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Text to Video: Generate Video From a Prompt Across 22 Models

Text to video generation takes a written prompt and produces a moving clip: subject, motion, camera and light all inferred from your sentence. The models behind it have diverged sharply — on clip length, on whether they generate sound, and on how literally they follow a prompt.

That divergence is the reason a single-vendor tool is the wrong way to shop for text to video. A model that nails a five-second product reveal can fall apart on a fifteen-second narrative shot, and the only way to find out is to run your own prompt.

FlowAIVideo puts 22 text-to-video models behind one credit balance. Write the prompt once, send it to as many models as you like, and compare the clips side by side before spending credits on a final render.

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Best models for this

Ordered by fit. Every model below runs on the same credit balance, so switching costs nothing but a different prompt run.

Veo 3.185 credits

Veo 3.1

Google

Google's latest video generation model with improved quality, motion, and audio generation.

~75s / 5s clip8s max1080Paudio
Seedance 2.072 credits

Seedance 2.0

ByteDance

ByteDance's next-generation video model with a unified multimodal architecture. Generates high-quality video with synchronized audio from text, images, video clips, and audio inputs. Supports multimodal references (up to 9 images, 3 videos, 3 audio files), native audio generation, video editing, video extension, intelligent duration, and adaptive aspect ratio.

~80s / 5s clip12s max1080Paudio
Wan 3.0 Prime60 credits

Wan 3.0 Prime

Alibaba

Alibaba's Wan 3.0 Prime text-to-video model. Generates cinematic videos from text prompts with adaptive aspect ratio, 480P, 720P, or 1080P resolution, and configurable duration.

~90s / 5s clip15s max1080Psilent
Hailuo 2.352 credits

Hailuo 2.3

MiniMax

A high-fidelity video generation model optimized for realistic human motion, cinematic VFX, expressive characters, and strong prompt and style adherence across text-to-video and image-to-video workflows.

~65s / 5s clip10s max1080Psilent
FLUX 3 Video75 credits

FLUX 3 Video

Black Forest Labs

FLUX 3 Video is Black Forest Labs' video generation model. It generates video from a text prompt (t2v), animates one or more reference images (i2v), or continues an existing clip (v2v), with synchronized audio, up to FHD resolution, and 5-20 second durations.

~100s / 5s clip20s maxFHDaudio
Seedance 2.0 Mini14 credits

Seedance 2.0 Mini

ByteDance

ByteDance's compact, cost-efficient video generation model from the Seedance 2.0 family. Supports text-to-video, image-to-video, reference video, and reference audio for background music. Ideal for high-volume workloads where speed and cost matter.

~20s / 5s clip12s max720Paudio

How this actually works

Step 1

Write the prompt in five slots

Subject, motion, camera, light, constraints. 'A barista pouring espresso (subject), steam rising (motion), slow dolly in (camera), single shaft of window light (light), 5 seconds (constraints).' This order works across models because each slot narrows the previous one.

Step 2

Send it to two or three models

Fix the duration and aspect ratio so you are comparing models rather than shot lengths. Cheap fast models — Seedance 2.0 Mini at 14 credits, PixVerse v5.6 at 30 — are the right place to explore.

Step 3

Judge prompt adherence first

Does the clip show what you asked for? A beautiful clip with the wrong subject is a failure — in text to video, adherence is the pass/fail line. Score it as pass or fail, then rank the passes on aesthetics.

Step 4

Render the winner on a flagship

Two-tier text to video generation beats picking one model. Draft cheap, finish on Veo 3.1, Wan 3.0 Prime or FLUX 3 Video — the same credits buy many more usable clips.

Text video maker, AI text to video, text to video models — same input, different names

The words people use for this keep multiplying. A text video maker, an AI text to video tool and a text to video model all describe one action: you write a sentence, the model renders a clip. The phrasing splits mainly by audience — text video maker is common among marketers and editors who want the software framing, AI text to video among people exploring what the models can do, and text to video models among those comparing the architectures behind them. None of them imply a different capability, and here they resolve to the same 22-model catalog behind one prompt box.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best text to video model?

There is no single winner, and the honest answer depends on clip length and audio. Veo 3.1 has the strongest all-round prompt adherence and native audio but caps clips at 8 seconds. Wan 3.0 Prime goes to 15 seconds at 1080P for fewer credits. Seedance 2.0 adds reference inputs and video extension. Run your prompt on two of them and compare — that takes about two minutes.

How long can AI text to video clips be?

In this catalog, from 4 seconds (Veo 3.1, Veo 3.1 Fast) up to 20 seconds (FLUX 3 Video, P-Video, LTX-2.5 Fast). Most flagships sit between 8 and 16 seconds. For longer pieces, generate multiple clips and cut them together, or use video extension on Seedance 2.0, Seedance 2.5 or Grok Imagine Video.

Can I make a long video from text?

Not in one generation — the longest clip in this catalog is 20 seconds (FLUX 3 Video, P-Video, LTX-2.5 Fast), with most flagships sitting at 8 to 16 seconds. A long video from text is therefore built as a sequence: render each shot separately, then cut them together. That is how every tool claiming to let AI generate long video works today, including this one. Two techniques make the sequence hold together. The first is video extension on Seedance 2.0, Seedance 2.5 or Grok Imagine Video, which continues an existing clip instead of starting over. The second is rendering every shot from the same reference images, so characters and palette survive even when the clips are generated independently.

Can text to video generate audio too?

Yes, on 13 of the 22 models. Veo 3.1, Seedance 2.0, Seedance 2.5, Grok Imagine Video, Vidu Q3, PixVerse v6 and LTX-2.5 Fast all produce synchronized audio. Grok Imagine Video goes furthest, generating dialogue, sound effects and music. The rest output silent video.

Is AI text to video good enough for commercial work?

For text to video B-roll, atmosphere, product context and social clips, yes — plenty of it ships today. For anything requiring exact text rendering, precise brand geometry or a specific recognisable person, it is not there yet. Judge per shot rather than assuming the technology is uniformly ready.

How much does text to video generation cost?

Text to video credits run from 14 per generation (Seedance 2.0 Mini) to 110 (Aleph 2). Veo 3.1 is 85, Hailuo 2.3 is 52, Wan 3.0 Prime is 60. New accounts start with 40 free credits, which covers a real comparison rather than a demo.

Last updated September 29, 2026