Hailuo Video 海螺视频
MiniMax's text-to-video generation
Overview
Hailuo Video is MiniMax's text-to-video product (sometimes branded Hailuo AI Video or MiniMax Video). Particularly praised for natural human motion, physical realism and cinematic camera moves. The Hailuo I2V (image-to-video) variant turns single images into 6-10 second clips. Free tier; paid plans for HD and longer clips.
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海螺视频是 MiniMax 推出的文生视频产品，因人物动作自然、物理真实感强、运镜电影感强而广受好评。海螺 I2V（图生视频）可将单张图片转为 6-10 秒短片。免费版可用，付费版解锁高清与更长片段。
Pricing
Pricing shown for reference only. These figures reflect RECATOOLS research as of 20 May 2026 and may be out of date or incomplete. This is not financial or purchasing advice — always confirm the current price on the provider’s official website before making any decision.
Use cases
What you can produce with Hailuo Video 海螺视频
- Generate 6–10 second video clips from a text prompt, with physics-accurate motion for action scenes like liquids, cloth and falling objects.
- Animate a single still image into a moving clip with the image-to-video mode, preserving the subject's identity and style.
- Direct virtual camera moves — pans, dolly shots, zooms — using prompt-level camera controls for cinematic framing.
- Produce stylised anime and illustration-style motion clips, a genre where the model ranks among the strongest available.
- Iterate on short social clips cheaply, at roughly $0.30 per 10-second 1080p generation on paid plans.
- Test the model free of charge using daily bonus credits, enough for two to three 720p generations per day.
- Upscale finished clips to 1080p HD on paid tiers for use in ads, trailers and social content.
ASEAN Perspective
Hailuo Video 海螺视频 in Southeast Asia
在国际 AI 视频赛道与 Runway、Pika、Luma 直接对标，是国产文生视频最具国际声量的产品之一。
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 price. It suits creators and marketers producing short-form social video who want good motion without top-tier budgets, and the credit pricing is generally affordable.
Caveats centre on its China-origin platform: account access, payment, and language handling can be friction-prone for ASEAN users outside Chinese ecosystems, and data-residency/governance is opaque for business use. Clip length and consistency limits apply as with all current video models. API access exists via MiniMax but documentation is less mature for international developers than Western rivals.
What people say
Hailuo is MiniMax's text- and image-to-video product, and by 2026 it sits firmly in the top tier of AI video generators. The Hailuo-02 model went viral in mid-2025 on the strength of physics simulation — the famous cat-diving clips — and the newer Hailuo 2.3 extended that lead in human motion and complex action. Reviewers consistently rank it first or near-first for physical realism, natural body movement and cinematic camera control, with generation speeds of roughly 30–90 seconds that are among the fastest in class. Pricing undercuts Western rivals dramatically: roughly $0.30 per 10-second 1080p clip versus several times that for Runway or Sora, with a free tier of daily credits good for a couple of generations a day.
User sentiment splits sharply between output quality and platform experience. Creators on Reddit and YouTube praise what the model produces; the consumer platform is another story. Trustpilot reviews average around 1.4/5, driven by billing complaints, failed generations that still consume credits, aggressive content moderation that rejects innocuous prompts, and support that many describe as unresponsive. The 10-second clip cap also limits serious production work compared with tools offering extendable shots.
The company context matters too. MiniMax went public, but in September 2025 Disney, Universal and Warner Bros. Discovery sued over alleged training on copyrighted works, and in February 2026 Anthropic accused MiniMax of large-scale fraudulent access to Claude. None of this affects day-to-day output, but commercial users should watch the copyright litigation.
Hailuo fits hobbyists, social-media creators and animators who want best-in-class motion physics at low cost and can tolerate a rough platform. Teams needing reliable billing, long clips or legal certainty around training data should weigh alternatives.
Summary of public user & expert reviews, compiled by RECATOOLS.
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