Model profile

I2VGen-XL AI video generator

Alibaba VILAB's open image-to-video research model, useful as a historical I2V baseline.

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Decision Snapshot

Score: 47

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.

Best For

  • Image-To-Video Research
  • Historical Baseline
  • Open-Model Comparison

Supported Workflows

  • I2v
  • Open Weights

Access And Company

Built by Alibaba Vilab. Public access is listed as Open Weights, Research Only.

Entry Points

Score Breakdown

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

DimensionScoreWeightEvidenceConfidence
Model Quality Proxy 58 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: i2v, 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/self-hosted research model; cost depends on compute. 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 2023-11. medium
Missing: automated release-note monitor, model ID/version mapping across providers
Ecosystem Popularity 39 10% GitHub snapshot includes 1 repo(s), 9 stars, 0 forks, 0 open issues, latest pushed 2024-03-06T08:16:48Z. high
Missing: Hugging Face downloads/likes, Replicate/fal usage/runs
Web Authority 38 10% SEO snapshot found product domain github.com 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 90 6% Profile source confidence is confirmed with 2 official URL(s), 1 feature evidence item(s), SEO present, GitHub present. high
Missing: paid/API evidence refresh, manual output review artifacts

What It Is

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I2VGen-XL is an image-to-video model from Alibaba VILAB. It is older than current frontier models, but it remains important for understanding the evolution of image-conditioned video generation.

For the site, include it in open/research baselines and avoid ranking it directly against current commercial tools for consumer recommendation.

Key Features

  • Image-to-video baselineI2VGen-XL focuses on generating video from an input image.Source
  • Primary source-backed profileI2VGen-XL has an official source, repository, paper, or model card attached for verification.Source
  • Open/self-hosted access pathI2VGen-XL can be evaluated through open code, weights, or model-card resources when license terms allow.Source

Version Progress

  • 2023-11 / confirmed / confirmedI2VGen-XLOpen research image-to-video release and paper.

Latest News

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

Limitations And Pricing

Open/self-hosted research model; cost depends on compute.

  • Older Model Quality Is Not Frontier.
  • Consumer-Facing UI Requires Wrappers.

Sources