Zhipu Qingying 智谱清影 (CogVideoX) vs Vidu 维度AI

A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.

Zhipu Qingying 智谱清影 (CogVideoX) Zhipu's free video generator, built on the open-weight CogVideoX model Visit Vidu 维度AI Shengshu Technology's text-to-video product Visit
RECATOOLS Score 7.3 / 10 7.4 / 10
Capability 7 7
Value for money 8 8
Ease of use 6 7
ASEAN readiness 6 7
API quality 7 7
Pricing Freemium Freemium
Free tier Limited free generations (verify current allotment on vidu.com)
Paid from ~$0.0375/second generation (Vidu 2.0); subscriptions up to ~$84/month
Has API
Open source
Free to use
Users
Founded 2024
Maker
Verdict

Qingying's real significance isn't the consumer app — it's that Zhipu released the underlying CogVideoX weights on GitHub under a permissive license (Apache 2.0 for the 2B variant) rather than keeping them closed like So...

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...

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