Best Image-to-Video Models
Quick answer · Updated July 2026
The best image to video model is Seedance 2 Image to Video, rated 1343 Elo (#1 of 79) in the Image-to-Video Arena by human preference. Seedance 2 Reference to Video (1343 Elo) and Seedance 2.0 Fast Image to Video (1343 Elo) round out the top three. 25 of the 52 models below carry arena rankings.
1343Elo
#1 of 79Arena rank
52Tracked
Models that animate still images into video, ranked by human-preference Elo — the best way to pick an image-to-video model for motion quality.
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Seedance 2 Image to Videobytedance/seedance-2.0/image-to-videocommercial1343Elo - 2
Seedance 2 Reference to Videobytedance/seedance-2.0/reference-to-videocommercial1343Elo - 3
Seedance 2.0 Fast Image to Videobytedance/seedance-2.0/fast/image-to-videocommercial1343Elo - 4
Seedance 2.0 Fast Reference to Videobytedance/seedance-2.0/fast/reference-to-videocommercial1343Elo - 5
Seedance 2.0 Minibytedance/seedance-2.0/mini/reference-to-videocommercial1343Elo - 6
Seedance 2.0 Mini Image to Videobytedance/seedance-2.0/mini/image-to-videocommercial1343Elo - 7
Grok Imagine Reference to Videoxai/grok-imagine-video/reference-to-videocommercial1326Elo - 8
Grok Imagine Videoxai/grok-imagine-video/image-to-videocommercial1326Elo - 9
Grok Imagine Video 1.5xai/grok-imagine-video/v1.5/image-to-videocommercial1326Elo - 10
Happy Horse 1.1 Image to Videoalibaba/happy-horse/v1.1/image-to-videocommercial1312Elo - 11
Wanfal-ai/wan/v2.7/image-to-videocommercial1270Elo - 12
Veo 3.1 Fastfal-ai/veo3.1/fast/image-to-videocommercial1261Elo - 13
Veo 3.1 Fastfal-ai/veo3.1/fast/first-last-frame-to-videocommercial1261Elo - 14
Veo 3.1fal-ai/veo3.1/image-to-videocommercial1254Elo - 15
Veo 3.1fal-ai/veo3.1/first-last-frame-to-videocommercial1254Elo - 16
Veo 3.1fal-ai/veo3.1/reference-to-videocommercial1254Elo - 17
Veo3.1 Lite Image to Videofal-ai/veo3.1/lite/image-to-videocommercial1254Elo - 18
Wan 2.5 Image to Videofal-ai/wan-25-preview/image-to-videocommercial1239Elo - 19
Veo 3 Fast [Image to Video]fal-ai/veo3/fast/image-to-videocommercial1223Elo - 20
Kling 2.1 Masterfal-ai/kling-video/v2.1/master/image-to-videocommercial1203Elo - 21
Kling 2.1 (pro)fal-ai/kling-video/v2.1/pro/image-to-videocommercial1184Elo - 22
Kling 2.1 (standard)fal-ai/kling-video/v2.1/standard/image-to-videocommercial1171Elo - 23
Sora 2fal-ai/sora-2/image-to-videocommercial1186DA Elo - 24
Sora 2fal-ai/sora-2/image-to-video/procommercial1186DA Elo - 25
LTX 2.3 Video Fastfal-ai/ltx-2.3/image-to-video/fastcommercial1104DA Elo
All image to video endpoints (27 more)
Bytedance Omnihuman V1.5 bytedance/omnihuman/v1.5Bytedance Seedance V1 Pro Fast Image To Video bytedance/seedance/v1/pro/fast/image-to-videoBytedance Seedance V1.5 Pro Image To Video bytedance/seedance/v1.5/pro/image-to-videoFabric 1.0 fabric-1.0Gemini Omni Flash gemini-omni-flash/image-to-videoGemini Omni Flash gemini-omni-flash/reference-to-videoHappy Horse happy-horse/image-to-videoHappy Horse happy-horse/reference-to-videoKling 1.6 kling-video/v1.6/standard/image-to-videoKling 1.6 kling-video/v1.6/pro/image-to-videoKling AI Avatar v2 Pro kling-video/ai-avatar/v2/proKling AI Avatar v2 Standard kling-video/ai-avatar/v2/standardKling O1 First Frame Last Frame to Video [Pro] kling-video/o1/image-to-videoKling O3 Image to Video [Pro] kling-video/o3/pro/image-to-videoKling O3 Image to Video [Pro] kling-video/o3/standard/image-to-videoKling O3 Reference to Video [Pro] kling-video/o3/pro/reference-to-videoKling O3 Reference to Video [Standard] kling-video/o3/standard/reference-to-videoKling Video kling-video/v2.5-turbo/pro/image-to-videoKling Video kling-video/v2.5-turbo/standard/image-to-videoKling Video kling-video/v3/4k/image-to-videoKling Video v2.6 Image to Video kling-video/v2.6/pro/image-to-videoKling Video v3 Image to Video [Pro] kling-video/v3/pro/image-to-videoKling Video v3 Image to Video [Standard] kling-video/v3/standard/image-to-videoMiniMax Hailuo 02 [Standard] (Image to Video) minimax/hailuo-02/standard/image-to-videoPixVerse V6 Image To Video pixverse/v6/image-to-videoSeedance 1.0 Pro bytedance/seedance/v1/pro/image-to-videoWan v2.2 A14B wan/v2.2-a14b/image-to-video