MiniMax H3 (Hailuo 3.0) Unlimited from $19.90: HelloGen vs Hailuo AI

Hailuo AI vs HelloGen at a glance

Last checked 13 October 2026. Hailuo figures were read from hailuoai.video/subscribe (plan cards in USD) and MiniMax's pricing page; HelloGen figures come from hellogen.ai/pricing/. Prices change: see How we checked.

Want to try the 0-credit version of the same model? See how MiniMax H3 Unlimited works or open it in the Studio.

Does Hailuo have an unlimited plan?

Yes, for older Hailuo models. On the Max plan, the comparison table's rows for Hailuo 2.3, Hailuo 2.0 and Hailuo 1.0 read "Unlimited", and the Max plan card lists "Hailuo 2.0/2.3 series models" with an unlimited badge ^S1. Hailuo's FAQ explains how it works: once your credits run out, you can keep generating those models in an idle mode, where tasks wait in a queue and usually take longer than fast mode; it is for personal use only ^S2.

MiniMax H3 and H3 Max are not in that list. In the same Max column, the "MiniMax H3" row reads "4s-15s: 768p, 2K" and the "MiniMax H3 Max" row reads "5s-15s: 480p, 768p", the same entries as on every other plan, and the Max card prices H3 at $0.096 a second at 2K (monthly billing). Each H3 clip spends credits ^S1.

Can you use MiniMax H3 (Hailuo 3.0) unlimited?

On HelloGen, yes. Pro and Max include MiniMax H3 Unlimited ^S11:

• 0 credits per clip, with no daily or monthly cap, every day you are subscribed.
• Resolution: unlimited clips render at 480p on Pro and 720p HD on Max, ready for social posts and drafts; switch to H3 at 2K on credits for a final cut.
• Clips: 2 to 15 seconds, with generated sound. Start from a text prompt, a first frame, first and last frames, or up to 9 reference images.
• Priority: at least 2 clips a day on Pro and 5 on Max go to the front of the line. They reset daily at 00:00 UTC and unused ones do not carry over.
• After that: clips run at standard speed. People who have made fewer clips that day go first, and a clip that has started rendering is never interrupted.
• No watermark, and you can use the clips commercially. A finished clip can be enlarged with the paid video upscaler.

Your monthly credits (3,600 on Pro, 10,000 on Max) run the rest: H3 at 720p or native 2K, Veo 3.1, Kling 3.0 and Seedance 2 and 2.5. HelloGen runs in its web Studio. More on the MiniMax H3 page.

Hailuo vs HelloGen: what 30, 60 or 100 usable clips a month cost

Most tries are not keepers, so plan on the clips you keep. In 8 of the 9 cases below, HelloGen Max costs less than the Hailuo plan you would need; the exception is 30 clips when you keep one try in two.

Assumptions. Same model, MiniMax H3, 10-second clips. Hailuo at 768p, 70 credits a try (7 credits a second, from Hailuo's own plan cards ^S1); HelloGen Max's unlimited H3 at 0 credits a try (720p HD, the nearest resolution). Keep rate is how many tries you keep: one in two, one in three or one in four. Hailuo plans are the smallest monthly plan whose credits cover the tries. Monthly billing is used for plan choice; Hailuo top-up packs and promotions are not counted (not checked). HelloGen figures are from its pricing and plan pages ^S11.

Billed yearly, Hailuo's Pro, Master and Max are $30.40, $71.20 and $184 a month ^S1; HelloGen Max is $508.88 a year. Per kept clip on Pro, Master or Max, Hailuo's credits come to $0.95 to $2.37 depending on plan, billing period and keep rate (formula: credits per try × price per credit ÷ keep rate). On HelloGen, the plan price divided by your clips: $1.66 at 30, $0.83 at 60, $0.50 at 100, and a lower keep rate costs you queue time, not credits.

At 480p the gap is wider. HelloGen Pro is $19.90. Hailuo's 480p option is H3 Max, a different variant of H3 ^S9 (so not a like-for-like quality comparison), at 40 credits a 10-second try ^S1: 30 kept clips at one in three is 3,600 credits (Pro, $38), and 100 is 12,000 (Max, $216).

Making H3 clips every week? Compare the HelloGen plans or start in the Studio.

