Zhipu Qingying 智谱清影 (CogVideoX) vs Hailuo Video 海螺视频

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

Zhipu Qingying 智谱清影 (CogVideoX) Zhipu's free video generator, built on the open-weight CogVideoX model Visit Hailuo Video 海螺视频 MiniMax's text-to-video generation Visit
RECATOOLS Score 7.3 / 10 7 / 10
Capability 7 8
Value for money 8 7
Ease of use 6 6
ASEAN readiness 6 5
API quality 7 5
Pricing Freemium Freemium
Free tier
Paid from
Has API
Open source
Free to use
Users
Founded 2024
Maker
Verdict

Qingying's real significance isn't the consumer app — it's that Zhipu released the underlying CogVideoX weights on GitHub under a permissive license (Apache 2.0 for the 2B variant) rather than keeping them closed like So...

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...

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