Wan 通义万相 vs Hunyuan Video 混元视频 vs Kling vs Vidu 维度AI
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Wan 通义万相
Alibaba's text-to-video model
Visit
|
Hunyuan Video 混元视频
Tencent's open-weights text-to-video model
Visit
|
Kling
Kuaishou-spun AI video model, now an $18B independent rival to Sora.
Visit
|
Vidu 维度AI
Shengshu Technology's text-to-video product
Visit
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RECATOOLS Score | 7.4 / 10 | 6.4 / 10 | 7.8 / 10 | 7.4 / 10 |
| Capability | ||||
| Value for money | ||||
| Ease of use | ||||
| ASEAN readiness | ||||
| API quality | ||||
| Pricing | Freemium | Open Source | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | — | — | 66 credits per day for video generation | Limited free generations (verify current allotment on vidu.com) |
| Paid from | — | — | Standard $10/mo; Pro $37/mo; Premier $92/mo; Ultra $180/mo (up from ~$128/mo in Aug 2025) | ~$0.0375/second generation (Vidu 2.0); subscriptions up to ~$84/month |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | — | — | 100M+ global registered users (60M reported Jan 2026 at CES) | — |
| Founded | 2024 | — | — | 2024 |
| Maker | Alibaba Group (Alibaba Cloud / Tongyi Lab) | Tencent | Kuaishou Technology | — |
| Verdict | Wan (Tongyi Wanxiang) is Alibaba's open-source video generation family and one of the most capable open video models available, with the Wan 2.x series widely regarded as among the most cinematic open options thanks to i... |
Hunyuan Video is the reference open-weights video model: Tencent ships the actual weights, so teams can self-host, fine-tune, and build on it rather than renting a black-box endpoint. The December 2024 original (13B para... |
Kling, from Kuaishou, ranks among the strongest AI video generators available: Kling 3.0 (February 2026) added native 4K at 60fps, 15-second clips, and synced multilingual audio, with motion and physics that hold up bett... |
Vidu, from China's ShengShu Technology, is a fast-rising AI video model offering text-, image- and reference-to-video with native audio and notably quick generation. Its reference-to-video feature, which keeps characters... |
| Full review → | Full review → | Full review → | Full review → |
Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.