Prompt Battle / Text-to-Video Showdown
Text-to-Video Showdown
● Results in productionText-to-video · Cinematic · Category: Text-to-Video Generators
The prompt — identical for every tool
“A cat astronaut drinking coffee on the moon, cinematic lighting, slow push-in”
This wording is locked and was published before any generation started. Every contender gets exactly this input, on an entry paid plan, with settings as close to default as the tool allows.
The contenders
Runway
Entry plan from $12/mo · credits billing (from our Cost Calculator data)
Kling AI
Entry plan from $9/mo · credits billing (from our Cost Calculator data)
Luma Dream Machine
Entry plan from $25/mo · credits billing (from our Cost Calculator data)
Google Flow (Veo)
Entry plan from $20/mo · subscription billing (from our Cost Calculator data)
Pika
Entry plan from $8/mo · credits billing (from our Cost Calculator data)
How it will be judged
| Criterion | What we look at |
|---|---|
| Prompt accuracy | Does the clip show what the prompt actually asked for — subject, setting, action, camera move? |
| Motion quality | Smooth, physically believable movement, or warped limbs, melting objects and jitter? |
| Usable seconds | How many seconds of each generation could go into a real video without embarrassment? |
| Cost per usable clip | What the generation cost on a real entry plan, divided by the clips that were actually usable. |
Status: results in production
The outputs are being generated on real accounts; first results drop soon. There are no outputs, scores or winners to show yet — and there won't be until the real generations are finished and judged against the criteria above. When results land, this page will show every output unedited, what each run cost, and the usable-seconds count for each contender.
Email me when the results drop: