Model testRun 18 Sep 202612 models7 photos83 clips

Which AI video model is best for each kind of image in 2026

We ran seven photos through twelve AI video models with the same prompt for each, and put every clip side by side. Seedance 2.0 and Kling 3.0 got through all seven without a bad clip. Grok Imagine 1.5 came close at five cents a clip, and Pika 2.2 redrew most of the photos it was given. Watch them and vote for the clip you would keep.

Last tested 18 Sep 2026 on fal.ai. Re-run when a model ships a new version. Draft scores

Watch and vote Skip to the answer

01PortraitTop pick Seedance 2.0
02PetTop pick Kling 3.0
03ProductTop pick Kling 3.0
04LogoTop pick Kling 3.0
05LandscapeTop pick Seedance 2.0
06GroupTop pick Hailuo H3
07Old photoTop pick Kling 3.0

The short answer

Which model for which kind of picture

A top pick moved the way the prompt asked and still looked like the photo. We mark a model avoid when it changed the subject or broke the scene. The readers' column updates as votes come in.

Picture	Top picks	Cheapest good clip	Avoid	Readers' pick
Portrait	SDSeedance 2.0VOVeo 3.1 Fast	GKGrok Imagine 1.5 $0.05	GMGemini Omni FlashPKPika 2.2HHHappy Horse 1.1	Not enough votes yet
Pet	KLKling 3.0HLHailuo H3	GKGrok Imagine 1.5 $0.05	PKPika 2.2HHHappy Horse 1.1	Not enough votes yet
Product	KLKling 3.0HLHailuo H3SDSeedance 2.0	LMLuma Ray 3.2 $0.15	VOVeo 3.1 FastPKPika 2.2	Not enough votes yet
Logo	KLKling 3.0SDSeedance 2.0WNWan 3.0FXFLUX 3	GKGrok Imagine 1.5 $0.05	HLHailuo H3PVPixVerse V6LMLuma Ray 3.2PKPika 2.2	Not enough votes yet
Landscape	SDSeedance 2.0VOVeo 3.1 FastWNWan 3.0	PVPixVerse V6 $0.025	PKPika 2.2HHHappy Horse 1.1	Not enough votes yet
Group	HLHailuo H3SDSeedance 2.0VOVeo 3.1 Fast	PVPixVerse V6 $0.025	PKPika 2.2	Not enough votes yet
Old photo	KLKling 3.0HLHailuo H3	PVPixVerse V6 $0.025	WNWan 3.0PKPika 2.2HHHappy Horse 1.1	Not enough votes yet

Our marks come from watching every clip at 720 pixels. Each clip scores 1 to 5; top pick is a 5, avoid is 2 or less. Draft scores

Price against quality

What a clip costs against how it scored

ModelBest score at or below each price

Scatter chart of twelve AI video models: price of one 5-second clip on a log scale against average score out of 5. The same numbers are in the table below.

$0.025

Cheapest clip, PixVerse V6

$1.52

Dearest clip, Seedance 2.0

4.7

Top score, Seedance 2.0

Grok Imagine 1.5 scored 3.9 out of 5 for five cents a clip. Happy Horse 1.1 costs fourteen times as much and scored 2.0, below everything except Pika 2.2.

The gold line is the best average score you can buy at or below each price. Anything under the line is beaten by a model that costs the same or less.

Prices are fal.ai list prices on 18 September 2026 for one 5-second clip at the 720p tier with sound off. Seedance 2.0 bills in tokens, so its price is worked out from the clip size. Veo 3.1 Fast only sells 4, 6 and 8 second clips, so its figure is the per-second rate times five.

