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Kling AI turns text or images into cinematic AI video, plus image and sound generation, for creators and studios.
Alibaba's Wan AI platform for generating video and images from text or reference images, part of the Tongyi generative AI family.
A generative video platform that turns text or images into short AI videos, with playful visual effects and a video-focused chat agent.
Multi-modal AI video generator that lets users reference images, video, and audio together for consistent, controllable video creation.
All-in-one AI studio for generating and editing video, images, and audio, with face swap, lip sync, and an API.
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- ✦AI video generation from text and images
- ✦AI image generation
- ✦Reference-based multimodal creation
- ✦Single creative studio
- ✦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
- ✦Text-to-video and image-to-video generation
- ✦Pikaffects for stylized transformations of photos into video
- ✦Pika Agent conversational creative assistant
- ✦Pikascenes, Pikadditions and Pikaswaps for scene editing
- ✦Pika MCP to add creative tools to other AI agents
- ✦Commercial usage rights and watermark-free downloads on paid plans
- ✦Multi-modal input combining images, video, audio, and text
- ✦Reference-based generation for motion, camera moves, and characters
- ✦Consistency controls for faces, clothing, and visual style across shots
- ✦Video extension, merging, and segment editing
- ✦Built-in context-aware audio and music generation
- ✦Credit-based pricing tied to resolution and duration
- ✦Text-to-video and image-to-video generation
- ✦Face swap across video, photos, and GIFs
- ✦Lip sync and talking-photo tools
- ✦AI image generation and editing
- ✦Upscaling and animation
- ✦REST API and SDKs
- →Short-form and social video creation
- →Storyboarding and previz
- →Advertising and brand clips
- →Animating still images
- →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
- →Producing short social-media-ready video clips from text ideas
- →Turning a single photo into a reality-bending video effect
- →Automating creative content workflows through an AI agent
- →Adding video generation capability to existing AI agent setups via MCP
- →Advertisers replicating proven ad templates with new products
- →Educators creating animated lesson and tutorial videos
- →Social media creators replicating trending video formats
- →Filmmakers previsualizing camera movements and scenes
- →Produce social and ad videos
- →Localize or dub clips with lip sync
- →Generate marketing images
- →Automate video creation via API