The best AI models
for social media.
You pick the model, every time. Most social tools will not tell you which AI writes your posts. Autoadify names all 87 of them, from 18 labs, and tells you what each one is actually good at — so you can choose one per caption, image, video and voiceover.
The short answer
Autoadify is a social media management platform that lets you choose the AI model for every generation.
It ships 87 selectable models from 18 labs, each tagged with what it is actually good at — so you pick one per caption, image, video and voiceover. One subscription reaches all 18 labs: no API keys of your own and no separate plan at OpenAI, Google, Anthropic or ElevenLabs. Buffer, Hootsuite, Later and Ocoya each run a single undisclosed model with no way to switch.
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GPT-5.6, Claude, Gemini, Grok
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11 of them editors
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15 image-to-video, 3 editors
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Music and dialogue
Which AI model should you use for what?
Nobody should have to hold 87 model names in their head. Every model carries the jobs it is a good pick for — the same tags the in-product picker filters on, so this page and the app never disagree.
Best AI model for captions and hooks
Instagram captions, X posts, headlines and the first line of a reel — short, punchy, and written to stop a thumb. Speed and price matter more than raw reasoning here.
Best AI model for LinkedIn posts and threads
LinkedIn posts, X threads, newsletters and video scripts, where the argument has to hold together for several hundred words and stay in your voice throughout.
Best AI model for product photography
Product and lifestyle imagery that has to look like a photograph rather than a render — the tier you want anywhere a customer is judging what they are about to buy.
Best AI model for text inside an image
Thumbnails, quote cards, sale banners and promos, where the words have to render legibly instead of dissolving into the plausible-looking gibberish most image models produce.
Best AI model for illustration and graphic styles
Editorial, graphic and stylised looks — the register for concepts, explainers and anything where a photograph would be the wrong answer.
Best AI model for editing an existing photo
Faithful edits to an image you already own: background swaps, cleanups, extensions and restyles that keep the subject recognisably itself.
Best AI model for talking-head video
People on camera — testimonials, UGC-style delivery, spokesperson clips. The hardest thing to fake, and the shortest list of models that manage it.
Best AI model for B-roll and product motion
Motion where nobody is speaking: atmosphere, product turns, texture and establishing shots. The workhorse tier for reels.
Best AI model for cinematic launch teasers
Teasers, brand films and hero shots, where the look is the whole point. Worth the step up from the B-roll workhorses when the clip is the centrepiece of a launch rather than filler.
Cheapest AI models for high-volume work
Cheap enough to run in bulk — the models to reach for when you are generating fifty variants, not one hero asset.
Every AI model in Autoadify
All 87 of them, with what each is for. Not a sample, not a “plus more” — this is the list, and it is the same one the app builds its pickers from.
Text models
24Captions, hooks, threads, replies and long-form posts. The spread here is mostly about register and cost — a caption does not need a flagship, a LinkedIn essay usually does.
| Model | Lab | Best for | What it is | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI | Long-formShort copy | OpenAI's latest flagship — 1M context | Mid | |
| OpenAI | Long-formShort copy | GPT-5.6 all-rounder — cheaper than Sol | Mid | |
| OpenAI | Short copyBudget | Fast, low-cost GPT-5.6 — 1M context | Low | |
| OpenAI | Short copyBudget | Fast, lower-cost GPT-5.4 | Low | |
| OpenAI | Budget | Cheapest GPT — high-volume tasks | Low | |
| Anthropic | Long-form | Anthropic's most powerful model | High | |
| Anthropic | Long-formShort copy | Fast and highly capable — great default | Mid | |
| Anthropic | Long-form | Anthropic's most powerful model | High | |
| Anthropic | Long-formShort copy | Fast and highly capable | High | |
| Anthropic | Short copyBudget | Fast, cheapest Claude | Mid | |
Long-form | Google's top reasoning model | Mid | ||
Short copyBudget | Fast multimodal Gemini | Low | ||
Budget | Cheapest Gemini for high-volume tasks | Low | ||
| xAI | Short copy | xAI reasoning + real-time web | Low | |
| xAI | Short copy | xAI's latest flagship | Low | |
| xAI | Long-form | Multi-agent reasoning — best for complex tasks | Low | |
| Moonshot AI | Long-form | Moonshot AI — 1M context | High | |
| Alibaba | Long-form | Alibaba's flagship — 2.4T mixture-of-experts, 95B active | Mid | |
| Alibaba | Budget | Cheapest model in the catalog — high-volume tasks | Low | |
| DeepSeek | Long-formBudget | DeepSeek's flagship — strong reasoning, low cost | Low | |
| DeepSeek | Budget | Fast DeepSeek — 1.3M context | Low | |
| MiniMax | Budget | MiniMax — 1M context, low cost | Low | |
| Mistral | Short copyBudget | Mistral's balanced model — 262K context | Mid | |
| Mistral | Budget | Small, very low cost — high-volume tasks | Low |
Image models — text to image
12Product stills, lifestyle scenes, carousels and thumbnails, generated from a written prompt. Split on whether you need photoreal product truth or a stylised look.
