Which AI video model should you use instead? Compare Kling, Veo, Seedance, Wan and more on the same image, with what each is good for and what to watch.
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Which model to use instead, on Cicadas
Each row comes from the model page’s dated test note. There are too few clips per model to rank them. Full specs and prices ↗
One prompt: Seedance 2.5, Seedance 2.0, Vidu Q3 and PixVerse v6
The same prompt, 16:9, sound on. Both Seedance clips are 4 seconds at 480p (221 and 136 credits today); Vidu Q3 and PixVerse v6 ran 5 seconds at 540p, 88 and 59 credits.
Seedance 2.5 · 4s · 16:9 · 480p · with audio
A paper city starts to move.
A red paper tram crosses a cardboard city as the windows light up, with mechanical rattling and rustling in the recorded audio.
Made on Cicadas · 2026-09-22 · 221 credits for these settings today · provider cost ≈$0.88 · request 01a0c932-aeb2… · test log
Prompt, settings & input
A handcrafted paper city at blue hour. A small red paper tram glides past layered cardboard buildings while warm window lights turn on one by one. Gentle paper-wheel sounds and a soft city ambience, locked wide camera, one continuous shot, no people, no brands, no text.
Seedance 2.0 at 480p with sound, using the same prompt, length and settings as the Seedance 2.5 paper-city clip, made from the free page by a new account on its signup credits. The tram crosses as the windows light up one by one; the listening model heard a steady flowing, water-like sound rather than paper wheels.
Watch for: a water-like sound instead of paper wheels
Made on Cicadas · 2026-09-30 · 136 credits for these settings today · provider cost ≈$0.54 · request 01a0f169-0be5… · test log
Prompt, settings & input
A handcrafted paper city at blue hour. A small red paper tram glides past layered cardboard buildings while warm window lights turn on one by one. Gentle paper-wheel sounds and a soft city ambience, locked wide camera, one continuous shot, no people, no brands, no text.
Vidu Q3 at 540p with sound, with the same prompt as the Seedance paper-city clips. The red tram crosses the frame and leaves before the windows light up one by one; the sound is a soft rustle rather than paper wheels.
Watch for: the tram leaves before the windows light up
Made on Cicadas · 2026-09-30 · 88 credits for these settings today · provider cost ≈$0.35 · request 01a0f22c-a4af… · test log
Prompt, settings & input
A handcrafted paper city at blue hour. A small red paper tram glides past layered cardboard buildings while warm window lights turn on one by one. Gentle paper-wheel sounds and a soft city ambience, locked wide camera, one continuous shot, no people, no brands, no text.
PixVerse v6 at 540p with sound (the file is 1024 × 576), with the same prompt as the Seedance and Vidu paper-city clips. The red tram crosses the whole frame, but the windows are lit from the first frame instead of turning on one by one; the sound is a soft rustle.
Watch for: the windows are lit from the first frame instead of turning on one by one
Made on Cicadas · 2026-10-01 · 59 credits for these settings today · provider cost ≈$0.23 · request 01a0f4d9-e5a1… · test log
Prompt, settings & input
A handcrafted paper city at blue hour. A small red paper tram glides past layered cardboard buildings while warm window lights turn on one by one. Gentle paper-wheel sounds and a soft city ambience, locked wide camera, one continuous shot, no people, no brands, no text.
One image, one prompt: Seedance 2.5 and Kling 3.0 Pro
The same starting image and the same prompt. Seedance ran 4 seconds at 720p; Kling’s shortest clip is 5 seconds.
Seedance 2.5 · 4s · 16:9 · 720p · silent
The road into the city
A high tracking shot follows an unbranded coupe along a wet coastal road. Near foliage and the guardrail move faster than the distant city. Four seconds, 720p, silent.
Made on Cicadas · 2026-09-23 · 473 credits for these settings today · provider cost ≈$1.89 · request 01a0ce7b-f044… · test log
Prompt, settings & inputOriginal starting image · compare shape, detail and framing with the video above.Download starting image ↗
One continuous four-second cinematic shot. The graphite coupe drives steadily away from the high camera along its existing lane toward the coastal metropolis; it never turns around. The camera makes a restrained descending push forward above the cliff road, slower than the car, creating strong parallax between the close dark foliage and guardrail, the midground car and road, and the distant bay, bridge and city. Wet reflections slide naturally beneath the tires, wheels rotate correctly, subtle road spray trails behind, ocean and clouds move gently. Preserve the exact car silhouette, body panels, wheel count, road geometry, skyline, bridge, copper light from the left and storm-blue fill. No cuts, no new vehicles near the hero car, no deformation, no text, no logos, no collision, no lightning strike, no camera roll, no flat digital zoom. Silent footage.
