MiniMax Hailuo 02
MiniMax
MiniMax's Hailuo video model, known for fast render speed and surprisingly high quality, including a capable free tier. It delivers natural motion and decent prompt adherence for short-form content, making it popular for rapid ideation and experimental clips.
Strengths
- Fast render speed for rapid ideation
- High video quality relative to cost
- Capable free tier
- Natural motion and decent prompt adherence
- Good fit for short-form content
Caveats
- Proprietary - API and app access only
- Best suited to short clips
- Trails top cinematic models on the hardest shots
- Vendor
- MiniMax
- License
- Proprietary
- Modalities
- video
Capabilities
Vision
Audio
Video
Tool Use
Resources
Pricing
Pay-as-you-go API (MiniMax-Hailuo-02): $0.28 per 768P 6s video; $0.56 per 768P 10s video; $0.49 per 1080P 6s video; $0.10 per 512P 6s video; $0.15 per 512P 10s video. Prepaid Video Packages deduct 1 video point (768p 6s), 2 points (768p 10s and 1080p 6s), 0.3 points (512p 6s), 0.5 points (512p 10s). No free API tier is published; Token Plan subscriptions start at $22/month.