10 AI Video Generators You Should Know About
I compiled the best AI video generators in 2025.
AI video generation has exploded in 2025. Just a year ago, generating short realistic videos from text or images was something you could only do with a handful of tools, and the results weren’t that great. Fast forward to today, and you’ve got hundreds of AI video models on the internet.
Some of them focus on realism. Others give you insane creative freedom. A few combine video with native audio. And some even let you build entire multi-shot video sequences without touching a camera.
If you’ve been wondering which AI video tools are worth trying this year, I saved you some precious browsing time. In this guide, I’ll walk you through 10 of the best AI video generators in 2025. These are the platforms I’ve actually tested myself. I’ll show you what they can do, what I like and don’t like about them, and who they’re best for.
Let’s get started.
1. Google's Veo 3
Veo 3 is the latest and most capable video model from Google. It doesn’t just generate realistic videos. It delivers higher resolution, stronger physics understanding, better prompt adherence, and built-in audio support.
You can try Veo 3 in Google Flow, Gemini App, Vertex AI, or third-party API providers like Fal AI or Replicate.
Here’s an example video with its text prompt:
Prompt: A medium shot frames an old sailor, his knitted blue sailor hat casting a shadow over his eyes, a thick grey beard obscuring his chin. He holds his pipe in one hand, gesturing with it towards the churning, grey sea beyond the ship’s railing. “This ocean, it’s a force, a wild, untamed might. And she commands your awe, with every breaking light”
It’s not audible in the example above, but the video actually has audio. The subject is talking the lines provided in the prompt.
One of the biggest downsides of Veo 3 is that it’s insanely expensive. You need to be on Google’s AI Ultra plan, which costs a ridiculous $250 per month. That locks out most indie creators and hobbyists.
Luckily, there’s a Veo 3 Fast option in Google Flow and a free 1,000 credits on sign up. An 8-second video clip costs 100 credits, so you can generate 10 videos with Veo 3 for free.
If you’re making high-end video content and have a budget, it’s probably the best tool out there. But for most people, Veo 3 is more of a look-but-don’t-touch kind of thing.
2. OpenAI's Sora
Sora is an AI video generation tool from OpenAI that can create short clips from text, images, or even other videos.
Using the Sora Video Editor, you can create videos up to 20 seconds long while maintaining solid visual quality and following your prompt.
Here’s the basic process:
At the bottom of the screen, you can enter a text description of the video you want. You can change the aspect ratio, resolution, duration, and the number of variations.
If you prefer to start from an existing image or video, click the “+” option in the input field to upload your file. Just remember that you must own the rights to anything you upload, and you cannot upload images or videos of other people without their explicit written permission.
Here’s an example:
Prompt: Japanese Winter Market (Storyboard)
Humans are always tough for AI video models. Even here, I notice some strange details — fingernails look weird, and limbs can be off. Most existing models struggle with human anatomy, and Sora is no exception. It’s not perfect, but I can see some improvement over what I’ve seen before.
OpenAI’s Sora is also accessible through Bing now, which sounds cool, but it’s quite limited in terms of features and controls. You can only generate basic videos from text. No multi-scene support, no advanced controls.
The quality is okay, but not amazing. I suspect OpenAI is holding back the real version of Sora until they figure out how to avoid the same misuse problems other video models are dealing with.
3. Luma AI
Let me start by saying this: Luma AI has the most beautiful UI of any tool on this list. The animations, gradients, and responsiveness make the whole experience very enjoyable.
To get started, head to Luma’s Dream Machine page and create a free account.
Generating videos is straightforward. Just specify the description of the video you want to generate in the prompt field and hit the Enter key. You can also play with the settings menu to modify the output video.
One of the most interesting capabilities of Luma’s Dream Machine is that it can generate videos based on emojis. See the example below:
Prompt: 👩🚀
It also works great with text rendering. This feature allows you to incorporate text directly into your videos, something not commonly found in other AI video generators.
Prompt: “wow” in blue balloons in the sky
Awesome! To be fair to Luma, the text rendering capability is very impressive. This feature could be particularly useful for creating videos with captions, titles, or any other text elements.
In short, Luma’s Dream Machine may not yet be as powerful as Veo or Kling in pure realism, but it offers creative features that make it unique. If you’re looking for an easy, fun, and highly visual tool, Luma is absolutely worth trying.
4. Kling AI 2.1
Kling is one of the most popular and powerful AI video generators out there. They recently released their latest and most capable video model to date, Kling 2.1.
The platform also supports image generation, image editing, and sound effects creation. What I love about Kling is how cheap the subscription is. You can try it for as low as $6.99.
Here are some of the example videos generated with Kling 2.1 posted on X:
There’s this incredible video by Pierrick Chevallier using Kling 2.1 Pro that shows people realistically running and panicking in the streets. The thing that caught my attention wasn’t just the realistic human movement, but how the camera creates this convincing first-person POV experience. It looks like something pulled from a blockbuster film.
