Best current tools
Midjourney
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Midjourney
Best for: Stylized, high-aesthetic images (plus SD/HD video)
Price: No free plan; Basic $10/mo, Standard $30/mo (third-party price check, Oct 2026)
Runway
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Runway
Best for: AI video generation plus editing tools
Price: Free 125 one-time credits; Standard $15/mo ($12/mo yearly)
Kling
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Kuaishou
Best for: Long (up to 30s), action-heavy AI video with many references
Price: Free Basic plan; paid from about $8.80–$10/mo (sources differ)
Ideogram
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Ideogram
Best for: Images with legible text: logos, posters, thumbnails
Price: Free 30 credits/week (Google/Apple/Microsoft sign-in); Plus $20/mo
Nano Banana 2.1 (Gemini API)
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Google
Best for: Fast, cheap programmatic image generation and editing in apps
Price: Paid API, about $0.034 per 1K image (LiteLLM launch notes)
Luma
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Luma AI
Best for: Image and video generation on a credit plan
Price: Plus $30/mo ($25/mo yearly) (third-party price check, Oct 2026)
Vidu
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Shengshu Technology
Best for: Lifelike character video with consistent voices, up to 4K
Price: Pay per second: from $0.045/s (540p) to $0.39/s (4K) for Vidu Q4 Preview
New this week
October 12, 2026 to October 18, 2026, newest first.
Kling 4.0
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Kuaishou (Kling AI)
Next-gen video model with native 30-second clips, steadier big motion, and Omni Reference (up to 15 references and 10 keyframes); usable via Kling MCP and CLI.
Best for: Creators making longer, action-heavy AI video and agent-driven video pipelines
Price: Freemium Kling app plans (paid tiers for more credits); developer/enterprise API announced as coming soon
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Nano Banana 2.1
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Google
Updated fast image generation and editing model, GA in the Gemini API, with better quality, text rendering, character consistency and extra-wide aspect ratios.
Best for: Apps and creators that need cheap, fast image generation and conversational edits
Price: Paid API (about $0.034 per 1K image per LiteLLM's launch notes); also in the Gemini app
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