xAI · video model · Released Oct 1, 2026Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite
Cost-efficient video model for text-to-video and image-to-video generation.
- Arena score
- —Not enough votes yet
- Starting price
- $0.02per second · 480p
- Longest clip
- 15 s1–15 s
- Resolution
- 1080pNo audio track
How it rates and what it costs
Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite does not have enough arena votes for a quality score yet.
Listed prices
- 480p
- $0.02/s
- 720p
- $0.03/s
- 1080p
- $0.14/s
- Extra
- $0.01 per input image
A 10-second clip at the starting rate costs about $0.20.
Specs and prices checked Nov 2, 2026: xAI API pricing · OpenRouter, image-to-video models compared (Oct 15, 2026) . Labs change prices often.
The details
- Lab
- xAI
- Type
- Video model
- Released
- Oct 1, 2026
- Inputs
- Text prompts, Reference images
- Output
- Video
- Can do
- Text to video, Image to video
- Resolutions
- 480p · 720p · 1080p
- Clip length
- 1–15 s
- Sound
- No
- Frame control
- First frame only
- Weights
- Proprietary
- API model ID
grok-imagine-video-1.5-liteon xAI- Availability
- 2 API hosts
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About Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite
Who makes Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite?
Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite is a video model from xAI, released Oct 1, 2026.
What can Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite do?
Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite accepts text prompts and reference images and produces video. In practice: text to video and image to video.
Is Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite open source?
No. Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite is proprietary; you use it through xAI’s API or partner apps.
Where can I use Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite?
It is listed by 2 API hosts we track; the model ID on xAI is grok-imagine-video-1.5-lite.
How much does Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite cost?
Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite costs from $0.02/s (480p), up to $0.14/s (1080p). Extra: $0.01 per input image. A 10-second clip at the starting rate is about $0.20. Prices checked Nov 2, 2026.
How long can Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite videos be?
Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite generates clips of 1–15 s at 480p, 720p or 1080p. Sound: no.
What are the alternatives to Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite?
The closest video models from other labs, by release date, are HeyGen Video (HeyGen, Oct 9, 2026), Wan v3.0 Video Prime (Alibaba (Qwen), Aug 28, 2026), FLUX 3 Video (Black Forest Labs, Aug 4, 2026) and MiniMax H3 (MiniMax, Jul 31, 2026).