Happy Horse 1.1 Text to Video leads on human preference — 1282 vs 1218 Elo (#2 of 85 in the Video Arena). The right pick still depends on style, speed and licensing — details below.
| Human-preference Elo | 1282 | 1218 |
| Arena rank | #2 of 85 | #17 of 85 |
| Category | text-to-video | text-to-video |
| License | commercial | commercial |
By human preference, Happy Horse 1.1 Text to Video currently rates higher (1282 vs 1218 Elo). Preference votes measure typical output quality; test both on your own prompts for style fit.
Both are text to video models available as hosted API endpoints — Happy Horse 1.1 Text to Video (alibaba/happy-horse/v1.1/text-to-video) and Veo 3 Fast (fal-ai/veo3/fast).
See the full best text-to-video models ranking.