Chinese video generation products to evaluate when Runway is too expensive, unavailable or not aligned with your workflow.
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This is not a generic ranking. It focuses on Chinese video products that can plausibly replace parts of a Runway workflow.
Kuaishou
Kling has an English-facing site and a broader creative and API platform beyond text-to-video generation.
Best fit · Creators, studios and growth teams that want a globally accessible Chinese creative studio for video, image, sound, effects and API-backed generation.
Coverage · 100/100
Alibaba Cloud
FashionChameleon belongs in AI Video because it is specifically about real-time human-garment video customization, with clear relevance to e-commerce content creation and virtual try-on research.
Best fit · Researchers and e-commerce video teams tracking real-time virtual try-on, garment switching and human-centric video customization methods from Chinese labs.
Coverage · 100/100
ByteDance / Volcano Engine
OmniHuman 1.5 has its own BytePlus product, API, docs and pricing surface, so it should be tracked separately from Seedance and generic BytePlus video generation.
Best fit · Teams building avatar videos, talking-character content, AI music videos, ads and short-form digital-human workflows through BytePlus API access.
Coverage · 100/100
Alibaba Cloud
Qwen Cloud makes Qwen available for global evaluation through an English marketplace, docs, pricing and compatible API paths.
Best fit · Developers evaluating Qwen3.7, Qwen Cloud APIs, coding agents and multimodal Chinese model coverage from an English international platform.
Coverage · 100/100
Alibaba Cloud
Qwen Cloud now exposes video generation in its English marketplace and docs, so Qwen should not be represented only as an LLM.
Best fit · Developers who want Qwen Cloud API access to Chinese video generation models.
Coverage · 100/100
MiniMax
M3 should be tracked separately because the official homepage now gives it a distinct model page and positions it as the current frontier coding model.
Best fit · Developers evaluating a China-origin frontier model for coding, long-context agentic work and multimodal reasoning.
Coverage · 100/100
MiniMax
MiniMax Hub is a distinct desktop product built around creative-agent orchestration, Skills and local asset workflows, separate from MiniMax API Platform and Hailuo's consumer video surface.
Best fit · Creators, brand teams and studios that want a desktop command center for short-form video, campaign assets and multimodal production workflows.
Coverage · 100/100
JD JoyAI
JoyAI-VL-Interaction deserves a separate profile because it releases a full real-time interaction model and system stack, not just a static VLM checkpoint.
Best fit · Researchers and product teams exploring proactive webcam, livestream, monitoring, cooking guidance, live commentary and event-driven visual interaction systems.
Coverage · 100/100
MiniMax
Hailuo is now treated as MiniMax's main international video line because the official API docs list current Hailuo 2.3 video models and multiple generation modes.
Best fit · Creators comparing Chinese video tools beyond Kling, especially for exploratory multimodal workflows.
Coverage · 100/100
Moonshot AI
Kimi's developer path is separated through K2.7 Code, K2.6 and the English API platform, so it should be distinct from the consumer assistant and Kimi Code CLI.
Best fit · Developers evaluating Chinese long-context, coding and agentic models through an international API.
Coverage · 100/100
Moonshot AI
K2.7 Code has its own open weights, architecture, benchmarks, API pricing and Kimi Code default-model behavior, so it deserves a dedicated model profile separate from Kimi Code and the broader Kimi API.
Best fit · Teams evaluating open-weight coding models for repository-scale agents, Kimi Code workflows or OpenAI-compatible API integration.
Coverage · 100/100
Moonshot AI
The public repository confirms that Kimi Code is an installable MIT-licensed agent platform, while the K2.7 Code resource confirms its current default hosted coding model.
Best fit · Developers who want a fast open terminal agent with multimodal coding context, parallel subagents and editor integration.
Coverage · 100/100
Zhipu AI
Z.ai now has an English product surface, while BigModel remains the API evidence base for the full GLM product line.
Best fit · Developers comparing Chinese multimodal model APIs, agent services and OpenAI-compatible migration paths.
Coverage · 100/100
Zhipu AI
CogVideoX is a real BigModel API capability and should be tracked separately from ChatGLM.
Best fit · Developers who need a Z.ai video-generation API inside the BigModel stack.
Coverage · 100/100
Zhipu AI
Audio is now a documented GLM capability family and should be visible in the audio category.
Best fit · Developers evaluating Chinese speech, voice clone, ASR and realtime multimodal APIs.
Coverage · 100/100
Ant Group
Ant Ling now has enough English-facing product, docs, pricing and integration evidence to be tracked alongside Qwen, DeepSeek, Kimi and GLM.
