Seedance 2 Image to Video leads on human preference — 1343 vs 1261 Elo (#1 of 79 in the Image-to-Video Arena). The right pick still depends on style, speed and licensing — details below.
Seedance 2 Image to Video✓bytedance/seedance-2.0/image-to-videovs
Veo 3.1 Fastfal-ai/veo3.1/fast/first-last-frame-to-video| Human-preference Elo | 1343 | 1261 |
| Arena rank | #1 of 79 | #25 of 79 |
| Category | image-to-video | image-to-video |
| License | commercial | commercial |
By human preference, Seedance 2 Image to Video currently rates higher (1343 vs 1261 Elo). Preference votes measure typical output quality; test both on your own prompts for style fit.
Both are image to video models available as hosted API endpoints — Seedance 2 Image to Video (bytedance/seedance-2.0/image-to-video) and Veo 3.1 Fast (fal-ai/veo3.1/fast/first-last-frame-to-video).
See the full best image-to-video models ranking.