Come first AI chatbot,Then AI image generator. Now, tech companies are eager to release AI video generators.
In the past year, almost all major tech companies have abandoned some kind of AI video model. Between Google’s VEO 3, Midjourney and Sora, it quickly became a crowded market. AI videos are a huge leap in the company’s AI creative products, and they deserve attention as generative AI becomes a larger part of what we create and watch online. This is especially true, because the technological advancement is legalityethics and other concerns continue to revolve around creative AI products.
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Many of these companies also have chatbots and image generators, but I was surprised to see a unique difference in video generators. Some of my favorite image generator features pop up in the video model, while others obviously do not exist. Because there are a lot of options, I’ve edited all the major models you can consider, including their pricing, privacy and hands-on testing for everyone.
Here’s everything you need to know about AI video generators. This list is regularly updated with the latest information on each generator.
What is an AI video generator?
AI video generators are one of the latest ways technology companies use to generate AI. These programs use text-to-video and image-to-video technologies, allowing you to create short video clips. You enter a short description called “Tip”, or upload an image to animate it and create a clip made entirely from AI Gen II. These AI videos tend to be between five and 10 seconds, and some models offer synchronous audio. Because this technology is new, errors – called hallucinations – may be possible.
What AI video model can I use now?
Some examples of AI video generators that you can use now are Openai, Sora for veo 3, Google, Adobe Firefly and Midjourney for V1. They are all paid plans that produce good results and allow you to customize your lenses using the control panel. Runway, an AI startup, created Stable diffusion image generatoris another AI video option with a freemium plan. Luma, Pika and other AI models for ideological maps are also available.
Sola Joined the Chatgpt family At the end of 2024. This is a good user-friendly program, but nothing with dall-e 3 – You cannot “chat” with Sora for subsequent revisions. On the contrary, it is more reminiscent of traditional AI creative services. (Disclosure: CNET’s parent company Ziff Davis filed a lawsuit against OpenAI in April, accusing Ziff Davis of infringing on Ziff Davis’ copyright in training and operating its AI system.)
In Sora, you have a panel to customize the size, length and style feel of your video. You can enter a prompt or upload a sora image to animation, and you can perfect the video from there using some editing options. Sora videos will also be automatically watermarked, specifying their AI origin.
Sora is only used to pay for ChatGpt users. If you are a Chatgpt Plus user ($20 per month), you will receive 50 excellent points per month and up to 5 seconds at 720p. Upgrade to Pro Tier ($200 per month) to earn higher monthly credits, including 500 videos with priority/fast generation and a lightweight generation of videos. Professional subscribers can also create higher resolution videos at maximum of 1080p, extending the duration of the video to 20 seconds, and having the option to download videos without watermarks.
OpenAI’s privacy policy states that it may train your content unless you opt out. To do this in Sora, go to Settings > General and close Improve everyone’s model. You can also exclude videos from public exploration from settings.
Google’s VEO 3 AI video generator attracts AI enthusiasts when it is released publicly 2025 I/O Developer Conference. In my tests, I found Veo 3 is a good advancement From mine VEO 2’s disappointing experience 2but the real difference is audible: VEO 3 can generate and automatically sync audio to your video clips.
VEO 3 video is 8 seconds long, has a resolution of 720p and is automatically generated in horizontal 16:9 format. It’s a very capable program, the videos are exhaustive and fun, but there are some less exciting aspects. VEO 3 is only available through the expensive Gemini Ultra program and there are no editing tools, which is a creepy tool. Future updates may make VEO 3 more widely accessible and advanced.
Watermark Embed (not visible on the clip). General of Google Cloud AI Policy It is stated that customer data will not be trained without permission.
You can also test it on YouTube. The creator can now create Background of AI generation For their shorts videos, it’s thanks to the new features offered by VEO.
Midjourney It is one of the most popular AI image generators, it just released Its first AI video model Called V1. You can use Midjourney to create video clips between 5 and 21 seconds at 720p resolution. You can use Midjourney through Discord or its website. Currently, users’ video generation is paid, but this is one of the cheap options for $10 per month.
Midjourney’s Privacy Policy Indicates that personal information and information contained in the prompt can be used to improve its services. If you create it in invisible mode, your AI images will be private; otherwise, they will be shared in public galleries.
I was impressed by Midjourney The value of the pricebut you need to be patient and wait for the prompt.
Firefly’s Independent AI video generators are now available for you to use, on your computer and through its Fireflies Mobile apps. If you are familiar with Firefly’s AI Image tool, the video generator setup will be familiar. The left panel allows you to customize your clips and has the added benefit of letting you choose the kind of motion you want (zoom in and move out, right and left, etc.). You can also choose the camera angle you want, such as wanting to imitate a drone lens with a bird’s eye view.
Some creative cloud plans include Firefly Access, which includes you pay for a single program or all Adobe applications. You can check and compare options here. If you don’t have an existing Adobe plan, you can try creating 20 videos per month using the Firefly Standard plan ($10 per month). If you need more generation points, the Pro plan ($30 per month) gets up to 70 videos per month. Both Firefly Plans Unlimited AI image generation. Your Firefly Video will be 5 seconds long, at 1080p, without audio.
Videos created with Firefly are commercially secure, Adobe says, and its AI policy states that it won’t train your content. Firefly videos do not have visible watermarks, but Content credentials Automatically attached to your work. Firefly models are trained in licensed and public domain content.
AI enthusiasts may recognize track Start as a co-creation of the popular AI image generator stable diffusion. You may also recognize the runway from a landmark deal with major film studios last fall. Lion Gate Agree to open its catalogs – thousands of hours of movies like The Hunger Games and John Wick and TV shows like Mad Men – to create custom AI models for studio use.
In a brief test of the service, I was impressed by the ease of use of quickly building tools and the general ease of finding methods. I used this service as Canva’s Magic Media Apps, if you are a canvas lover, this is handy. You can use the runway for free on its web application and have 125 monthly credits – you will use about 20 credits, which is a fairly low limit. Upgrades ($15 per month or $144 per year) give you 625 monthly credits, access to new models, and the ability to access high-end videos to 4K and watermark-free.
Runway Terms of Service Indicates that their AI can be trained on your prompts and resulting videos, but ownership of them cannot be retained. It is Privacy Policy It is also noted that the runway may disclose your information to members, business and marketing partners. The videos you make are automatically private.
What are some other AI video projects?
What is obviously missing this list is the meta. The company specializes in developing resources for AI, but there is no publicly available AI video generator. It mocks a version October 2024. That’s all we know so far.
Meta’s AI video model – Movie gen – Now it’s just a research concept, not publicly available, with no news about when it is possible.
Thanks to a study Paper Meta is published, and we know that the movie Gen Videos may be 1080p HD, up to 16 seconds, 16 frames per second. The most striking thing about the movie gen is the possibility of synchronizing audio. Meta said the movie gen can also be used to create sound effects, ambient noise and instrumental music for up to 45 seconds. It is always possible that this feature won’t get into the final clip, but it will give the meta an advantage.
Maybe like Google and YouTube, we will first see some AI-powered features popping up on their social platforms, Instagram and Facebook. (We already have many other AI features Eat space on our feed. ) Meta’s AI model for chatbots and image generators Well-trained On publicly available Facebook and Instagram content and licensed data.
For more information, check out our guide Write the best AI image tips and The best AI chatbot.