Model				Output	Sound
PVPixVerse V6PixVerse	$0.025	$0.005	1 min 28 s	1200 × 800	Silent	3.1
GKGrok Imagine 1.5xAI	$0.05	$0.01	1 min 23 s	1168 × 768	Adds soundNo switch to turn it off	3.9
GMGemini Omni FlashGoogle	$0.15	$0.03	2 min 02 s	1280 × 720	Adds soundNo switch to turn it off	3.0
LMLuma Ray 3.2Luma AI	$0.15	$0.03	2 min 21 s	960 × 720	Silent	2.9
PKPika 2.2Pika	$0.20Priced per clip: $0.20 for 5 seconds at 720p.	$0.04	10 min 33 s	1152 × 768	Silent	1.0
HLHailuo H3MiniMax	$0.25	$0.05	1 min 45 s	1152 × 768	Adds soundNo switch to turn it off	4.0
WNWan 3.0Alibaba	$0.25	$0.05	4 min 03 s	1174 × 78230 fps	Silent	3.6
FXFLUX 3Black Forest Labs	$0.425	$0.085	3 min 42 s	1088 × 800	Silent	3.9
KLKling 3.0Kuaishou	$0.70	$0.14	2 min 23 s	1176 × 784	Silent	4.3
HHHappy Horse 1.1Alibaba	$0.70	$0.14	4 min 06 s	1176 × 784	Adds soundNo switch to turn it off	2.0
VOVeo 3.1 FastGoogle DeepMind	$0.75Sold in 4, 6 and 8 second clips. The 4-second clip on this page cost $0.60.	$0.15	2 min 06 s	1280 × 720	Silent	3.7
SDSeedance 2.0ByteDance	$1.52Billed in tokens: about 108,700 for a 5-second 720p clip, at $0.014 per 1,000.	$0.304	4 min 55 s	1112 × 834	Silent	4.7

Median wait is the time from submitting the job to getting the file, with all 84 jobs queued at once on 18 Sep 2026. It includes queueing.

The clips

Seven photos, twelve models each

Every clip in a section plays in sync. Drag the timeline to compare the same moment across all twelve. Hold Original to flash the source photo over every clip, and open any clip to wipe between it and the original at full size.

Portraits and faces

Seedance 2.0 and Veo 3.1 gave the most natural turn to camera and kept her face. For five cents, Grok Imagine 1.5 does a decent job. Gemini refused the photo outright, and two models finished it as a different woman.

Top pickSDSeedance 2.0VOVeo 3.1 Fast

Cheapest good clipGKGrok Imagine 1.5 $0.05

AvoidGMGemini Omni FlashPKPika 2.2HHHappy Horse 1.1

Prompt, the same for all twelve
She turns her head fully toward the camera and smiles softly. Her hair moves in a light breeze. The fur wrap stays still.

Studio portrait of a woman in a white fur wrap looking back over her shoulder — Nguyễn Phát on Pixabay

Tap a clip to watch it large, then pick the one you would keep.

Kling 3.0 clip: studio portrait of a woman in a white fur wrap looking back over her shoulder — Kling 3.0$0.70
A small turn with the face intact.
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Kling 3.0$0.70
A small turn with the face intact.
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Hailuo H3 clip: studio portrait of a woman in a white fur wrap looking back over her shoulder — Hailuo H3$0.25
Face intact, the smile arrives late.
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Hailuo H3$0.25
Face intact, the smile arrives late.
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Seedance 2.0 clip: studio portrait of a woman in a white fur wrap looking back over her shoulder — Seedance 2.0$1.52
Turned to camera with a natural smile and kept her face.
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Seedance 2.0$1.52
Turned to camera with a natural smile and kept her face.
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Veo 3.1 Fast clip: studio portrait of a woman in a white fur wrap looking back over her shoulder — Veo 3.1 Fast$0.75
The most natural head turn. Crops to 9:16.
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Veo 3.1 Fast$0.75
The most natural head turn. Crops to 9:16.
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Wan 3.0 clip: studio portrait of a woman in a white fur wrap looking back over her shoulder — Wan 3.0$0.25
Turned and smiled, the hair a little stiff.
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Wan 3.0$0.25
Turned and smiled, the hair a little stiff.
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Grok Imagine 1.5 clip: studio portrait of a woman in a white fur wrap looking back over her shoulder — Grok Imagine 1.5$0.05
Turned and smiled, the hand moved too.
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Grok Imagine 1.5$0.05
Turned and smiled, the hand moved too.
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Refused this photo. Gemini blocks realistic people.

