Genmo vs Hailuo AI
Hailuo AI scores 8.6 to Genmo's 4.2 among the AI video generators we rate, and is the better pick for 3 of the 4 kinds of buyer below.
Hailuo AI wins, 8.6 to 4.2
Hailuo AI uniquely has 9 features.
Best for
Who each one suits, decided on the criteria that matter to that buyer and the checked facts where the two differ.
- Generates sound and speech with the video: Hailuo AI yes, Genmo no
- Animates a still image you upload: Hailuo AI yes, Genmo no
- Keeps a character or style the same across shots: Hailuo AI yes, Genmo no
- Cost of a working month: $30 against $38
- AI voiceover: Hailuo AI yes, Genmo no
- Clone your own voice: Hailuo AI yes, Genmo no
- Automatic captions: Hailuo AI yes, Genmo no
- Where it runs: Web, iOS, Android against Web
How they score
Both are scored the same way, against the other AI video generators we rate, from facts on each vendor's own pages. Hailuo AI leads on 4 of 5 criteria.
Where they differ
Every point where the two vendors' published facts disagree, with a link to where each fact was read. "Not published" means the vendor does not say either way.
Published by only one of them
Where they match (9)
Pricing, plan by plan
A working month here is 20 ten-second clips on each tool's main model: the cheapest plan, billed monthly, whose credits cover them. Clips per plan are the plan's credits divided by one clip's cost.
Genmo
Hailuo AI
The models behind them
Which models each one runs: its own, the newest of those, and any other companies' models offered in the same account.
Genmo
Only Genmo's own models.
Hailuo AI
Pros and cons
From each tool's full review, written from the same checked facts.
Genmo
- Mochi 1 is open-weight: download it from GitHub or Hugging Face and run it on your own hardware.
- Runs in ComfyUI for developers who want to build it into their own workflows.
- The playground is inexpensive, from $8 a month billed yearly.
- Paid plans remove the watermark and allow commercial use.
- Running the model locally keeps prompts and footage off Genmo's servers.
- Simple to use: write a prompt and get a clip, with no settings to learn.
- Standard adds early access to new models and the highest queue priority.
- Clips are at most 5.4 seconds, so a ten-second shot is not possible in one generation.
- Text to video only; image to video is still listed as coming soon.
- Mochi 1 makes silent video, with no voiceover, captions or lip sync in the playground.
- No first and last frame, extend or reference tools for steering a shot.
- The privacy policy lets Genmo train on what you upload and generate in the playground, with no opt-out described.
- Standard resolution is 480p, and higher paid-plan resolutions are not published.
Hailuo AI
- MiniMax H3 generates dialogue, sound effects and ambience with the picture, in clips of up to 15 seconds at 2K.
- H3 takes up to nine reference images, three videos and three audio clips to keep characters, motion and voices consistent.
- H3 edits existing footage: swap or remove people and objects, change backgrounds and lighting, rewrite dialogue.
- First and last frame control through H3 Max, Hailuo 2.0 and Veo 3.1, plus clip extension, lip sync and voice cloning.
- Google's Veo 3.1 is included on every paid plan.
- H3's base weights are published, so developers can run the model themselves.
- Max makes the older Hailuo 1.0, 2.0 and 2.3 models unlimited.
- Standard's 1,000 monthly credits make about eight ten-second H3 clips at 2K.
- H3 has no 1080p setting: it is 768p or 2K.
- Membership credits expire each month instead of rolling over.
- The free plan gives trial credits once, with a watermark and only Hailuo's own models.
Genmo vs Hailuo AI: common questions
Which is better, Genmo or Hailuo AI?
Hailuo AI scores 8.6 and Genmo 4.2 out of 10 among the AI video generators we rate. Hailuo AI is ahead on what it can generate, resolution and watermarks, voice, captions and teams and privacy and platforms. Genmo is ahead on pricing.
Is Genmo or Hailuo AI cheaper?
For a working month of 20 ten-second clips on each one's main model, Genmo costs $30 on Standard and Hailuo AI $38 on Pro, both billed monthly. The cheapest paid plans start at $10/mo - Lite for Genmo and $10.50/mo - Standard for Hailuo AI.
Do Genmo and Hailuo AI have a free plan?
Yes, both do.
What can Hailuo AI do that Genmo cannot?
On the facts both vendors publish: generates sound and speech with the video, animates a still image you upload, keeps a character or style the same across shots, you set the first and last frame, named camera moves, continues a clip past its end, aI voiceover, clone your own voice, automatic captions and lip sync.
What are the latest models on Genmo and Hailuo AI?
Genmo: Mochi 1 (open weights, preview announced 2025-09-10 on the blog). Hailuo AI: MiniMax H3 (video with native stereo audio, up to 2K, 15 s) and MiniMax H3 Max (text or start and end frame, up to 768p).
