Hailuo Video 海螺视频 vs Kling
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Hailuo Video 海螺视频
MiniMax's text-to-video generation
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Kling
Kuaishou-spun AI video model, now an $18B independent rival to Sora.
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7 / 10 | 7.8 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | — | 66 credits per day for video generation |
| Paid from | — | Standard $10/mo; Pro $37/mo; Premier $92/mo; Ultra $180/mo (up from ~$128/mo in Aug 2025) |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | — | 100M+ global registered users (60M reported Jan 2026 at CES) |
| Founded | 2024 | — |
| Maker | — | Kuaishou Technology |
| Verdict | Hailuo Video, from China's MiniMax, is one of the stronger AI video generators, well regarded for natural camera motion and prompt adherence in short clips, and competitive with Kling and Runway on visual quality for the... |
Kling, from Kuaishou, ranks among the strongest AI video generators available: Kling 3.0 (February 2026) added native 4K at 60fps, 15-second clips, and synced multilingual audio, with motion and physics that hold up bett... |
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