On the Hailuo AI App: free tier and paid monthly plans (rates listed in app). On MiniMax Open Platform: billed per output second, with 2K tier priced above 768p tier. On this site: 18 credits per second at 768p and 29 credits per second at 2K, with annual plans showing 50% discount and various month
Key features
Image generation from prompts and references
Video creation with motion and cinematic storytelling
Audio creation including voice-overs, music, and sound effects
Script generation for stories, scenes, and concepts
Edit, refine, and generate variations of creations
Export in multiple aspect ratios (9:16, 1:1, 16:9)
Upload and use personal images as references
Access to industry-leading AI models
Commercial usage rights on paid plans
Multimodal reference input: images, video, and audio
Context-IR token-based pricing variant
Downloadable weights for local deployment
H3-Contextual Omni Representation for modality bridging
Up to 12 reference files with caption compression
What makes it different
Connected workflow across all media types in one platform
Creator retains full ownership and vision direction
Start from any inspiration source without needing a perfect plan
Failed generations never charged for credits
Flexible credit system with no surprises
Only model generating video and audio together natively
2K output at lower per-second rate than competitors
Downloadable open weights available
Accepts richer multimodal reference input than competitors