GMRefused

Gemini Omni Flash$0.15

FLUX 3 clip: studio portrait of a woman in a white fur wrap looking back over her shoulder — FLUX 3$0.425
Barely moved.
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PixVerse V6 clip: studio portrait of a woman in a white fur wrap looking back over her shoulder — PixVerse V6$0.025
Moved the hair and held the face.
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PixVerse V6$0.025
Moved the hair and held the face.
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Luma Ray 3.2 clip: studio portrait of a woman in a white fur wrap looking back over her shoulder — Luma Ray 3.2$0.15
Changed her pose and opened the wrap.
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Luma Ray 3.2$0.15
Changed her pose and opened the wrap.
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Pika 2.2 clip: studio portrait of a woman in a white fur wrap looking back over her shoulder — Pika 2.2$0.20
Blew out the face and relit the scene.
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Pika 2.2$0.20
Blew out the face and relit the scene.
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Happy Horse 1.1 clip: studio portrait of a woman in a white fur wrap looking back over her shoulder — Happy Horse 1.1$0.70
Pushed in and finished the face as a different woman.
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Happy Horse 1.1$0.70
Pushed in and finished the face as a different woman.
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Clips re-encoded at one setting. Open one to see it at 720 pixels.Your picks so far

Pets

Hailuo H3 and Kling 3.0 kept the puppy's face and markings through the head tilt. Pika 2.2 and Happy Horse 1.1 each handed back a different dog. Grok Imagine 1.5 is the cheap option that still works.

Top pickKLKling 3.0HLHailuo H3

Cheapest good clipGKGrok Imagine 1.5 $0.05

AvoidPKPika 2.2HHHappy Horse 1.1

Prompt, the same for all twelve
The puppy tilts its head, blinks, and its fur ruffles in the breeze. The grass sways gently.

Brown and white Shih Tzu puppy lying in long grass — Edyta Stawiarska on Pixabay

Tap a clip to watch it large, then pick the one you would keep.

Kling 3.0 clip: brown and white Shih Tzu puppy lying in long grass — Kling 3.0$0.70
Kept the face and colouring through the tilt.
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Kling 3.0$0.70
Kept the face and colouring through the tilt.
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Hailuo H3 clip: brown and white Shih Tzu puppy lying in long grass — Hailuo H3$0.25
Head tilt and blink, fur and markings intact.
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Hailuo H3$0.25
Head tilt and blink, fur and markings intact.
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Seedance 2.0 clip: brown and white Shih Tzu puppy lying in long grass — Seedance 2.0$1.52
Gentle tilt, fur moves well.
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Seedance 2.0$1.52
Gentle tilt, fur moves well.
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Veo 3.1 Fast clip: brown and white Shih Tzu puppy lying in long grass — Veo 3.1 Fast$0.75
Natural motion, crops to 16:9.
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Veo 3.1 Fast$0.75
Natural motion, crops to 16:9.
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Wan 3.0 clip: brown and white Shih Tzu puppy lying in long grass — Wan 3.0$0.25
Small tilt, fine fur detail.
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Wan 3.0$0.25
Small tilt, fine fur detail.
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Grok Imagine 1.5 clip: brown and white Shih Tzu puppy lying in long grass — Grok Imagine 1.5$0.05
A good clip for five cents.
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Grok Imagine 1.5$0.05
A good clip for five cents.
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Gemini Omni Flash clip: brown and white Shih Tzu puppy lying in long grass — Gemini Omni Flash$0.15
Natural tilt, crops to 16:9.
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Gemini Omni Flash$0.15
Natural tilt, crops to 16:9.
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FLUX 3 clip: brown and white Shih Tzu puppy lying in long grass — FLUX 3$0.425
Subtle and faithful.
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PixVerse V6 clip: brown and white Shih Tzu puppy lying in long grass — PixVerse V6$0.025
Small movement, slightly soft.
0%

