MiniMax H3 vs stepvideo

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MiniMax H3 compared with stepvideo
Detail	MiniMax H3	stepvideo
What it does	2K video with native stereo audio in one pass	Turn a screen recording into a how-to video
Stage	Startup	Not given
Founded	2026	Not given
Based in	Not given	Not given
Pricing model	Freemium	Not given
Pricing	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	Free trial: 10 days, 5 AI video minutes, no card. Creator: $29/month or $228/year. Studio: $99/month or $780/year. Enterprise: from $299/month. Top-up packs: 15 AI minutes for $19, 40 AI minutes for $49.
Key features	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	Automatic zoom on clicks Dead time speed-up without editing Mistake removal by step redoing AI voiceover written per step Word-by-word captions burned into MP4 Auto-generated written step-by-step guide Step-based editing instead of timeline Support for 96 recording languages and 58 publication languages Blur sensitive information with follow-along blur Branded video templates and customization
What makes it different	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	One take produces three outputs: video, written guide, and share page AI handles all editing—no timeline editing required Records exact clicks for precision zooms and step detection Private data redacted on your machine before upload Instant multi-language translation with preserved tone and timing
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	15 −1 (down) since last check	1 −1 (down) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	12	2
Citation Flow (Majestic)	21	16
Referring domains (Majestic)	43	16

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