Genmo vs Luma AI
Luma AI scores 8.0 to Genmo's 4.2 among the AI video generators we rate, and is the better pick for 3 of the 4 kinds of buyer below.
Luma AI wins, 8.0 to 4.2
Genmo makes silent clips from text only, at most 5.4 seconds long, with no image upload or extend tool. Luma AI's Ray3.2 animates an uploaded image, takes first and last frames and extends clips, and its Modify Video restyles footage up to 20 seconds. A working month of 20 ten-second clips costs $30 on Genmo's Standard plan, counting two clips per ten seconds, against $90 on Luma AI's Pro plan.
Pick Genmo if you only need short silent clips from text at the lowest cost.
Pick Luma AI if you want image-to-video, longer clips or lip sync.
Best for
Who each one suits, decided on the criteria that matter to that buyer and the checked facts where the two differ.
- Generates sound and speech with the video: Luma AI yes, Genmo no
- Animates a still image you upload: Luma AI yes, Genmo no
- Keeps a character or style the same across shots: Luma AI yes, Genmo no
- Cost of a working month: $30 against $90
- AI voiceover: Luma AI yes, Genmo no
- Automatic captions: Luma AI yes, Genmo no
- Lip sync: Luma AI yes, Genmo no
- Where it runs: Web, iOS against Web
- Single sign-on: Luma AI yes, Genmo does not say
How they score
Both are scored the same way, against the other AI video generators we rate, from facts on each vendor's own pages. Luma AI leads on 4 of 5 criteria.
Where they differ
Every point where the two vendors' published facts disagree, with a link to where each fact was read. "Not published" means the vendor does not say either way.
Published by only one of them
Where they match (7)
Pricing, plan by plan
A working month here is 20 ten-second clips on each tool's main model: the cheapest plan, billed monthly, whose credits cover them. Clips per plan are the plan's credits divided by one clip's cost.
Genmo
Luma AI
The models behind them
Which models each one runs: its own, the newest of those, and any other companies' models offered in the same account.
Genmo
Only Genmo's own models.
Luma AI
Pros and cons
From each tool's full review, written from the same checked facts.
Genmo
- Mochi 1 is open-weight: download it from GitHub or Hugging Face and run it on your own hardware.
- Runs in ComfyUI for developers who want to build it into their own workflows.
- The playground is inexpensive, from $8 a month billed yearly.
- Paid plans remove the watermark and allow commercial use.
- Running the model locally keeps prompts and footage off Genmo's servers.
- Simple to use: write a prompt and get a clip, with no settings to learn.
- Standard adds early access to new models and the highest queue priority.
- Clips are at most 5.4 seconds, so a ten-second shot is not possible in one generation.
- Text to video only; image to video is still listed as coming soon.
- Mochi 1 makes silent video, with no voiceover, captions or lip sync in the playground.
- No first and last frame, extend or reference tools for steering a shot.
- The privacy policy lets Genmo train on what you upload and generate in the playground, with no opt-out described.
- Standard resolution is 480p, and higher paid-plan resolutions are not published.
Luma AI
- Ray3.2 takes up to 16 keyframes per clip, giving close control over how a shot unfolds.
- Native HDR generation in 16-bit colour with EXR export, which few video models offer.
- Kling 3.0, Seedance, Veo 3.1 and MiniMax H3 sit in the same account for shots that need audio or 4K.
- Modify Video restyles existing footage up to 20 seconds at 1080p.
- Luma Agents plan and carry out multi-step jobs across several models.
- Every paid plan removes the watermark, allows commercial use and opens every model.
- Guest collaborators get edit access on every paid plan.
- Plus's 10,000 monthly credits make about eight ten-second Ray3.2 clips at 1080p.
- Ray3.2 does not generate sound; audio needs an outside model at a higher credit cost.
- Luma's terms let it train its models on what you upload, on paid plans too, with no opt-out described.
- There is no Android app; the app runs in the browser and on iOS.
- The entry paid plan costs more than most video generators' first tier.
- Free output is for personal use only and can carry a watermark.
- The Dream Machine name is retired, so older guides and tutorials describe deprecated models.
Genmo vs Luma AI: common questions
Which is better, Genmo or Luma AI?
Luma AI scores 8.0 and Genmo 4.2 out of 10 among the AI video generators we rate. Luma AI is ahead on what it can generate, resolution and watermarks, voice, captions and teams and privacy and platforms. Genmo is ahead on pricing.
Is Genmo or Luma AI cheaper?
For a working month of 20 ten-second clips on each one's main model, Genmo costs $30 on Standard and Luma AI $90 on Pro, both billed monthly. The cheapest paid plans start at $10/mo - Lite for Genmo and $30/mo - Plus for Luma AI.
Do Genmo and Luma AI have a free plan?
Yes, both do.
What can Luma AI do that Genmo cannot?
On the facts both vendors publish: generates sound and speech with the video, animates a still image you upload, keeps a character or style the same across shots, you set the first and last frame, named camera moves, continues a clip past its end, aI voiceover, automatic captions, lip sync and translates a finished video.
What are the latest models on Genmo and Luma AI?
Genmo: Mochi 1 (open weights, preview announced 2025-09-10 on the blog). Luma AI: Ray3.2 (video, released June 2026) and UNI-1.1 (image).
