CogVideo by Tsinghua
Early large-scale open text-to-video transformer.
Video Generation Usefulness score 57.3 October 2026 edition
Why CogVideo ranks #75
CogVideo sits at #75 in the October 2026 Top 100 AI Models ranking, placing it among the video generation we consider most useful to practitioners this month. Our editors weigh real-world capability, reliability across repeated tasks, cost and latency efficiency, how easy the model is to access, and the strength of its tooling ecosystem.
Best suited for
Teams evaluating video generation should shortlist CogVideo when they need early large-scale open text-to-video transformer. As always, run your own evaluation on your data before committing.
How to move up
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