Google
7.0/10
- Realistic motion and prompt adherence with native synchronized audio
- Strong for cinematic scenes and ambience out of the box
- Availability and pricing vary by platform and SKU
- Generation still limited to relatively short clip lengths
Runway
Runway Gen-4.5
Under evaluation
- Maker
- Runway
- Origin
- United States
- Released
- Dec 1, 2025
- Category
- Video Generation
Strengths & weaknesses
- Full creative production environment, not just a generation endpoint
- Strong iteration, editing, and referencing tools for professional workflows
- Audio still has to be added separately in most pipelines
- Steeper learning curve than simple prompt-and-generate tools
Evaluation
In assessment · 60% measuredScored on Runway Gen-4.5 · sources as of Nov 4, 2026
- Text-to-videow603.9
Rule B1,225 rating (95% 1,216–1,233) from 48,127 votes · Scale 1,000–1,550, 0 to 10 · LMArena text-to-video arena (runway-gen-4.5) · Sep 22, 2026
- Image-to-videow40—
No independent measurement yet
w = weight, each criterion’s share of the overall score. Missing marks don’t count for or against. How scoring works
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Under evaluation
- Set the early bar for realistic, physically-consistent video generation
- Strong brand recognition and broad public familiarity
- OpenAI closed the Sora app in April 2026 and removes the API on September 24, 2026
- Superseded by newer models from Google, ByteDance, and Kuaishou
Kuaishou
Under evaluation
- Excellent character motion and dramatic, controllable camera moves
- Strong image-to-video animation from a single source frame
- Frame preservation needs careful checking on longer generations
- Native audio exists but is often disabled in third-party integrations
ByteDance
8.9/10
- Multishot generation with longer, planned sequences
- Upstream audio generation capability built into the model
- Native audio is often disabled in third-party API routes
- Smaller footprint outside ByteDance's own ecosystem