Kling 3.0 Pro, 5 seconds, silent, from the same image and prompt as the Seedance coastal shot, made from the free page by a new account on its signup credits. The camera moves more than asked, dropping and swinging along the road while the coupe keeps its taillights toward us; Kling also added a second car far up the road and a large wave bursting against the cliff.
Watch for: an added second car and a big wave; a larger camera move than asked
Made on Cicadas · 2026-09-30 · 140 credits for these settings today · provider cost ≈$0.56 · request 01a0f16e-b3bf… · test log
Prompt, settings & inputOriginal starting image · compare shape, detail and framing with the video above.Download starting image ↗
One continuous four-second cinematic shot. The graphite coupe drives steadily away from the high camera along its existing lane toward the coastal metropolis; it never turns around. The camera makes a restrained descending push forward above the cliff road, slower than the car, creating strong parallax between the close dark foliage and guardrail, the midground car and road, and the distant bay, bridge and city. Wet reflections slide naturally beneath the tires, wheels rotate correctly, subtle road spray trails behind, ocean and clouds move gently. Preserve the exact car silhouette, body panels, wheel count, road geometry, skyline, bridge, copper light from the left and storm-blue fill. No cuts, no new vehicles near the hero car, no deformation, no text, no logos, no collision, no lightning strike, no camera roll, no flat digital zoom. Silent footage.
One kitten photo: Kling 3.0 Pro, Seedance 2.5, Vidu Q3 and PixVerse v6
Same starting image. Kling, Vidu Q3 and PixVerse v6 ran the exact same prompt; the Seedance prompt was written for that model and is shown under its clip.
Kling 3.0 Pro · 5s · 9:16 · silent
That curious little look.
An earlier Kling pet animation. Its recorded settings say 9:16, but the downloaded file is 1244×1660, following the source image at about 3:4. This is a separate output from the Seedance test.
Watch for: the file follows the photo’s 3:4 shape, not the 9:16 setting
Made on Cicadas · 2026-09-08 · 140 credits for these settings today · provider cost $0.56 · request 01a081a1-77fb… · test log
Prompt, settings & inputOriginal starting image · compare shape, detail and framing with the video above.Download starting image ↗
The ginger kitten blinks once and slowly tilts its head a few degrees toward the window as if listening. Gentle natural breathing and a tiny ear twitch. Both front paws stay planted on the green cushion; body remains seated. Locked camera. Preserve face, fur pattern, whiskers and exact kitten anatomy. Calm natural movement, no extra limbs, no mouth opening, no cuts, no added objects.
A four-second silent Seedance test: the kitten blinks and tilts its head while its paws stay planted. Fine fur detail softens and the framing shifts slightly. Compare the source before trying your own pet.
Watch for: fine fur softens and the framing shifts slightly
Made on Cicadas · 2026-09-23 · 221 credits for these settings today · provider cost ≈$0.88 · request 01a0ce04-4477… · test log
Prompt, settings & inputOriginal starting image · compare shape, detail and framing with the video above.Download starting image ↗
The seated ginger kitten makes one small, natural blink and a very slight head tilt toward the window. Both front paws stay planted on the green cushion. Keep the body seated, the mouth closed and the camera completely still. Preserve the original fur markings, ear shape, eyes, whiskers and window background. Gentle breathing only. One continuous four-second shot, no extra animals, no new objects, no added text, no camera movement.
Vidu Q3 at 720p, silent, from the kitten photo and prompt of the Kling and Seedance kitten clips. The kitten moves more than asked, turning its head from side to side instead of one small tilt; the video keeps the photo’s 3:4 shape.
Watch for: more movement than the prompt asked for
Made on Cicadas · 2026-09-30 · 193 credits for these settings today · provider cost ≈$0.77 · request 01a0f22e-224d… · test log
Prompt, settings & inputOriginal starting image · compare shape, detail and framing with the video above.Download starting image ↗
The ginger kitten blinks once and slowly tilts its head a few degrees toward the window as if listening. Gentle natural breathing and a tiny ear twitch. Both front paws stay planted on the green cushion; body remains seated. Locked camera. Preserve face, fur pattern, whiskers and exact kitten anatomy. Calm natural movement, no extra limbs, no mouth opening, no cuts, no added objects.
PixVerse v6 at 720p, silent, from the kitten photo and prompt of the Kling and Vidu kitten clips. The paws stay planted, but the kitten turns its whole head to the window rather than tilting it a few degrees, and the framing creeps closer although the prompt asked for a locked camera.
