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# 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.

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

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

Arena 1476 1464–1489, 2,598 votes · median $0.500 · Arena #6 · #1 among models priced here

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

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

### #3 [Gen-4.5](https://modelpricetrack.com/models/runwayml/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.

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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Data: CC BY 4.0 for our own work, attribution "Model Price Track (modelpricetrack.com)". CC BY 4.0 covers Model Price Track's own work (normalisation, medians, rankings, editorial text). Third-party prices are listed as published by each provider, with a link, and are not relicensed. Arena quality scores stay CC BY 4.0 with Arena's attribution. Cite as "Model Price Track, Best value AI video models (Oct 2026) · Model Price Track, https://modelpricetrack.com/best/video/budget, retrieved 18 Oct 2026".