Which AI video generator should you use?

1 · What are you making?

2 · Budget priority

How the recommendation works

The mapping behind the buttons is the distilled version of every use-case ranking on this site: dialogue routes to the Veo family (lip-sync decides), character work routes to Kling (consistency decides), products route to Sora 2 Pro image-to-video (accuracy decides), volume routes to Seedance (ratio decides), and cinematic work at full budget routes to Gen-4.5 (control decides).

Treat it as a starting point, not a verdict: the second-best model for your case is usually close, and your own retake ratio on your specific style can flip any ranking. Test the recommendation with a $5 pilot before committing a subscription.

Run your own numbers. The cost calculator applies your clip length, resolution and a realistic retake buffer across every model at once.