Vidu AI
AI video generator with native audio — dialogue, SFX and music rendered in the same pass as the footage.
About
Vidu is Shengshu Technology's AI video platform, built by a team out of Tsinghua University in Beijing. Its standout trick arrived with the Q3 model in January 2026: it generates picture and soundtrack together in a single pass, so dialogue, sound effects and music come out synced to the motion instead of dubbed on afterwards. Clips run up to 16 seconds at 1080p, and you can feed it up to 7 reference images to keep characters consistent across shots. The Q4 preview, launched October 2026, pushes to 4K with 10-bit color and up to 15 reference images.
The honest picture: the free tier is a trial, not a tool — 80 credits a month, 8-second ceiling, 720p, a visible watermark and no commercial rights. Paid plans start around $10/month, and costs scale with quality mode, so a minute of top-tier footage adds up. Reviewers also note photorealistic human motion still lags behind its anime and stylized output, and credit-based pricing means every failed generation still costs you.
What it can do
- Text-to-video and image-to-video up to 16s at 1080p
- Native single-pass audio: dialogue, SFX and music synced to footage
- Reference-to-video with up to 7 reference images (15 in Q4 preview)
- Multilingual lip-sync and camera control
- Developer API with per-second pricing
Setup
Sign up at vidu.studio (web app) or use the API at platform.vidu.com. Free tier needs no card; paid plans unlock longer clips and commercial use.
Prerequisites
A Shengshu account. For API use, an API key and familiarity with REST video-generation workflows.
Use cases
Works with
Trust score — 8/10
Scored 8/10 (verified tier, metrics-v1). Evidence: Verified via vendor site/docs/GitHub and reputable coverage, wave 45; Trending score 85/100 from researcher assessment.
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