Where HelloGen is the better pick

• Unlimited MiniMax H3 for a fixed price. 0 credits per clip, no daily or monthly cap, every day you are subscribed, from $19.90/month ^S11. On Hailuo, H3 spends credits on every plan, and the $184 to $216 Max plan's unlimited does not include it ^S1.
• A daily guarantee. At least 2 (Pro) or 5 (Max) priority clips every day; after that, people who have made fewer clips that day go first, and a started clip is never interrupted. Hailuo states no daily number ^S1.
• 2K and other top models on the same plan. Pro's 3,600 and Max's 10,000 monthly credits run MiniMax H3 at native 2K, Veo 3.1, Kling 3.0 and Seedance 2 and 2.5 ^S11.
• Free images. Image generation, including Nano Banana and GPT Image 2, costs no credits on any HelloGen plan ^S11.
• Full control at 0 credits. Text, first frame, first and last frames and up to 9 reference images all work on the unlimited H3, with generated sound ^S11.
• No watermark and commercial use on any HelloGen plan ^S11.

Where Hailuo is the better pick

• Light use. Hailuo Pro ($38) covers about 32, 21 or 16 kept 10-second 768p clips a month at keep rates of 1 in 2, 3 or 4; below those volumes it costs less than HelloGen Max, and Standard ($10.50) covers about 7 ^S1.
• Cheaper 2K per second. Hailuo's 2K H3 is $0.081 to $0.126 a second ^S1; HelloGen's is 26 credits a second ^S11.
• Video and audio references, up to 12 in all, plus H3 Max, Hailuo 2.x and Sora 2 ^S1S5.
• An API. MiniMax sells H3 by the second ^S6; HelloGen has no public API.

Is Hailuo AI free?

Partly. Hailuo's Free plan costs $0.00 and comes with one-time trial credits that work only on Hailuo-series models, which in the comparison table includes MiniMax H3 at 768p and 2K ^S1. Free accounts get no monthly credits, keep Hailuo's brand watermark, and can queue 4 tasks with 1 running at a time ^S1. Third-party guides give the trial as 150 or 200 credits; Hailuo's pages do not state it . At 60 credits for a 5-second 2K H3 clip ^S3, that covers two or three short clips.

How much does Hailuo AI cost in 2026?

Hailuo sells four paid plans, all shown with discounts against a crossed-out list price ^S1:

These work out to 12 credits a second at 2K, 7 at 768p, and 4 for H3 Max at 480p (Pro's 4,500 credits buy "up to 375 seconds" of 2K video) ^S1. HelloGen Pro is $19.90/month ($191.88/year) and Max $49.90/month ($508.88/year), both with MiniMax H3 Unlimited (pricing).

Is MiniMax H3 free?

Not fully. Hailuo gives one-time trial credits for H3 with a watermark ^S1. MiniMax publishes the H3 weights, so you can run it on your own hardware at no cost per clip ^S7. HelloGen's unlimited H3 needs Pro or Max; images are free on every plan.

Hailuo alternatives for MiniMax H3

• HelloGen for unlimited H3: 0 credits per clip on Pro and Max, a daily priority guarantee, and credits for H3 at 2K, Veo 3.1, Kling 3.0 and Seedance (how it works).
• MiniMax API or resellers such as OpenRouter, if you need H3 in your own code and pay per second: $0.08 a second at 768p on MiniMax ^S6S9.
• Self-hosting the open weights, if you have the hardware (next section).

Can you run MiniMax H3 yourself?

Yes, if you have the hardware. MiniMax published the full H3 weights on Hugging Face under the MiniMax H3 Community License Agreement ^S7. It is a 33-billion-parameter model; the reference setup renders at 768p on the short side, with 2K through a separate H3-Regenerate-2K step, and makes 4 to 15 seconds at 24 fps with stereo audio ^S7. It needs a high-memory graphics card on your own computer; see our local setup guide. Read the license before any commercial use.

How we checked

• Who: Chywe, Head of Product at HelloGen, with a fact-check by the HelloGen team. HelloGen publishes this page and sells the Pro and Max plans it describes.
• When: 13 October 2026.
• What we opened: Hailuo's subscription page (monthly and yearly views, comparison table, FAQ), read in a browser on 13 October 2026 because the page is assembled in the browser ^S1S2; its "Hailuo 3.0 Is Live" notice ^S10; the Hailuo composer ^S3; MiniMax's launch post, H3 tool page, API prices and model card ^S4S5S6S7; HelloGen's own pricing page, unlimited-plan page and MiniMax H3 page ^S11.
• How: we read every plan card, the comparison table and the FAQ on Hailuo's subscription page, converted its "up to N seconds" figures into credits per second (for example 4,500 credits ÷ 375 seconds = 12 credits a second at 2K), and cross-checked them against the in-app quote for a 5-second 2K clip (60 credits). The arithmetic is shown so you can repeat it. We did not sign up, buy, or generate anything on Hailuo.
• Corrections: prices change. If something here is out of date, write to support@hellogen.ai and we will fix it and update the date.

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