Grok Imagine Alternative
A Grok Imagine alternative with MiniMax H3 Max, Seedance 2.5 and Kling 3.0 Pro in one form: clips up to 15 or 30 seconds, sound, a quote before you pay.
- From 63 credits per clip
- Text to video / Image to video
- 5s / 10s / 15s
- 480P
- Audio available
Sample result
5s · MP4About Grok Imagine alternative on Cicadas
Looking for a Grok Imagine alternative? On Cicadas, Grok Imagine Video 1.5 and 1.5 Lite make 5- or 10-second clips, and in our tests Grok cut between camera angles when asked for one shot and swapped requested wind and footsteps for music. This page puts three other models in one form: MiniMax H3 Max (5, 10 or 15 seconds, sound always on), Seedance 2.5 (up to 30 seconds, sound optional) and Kling 3.0 Pro (5 or 10 seconds, sound optional), each from text or one image, each quoted before you generate. Grok Imagine itself stays one click away on its own page. Cicadas is an independent site, not affiliated with xAI, and no X account is needed.
Grok Imagine alternative examples made on Cicadas
A dragonfly by the lotus.
MiniMax H3 Max (Hailuo family) at 480P. A dragonfly settles on a lily pad beside a pink lotus covered in dew; it lands on the leaf, not the flower the prompt named.
Use this recipe ↗A clay fox wakes up.
Seedance 2.5 at 480p with audio on — the model family behind Jimeng’s video tools, run independently here. The audio is gentle background music.
Use this recipe ↗Gulls over the harbor.
Kling 3.0 Pro text to video at 5 seconds, silent. Seagulls lift off a stone pier at dawn as fishing boats rest on calm water, with a slow sideways camera move and pastel light.
Use this recipe ↗One step on red sand.
Grok Imagine Video 1.5 at 720p. The walk and dust trail hold together; the prompt asked for wind and footsteps, but the recorded audio is calm music.
Use this recipe ↗Why use Cicadas for Grok Imagine alternative
Longer clips than Grok here
Grok Imagine makes 5 or 10 seconds on Cicadas. MiniMax H3 Max goes to 15 seconds and Seedance 2.5 to 30 seconds in one clip, so a longer scene does not have to be stitched from pieces.
Sound you can choose
Grok always adds sound and did not always follow the words in our clips. MiniMax H3 Max always makes sound too; Seedance 2.5 and Kling 3.0 Pro let you switch it off for a silent clip.
One recorded clip per model
The samples on this page are one recorded clip from each model, made on Cicadas for other pages: a lotus pond on H3 Max, a clay fox on Seedance 2.5, a harbour at dawn on Kling 3.0 Pro, and Grok's walk on Mars for comparison. The prompts differ, so compare what each model does, not a head-to-head.
How to use Grok Imagine alternative
- 01
Pick MiniMax H3 Max, Seedance 2.5 or Kling 3.0 Pro, and start from a prompt or one image.
- 02
Choose the length, shape and sound, and check the quote.
- 03
Sign in, generate, and download the MP4 from My videos.
Grok Imagine alternative prompt ideas
Copy one into the prompt box above and adapt it to your shot. Or write your own shot by shot in the prompt generator.
“Morning mist over a lotus pond: a dragonfly lands on a pink lotus flower and dew drops slide off a broad green leaf. Slow macro push-in, soft diffused light. One continuous shot, no text or logos.”
“A handmade clay fox blinks and slowly turns its head inside a miniature autumn forest diorama. Stop-motion style with soft studio light and tiny falling leaves; gentle rustling sounds. One continuous shot, no text.”
“Fishing boats rock gently in a small stone harbor at dawn as seagulls lift off the pier and mist drifts over the water. Slow lateral camera move, soft pastel light. One continuous shot, no text or logos.”
Grok Imagine and its alternatives on Cicadas
| Lengths, size and input | 5 seconds from | |
|---|---|---|
| Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite | Lengths, size and input5 or 10 s; 480p or 720p; text or one image; sound always on | 5 seconds from25 credits at 480p, 38 at 720p |
| Grok Imagine Video 1.5 | Lengths, size and input5 or 10 s; 480p or 720p; text or one image; sound always on | 5 seconds from100 credits at 480p, 175 at 720p |
| MiniMax H3 Max | Lengths, size and input5, 10 or 15 s; 480P or 768P; text or one image; sound always on | 5 seconds from63 credits at 480P, 100 at 768P |
| Kling 3.0 Pro | Lengths, size and input5 or 10 s; text or one image; sound optional | 5 seconds from140 credits silent, 210 with sound |
| Vidu Q4 | Lengths, size and input5, 10 or 16 s; 540p or 720p or 1080p; one image only; sound always on | 5 seconds from57 credits at 540p, 119 at 720p, 150 at 1080p |
| Seedance 2.5 | Lengths, size and input4, 5, 10, 15 or 30 s; 480p or 720p; text or one image; sound optional | 5 seconds from276 credits at 480p, 592 at 720p |
| Grok Imagine on xAI's own apps and API | Lengths, size and inputVideo 1.5 Fast on grok.com/imagine and in the Grok iOS and Android apps; Video 1.5 on the API, up to 15 s | 5 seconds fromxAI's own plans and API prices |
Credits for a 5-second clip, from text where the model takes text (Vidu Q4 starts from one image); Grok adds a few credits for a starting image. They are read from the settings the generator charges with, the same as the pricing page. The last row is xAI's own Grok Imagine, from xAI's news post of June 16, 2026 and its API documentation, read on 2026-10-15; it can change.
Grok Imagine alternative FAQ
Tested on Cicadas · reviewed 2026-10-17
No clip was made for this page. Its four samples were recorded on Cicadas for other pages: the lotus pond on MiniMax H3 Max for the Hailuo page, the clay fox on Seedance 2.5 for the Jimeng page, the harbour at dawn on Kling 3.0 Pro for the text-to-video page, and the walk on Mars on Grok Imagine Video 1.5 for the Grok page; each keeps its own prompt, settings and request ID. What the page says about Grok on Cicadas (5 or 10 seconds, a cut between camera angles, wind and footsteps that came back as music) comes from the Grok page's recorded clips; the prices come from the settings the generator charges with.
Updated Oct 17, 2026 · How we test
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