AI Video & Image Models
One page per model. Real pricing, real capabilities, no marketing fluff. Use this as the index for everything Slates supports plus the models worth knowing about even if we don't run them yet.
Seedance 2.0: ByteDance's Audio-First AI Video Model
→Seedance 2.0 is ByteDance's AI video model. It generates 4 to 15 second clips with synced audio baked into the same generation pass, at 480p, 720p, 1080p or native 4K. In Slates it runs on credits, from 3.5 a second at 480p to 39 at native 4K, with no CapCut subscription.
Kling AI: The Camera-Control King of AI Video
→Kling AI is Kuaishou's video generation model and the most camera-aware AI video tool on the market. In Slates, V3 Standard is 4.2 credits a second, V3 Pro 5.6, and V3 Omni 4.2, with audio as a paid extra rather than a freebie. All three tiers do 15 second clips and follow written camera direction, without any subscription.
Google Veo 3 / Veo 3.1: What It Does, What It Costs, and What To Use Instead
→Veo 3 (officially Veo 3.1) is Google DeepMind's video model, in Fast and Standard tiers, making 4 to 8 second clips up to native 4K with optional audio. Slates retired Veo on October 2, 2026. For one take up to 30 seconds with up to 30 reference images, Slates runs Seedance 2.5; for native 4K, Seedance 2.0 and Kling 3.0.
Nano Banana 2.1: Google's Updated Image Model
→Nano Banana 2.1 is Google's image generation model, generally available since October 6, 2026. Google describes it as an update to Nano Banana 2 with better visual quality, character consistency and text rendering. In Slates it costs 3 credits per image at 1K, 4 at 2K and 8 at 4K, and it takes up to 14 reference images.
Seedream 5 Lite: ByteDance's Less Filtered Image Model
→Seedream 5 Lite is ByteDance's image generation and editing model. It's the less filtered fast-and-cheap option in most workflows, with strong face consistency and the ability to reference up to 10 images per edit. It ships in Slates on credit-based pricing and is the default fallback when Nano Banana 2.1 rejects a prompt.
Sora 2: What It Was, What It Cost, and What To Use Now That OpenAI Has Shut It Down
→Sora 2 is OpenAI's text-to-video model, released September 30, 2025, and OpenAI has shut it down: the Sora app closed on April 26, 2026, and the Sora 2 API followed on September 24, 2026. For the same audio-first use case with a future, Slates runs Seedance 2.0, which generates video and audio in one pass and goes all the way to 4K.