Research profile · Q3 Pro and Q3 Flash, 1080p
Vidu, researched.
Transparent published pricing and the largest arena sample in this set. Overall verdict withheld. Explore the findings, limitations and 3 cited sources below.
We are withholding an overall verdict on Vidu. Evidence coverage is 25%, below the 75% our method requires. The largest arena sample in this set, yet the reference-to-video fidelity the tool is built around is documented rather than measured.
- Researched scope
- Q3 Pro and Q3 Flash, 1080p
- Best supported for
- Reference-driven work where a supplied subject must persist
- Principal limitation
- Reference fidelity is documented as a feature but never measured
- Accepted sources
- 3 · 3 of 12 criteria supported
Best for, and not for
Best supported use
Reference-driven work where a supplied subject must persist. The strongest finding is transparent published pricing and the largest arena sample in this set.
Where the evidence warns
Reference fidelity is documented as a feature but never measured.
What the evidence supports, criterion by criterion
3 of 12 applicable criteria have enough accepted evidence to say something. The rest are listed below them, unscored.
| Criterion | Evidence | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Visual fidelity and aesthetics | Limited evidence | Q3 Pro scores Elo 1075 from 18,849 blind votes — the largest vote count of any tool in this set, and closely matched with PixVerse V6 and Sora 2 Pro.Preference Elo does not decompose into specific quality attributes. |
| Output specifications and delivery | Moderately supported | Official docs specify up to 16 seconds at 1080p across text-to-video, image-to-video, reference-to-video and start-end-frame modes.Documentation establishes the offering, not performance. |
| Pricing and value | Moderately supported | Fully published credit table: Q3 Flash 1080p text-to-video runs 10 credits for 1-5s up to 60 for 15-16s; Cinematic 1080p runs 40 to 140 over the same range. 40 free credits monthly.Among the most transparent pricing in the set; per-clip value still depends on unmeasured retry rates. |
Not established
Researched, but the available public evidence does not support a conclusion. These are gaps, not low scores.
- Temporal stability and artifact control — Researched; no source meeting our weighting bar addressed this for the scoped version.
- Prompt or script adherence and control — Researched; no source meeting our weighting bar addressed this for the scoped version.
- Reliability and iteration burden — Researched; no source meeting our weighting bar addressed this for the scoped version.
- Workflow and editability — Researched; no source meeting our weighting bar addressed this for the scoped version.
- Camera motion — Researched; no source meeting our weighting bar addressed this for the scoped version.
- Character and object consistency — Fidelity not established. Reference-to-video is a documented first-class mode at 3 credits/s (Flash) or 6 (Cinematic), built to hold a supplied subject across a shot, but no accepted source measures how faithfully it does so.
- Physics and material realism — Researched; no source meeting our weighting bar addressed this for the scoped version.
- Text rendering — Researched; no source meeting our weighting bar addressed this for the scoped version.
- Native audio and lip sync — Quality not established. Q3 is documented as a native-audio model and audio adds 15 credits to an image- or reference-to-video task, but the audio itself is unmeasured.
Pricing
Published list price, normalised to a five-second generation. Assumes full use of the plan allocation, before tax, no retakes — so real cost per clip you keep is higher.
| Plan | Cost / 5s | Resolution | Audio |
|---|
All Vidu pricing scenarios and how they were normalised. Prices verified 2026-09-12 and change without notice.
Alternatives
Same category, so genuinely comparable. We do not rank across categories.
- Kling AI — Complex physical movement and holding a character's face steady across a shot. Moderately supported.
- Higgsfield — Camera-move control and stylised cinematic shots, with access to several models in one place. Not established.
- Runway Gen-4.5 — Creative and editorial work — generative editing, motion brush and in-context controls. Limited evidence.
Sources
Every finding above traces to one of these. Version match records how closely each source matches Q3 Pro and Q3 Flash, 1080p.
| Source | Type | Version match | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shengshu | Official documentation | Exact | 2026-09-12 |
| Shengshu | Official documentation | Exact | 2026-09-12 |
| Artificial Analysis | Independent benchmark | Exact | 2026-09-12 |