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Wan AI
✓ verifiedFreemium

Alibaba's Wan AI platform for generating video and images from text or reference images, part of the Tongyi generative AI family.

3.1M visits/mo49K saves
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Kling AI
✓ verifiedFreemium

Kling AI turns text or images into cinematic AI video, plus image and sound generation, for creators and studios.

3.0M visits/mo91K saves
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Vidu
✓ verifiedFreemium

Fast AI video and image generator known for consistent multi-reference characters, anime motion, and free off-peak generation.

3.3M visits/mo50K saves
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Recraft
✓ verifiedFreemium

AI image and vector generation platform for designers and teams needing art-directed illustrations, photorealistic images, and an API.

1.7M visits/mo9.2K saves
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Whimsical
✓ verifiedFreemium

A collaborative visual workspace for creating flowcharts, mind maps, wireframes, and boards with AI-assisted diagram generation.

1.4M visits/mo6.9K saves
Pricing

No public pricing

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No public pricing

Free: $0/month/editor (3 boards, 3 teams, 10 guests, 7-day version history)
Pro: $10/month/editor (unlimited boards, 6 teams, 50 guests, 90-day version history)
Business: $20/month/editor (SSO/SAML, unlimited teams, 200 guests, unlimited version history)
Core features
  • Text-to-video generation
  • Image-to-video generation
  • Text-to-image and image editing
  • Open-source model releases for developers
  • Part of Alibaba's broader Tongyi AI ecosystem
  • AI video generation from text and images
  • AI image generation
  • Reference-based multimodal creation
  • Single creative studio
  • Text-to-video, image-to-video, and reference-to-video generation
  • Multi-reference consistency using up to 7 images
  • First and last frame transition control
  • Anime art-to-video animation
  • Unlimited free generation in off-peak mode
  • AI sound effect and AI image generation tools
  • Multiple generation models (V2 through V4.1) with strong prompt fidelity
  • Vector and raster image generation and editing
  • Background removal, inpainting, and outpainting
  • Batch and asynchronous processing via API
  • Community gallery on the free tier vs. private images on paid plans
  • Top-up credits for usage beyond monthly plan limits
  • AI-generated flowcharts from a text prompt
  • AI-generated mind maps that auto-branch from an idea
  • Real-time multiplayer editing and commenting
  • Drag-and-drop wireframe building
  • Expert-made templates library
  • Version history with restore capability
  • Video and image embedding from Loom and YouTube
Use cases
  • Content creators generating short AI video clips
  • Developers building on open-source Wan model weights
  • Marketers producing quick visual content
  • Researchers experimenting with video diffusion models
  • Short-form and social video creation
  • Storyboarding and previz
  • Advertising and brand clips
  • Animating still images
  • Marketers producing branded video ads with consistent characters
  • Anime creators animating static art
  • Creators reusing saved characters/props across multiple videos
  • Users wanting fast, low-cost video generation via off-peak mode
  • Designers generating on-brand illustrations and product imagery
  • Marketing teams producing campaign visuals at scale
  • Developers embedding image generation into apps via the API
  • Mapping out product workflows and user journeys visually
  • Brainstorming and organizing ideas with AI-generated mind maps
  • Building low-fidelity wireframes for new product features
  • Collaborating live with a team on shared diagrams and boards
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