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By the toolist.ai editors. Researched from vendor pages and hands-on tests published by others, not hands-on tested by toolist.ai. Updated October 15, 2026.

Sora alternatives

Sora has shut down. These are the text-to-video tools we cover for people who used it.

• Runway

  Runway is an AI video studio whose Gen-4.5 model turns prompts or images into short clips, with the Aleph model for editing existing footage and third-party models on the same credits. Paid plans start at $15 a month.

  Best for: Filmmakers who want generation plus editing of real footage

  Researched, not tested by us. Cheapest paid plan: Standard ($15 a month). About $0.288 per second of Gen-4.5 video, calculated. Prices last checked: 2026-10-16.

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• Kling

  Kling makes short AI video clips with native sound from text prompts or images, with multi-shot storyboards and native 4K on paid plans. Paid plans start at $8.80 a month after a $6.99 first month.

  Best for: Low-cost clips with native sound and strong camera moves

  Researched, not tested by us. Cheapest paid plan: Standard ($8.80 a month). About $0.160 per second of Kling 3.0 1080p video with sound, calculated. Prices last checked: 2026-10-16.

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• Veo

  Veo is Google DeepMind's text-to-video model family; Veo 3.1 makes short clips with native audio in Google Flow, the Gemini API and Google Cloud. Google AI plans with Flow credits start at $4.99 a month.

  Best for: Reliable clips with dialogue and sound, inside a Google plan or the API

  Researched, not tested by us. Cheapest paid plan: Google AI Plus ($4.99 a month). About $0.062 per second of Veo 3.1 Fast video, calculated. Prices last checked: 2026-10-16.

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• Higgsfield

  Higgsfield is an AI creative suite that runs other companies' video and image models, such as Kling, Seedance and Veo, plus its own camera-control and character tools, on one credit plan. Paid plans start at $19 a month.

  Best for: Trying several video models, such as Kling, Seedance and Veo, on one bill

  Researched, not tested by us. Cheapest paid plan: Starter ($19 a month). About $0.070 per credit, calculated. Prices last checked: 2026-10-16.

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• Seedance

  Seedance is ByteDance's family of video models with native sound; the current Seedance 2.5 makes clips of up to 30 seconds from text and up to 50 image, video and audio references. ByteDance sells it in Dreamina, where paid plans start at $15 a month, and through the BytePlus API.

  Best for: Top-ranked cinematic clips with sound and heavy reference control

  Researched, not tested by us. Cheapest paid plan: Dreamina Basic ($15 a month). About $9.52 per 1,000 credits, calculated. Prices last checked: 2026-10-16.

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• Hailuo AI

  Hailuo AI is MiniMax's own app for its video models: the current MiniMax H3 makes clips of up to 15 seconds with native stereo sound at 768p or 2K from text, frames or up to 12 image, video and audio references, and edits existing video. Paid plans start at $10.50 a month ($8.40 a month billed yearly), and MiniMax's API sells H3 from $0.08 a second.

  Best for: Short clips with native sound and multi-reference control at a low price per second

  Researched, not tested by us. Cheapest paid plan: Standard ($10.50 a month). About $0.074 per second of MiniMax H3 768p video, calculated. Prices last checked: 2026-10-16.

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• Luma AI

  Luma AI is Luma Labs' creative app, formerly Dream Machine, where agents and Luma's own Ray3.2 video and Uni-1 image models share one credit balance with Kling, Seedance, Veo 3.1 and MiniMax H3. Ray3.2 makes silent 5- or 10-second clips at up to 1080p with up to 16 keyframes, restyles existing footage and exports 16-bit HDR and EXR. Paid plans start at $30 a month ($25 a month billed yearly), and the Luma API sells Ray3.2 from $0.15 a clip.

  Best for: Directed, silent cinematic shots and footage restyling, with HDR and EXR output for post-production

  Researched, not tested by us. Cheapest paid plan: Plus ($30 a month). About $0.060 per second of Ray3.2 720p video, calculated. Prices last checked: 2026-10-16.

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