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Best AI tools for generate video

Local & cloud video diffusion: Wan, Hunyuan, CogVideoX, LTX.

Hardware:
23 tools

ComfyUI

The nodal workflow engine for serious diffusion.

Open Source 6–16 GB VRAM
Min VRAM
6 GB
GPU class
Mid GPU
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Wan 2.2

Open-weight video diffusion from Alibaba.

Open Source 12–48 GB VRAM
Min VRAM
12 GB
GPU class
Workstation GPU
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HunyuanVideo

13B open-weight cinematic text-to-video.

Open Source 24–48 GB VRAM
Min VRAM
24 GB
GPU class
Workstation GPU
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Runway Gen-4

Cinematic-quality cloud video generation.

Paid · from $15/mo☁ Cloud · no GPU
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Hunyuan3D-2

Tencent's open 3D generator β€” multi-view, PBR, ready-to-use meshes.

Open Source 12–16 GB VRAM
Min VRAM
12 GB
GPU class
High-end GPU
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KJNodes for ComfyUI

Cutting-edge video & advanced sampling nodes by Kijai.

Open Sourcevia comfyui
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Mochi 1

Genmo's 10-B open-weight T2V β€” the first 'genuinely fluid' OSS video model.

Open Source 24–60 GB VRAM
Min VRAM
24 GB
GPU class
Workstation GPU
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Kling 2.1

Cloud video gen with strong motion control.

Paid · from $10/mo☁ Cloud · no GPU
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LTX-Video

Real-time-ish open video diffusion from Lightricks.

Open Source 12–16 GB VRAM
Min VRAM
12 GB
GPU class
High-end GPU
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Pika 2.2

Cloud video generation with Pikaffects and Scenes.

Freemium · from $10/mo☁ Cloud · no GPU
Hobbyist-FriendlyAPI

Diffusers

Hugging Face's go-to library for every diffusion model.

Open Source 4–12 GB VRAM
Min VRAM
4 GB
GPU class
Entry GPU
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Magi-1

Autoregressive video diffusion at 24 GB.

Open Source 24–48 GB VRAM
Min VRAM
24 GB
GPU class
Workstation GPU
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TRELLIS

Microsoft Research's structured 3D representation model.

Open Source 16–24 GB VRAM
Min VRAM
16 GB
GPU class
High-end GPU
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Luma AI

Phone-scan to NeRF, Genie text-to-3D, and Dream Machine video.

Freemium · from $30/mo☁ Cloud · no GPU
Hobbyist-FriendlyAPI

MMAudio

Generate synchronized audio for any silent video.

Open Source 8–12 GB VRAM
Min VRAM
8 GB
GPU class
Entry GPU
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CogVideoX 5B

Open-source text-to-video diffusion from THUDM.

Open Source 12–24 GB VRAM
Min VRAM
12 GB
GPU class
High-end GPU
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TripoSR

Single-image to 3D mesh in under a second on a 4090.

Open Source 6–8 GB VRAM
Min VRAM
6 GB
GPU class
Entry GPU
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AnimateDiff

Add motion to any SD checkpoint via a motion module.

Open Source 8–12 GB VRAM
Min VRAM
8 GB
GPU class
Mid GPU
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NVIDIA Cosmos

World-foundation models for physical AI.

Open Source 24–80 GB VRAM
Min VRAM
24 GB
GPU class
Datacenter GPU
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ComfyUI-AnimateDiff-Evolved

Animation motion modules for ComfyUI.

Open Source 10–16 GB VRAM
Min VRAM
10 GB
GPU class
High-end GPU
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Pyramid Flow

Memory-efficient T2V via pyramidal flow matching.

Open Source 16–24 GB VRAM
Min VRAM
16 GB
GPU class
High-end GPU
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Stable Zero123

Novel-view synthesis β€” generate any angle from a single image.

Open Source 6–8 GB VRAM
Min VRAM
6 GB
GPU class
Entry GPU
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Stable Video Diffusion

Image-to-video diffusion β€” 25 frames, 14 or 25 steps.

Open Source 12–16 GB VRAM
Min VRAM
12 GB
GPU class
High-end GPU
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