Humanlike AIThe model index

Side by side

Sora 2 vs Seedance 2.5

Up to 4 models, normalised onto the same cost basis and scored through the lens you pick.

OpenAI logo
Sora 2
OpenAI
ByteDance logo
Seedance 2.5
ByteDance
Cost of talking
Per minute$6.00Estimate$7.20Estimate
Per hour$360$432
30-min interview$180$216
List price$0.1/secEstimate$0.12/secEstimate
Recruitment fit
Overall58/10064/100
VerdictEmployer-brand film only. Same disclosure caveat as any generated depiction of a workplace.Not for assessment — for the top of the funnel. Job ads and employer-brand clips that would otherwise never get produced.
Best for
Careers-page hero filmRecruitment campaign creative
Job ad videoEmployer-brand social clipsCareers-page b-roll
Watch out for
  • Expensive per second
  • Generated workplaces can misrepresent the real one
  • Generated people in recruitment marketing can misrepresent your actual workforce — disclose it
  • No place anywhere near candidate evaluation
Capabilities
Modalitiesvideo, speechvideo, speech
Context window——
VariantsPro, StandardPro, Standard
On HumanLikeNot yetSeedance, Growth Studio
HumanLike evals
Wired into HumanLike—Yes — /seedance-2-5Our eval

Cost per hour assumes 150 wpm and a 40% AI speaking share. Hover a figure for its full derivation.