LLMSwaps

Announced end dates for video models, and which apps still carry them

Two numbered generations, two unmentioned back catalogues

Both entries promote a numbered house generation, and neither says whether the versions before it remain selectable. A number implies earlier ones existed, so in both cases the page raises a question it does not answer, and a production already working on one cannot plan from any public page. From 2 source pages, read 2026-09-22; no maker pays to be listed.

What each page says, point by pointFilled where the entry's own page addresses that point, hollow where the page is silent on it.What each page says, point by pointPixVerseViduCurrent line namedCurrent line named — PixVerse: One house version, beside licensed modelsCurrent line named — Vidu: A current generation and a real-time lineEarlier generationsEarlier generations — PixVerse: Not stated on the page readEarlier generations — Vidu: Not addressed on the page readLicensed models presentLicensed models present — PixVerse: Yes, several from other makersLicensed models present — Vidu: No; both lines are this maker'sWhat the second line isWhat the second line is — PixVerse: A licensed model, not a fallbackWhat the second line is — Vidu: A speed variant, not a fallbackIs a successor namedIs a successor named — PixVerse: Nothing names oneIs a successor named — Vidu: Neither line is presented as one
Fig. 1 Filled where the entry's own page addresses that point, hollow where the page is silent on it.
What each page publishes about the generations it no longer names. Recorded 2026-09-22.
On this pointPixVerseVidu
Current line namedOne house version, beside licensed modelsA current generation and a real-time line
Earlier generationsNot stated on the page readNot addressed on the page read
Licensed models presentYes, several from other makersNo; both lines are this maker's
What the second line isA licensed model, not a fallbackA speed variant, not a fallback
Is a successor namedNothing names oneNeither line is presented as one

Inclusion rule. Both cells on a row come from the entry's own public pages. A version reachable in the product but unnamed publicly does not fill a cell. Order. The current line first, then what is not said about earlier ones.

1The same gap arrived by different routes

One entry's page is crowded with licensed models and still silent about its own predecessor. The other names only its own two lines and is silent in the same way. So the absence is not a side effect of a busy page.

Two entries reaching it independently suggests the question is simply not one these pages are written to answer. Neither page is a lifecycle document, and neither claims to be.

The same gap, arrived at by different routesOne entry's page is crowded with licensed models and still silent about its own predecessor. The other names only its own two lines and is silent in the same way, so the absence is not a side effect of a busy page.What is the second named line on each page?A licensed modelSomebody else's scheduleUseful capability, and not a version tofall back on.A real-time variantA speed splitSame generation, so there is nothingolder to finish on.In neither case is there an older version to finish a season on
Fig. 2 Three entries elsewhere in the register do keep a previous generation on the price list, so this is a choice.

2Neither second line is a cushion

On one page the second line is a licensed model from another maker, which carries somebody else's schedule. On the other it is a speed variant of the same generation. In neither case is there an older version to finish a season on.

Three entries elsewhere in this register do keep a previous generation on the price list. The arrangement exists in this market, so its absence here is a choice rather than a constraint.

3What a production can actually do

Record the version behind each delivered file while the page still names it, and archive the files. Neither page will warn anybody, and neither will confirm afterwards what was available when.

The ending early reading for one of the two explains why even after-the-fact detection is weak when a page lists a single version.

4The same question, put to a third entry

What SceneMixer publishes on this column, beside PixVerse and Vidu. Recorded 2026-10-13.
On this pointSceneMixerSource
When a tier is withdrawnWhen a tier is withdrawn, text and image work falls back to the default tier and video to the tier the episode last used if it is still listed, otherwise the default; the price shown is the tier that will runSceneMixer, withdrawn tier guide

Inclusion rule. SceneMixer's own statements that bear on the column this pair was chosen for. Order. The statement closest to the column first.

All of its readings are on the SceneMixer entry.

  • Whether V5 and earlier remain selectable
    Not stated (as of 2026-09-12)not statedPixVerse, home page / recorded 2026-09-22
  • Models carried
    Vidu Q3, with Vidu S presented as a real-time modelcurrent generation onlyVidu, home page / recorded 2026-09-22

5Sources

Both readings come from the pages the entries publish themselves: PixVerse and Vidu, read 2026-09-22. The column being compared is Named replacement. Other pairs: Bedrock and Wan-AI, Hailuo AI and Pika.