Best Text-to-Video
Models chosen for generating video directly from text prompts with stable motion and visually coherent scenes. Useful for concepting, short narrative clips, and rapid visual iteration.
The picks.Prompt-driven video creation
Gemini Omni Flash
Multimodal video generation and editing with native audio, multi-turn control, and photo-to-video references
FLUX 3 Video
Multimodal video generation with native synchronized audio across styles and modes
Seedance 2.0
Unified multimodal audio-video generation with multi-reference input and physics-aware motion
MiniMax H3
Multimodal video generation with native synced audio, multi-reference consistency, and continuation workflows
HappyHorse 1.1
Multimodal video generation with stronger motion expressiveness, multi-image reference consistency, and improved audio-visual sync
Kling VIDEO 3.0 Pro
High-fidelity multimodal video generation with native audio and advanced editing
Kling VIDEO 3.0 Omni Pro
Unified multimodal video generation with native audio and higher-fidelity renders
Seedance 2.5
Professional multimodal video generation with native 30-second clips, large-scale reference control, and precise localized editing
HappyHorse-1.0
Text-to-video and image-to-video model with 1080p output and short-form clip control
Kling VIDEO 3.0 Omni Standard
Cost-efficient multimodal video generation with native audio and editing
Kling VIDEO 3.0 Standard
Multimodal video generation with native audio and efficient performance
Grok Imagine Video 1.5
Higher-tier Grok image-to-video generation from a single starting frame with longer durations and stronger output quality
PixVerse V6
Multi-shot cinematic video generation with native audio, 20+ camera controls, and character consistency
SkyReels V4
Unified multimodal video model for generation, inpainting, and editing with synchronized audio
Wan2.7
Multimodal video generation with reference consistency, video editing, and native audio
Seedance 2.0 Fast
Faster multimodal video generation tuned for latency and iteration speed
LTX-2.5 Pro
High-fidelity multimodal video generation with native audio, editing workflows, and up to 4K output
LTX-2.5 Fast
Fast high-resolution video generation with longer clip support, native audio, and first-to-last-frame control
Common questions
LTX-2.5 Pro, released August 2026 per the live catalog. Membership updates automatically as the catalog publishes new models to this collection.
Production notes
Every price on this page is the model's published rate from the live Runware catalog, using the cheapest listed configuration unless stated otherwise. Prices vary with resolution, duration, quality tier, or token volume, so check the pricing table on each model page before estimating unit economics.
The Runware catalog does not publish per-model latency figures, so this page does not quote end-to-end timings. Where a model's own description commits to speed (for example sub-second generation or realtime streaming), that claim is repeated here. For anything else, benchmark the exact models in the Playground with your own payload sizes before committing to an SLA.
Models are addressed by versioned AIR identifiers, so a workflow pinned to specific model versions keeps producing the same behaviour as new versions ship. Adopt upgrades deliberately by re-running your evaluation set against the new version before switching production traffic.
About this collection
Models chosen for generating video directly from text prompts with stable motion and visually coherent scenes. Useful for concepting, short narrative clips, and rapid visual iteration.
Membership comes directly from the Runware catalog: the 20 models on this page are the live catalog's own membership for the "Best Text-to-Video" collection. Names, descriptions, pricing, capability chips, samples, and guides are all read live from the catalog — nothing here is hand-curated.
Model guides.Learn how to use the stack
Cinematic prompting
How to prompt Gemini Omni Flash for cinematic video using Google's five-element structure, camera language, and the less-prescriptive sweet spot.
Read the guide →Editing video
How to edit existing footage with Gemini Omni Flash's inputs.video parameter to relight, restyle, swap weather, or add characters while preserving the source's composition and motion.
Read the guide →Reference-driven video
How to use Gemini Omni Flash's reference image workflow to lock a visual style, hold a character across scenes, or guide a video through storyboard key beats.
Read the guide →Audio and speech with FLUX 3
How to compose FLUX 3's synchronized audio: layering ambient and effects, directing music by instrumentation and tempo, directing speech delivery, and rendering multilingual dialogue with clean lip-sync.
Read the guide →Keyframes with FLUX 3
How to pin images to specific frame positions in FLUX 3 videos: opening on a source image, storyboarding across positions, ending on a packshot, morphing between two states, and using timestamps for beat-precise timing.
Read the guide →Multi-shot sequences with FLUX 3
How to build multi-shot video sequences inside one FLUX 3 generation: HARD CUT syntax, shot contrast, time compression, threading an audio bed across the cuts, and pacing shot rhythm.
