AI Video Generators Reviewed: Kling, Runway, Jimeng & More

OpenArt now runs inside After Effects, so AI-generated shots land directly on the timeline without switching tabs.

Dreamina has extended its $1.50 Basic promotion, and users suggest generating at 480p then using Creative Upscale to 4K to save credits.

HeyGen says Video 1 can be generated with a single message to an agent and comes back ready to post.

A user tried Pika's ChatGPT plugin before launch, making a video from three images and one prompt inside the chat window, with 250 bonus credits for a first video.

A user made a cinematic car video with Pika's ChatGPT plugin, saying it feels more like a full creative studio built into ChatGPT, with shot refinement in the side panel.

Pika is now available as a ChatGPT plugin; a user who tried it early made a lip gloss ad in two minutes and noted that a first video earns 250 bonus credits.

A user tested Pika's ChatGPT plugin, which called the full Pika toolset in chat and produced a 30-second animated ad from two images, with 250 bonus credits offered.

Pika's plugin lets users turn conversation ideas into videos and visuals and keep editing them in one workspace, with 250 bonus credits for a first video.

A user tested Pika's ChatGPT plugin, calling the interaction intuitive and natural, and noted 250 bonus credits for a first generation.

Pika has put all of its creative tools into ChatGPT's chat and side panel, letting users generate video directly in a conversation.

On a podcast, the creator explains why he generates with Seedance on InVideo, still relies on Kling, and how he manages credits and skips storyboards.

Independent filmmaker Jordan Daniel Chesney shares his high-output workflow: mainly generating with Seedance on InVideo, still using Kling, skipping storyboards and organizing projects and credits in Milanote.