Grok Imagine Video leads on human preference — 1231 vs 1209 Elo (#6 of 85 in the Video Arena). The right pick still depends on style, speed and licensing — details below.
| Human-preference Elo | 1209 | 1231 |
| Arena rank | #21 of 85 | #6 of 85 |
| Category | text-to-video | text-to-video |
| License | commercial | commercial |
By human preference, Grok Imagine Video currently rates higher (1231 vs 1209 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 — Veo 3.1 (fal-ai/veo3.1) and Grok Imagine Video (xai/grok-imagine-video/text-to-video).
See the full best text-to-video models ranking.