| Model | Lab | Best for | What it is | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
PhotorealText in image | Google Gemini 3.1 Flash image | Mid | ||
PhotorealText in image | Google DeepMind — 2K sharp imagery | High | ||
| OpenAI | Text in imageIllustration | OpenAI GPT Image 2 — text to image | Mid | |
| ByteDance | Photoreal | ByteDance Seedream 4.5 — text to image | Mid | |
| ByteDance | PhotorealBudget | ByteDance Seedream 5 Lite — fast text to image | Mid | |
| Alibaba | Photoreal | Alibaba Wan 2.7 — pro-tier image generation | High | |
| xAI | Illustration | xAI multimodal image generation | Low | |
| Alibaba | Text in imageIllustration | Alibaba Qwen — sharp text rendering down to 10px | Mid | |
| Krea | PhotorealIllustration | Krea's balanced model — stable, consistent generations | Mid | |
| Krea | IllustrationBudget | Distilled Krea 2 Medium — fastest iteration | Low | |
| Recraft | IllustrationBudget | Recraft V4.1 Flash — fast, low-cost 1K images | Low | |
| ByteDance | Photoreal | ByteDance Seedream 5 Pro — precise editing control, lifelike scenes | Mid |
Image models — editing an existing image
11Point these at a photo you already have: swap a background, restyle it, extend the frame, or clean it up. This is the tier that turns one product shot into a month of posts.
| Model | Lab | Best for | What it is | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Photo editingText in image | Edit existing images — HD quality | High | ||
Photo editing | Edit existing images — fast | Mid | ||
| OpenAI | Photo editingText in image | OpenAI GPT Image 2 — image to image | Low | |
| ByteDance | Photo editing | ByteDance Seedream 4.5 — image to image | Low | |
| ByteDance | Photo editingBudget | ByteDance Seedream 5 Lite — fast image to image | Low | |
| fal | — | Remove background from any image | Low | |
| xAI | Photo editing | xAI Grok Imagine — image to image | Low | |
| Alibaba | Photo editingText in image | Qwen Image 3 — edit with up to 4 reference images | Low | |
| Krea | — | Krea 2 Medium — restyle from one reference image | Mid | |
| Krea | — | Distilled Krea 2 Medium — fast restyle from a reference | Low | |
| ByteDance | Photo editing | Seedream 5 Pro — edit with up to 14 reference images | Mid |
Video models — text to video
19Reels, Shorts and TikToks from a written prompt. Several generate audio in the same pass as the picture, so the clip arrives finished rather than silent.