PixVerse V6$0.025
Small movement, slightly soft.
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Luma Ray 3.2 clip: brown and white Shih Tzu puppy lying in long grass — Luma Ray 3.2$0.15
Big head turn, the face changes shape.
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Luma Ray 3.2$0.15
Big head turn, the face changes shape.
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Pika 2.2 clip: brown and white Shih Tzu puppy lying in long grass — Pika 2.2$0.20
Turned it into a different dog.
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Pika 2.2$0.20
Turned it into a different dog.
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Happy Horse 1.1 clip: brown and white Shih Tzu puppy lying in long grass — Happy Horse 1.1$0.70
Rolled the puppy over into a different dog.
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Happy Horse 1.1$0.70
Rolled the puppy over into a different dog.
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Clips re-encoded at one setting. Open one to see it at 720 pixels.Your picks so far

Product shots

A product must not change, and Kling 3.0 gave the cleanest orbit with the bottles and corks untouched. Hailuo H3 and Seedance 2.0 were close. Veo 3.1 took the word glints literally and covered the frame in sparkles.

Top pickKLKling 3.0HLHailuo H3SDSeedance 2.0

Cheapest good clipLMLuma Ray 3.2 $0.15

AvoidVOVeo 3.1 FastPKPika 2.2

Prompt, the same for all twelve
Slow camera orbit around the two bottles. Light glints move across the glass and the lavender stems sway slightly. The corks and bottles stay exactly as they are.

Two corked glass bottles of lavender oil on burlap with lavender stems — Ilona Frey on Pixabay

Tap a clip to watch it large, then pick the one you would keep.

Kling 3.0 clip: two corked glass bottles of lavender oil on burlap with lavender stems — Kling 3.0$0.70
Clean slow orbit, corks and bottles untouched.
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Kling 3.0$0.70
Clean slow orbit, corks and bottles untouched.
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Hailuo H3 clip: two corked glass bottles of lavender oil on burlap with lavender stems — Hailuo H3$0.25
Smooth orbit, glass stays clean.
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Hailuo H3$0.25
Smooth orbit, glass stays clean.
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Seedance 2.0 clip: two corked glass bottles of lavender oil on burlap with lavender stems — Seedance 2.0$1.52
Steady orbit, stems sway as asked.
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Seedance 2.0$1.52
Steady orbit, stems sway as asked.
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Veo 3.1 Fast clip: two corked glass bottles of lavender oil on burlap with lavender stems — Veo 3.1 Fast$0.75
Read light glints as sparkles all over the frame.
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Veo 3.1 Fast$0.75
Read light glints as sparkles all over the frame.
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Wan 3.0 clip: two corked glass bottles of lavender oil on burlap with lavender stems — Wan 3.0$0.25
Good orbit, slight wobble in the glass.
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Wan 3.0$0.25
Good orbit, slight wobble in the glass.
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Grok Imagine 1.5 clip: two corked glass bottles of lavender oil on burlap with lavender stems — Grok Imagine 1.5$0.05
0%

Gemini Omni Flash clip: two corked glass bottles of lavender oil on burlap with lavender stems — Gemini Omni Flash$0.15
0%

