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Best for video
Making and editing video. Ranked by score; on a tie, the cheaper one goes first. 100 is the best available today in this job.
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New to this? What the scores and labels mean
- 0 to 100
- Our score for one job, like writing or coding, compared with everything else out today. 100 is the best available today. For AI models we build it from public data, such as Arena's blind votes and Epoch AI's independent tests; apps and tools are scored on our own checklist. The same tool can score differently for different jobs, and where two likely ranges overlap, we call it a tie.
- Our verdict
- Use it: a top choice for most people. Worth trying: good, and worth a go. Depends: good for some people or one kind of job. Wait: too early to tell, or not out for everyone yet. Skip: something else does the job better.
- First look
- Just released. We say what it is and whether to bother, and give it a score once public results exist.
- No score yet
- None of the public sources we use covers it yet, or the only evidence is from a source whose numbers we can't use, so we describe it in words instead.
- Best buy
- Nothing cheaper scores as well for that job.
- Best free
- The best score for that job that costs nothing, through a free plan or by running on your own computer.
- Pay as you go
- No monthly plan: you pay for each use, usually through a developer account.
- Checked
- The day we last confirmed the score and the price against the sources. Prices change often, so check the date.
- AI model
- The engine underneath, like GPT or Claude. You use it through an app or, if you code, directly.
- Open source
- Free to download and run on your own computer, so nothing leaves your machine.
The short answer
Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 leads Arena's text to video board and scores 100, though Artificial Analysis places it 7th, and the easiest way in is Google Flow on Google AI Plus at $4.99/month.
- Best
- Gemini Omni Flash 1.1100$4.99/motied with FLUX 3 Video
Read our full take
FLUX 3 Video scores 93 at about $17.40 per minute at 1080p, and its drafts at $0.06 per second let you test prompts cheaply. Wan 3.0 (89) is a safe default at about $9.90 per minute of 1080p in the US region, with clips up to 30 seconds. Seedance 2.5 scores 88, a range that overlaps Wan 3.0's, at $34.12 per minute of 1080p on Artificial Analysis, over three times the price, so it makes sense only if you need long continuous shots. MiniMax H3 is the value pick at 84 for about $4.80 a minute at 768p, and it leads both main image to video boards.
Our opinion, checked 11 Oct. The picks come straight from the scores below. How we score
Everything we cover for this job, best score first. Scores whose ranges overlap are tied, so choose on price and fit.
- 1Gemini Omni Flash 1.1Google
Top-rated text to video on arena.ai, from $4.99/month in Google Flow. Skip it if price per clip matters most.
Best for People on a Google AI plan who want the top-rated video modelYou give up About twice MiniMax H3's price per minute; its lead rests on few votes
10096–100$4.99/mo - 2FLUX 3 VideoBlack Forest Labs
Strong new video model with sound and cheap drafts, but pricier than equals. MiniMax H3 gives more per dollar.
Best for Creators who test prompts with cheap drafts before a full renderYou give up About $17 per minute at 1080p, far above MiniMax H3; weaker at image to video
9388–98Pay as you go - 3Wan 3.0Alibaba
Top-tier video from text or images, clips up to 30 seconds, at half Veo 3.1's price. MiniMax H3 costs less.
Best for Longer clips, up to 30 seconds, from text, image, video or audioYou give up Weights are closed, unlike Wan 2.2; MiniMax H3 costs less per minute
8985–92Pay as you go - 4Seedance 2.5ByteDance
Top-tier video with 30 second clips, but about 7x MiniMax H3's price per minute. Most people should start with H3.
Best for Long continuous 30 second shots with heavy reference controlYou give up About 7 times MiniMax H3's price per minute; data-use terms unclear
8885–90Pay as you go - 5MiniMax H3MiniMax
Best value in video: top-rated image to video with sound at about $5 a minute. Weights barred in US, EU, UK.
Best for Animating images or making many clips with sound on a budgetYou give up Open weights barred in the US, EU, UK and South Korea; weaker from text prompts
8482–86Pay as you go
Score against cost
Up is a better score, left is cheaper. Plans are the cheapest that unlock the scored feature. 4 without a monthly price are left off; see Pay per use.
Video: nothing free is scored here. $5 a month gets you 100.
Names in one box share a score band and a price step; each shows its own score, best first.
Best value: Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 (100, $4.99/mo)
Not on the map, as they have no monthly price: FLUX 3 Video (93), Wan 3.0 (89), Seedance 2.5 (88), MiniMax H3 (84).
Show as a table
| Name | Score | Cheapest plan | Price step | Best value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 | 100 · likely 96–100 | $4.99 a month | Under $10 | Yes |
| FLUX 3 Video | 93 · likely 88–98 | No monthly price | ||
| Wan 3.0 | 89 · likely 85–92 | No monthly price | ||
| Seedance 2.5 | 88 · likely 85–90 | No monthly price | ||
| MiniMax H3 · open source | 84 · likely 82–86 | No monthly price |
Up is a better score, left is cheaper to run. Cost to make one minute of HD (1080p) video (Artificial Analysis), for the 2 scored here that have one; the others are left off rather than mixed with figures from another test.
| # | Name | Score | Source | Cheapest plan | Our verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gemini Omni Flash 1.1Google · AI model | 100likely 96–100Tied with #2 | Our score | $4.99/mo | Use itBest buy | Top-rated text to video on arena.ai, from $4.99/month in Google Flow. Skip it if price per clip matters most. |
| 2 | FLUX 3 VideoBlack Forest Labs · AI model | 93likely 88–98Tied with #1, #3, #4 | Our score | Pay as you go | Worth trying | Strong new video model with sound and cheap drafts, but pricier than equals. MiniMax H3 gives more per dollar. |
| 3 | Wan 3.0Alibaba · AI model | 89likely 85–92Tied with #2, #4, #5 | Our score | Pay as you go | Use it | Top-tier video from text or images, clips up to 30 seconds, at half Veo 3.1's price. MiniMax H3 costs less. |
| 4 | Seedance 2.5ByteDance · AI model | 88likely 85–90Tied with #2, #3, #5 | Our score | Pay as you go | Worth trying | Top-tier video with 30 second clips, but about 7x MiniMax H3's price per minute. Most people should start with H3. |
| 5 | MiniMax H3MiniMax · AI model | 84likely 82–86Tied with #3, #4 | Our score | Pay as you go | Use itBest on your computer | Best value in video: top-rated image to video with sound at about $5 a minute. Weights barred in US, EU, UK. |
Nothing matches all of that. , or try everything.
What changed
New leaders and rating changes in video; our working is under Details. All news
No changes yet. This ranking starts on 7 Oct; when a rating moves at a re-check or a new release takes #1, it shows here with the reason.