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 These figures reflect RECATOOLS research as of 12 Jul 2026 and may be out of date or incomplete.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
ASEAN Perspective
Laihua 来画 in Southeast Asia
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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.
About this listing
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