FLUX 3 clip: two corked glass bottles of lavender oil on burlap with lavender stems — FLUX 3$0.425
Slow and faithful.
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PixVerse V6 clip: two corked glass bottles of lavender oil on burlap with lavender stems — PixVerse V6$0.025
The orbit bent the bottles out of shape.
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PixVerse V6$0.025
The orbit bent the bottles out of shape.
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Luma Ray 3.2 clip: two corked glass bottles of lavender oil on burlap with lavender stems — Luma Ray 3.2$0.15
Careful push, bottles unchanged.
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Luma Ray 3.2$0.15
Careful push, bottles unchanged.
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Pika 2.2 clip: two corked glass bottles of lavender oil on burlap with lavender stems — Pika 2.2$0.20
Knocked a bottle over and rolled it across the table.
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Pika 2.2$0.20
Knocked a bottle over and rolled it across the table.
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Happy Horse 1.1 clip: two corked glass bottles of lavender oil on burlap with lavender stems — Happy Horse 1.1$0.70
The orbit swapped the backdrop for a table edge.
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Happy Horse 1.1$0.70
The orbit swapped the backdrop for a table edge.
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Clips re-encoded at one setting. Open one to see it at 720 pixels.Your picks so far

Logos and lettering

Lettering is where models fall over. Seedance 2.0, Kling 3.0, FLUX 3 and Wan 3.0 animated the birds and left the word alone. Four others repainted or smeared the badge, and Veo and Gemini crop a square logo to 16:9.

Top pickKLKling 3.0SDSeedance 2.0WNWan 3.0FXFLUX 3

Cheapest good clipGKGrok Imagine 1.5 $0.05

AvoidHLHailuo H3PVPixVerse V6LMLuma Ray 3.2PKPika 2.2

Prompt, the same for all twelve
The badge stays perfectly still and sharp. The birds fly across the sunset, the sun sinks slowly, and a soft light sweeps over the lettering. The text must not change.

Original

Fajar Arroisi on Pixabay

Tap a clip to watch it large, then pick the one you would keep.

OriginalKLTop pickReaders' pick

Kling 3.0$0.70

Light sweeps across the badge, text holds.

OriginalHLAvoidReaders' pick

Hailuo H3$0.25

Repainted the top band purple.

OriginalSDTop pickReaders' pick

Seedance 2.0$1.52

Birds and sun moved, lettering untouched.

OriginalVO4 s clip, Crops to 16:9Readers' pick

Veo 3.1 Fast$0.75

Only outputs 16:9, so the square badge is cropped.

OriginalWNTop pickReaders' pick

Wan 3.0$0.25

Birds cross the sunset, text intact.

OriginalGKReaders' pick

Grok Imagine 1.5$0.05

A bird flies over the badge, text holds.

OriginalGMCrops to 16:9Readers' pick

Gemini Omni Flash$0.15

Only outputs 16:9, so the square badge is cropped.

OriginalFXTop pickReaders' pick

FLUX 3$0.425

Slow push, lettering sharp.

OriginalPVAvoidReaders' pick

PixVerse V6$0.025

Added an orange halo around the badge.

OriginalLMAvoidReaders' pick

Luma Ray 3.2$0.15

Dragged a white smear across the word.

OriginalPKAvoidReaders' pick

Pika 2.2$0.20

Replaced the badge background with a sunset photo.

OriginalHHReaders' pick

Happy Horse 1.1$0.70

Quiet and faithful this time.

Clips re-encoded at one setting. Open one to see it at 720 pixels.Your picks so far

Landscapes

Most models can manage a slow push toward mountains, so this is the place to pay less. PixVerse V6 at under three cents and Grok Imagine 1.5 at five cents gave usable clips. When the shot matters, Seedance 2.0, Wan 3.0 and Veo 3.1 moved the camera most smoothly.

Top pickSDSeedance 2.0VOVeo 3.1 FastWNWan 3.0

Cheapest good clipPVPixVerse V6 $0.025

AvoidPKPika 2.2HHHappy Horse 1.1

Prompt, the same for all twelve
Slow camera push toward the snowy peaks. Clouds drift and the larch trees sway gently in the wind.

Snow-covered mountain range above larch-covered hills in the Altai — Анатолий Стафичук on Pixabay

Tap a clip to watch it large, then pick the one you would keep.

