CogVideoX (Zhipu) is free, with no paid plan attached. Kandinsky 5.0 is free, with no paid plan attached. Both are listed under AI Video Generation, so this is a like-for-like comparison. Neither is ranked above the other — Flocci carries no sponsored placement.
CogVideoX (Zhipu) is free, with no paid plan attached and is listed for open text-to-video and image-to-video models (2B under Apache-2.0, 5B under CogVideoX license). Kandinsky 5.0 is free, with no paid plan attached and is listed for MIT-licensed family: Video Pro (19B), Video Lite (2B) and Image Lite (6B). Both sit in AI Video Generation.
Neither — CogVideoX (Zhipu) and Kandinsky 5.0 are both free, so the choice comes down to capability rather than cost. Both entries list what they uniquely do above.
Choose CogVideoX (Zhipu) if you need open text-to-video and image-to-video models (2B under Apache-2.0, 5B under CogVideoX license); choose Kandinsky 5.0 if you need MIT-licensed family: Video Pro (19B), Video Lite (2B) and Image Lite (6B). Flocci AI Tools does not rank one above the other — it shows both feature sets side by side and lets the requirement decide.
| CogVideoX (Zhipu) | Kandinsky 5.0 | |
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| Pricing tier | Free | Free |
| Free to start | Yes | Yes |
| Category | Content & Media Generation | Content & Media Generation |
| Type | AI Video Generation | AI Video Generation |
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| Tags | cogvideox, zhipu video generation, qingying video, cogview4, open source text to video zhipu | kandinsky 5, kandinsky video, open source text to video russia, sber kandinsky, lmarena open source video |
| Website | github.com | github.com |
| Full page | CogVideoX (Zhipu) details → | Kandinsky 5.0 details → |
| Alternatives | CogVideoX (Zhipu) alternatives → | Kandinsky 5.0 alternatives → |