Seedance 2.0 Mini leads on human preference — 1343 vs 1270 Elo (#1 of 79 in the Image-to-Video Arena). The right pick still depends on style, speed and licensing — details below.
| Human-preference Elo | 1343 | 1270 |
| Arena rank | #1 of 79 | #18 of 79 |
| Category | image-to-video | image-to-video |
| License | commercial | commercial |
By human preference, Seedance 2.0 Mini currently rates higher (1343 vs 1270 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 2.0 Mini (bytedance/seedance-2.0/mini/reference-to-video) and Wan (fal-ai/wan/v2.7/image-to-video).
See the full best image-to-video models ranking.