Kling 3.0 clip: snow-covered mountain range above larch-covered hills in the Altai — Kling 3.0$0.70
0%

Hailuo H3 clip: snow-covered mountain range above larch-covered hills in the Altai — Hailuo H3$0.25
Adds a heavy cloud bank over the peaks.
0%

Hailuo H3$0.25
Adds a heavy cloud bank over the peaks.
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Seedance 2.0 clip: snow-covered mountain range above larch-covered hills in the Altai — Seedance 2.0$1.52
Smooth push with drifting cloud.
0%

Seedance 2.0$1.52
Smooth push with drifting cloud.
0%

Veo 3.1 Fast clip: snow-covered mountain range above larch-covered hills in the Altai — Veo 3.1 Fast$0.75
Steady push, crops to 16:9.
0%

Veo 3.1 Fast$0.75
Steady push, crops to 16:9.
0%

Wan 3.0 clip: snow-covered mountain range above larch-covered hills in the Altai — Wan 3.0$0.25
Cloud rolls over the ridge, smooth push.
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Wan 3.0$0.25
Cloud rolls over the ridge, smooth push.
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Grok Imagine 1.5 clip: snow-covered mountain range above larch-covered hills in the Altai — Grok Imagine 1.5$0.05
Push and drifting cloud for five cents.
0%

Grok Imagine 1.5$0.05
Push and drifting cloud for five cents.
0%

Gemini Omni Flash clip: snow-covered mountain range above larch-covered hills in the Altai — Gemini Omni Flash$0.15
0%

FLUX 3 clip: snow-covered mountain range above larch-covered hills in the Altai — FLUX 3$0.425
0%

PixVerse V6 clip: snow-covered mountain range above larch-covered hills in the Altai — PixVerse V6$0.025
Usable clip for under three cents.
0%

PixVerse V6$0.025
Usable clip for under three cents.
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Luma Ray 3.2 clip: snow-covered mountain range above larch-covered hills in the Altai — Luma Ray 3.2$0.15
0%

Pika 2.2 clip: snow-covered mountain range above larch-covered hills in the Altai — Pika 2.2$0.20
Buried the mountains in fog.
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Pika 2.2$0.20
Buried the mountains in fog.
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Happy Horse 1.1 clip: snow-covered mountain range above larch-covered hills in the Altai — Happy Horse 1.1$0.70
Painted a grey band across the peaks.
0%

Happy Horse 1.1$0.70
Painted a grey band across the peaks.
0%

Clips re-encoded at one setting. Open one to see it at 720 pixels.Your picks so far

Group photos with action

The hardest photo in the set: lots of people and fast water. Veo 3.1 got the slide and the splash right, with the boys behind running in. Pika 2.2 threw the photo away and made a new scene with a different boy.

Top pickHLHailuo H3SDSeedance 2.0VOVeo 3.1 Fast

Cheapest good clipPVPixVerse V6 $0.025

AvoidPKPika 2.2

Prompt, the same for all twelve
The boy in front slides forward on the wet tarp laughing, water splashes up, and the boys behind cheer and run. Natural motion.

Teenage boys sliding down a wet plastic tarp on a lawn — StockSnap on Pixabay

Tap a clip to watch it large, then pick the one you would keep.

Kling 3.0 clip: teenage boys sliding down a wet plastic tarp on a lawn — Kling 3.0$0.70
Camera follows the slide, the face holds.
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Kling 3.0$0.70
Camera follows the slide, the face holds.
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Hailuo H3 clip: teenage boys sliding down a wet plastic tarp on a lawn — Hailuo H3$0.25
Follows the slide into the water.
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Hailuo H3$0.25
Follows the slide into the water.
0%

