Stable Video
Turn text or images into 4-second videos for free — ideal for quick content creation and experiments.
Tool overview
Stable Video is a web-based tool from Stability AI that creates ~4s videos from text or images using the open-source Stable Video Diffusion model. No installation needed; just sign up.
It supports text-to-video and image-to-video with camera motion controls (pan, tilt, orbit) and advanced settings for motion intensity and generation steps. Early 2024 reviews found its quality sometimes surpassed paid tools like Runway Gen2. The model is fully open-source for developers.
Daily free tier is limited to 15 videos (150 credits, 10 per video). The service experienced occasional downtime during beta, and video quality lags behind top models like Sora. Updates after 2024 are unclear.
Ideal for AI hobbyists, social media creators, and rapid prototyping. Not suitable for cinematic, long-form, or reliable commercial applications.