In this video I stop guessing and actually run a fair, side-by-side test: I made the same shot with multiple AI video generators—Sora 2 Pro, Kling 2.6 Pro, Veo 3.1, and Seedance V1 Pro—using Artlist as the workflow hub. The point wasn’t to cherry-pick “wow” clips. I wanted to see which model holds up when you ask for the same animation and judge it on the stuff that matters to creators: consistency, motion quality, prompt-following, and whether it looks usable without a bunch of excuses. I break it into three difficulty levels: a complex prompt test (where models usually fall apart), a simple prompt round (where you find out who’s actually clean and reliable), and a synced audio / speech + character quality check. Then I revisit simple prompts after seeing how the models behave, and I finish with what I think is the best image + video combo for getting strong results fast. If you’re trying to pick an AI video generator for real projects, my takeaway is simple: don’t judge on one viral example—run the same shot, change prompt complexity, and pay attention to character stability and audio sync.