Independent · UK · Free weeklyRankings provisional · checked 14 Oct 2026

Use case 07 of 10 · last checked 14 Oct 2026

The best video generation tools

Five tools worth your time. Order is provisional until we publish test results. How we'll score them.

  1. 01

    RunwayProvisional

    Pro AI video generation and editing tools.

    Free trial credits; Standard $15/mo
  2. 02

    Google VeoProvisional

    Google DeepMind's video model with native audio.

    Via Gemini/Google AI plans or API (~$0.05–0.40/sec)
  3. 03

    KlingProvisional

    Text/image-to-video and image generation.

    Free credits; Standard ~$8.80/mo
  4. 04

    LumaProvisional

    Dream Machine video and image generation, now agent-led.

    Lite $9.99/mo
  5. 05

    PikaProvisional

    Playful, social-first AI video effects and generation.

    Free tier; Starter $10/mo

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