Watch for: a whole head turn and a creeping push-in, not a small tilt on a locked camera
Made on Cicadas · 2026-10-01 · 57 credits for these settings today · provider cost ≈$0.23 · request 01a0f4da-4465… · test log
Prompt, settings & inputOriginal starting image · compare shape, detail and framing with the video above.Download starting image ↗
The ginger kitten blinks once and slowly tilts its head a few degrees toward the window as if listening. Gentle natural breathing and a tiny ear twitch. Both front paws stay planted on the green cushion; body remains seated. Locked camera. Preserve face, fur pattern, whiskers and exact kitten anatomy. Calm natural movement, no extra limbs, no mouth opening, no cuts, no added objects.
One ring illustration: Kling 3.0 Pro, Seedance 2.5 and FLUX 3
Same starting image. Kling and FLUX 3 ran the exact same prompt; the Seedance prompt was written for that model and is shown under its clip.
Kling 3.0 Pro · 5s · 16:9 · silent
A little light. A lot of detail.
Sweep a warm highlight over a sculptural ring and its champagne gemstone.
Made on Cicadas · 2026-09-08 · 140 credits for these settings today · provider cost $0.56 · request 01a0819f-3cce… · test log
Prompt, settings & inputOriginal starting image · compare shape, detail and framing with the video above.Download starting image ↗
The gold ring stays completely still on the stone. A narrow soft studio light slowly sweeps from left to right, making the facets of the champagne gemstone catch brief natural highlights. Camera is locked. Preserve the exact rigid ring shape, oval stone, setting and brushed gold texture. Elegant restrained jewelry commercial. No rotation, no morphing, no added jewelry, no cuts, no text.
A four-second, 720p silent Seedance test of an original ring illustration. Motion is deliberately subtle. Review your own product details before publishing.
Made on Cicadas · 2026-09-23 · 473 credits for these settings today · provider cost ≈$1.89 · request 01a0cd35-00d0… · test log
Prompt, settings & inputOriginal starting image · compare shape, detail and framing with the video above.Download starting image ↗
Locked camera close-up of this exact gold ring on the dark stone. The ring and background remain completely motionless. Over four seconds, a broad diffused softbox reflection drifts very slowly across the brushed gold band, producing only a subtle change in surface brightness. Keep the oval champagne gemstone evenly exposed and every facet clearly visible throughout. Preserve the exact ring silhouette, band openings, stone shape, setting and original composition. Soft indirect studio lighting only. No visible light beam, no sparkle, no starburst, no lens flare, no glowing gemstone, no blown highlights, no smoke, no camera movement, no rotation, no added objects, no cuts, no text.
FLUX 3 at 720p, silent, from the same ring image and prompt as the Kling and Seedance ring clips. The ring’s shape and setting hold steady, but the light barely moves in five seconds, so the clip reads almost as a still.
Watch for: the light barely moves, so it reads almost as a still
Made on Cicadas · 2026-09-30 · 213 credits for these settings today · provider cost ≈$0.85 · request 01a0f22c-8811… · test log
Prompt, settings & inputOriginal starting image · compare shape, detail and framing with the video above.Download starting image ↗
The gold ring stays completely still on the stone. A narrow soft studio light slowly sweeps from left to right, making the facets of the champagne gemstone catch brief natural highlights. Camera is locked. Preserve the exact rigid ring shape, oval stone, setting and brushed gold texture. Elegant restrained jewelry commercial. No rotation, no morphing, no added jewelry, no cuts, no text.
One paper-craft scene: Kling 3.0 Pro and Seedance 2.5
Same starting image. Each prompt was written for its model and is shown under each clip.
Kling 3.0 Pro · 5s · 16:9 · silent
A small world wakes up.
Bring a handmade paper landscape to life with drifting clouds and a flowing stream.
Made on Cicadas · 2026-09-08 · 140 credits for these settings today · provider cost $0.56 · request 01a081a1-3dff… · test log
Prompt, settings & inputOriginal starting image · compare shape, detail and framing with the video above.Download starting image ↗
Animate this handcrafted paper-cut miniature while preserving the exact tactile paper style. The cream paper clouds drift slowly sideways. Paper tree branches sway very gently and the turquoise stream shimmers. Camera slowly pushes forward creating delicate parallax between paper layers. The cottage and island stay structurally unchanged. Smooth subtle animation, no people, no new objects, no cuts, no text.
Seedance animates the supplied island with cloud and water movement. This earlier audio example includes soft instrumental music and wind-like ambience; compare it with the separate silent test.
Made on Cicadas · 2026-09-22 · 221 credits for these settings today · provider cost ≈$0.88 · request 01a0c935-5993… · test log
Prompt, settings & inputOriginal starting image · compare shape, detail and framing with the video above.Download starting image ↗
The cream paper clouds drift slowly from left to right while the turquoise stream shimmers. A gentle camera push creates subtle parallax between the paper layers. Keep the cottage, island, trees and handcrafted paper texture unchanged. Soft paper rustling and flowing water ambience, one continuous shot, no text.
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