#1 Wan 3.0
Arena 1476 1464–1489, 2,598 votes · median $0.500 · Arena #6 · #1 among models priced here
Best value AI video models (Oct 2026)
The best video models for value AI video models in Oct 2026 are Wan 3.0, Gemini Omni Flash, Gen-4.5, ranked by Arena value.
#2 Gemini Omni Flash
Arena 1513 1504–1522, 26,576 votes · median $0.507 · Arena #2 · #2 among models priced here
#3 Gen-4.5
Arena 1225 1216–1233, 48,127 votes · median $0.600 · Arena #27 · #3 among models priced here
How this list is ranked
Priced text-to-video models that output 9:16, at or under $0.60 per 5-second clip, ranked on the price-quality frontier. Value is our ranking from Arena text-to-video and the board median. Arena does not endorse this ranking. 3 qualified after family collapse. Based on data from Arena (arena.ai). Arena does not endorse this ranking.
Notable models we cannot rank
| Model | Reason |
|---|---|
| Wan 2.7 | no counted public price |
| FLUX 3 Video Edit | no counted public price |
| Seedance 1.0 Pro Fast | no counted public price |
| Seedance 2.0 | no counted public price |
| Seedance 2.0 Fast | no counted public price |
| Seedance 2.0 Mini | no counted public price |
| Veo 3 | no counted public price |
| Kling 2.5 | no counted public price |
| Kling 2.6 | no counted public price |
| MiniMax H3 | no counted public price |
| MiniMax H3 Max Turbo | no counted public price |
| Hailuo 2.3 | no counted public price |