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Luma Dream Machine
Luma Dream Machine ranks #9 of 22 in ai video generators in the week of 28 September 2026, with a visibility score of 13 across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity. It was named in 23% of the answers we sampled.
sampled: 3 of 4 assistants this week
Across AI assistants, Luma Dream Machine lands an overall score of 13 out of 100, with Claude rating it highest at 19, ChatGPT at 14, and Perplexity trailing at 6. It shows up in 16 of 62 answers tracked. Its best showing is for "What are the best AI video generators?", named in 3 of 4 answers, followed by value-for-money, commercial licensing, free tools, and image-to-video questions, each naming it in 2 of 3 or 4 answers. It's never mentioned for open-source models, blog-to-video, multilingual lip sync, footage cleanup, or talking-head scripts.
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Who's talking about you
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 14 | 20% of answers | #4.0 |
| Claude | 19 | 40% of answers | #8.4 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 6 | 10% of answers | #5.0 |
Questions you win
| question | named in | best spot |
|---|---|---|
| What are the best AI video generators? | 3 of 4 | #2 |
| What are the best free AI video generators? | 2 of 3 | #3 |
| What's the best AI tool to animate a still image into video? | 2 of 3 | #3 |
| Which AI video generator has the best commercial licensing? | 2 of 3 | #4 |
| Which AI video generator is best value for money? | 2 of 4 | #2 |
| What's the best AI video tool with an API for developers? | 1 of 3 | #3 |
| What's the best text-to-video AI tool? | 1 of 3 | #5 |
| Which AI video generator handles the longest clips? | 1 of 3 | #5 |
| Which AI video tool produces the most realistic footage? | 1 of 3 | #7 |
| What's the best AI video generator in 2026? | 1 of 3 | #8 |
Questions you lose
| question | who got named instead |
|---|---|
| What's the best AI video tool for a small marketing team? | Descript, HeyGen, Runway |
| What's the best AI video tool for creators on a budget? | Pika, Kling AI, Descript |
| What's the best AI tool to make a talking-head video from a script? | HeyGen, Synthesia, Descript |
| What's the best AI avatar video tool for training or explainer videos? | Synthesia, Colossyan, HeyGen |
| What's the best AI tool to turn a blog post or doc into a video? | Pictory, InVideo, HeyGen |
| What's the best AI video tool for social media ads? | Creatify, HeyGen, Arcads |
| What's the best AI tool to make product demo videos? | Descript, HeyGen, Synthesia |
| What's the best AI video generator with lip sync in other languages? | HeyGen, D-ID, Synthesia |
| What's the best open-source AI video generation model I can run myself? | Wan, Hunyuan Video, LTX Studio |
| What's the best AI video editor for cleaning up footage I already have? | Descript |
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In their words
- ChatGPT“| Luma AI | Flexible creative generation | Ray 2/Ray Flash 2, callbacks, keyframes, multiple aspect ratios |”
- Claude“| Luma Dream Machine | Keyframes (give it a start and end image), fast | Good middle ground |”
- Gemini“Best Value for Cinematic / Visual Generative AI: Luma Dream Machine & Runway Gen-3”
Closest rivals
- Luma Dream Machine vs Hailuo AI13
- Luma Dream Machine vs Pika13
- Luma Dream Machine vs Descript14
- Luma Dream Machine vs Wan10
- Luma Dream Machine vs D-ID9
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