Zhipu Qingying 智谱清影 (CogVideoX) vs Vidu

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 AI video generator, from the Qingyan app to a ¥1-a-clip API Visit Vidu Shengshu Technology's AI video generator, built around consistent char... 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 CogVideoX-Flash is free on the bigmodel.cn API; chatglm.cn offers sign-in credits; open CogVideoX weights (2B Apache 2.0) are free to self-host Free plan: Q4 at 540p for 4 credits a second, 10 references a month and sign-in bonus credits; no commercial-use licence
Paid from ¥1 (about $0.14) per CogVideoX-3 API video, 5s or 10s up to 4K, in-app pricing behind login $10/month (Standard, 800 credits) or $99/year
Has API ✓ ✓
Open source ✓ ✗
Free to use ✓ ✓
Users — —
Founded 2024 2024
Maker Zhipu AI (北京智谱华章科技股份有限公司, HKEX: 2513) Shengshu Technology (生数科技)
Verdict

Qingying is a cheap, capable hosted video generator: CogVideoX-3 makes 5- or 10-second clips up to 4K for ¥1 each through the API, and a free CogVideoX-Flash model suits prototyping. The open-weight CogVideoX line (2B un...

Vidu's strength is consistency: reference-to-video keeps the same character or product recognisable across clips, and Q3 and Q4 add native audio at up to 16 seconds. Entry pricing is low at $10 a month, paid plans includ...

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