| Model | Lab | Best for | What it is | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Talking videoB-rollCinematic | Google Veo 3.1 — flagship cinematic AI video | High | ||
Talking videoB-roll | Veo 3.1 at faster speed — strong quality, cheaper | Mid | ||
B-rollBudget | Veo 3.1 Lite — cheapest tier, high-volume friendly | Low | ||
| xAI | B-roll | xAI text-to-video | Low | |
| MiniMax | Talking videoB-rollCinematic | MiniMax H3 — 2K text to video, strong text & brand rendering | Mid | |
| Alibaba | Talking videoB-rollBudget | Alibaba Happyhorse — text to video | Mid | |
| Kling | B-rollCinematic | Kling 3.0 — text to video at 1080p | Mid | |
| Kling | B-rollBudget | Kling 3.0 — text to video at 720p (cheaper, faster) | Mid | |
| Kling | B-rollCinematic | Kling 3.0 — text to video at 4K (premium) | High | |
| ByteDance | B-rollCinematic | Bytedance Seedance 2.0 — text to video, up to 1080p | High | |
| ByteDance | B-rollBudget | Seedance 2.0 Fast — quicker, 720p cap | High | |
| Runway | B-roll | Runway Gen-4.5 — text to video, 720p, up to 10s | Mid | |
| ByteDance | B-rollBudget | Seedance 2.0 Mini — cheap text to video, 720p | Mid | |
| Black Forest Labs | B-roll | Black Forest Labs FLUX.3 — text to video at 1080p | High | |
| MiniMax | B-rollBudget | MiniMax H3 Max — faster H3 at 768p | Mid | |
| MiniMax | B-rollBudget | MiniMax Hailuo 2.3 — landscape; 1080p at 6s, 768p at 10s | Mid | |
| Alibaba | B-roll | Alibaba Wan 3.0 — text to video at 720p with audio | Mid | |
| Alibaba | B-roll | Wan 3.0 Prime — fast mode, 720p with audio | Mid | |
| HeyGen | B-rollBudget | HeyGen Video 1 — text to video, 480p, with sound | Low |
Video models — animate a still
15Start from an image you control — your own product photography, or a still you just generated — and animate it. The reliable way to keep a product on-model in motion.
| Model | Lab | Best for | What it is | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| xAI | B-roll | xAI Grok Imagine — animate a still image | Low | |
| MiniMax | Talking videoB-rollCinematic | MiniMax H3 — animate a still image at 2K | Mid | |
| Alibaba | Talking videoB-rollBudget | Alibaba Happyhorse — animate a still image | Mid | |
Talking videoB-rollCinematic | Google Veo 3.1 — animate a still image | High | ||
Talking videoB-roll | Veo 3.1 Fast — animate a still image | Mid | ||
B-rollBudget | Veo 3.1 Lite — animate a still image, cheap | Low | ||
| ByteDance | B-rollCinematic | Seedance 2.0 — animate a still image, up to 1080p | High | |
| ByteDance | B-rollBudget | Seedance 2.0 Fast — animate a still image, 720p cap | High | |
| Runway | B-roll | Runway Gen-4.5 — animate a still image at 720p | Mid | |
| ByteDance | B-rollBudget | Seedance 2.0 Mini — animate a still image at 720p | Mid | |
| Black Forest Labs | B-roll | FLUX.3 — animate a still image at 1080p | High | |
| HeyGen | B-rollBudget | HeyGen Video 1 — animate a still image at 480p, with sound | Low | |
| Kling | B-rollCinematic | Kling 3.0 — animate a still image at 1080p | Mid | |
| Kling | B-rollBudget | Kling 3.0 — image to video, 720p (cheaper, faster) | Mid | |
| Kling | B-roll | Kling 3.0 — image to video at 4K (premium) | High |
Video models — editing existing footage
3Point these at a clip you already have: restyle it, change what is in it, or sharpen it for a bigger screen. The footage stays yours; the model works on top of it.
| Model | Lab | Best for | What it is | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Forest Labs | B-roll | Black Forest Labs FLUX — edit an existing video from a prompt | High | |
| Black Forest Labs | B-roll | Black Forest Labs FLUX — sharpen and enlarge a video 2× | High | |
| Runway | B-roll | Runway Aleph 2 — in-context video editing that preserves detail | High |
Music
1Original, licence-clean backing tracks, generated from a text description.
| Model | Lab | Best for | What it is | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ElevenLabs | — | Generate songs from text — natural, high quality | High |
Voiceover
2Spoken narration for reels and explainers, in multiple languages.
| Model | Lab | Best for | What it is | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ElevenLabs | — | ElevenLabs Eleven v3 — natural text to speech | High | |
| ElevenLabs | — | ElevenLabs Dialogue v3 — natural multi-language TTS | High |
Cost is relative to the model's own modality — a “Low” video model still costs more than a “High” text one. Retired models are left out on purpose: they keep running for workflows that already reference them, but they cannot be picked for anything new.