Seedance 2.0 clip: teenage boys sliding down a wet plastic tarp on a lawn — Seedance 2.0$1.52
Big splash, faces hold.
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Seedance 2.0$1.52
Big splash, faces hold.
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Veo 3.1 Fast clip: teenage boys sliding down a wet plastic tarp on a lawn — Veo 3.1 Fast$0.75
The slide, the splash, the boys behind running in.
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Veo 3.1 Fast$0.75
The slide, the splash, the boys behind running in.
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Wan 3.0 clip: teenage boys sliding down a wet plastic tarp on a lawn — Wan 3.0$0.25
Cuts to a new camera angle halfway.
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Wan 3.0$0.25
Cuts to a new camera angle halfway.
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Grok Imagine 1.5 clip: teenage boys sliding down a wet plastic tarp on a lawn — Grok Imagine 1.5$0.05
0%

Gemini Omni Flash clip: teenage boys sliding down a wet plastic tarp on a lawn — Gemini Omni Flash$0.15
0%

FLUX 3 clip: teenage boys sliding down a wet plastic tarp on a lawn — FLUX 3$0.425
0%

PixVerse V6 clip: teenage boys sliding down a wet plastic tarp on a lawn — PixVerse V6$0.025
0%

Luma Ray 3.2 clip: teenage boys sliding down a wet plastic tarp on a lawn — Luma Ray 3.2$0.15
0%

Pika 2.2 clip: teenage boys sliding down a wet plastic tarp on a lawn — Pika 2.2$0.20
Regenerated the scene with a different boy.
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Pika 2.2$0.20
Regenerated the scene with a different boy.
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Happy Horse 1.1 clip: teenage boys sliding down a wet plastic tarp on a lawn — Happy Horse 1.1$0.70
Close-up of the slider, the crowd runs in.
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Happy Horse 1.1$0.70
Close-up of the slider, the crowd runs in.
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Clips re-encoded at one setting. Open one to see it at 720 pixels.Your picks so far

Old scanned portraits

Kling 3.0 and Hailuo H3 made the smallest change and looked the most right, with the sepia and paper grain left alone. Wan 3.0 redrew the studio backdrop. Happy Horse 1.1 pushed in and finished the face as someone else.

Top pickKLKling 3.0HLHailuo H3

Cheapest good clipPVPixVerse V6 $0.025

AvoidWNWan 3.0PKPika 2.2HHHappy Horse 1.1

Prompt, the same for all twelve
She looks up from the book, gives a small smile and turns her head slightly toward the camera. Subtle, natural motion. Keep the sepia photograph look.

Sepia cabinet card of a Victorian woman holding a book — Cabinet card c.1880, public domain, via rawpixel

Tap a clip to watch it large, then pick the one you would keep.

Kling 3.0 clip: sepia cabinet card of a Victorian woman holding a book — Kling 3.0$0.70
Looks up and smiles, sepia and grain untouched.
0%

Kling 3.0$0.70
Looks up and smiles, sepia and grain untouched.
0%

Hailuo H3 clip: sepia cabinet card of a Victorian woman holding a book — Hailuo H3$0.25
Head lift and smile, paper texture kept.
0%

Hailuo H3$0.25
Head lift and smile, paper texture kept.
0%

Seedance 2.0 clip: sepia cabinet card of a Victorian woman holding a book — Seedance 2.0$1.52
Natural lift, reframed to 9:16.
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Seedance 2.0$1.52
Natural lift, reframed to 9:16.
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Veo 3.1 Fast clip: sepia cabinet card of a Victorian woman holding a book — Veo 3.1 Fast$0.75
0%

Wan 3.0 clip: sepia cabinet card of a Victorian woman holding a book — Wan 3.0$0.25
Redrew the backdrop and added a chair.
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Wan 3.0$0.25
Redrew the backdrop and added a chair.
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Grok Imagine 1.5 clip: sepia cabinet card of a Victorian woman holding a book — Grok Imagine 1.5$0.05
Gentle lift of the head.
0%

Grok Imagine 1.5$0.05
Gentle lift of the head.
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Gemini Omni Flash clip: sepia cabinet card of a Victorian woman holding a book — Gemini Omni Flash$0.15
0%

FLUX 3 clip: sepia cabinet card of a Victorian woman holding a book — FLUX 3$0.425
0%

