Model profile

DAMO Text-to-Video AI video generator

An early Alibaba DAMO/ModelScope text-to-video model, mainly useful as a historical baseline.

Should You Use DAMO Text-to-Video?

Use it for: historical baseline, early T2V comparison

Skip or compare first if: Historical quality baseline only. Not suitable for main consumer recommendation ranking.

Positioning: An early Alibaba DAMO/ModelScope text-to-video model, mainly useful as a historical baseline.

Top Capabilities

  • Early ModelScope T2VThe ModelScope page hosts the early DAMO text-to-video synthesis model.Source
  • Primary source-backed profileDAMO Text-to-Video has an official source, repository, paper, or model card attached for verification.Source
  • Open/self-hosted access pathDAMO Text-to-Video can be evaluated through open code, weights, or model-card resources when license terms allow.Source

Company Snapshot

Company profile is not yet attached to this model.

Price, Access, Open Status

Access: Open Weights, Research Only

Open/closed: Open. Open code, weights, or model-card resources are listed; verify license terms before commercial use.

Open/model-card access; practical cost depends on hosting.

Price, regional access, and commercial terms need a live check before cost-sensitive recommendations.

Latest Version

damo/text-to-video-synthesis

2022-2023 / confirmed

Early public text-to-video model in the ModelScope ecosystem.

Latest News

damo/text-to-video-synthesis

2026 / ModelScope

External source link for this model.

Open original

Why It Ranks Here

Rank: #47 44

Score source: Provisional quality proxy based on official/research evidence and catalogue presence; exact external rank requires live leaderboard/API collection.. Evidence confidence is medium.

Rankings Methodology

Key Score Drivers

These are the scoring dimensions most responsible for the current ranking position.

  • Model Quality Proxy: 50Provisional quality proxy based on official/research evidence and catalogue presence; exact external rank requires live leaderboard/API collection.
  • Capability Depth: 53Supported workflow tags: t2v, open_weights. Depth rewards T2V/I2V/V2V, references, native audio, editing, API, and open weights where present.
  • Version Maturity: 381 version/history entries in the profile; latest public date is 2022-2023.
  • Ecosystem Popularity: 45Open/semi-open model has no canonical GitHub metrics in the current snapshot; track Hugging Face, ModelScope, or repository data next.

    No public source link is attached yet.

Alternatives And Comparisons

Use these when price, access, output style, or workflow fit is uncertain.

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  • ViduShengShu Technology's video model family for native audio-video storytelling, image-to-video, and scene-oriented short-form production.View modelCompare

What It Is

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DAMO Text-to-Video was one of the earlier text-to-video models shared through ModelScope. It is no longer a frontier option, but it belongs in the historical catalogue because many early demos and open tools used it.

Version Progress

  • 2022-2023 / confirmed / confirmeddamo/text-to-video-synthesisEarly public text-to-video model in the ModelScope ecosystem.

Open / Source Evidence

Status: Open

Open code, weights, or model-card resources are listed; verify license terms before commercial use.

Latest News

Model-specific news entries link directly to the original publisher; article bodies stay off-site.

Full Score Breakdown

Weighted evidence dimensions separate model quality from access, web authority, ecosystem, and source confidence. See methodology and rankings.

DimensionScoreWeightEvidenceConfidence
Model Quality Proxy 50 24% Provisional quality proxy based on official/research evidence and catalogue presence; exact external rank requires live leaderboard/API collection. medium
Missing: live Artificial Analysis rank/Elo by modality, live Arena AI rank/score by modality
Capability Depth 53 16% Supported workflow tags: t2v, open_weights. Depth rewards T2V/I2V/V2V, references, native audio, editing, API, and open weights where present. medium
Missing: hands-on feature verification, mode-specific limits by duration/resolution
Access And Pricing 30 12% Access types: open_weights, research_only. Pricing note: Open/model-card access; practical cost depends on hosting. low
Missing: current free tier, normalized price per video minute
Version Maturity 38 12% 1 version/history entries in the profile; latest public date is 2022-2023. medium
Missing: automated release-note monitor, model ID/version mapping across providers
Ecosystem Popularity 45 10% Open/semi-open model has no canonical GitHub metrics in the current snapshot; track Hugging Face, ModelScope, or repository data next.

No public source link is attached yet.

low
Missing: canonical GitHub repo metrics, Hugging Face/ModelScope downloads and likes
Web Authority 38 10% SEO snapshot found product domain modelscope.cn and company domain home.alibabagroup.com; sampled sitemap URL count is unknown. medium
Missing: Similarweb/API traffic, Tranco rank
Company Distribution 30 10% Company profile is missing; distribution score is provisional. low
Missing: app store ratings/review volume, product MAU/traffic
Source Confidence 75 6% Profile source confidence is confirmed with 1 official URL(s), 1 feature evidence item(s), SEO present, GitHub missing. medium
Missing: paid/API evidence refresh, manual output review artifacts

Limitations And Pricing

Open/model-card access; practical cost depends on hosting.

  • Historical Quality Baseline Only.
  • Not Suitable For Main Consumer Recommendation Ranking.

Sources