MiniMax Hailuo 海螺AI vs Tencent Yuanbao 腾讯元宝

A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.

MiniMax Hailuo 海螺AI MiniMax's consumer AI suite — chat, voice, video, now a public company Visit Tencent Yuanbao 腾讯元宝 Tencent's consumer-facing AI assistant app Visit
RECATOOLS Score 7.3 / 10 6.3 / 10
Capability 8 7
Value for money 8 7.5
Ease of use 7 7
ASEAN readiness 5 3.5
API quality 6 1
Pricing Freemium Free
Free tier
Paid from Free tier (a few short watermarked clips/day, no card) Free to use within the WeChat ecosystem; no published consumer subscription tier
Has API
Open source
Free to use
Users Android app 13M+ installs, ~70K ratings (~4.06/5 on Google Play) ~57 million MAU (March 2026), 4th in China behind Doubao, Qianwen, and DeepSeek
Founded 2021 2024
Maker
Verdict

MiniMax is a public company now — listed in Hong Kong in January 2026 — and Hailuo is its consumer face: chat, voice, and the video generator that keeps topping physics benchmarks. Hailuo 2.3 produces motion quality West...

Yuanbao is Tencent's consumer AI assistant app, notable for offering both its own Hunyuan models and DeepSeek under one roof, with deep WeChat integration that lets it search and reason over Tencent ecosystem content. It...

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