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Runway generates video from text and images and provides AI editing tools for filmmakers.

Best for: High-quality generative video

Pika generates and edits short videos from text, images and existing clips.

Luma's Dream Machine generates cinematic, physically plausible video clips.

Synthesia turns scripts into presenter videos with realistic AI avatars in 140+ languages.

CapCut offers auto captions, background removal, AI effects and templates for social video.

HeyGen creates avatar videos and translates existing videos with lip-synced voice cloning.

OpusClip finds the best moments in long videos and reframes them into captioned short clips.