AI LIVE leaderboard · updated November 2026

The best AI creative agents

Agents that take a brief and plan, generate and edit a whole video, ad or campaign, choosing the models for you. There is no independent benchmark yet, so this order is our judgement.

At a glance

#ToolBest forCheapest way inPrice band
1Runway Agent 2.0RunwayBrief to finished multi-scene video or ad with the most hands-on controlAgent on paid plans from $15/month ($12 billed yearly)$$
2Invideo Agent TwoInvideoTeams shipping many related ads and social cuts from one briefStarter $10 per seat per month billed yearly ($20 monthly)$$
3Luma AgentsLuma AICampaign-scale agency work across text, image, video and audioPlus $30/month ($25 billed yearly)$$$
4Google Flow AgentGoogleCheapest serious agent, with Veo 3.1 and Gemini Omni built inFree 50 credits a day; Google AI Pro $19.99/month (1,000 credits)$
5OpenArt DirectorOpenArtStory-led short films up to about five minutes from a chatIncluded on all plans from $14/month ($13 billed yearly)$$
6FrameoDashverseSerialised AI short dramas and episodic storytellingFree plan; paid team plans with a shared credit pool$$
7Kling Canvas AgentKuaishouMulti-shot scenes on Kling models with region editsInside the Kling app, on Kling credit plans$$
8Magnific AgentsMagnificAgents that work on top of the broadest model library and a team canvasIncluded with Magnific plans from £14/month (£10.50 billed yearly)$$
9Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini with MCPAnthropic, OpenAI, GoogleTechnical creators who want their own agent across several platformsAssistant plan plus a creative platform plan, e.g. Runway from $15/month$$
10PippitByteDanceProduct and e-commerce videos from a link or promptFree tier; Starter about $24/month billed yearly (May 2026 price)$

The ranking

1

Runway Agent 2.0

Runway · Brief to finished multi-scene video or ad with the most hands-on control

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Runway Agent (13 May 2026, version 2.0 in July) proposes concept, beats and visual direction, then generates shots with voiceover, dialogue and music and hands you a timeline editor. Since July it can build and run editable node Workflows, and Runway's MCP server lets Claude or ChatGPT drive it. Runway says Physion Labs ranked it first of six agents in Arc 1.0, but other vendors claim #1 in different Arc runs.

Cheapest way in
Agent on paid plans from $15/month ($12 billed yearly)
Cost per output
Gen-4.5 about $0.29 per second on monthly Standard, $0.19 on monthly Pro
Models
Gen-4.5, Aleph 2.0, Kling 4.0, Seedance, Nano Banana Pro and more
Editing
Timeline editor; Aleph 2.0 edits
Picks the models
Yes
MCP
Yes
Plans multi-step work
Yes

Good at

  • Agent included on every paid plan from $15
  • Picks across Gen-4.5, Aleph 2.0, Kling 4.0, Seedance and Nano Banana Pro
  • Agent-built Workflows you can inspect and edit
  • MCP server for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Replit (from 27 May 2026)

Watch out for

  • Small credit allowances on Standard (about 52 s of Gen-4.5 a month)
  • Arc 1.0 lead is self-reported and the full leaderboard is not public
  • Commercial terms not stated on the pricing page

Benchmarks Physion Labs Arc 1.0 (AI video agents, 30 prompts, 16 metrics): #1 of six agents, as reported by Runway (scores not published in Runway's post)

Prices runway.com, checked 1 November 2026

2

Invideo Agent Two

Invideo · Teams shipping many related ads and social cuts from one brief

$$

Agent Two (shipped late July to early August 2026) runs a crew of specialist agents with project Context, standing Playbooks, Notebooks for hand-editing single shots, a Slate editor and nine guided Workflows such as casting, storyboards and localisation. Its predecessor Agent One scored 72.4/100 and ranked first of seven agents in a Physion-Arc 1.0 run, per Invideo's press release; Agent Two itself has not been benchmarked publicly.

Cheapest way in
Starter $10 per seat per month billed yearly ($20 monthly)
Cost per output
Seedance 2.5 at 1080p about $0.30 per second on yearly Plus
Editing
Slate editor and Notebooks
Picks the models
Yes
Plans multi-step work
Yes
Orchestration l l ms
Claude, Gemini, GPT (per Invideo)
Orchestration LLMs
Claude, Gemini, GPT (per Invideo)

Good at

  • Strong production tooling: Playbooks, Workflows, Slate editor, 16M stock assets
  • Clear per-clip credit costs for Seedance 2.5
  • Lite, Pro and Ultra thinking tiers to trade cost for quality

Watch out for

  • Starter only gets Agent Two Lite and Seedance 2.0 Fast/Mini
  • Benchmark cited is for Agent One, not Agent Two
  • Credit-based costs are hard to predict for one-off work

Benchmarks Physion-Arc 1.0 (Physion Labs): Agent One #1 of seven agents, 72.4/100 (700 videos, 100 prompts), per Invideo press release of 31 Jul 2026

Prices invideo.io, checked 1 November 2026

3

Luma Agents

Luma AI · Campaign-scale agency work across text, image, video and audio

$$$

Luma Agents launched on 5 March 2026 as multi-modal creative agents built on Luma's Unified Intelligence, with agency launch partners including Publicis Groupe Middle East and Turkey and Serviceplan. The agent can use Luma's Ray3.2 video model plus third-party Seedance, Kling, Veo 3.1, Nano Banana and ElevenLabs, and Pro and Ultra plans multiply agent usage. Luma has not published an independent benchmark result.