From what I’ve seen so far, Kling 2.1 is a notable upgrade from Kling 2.0. The high-resolution and higher-quality videos are its main strengths. However, when stacked against Veo 3, it still feels like a step behind in overall capability, especially the lack of native audio support.
5. Runway Gen 4
Runway’s Gen 4 is the latest version of their AI video model, and it’s one of the most interesting tools on this list. It’s built for creators who care about consistency across shots and scenes.
That means you can generate the same character or object in different shots without having to retrain the model or perform complex tweaks.
This is what makes it so useful for people working on short films or multi-shot video projects. You can take one reference image of a character or object, and Runway Gen 4 will keep it consistent across a whole sequence of shots, lighting conditions, and angles.
Another thing I like is the way it handles objects and environments. You can drop a product or prop into a scene and keep it visually coherent as you change the camera angle or scene composition.
Check out this sample clip:
The model also understands basic physics much better than older generations. Things like cloth movement, hair, shadows, and even weight feel more natural now. It’s not perfect yet, but it’s a big leap from what we were getting even six months ago.
Gen-4 is also great at rendering stylized or even anime-style videos. You can produce your short anime film within the platform with simple text descriptions.
One thing to keep in mind, though, is that Gen 4 isn’t cheap, and rendering times can vary depending on your project complexity.
For anyone serious about AI filmmaking or creating multi-shot video content, Runway Gen 4 is one of the best tools available right now.
6. Pika Labs
Pika is a generative AI platform that allows you to create videos from text or image input. The tool isn’t new to the AI video scene. Pika was co-founded by Demi Guo and Chenlin Meng, former PhD students at Stanford University’s Artificial Intelligence Lab. Their vision was clear from the start: to revolutionize video creation through AI.
This is what the dashboard looks like:
There are two primary ways to access Pika:
For an easier and more streamlined experience, you can use Pika directly on their website. The interface here is modern and easy to navigate.
Here’s an example:
Prompt: A longboard races downhill on a winding mountain road, the wind whistling past her hair
This example shows how Pika 1.5 captured the motion fluidly, with the subject’s hair reacting dynamically to the wind. This is an example of how the new model works well at handling complex physics.
Pika also has a popular feature called Pikaeffects. It makes it super easy and fun to get the most out of our model without any complex prompts. You can inflate, crush, squish, melt… do whatever you like!
Here’s an example image of a box with the inflate effect:
Awesome! I tried inflating a box in one of my test videos, and the AI perfectly identified the subject and applied the inflation effect without distorting the surrounding elements. I wonder how well it works with complex images with no obvious subject.
I will say this: while Pika may not always match the ultra-high realism of Veo or Kling, it handles photorealism, physics, and dynamic camera movements better than many tools in this price range. And for creators who value playfulness and experimentation, Pika is honestly one of the most enjoyable tools to work with.
7. Hunyuan
Hunyuan is a product of Tencent, and it’s an extremely interesting addition to the AI video space. It’s a massive 13-billion parameter video model that allows you to create high-quality videos from text prompts.
To get started, head over to Hunyuan’s website and create an account for free.
Then, in the Create New Video dashboard, describe the video you’d like to create. Make sure to select your preferred video aspect ratio before clicking on the Generate button.
Here’s an example:
Prompt: Whimsical and vibrant scene of a panda riding a bicycle through a bustling city street.
The videos look decent, but just know that this isn’t on the same level as Veo, Kling, or Runway. It’s a good tool for learning and prototyping.
Now here’s where Hunyuan stands out — it supports custom LoRA (Low-Rank Adaptation) training for video generation.
You can upload up to three people, pets, or objects and incorporate them into your AI-generated videos. That’s a level of personalization that most of the bigger Western models don’t support natively yet.
For creators wanting to experiment with personal videos, niche characters, or brand-specific content, this is a fantastic feature. It allows you to inject your own style or subjects into the model output — something I really hope more platforms adopt in the future.
8. PixVerse AI
PixVerse AI is not the most advanced video generator tool on this list, but it offers one of the most jam-packed control panels in its video generation dashboard.
Take a look at the user interface below:
I know! There’s a lot going on in the prompt field. This isn’t for beginners, but it’s one of the most fun tools to use.
One thing I love about PixVerse AI is how good it understands the context of a given image. For example, if you upload an image of 3 characters, it will animate them individually and put them in a super cool background.
Prompt: close up shot, half body of three cyberpunk characters, raise up heads looking up, in warehouse, camera rotate to left
Here’s the rendered video:
You can generate videos either from text or from images. I find the image-to-video workflow to be the most useful. You can upload a still image and use PixVerse’s Magic Brush to animate parts of it. The process is very intuitive. Just mark areas you want to move, draw arrows to show direction, and that’s it. You get quick results that are easy to iterate on.