Best fit · Developers evaluating Chinese model APIs for long context, coding agents, reasoning models and OpenAI/Anthropic-compatible migration.
Coverage · 100/100
Ant Group
Ming is the multimodal branch of Ant Ling and deserves separate tracking from text-only Ling and reasoning-focused Ring.
Best fit · Teams tracking open Chinese full-modal models across image-text understanding, video analysis, speech synthesis and image generation.
Coverage · 100/100 · backfill: pricing
MiniMax
Token Plan is a distinct subscription and routing path with its own keys, quotas, integrations and traffic rules, so it should be tracked separately from the general MiniMax API Platform.
Best fit · Individual developers running frequent MiniMax-powered coding agents, long-context repository tasks and multimodal workflows.
Coverage · 100/100
MiniMax
The international docs show MiniMax as a full multimodal API platform rather than only a Hailuo video product.
Best fit · Developers who want one China-origin platform for coding models, speech, video, image, music and multimodal agent tooling.
Coverage · 100/100
MiniMax
Mavis is a productized multi-agent runtime with background execution, verification and recoverable state, rather than only a general chat assistant.
Best fit · Teams delegating long-running coding, research and document workflows that benefit from parallel roles and independent verification.
Coverage · 100/100
MiniMax
Talkie belongs in the MiniMax international product map because the official site lists it as a product, but it is a consumer app rather than an API surface.
Best fit · Users comparing MiniMax's consumer character and companion AI distribution.
Coverage · 100/100
Baidu AI Cloud
Baidu now has English model communications through the ERNIE Blog, while Qianfan remains the main platform when enterprise platform, agent orchestration and China-cloud deployment matter.
Best fit · Enterprises and developers already evaluating Baidu Cloud, China-local deployment, agent platforms or ERNIE multimodal models.
Coverage · 100/100
Tencent Cloud
Hunyuan is strategically important because Tencent combines cloud APIs, global cloud billing, a broad open-source model organization and a newly global 3D creation engine.
Best fit · Developers and enterprises comparing Chinese model APIs, Tencent Cloud integration, 3D asset generation and open-source model deployment.
Coverage · 100/100
Tencent Cloud
The open-source organization helps show Hunyuan's model breadth beyond Tencent Cloud APIs.
Best fit · Developers surveying Tencent's open-source model assets across LLM, video, image, 3D and OCR.
Coverage · 100/100
ByteDance / Volcano Engine
Seed2.1 and Doubao/Ark should be tracked as ByteDance's productivity-model and model-platform profile, while Seedance remains a separate video-generation product.
Best fit · Developers and teams comparing ByteDance's English-facing Seed model roadmap with commercial Doubao/Ark API access.
Coverage · 100/100
ByteDance / Volcano Engine
Seedance 2.0 is a distinct ByteDance video-generation product and should be tracked separately from Seed2.1, Doubao and Ark.
Best fit · Creators and developers comparing Chinese video models with multimodal input, audio-video generation and API access.
Coverage · 100/100
Skywork AI
Skywork should be tracked as a workspace platform because the public surfaces are organized around task-specific agents and output formats, not one generic chat flow.
Best fit · Knowledge workers who want one cloud workspace for research, writing, slides, sheets, websites and short-form media output.
Coverage · 100/100 · backfill: access signals
Tencent Cloud
Miora belongs in Productivity because it is an agentic workspace for creative production, not a standalone model API or a narrow media generator.
Best fit · Teams evaluating a multi-agent creative workspace for visual asset generation, video ideation, 3D concepts and prototype drafting.
Coverage · 100/100 · backfill: pricing, access signals
StepFun
StepFun is important because it combines multimodal model depth, open-source releases and device commercialization, but overseas usability still needs hands-on checks.
Best fit · Teams evaluating Chinese multimodal models, open-source agent models, video/audio generation or device-side AI partnerships.
Coverage · 100/100
StepFun
Step 3.7 Flash is the current headline model on StepFun's platform homepage, so it deserves a dedicated profile instead of being buried inside the broader platform entry.
Best fit · Teams evaluating a flagship Chinese multimodal reasoning model for agentic coding, tool use, deep research and vision/video-aware workflows.
Coverage · 100/100
StepFun
The English platform makes StepFun more actionable for overseas developers than a company-only profile.
Best fit · Developers comparing Chinese model APIs for text, reasoning, tool calling, multimodal generation and OpenAI-compatible migration.
Coverage · 100/100
Asahi Seifu
OiiOii is relevant because it is framed less as a single text-to-video model and more as a workflow platform for animation production.
