includes unlimited use of the Firefly Video Model.

Pika is a consumer and creator-oriented AI video generator used mainly for short social clips and effects. Its pricing is credit-based: a free tier with no monthly credits (credit packs only), Starter at US$10 a month with 600 credits, Creator at US$35 with 2,600 credits, and Fancy from US$95 with 8,550 credits and up. Annual billing reduces these to US$8, US$28 and US$76 a month, and an Enterprise tier is priced on request.

Compared with the model developers above, Pika's public material concentrates on creative effects and quick turnaround rather than long-form footage or enterprise controls.

Invideo AI turns a prompt into an edited video with script, voice-over and footage, combining generated clips with a stock library. Plans are per seat: Basic at US$9 a month billed monthly with 190 credits, Pro at US$30 with 1,000 credits and Ultra at US$80 with 3,000 credits, with annual billing roughly halving the price. The pricing page ties plan level to model access: Basic is limited to Seedance 2.0 Fast and Mini, while Pro and Ultra unlock all models, including Seedance 2.5 at 1080p. Plans also include premium stock footage allowances and up to 800 GB of storage.

Hailuo AI is the video generation product of MiniMax, a Chinese AI developer whose investor-relations site lists Hailuo video among its products. The Hailuo site promotes the MiniMax H3 model as its current release, and MiniMax describes H3 as an open-weight multimodal model. The same model is offered through third-party platforms; Luma lists MiniMax H3 and H3 Max among its video models. Hailuo's subscription page did not display plan prices when accessed for this review, so pricing is omitted.