Why does model choice matter for social media?
No single model is best at everything
The model that writes the sharpest hook is rarely the one that renders clean text inside an image. Locking a whole product to one vendor means accepting their weakest output alongside their strongest.
Model quality moves every few weeks
Sora was the default AI video model until it was discontinued in April 2026. Anything built around a single provider inherits that provider's roadmap — and its outages.
Undisclosed means unverifiable
If a tool will not say which model wrote your caption, you cannot audit tone, reason about cost, or know when the output silently changes underneath you.
Which social media tools tell you their AI model?
We checked what each vendor publishes about its own AI. One of the five names a model.
| Tool | Names its model | You can choose | What they say |
|---|---|---|---|
| Autoadify | 87 models, named, switchable per generation | ||
| Buffer | AI Assistant — model undisclosed | ||
| Hootsuite | AI assistant — model undisclosed | ||
| Later | Caption Writer, metered by credits — model undisclosed | ||
| Ocoya | Credit-based AI — model undisclosed |
Based on each vendor's own published documentation, 2026. Full breakdown in our tool comparison.
Do you need your own API keys or a plan at each lab?
No. Every model on this page is reached through your Autoadify account — one subscription for all 18 labs, rather than an account, a key and a bill at each of them.
All included
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Anthropic
Google
xAIMMoonshot AI
AlibabaDDeepSeek
MiniMaxMMistral
ByteDanceKKreaRRecraftffal
Kling
RunwayBBlack Forest Labs
HeyGen
ElevenLabsNo API keys
Nothing to create at OpenAI, Google, Anthropic or ElevenLabs, and no keys to paste, rotate or keep in credit. All 18 labs are reached through your Autoadify account.
No subscription per lab
Every one of these labs sells its own plan. One Autoadify plan — free to start, Pro at $29/mo — covers the whole catalog instead, billed monthly per workspace, not per seat or per channel.
Switching costs nothing
Model choice is included in every paid plan rather than metered separately, so trying a second model on the same caption is free. Credit-based tools make that experiment cost money.
Plans and what each includes are on the pricing section.
Frequently asked questions
Which AI models does Autoadify support?
Autoadify supports 87 selectable models from 18 labs. Text (24): GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra and Luna, GPT-5.4 Mini and Nano, Claude Opus 4.8 and 4.6, Claude Sonnet 5 and 4.6, Claude Haiku 4.5, Gemini 3.1 Pro, Gemini 3 Flash, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite, Grok 4.3, Grok 4.20 and Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent, Kimi K3, Qwen 3.8 2.4T and Qwen 3.7 Flash, DeepSeek V4 Pro and Flash, MiniMax M3, Mistral Medium 3.5 and Mistral Small. Image (22, half of them editors): Nano Banana 2 and Nano Banana Pro, GPT Image 2, Seedream 4.5, Seedream 5 Lite and Seedream 5 Pro, Wan 2.7 Image Pro, Grok Imagine, Qwen Image 3, Krea 2 Medium and Krea 2 Medium Turbo, plus a background remover. Video (28, half of them image-to-video): Veo 3.1, Veo 3.1 Fast and Veo 3.1 Lite, Kling 3.0 Standard, Pro and 4K, Seedance 2.0, Seedance 2.0 Fast and Seedance 2.0 Mini, Runway Gen-4.5, FLUX.3 Video, MiniMax H3, Happyhorse and Grok Imagine Video. Audio (2): ElevenLabs Music and ElevenLabs Dialogue v3.
Can I choose which AI model writes each post?
Yes. The model is chosen per generation, not per account. You can draft a caption with Claude Sonnet 5, generate the image with Nano Banana Pro, and produce the reel with Veo 3.1 — inside a single post, and change any of them on the next one.
Which AI model is best for Instagram captions?