Best fit · Creators and small teams testing an all-in-one animation workflow across scripting, character design, image generation and video generation.
Coverage · 100/100 · backfill: access signals
Shengshu Technology
Vidu adds another Chinese video-generation product to compare alongside Kling and Hailuo.
Best fit · Creators who want another English-facing Chinese video generation option.
Coverage · 98/100 · backfill: sources
ByteDance / Volcano Engine
Jimeng is valuable intelligence content even if it is not a global buyer-ready product.
Best fit · Market watchers tracking China-first creative AI applications from ByteDance.
Coverage · 94/100 · backfill: sources, access signals
Kling AI: Kling AI is relevant because it is positioned around video generation or Chinese video-model evaluation.
FashionChameleon: FashionChameleon is relevant because it is positioned around video generation or Chinese video-model evaluation.
OmniHuman 1.5: OmniHuman 1.5 is relevant because it is positioned around video generation or Chinese video-model evaluation.
Qwen: Qwen is relevant because it is positioned around video generation or Chinese video-model evaluation.
Wan / HappyHorse Video: Wan / HappyHorse Video is relevant because it is positioned around video generation or Chinese video-model evaluation.
MiniMax M3: MiniMax M3 is relevant because it is positioned around video generation or Chinese video-model evaluation.
MiniMax Hub: MiniMax Hub is relevant because it is positioned around video generation or Chinese video-model evaluation.
JoyAI-VL-Interaction: JoyAI-VL-Interaction is relevant because it is positioned around video generation or Chinese video-model evaluation.
Hailuo AI: Hailuo AI is relevant because it is positioned around video generation or Chinese video-model evaluation.
Kimi K2 API: Kimi K2 API is relevant because it is positioned around video generation or Chinese video-model evaluation.
Kimi K2.7 Code: Kimi K2.7 Code is relevant because it is positioned around video generation or Chinese video-model evaluation.
Kimi Code: Kimi Code is relevant because it is positioned around video generation or Chinese video-model evaluation.
Z.ai BigModel / GLM: Z.ai BigModel / GLM is relevant because it is positioned around video generation or Chinese video-model evaluation.
CogVideoX: CogVideoX is relevant because it is positioned around video generation or Chinese video-model evaluation.
GLM Audio: GLM Audio is relevant because it is positioned around video generation or Chinese video-model evaluation.
Ant Ling: Ant Ling is relevant because it is positioned around video generation or Chinese video-model evaluation.
Ming: Ming is relevant because it is positioned around video generation or Chinese video-model evaluation.
MiniMax Token Plan: MiniMax Token Plan is relevant because it is positioned around video generation or Chinese video-model evaluation.
MiniMax API Platform: MiniMax API Platform is relevant because it is positioned around video generation or Chinese video-model evaluation.
MiniMax Agent / Mavis: MiniMax Agent / Mavis is relevant because it is positioned around video generation or Chinese video-model evaluation.
Talkie: Talkie is relevant because it is positioned around video generation or Chinese video-model evaluation.
ERNIE / Baidu Qianfan: ERNIE / Baidu Qianfan is relevant because it is positioned around video generation or Chinese video-model evaluation.
Tencent Hunyuan: Tencent Hunyuan is relevant because it is positioned around video generation or Chinese video-model evaluation.
Tencent Hunyuan Open Models: Tencent Hunyuan Open Models is relevant because it is positioned around video generation or Chinese video-model evaluation.
ByteDance Seed / Doubao Ark: ByteDance Seed / Doubao Ark is relevant because it is positioned around video generation or Chinese video-model evaluation.
Seedance 2.0: Seedance 2.0 is relevant because it is positioned around video generation or Chinese video-model evaluation.
Skywork: Skywork is relevant because it is positioned around video generation or Chinese video-model evaluation.
Miora: Miora is relevant because it is positioned around video generation or Chinese video-model evaluation.
StepFun / Step: StepFun / Step is relevant because it is positioned around video generation or Chinese video-model evaluation.
Step 3.7 Flash: Step 3.7 Flash is relevant because it is positioned around video generation or Chinese video-model evaluation.
StepFun Open Platform: StepFun Open Platform is relevant because it is positioned around video generation or Chinese video-model evaluation.
OiiOii: OiiOii is relevant because it is positioned around video generation or Chinese video-model evaluation.
Vidu: Vidu is relevant because it is positioned around video generation or Chinese video-model evaluation.
Jimeng AI: Jimeng AI is relevant because it is positioned around video generation or Chinese video-model evaluation.