Cheapest way in
Plus $30/month ($25 billed yearly)
Cost per output
Ray3.2 at 1080p about $0.24 per second on Plus; 720p uses a quarter of the credits
Picks the models
Yes
Plans multi-step work
Yes
Modalities
Text, image, video, audio

Good at

  • Full multi-modal campaigns, not just single videos
  • Own Ray3.2 model plus major third-party models
  • Guest collaborators and commercial use from the entry plan

Watch out for

  • Entry plan is $30/month
  • No published benchmark position; the Arc 1.0 Movie run listed Luma but reported no score
  • Page does not say exactly which third-party models the agents can call

Prices lumalabs.ai, checked 1 November 2026

4

Google Flow Agent

Google · Cheapest serious agent, with Veo 3.1 and Gemini Omni built in

$

At I/O in May 2026 Google added Gemini Omni Flash and a Flow Agent that plans multi-step tasks, suggests scenes, organises assets and batch-edits projects, rolled out to all Flow users. Credits are cheap: Google AI Pro ($19.99) gives 1,000 a month and an 8-second Veo 3.1 Fast clip costs 20, and there are 50 free credits a day. It only uses Google models.

Cheapest way in
Free 50 credits a day; Google AI Pro $19.99/month (1,000 credits)
Cost per output
Veo 3.1 Fast about $0.05 per second on AI Pro; Veo 3.1 Quality about $0.25
Models
Veo 3.1 Lite/Fast/Quality, Gemini Omni Flash, Nano Banana
Picks the models
Within Google models
Plans multi-step work
Yes
Upscaling
1080p free for subscribers; 4K 50 credits on Ultra

Good at

  • Free daily credits and low per-second cost
  • Veo 3.1 (incl. Quality) and Gemini Omni Flash with strong character consistency
  • Free 1080p upscaling for subscribers; 4K on Ultra
  • Mobile app and custom tools built in natural language

Watch out for

  • Google models only
  • Less edit control than Runway or Invideo
  • Veo 3.1 Quality costs 100 credits per clip on every plan

Prices support.google.com, checked 1 November 2026

5

OpenArt Director

OpenArt · Story-led short films up to about five minutes from a chat

$$

Director launched on 23 June 2026 as a 'vibe directing' agent that writes the script and handles visuals, pacing, music, sound and assembly for narratives of up to five minutes with consistent characters and voices. It was #2 Product of the Day on Product Hunt and sits on top of OpenArt's 100+ model library; it is included on every OpenArt plan.

Cheapest way in
Included on all plans from $14/month ($13 billed yearly)
Picks the models
Yes
Plans multi-step work
Yes
Max length
About 5 minutes

Good at

  • Included on every plan from $14
  • Consistent characters and voices across scenes
  • Wide style range: live action, anime, stop-motion

Watch out for

  • Less granular shot control than Runway or Invideo
  • Commercial rights only from Plus ($34)
  • Director usage is excluded from OpenArt's per-plan video estimates

Prices openart.ai, checked 1 November 2026

6

Frameo

Dashverse · Serialised AI short dramas and episodic storytelling

$$

Frameo is the agent Dashverse built to produce its own AI micro-dramas (over 100 shows a month, by the company's account), now opened up for filmmaking and marketing. Dashverse reports it scored 88.7/100 and ranked first of eight agents in Physion Labs' Arc v1.0 Movie evaluation, ahead of Invideo Agent One (68.7), with Runway, Luma and Kling agents also tested. Pricing is not clearly published.

Cheapest way in
Free plan; paid team plans with a shared credit pool
Plans multi-step work
Yes
Focus
Narrative series and short dramas

Good at

  • Highest reported Arc score of any agent (vendor-reported)
  • Built for long-form narrative consistency
  • Shared team credit pool with unlimited members (reported)

Watch out for

  • Pricing and limits not clearly documented
  • Benchmark result comes from the vendor's own announcement
  • Less known outside the short-drama market

Benchmarks Physion Labs Arc v1.0 Movie evaluation: #1 of eight agents, 88.7/100 (Invideo Agent One second at 68.7), per Dashverse announcement of 17 Aug 2026

Prices nemovideo.com, checked 1 November 2026

7

Kling Canvas Agent

Kuaishou · Multi-shot scenes on Kling models with region edits

$$

Canvas Agent arrived with Kling 3.0 in early February 2026 as a scene-based workflow for managing multiple shots, keeping characters and locations consistent, and editing parts of a clip without regenerating it. Kling 4.0 (rolled out from late September to mid-October 2026, up to 30 s clips with 10 keyframes) gives it a strong base model. It was among the agents tested in the Arc v1.0 Movie run but its score was not reported.