For short copy — captions, hooks and headlines — the models tagged for it are GPT-5.6 Sol, GPT-5.6 Terra, GPT-5.6 Luna, GPT-5.4 Mini, Claude Sonnet 5, Claude Sonnet 4.6, Claude Haiku 4.5, Gemini 3 Flash, Grok 4.3, Grok 4.20 and Mistral Medium 3.5. A caption rarely needs a flagship: GPT-5.6 Luna and Claude Haiku 4.5 are the cheap, fast picks, and Grok sits in a looser, more conversational register.
Which AI model is best for LinkedIn posts and long-form?
For long-form — LinkedIn posts, X threads, newsletters and scripts — the picks are Claude Opus 4.8 and Opus 4.6, Claude Sonnet 5 and Sonnet 4.6, GPT-5.6 Sol and Terra, Gemini 3.1 Pro, Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent, Kimi K3, Qwen 3.8 2.4T and DeepSeek V4 Pro. Claude is the usual default where holding a brand voice across several hundred words matters most.
Which AI image model renders text correctly?
Legible text inside an image is a specialist job. Nano Banana 2, Nano Banana Pro, GPT Image 2 and Qwen Image 3 are tagged for it — Qwen Image 3 renders type down to about 10px — and Nano Banana Pro Edit, GPT Image 2 Edit and Qwen Image 3 Edit carry it into edits. Use these for thumbnails, quote cards, sale banners and anything with a price on it.
Which AI model is best for product photography?
For photoreal product and lifestyle imagery: Nano Banana Pro and Nano Banana 2, Seedream 4.5, Seedream 5 Pro and Seedream 5 Lite, Wan 2.7 Image Pro and Krea 2 Medium. If you already own the product shot, the editing tier is usually better than generating from scratch — Seedream 5 Pro Edit accepts up to 14 reference images, Qwen Image 3 Edit up to four.
Do Buffer, Hootsuite, Later or Ocoya let you pick the AI model?
No. None of the four disclose which model powers their AI features, and none let you choose one. Buffer's AI Assistant, Hootsuite's assistant, Later's Caption Writer and Ocoya's credit-based AI are all undisclosed as of 2026.
Which AI model is best for talking-head video?
Veo 3.1 and Veo 3.1 Fast are the two tagged for talking video, in both text-to-video and image-to-video form — Veo generates audio in the same pass as the picture, which is what makes a speaking clip land. Everything else in the video catalog is tagged for B-roll: motion where nobody is speaking. For narration over B-roll, pair any video model with ElevenLabs Dialogue v3.
What is the difference between text-to-video and image-to-video?
Text-to-video generates a clip from a written prompt alone. Image-to-video animates a still you supply — your own product photography, or an image you just generated — which is the reliable way to keep a product on-model in motion. Autoadify ships both directions for almost every video model: 14 text-to-video and 14 image-to-video, including Veo 3.1, Kling 3.0 at 720p, 1080p and 4K, Seedance 2.0, Runway Gen-4.5, FLUX.3 and MiniMax H3.
Are cheaper models worse?
Not for every job. Cost tracks size and speed more than fitness for a task, and a caption does not need a flagship. Qwen 3.7 Flash, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite, GPT-5.4 Nano, DeepSeek V4 Flash, MiniMax M3 and Mistral Small are the budget tier for high-volume text; Krea 2 Medium Turbo and Seedream 5 Lite for images; Veo 3.1 Lite and Kling 3.0 Standard for video. The rule of thumb is to spend on the hero asset and run the variants cheap.
Do I need my own OpenAI or Anthropic API keys to use Autoadify?
No. Autoadify reaches all 87 models across 18 labs through your Autoadify account, so there is nothing to create at OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, xAI or ElevenLabs and no key to paste, rotate or keep topped up. There is also no separate subscription to any of those labs: one Autoadify plan — free to start, then Pro at $29/mo, billed monthly per workspace, not per seat or per channel — covers the whole catalog.
Does switching models cost extra?
No. Model choice is included in every paid plan rather than metered separately. Some tools meter AI by credits — Later allows 5 to 100 AI generations per month depending on tier — which makes model experimentation expensive by design.
Try every model on the free plan
No credits to ration, no vendor to guess at. Pick a model, generate a post, change your mind.