No, it’s not on the same level as Sora or Veo or even Runway Gen 4. But you don’t always need the most cutting-edge model to tell a fun story or practice your video workflow.
If you’re learning or just getting started with AI video, PixVerse is one of the best places to start right now.
9. Vidu AI
Vidu is an AI video tool that offers text-to-video, image-to-video, and reference-to-video generation.
The AI model is built on a proprietary visual transformation model architecture called the Universal Vision Transformer (U-ViT). This integrates two text-to-video AI models: the Diffusion and the Transformer.
This architecture enables the creation of high-quality videos with dynamic camera movements, intricate facial expressions, and authentic lighting and shadow effects.
Vidu is the first to introduce the world’s first technical framework in 2022.
To get started, head over to vidu.studio, and the first thing you’ll notice is a modal window showcasing details on the platform’s latest updates.
New generation mode configurationVidu studio. Image by Jim Clyde Monge
Let’s take an example to illustrate this.
Prompt: A man sitting at a table, eating noodles with chopsticks
Once the processing is done, you’ll get the result on the right side. This time, you can either edit the video by modifying the prompt or upscaling it for an additional 4 credit points. The upscaled video resolution is 2K (1934 × 1080).
Here’s what the video looks like:
In just 30 seconds, Vidu generated a 4-second, 688 × 384 video file that beautifully captures the scene. The impressive part here is not just the quality of the generated video but the speed with which it was created.
According to Vidu’s CEO, the company is actively exploring the commercial potential of generative AI in areas such as art design, game development, film post-production, and content socialization. Their ultimate vision is to use this multimodal model to enhance human creativity and productivity through AI.
For creators who want a reliable, fast, and highly customizable tool, Vidu deserves a close look. It’s already strong, and I expect it to improve rapidly in the coming months.
10. Pollo AI
Pollo AI lets you create high-quality AI videos and AI images from various inputs, such as text prompts, images, or existing videos.
Generating videos from text descriptions is one of my favorite workflows to do in Pollo AI. I love to experiment with different video models like Veo 3, Runway, Kling, and Hailou. I don’t need to pay for multiple subscriptions because all models are accessible on a single platform.
The workflow itself is simple. After signing up, head to the Text to Video dashboard. From there, select the model you want to use (let’s say Veo 3).
Set parameters like the number of videos to generate, public visibility, copyright settings, and your text prompt.
Here’s an example text description:
Prompt: The scene explodes with the raw, visceral, and unpredictable energy of a hardcore off-road rally, captured with a dynamic, almost found-footage or embedded sports documentary aesthetic. The camera is often shaky, seemingly mounted inside one of the vehicles or held by a daring spectator very close to the action, frequently splattered with mud or water, catching unintentional lens flares from the natural, often harsh, sunlight filtering through trees or reflecting off wet surfaces. We are immersed in a challenging, untamed natural environment — perhaps a dense, muddy forest trail, a treacherous rocky incline littered with loose scree, or a series_of shallow, fast-flowing river crossings. Several heavily modified, entirely unidentifiable, and unbranded off-road vehicles are engaged in a frenetic, no-holds-barred race. These are not showroom models; they are custom-built, rugged machines — open-wheeled buggies with exposed engines and prominent roll cages, heavily armored pickup trucks with oversized, knobby tires and snorkel exhausts, their original forms and manufacturers completely obscured by extreme modifications, layers of caked-on mud, and a general air of brutal functionality.
Pretty cool, right? I love how the water splashes when the vehicle crosses the river. Some of the mud and water even splatter onto the camera, making the whole scene feel believable. It really looks like a clip taken straight out of a sports documentary.
You can learn more about the text-to-video capability here:
It also offers various tools, such as upscaler, enhancer, lip sync, face swap, and more. It’s a great platform for creating fun videos for social media.
Among all the tools here, Pollo AI is the only one that aggregates multiple top video models in one platform. If you want flexibility without burning money across several tools, this is the place to start.
Final Thoughts
If you’re new to this space, start simple. Tools like Pollo AI or Pika are fun to experiment with and don’t cost much to try. If you’re building more professional content, Veo 3, Kling, or Runway Gen 4 will get you much closer to film-quality results.
That said, don’t get too attached to any one tool. This space is moving insanely fast. New features roll out almost weekly, and what’s “best” today might feel outdated six months from now.
Keep experimenting. And most importantly, focus on making content that you actually want to share — the tools are just part of the process.
If you know of any other AI video generators that I should check out, feel free to drop them in the comments.
Hi there! Thanks for making it to the end of this post! My name is Jim, and I’m an AI enthusiast passionate about exploring the latest news, guides, and insights in the world of generative AI. If you’ve enjoyed this content and would like to support my work, consider becoming a paid subscriber. Your support means a lot!