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Wan
Wan ranks #11 of 22 in ai video generators in the week of 28 September 2026, with a visibility score of 10 across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity. It was named in 22% of the answers we sampled.
sampled: 3 of 4 assistants this week
Wan shows up in 13 of 62 answers across AI assistants, landing an overall score of 10 out of 100. Claude rates it highest at 18, ahead of ChatGPT's 8 and Perplexity's 6. Its strongest showing is on open-source questions, named in 3 of 3 answers for "best open-source AI video generation model I can run myself," plus 2 of 3 for free AI video generators. It gets occasional mentions for value for money, commercial licensing, and longest clips, each just 1 of 3 or 1 of 4 answers. It's never named for blog-to-video, lip sync, footage editing, talking-head scripts, or small marketing teams.
Who's talking about you
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 8 | 10% of answers | #3.0 |
| Claude | 18 | 45% of answers | #11.0 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 6 | 10% of answers | #5.0 |
Questions you win
| question | named in | best spot |
|---|---|---|
| What's the best open-source AI video generation model I can run myself? | 3 of 3 | #1 |
| What are the best free AI video generators? | 2 of 3 | #9 |
| Which AI video generator has the best commercial licensing? | 1 of 3 | #4 |
| Which AI video generator handles the longest clips? | 1 of 3 | #5 |
| What's the best AI video generator in 2026? | 1 of 3 | #11 |
| What's the best text-to-video AI tool? | 1 of 3 | #12 |
| What's the best AI tool to animate a still image into video? | 1 of 3 | #12 |
| What's the best AI video tool with an API for developers? | 1 of 3 | #15 |
| Which AI video generator is best value for money? | 1 of 4 | #11 |
| What are the best AI video generators? | 1 of 4 | #19 |
Questions you lose
| question | who got named instead |
|---|---|
| Which AI video tool produces the most realistic footage? | Veo, Kling AI, Sora |
| 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 AI video editor for cleaning up footage I already have? | Descript |
Assistants cited 10 pages for questions in this category that name your rivals and not you. See all sources for AI video generators.
In their words
- ChatGPT“As of October 2026, if by “best” you mean best overall combination of generation quality, capabilities, and practical self-hosting, I’d look first at Wan 2.2—especially the Wan2.2-TI2V-5B model.”
- Claude“Remotion — if you want to compose video in React and render it yourself.”
- Perplexity“Best overall: Wan 2.2—especially if you want the strongest combination of video quality, flexibility, and local-tool support.”
Closest rivals
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