Ranking
Cheapest text-to-video models
The lowest per-second list prices among every text-to-video model we run, cheapest first. Price is the sort; the resolution and duration columns are why two models at different prices may both be the right answer.
Sorted by list price out of 71 text to video models we run. Prices are what you would pay once billing is live; billing is not live yet. The H3 tiers that appear here are the spicy route — no extra platform filter. Every other model follows its own vendor's content policy.
| # | Model | Vendor | per second | Resolution | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ltx 2.3 Quality Text-to-Video | Lightricks | $0.0030 | square_hd, square, portrait_3_4, portrait_9_16, landscape_4_3, landscape_16_9 | not exposed |
| 2 | Seedance v1 Pro Fast Text-to-video | ByteDance | $0.013 | 480p, 720p, 1080p | 2–12s (11 steps) |
| 3 | Seedance 2.0 Mini Text-to-Video | ByteDance | $0.017 | 480p, 720p, 720p-SR, 1080p-SR, 1440p-SR | 4–15s (12 steps) |
| 4 | Seedance v1.5 Pro Text-to-Video Fast | ByteDance | $0.027 | 720p | not exposed |
| 5 | MiniMax H3-Developer Text-to-Video spicy route | MiniMax | $0.030 | 480P, 768P, 1440p-sr, 4k-sr | 4–15s (12 steps) |
| 6 | Seedance v1 Pro t2v 480p | ByteDance | $0.033 | not exposed | not exposed |
| 7 | MiniMax H3 Max Turbo Text-to-Video spicy route | MiniMax | $0.036 | 480P, 768P | 5–15s (11 steps) |
| 8 | Pixverse v6 Text-to-Video | PixVerse | $0.038 | not exposed | 1–15s (15 steps) |
| 9 | Pixverse v6 Reference-to-Video | PixVerse | $0.038 | not exposed | 1–15s (15 steps) |
| 10 | Seedance 2.0 Fast Text-to-Video | ByteDance | $0.041 | 480p, 720p, 720p-SR, 1080p-SR, 1440p-SR | 4–15s (12 steps) |
| 11 | Grok Imagine Video v1.5 Developer Text-to-Video | xAI | $0.042 | 480p, 720p, 1080p | not exposed |
| 12 | Pixverse c1 Reference-to-Video | PixVerse | $0.045 | not exposed | 1–15s (15 steps) |
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