Best AI tools to make videos from text or images
Describe a scene, or give it a picture, and get a video clip back. Quality has jumped this year, but clips are still short.
30 tools, ranked by how well reviewers rate them, how much people are talking about them this week, and how easy they are to start with. Filter by price, skill or device →
Kling 3.0
The most video for your money: longer clips, very sharp quality, and multiple camera shots.
Midjourney
Beautiful, artistic images for art, mood boards, and creative projects.
Seedance 2.0
Videos told across several shots, with sound and talking.
Grok
Finding out what people are saying on X (Twitter) right now, and breaking news.
Gemini
Same family: Google Veo 3.1
People who use Gmail, Google Docs, and Drive. Also good for long documents, research reports, and making images and videos.
Runway
Creators who like to tweak and edit their AI videos, with control over camera moves and keeping characters consistent.
Pika
Fun, quick video effects for TikTok, Reels, and Shorts.
Leonardo.Ai
Game art, product pictures, and keeping a character looking the same across many images.
HeyGen
Marketing and social videos with a realistic presenter, in many languages. It can also use a copy of your own voice.
Synthesia
Company training and how-to videos in many languages.
Adobe Firefly
Business images where you need to be safe on copyright, and anyone who uses Photoshop.
CapCut
Quick edits for short social videos, with automatic captions and templates.
ngram 2.0
Turns your product notes, screenshots, and recordings into polished explainer videos.
AdAnt 2.0
Testing lots of short video ad ideas quickly for a product or online store.
Wan2.2 14B Fast
Free online demo of the Wan 2.2 video model: turn a picture plus a description into a short video, quickly. We list this one copy instead of the many look-alikes.
Omni Video Factory (FrameAI4687)
A copy of Omni Video Factory: text or picture to video, or extend a clip.
anything2explainer
Type a topic and get a narrated explainer video with subtitles. Runs as an add-on for Claude Code or Codex. English or Chinese.
MiniMax H3 Turbo LoRA
MiniMax's own free online demo for making short videos with a matching soundtrack.
video-talkcraft
Turns Claude Code or Codex into a little animation studio for narrated explainer videos, with the voiceover synced word by word.
Omni Video Factory
Free online demo that makes video from text or a picture, or makes an existing clip longer.
KV Image to Clip
Free online demo that turns a still picture into a short clip.
Maestro
A free AI studio on your own computer for video, images and music. It can plan a whole music video from one sentence. Needs a strong PC.
MiniMax-H3 4-Step FlashGen LoRA
Fast text-to-video with sound, in just a few steps.
ACE-Step-Studio
A one-click, fully offline song maker for Windows PCs with an NVIDIA graphics card. It makes full songs with vocals, covers and even music videos.
ai-promo-video-maker
Give an AI coding tool your product's name or website and it makes a 4K promo video: research, screen captures, music cuts and narration.
html-explainer
Turns a topic into a narrated, subtitled explainer video, all on your own computer. AI coding tools build each scene.
vanta
A free, do-it-yourself alternative to Synthesia, HeyGen and CapCut: AI avatars, voice cloning, captions and text-to-video. Expect some setup.
Reachy Mini - Yo It's Your Boy
A goofy music video starring a small robot, all made with code.
PixelUMM
A research AI model that both understands and creates images and video.
T3-Video 4K
Free online demo that makes sharp 4K videos from text.