# AI Video Generator

> An AI video generator turns a text prompt or a still image into a short video clip, for creators, marketers and anyone without a film crew. Kenerate AI runs 57 video models in one studio, including Veo 3.1, Kling 3.0 and Seedance 2.5, for text-to-video, image-to-video and reference-to-video, with clips up to 30 seconds and 4K.

URL: https://kenerateai.com/ai-video-generator
Publisher: Kenerate AI (https://kenerateai.com)
Last updated: 23 October 2026

## Key facts
- Video models: 57
- Longest clip: 30 s
- Top resolution: 4K
- Reference models: 23
- Text to video: 56 models
- Image to video: 55 models
- Wan 3 (Alibaba): Text, image or up to 10 refs → 2–30 s · 480p–1080p · sound. Long clips with sound, start + end frame.
- Seedance 2.5 (ByteDance): Text, image or up to 30 ref images → 4–30 s · up to 4K · sound. Longest 4K clips, multi-shot.
- Veo 3.1 (Google): Text, image or 3 ref images → 4, 6 or 8 s · up to 4K · sound. Cinematic shots with sound.
- Kling 3.0 Pro (Kuaishou): Text or image (+ end frame) → 3–15 s · sound. Expressive motion; 4K version too.
- MiniMax H3 Pro (MiniMax): Text, image or up to 9 refs → 4–15 s · 768p or 2K. 2K clips from references.
- Ken 1 (Kenerate AI): Text, image or up to 9 refs → 3–15 s · up to 1080p. Kenerate's own model.
- Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash (Google): Text, image or 4 refs → 3–10 s · up to 4K. Edit a clip by describing the change.
- Grok Imagine 1.5 (xAI): Text, image or 7 refs → 1–15 s · up to 1080p. Fast social clips.
- LTX 2.5 (Lightricks): Text or image (+ end frame) → 5–20 s · up to 4K. Long 4K clips.
- Vidu Q3 Pro (Vidu): Text or image (+ end frame) → 1–16 s · up to 1080p · sound. Start-to-end-frame transitions.
- PixVerse v6 (PixVerse): Text, image or 10 refs → 1–15 s · up to 1080p · sound. Stylised social clips.
- Happy Horse 1.1 (Alibaba): Text, image or 9 refs → 3–15 s · 720p or 1080p. Quick everyday clips.
- Luma Ray 3.2 (Luma): Text or image → 5 or 10 s · up to 1080p. Photoreal camera moves.
- FLUX 3 Video (Black Forest Labs): Text or one image → 5–20 s · 720p or 1080p · sound. Wide 21:9 and 2:1 formats.
- Seedance 2.0 (ByteDance): Text, image or up to 9 ref images → 4–15 s · up to 4K · sound. Seedance 2 quality.
- Wan 3 Prime (Alibaba): Text, image or up to 10 refs → 2–30 s · 480p–1080p · sound. Wan 3's higher-quality tier.

## Steps
1. Pick how to start — Text only, a start image (plus an optional end frame), or reference images of a character or product.
2. Choose a model — Wan 3 or Seedance 2.5 for up to 30 s, Veo 3.1 or Seedance 2.5 for 4K, Kling 3.0 for expressive motion.
3. Write the prompt — Subject, action, scene, camera and sound — or just the motion if you started from an image.
4. Set length, ratio and resolution — Start short at 720p; extend or re-run at 1080p or 4K once you like it.

## In depth

### Free AI video generator: what is free and what is not
Free on sign-up: 25 credits, the image models (to make a start frame), talking photos, motion control and dubbing. Not free: the video models in the video studio — Wan, Seedance, Kling, Veo and the rest are locked on the free plan and unlock with any one-time credit pack.
Credits per 5-second clip at the lowest resolution, from the studio's own model list:
- Wan 2.2 Ultra Fast — 15 credits (480p)
- LTX 2 — 18 credits (480p)
- Seedance 1 Pro Fast — 18 credits (480p)
- Wan 3 — 15 credits a second at 480p (75 for 5 s), 30 at 720p, 60 at 1080p
- Credit packs are one-time, never expire and add no watermark — no subscription needed.

### Three ways to start a video
Text to video invents everything from the prompt. Image to video keeps your picture as the first frame and adds motion. Reference to video takes several images of a character or product and keeps them the same in a new scene — the best route for a series of shots.

### The 2026 model landscape
Google's Veo 3.1 makes 4–8 second clips up to 4K with sound. Kling 3.0 (February 2026) makes up to 15 seconds with native audio. Seedance 2.5 (July 2026) and Wan 3.0 (August 2026) both reach 30 seconds in one pass. MiniMax H3 (July 2026) makes 15-second 2K clips. OpenAI's Sora is no longer available.

