Reviews and comparisons of video and image generation models
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A hands-on Grok Imagine review: clips with sound in seconds, 1080p in Video 1.5, reference images, xAI's API prices, and the jobs where slower models still win.
A hands-on Wan 2.7 review: readable labels, distinct faces, product physics, 15-second clips with sound, Alibaba's API prices and the open-weights catch.
Runway Aleph review from a motion designer: background swaps, object removal, relighting, new angles, what changed in Aleph 2.0, API prices and limits.
My Kling 3.0 review after two weeks of tests: multi-shot scenes, native audio in five languages, 4K, where it beats Veo 3.1 and where it doesn't.
A hands-on Veo 3.1 review: native sound, Extend for longer clips, one character across scenes, weak spots, Google's API prices and when it's worth it.
I tested Veo 3.1, Kling 3.0 and Runway on the same product videos. Where each one wins on realism, motion, sound and editing, and when to combine them.
