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HunyuanVideo vs CogVideoX: catalog facts
HunyuanVideo	CogVideoX
Free Free to download, under the Tencent Hunyuan Community License.	Free Free to download; model use is governed by a separate model licence.
Linux, Command line	Linux, Command line
Model weights and inference code are published Runs locally with no per-video fees	Text-to-video and image-to-video generation Fine-tuning code included
Needs a high-end GPU with a lot of memory Custom licence, not OSI open source	Needs a powerful GPU to run locally Model weights have their own licence terms
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Closed source
License: Tencent Hunyuan Community License	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 26, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 26, 2026

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