Read the guide →Prompting FLUX 3
How to prompt FLUX 3 for text-to-video with synchronized audio: request shape, prompt rewriting, camera language, dimensions, style diversity, and the draft-mode iteration workflow.
Read the guide →Video continuation with FLUX 3
How to continue a source clip from its final frames with FLUX 3's video input: single-clip continuation, chaining across multiple generations, deliberate source design, and recovering shots that didn't land.
Read the guide →Editing video
How to edit a finished clip with a prompt in MiniMax H3: replace a subject, relight a scene, add or remove elements, and combine edits, keeping the rest untouched.
Read the guide →First and last frame
How to animate a still image with MiniMax H3 and bridge a first and last frame into one continuous shot, with the output following the image's own aspect ratio.
Read the guide →Generating video
How to generate video from text with MiniMax H3: the six 2K aspect ratios, 5 to 15 second durations, native synced audio, and prompting for cinematic shots.
Read the guide →Motion, camera, and performance
How to transfer motion, a camera move, or an acting performance from a reference video onto a new subject with MiniMax H3 Omni Reference.
Read the guide →Reference-driven consistency
How to lock a character, product, or style across a new MiniMax H3 shot with Omni Reference images, and address each reference by index in the prompt.
Read the guide →Sound and voice
How to direct MiniMax H3's native audio from the prompt: ambience, synced sound effects, music, and spoken dialogue with lip-sync.
Read the guide →Cinematic shot direction with storyboard prompts
How to write multi-shot storyboard prompts for HappyHorse 1.1 to direct cinematic sequences with shot sizes, camera movement, and subject continuity in a single call.
Read the guide →Casting multiple characters with reference images
How to use HappyHorse 1.1's reference workflow to cast one or more characters into a generated video and preserve their identity through every cut.
Read the guide →Editing video
How to edit an existing clip in place with Seedance 2.5 using inputs.video: remove and replace elements, restyle and relight the frame, swap backgrounds, and edit by timestamp.
Read the guide →Image to video and keyframes
How to turn a still into video with Seedance 2.5: animate a first frame, interpolate a first and last frame, loop a still, and sequence images as keyframes.
Read the guide →Long-form and extension
How to structure a 30-second Seedance 2.5 brief as one continuous take or a multi-shot passage, hold continuity across the runtime, and extend past 30 seconds with inputs.video.
Read the guide →Motion and performance transfer
How to drive Seedance 2.5 with a reference video for motion, camera, and lip-sync while a reference image supplies identity: motion transfer, character swaps, and clay to finished shot.
Read the guide →Multimodal reference
How to compose up to 30 images, 10 videos, and 10 audio clips into one Seedance 2.5 call with typed @-tag addressing, from cast ensembles and product families to audio-driven scenes.
Read the guide →Multilingual video
How to generate video in 10+ languages with Seedance 2.5: native lip-sync from a text prompt, switching languages within one clip, and controlling accent and delivery.
Read the guide →Prompting
How to prompt Seedance 2.5 for directed text-to-video: the five-layer shot scaffold, camera vocabulary the model reads directly, second-level timing, and native audio.
Read the guide →Multi-shot storytelling with anchor frames
How to use PixVerse V6 to generate multi-shot video reels from one or two anchor frames in a single call, using the beat-structured prompt pattern.
Read the guide →Audio-driven characters
How to drive a lip-synced performance with LTX-2.5 Pro: pairing inputs.audio with a reference image, matching voice to subject, and the length, resolution, and framing rules.
Read the guide →Camera movement
How to control the camera in LTX-2.5 Pro: the eight settings.cameraMovement presets, the prompt camera vocabulary, and when to reach for a reliable preset versus a described move.
Read the guide →First and last frame
How to animate images with LTX-2.5 Pro using inputs.frameImages: turning a still into motion, directing the ending with a last frame, and building clean loops.
Read the guide →Multi-shot sequences
How to prompt LTX-2.5 Pro for multi-shot video: cutting between shots in one generation, naming transitions, holding character and audio across cuts, and giving each shot a job.
Read the guide →Native audio
How to generate synchronized audio with LTX-2.5 Pro: turning on settings.audio, prompting ambient sound and effects, directing spoken dialogue with accent and lip-sync, and balancing the mix.
Read the guide →Prompting
How to write text-to-video prompts for LTX-2.5 Pro: the six-part shot scaffold, directing the action and camera, matching detail to shot scale, and prompting its native audio.
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