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# Best AI video models (Oct 2026)

The best video models for overall use in Oct 2026 are Gemini Omni Flash, FLUX 3 Video, Wan 3.0, ranked by Arena.

Prices as of 18 Oct 2026. Every price links to its source.

### #1 [Gemini Omni Flash](https://modelpricetrack.com/models/google/gemini-omni-flash)

Arena 1513 1504–1522, 26,576 votes · median $0.507 · Arena #2 · #1 among models priced here

### #1 [FLUX 3 Video](https://modelpricetrack.com/models/bfl/flux-3-video)

Arena 1493 1476–1510, 1,302 votes · median $0.750 · Arena #3 · #2 among models priced here · tied with #1 (intervals overlap)

### #1 [Wan 3.0](https://modelpricetrack.com/models/alibaba/wan-3.0)

Arena 1476 1464–1489, 2,598 votes · median $0.500 · Arena #6 · #3 among models priced here · tied with #1 (intervals overlap)

## Also consider

| Rank | Model | Arena | Median | Ranks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Seedance 2.5](https://modelpricetrack.com/models/bytedance/seedance-2.5) | 1474 (1465–1482) | $1.33 | Arena #7 · #4 among priced · tied with #1 |
| 5 | [Gen-4.5](https://modelpricetrack.com/models/runwayml/gen-4.5) | 1225 (1216–1233) | $0.600 | Arena #27 · #5 among priced |

## How this list is ranked

The highest-scoring text-to-video models that have a public price on the board. Arena text-to-video overall preference. It does not measure ads, brand safety or cinematic camera grammar. 5 qualified after family collapse. Based on data from Arena (arena.ai). Arena does not endorse this ranking.

Ratings: Arena (arena.ai) · CC BY 4.0. Read from [the Hugging Face dataset](https://huggingface.co/datasets/lmarena-ai/leaderboard-dataset).

## Notable models we cannot rank

| Model | Reason |
| --- | --- |
| [Wan 2.7](https://modelpricetrack.com/models/alibaba/wan-2.7) | no counted public price |
| [FLUX 3 Video Edit](https://modelpricetrack.com/models/bfl/flux-3-video-edit) | no counted public price |
| [Seedance 1.0 Pro Fast](https://modelpricetrack.com/models/bytedance/seedance-1.0-pro-fast) | no counted public price |
| [Seedance 2.0](https://modelpricetrack.com/models/bytedance/seedance-2) | no counted public price |
| [Seedance 2.0 Fast](https://modelpricetrack.com/models/bytedance/seedance-2-fast) | no counted public price |
| [Seedance 2.0 Mini](https://modelpricetrack.com/models/bytedance/seedance-2-mini) | no counted public price |
| [Veo 3](https://modelpricetrack.com/models/google/veo-3) | no counted public price |
| [Kling 2.5](https://modelpricetrack.com/models/kling/kling-2.5) | no counted public price |
| [Kling 2.6](https://modelpricetrack.com/models/kling/kling-2.6) | no counted public price |
| [MiniMax H3](https://modelpricetrack.com/models/minimax/h3) | no counted public price |
| [MiniMax H3 Max Turbo](https://modelpricetrack.com/models/minimax/h3-max-turbo) | no counted public price |
| [Hailuo 2.3](https://modelpricetrack.com/models/minimax/hailuo-2.3) | no counted public price |

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Based on data from Arena (arena.ai). Arena does not endorse this ranking. Ranking approved 18 Oct 2026 · prices updated 18 Oct 2026. [Methodology](https://modelpricetrack.com/methodology#best-lists). [Compare with Artificial Analysis](https://artificialanalysis.ai/).

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