Best Luma Dream Machine alternatives

Runway offers text-to-video and image-to-video generation alongside AI editing tools such as background removal and motion tracking, used by filmmakers and creators.

Best for: Filmmakers and editors who want generated shots and AI effects

Pika generates short video clips from text prompts or images and adds effects that transform objects and scenes, popular for social media content.

Best for: Social creators making short, stylised clips

Kling AI is a video generation platform from Kuaishou that creates clips from text prompts or images, with options for longer and higher-resolution outputs on paid plans.

Best for: Creators experimenting with cinematic generated clips

InVideo AI turns a text prompt or script into a full video with stock footage, voiceover, music and subtitles, which you can then edit with text commands.

Best for: Faceless YouTube channels and quick explainer videos

Midjourney is an AI image generator known for its distinctive, high-quality aesthetic, used through its web app and Discord for concept art, illustration and visual exploration.

Best for: Designers and artists exploring visual concepts

Adobe Firefly generates and edits images from text and powers features such as Generative Fill in Photoshop, with Adobe positioning it for commercial use.

Best for: Designers already working in Adobe apps