Cheapest way in
Inside the Kling app, on Kling credit plans
Picks the models
Kling models only
Plans multi-step work
Yes

Good at

  • Direct access to Kling 4.0, a leading video model
  • Region editing without full regeneration
  • Consistent characters across shots

Watch out for

  • Kling models only
  • Plan pricing for the agent is unclear
  • Kling 4.0 API still described as coming soon in mid-October

Prices eesel.ai, checked 1 November 2026

8

Magnific Agents

Magnific · Agents that work on top of the broadest model library and a team canvas

$$

Magnific offers three pre-made agents plus custom ones that hold references and project memory, coordinate other agents and tools, and run inside the Spaces canvas. Because they sit on Magnific's catalogue they can reach Seedance 2.5, Kling 4.0 and Veo 3.1, and Spaces workflows can also be run from ChatGPT or Claude via MCP. There is no dated launch announcement or benchmark.

Cheapest way in
Included with Magnific plans from £14/month (£10.50 billed yearly)
Cost per output
Magnific credit rates, e.g. about £0.58 per second for Seedance 2.5 at 1080p
Picks the models
Yes
MCP
Yes
Plans multi-step work
Yes

Good at

  • Access to the widest model roster of any agent here
  • Custom agents and project memory
  • Runs inside a shared team canvas; MCP access

Watch out for

  • No published launch date or benchmark
  • Annual credit pools drain quickly on premium video

Prices magnific.com, checked 1 November 2026

9

Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini with MCP

Anthropic, OpenAI, Google · Technical creators who want their own agent across several platforms

$$

Several creative platforms now expose MCP servers that general assistants can drive: Runway's hosted MCP (from 27 May 2026) exposes Gen-4.5, Aleph 2.0, Kling, Veo 3.1, Seedance and Nano Banana Pro billed to your Runway plan, and Magnific, OpenArt and Flora list MCP access too. This gives the most flexible planning and scripting but no purpose-built editor or creative QA, so results depend on your prompts.

Cheapest way in
Assistant plan plus a creative platform plan, e.g. Runway from $15/month
Cost per output
Billed at the connected platform's credit rates
Picks the models
Yes
Plans multi-step work
Yes
Connectors seen
Runway MCP, Magnific MCP, OpenArt MCP, Flora MCP (Starter and up)

Good at

  • Mix models and platforms in one conversation
  • Strong planning, scripting and iteration from frontier LLMs
  • Generations stay in the platform library and use existing credits

Watch out for

  • Two subscriptions to pay for
  • No built-in timeline or shot review
  • Setup and reliability vary by connector

Prices runway.com, checked 1 November 2026

10

Pippit

ByteDance · Product and e-commerce videos from a link or prompt

$

Pippit (formerly CapCut Commerce Pro) runs on CapCut's editing engine and its Agent Mode turns a single prompt or product link into a ready-to-post marketing video, with Video and Image Agents on the free tier. It is aimed at sellers and marketers rather than filmmakers.

Cheapest way in
Free tier; Starter about $24/month billed yearly (May 2026 price)
Plans multi-step work
Yes
Focus
Marketing and commerce video

Good at

  • Free tier includes the Video Agent
  • CapCut engine, templates and avatars
  • Fast product-to-ad workflow

Watch out for

  • Built for commerce, not cinematic work
  • Limited model choice and control
  • Published prices date from May 2026

Prices xpay.sh, checked 1 November 2026

Questions

What is the best AI creative agent in November 2026?

Runway Agent 2.0, best for brief to finished multi-scene video or ad with the most hands-on control. Runway Agent (13 May 2026, version 2.0 in July) proposes concept, beats and visual direction, then generates shots with voiceover, dialogue and music and hands you a timeline editor.

Runway Agent 2.0 vs Invideo Agent Two: which should I use?

Runway Agent 2.0 ranks first and is best for brief to finished multi-scene video or ad with the most hands-on control. Invideo Agent Two is second and is best for teams shipping many related ads and social cuts from one brief. Agent Two (shipped late July to early August 2026) runs a crew of specialist agents with project Context, standing Playbooks, Notebooks for hand-editing single shots, a Slate editor and nine guided Workflows such as casting, storyboards and localisation.

What is the best value AI creative agent?

Of our top six, Google Flow Agent is the cheapest to run. Free 50 credits a day; Google AI Pro $19.99/month (1,000 credits).

How much does Runway Agent 2.0 cost?

Agent on paid plans from $15/month ($12 billed yearly). Gen-4.5 about $0.29 per second on monthly Standard, $0.19 on monthly Pro. Prices checked 1 November 2026.

How we rank

This is an editorial ranking of the AI tools creators can use today, put together by the AI LIVE team. It is not based on the votes from our live show.

Where public blind-vote benchmarks exist (the Artificial Analysis arenas and Arena, formerly LMArena), they carry the most weight. We also weigh what each tool can actually do (resolution, length, control, references, licence), how widely working creators use it, and what it costs per output.

Where the benchmarks disagree, or there is no benchmark at all (sound effects, agents, upscaling), the order is our judgement and the category says so. Benchmark positions move every week, so each card shows the board, the position and a link.

Prices were checked on 1 November 2026 and change often; the maker's own pricing page is the final word.