### How to write a prompt
Google's Veo guide lists subject, action, style, camera, ambiance and audio cues; Alibaba's Wan guide starts from entity + scene + motion and adds lighting, lens and sound. The same structure works on every model in the studio.

## FAQ
Q: What is the best AI video generator in 2026?
A: It depends on the shot: Seedance 2.5 and Wan 3 make the longest clips (30 s), Veo 3.1 and Seedance 2.5 go up to 4K with sound, and Kling 3.0 is strong on expressive motion. Kenerate runs all of them — and 53 more — in one studio.

Q: Can ChatGPT make videos?
A: Not any more. OpenAI shut the Sora app down on 26 April 2026 and scheduled the Sora 2 API to close on 24 September 2026, and ChatGPT has no built-in video generation now. You can still use ChatGPT to write a prompt, then make the clip with Veo 3.1, Kling 3.0 or Wan 3.

Q: How long can AI videos be?
A: Up to 30 seconds per generation on Wan 3 and Seedance 2.5, 20 s on LTX 2.5 and FLUX 3 Video, 15 s on Kling 3.0 and MiniMax H3. Extend a clip to make it longer.

Q: Is there a Kling AI video generator on Kenerate?
A: Yes — Kling 3.0 Pro, Kling 3.0 Standard and a Kling 3.0 4K version, plus Kling 2.6 and 2.1, for text and image to video. Kling 3.0 motion control is in the motion tool.

Q: Can I make a video from a photo?
A: Yes — upload it as the start image and describe the motion. 55 of the 57 models do image to video.

Q: Is there a free AI video generator?
A: Not for the video models themselves, and we won't pretend otherwise: on Kenerate the video studio is locked on the free plan, and its models run on one-time credit packs that never expire. The 25 free sign-up credits do work on talking photos, motion control and dubbing, plus image models, so you can make and test a start image before you pick a pack.

Q: What is the cheapest AI video model on Kenerate?
A: For a 5-second clip at the lowest resolution: Wan 2.2 Ultra Fast uses 15 credits (480p), LTX 2 and Seedance 1 Pro Fast 18 credits each (480p). Wan 3 costs 15 credits a second at 480p, 30 at 720p and 60 at 1080p, so a 5-second 480p draft is 75 credits. Draft cheap, then re-run the keeper at a higher resolution.

Q: Is any AI video generator really free and unlimited?
A: Running a video model costs real compute for every second, so a tool that offers unlimited free clips is usually limiting them some other way: a watermark, low resolution, a daily cap, a long queue or a trial that turns into a subscription. Kenerate's packs are one-time, never expire and add no watermark.

Q: Is there a Hailuo AI video generator on Kenerate?
A: Yes. MiniMax's Hailuo 2.3 Pro, Hailuo 02 Pro and Hailuo 02 Standard run in the same studio for text and image to video, with 6 or 10-second clips. The newer MiniMax H3 and H3 Pro sit next to them and reach 15 seconds and 2K, with up to 9 reference images.

Q: Are AI video generators safe to use?
A: They are safe when you use them within clear rules. On Kenerate, prompts involving minors are blocked on every model, and real people can't be shown without their consent. Use start images and references you have the rights to, check facts before you post, and label AI clips wherever a platform asks you to.

Q: Do AI videos have sound?
A: Most new models generate sound with the video — Veo 3.1, Seedance, Wan 3, Kling 3.0, Vidu Q3 and PixVerse among them. Describe the sounds in the prompt.

## Related pages
- AI video models: https://kenerateai.com/ai-video-models
- Image to video AI: https://kenerateai.com/image-to-video-ai
- Claude AI video generator: https://kenerateai.com/claude-ai-video-generator
- Text to video AI: https://kenerateai.com/text-to-video-ai
- Reference to video: https://kenerateai.com/reference-to-video-ai
- AI video extender: https://kenerateai.com/ai-video-extender

## Sources
- Kenerate video studio: https://kenerateai.com/app/video
- Google — Veo 3.1 (Gemini API): https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/veo
- Kling — Video 3.0: https://kling.ai/feature/kling-video-3
- ByteDance Seed — Seedance 2.5: https://seed.bytedance.com/en/blog/one-take-creation-flexible-referencing-introducing-seedance-2-5
- Alibaba Cloud — Wan 3.0: https://www.alibabacloud.com/blog/wan3-0-30-second-ai-video-generation-from-any-input_603452
- MiniMax — H3: https://www.minimax.io/blog/minimax-h3
- Axios — OpenAI to discontinue Sora: https://www.axios.com/2026/03/24/openai-discontinue-sora-video-app