Zhipu Qingying 智谱清影 (CogVideoX) vs Hailuo AI 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 AI video generator, from the Qingyan app to a ¥1-a-clip API
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Hailuo AI 海螺视频
MiniMax's AI video app, now on the H3 model with Veo and Sora access
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.3 / 10 | 7 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | CogVideoX-Flash is free on the bigmodel.cn API; chatglm.cn offers sign-in credits; open CogVideoX weights (2B Apache 2.0) are free to self-host | One-time free trial credits for new users, Hailuo models only; paid plans remove watermarks |
| Paid from | ¥1 (about $0.14) per CogVideoX-3 API video, 5s or 10s up to 4K, in-app pricing behind login | Standard $10.50/mo billed monthly (list $14.99) or $8.40/mo billed yearly |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✓ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | — | — |
| Founded | 2024 | 2024 |
| Maker | Zhipu AI (北京智谱华章科技股份有限公司, HKEX: 2513) | MiniMax (MiniMax Group Inc., HKEX: 0100) |
| Verdict | Qingying is a cheap, capable hosted video generator: CogVideoX-3 makes 5- or 10-second clips up to 4K for ¥1 each through the API, and a free CogVideoX-Flash model suits prototyping. The open-weight CogVideoX line (2B un... |
Hailuo has become a capable, good-value AI video app, with MiniMax's new H3 model producing longer, higher-resolution clips with sound and paid plans bundling rival models such as Veo and Sora. Public reviews are dominat... |
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