PixVerse V6 clip: sepia cabinet card of a Victorian woman holding a book — PixVerse V6$0.025
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Luma Ray 3.2 clip: sepia cabinet card of a Victorian woman holding a book — Luma Ray 3.2$0.15
Framing widens, the face softens.
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Luma Ray 3.2$0.15
Framing widens, the face softens.
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Pika 2.2 clip: sepia cabinet card of a Victorian woman holding a book — Pika 2.2$0.20
Moved her into a different pose.
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Pika 2.2$0.20
Moved her into a different pose.
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Happy Horse 1.1 clip: sepia cabinet card of a Victorian woman holding a book — Happy Horse 1.1$0.70
Zoomed into the face, which ends up as someone else.
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Happy Horse 1.1$0.70
Zoomed into the face, which ends up as someone else.
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Picto.Video model testRun 18 Sep 2026, your picks

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How the test was run

Same photo, same prompt, first clip back

Seven photos, one plain prompt each, written the way a person types into a box. Every model ran once per photo through fal.ai on 18 September 2026, at its 720p tier and five seconds long, with sound switched off where the model has a switch. Nothing was retried or cherry-picked. The clip you see is the first one each model handed back.

On this page every clip is re-encoded at one setting, so file size and sharpness do not favour any model. Open a clip to watch it at 720 pixels.

Our score is a mark from 1 to 5 per clip. A 5 moved the way the prompt asked and still looks like the photo. A 1 changed the subject or broke the scene. Readers vote for one clip per photo, one vote per person, and can change it.

Photos by Nguyễn Phát, Edyta Stawiarska, Ilona Frey, Fajar Arroisi and Анатолий Стафичук on Pixabay, and StockSnap. The cabinet card is in the public domain, via rawpixel.

Why results differ

Why the same photo comes out different

These models learned motion from video, and most of that video is people, landscapes and animals. A logo is rare in that material, so some models treat the lettering as texture and repaint it. An old scan sits far from anything they have seen, and a model that likes to tidy the frame will redraw the backdrop.

There is so much footage of faces that the models are confident with them, sometimes too confident. Happy Horse 1.1 keeps pushing in and finishing the face its own way. The models that did best with people changed the least.

The words in a prompt matter more than people expect. The word glints put sparkles all over the Veo 3.1 product clip, and Luma Ray 3.2 read shine as a white smear across the logo. For products and logos, describe the camera and leave the effects out.

Questions

Questions people ask

Which AI model is best for animating a portrait?

In this test Seedance 2.0 and Veo 3.1 gave the most natural turn to camera. Hailuo H3 did well for 25 cents a clip. Gemini Omni Flash refuses photos of realistic people.

Which AI model is best for pet photos?

Hailuo H3 and Kling 3.0 kept the puppy looking like the puppy. Pika 2.2 and Happy Horse 1.1 each handed back a different dog.

Which AI video generator is best for product photos?

Kling 3.0 gave a clean orbit with nothing altered. Keep the prompt literal, since effect words such as glints and sparkle get taken literally.

Can AI animate a logo without changing the text?

Seedance 2.0, Kling 3.0, FLUX 3 and Wan 3.0 did. Luma, Hailuo, PixVerse and Pika altered the badge. Veo and Gemini only output 16:9 or 9:16, so a square logo gets cropped.

What is the cheapest model that still gives a good clip?

Grok Imagine 1.5 at five cents scored 4 on six of the seven photos. PixVerse V6 at under three cents was good for landscapes, group shots and old photos.

How much does Seedance 2.0 cost per clip?

fal.ai bills Seedance 2.0 in tokens. A 5-second clip at 720p comes to about 108,700 tokens, which is $1.52 at $0.014 per 1,000.

How often do these results change?

Models ship new versions every few months. The date of the last run is at the top of this page, and every re-run gets a line in the changelog below.

Changelog

18 Sep 2026First run. Twelve models, seven photos, 83 clips.

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