Closed-source video models beat open source on quality but kill the iterative art process
LowYak7176 · reddit · 2026-09-21
A ComfyUI user argues that closed models like Seedance ($0.23/sec) make creative iteration prohibitively expensive — every retry costs money and you're limited to exposed controls — while locally run open models like MiniMax allow free-form experimentation: changing samplers, steps, workflows, or fine-tuning. For hobbyist users closed source wins; for iterative content creation, open source may actually be better despite weaker raw quality.
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