Laihua 来画
Well-funded Chinese animation engine with digital-human video tools
Overview
Laihua (来画), from Shenzhen's Qianhai Handraw Technology, is a heavily-funded platform (near ¥1bn/US$140M+ raised across nine rounds) building animated explainer videos and digital-human presenters on its own SkinSoul animation model, with a 125,000+ licensed template library and voice cloning.
Pricing
Pricing shown for reference only. These figures reflect RECATOOLS research as of 3 Sep 2026 and may be out of date or incomplete.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.
- 20 video generations/month
- Extra videos at ¥10 each
- Template library access
- 50 video generations/month
- Extra videos at ¥8 each
- Priority rendering
- Custom volume
- Dedicated onboarding
- Team accounts
What you can produce with Laihua 来画
- AI animated explainer video generation (SkinSoul model)
- Digital-human presenter creation with voice cloning
- PPT-to-video conversion
- 125,000+ licensed template library
- AI translation/dubbing
- Commercial-use licensing certificates
Laihua's differentiator from the wave of talking-head digital-human apps is that it actually built an animation engine — SkinSoul, trained on 18 million-plus licensed template assets — so it can produce genuine explainer-style motion graphics, not just a presenter reading a script in front of a static background. That range (micro-courses, PPT-to-video, corporate training, marketing) is wider than most digital-human-only competitors.
It's also unusually well-capitalized for this category: close to ¥1 billion (roughly US$140 million) raised across nine rounds since 2015, with a reported valuation above ¥13 billion, which explains the depth of the template library and the voice-cloning feature more than any single competitor here. Basic plans start around ¥199/month for 20 video credits, scaling to custom enterprise contracts. The UI and avatar library are Chinese-first, though the company claims users in 100+ countries — worth verifying rather than assuming international UX parity.
What people say
Laihua's funding history is better documented than its product reviews — 36Kr, TechNode and Sina Tech coverage traces nine funding rounds from angel through Pre-C/C, totalling close to ¥1 billion (roughly US$140 million) since the company's 2015 Shenzhen launch, with 2021 "前海独角兽" (Qianhai unicorn) coverage putting its valuation above ¥13 billion and describing an ambition to become "the Adobe of non-professional creators." That's a striking amount of capital for a product category that, outside China, is dominated by much smaller players like Vyond or Powtoon.
Actual usage coverage is thinner and older — a 2016-era Zhihu post ("用来画，1分钟就能做出虚拟人") describes making a basic virtual character in about a minute, novel at the time but says little about the current product. More recent aggregator write-ups (AIWW, 通塔师AI导航, 攻壳智能体) describe the current feature set rather than reviewing it critically: the SkinSoul animation model built on 18 million-plus licensed assets, a 125,000+ template library covering product intros, brand marketing and holiday campaigns, 300+ digital-human presenter styles across cartoon, realistic and voice-cloned variants, and a claimed 359,000+ enterprise customer base.
Pricing found in aggregator listings — ¥199/month for a 20-video basic plan (¥10 per extra video), ¥499/month for a 50-video plan (¥8 per extra), and custom enterprise contracts starting near ¥9,999/year — wasn't independently confirmed against Laihua's own pricing page, which didn't return readable content in this pass; treat those numbers as approximate rather than confirmed current rates. No third-party source in this search covered reliability, output-quality benchmarks, or negative user experiences — the English-language coverage that exists (Serchen) is a thin directory listing rather than a review, and no Trustpilot, G2 or Capterra presence turned up for Laihua specifically.
Worth separating the two product lines when reading any Laihua coverage: the older "来画" animation-video business (templates, drag-and-drop scenes, PPT-to-video) is the one with the decade of funding history behind it, while the digital-human line is a newer addition riding the same brand and voice-corpus investment. Reviews and directory listings often blend the two into one feature list, which overstates how mature the digital-human side specifically is relative to the animation core.
Summary of public user & expert reviews, compiled by RECATOOLS.
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